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Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (jYRYu) 2
Hmmmm
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (aZm/F) 3
You son of a...
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (aZm/F) 4
IT WAS PLANTED BY TEH JOOOOS!!!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (N1DT3) 5
BUT THERE'S NO MATCH ON THE BULLET!!!!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (Cqx++) Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (SFjVQ) Posted by: Kratwurst at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (RQcQt) 8
I'm still surprised THAT guy made a neck shot with iron sights. The devil's luck, I guess.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (xcxpd) Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (bss/y) Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (1Q6Kv) 11
Anything for a click, right?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (AkEZC) 12
Furry as an Ewok?
You're saying this Lance/Luna person was trying to be Ace? How's their shelving? Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (2ocoG) 13
Investigators later found a shoe impression from the rooftop that was "consistent with the shoe sole characteristics of a Converse/Chuck Taylor shoe" that Robinson was wearing at the time, the affidavit stated.
= This is why ninjas wear black socks. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (SFjVQ) 14
How did the Mossad get him to write that confession?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (u73oe) 15
Meagain Kelly and Tu'Ker Shakur have made it very clear how easy it is for public people to lie about who they are.
BUT, it's also nice to see that the truth will eventually come out. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (N1DT3) 16
@PressSec
· 1h President Trump just received a McDonald’s delivery order from a DoorDash driver outside the Oval Office! photo https://tinyurl.com/ysvrseh3 Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (ZxPkt) 17
I'm tired of all the totally nutty triumvirate - Candace, Tucker and Meghan.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (afKoR) 18
Is Tyler Robinson history's second-greatest hero, or is he the patsy of a sinister secret society of elites who receive their financing from a hummus-eating cabal located in Tel Aviv?
Just asking questions. Serious questions. Posted by: C. Tarlson at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (m78uQ) 19
The left/controlled opposition are going deep on "IT WAS REALLY THE JEWS" because they don't want to talk about how leftwing activists are now gunning people down that they don't like.
The easiest way to make the story disappear is just to replace talking about Charlie and the left and instead starting talking about dump conspiracy theories like Owens is doing. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm) 20
That's obviously Israel's handwriting, you idiot.
You can tell because they put little Stars of David over the i's Posted by: JasonG at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (Wq7ET) 21
I'm still surprised THAT guy made a neck shot with iron sights. The devil's luck, I guess.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (xcxpd) Assassins only have to get lucky once. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (N1DT3) 22
How did the Mossad get him to write that confession?
They had one of the hot IDF bikini beach patrol girls interrogate him. That'd be torture for a gay, he'd be rethinking everything. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (2ocoG) 23
Sometimes you feel like a nut.
Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (UjdFS) 24
I happened to be in Utah and personally witnessed what was clearly a Mossad agent surreptitiously enter this fruitcake's house and I can only assume the crafty jew was there to plant that note.
Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (oqH4h) 25
Why are these homosexuals so violent?
Posted by: Barney Fag at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (4eiIm) 26
Tyler Robinson Made a Full, Handwritten Confession to His Gay Furry Lover
Cavernous Nostrils hardest hit The Jews used a mind ray against Robinson... Nostrils Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (TrNJ0) 27
This is why ninjas wear black socks.
To be a complete pedant...Ninjas didn't dress like that. As spies/assassins they dressed like everyone else around them. But then went portraying them in a play how do you show someone being sneaky? You put them all in black... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm) 28
10 Yeah, but Israel.
Check and mate. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (1Q6Kv) Heh. We need to come up with a good name for that rhetorical play. Jew Card? J-Card? Hasidic Hip Throw? Jewish Judo Chop? Hmmm, don't really like any of them. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (bss/y) Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (oqH4h) 30
It's people like this that give twisted sex freaks a bad name.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (w/O5Q) Posted by: BIP at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (HcoTw) 32
They still have 'firing squad' for executions in Utah??
Posted by: BigWyo at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (uDgpz) 33
@PressSec
· 1h President Trump just received a McDonald’s delivery order from a DoorDash driver outside the Oval Office! photo https://tinyurl.com/ysvrseh3 Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (ZxPkt) A billionaire is more of a man of the people than I am. I'm so glad my children recoil at the thought of eating at McDonald's. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (N1DT3) 34
someone i slightly know posted on fakebook that iran had provided proof the erika kirk was working for israel and she had him killed as part of a coup attempt against the u.s.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (CWTWj) 35
Never heard of em.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (dYvhw) 36
I'm still surprised THAT guy made a neck shot with iron sights. The devil's luck, I guess.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo I do think the rifle had a scope...but..... Cold bore single shot to the neck, with a 30-06 bullet, and it did not blow off Charlie's head. By some strange, unstable kid. Yeah, you can believe anything, if you are told it often enough. Posted by: Ripley's, Believe it or not.... at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (vcOmj) 37
14 How did the Mossad get him to write that confession?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (u73oe) Easy: 1) Use the time machine. 2) Force the innocent furry to write confession. 3) Use mind control to point him at Kirk. 4) Hand him a Kar98k converted to .30-06. 5) Head home for hummus. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (bss/y) 38
34 someone i slightly know posted on fakebook that iran had provided proof the erika kirk was working for israel and she had him killed as part of a coup attempt against the u.s.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (CWTWj) ====== "This makes perfect sense and doesn't sound completely insane. Please, tell me more." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (1Q6Kv) 39
29 Damn, post 24 and I am already beaten to the Mossad joke.
Sigh. Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (oqH4h) You gotta get up earlier in the day, laddie. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (bss/y) 40
Damn it, now I want McDonalds...I'd better go eat some lunch before I do something stupid and en-fattening.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (xcxpd) 41
Can we go back to the Soviet style left?
I mean they were evil but at least they were masculine. Instead of worrying about Ivan Ivanovitch assassinating you because he thinks you are a capitalist pigdog you know have to worry about Tyler Trannychaser murdering you because you don't want ladyboy peen. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm) 42
Why are these homosexuals so violent?
Posted by: Barney Fag at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (4eiIm) I don't know, but apparently it's been known for millennia. C.S. Lewis has all the enforcers in his book with a totalitarian regime as various types of sexual deviants. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (N1DT3) 43
40 Damn it, now I want McDonalds...I'd better go eat some lunch before I do something stupid and en-fattening.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (xcxpd) McDonalds, $20, same as in town... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (ynpvh) 44
38 34 someone i slightly know posted on fakebook that iran had provided proof the erika kirk was working for israel and she had him killed as part of a coup attempt against the u.s.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (CWTWj) ====== "This makes perfect sense and doesn't sound completely insane. Please, tell me more." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (1Q6Kv) Facebook is pretty crazy with the political opinions. My aunt and uncle, gah. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (bss/y) 45
maybe the israelis told him they could get him a date with great thumberk
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (CWTWj) 46
McDs makes shitty food.
At least where I live there are half a dozen resteraunts that will make you a burger and fries for now more money then McDs now costs Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (sKqQm) 47
40 Damn it, now I want McDonalds...I'd better go eat some lunch before I do something stupid and en-fattening.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (xcxpd) I was thinking Culver's for a pork tenderloin and cheese curds. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:25 PM (bss/y) 48
46 McDs makes shitty food.
At least where I live there are half a dozen resteraunts that will make you a burger and fries for now more money then McDs now costs Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (sKqQm) Go to In-N-Out instead... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:25 PM (ynpvh) 49
Willowed from previous thread
373 Yes, Sulu, and only Sulu, appeared in every single episode. Often briefly, but he's always there. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5) Well, that's just like him, isn't it? Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (LHPAg) Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 02:25 PM (LHPAg) 50
They still have 'firing squad' for executions in Utah??
Posted by: BigWyo at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM If the inmates chose that method before 2004, or if lethal injection drugs are unavailable. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 13, 2026 02:26 PM (0sNs1) 51
Damn it, now I want McDonalds...I'd better go eat some lunch before I do something stupid and en-fattening.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (xcxpd) MY TOWN HAS A MC'DONALD'S!!! Seriously, I sm in farm country Ontario. That was exciting! Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 02:26 PM (Sco7b) 52
I do think the rifle had a scope...but.....
Cold bore single shot to the neck, with a 30-06 bullet, and it did not blow off Charlie's head. By some strange, unstable kid. Yeah, you can believe anything, if you are told it often enough. Posted by: Ripley's, Believe it or not.... at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (vcOmj) Yes. Totally unbelievable. All those hunter neck shots on deer with the 30-06 just plain blew the head off! Tell me you've never actually fired a rifle without telling me you've never fired a rifle. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:26 PM (N1DT3) 53
A billionaire is more of a man of the people than I am.
I'm so glad my children recoil at the thought of eating at McDonald's. when I'm 76 I'm eating whatever the f I want if I make it up there, time to enjoy trash when I want Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:26 PM (j+aD2) 54
I was watching some AI slop on the youtube.
Seems the used Grok to analyze the Bigfoot footage. You know, the one where he's walking a looks over his shoulder at the camera man? Anyway, it concluded that is was likely real, in that it had no evidence of manipulation in the video; that the subject did not appear to be in an animal suit and that it matched no known species. Or: We don't know what it was, or was not. Still, kinda cool analysis--if it was really done. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 13, 2026 02:27 PM (HXT0k) 55
Ironic since literally nothing was stopping them from living the lives together that they want. NOTHING
Posted by: deadrody at April 13, 2026 02:27 PM (vgB0v) 56
"Guys, I know that I'm letting personal feelings color my view of her, but every time I see her face it looks weirder and more unattractive."
Plastic surgery and botox. But even so, Pick-Me-Again Kelly was never that attractive. Yes, she was pretty and had a nice body. But she was always graded on the curve because most women in her profession are hideous crones or melting-face scunts. It's sorta like when you see a girl protesting at some commie antifa event and she's mid. But she's surrounded by mutant lepers and rotting piles of offal. So she looks much better looking than she really is. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/) 57
From what I understand- and I have not gone too deeply on this because I find it morbid as fuck- they were saying the damage to his neck was pretty traumatic due to the round and relatively close range.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:27 PM (bss/y) 58
when I'm 76 I'm eating whatever the f I want
if I make it up there, time to enjoy trash when I want Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:26 PM (j+aD2) Me too, but I don't think McDonald's is good tasting trash. I just think it's trash. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:28 PM (N1DT3) 59
Your observations regarding MK and CO are simply due to their alien race’s attempts at human disguise slowly disintegrating. Soon to be reviled, oops I mean revealed, is publication of something better than the Epstein Files, a catalogue of all the illegal extraterrestrial aliens who have insinuated themselves into our country. Yep, they are all D and RINO’s.
Posted by: epador at April 13, 2026 02:28 PM (dgLMb) 60
55 Ironic since literally nothing was stopping them from living the lives together that they want. NOTHING
Posted by: deadrody at April 13, 2026 02:27 PM (vgB0v) ======= Well, except some guy's opinion. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:28 PM (1Q6Kv) 61
I'm still surprised THAT guy made a neck shot with iron sights. The devil's luck, I guess.
No one would intentionally aim for the neck. He was aiming for the head or chest. I would guess the latter because heads are small and move around a lot. Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 02:28 PM (KXVg4) 62
You know, you'd think Trump could get a McDonalds kitchen stocked at the White House if he wanted...
Posted by: deadrody at April 13, 2026 02:28 PM (vgB0v) 63
I'm still surprised THAT guy made a neck shot with iron sights. The devil's luck, I guess.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM Well, he was smart enough to use a very-downloaded .30-06 round. /sarc Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (0sNs1) 64
Ironic since literally nothing was stopping them from living the lives together that they want. NOTHING
You, or Charlie, believing Squirrel Boy was not really a girl. That's their problem you are thinking "wrong". And therefore since reality is a collective delusion your thoughts are stopping them from getting what they want Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm) 65
Look at that mug. She looks like a cartoon that you wouldn't want to watch.
_________ Her hair is too long for being 50-whatever, and she's too thin. But still hot for her age. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (XvL8K) 66
@42 - “Fairy Hardcastle” is a bit of a bloody giveaway, innit.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (hzEuy) 67
As Megyn's face demonstrates, plastic surgery begets more surgery, which eventually completely distorts your face into caricature.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (wBaIH) 68
"I am likely dead, or facing a lengthy prison sentence. I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it." ============= This horrific kind of thinking ALMOST makes me want to suppress confessions like this. It strikes me as too "inspiring" to the psychopaths out there. It also infuriates me. Like those guys who kill their ex-wives, go to jail forever, and say it was totally worth it. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (n7rxJ) 69
I learned the existence of furries watching the original CSI set in Los Vegas 20-30 years ago. Figures HW writers would know all the various sexual kinks for plot lines.
I suppose deviant curious folks had multiple ways to find out about and connect with other deviants and it was perhaps useful for normies to learn such things existed. And probably nothing the depraved ruling class Romans were not doing 2000 years ago, although illiterate young people like to think they invented some new kink. Posted by: PaleRider at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (+89TD) 70
Candace turned out to be such a huge disappointment. I kinda enjoyed her trashing affirmative action and quotas, but once she left the Daily Wire, she got really REALLY odd. Unlike some who post here I never found her particularly attractive but unlike most black women she has gotten even less so over time.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (El6/E) Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:30 PM (ynpvh) 72
Kelly reached her peak 15 years ago. Logically it has been downhill since then.
Time is undefeated. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:30 PM (V4IXI) 73
Me too, but I don't think McDonald's is good tasting trash.
I just think it's trash. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:28 PM (N1DT3) Depends on the item. Oddly, the triple cheeseburger is still good (because for some reason, they never stopped seasoning their 1/10 meat.) The deluxe quarter pounder is not bad. Everything else? Outside of breakfast (Egg McMuffin and Steak Bagel) yeah, you are not far wrong. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:30 PM (bss/y) 74
No one would intentionally aim for the neck. He was aiming for the head or chest. I would guess the latter because heads are small and move around a lot.
yep it was like the song: "shoulda been a better shot he caught him in the head" Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:30 PM (j+aD2) 75
President Trump just received a McDonald’s delivery order from a DoorDash driver outside the Oval Office!
"And stiffed xim on the tip!" -- the MSM Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 02:30 PM (KXVg4) 76
>>>Cavernous Nostrils hardest hit.
lol I don't mean to allude that you are becoming predictable, but when I read the news of the handwritten note, this is about the take I expected to read here, more or less. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 02:30 PM (dK+Kv) 77
someone i slightly know posted on fakebook that iran had provided proof the erika kirk was working for israel and she had him killed as part of a coup attempt against the u.s.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (CWTWj) You mean somebody you *used* to know, right? Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:31 PM (snZF9) 78
I am surprised bronies have not entered the conversation on this. The guy seems like the type.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:31 PM (bss/y) 79
Megyn's face lost about 5 lbs in facial fat between the current "look" (with stringy, unattractive hairstyle for her age and face shape) and her younger days in that last clip. Her face has morphed a lot. Like I said the other day, she she hits her early 60s, that's when most women's faces hit the accelerator to aging and her thin facial structure will really look bad.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 13, 2026 02:31 PM (qBdHI) 80
I learned the existence of furries watching the original CSI set in Los Vegas 20-30 years ago. Figures HW writers would know all the various sexual kinks for plot lines.
I had heard of them earlier, but apparently the CSI writers got several details wrong in their show about furries so, LOL. One part of that episode I liked was how Grissom found them fascinating. He did have a moral code of sorts, but mostly he just liked new things and loved to study and understand them rather than judge them. It was good characterization. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:31 PM (El6/E) 81
Good grief megyn
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 02:32 PM (bXbFr) 82
Both Robinson and the furfag need to face the Woodchipper of Justice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 02:32 PM (utfVc) 83
Everything else? Outside of breakfast (Egg McMuffin and Steak Bagel) yeah, you are not far wrong.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:30 PM (bss/y) I'll grant you the Egg McMuffin- you can get me to eat breakfast at McDonald's. And I'll add the trash Breakfast Burrito. It's trash, but I like it. I've never had the triple cheeseburger, so I'll take your word. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:32 PM (N1DT3) 84
80 I learned the existence of furries watching the original CSI set in Los Vegas 20-30 years ago. Figures HW writers would know all the various sexual kinks for plot lines.
I had heard of them earlier, but apparently the CSI writers got several details wrong in their show about furries so, LOL. One part of that episode I liked was how Grissom found them fascinating. He did have a moral code of sorts, but mostly he just liked new things and loved to study and understand them rather than judge them. It was good characterization. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:31 PM (El6/E) He liked the aberrant and novel. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:32 PM (bss/y) 85
McDonald's is last on my list for fast food . Burger King and Jack in the Box are preferable.
I do like the filet o fish when they have a special though Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:33 PM (V4IXI) 86
the filet o fish is pretty good!
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:33 PM (j+aD2) 87
DemSocs (a.k.a. commies) love them some murder. How many AWFLs are willing to bear Mangione's child? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:33 PM (tgvbd) 88
I'll grant you the Egg McMuffin- you can get me to eat breakfast at McDonald's. And I'll add the trash Breakfast Burrito. It's trash, but I like it.
I've never had the triple cheeseburger, so I'll take your word. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:32 PM (N1DT3) Try the steak bagel sandwich. It is good. At this point, probably the best menu item they have breakfast or lunch. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:33 PM (bss/y) 89
Me too, but I don't think McDonald's is good tasting trash.
I just think it's trash. I used to like it okay but for about 15 years now they have been downgrading quality of ingredients from cheap to "scraped it off a Calcutta sidewalk." What baffles me is that the Big Mac is apparently their most popular menu item, and its objectively their worst burger. And not particularly big. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:34 PM (El6/E) 90
I'm so glad my children recoil at the thought of eating at McDonald's.
There was a man who had a vision to employ and feed billions across the globe. That man's name was Ray Kroc and the restaurant he invented was McDonald's. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. He should have places named after him, woman should name their kids after him and by golly, everyone should eat at McDonald's. Posted by: Zombie Dave Thomas at April 13, 2026 02:34 PM (4eiIm) 91
Gosh, if we only endorsed gay furry sex 24/7 they wouldn't have to kill us.
Posted by: NCKate at April 13, 2026 02:34 PM (uQzkA) 92
Charlie stood against islamists sunni and shis and other slithy toves
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (bXbFr) 93
And no one is going to investigate the uncomfortable question about why it "felt necessary"? Funny how none of our media heroes are interested.
Only OUR speech and thoughts must be policed but the Left are free to inflame anyone against anything they want. Even someone completely harmless like Charlie Kirk. Note I said harmless, not armless. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (cS13u) 94
I dont know anything, but what I heard was that CK was killed when the bullets ricocheted off the Kevlar plate armor and struck his neck. But I never watched the unedited video.
Posted by: Megthered at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (UUs/D) 95
Look at that mug. She looks like a cartoon that you wouldn't want to watch.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:15 PM Could it be she was the model for the Kaboom cereal clown? Inquiring minds want to know. Posted by: Beartooth at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (tYGL3) 96
Zombie, because I like you I’m going to be nice—but if you are going to come around here with Star Trek trivia, get it right. Spock appeared in every episode.
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (gYnrv) 97
You, or Charlie, believing Squirrel Boy was not really a girl. That's their problem you are thinking "wrong". And therefore since reality is a collective delusion your thoughts are stopping them from getting what they want Posted by: 18-1 ============== Evidence indicates that it's more basic and internal than that. It's the effort and expense they go through to "transition," and the subsequent crashing disappointment. The transition was supposed to bring them peace, comfort, self-love, satisfaction, closure, in direct proportion to the torment they felt before. When life is no different, they're worse off than they were before, no hope, no relief, no future. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (n7rxJ) 98
Me too, but I don't think McDonald's is good tasting trash. I just think it's trash. ___________ Their hot chocolate mochas are actually better than SBUX. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (tgvbd) 99
🤢 Oh, my love!!
Let's not kid ourselves. These clowns with their well-to-do politically connected families are trying to wait out this administration for a "John Hinkley" - with considerable less time down the road in the nuthouse. imho. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (NFX2v) 100
I do not get the people who door dash mcdonalds. Mcdonalds fries are trash about 3 mins out of the fryer. People like eating rubber potato, I guess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (bss/y) 101
Try the steak bagel sandwich. It is good. At this point, probably the best menu item they have breakfast or lunch.
Its not as good as it was originally but its their best offering on the menu yeah. Even the Fillet-o-Fish isn't as good as it used to be, I dunno why exactly. buns are different at least. The breakfast burritos aren't as good either. Its not just me getting older and having tastes change, either. They have really gone downhill. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:36 PM (El6/E) 102
Egg McMuffin...anytime, filet-o-fish (during Lent)..
Posted by: WisRich at April 13, 2026 02:36 PM (G0vdT) 103
>>>Tyler Robinson Made a Full, Handwritten Confession to His Gay Furry Lover
good, they're buying it *rubs hands together* Posted by: Mossad Space Lasers & Weather Machines Division at April 13, 2026 02:36 PM (jGJov) 104
People like eating rubber potato, I guess. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:35 PM (bss/y) ___________ We like them! Posted by: Hadrian's Borzoi at April 13, 2026 02:36 PM (tgvbd) 105
To be a complete pedant...Ninjas didn't dress like that.
As spies/assassins they dressed like everyone else around them. But then went portraying them in a play how do you show someone being sneaky? You put them all in black... Posted by: 18-1 === Have them exaggerate tip-toeing every time they move from curtain to curtain. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:36 PM (/lPRQ) Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 02:37 PM (bXbFr) 107
>>President Trump just received a McDonald’s delivery order from a DoorDash driver outside the Oval Office!
Tougher than me. Family lore about a harrowing afternoon and Mom got us McDonalds for dinner. We all tasted the burgers & were done, right there. Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 02:37 PM (NcvvS) Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 13, 2026 02:37 PM (hzEuy) Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (V4IXI) 110
I just have this sick feeling this guy is going to walk and so is Luigi.
Dems have no shame and a huge swath would let a cold blooded killer free just to "own" the Right. They just need one jury member to slip through. Posted by: Leupold at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (eIzlH) 111
I am sick of the retarded take "how did he make a neck shot from that range?". He didn't make a neck shot. He aimed for center mass and neck is what he got.
And if you made your hot take right in this thread, then congrats on being retardedly retarded you fucking retard. Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (DJAE9) 112
I do not get the people who door dash mcdonalds. Mcdonalds fries are trash about 3 mins out of the fryer
A lot of food does not deliver well, its best to stick with the classics. Almost no fast food delivers well, just think of how good it is when someone picks it up and brings some home. but sammiches are good delivered; get a sub and you will not see it go bad on the way home. Chinese and pizza always work. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (El6/E) 113
94 I dont know anything, but what I heard was that CK was killed when the bullets ricocheted off the Kevlar plate armor and struck his neck. But I never watched the unedited video.
I think that's what happened that day I saw some early video and it was ... I mean I knew he was dead right away I think that asshole hit his kevlar and it got diverted up which SUCKS. it SUCKS. Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2) 114
Furry?
Is that the one with Brad Pitt. And the tank? Posted by: BIP I question the realism of that tank. It was bigger inside than the tent in MASH. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (/lPRQ) 115
I'm surprised Pick-Me-Again Kelly and fellow travelers aren't saying the handwritten note is fake because Gen Z never hand-writes anything
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (iFTx/) 116
111 I am sick of the retarded take "how did he make a neck shot from that range?". He didn't make a neck shot. He aimed for center mass and neck is what he got.
And if you made your hot take right in this thread, then congrats on being retardedly retarded you fucking retard. fuck yeah. cut jib NEWSLETTER Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2) 117
McDonald's has some good breakfast foods, especially the oatmeal. Their hot fudge sundae is good. Their coffee is every bit as good as Starbucks, and cheaper -- but skip that latte, ick. Besides, the latte machine is down almost as often as the ice cream machine. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:39 PM (n7rxJ) 118
I used to like it okay but for about 15 years now they have been downgrading quality of ingredients from cheap to "scraped it off a Calcutta sidewalk."
If your location does the fresh-not-frozen thing for the Quarter Pounder and Double Quarter Pounder, they're quite good. But not all of them do that. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 02:39 PM (2ocoG) 119
Tell me you've never actually fired a rifle without telling me you've never fired a rifle.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian Yes, I own several rifles, among them a bolt action 30-06, which I have shot frequently Posted by: Ripley's, Believe it or not.... at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (vcOmj) 120
Their martial art is called Krav MAGA. What more evidence do you need? WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
Posted by: Alex DeWynter at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (3N6Jh) 121
All I know is that it's impossible for bullets to go anywhere except where the shooter intends them to go.
They even bend the bullets in the air to make it happen. I learned it from a documentary film. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (1Q6Kv) 122
I'm always going to think Henry Waxman when you say "Cavernous Nostrils", bossman.
Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (FpHTM) Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (NcvvS) 124
the picayune stuff doesn't matter. that perv went to kill Charlie and he shot Charlie meaning to murder him and he did.
that's it. pervert murdered a good man. IT SUCKS it just sucks Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (j+aD2) 125
111 I am sick of the retarded take "how did he make a neck shot from that range?". He didn't make a neck shot. He aimed for center mass and neck is what he got.
And if you made your hot take right in this thread, then congrats on being retardedly retarded you fucking retard. Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (DJAE9) Well, I never! Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (bss/y) 126
The conspiracy theory that angers me most these days is Melania was Epstein's BFF and was arranging pedophilia for him. Not only is there no evidence for but it attacks an extraordinary women just because.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (ndZc7) 127
It was bigger inside than the tent in MASH.
Like the Tank in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. You gotta make allowances for filming, a real tank you couldn't even see what was going on let alone reactions from actors. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (El6/E) 128
Why are these homosexuals so violent?
Posted by: Barney Fag at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (4eiIm) I don't know, but apparently it's been known for millennia. C.S. Lewis has all the enforcers in his book with a totalitarian regime as various types of sexual deviants. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (N1DT3) In the James Bond novel, Diamonds are Forever, the mafia hired killers were portrayed as homosexuals, with a remark being made that were perfect hired killers, because they lacked empathy. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (utfVc) Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (bXbFr) 130
121 All I know is that it's impossible for bullets to go anywhere except where the shooter intends them to go.
They even bend the bullets in the air to make it happen. I learned it from a documentary film. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (1Q6Kv) Surely, someone had to be there. Has empirical evidence of Der Freischutz. But oh, no, that's German. That means Nazi! Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (FpHTM) 131
OT: @ProjectVirginia
rumor mill has been telling me that the leaders of both parties expect the referendum to fail and that internal polling numbers are horrific for the "yes" camp -------- This would entertain me. Let it be so. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (1Q6Kv) 132
I just have this sick feeling this guy is going to walk and so is Luigi.
Dems have no shame and a huge swath would let a cold blooded killer free just to "own" the Right. They just need one jury member to slip through. Posted by: Leupold at April 13, 2026 02:38 PM (eIzlH) _________ The Blade's odds: Robinson walks: 20% Luigi walks: 75% Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/) 133
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (1Q6Kv)
As stupid as it was I liked that movie. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (V4IXI) 134
Damn! I may just be in some sort of time loop.
I was raking, blisters formed and broke. All cleaned and disinfected. And I thought. "Wow, Nu Skin would come in handy! Damn, none in the house. I should write this down for the next time I go shopping." "NAHH!," I thought, "What a waste of money. The skin is healing. And it's not like you're planning on hurting yourself. Yeah, That's true." I feel like I've had this conversation before, Maybe multiple times. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (Sco7b) 135
Where do the big fast food restaurants source their fish?
I've seen Tilapia on sale at my local super market and you have to be very careful not to get the Chinese stuff Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm) 136
121 All I know is that it's impossible for bullets to go anywhere except where the shooter intends them to go.
They even bend the bullets in the air to make it happen. I learned it from a documentary film. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (1Q6Kv) Damn, that's a call back. James Macavoy, Angelina Jolie and a very early Chris Pratt. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (bss/y) 137
A lot of food does not deliver well, its best to stick with the classics. Almost no fast food delivers well, just think of how good it is when someone picks it up and brings some home. __________ In the early days of The Plague, we got some breakfast at IHOP to go. It did not arrive at home in good shape. Indeed, breakfast buffets may sustain life but not add to its sublimnity. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:42 PM (tgvbd) 138
None of this information is exactly news, just news to Megan Kelly.
Tyler Robinson has confessed multiple times and in multiple ways to multiple people. Every shred of actual evidence points to him. Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 13, 2026 02:42 PM (vOtXJ) 139
Wendy's has a new breakfast menu but its not in a lot of places yet. I have heard good things, relative to fast food breakfast.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:42 PM (El6/E) 140
Shit, if you would have bent Meagain over a desk a few years back you would still bend her over a desk. Only now you might wipe your dick on the drapes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:42 PM (snZF9) 141
I was watching some AI slop on the youtube.
Seems the used Grok to analyze the Bigfoot footage. You know, the one where he's walking a looks over his shoulder at the camera man? === If AI can detect AI slop, why can't AI make slop that it cannot detect? Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:42 PM (/lPRQ) 142
25 Why are these homosexuals so violent?
Posted by: Barney Fag at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (4eiIm) Democrat rank-and-filers (non-politicians) are primarily motivated by the idea of Revenge against somebody. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:43 PM (FpHTM) 143
Homos are a very high percentage of serial killers.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:43 PM (V4IXI) 144
Luigi going free should have an interesting political impact.
He is part of the reason people like Bezos have pulled back a bit on funding the left. If he goes free then a lot of these oligarchs are going to have to consider if they are also going to be targeted by leftwing crazies. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:43 PM (sKqQm) 145
132 The Blade's odds:
Robinson walks: 20% Luigi walks: 75% Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/) ======= Oh, I think Robinson walking it well into statistical noise territory. 1-3%. Joe Kent being called as an expert witness (assuming he gets that label which is...doubtful) and saying "there were so many Jooish phones in the area, it's weird," would have no effect on anything. Luigi is another matter, though there was a NYC jury that went against the narrative in a lower-profile but politically charged thing recently. 75% seems fair. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:43 PM (1Q6Kv) 146
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Posted by: Elric The Blade === In many ways this is the story of the Paolo. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:43 PM (/lPRQ) 147
He is part of the reason people like Bezos have pulled back a bit on funding the left.
If he goes free then a lot of these oligarchs are going to have to consider if they are also going to be targeted by leftwing crazies. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:43 PM (sKqQm) My heart bleeds for them. Indeed, they are helping creating them. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (bss/y) 148
I'm in some forums where people post cute animal videos.
Some people are now submitted AI slop instead but...it is getting better and better. In another year it will be very very hard to tell the difference if even possible Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm) 149
138 None of this information is exactly news, just news to Megan Kelly.
Tyler Robinson has confessed multiple times and in multiple ways to multiple people. Every shred of actual evidence points to him. Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 13, 2026 02:42 PM (vOtXJ) ========= BUT DA JOOS! Candace Owens told me so. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (1Q6Kv) 150
I was watching some AI slop on the youtube.
Seems the used Grok to analyze the Bigfoot footage. You know, the one where he's walking a looks over his shoulder at the camera man? Anyway, it concluded that is was likely real, in that it had no evidence of manipulation in the video; that the subject did not appear to be in an animal suit and that it matched no known species. Or: We don't know what it was, or was not. Still, kinda cool analysis--if it was really done. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice == Didn't one of the people that actually made the famous film later confess that they rented a gorilla suit and staged the whole thing? Posted by: Leupold at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (eIzlH) 151
As Megyn's face demonstrates, plastic surgery begets more surgery, which eventually completely distorts your face into caricature.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (wBaIH) I watched Landman a few weeks back. Demi Moore's surgeons have been successful in making her not look like Demi Moore any more. Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (Q6P2R) 152
OT: @ProjectVirginia
rumor mill has been telling me that the leaders of both parties expect the referendum to fail and that internal polling numbers are horrific for the "yes" camp Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 I'm doing my absolute best to help defeat it. Talking about it with my neighbors, three of whom went to vote (and weren't going to go before talking with me) and volunteering at my polling place. Losing this because of apathy would be the most GOPe thing ever. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (FmapG) 153
I've seen Tilapia on sale at my local super market and you have to be very careful not to get the Chinese stuff
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm) I only eat sea food at restaurants if I can confirm not from China. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (V4IXI) 154
Tyler Robinson has confessed multiple times and in multiple ways to multiple people. Every shred of actual evidence points to him.
Did you see that Daily Mail article claiming the bullet didn't match in the headline? The propaganda is so bad right now. In the James Bond novel, Diamonds are Forever, the mafia hired killers were portrayed as homosexuals, with a remark being made that were perfect hired killers, because they lacked empathy. They downplayed the killers in the movie but its kinda obvious they are queer. Lots of people upset about that now, because you cannot portray a protected class in any negative way. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (El6/E) 155
138 Tyler Robinson has confessed multiple times and in multiple ways to multiple people. Every shred of actual evidence points to him.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 13, 2026 02:42 PM (vOtXJ) And there's still a fairly significant chance he walks via Jury Nullification. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (FpHTM) 156
I do like the filet o fish when they have a special though
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg In Israel, it's called the Gefilte-o-fish. Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (diia5) 157
152 I'm doing my absolute best to help defeat it.
Talking about it with my neighbors, three of whom went to vote (and weren't going to go before talking with me) and volunteering at my polling place. Losing this because of apathy would be the most GOPe thing ever. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (FmapG) ======= Dems outspending the GOP 20-1 and losing it would be the most Dem thing ever, though. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (1Q6Kv) 158
Tyler Robinson has confessed multiple times and in multiple ways to multiple people. Every shred of actual evidence points to him.
___ No case is that air tight! It must be a set up! Posted by: Miniscule Poirot at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (qUkBO) 159
Yes, I own several rifles, among them a bolt action 30-06, which I have shot frequently
Posted by: Ripley's, Believe it or not.... at April 13, 2026 02:40 PM (vcOmj) SUUUUUuuuuure. Sure. /John Candy Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (N1DT3) 160
My heart bleeds for them. Indeed, they are helping creating them.
One of the reasons we have this class of people is that they believe they are free of the consequences of their actions. The less they feel that the less they will fund/help the far left. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm) 161
Homos are a very high percentage of serial killers. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:43 PM (V4IXI) __________ I read a memoir by a medical examiner. There was an exceptionally brutal killing and the ME told the police, "You can be sure this was committed by a homosexual.: Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (tgvbd) 162
I like McTheDonald's coffee becauz it HOT hot.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (DgMqy) 163
This is why ninjas wear black socks.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (SFjVQ) Dirk wears white socks. Posted by: Adam Ant at April 13, 2026 02:46 PM (qivay) 164
In another year it will be very very hard to tell the difference if even possible
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm) Then the same thing will separate the true artist from the rest as it has always done- in vision and execution. One reason I do not worry too much about what they are calling 'AI'. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:46 PM (bss/y) 165
31 Furry?
Is that the one with Brad Pitt. And the tank? Posted by: BIP at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (HcoTw) Could you f**king not make that association. Fury is a good Tank movie. Drag that weird s*x sh*t through someone else's dvd collection for f*ck's sake. Posted by: Nelly at April 13, 2026 02:46 PM (gZCIy) 166
And there's still a fairly significant chance he walks via Jury Nullification. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (FpHTM) It's Utah, not NY so there's a good chance there will be a fair jury Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:46 PM (TrNJ0) 167
If he goes free then a lot of these oligarchs are going to have to consider if they are also going to be targeted by leftwing crazies.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:43 PM (sKqQm) Spoiler: Of course they'll be targeted. It's just a question of when and over what perceived slight. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 02:46 PM (FmapG) 168
148 I'm in some forums where people post cute animal videos.
Some people are now submitted AI slop instead but...it is getting better and better. In another year it will be very very hard to tell the difference if even possible Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm) I want obvious AI slop back. It's entertaining. Footage of a dude dumping out a basket of grain, only for his entire body to become grain and fall to the ground. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:47 PM (FpHTM) 169
167
Spoiler: Of course they'll be targeted. It's just a question of when and over what perceived slight. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 02:46 PM (FmapG) ====== The CEO of UHC was not high profile either. He was essentially just some dude to most people. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:47 PM (1Q6Kv) 170
Dems outspending the GOP 20-1 and losing it would be the most Dem thing ever, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:45 PM (1Q6Kv) I don't agree. Isn't that how the last several presidentials have gone? Didn't Hillary! spend a billion dollars? Kamala as well? Or am I - to cross the threads - Mandela-ing myself? Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 02:47 PM (FmapG) 171
31 Furry?
Is that the one with Brad Pitt. And the tank? Posted by: BIP at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (HcoTw) I would smash that. Literally and figuratively. Posted by: Stacey Abrams at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (qivay) 172
165 Could you f**king not make that association. Fury is a good Tank movie. Drag that weird s*x sh*t through someone else's dvd collection for f*ck's sake.
Posted by: Nelly at April 13, 2026 02:46 PM (gZCIy) There's about a 99% chance that Brad Pitt has done weird sex shit during his life. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (FpHTM) 173
170 I don't agree. Isn't that how the last several presidentials have gone? Didn't Hillary! spend a billion dollars? Kamala as well?
Or am I - to cross the threads - Mandela-ing myself? Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 02:47 PM (FmapG) ======== I see to remember that Hillary spent twice as much money as Trump. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (1Q6Kv) 174
Reddit is less "Luigi", more "tinfoil" on this
He did it, but I don't think the claimed motive is right. This kid isn't some radical leftist and I'm not sold that the person he was living with was his partner. It was all handled in a way that the Trump admin wanted to control the narrative and it stinks to high hell What evidence? A grainy video of a guy we are told is Tyler Robinson jumping off a building with we are told with a gun. There's zero video of someone on the roof firing on the roof, the crime scene being destroyed promptly, Charlie not being taken the the nearest hospital...the whole thing is sketchy. Utah police records show TYLER ROBINSON was ALREADY IN CUSTODY WHEN DISCORD KIRK 'CONFESSION' text MESSAGES were SENT. Every text and letter they’ve revealed sounds so fake. This is another JFK situation, and I’m 90% convinced he is the fall guy for a foreign government or a US intelligence agency. Chronically online people with wild conspiracy theories without any evidence except, trust me, bro. Dude probably listens to Candace Owens, she has been saying she has all of this evidence he didn’t do it yet refuses to release anything. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (ycI94) 175
Didn't one of the people that actually made the famous film later confess that they rented a gorilla suit and staged the whole thing? Posted by: Leupold =============== That's what I read. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (n7rxJ) 176
Oh, I think Robinson walking it well into statistical noise territory. 1-3%. Joe Kent being called as an expert witness (assuming he gets that label which is...doubtful) and saying "there were so many Jooish phones in the area, it's weird," would have no effect on anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison Defense already rejected Joe Kent as a witness in the case. Expert witnesses have to be qualified by the court and as he has no fact pattern knowledge of the event itself, he would not be useful as a regular witness to the case. My guess is defense is probably going to try an insanity defense or a plea deal rather than TODDI (the other dude did it). Evidence is pretty damning including video, palm prints, ownership of the rifle, the note, etc. The whole Forensics bullshit on the bullet comes from a hunting bullet can do strange things and get mangled in a shooting of human bodies (or animals). Add in at an angle, the whole bullshit narrative of Candace Ovens never made sense in the first place, now it makes even less sense akin to flat eartherism that Tyler was not the shooter. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv) 177
Homos are a very high percentage of serial killers.
These days the really crazy ones are getting operations and calling themselves girls. Saw a clip from a show called "the Good Doctor" where the super surgeon is autistic (because according to Hollywood, its a superpower, not a handicap). He is talking to a homosexual man who had a baby with another homosexual "man" and the autistic doctor is baffled how he can call himself homosexual. the other doctors and nurses rush him away before he can offend the patient with logic and biological fact. I was both amused and surprised that anyone even wrote that in today's entertainment. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (El6/E) 178
Savanah Hernandez>>>Me Again Kelly>Bugs Bunny in a dress>>>>>> Cavernous Nostrils.
Seriously check out Savanah Hernandez. She's basically a sexual fantasy with the right political persuasion. Posted by: Ken at April 13, 2026 02:49 PM (aVf49) 179
Scottie wasn't in the episode I watched last night where they beamed to the planet that had the *spores* that ended up infecting the entire crew.
Posted by: Crusader at April 13, 2026 02:49 PM (TN0g+) 180
The CEO of UHC was not high profile either. He was essentially just some dude to most people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:47 PM (1Q6Kv) That's the scary part, though. To Luigi, he was the full, sole reason his medical stuff didn't work out the way he wanted. EVERYONE is The Devil to somebody. Once you make 'the rich' valid targets of opportunity, there is going to be so much more of this than there already is. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 02:49 PM (FmapG) 181
Had a Wednesday Whopper at Burger King last week for $3.99, hadn't had one in years; still big, still delicious. If only it hadn't taken 10 minutes from order to getting it done and out to the front counter. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:49 PM (Y8DZL) 182
172 165 Could you f**king not make that association. Fury is a good Tank movie. Drag that weird s*x sh*t through someone else's dvd collection for f*ck's sake.
Posted by: Nelly at April 13, 2026 02:46 PM (gZCIy) There's about a 99% chance that Brad Pitt has done weird sex shit during his life. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (FpHTM) He hooked up with Angelina Jolie, who was married to Billy Bob Thornton. I'd say it is inescapable. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:49 PM (bss/y) 183
Huh. That almost sounds like treason.
Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Wants Trump Coup Over Iran War Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 02:50 PM (ndZc7) 184
Spoiler: Of course they'll be targeted. It's just a question of when and over what perceived slight.
Suggestion: don't forget to go into your favorite left leaning forum and remind them how much Bezos or Reid Hoffman or Dustin Moskovitz are evvviiilllllll Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm) 185
I missed it. What is "Project Virginia"? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:50 PM (n7rxJ) 186
Reddit is less "Luigi", more "tinfoil" on this
There are a lot of leftists on twitter who are 100% absolutely certain that he's a hard right extremist maga conservative and no amount of logic, proof, or evidence makes any difference to them. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:50 PM (El6/E) 187
Afternoon Ace. Hope all is well.
Critical Drinker just did an 18 minute review of what he calls the Greatest Western Movie Ever, Unforgiven. Well worth the time and damn hard to argue with him. A good vid. Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 13, 2026 02:51 PM (genhU) 188
180 That's the scary part, though. To Luigi, he was the full, sole reason his medical stuff didn't work out the way he wanted.
EVERYONE is The Devil to somebody. Once you make 'the rich' valid targets of opportunity, there is going to be so much more of this than there already is. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 02:49 PM (FmapG) ======= It'd be so different if it had been Bezos or Musk or Zuckerberg or Gates. High profile billionaires who seek the limelight. But the UHC guy? Just a corpo dude who kept his head down and made himself public to the industry and not the wider world? He gets the bullet because his company has to work in the federal government's regulatory environment? Crazy, dude. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:51 PM (1Q6Kv) 189
There's about a 99% chance that Brad Pitt has done weird sex shit during his life.
Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (FpHTM) I'm sure he had any number of women willing to participate. I do have to say though that his choice of women should give the average looking women hope I thought his choices were just meh. They must have had great personalities. Not snark. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:51 PM (V4IXI) 190
Seriously check out Savanah Hernandez. She's basically a sexual fantasy with the right political persuasion.
Posted by: Ken at April 13, 2026 02:49 PM (aVf49) Has the 'smart girl glasses' thing. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:51 PM (bss/y) 191
The CEO of UHC was not high profile either. He was essentially just some dude to most people. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:47 PM (1Q6Kv) ____________ DemSocs are particularly bloodthirsty about "billionaires". Of which there are maybe 1000 in the US. Most of those are in finance or tech. But that's all right. You can be considered a billionaire if they hate you enough. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:51 PM (tgvbd) 192
Go to In-N-Out instead...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:25 PM nudge nudge say no more Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 13, 2026 02:51 PM (4NO2D) 193
There are a lot of leftists on twitter who are 100% absolutely certain that he's a hard right extremist maga conservative and no amount of logic, proof, or evidence makes any difference to them. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor === I just think they parade that view around to troll us, they dont really believe it. Posted by: Leupold at April 13, 2026 02:52 PM (eIzlH) 194
Reddit is less "Luigi", more "tinfoil" on this
There are a lot of leftists on twitter who are 100% absolutely certain that he's a hard right extremist maga conservative and no amount of logic, proof, or evidence makes any difference to them. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:50 PM (El6/E) Because he did a bad thing. Liberals are good people, so anyone who does a bad thing is a MAGA conservative. By definition. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 02:52 PM (FmapG) 195
186 Reddit is less "Luigi", more "tinfoil" on this
There are a lot of leftists on twitter who are 100% absolutely certain that he's a hard right extremist maga conservative and no amount of logic, proof, or evidence makes any difference to them. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:50 PM (El6/E) ======= "Leftist do not commit violence categorically. So, it follows that only a rightoid dummy would kill Charlie Kirk." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:52 PM (1Q6Kv) 196
It'd be so different if it had been Bezos or Musk or Zuckerberg or Gates. High profile billionaires who seek the limelight.
But the UHC guy? Just a corpo dude who kept his head down and made himself public to the industry and not the wider world? He gets the bullet because his company has to work in the federal government's regulatory environment? Crazy, dude. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:51 PM (1Q6Kv) All of them have security details for one thing. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:52 PM (bss/y) 197
If only it hadn't taken 10 minutes from order to getting it done and out to the front counter. Posted by: Auspex ============== TEN MINUTES??? My god, if only those starving Africans knew what we in the first world put up with they'd stop complaining. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:52 PM (n7rxJ) 198
I saw the remake of Running Man. It was meh. Too long, too woke, nothing made any sense, and the hero was an asshole. A few good action scenes couldn't redeem it.
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Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 13, 2026 02:51 PM (genhU)
Have to disagree with him . It's not even in Clint Eastwood's top five westerns IMHO. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:53 PM (V4IXI) 200
That Meloni broad can suck it.
Fuck off, foreign devil. You don't get to tell Americans who we can insult. *flips bird* Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 02:53 PM (BI5O2) 201
He gets the bullet because his company has to work in the federal government's regulatory environment? Crazy, dude.
Occasionally when I run into Luigi supporters I'll remind them that Obamacare was the system the CEO was working under. They don't like me mentioning that. Because then if the CEO is guilty so is the guy that made the system and even lefties get that... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:53 PM (sKqQm) 202
This makes a lot of sense, the killer would rather commit a suicidal gesture than spend more time in that sinister farce, with a furry transsexual lover. On some level he knew that it was just a farce.
Posted by: PG at April 13, 2026 02:53 PM (mZ4Tz) 203
I do have to say though that his choice of women should give the average looking women hope
I agree. I always thought Jolie was kind of odd looking with those tire tube lips, and never got why everyone was so amazed by Jennifer Aniston. Brad Pitt doesn't seem concerned by all that though. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:53 PM (El6/E) 204
Look at that mug. She looks like a cartoon that you wouldn't want to watch.
The long, long, scraggly hair does not help. Posted by: Tuna at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (lJ0H4) 205
Yeah, but it would be just like the Jews to plant this kind of false evidence. Or so the kind of people ace is wasting his time debating would say. To them, ace is just establishing he's on Mossad's payroll (which probably doesn't pay much because Jews but is still somehow enough). You can't really make headway with this kind of thought process.
Posted by: I'm not saying it's the Hebrews ... at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (Wmpd8) 206
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Solid, reality based analysis as always. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (ndZc7) 207
201 He gets the bullet because his company has to work in the federal government's regulatory environment? Crazy, dude.
Occasionally when I run into Luigi supporters I'll remind them that Obamacare was the system the CEO was working under. They don't like me mentioning that. Because then if the CEO is guilty so is the guy that made the system and even lefties get that... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:53 PM (sKqQm) ======= "UHC was just making healthcare for everyone like the ACA dreamed. He's not a villain. He's a hero, making sure that everyone gets health insurance." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (1Q6Kv) 208
Trump should take a dump on the Pope's furniture. If it's good enough for Brandon, it's good enough for the King.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (BI5O2) 209
I saw the remake of Running Man. It was meh. Too long, too woke, nothing made any sense, and the hero was an asshole. A few good action scenes couldn't redeem it.
The remake has better FX and honestly better acting. But the original movie had a much, much better script. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (sKqQm) 210
He gets the bullet because his company has to work in the federal government's regulatory environment? Crazy, dude.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films Also because UHC is nearly universally hated as the worst of the health insurers, but yeah. Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (OUMaO) Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (LdKHn) 212
187 Critical Drinker just did an 18 minute review of what he calls the Greatest Western Movie Ever, Unforgiven.
Well worth the time and damn hard to argue with him. A good vid. Posted by: Smell the Glove Usually a great commenter, but in this case, Dear God, no. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (Y8DZL) 213
What's even sicker about the United Health CEO is gov bureaucrats make decisions all the time to deny care and coverage.
So open season on all the people that work for Medicare and MEdicaid because they didn't pay for grandmas experimental spinal surgery? Posted by: Leupold at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (eIzlH) 214
Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Maybe that will seal this case the Leftists blame on Jews to drive him Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (Ia/+0) 215
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:53 PM (El6/E)
Don't forget his first long term squeeze, Julliet Lewis. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (V4IXI) 216
That MeAgain video at the bottom of the post reminded me of something: she used to be hot.
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I saw the remake of Running Man. It was meh. Too long, too woke, nothing made any sense, and the hero was an asshole. A few good action scenes couldn't redeem it.
That really is too bad, the concept sounded interesting and the original film is just so stupid and cartoony I can't stand it. Everything is pro wrestling over the top, then amped up even further. I appreciate the attempt to satirize entertainment culture but it was too much. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (El6/E) 218
Usually a great commenter, but in this case, Dear God, no. Posted by: Auspex ============= You are really trying to make me pound my keyboard to death today, aren't you? Unforgiven is GREAT. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (n7rxJ) 219
never got why everyone was so amazed by Jennifer Aniston. _________ She seems to be one of the few current actresses capable of being funny. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (tgvbd) 220
209 I saw the remake of Running Man. It was meh. Too long, too woke, nothing made any sense, and the hero was an asshole. A few good action scenes couldn't redeem it.
The remake has better FX and honestly better acting. But the original movie had a much, much better script. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (sKqQm) Plus, Richard Dawson. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:56 PM (bss/y) 221
Don't forget his first long term squeeze, Julliet Lewis. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg =============== Pitt was also with Gwyneth Paltrow for some time. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:56 PM (n7rxJ) 222
Critical Drinker just did an 18 minute review of what he calls the Greatest Western Movie Ever, Unforgiven.
Well worth the time and damn hard to argue with him. A good vid. Posted by: Smell the Glove Usually a great commenter, but in this case, Dear God, no. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (Y8DZL) Blazing Saddles is the Greatest Western Movie Ever. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 02:56 PM (dK+Kv) 223
OT: Speaking of Trump and the Pope, the AI "Trump as Jesus" pic got removed from Trump's post. Susie probably had a pretty harsh word with him this morning about that stupidity.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:56 PM (tOcjL) 224
So open season on all the people that work for Medicare and MEdicaid because they didn't pay for grandmas experimental spinal surgery?
This is the problem with government healthcare overall. People want almost limitless healthcare. If it is "a right" then how do you pay for it...because you can't. You either start rationing or you just flat out deny some sorts of treatments because they are expensive. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:56 PM (sKqQm) 225
193 I just think they parade that view around to troll us, they dont really believe it.
Posted by: Leupold at April 13, 2026 02:52 PM (eIzlH) Pretty much this. They know it's a lie, but they've decided that it's an advantage for them to weaponize it. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:57 PM (FpHTM) 226
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never got why everyone was so amazed by Jennifer Aniston. _________ She seems to be one of the few current actresses capable of being funny. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (tgvbd) And she makes a good point or two. IYKWIM Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:57 PM (N39Ws) 227
Don't forget his first long term squeeze, Julliet Lewis.
She was a cute kid but rapidly turned into something horrible out of an alleyway with six diseases and an addiction to everything man has ever made. Kind of like Fairuza Balk who was adorable and then turned into the worst kid of wreck Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:57 PM (El6/E) 228
People want almost limitless healthcare. If it is "a right" then how do you pay for it...because you can't. ________ Fast, good, cheap. Pick two. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:57 PM (tgvbd) 229
223 OT: Speaking of Trump and the Pope, the AI "Trump as Jesus" pic got removed from Trump's post. Susie probably had a pretty harsh word with him this morning about that stupidity.
he didn't post it he probably saw it late at night and had a chuckle and reposted it lol oh well I still think it's funny Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:57 PM (j+aD2) 230
21 I'm still surprised THAT guy made a neck shot with iron sights. The devil's luck, I guess.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (xcxpd) Assassins only have to get lucky once. Posted by: Formerly Virginian ------------ My guess is center of chest aim point and the bullet went a bit high due to a miscalculation of vertical windage. Rifle had a scope on it as it was a surplus sporterized rifle. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv) 231
210 Also because UHC is nearly universally hated as the worst of the health insurers, but yeah.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (OUMaO) ======= Luigi personalized it by saying UHC refused him treatment for something...which his own insurance would pay for because of his rich parents paying for his insurance. UHC being considered a bad insurer had nothing to do with it. Luigi is insane. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:58 PM (1Q6Kv) Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:58 PM (j+aD2) 233
Usually a great commenter, but in this case, Dear God, no.
Posted by: Auspex ============= You are really trying to make me pound my keyboard to death today, aren't you? Unforgiven is GREAT. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (n7rxJ) It is... a 2 hour movie saved by the last 5 mins. The last 5 mins makes the entire movie. First watch was boring as fuck- until that last 5 mins. Much better whole package movie, imo. Rio Bravo The Searchers Magnificent Seven Tombstone Hell, McClintock! Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:58 PM (bss/y) 234
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Blazing Saddles is the Greatest Western Movie Ever. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 02:56 PM (dK+Kv) Seconded. "Excuse me while I whip this out." Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:58 PM (N39Ws) 235
Wow, so obviously a plant to dust from da jooz!!
/sarc Or: California is trying to outlaw investigative journalism after Nick Shirley embarrassed them. AB 2624 would protect entities receiving government money. Journalists would get content taken down, misdemeanors, fines, even possible imprisonment. Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 02:59 PM (4KUe5) 236
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People want almost limitless healthcare. If it is "a right" then how do you pay for it...because you can't. ________ Fast, good, cheap. Pick two. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:57 PM (tgvbd) ======= Can we at least do free of fraud by deporting foreign fraudsters, or is that a racism? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:59 PM (1Q6Kv) 237
TBH if Pitt's 4 main squeezes were Juliette Lewis, Paltrow, Jolie and Aniston I don't think your complaint is really around looks.
But...that is quite a collection of crazy and narcissistic... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm) 238
She seems to be one of the few current actresses capable of being funny.
She was good in Office Space, but because of the writing. Jennifer herself didn't bring anything to the role that seventy other actresses could not. And while I liked unforgiven a lot, its a deconstruction of a western, and far from the best of the genre in my opinion. If I had to choose it would probably be The Cowboys, or Pale Rider. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:59 PM (El6/E) 239
McDonalds isn’t really good, but every once in a while, I want that Big Mac or QPC. On the breakfast menu, I haven’t tried the steak bagel, but the sausage egg and cheese McGriddle is good hot or cold. I like the caramel mocha coffee, but I think my local store no longer makes it.
I haven’t seen anyone mention it, but I read the other day that the bullet that was recovered does not match the kid’s rifle. That would jive with early analyses of the shot angle not matching where the kid was seen. Has anyone heard more about this? Posted by: Advo at April 13, 2026 02:59 PM (jO4mz) Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:59 PM (N39Ws) 241
I like unforgiven but tombstone is for sure better
not really my thing but Dead Man is probably my favorite Western lol Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:59 PM (j+aD2) 242
220 Plus, Richard Dawson.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:56 PM (bss/y) The good kind of race-washing. (Killian was black in the book) Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 03:00 PM (iXqHn) 243
"I lack the words to decribe how much I love your hairy little butt."
BLEAH. This is a good thing for me to read as I eat lunch. Furries are a good topic for losing weight! Of course, Megyn and Nostrils, this is the guy! Of course. All you had to do was follow the local news vs conspiracy theories as I did for a few days. It is that simple! Handprints on the roof, dingbats. Video. Gun. Bingo was his name-o. Candance is no doubt destroyed it was not French Foreign Legion Secret Jews. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 13, 2026 03:00 PM (WONhk) 244
never got why everyone was so amazed by Jennifer Aniston.
_________ She seems to be one of the few current actresses capable of being funny. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (tgvbd) And she makes a good point or two. IYKWIM Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:57 PM (N39Ws) ________ She was quite sexy as a then-unknown in Leprechaun. The Blade would have banged. Eagerly and repeatedly. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/) 245
My guess is center of chest aim point and the bullet went a bit high due to a miscalculation of vertical windage. Rifle had a scope on it as it was a surplus sporterized rifle.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv) This, and it was under about 300 yards, as I recall estimating from maps. Kind of hard to miss at that range with modern hunting ammo and a rifle intended for hunting. It was a lucky impact from shooter's perspective. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 03:00 PM (dK+Kv) 246
never got why everyone was so amazed by Jennifer Aniston.
_________ She seems to be one of the few current actresses capable of being funny. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (tgvbd) Along Came Polly was pretty good movie. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 03:00 PM (V4IXI) 247
Megyn Kelly’s looks have always been vastly overstated (and artificially enhanced). I’ve never understood what the fuss was about.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 13, 2026 03:00 PM (udRx+) 248
Can we at least do free of fraud by deporting foreign fraudsters, or is that a racism?
That's one of the most interesting things about this. If you really believe that millions will die because the government isn't funding public healthcare enough you should be the most angry about stolen government healthcare dollars. And collectively the left has decided that the fraud thing didn't happen AND that its good that it happened - because now people can't complain that Somalis are all idiots... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm) 249
McDonalds, $20, same as in town...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (ynpvh) my wife was actually griping how McDonald's now does cost 20 dollars for two people to eat. Posted by: Nelly at April 13, 2026 03:01 PM (gZCIy) 250
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I liked Open Range also. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:59 PM (N39Ws) No argument, because there are a lot I left off the list. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 03:01 PM (bss/y) 251
she seems really pretty to me too I dunno
I think that was the basis of her career; she seemed pretty go women but not competitive. I knew five girls in high school cuter than her. She's not unattractive, she's just not superstar pretty. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:01 PM (El6/E) 252
The Blade's odds:
Robinson walks: 20% Luigi walks: 75% Posted by: Elric The Blade Luigi Jury - "Some people earned a good killing!" Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 03:01 PM (/lPRQ) 253
Oh, look...more evidence that the left is under breeding itself to extinction.
"Extremely conservative men 35-45 now have almost 4x as many children as extremely liberal men. " https://x.com/charliesmirkley/ status/2043685703708500063 I sure hope that the whole replacement theory thing doesn't get reversed for them. That would be terrible. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:01 PM (1Q6Kv) 254
So it's a movie thread?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 03:02 PM (4NO2D) 255
Aniston is nice
I would hang out with her she seems really pretty to me too I dunno Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:58 PM (j+aD2) In my latter years I have come to respect the comedy chops of both Aniston and Applegate, at least when directed well. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 03:02 PM (cS13u) 256
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If you really believe that millions will die because the government isn't funding public healthcare enough you should be the most angry about stolen government healthcare dollars. And collectively the left has decided that the fraud thing didn't happen AND that its good that it happened - because now people can't complain that Somalis are all idiots... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm) ======= Warren saying that the $7 billion in wealth taxes from Musk would fund so much while the government spends $5 trillion a year on healthcare and calls any investigation into fraud racist. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:02 PM (1Q6Kv) 257
OT: Speaking of Trump and the Pope, the AI "Trump as Jesus" pic got removed from Trump's post. Susie probably had a pretty harsh word with him this morning about that stupidity.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:56 PM (tOcjL) Good. That was really dumb. So dumb, it made me wonder if it was done maliciously by some plant. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 03:02 PM (utfVc) 258
If you really believe that millions will die because the government isn't funding public healthcare enough you should be the most angry about stolen government healthcare dollars. ___________ The Left not being angry about that is Exhibit #1 that they don't really care about the poor. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 03:02 PM (tgvbd) 259
But the UHC guy? Just a corpo dude who kept his head down and made himself public to the industry and not the wider world?
He gets the bullet because his company has to work in the federal government's regulatory environment? Crazy, dude. Posted by: TheJamesMadison ========= UHC makes a lot of money from its Medi gap insurance for seniors in Medicare and from Medicare Advantage plans. Wife and I were on it briefly years ago but dropped it for Blue Cross due to its intransigence on payment of claims and the hassle of having to file appeals. One of the single biggest partners of AARP. FWIW, current having to do go through paperwork hell that with Blue Cross as it (Blue Cross disputes with hospital over what the preauthorization covers) and the hospital have thoroughly screwed up my surgery bills. Not happy. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv) 260
I watched the long ignored by me Tenet last night. It was ... confusing.
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222 Critical Drinker just did an 18 minute review of what he calls the Greatest Western Movie Ever, Unforgiven.
Well worth the time and damn hard to argue with him. A good vid. Posted by: Smell the Glove Usually a great commenter, but in this case, Dear God, no. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:54 PM (Y8DZL) Blazing Saddles is the Greatest Western Movie Ever. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 02:56 PM (dK+Kv) Hated the ending to Blazing Saddles. I prefer The Searchers. Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (LdKHn) 262
223 OT: Speaking of Trump and the Pope, the AI "Trump as Jesus" pic got removed from Trump's post. Susie probably had a pretty harsh word with him this morning about that stupidity.
Posted by: Nova Local WTF was he thinking. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (abIsI) 263
You are really trying to make me pound my keyboard to death today, aren't you?
Unforgiven is GREAT. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 02:55 PM (n7rxJ) It is... a 2 hour movie saved by the last 5 mins. The last 5 mins makes the entire movie. First watch was boring as fuck- until that last 5 mins. Much better whole package movie, imo. Rio Bravo The Searchers Magnificent Seven Tombstone Hell, McClintock! Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:58 PM (bss/y) I also dislike the "Everything is dark and gritty, and everyone is a terrible person." It's a good movie (like you said, saved by the last 5 minutes), but there are a lot of better westerns. And as someone else said, there's even a lot better Clint Eastwood Westerns. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (N1DT3) 264
Robinson walks: 8%
Luigi walks: 35% Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (cS13u) 265
I'd agree - Aniston is a better comedic actress then most. I liked the first Murder Mystery, We're the Millers, Office Space, and Along Came Polly
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm) 266
244 She was quite sexy as a then-unknown in Leprechaun. The Blade would have banged. Eagerly and repeatedly.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/) Why not just say you did? Who's going to prove you didn't? Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (iXqHn) 267
My Ranking
Joe Kidd Outlaw Josey Wales A Fist Full of Dollars Hang Em High High Plains Drifter Unforgiven Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (V4IXI) Posted by: brak at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (jGJov) 269
I watched the long ignored by me Tenet last night. It was ... confusing.
Nolan built up a pretty solid list of movies...but it looks like he is about to throw it away with Woke Odysseus Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm) 270
She's not unattractive, she's just not superstar pretty. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:01 PM (El6/E) ___________ Not being superstar pretty may be a plus. Guys can actually fantasize about having a chance. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (tgvbd) 271
It was my giant, flapping, infected, roastie snapper that murdered Charlie Kirk. It’s seen more entries than the Lincoln Tunnel, and smells just as bad.
Posted by: MeAgain Kelly at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (6eubQ) 272
For Eastwood westerns , I'll take Josey Wales.
In general, Aetitius five are up there though I'd put in Fort Apache Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (genhU) 273
It is very straight forward. Which means it is definitely a conspiracy !
Posted by: every conspiracy nutjob at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (GD0B3) 274
I haven’t seen anyone mention it, but I read the other day that the bullet that was recovered does not match the kid’s rifle.
That was The Daily Mail's lying headline. The truth is, the bullet is too damaged and fragmented to match exactly, but it is the kind of bullet that rifle fires. Batman is not around to take a shattered and mangled bullet and recover an exact study of the lands and grooves from it. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (El6/E) Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (V4IXI) 276
Kelly's appearance is only talked about because she's s talker with a camera and microphone, much like most of that lot. Many women at our church are just as attractive. She is in no way remarkable, but she is the one who tries to make bank on her appearance.
Posted by: tubal at April 13, 2026 03:05 PM (pDt9x) 277
And as someone else said, there's even a lot better Clint Eastwood Westerns.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (N1DT3) Outlaw Josie Wales would have to be my favorite there. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 03:05 PM (bss/y) 278
I'm in some forums where people post cute animal videos.
- I hope this isn't AI slop because it's to cool. https://tinyurl.com/4psnmrxh Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 03:05 PM (ndZc7) 279
UHC being considered a bad insurer had nothing to do with it. Luigi is insane.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films Yeah, mine was an "and" more than a "but". I'm not getting into that bag of cats in Luigi's head, but it's part of why the act was received as it was. (Full disclosure, have UHC, hate UHC, but not THAT much...) Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 13, 2026 03:05 PM (OUMaO) 280
McClintock!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2026 02:58 PM (bss/y) ________________________________ (best movie line ever) "I'm not gonna hit ya. I'm not gonna hit ya. The HELL I'm not." *WHACK* Posted by: Orson at April 13, 2026 03:05 PM (dIske) 281
You have to convince me that Erika Kirk was not planted by the CIA. Because no one have yet presented credible evidence that she was not!
Posted by: every conspiracy nutjob at April 13, 2026 03:06 PM (GD0B3) 282
269 Nolan built up a pretty solid list of movies...but it looks like he is about to throw it away with Woke Odysseus
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm) ======= A black Helen of Troy (assuming it actually happens, there's been no confirmation what role Lupinto is playing) will be no impediment to the film making $1 billion at the box office. Luigi voice actor Charlie Day said that Luigi Mangioni is one of his favorite Luigi's right before Super Mario Galaxy opened, and it didn't affect the box office at all. Why? Because these controversies are tempests in tea cups and don't derail pre-existing interest. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:06 PM (1Q6Kv) 283
Open Range is top five, for sure. Magnificent film, almost a perfect western. I liked Silverado a lot too, kind of book ends for Costner in westerns
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:06 PM (El6/E) 284
Trump said he thought the image was him as a doctor, healing people.
Doesn't he know you have to go to school for that? Posted by: DOCTOR Jill at April 13, 2026 03:06 PM (cS13u) 285
They should light Luigi on fire.
That’s a separate issue than whether insurance companies are thieving shitbags. Posted by: MeAgain Kelly at April 13, 2026 03:06 PM (6eubQ) 286
Once Upon a Time in the West is one of my favorites.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 03:06 PM (dK+Kv) 287
She's not unattractive, she's just not superstar pretty.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:01 PM (El6/E) ___________ Not being superstar pretty may be a plus. Guys can actually fantasize about having a chance. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (tgvbd) *** With me, the Paolo, all women have...how you say...a chance. Posted by: The Paolo at April 13, 2026 03:06 PM (2WIwB) 288
UHC makes a lot of money from its Medi gap insurance for seniors in Medicare and from Medicare Advantage plans. Wife and I were on it briefly years ago but dropped it for Blue Cross due to its intransigence on payment of claims and the hassle of having to file appeals. One of the single biggest partners of AARP.
Just got an offer from AARP and UHC for Medicare Advantage plans today. Nope. I'll stick with my BCBS. Into the trash it went. Posted by: Tuna at April 13, 2026 03:06 PM (lJ0H4) 289
An Indian man dies and goes to hell. He finds that each country has its own hell and you can choose any one of them.
He goes first to the German hell and asks, 'What do they do here?' He is told, 'First, they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil comes and whips you for the rest of the day. The man does not like the sound at all, so he goes to the American hell. He is told the same routine: 'First, they put you in an electric chair for an hour...' He then tries a few other hells, always the same answer. Then finally he comes to the Indian hell and finds a very long queue of people waiting to get in. Amazed, he asks, 'What do they do here?' And to his surprise, once again he receives the same answer. He exclaims, 'What the hell! That's exactly the same as all the other hells-so what's the long queue for?" He receives the response: 'Because maintenance is so bad the electric chair does not work, someone has stolen all the nails from the bed, and the devil is a former Government of India bureaucrat - so he comes in, signs the register and then goes off to the cafeteria...' Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 03:07 PM (IG3/x) 290
Hi everyone! Are are things?
Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 03:07 PM (OoFl2) 291
Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens are speaking the truth, and that is why they are mercilessly maligned.
Posted by: every conspiracy nutjob at April 13, 2026 03:07 PM (GD0B3) 292
Heather Graham > Jennifer Aniston
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (V4IXI) She's another one. Very talented and probably the cutest of the three. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 03:07 PM (cS13u) 293
290 Hi everyone! Are are things?
Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 03:07 PM (OoFl2) ====== I don't know if are are things. Never considered it, to be honest. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:07 PM (1Q6Kv) 294
Nobody's mentioned "Red River" or "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", or seemed to notice Joanne Dru. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (Y8DZL) 295
OT: Speaking of Trump and the Pope, the AI "Trump as Jesus" pic got removed from Trump's post. Susie probably had a pretty harsh word with him this morning about that stupidity.
Posted by: Nova Local WTF was he thinking. Posted by: Maj. Healey Trump deletes pic of himself as Jesus, tells media he thought it showed him "as a doctor" Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (ndZc7) 296
291 Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens are speaking the truth, and that is why they are mercilessly maligned.
Posted by: every conspiracy nutjob at April 13, 2026 03:07 PM (GD0B3) ====== All the things Candace predicted that haven't come true and I've forgotten she ever said are just further proof that she's right! Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (1Q6Kv) 297
I'm in some forums where people post cute animal videos.
- I hope this isn't AI slop because it's to cool. https://tinyurl.com/4psnmrxh Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 03:05 PM (ndZc7) Moose out front shoulda told ya. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (dK+Kv) 298
That’s a separate issue than whether insurance companies are thieving shitbags.
Health insurance is an odd thing. I have insurance on my house. If it burns down or something the company pays. If I need a new roof or sink I pay for it because insurance isn't supposed to cover normal wear and tear. But...health insurance covers, apparently everything. So it isn't even insurance. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm) 299
There's about a 99% chance that Brad Pitt has done weird sex shit during his life.
Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (FpHTM) I'm sure you are correct; with his ex wives, I would have hit the richter scale in freaky stuff i did with them; that said, i don't give a flying f*ck about Brad Pitt. I don't want to hear f*rry s*x sh*t in the same sentence as a WWII movie that was actually watchable. Posted by: Nelly at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (gZCIy) 300
Big Jake is an underrated John Wayne movie.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (V4IXI) 301
You are really trying to make me pound my keyboard to death today, aren't you?
Unforgiven is GREAT. Posted by: Blonde Morticia ________ It is, but the message is pretty nihilistic. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (XvL8K) 302
"Leftist do not commit violence categorically. So, it follows that only a rightoid dummy would kill Charlie Kirk."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison We're past that stage, I'm afraid. Punching Nazis, shooting Nazis, killing oppressors...it's all justifiable to the Left now. Charlie Kirk's killing, Luigi Magione committing murder, even The Left deflects, accepts, or celebrates these, but never condemns. They want us dead, and they want more wackadoos to mentally snap and do it for them. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (ycI94) 303
I read the book that Outlaw Josie Wales is based on, good read. Josie is a lot more country in it, very Missouri cornpone.
Nolan built up a pretty solid list of movies...but it looks like he is about to throw it away with Woke Odysseus There are a lot of red flags about that movie, but we don't know enough about it to be certain yet. Just... a lot of stuff that makes me cringe. Zendaya as Athena. Nolan saying he wants to make a more "grounded" story. Black, meh looking Helen of Troy. So many concerns. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (El6/E) 304
Best Graham movie was the Austin Powers movie she was in
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm) 305
Tenet was fucking retarded.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 03:09 PM (cS13u) 306
> Zendaya as Athena.
Speaking of overrated... There are many attractive black women. She is not one of them. The first word that comes to mind when I see her features is "porcine". Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 03:09 PM (IG3/x) 307
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 03:10 PM (JA4sW) 308
Heather Graham was que bella in Swingers.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 03:10 PM (cS13u) 309
You can't park there
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 13, 2026 03:10 PM (Kt19C) 310
282 269 Nolan built up a pretty solid list of movies...but it looks like he is about to throw it away with Woke Odysseus
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm) ======= A black Helen of Troy (assuming it actually happens, there's been no confirmation what role Lupinto is playing) will be no impediment to the film making $1 billion at the box office. Luigi voice actor Charlie Day said that Luigi Mangioni is one of his favorite Luigi's right before Super Mario Galaxy opened, and it didn't affect the box office at all. Why? Because these controversies are tempests in tea cups and don't derail pre-existing interest. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:06 PM (1Q6Kv) I think that Nolan wants another Oscar. The only way the judges will even consider it is if he includes a few BIPOCs in the movie. Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 13, 2026 03:10 PM (LdKHn) 311
Look at that mug. She looks like a cartoon that you wouldn't want to watch.
Biting! I'mma keep that one, Ace. You're the master. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 03:10 PM (JA4sW) 312
Best Graham movie was the Austin Powers movie she was in
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm Agree but Bowfinger a close second. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 03:10 PM (V4IXI) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2026 03:10 PM (Wnv9h) 314
Stagecoach, the original with John Wayne is quite good, really good. It feels a bit dated in some places and its a little preachy but it still holds up quite well and some of the stunts are astounding.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:11 PM (El6/E) 315
310 I think that Nolan wants another Oscar. The only way the judges will even consider it is if he includes a few BIPOCs in the movie.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 13, 2026 03:10 PM (LdKHn) ======= Very possible. But it should be remembered that Oppenheimer won Best Picture under the DEI rules, and there's not a black face in the film. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:11 PM (1Q6Kv) 316
Hi everyone! Are are things?
Posted by: Piper ....... Good. But still not gonna remodel my bathroom. Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 03:11 PM (UjdFS) 317
Thank you ace for keeping the heat on these frauds.
Karma is coming. Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (NpAcC) 318
301 You are really trying to make me pound my keyboard to death today, aren't you?
Unforgiven is GREAT. Posted by: Blonde Morticia ________ It is, but the message is pretty nihilistic. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (XvL8K) It's only nihilistic if you think that hired gunmen and strongmen sheriffs were more likely to be good men than not. It probably has frontier life about right: might makes right (whether it should or not). Posted by: I'm not saying it's the Hebrews ... at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (Wmpd8) 319
But it should be remembered that Oppenheimer won Best Picture under the DEI rules, and there's not a black face in the film. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:11 PM (1Q6Kv) ____________ Random Black Woman >>>>> John von Neumann Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (tgvbd) 320
304 Best Graham movie was the Austin Powers movie she was in
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm) Nah. Bowfinger. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (iXqHn) 321
> Zendaya as Athena.
What the f*ck is up with the 'one name' people trying to be famous? I mean, she's a nothing to me and always has been.....but she's nowhere NEAR a Madonna or Cher or Sting in their prime and never will be. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (JA4sW) 322
I think that Nolan wants another Oscar. The only way the judges will even consider it is if he includes a few BIPOCs in the movie.
Exactly. He's trying to get awards, so he cast to get them even if it hurts the story. See also: One Battle After Another, aka Paul Thomas Anderson saying 'dammit I am getting an award this time' Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (El6/E) 323
Hi everyone! Are are things?
Posted by: Piper ....... Good. But still not gonna remodel my bathroom. Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 03:11 PM (UjdFS) *** I am, however, considering a big bay window next to the crapper. Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (2WIwB) 324
Flounder, closer than 300 yards.
Brave AI has a decent summary. "The shot that killed Charlie Kirk was fired from approximately 130 to 200 yards (120 to 180 meters) away, with multiple sources providing slightly varying estimates based on forensic and video analysis. The gunman was positioned on the roof of the Losee Center at Utah Valley University, roughly 140–175 yards from Kirk’s speaking location under an open-air tent. " The difficulty of the shot is shooting downhill (an uphill shot is also more difficult) because it requires thinking in 3d when most people are accustomed, outside those that hunt in the mountains, of shooting flat and level (2d) on ranges with flat shooting cartridges between point blank firing range and maximum point blank range. On a flat range, fairly easy to compensate for the minor differences in powder charge/pressure and bullet weight. Not so on shooting at altitude differences between shooter and target. Makes it harder without equipment to compensate to judge distances as well. No mention yet of dickhead tyler using a range finder and previously checking the range distance before the assassination. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (E4rtv) 325
The gays of Hormuz hardest hit. Posted by: Iranian IRGC at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (IifOV) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 03:13 PM (tgvbd) 327
I do think Brad Litt doesn't get the acting credit he deserves because he's a pretty boy.
I always thought he should have gotten an Oscar for Kalifornia. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 03:13 PM (V4IXI) 328
I don't see a handicapped sign.
Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 03:13 PM (UjdFS) 329
She was quite sexy as a then-unknown in Leprechaun. The Blade would have banged. Eagerly and repeatedly.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/) Why not just say you did? Who's going to prove you didn't? Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (iXqHn) ____ The Blade isn't a bullshitter, tho .... Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/) 330
But it should be remembered that Oppenheimer won Best Picture under the DEI rules, and there's not a black face in the film.
I heard that that was the last year you didn't have to qualify to get them. As in, the rules were passed, but didn't apply that oscars season yet because they films were already released before the rules were imposed. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:13 PM (El6/E) 331
I could do with more footage of hidden underground bunkers in Iran filled with missiles burning right about now.
Pure kino, you know. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:13 PM (1Q6Kv) 332
I think that Nolan wants another Oscar. Posted by: Darrell Harris ================ What the heck for? Someone tell him. No one cares about Oscars anymore. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 03:14 PM (n7rxJ) 333
Hi everyone! Are are things?
Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 03:07 PM (OoFl2) I still feel like a speedbag used in training for a prize fight. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 03:14 PM (JA4sW) 334
262 223 OT: Speaking of Trump and the Pope, the AI "Trump as Jesus" pic got removed from Trump's post. Susie probably had a pretty harsh word with him this morning about that stupidity.
Posted by: Nova Local WTF was he thinking. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 13, 2026 03:03 PM (abIsI) ---------- What was he thinking? Something like this. "So the Pope want's to dip his toes into politics well two can play at that game." Posted by: WisRich at April 13, 2026 03:14 PM (G0vdT) 335
Ace, how would you feel if someone called you Pin Point Nostrils?
Posted by: Jerry Carroll at April 13, 2026 03:14 PM (RRQTN) 336
329 The Blade isn't a bullshitter, tho ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/) Comedy line of the year! Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 03:14 PM (iXqHn) 337
It's only nihilistic if you think that hired gunmen and strongmen sheriffs were more likely to be good men than not. It probably has frontier life about right: might makes right (whether it should or not).
Posted by: I'm not saying it's the Hebrews ________ I'm thinking about one line in particular - "We've all got it coming, kid." That implies the finality of death and no ultimate judgment. The essence of nihilism. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026 03:15 PM (XvL8K) 338
332 What the heck for? Someone tell him. No one cares about Oscars anymore.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 03:14 PM (n7rxJ) ======= People in the industry, especially near the top, care a lot, and it's not about plaudits from the common people who buy tickets. It's the ultimate form of validation of their art by their peers, and it makes sense. I just think the awards show should stop telecasting because no one outside the industry should give a shit. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:15 PM (1Q6Kv) 339
Posted by: I'm not saying it's the Hebrews ... at April 13, 2026 03:12 PM (Wmpd
'Killer of women and children.... ' Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 03:15 PM (V4IXI) 340
But...health insurance covers, apparently everything. So it isn't even insurance.
Posted by: 18-1 The correct term is health care rationing. On scarce resources, you either get rationing by price or rationing by politics. Dems want rationing by politics eventually because it gives them more control over the people by a direct way to threaten them. No one likes the tradeoffs between price and healthcare but the right tolerates it far more than the left. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 03:15 PM (E4rtv) 341
I do think Brad Litt doesn't get the acting credit he deserves because he's a pretty boy
Yeah, exactly. He is really, really good. I wrote him off until I saw Meet Joe Black and 12 Monkeys. then Snatch just solidified it. He really is a damned good actor, one of the best of our times. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:15 PM (El6/E) 342
What was he thinking? Something like this. "So the Pope want's to dip his toes into politics well two can play at that game." Posted by: WisRich at April 13, 2026 03:14 PM (G0vdT) This. Exactly f*cking this. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 03:16 PM (JA4sW) 343
It's the ultimate form of validation of their art by their peers, and it makes sense _________ The sillier and more superficial the business, the more awards and prizes it hands out. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 03:16 PM (tgvbd) 344
Brad Pitt was really funny in Burn After Reading.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 13, 2026 03:17 PM (PSEDc) 345
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But it should be remembered that Oppenheimer won Best Picture under the DEI rules, and there's not a black face in the film. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:11 PM (1Q6Kv) Rules were not in effect til the next year. Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 03:17 PM (tOcjL) 346
I'm thinking about one line in particular - "We've all got it coming, kid." That implies the finality of death and no ultimate judgment. The essence of nihilism.
And the entire movie is utterly bleak. There are no good guys. The entire plot is about murdering a guy for scarring a hooker. The sheriff is a sadistic brute. Its completely without hope or light. but I took that line differently, I took it to mean "all of us deserve it." Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 03:17 PM (El6/E) 347
Rhonda Fleming and Jan Sterling in "Pony Express" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqpm0UFuriE This one's for you, Ace. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 03:18 PM (Y8DZL) 348
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What was he thinking? Something like this. "So the Pope want's to dip his toes into politics well two can play at that game." Posted by: WisRich at April 13, 2026 03:14 PM (G0vdT) This. Exactly f*cking this. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 03:16 PM (JA4sW) ======= There's a growing rift between the Catholic faithful and Church leadership on certain issues. The left within the Church is trying to undo that and bring the American Catholic laity more in line with where we were a decade ago, closer to 50/50. 2024, the Catholic vote was 56-44 after years of oscillating around 50/50. A hard right turn. Using the authority of the papacy to try and bring that back probably won't work. I mean, we ignored Francis for more than a decade. We can ignore Leo, too. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 03:18 PM (1Q6Kv) Trump's Blockade of the Strait of America BeginsThe U.S. on Monday said it began blocking ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, attempting to ratchet up pressure on Iran to reopen the key oil route after peace negotiations collapsed. As the 10 a.m. ET deadline passed for the blockade to take effect, President Donald Trump warned Iran's "fast attack ships" not to come near the U.S. forces enforcing the closure. "If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "It is quick and brutal." A White House official confirmed to CNBC that the blockade has taken effect. Trump had announced the blockade plan Sunday in a social media post slamming Iran for refusing to give up its nuclear ambitions and accusing Tehran of "WORLD EXTORTION" by continuing to throttle traffic through the strait. The U.S. blockade applies to "any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz," Trump said. The U.S. Central Command later added the caveat that American forces "will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports." "The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman," CENTCOM specified. This is a very Trumpian move. It flips the script -- you're blocking our ships? Okay, now we're blocking yours. I think this is an improvisation, a gamble made because Iran just will not agree to any of Trump's ceasefire demands. What's the goal? Miad Maleka explains: Miad MalekiThis is tough: The IRGC will wind up destroying much of Iran's future oil production to cling to power. In addition, Iran has been collecting "tolls" from ships it allows to pass, most of which are, I assume, taking oil to Iran's allies like India and China. The blockade not only strips Iran of this "toll" money, but will cause Iran's allies to pressure it into conceding. Will this work? I don't know. Another question is, will it cut into the IRGC faster than it punishes the people suffering under the tyranny of the Islamic Occupational Army? Again, I don't know. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
foirt
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (CWTWj) 2
yeah me
Posted by: doug at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (Hy+R4) 3
lucky me.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (CWTWj) 4
so we're blocking iranian ships or all ships? either we we don't miss much
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (CWTWj) 5
That's my President.
Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (Knp4g) 6
>>>4 so we're blocking iranian ships or all ships? either we we don't miss much
all ships coming to or from Iranian ports. Posted by: ace at April 13, 2026 01:08 PM (1wjle) 7
Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (NcvvS) 8
When the fuck are the “brave Persians yearning to live free” going to actually man up, rise up, and take charge? The sooner that happens the sooner this shit ends.
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy) 9
No way to prevent suffering of the Iranian people until that regime is gone.
Posted by: steevy at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (YwEeS) 10
No idea what is going on with Iran at this moment, but (headline)
>>> Hormuz Blockade: Europe Mobilizing Against the U.S., Not the Iran Regime Ummm, it has been that since day one in the non-participation "But, we want our oil and don't care that Iran has been threatening to kill all the Jews and Americans from day one because we don't like them either..." way. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (/lPRQ) 11
Has Oman commented on the Hormuz situation? The Strait is partially theirs, yet I haven't seen anywhere that they've said boo about it. Does that strike anyone else as odd?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (ZxPkt) 13
Will this work? I don't know. Another question is, will it cut into the IRGC faster than it punishes the people suffering under the tyranny of the Islamic Occupational Army? Again, I don't know.
This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t) 14
This caught the attention of Macron and Starmer who have formed a meeting planned for after the conflict ends. Or something. A committee.
Worthless! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 13, 2026 01:12 PM (WONhk) 15
foirt
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM Swalwell's colon weighs in on the blockade. Posted by: JuJuBee at April 13, 2026 01:12 PM (tM5h4) 16
When the f*** are the “brave Persians yearning to live free” going to actually man up, rise up, and take charge? The sooner that happens the sooner this s*** ends.
Posted by: Dirk Steed That's very brave of you to say from your keyboard. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t) 17
IRGC will only give up power when dead.
I have faith Trump understands this. Their next steps are going to be irrational and very dangerous for the other Gulf countries. Posted by: melodicmetal at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (eWbPp) 18
Persian Rug Futures up 87% since Sunday!
Posted by: Nasser Aftab's House of Carpets, Route 17 at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (oftw2) 19
>> When the fuck are the “brave Persians yearning to live free” going to actually man up, rise up, and take charge? The sooner that happens the sooner this shit ends.
My worry has always been that they did - the last 5 times the US said we would support them and then they all got hung or shot. People willing to kill/die for freedom is not an inexhaustible resource - and a society can run out of them. I've always though Europe has gone to shit because they lost pretty much all of theirs in WW1/2 and the next generations were raised by the leftovers. Posted by: Ryan Frank at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (fgmuN) 20
This caught the attention of Macron and Starmer who have formed a meeting planned for after the conflict ends. Or something. A committee.
Worthless! They are simply beyond parody. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t) 21
This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites.
Posted by: Archimedes You're dead wrong, you worthless a-hole! Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (77rzZ) 22
16 When the f*** are the “brave Persians yearning to live free” going to actually man up, rise up, and take charge? The sooner that happens the sooner this s*** ends.
Posted by: Dirk Steed That's very brave of you to say from your keyboard. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t) and behind the blue surgical mask you wear in your car. Posted by: Roy at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (qwype) 23
no Soviet vessels may approach Cuber
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (ZxPkt) What are those? Posted by: Q-Bert at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (E6xSb) 24
Although our gas prices will likely spike... even though there's no shortage, I can only imagine what's going to happen in the EU, Russia and China. And Australia, who apparently is a week or so from not having any jet fuel.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (AkEZC) 25
I will bring in the vaunted French navy to once again to break this evil blockade!
Posted by: Marquis de Lafayette at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (NHz0z) Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (Riz8t) 27
>>>This is a very Trumpian move. It flips the script -- you're blocking our ships? Okay, now we're blocking yours.
You gotta love it. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv) 28
Looks to me that NATO is actively working against the US...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (TrNJ0) 29
8 When the fuck are the “brave Persians yearning to live free” going to actually man up, rise up, and take charge? The sooner that happens the sooner this shit ends.
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy) Ask the Basij, who no longer want to man barricades and roadblocks. Posted by: Q-Bert at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (E6xSb) 30
This will delay or completely remove the need for any seizure of Kharg.
If you can throttle Iran with a blockade, perhaps they'll cry uncle sooner, and without US boots on the ground. If there's a way to win this without putting regular forces on the ground, I'm for it. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (FmapG) 31
The Strait of Hormel is blockaded?
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R) 32
21 This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites.
Posted by: Archimedes You're dead wrong, you worthless a-hole! Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (77rzZ) You're both useless wankers. Posted by: A pox on both your houses at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (TbWk/) 33
When the fuck are the “brave Persians yearning to live free” going to actually man up, rise up, and take charge? The sooner that happens the sooner this shit ends.
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy) The 40,000 brave ones got slaughtered by their own government two months ago. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (FmapG) 34
Although our gas prices will likely spike... even though there's no shortage, I can only imagine what's going to happen in the EU, Russia and China. And Australia, who apparently is a week or so from not having any jet fuel.
Yeah. One useful thing this war has done is exposed how much a lot of countries are showing their asses. Australia was self-sufficient on oil but then they shut down all the refineries in favor of shipping it to China and shipping the refined products back. Apparently things only have a carbon footprint if Karen can see them in her own city. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (2ocoG) 35
Why is this very important: when mature oil wells shut down, bottom water rushes in, a process called water coning. Oil droplets get permanently trapped in rock pores. This oil can never be recovered. Iran's fields already decline 5-8% annually. Forced shut-ins could permanently destroy 300,000-500,000 bbl/day of production capacity, that's $9-15B/year in revenue, gone forever.
Ummm, no. Water coning occurs when producers pump wells too FAST. Some types of reservoirs and wells do not respond favorably to extended shut in periods. I do not know the particulars of the Iranian reservoirs, but that statement above is not correct. Further, Iran's oil fields are not monolithic. If any of their smart engineers are left, I assume they will keep pumping the "at risk" fields and shut in the fields that will not suffer. OTOH, Trump is applying a ton of pressure! Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (HlyYF) 36
31 The Strait of Hormel is blockaded?
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R) Spam and chili prices will skyrocket. Posted by: And corned beef hash at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (TbWk/) 37
Spam futures?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (aikFH) 38
11 Has Oman commented on the Hormuz situation? The Strait is partially theirs, yet I haven't seen anywhere that they've said boo about it. Does that strike anyone else as odd?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (77rzZ) Not really. The Omanis like to keep their heads down and their mouths shut. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (E6xSb) 39
Was surprised and disappointed when we didn't immediately (Feb. 2
Still don't understand why that is not being done. It would shut down exports about as quickly as this blockade. It can be performed anywhere, not just at the Strait or in the Gulf. Regime's not gonna try very hard to export when they see no $$ from the activity. Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (U/Byj) 40
>>>The regime issued its largest-ever banknote, 10M rials, worth about $7.
I want a bunch of these. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (dK+Kv) 41
It is over.
The Mullahs and PhDs (but I repeat myself) just don't realize it yet. I said from the start that the strait has two ends and that Iran threatening to close it was like your opponent putting a gun to his head and threatening to shoot. There is no leverage gained by doing that. It is like the old Jackoff Smirnov joke about Soviet Russia. They tried to block the strait but in Trump America strait block you!!! Posted by: Thatch at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (82UEA) 42
21 This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites.
Posted by: Archimedes You're dead wrong, you worthless a-hole! Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (77rzZ) And I bet you've never even killed a man! Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (iXqHn) 43
Ummm, no.
Water coning occurs when producers pump wells too FAST. Some types of reservoirs and wells do not respond favorably to extended shut in periods. I do not know the particulars of the Iranian reservoirs, but that statement above is not correct. Further, Iran's oil fields are not monolithic. If any of their smart engineers are left, I assume they will keep pumping the "at risk" fields and shut in the fields that will not suffer. I'd like to weigh in here, despite knowing nothing whatsoever on the topic. Gee, maybe I should run for office as a Democrat. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t) 44
36 31 The Strait of Hormel is blockaded?
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R) Spam and chili prices will skyrocket. Posted by: And corned beef hash at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (TbWk/) And ham. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (E6xSb) 45
Persian Rug Futures up 87% since Sunday! Posted by: Nasser Aftab's House of Carpets It's their secret weapon. https://t.ly/-a6rs Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (Cqx++) 46
I once read a syfy/fantasy short story about a high stakes board game with impossibly complex rules. The good guy wins when he turns a piece over thereby changing the rules. Trump turned a piece over.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (ndZc7) 47
I'd like to weigh in here, despite knowing nothing whatsoever on the topic. Gee, maybe I should run for office as a Democrat.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t) Cones are geometry and geometry is math and math is racist. Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (Ot/FD) 48
"If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "It is quick and brutal."
"Close" is a fuzzy word. Care to be more precise? Anything anywhere that looks regime related and possibly armed. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (/lPRQ) 49
Trump flipped the script. Iran threatened to block Saudi exports, not Trump is blocking their exports. Also, their loss is our gain - we control both our own exports and Venezuela.
You also forget, the Saudis have a pipeline to the Red Sea. It was supposed to be opened in three years. It opened this week - someone was lying about the timeline. 7 million barrels a day, exported. So, Gulf oil companies can now bypass the straight. China is now in Talks with Qatar for more oil. Iran's own patron is writing them off. It means the world is simply going to move on without Iranian oil. So now Iran must demand the straight be opened - switching positions with the U.S. Checkmate. Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (vOtXJ) 50
Why weren't we doing this on day 1?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm) 51
Regime goons are still patrolling the streets with truck-mounted machine guns
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (ZxPkt) 52
The Strait of Hormel is blockaded?
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R) Spam and chili prices will skyrocket. Posted by: And corned beef hash at April 13, 2026 01:17 PM (TbWk/) This naked aggression must not be allowed to stand! Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (dK+Kv) 53
Oman is sitting on a huge stockpile of IRGC money.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (yAteE) 54
using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea,
And with one phrase he reduces the islamic government of Iran from a government to a criminal organization Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (a+4eV) 55
Although our gas prices will likely spike... even though there's no shortage, I can only imagine what's going to happen in the EU, Russia and China. And Australia, who apparently is a week or so from not having any jet fuel.
The influence of futures speculation is disconcerting. Domestic gas prices went up $1.40 or more per gallon despite there being, to the best of my knowledge, no disruption of US supply chain for gas. Posted by: It's just gambling as far as I can tell at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (TbWk/) 56
39 Was surprised and disappointed when we didn't immediately (Feb. 2 being aggressively implementing a standing policy/tactic against Iranian exports - seizure of ships and diversion of revenues therefrom to escrow accounts. Just as we did with Venezuelan shipping prior to their little helicopter-enhanced management change. Pretty sure we've done this with Iranian ships, under sanctions policy, in the past, and that's recent past.
Still don't understand why that is not being done. It would shut down exports about as quickly as this blockade. It can be performed anywhere, not just at the Strait or in the Gulf. Regime's not gonna try very hard to export when they see no $$ from the activity. Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (U/Byj) 1) that takes ships. 2) to take ships that belong to other countries, many of which are allied to us. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (E6xSb) 57
Iran can get by with their Pistachio bucks.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (FmapG) 58
24 Although our gas prices will likely spike... even though there's no shortage, I can only imagine what's going to happen in the EU, Russia and China. And Australia, who apparently is a week or so from not having any jet fuel.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (AkEZC I hope they suffer good and long. And hard. And due to international blockades, the thrusting, razored dildo of consequences won't be lubed. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (Sco7b) 59
I'm sure the US has companies that could go in, redrill the wells, and have oil flowing again within 6 months.
Posted by: toddg at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (ceFtv) 60
Looking at MarineTraffic, the global ship tracking app, there are quite a few tankers waiting to exit the Hormuz and an equal number waiting to enter. Europe / NATO couldn't muster more than half a dozen "soldiers" to guard Greenland from Trump a number of months ago.
They're in no position to do shit about the tankers, the Hormuz, the IRGC or Iran. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (AkEZC) Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (Riz8t) 62
You also forget, the Saudis have a pipeline to the Red Sea. It was supposed to be opened in three years. It opened this week - someone was lying about the timeline. 7 million barrels a day, exported. So, Gulf oil companies can now bypass the straight. Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 13, 2026 01:19 PM (vOtXJ) The East-West pipeline has been operable but not much used for decades, prepared for an event like this. Doesn't cover all the oil but covers a lot. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (okun6) 63
Why weren't we doing this on day 1?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm) Day 1, they still had ballistic missiles, mines, and lots of drones. Probably lots of American losses anticipated. I like the facade of reserved geopolicy making, honestly, using all the tools in the toolbox. What a breath of fresh air, versus regime building and legions of dead and disfigured Americans to replace the Taliban with the Taliban. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:22 PM (dK+Kv) 64
50 Why weren't we doing this on day 1?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm) I'm guessing this is a hell of a lot more danger for our personnel, and takes a lot more equipment sitting still and being a target, as opposed to blowing up their shit from over the horizon or from uncontested airspace like we've been doing. Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 01:22 PM (Ot/FD) 65
55 Although our gas prices will likely spike... even though there's no shortage, I can only imagine what's going to happen in the EU, Russia and China. And Australia, who apparently is a week or so from not having any jet fuel.
The influence of futures speculation is disconcerting. Domestic gas prices went up $1.40 or more per gallon despite there being, to the best of my knowledge, no disruption of US supply chain for gas. Posted by: It's just gambling as far as I can tell at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (TbWk/) Insurance. Futures contracts are done to ensure future supply. If that future supply looks iffy, the price will rise accordingly. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:23 PM (E6xSb) 66
31 The Strait of Hormel is blockaded?
Posted by: that guy who skims the post at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (Q6P2R) Spam and chili prices will skyrocket. Posted by: And corned beef hash ........ We had better attack now, with exploding tuna cans. Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 01:23 PM (UjdFS) 67
Another option I'd like to see that would instantly take care of the "toll booth" arrangement Iran has set up - mine the waters around Larak and Qeshm islands. Traffic instantly stops, and there's nothing Iran can do about it. Clear the normal TSS (traffic separation scheme) into/out of the Gulf, mine/shut down the "toll booth" diversion set-up.
Probably operational or other considerations involved that might argue against this but hope it's been looked at. Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:23 PM (U/Byj) 68
Right now the DOW is in positive territory...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:23 PM (TrNJ0) 69
In late March, Trent Telenko spoke of Iranian hyperinflation. With their military effectively gone, and an impending blockade, it will be their economy and monetary system that will doom them.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2035448712411943405.html Posted by: azlibertarian at April 13, 2026 01:24 PM (ELeH9) 70
IRGC will only give up power when dead.
I have faith Trump understands this. Their next steps are going to be irrational and very dangerous for the other Gulf countries. Posted by: melodicmetal Yeah. Like launching a gazillion missiles and drones at random neighbors! Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 01:24 PM (/lPRQ) Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 01:24 PM (DgMqy) 72
You also forget, the Saudis have a pipeline to the Red Sea. It was supposed to be opened in three years. It opened this week
- The Saudis may be Islamic assholes but they're not Californians. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (ndZc7) 73
Wait, destroying infrastructure and the people who support it is a war crime? My Bad!
Posted by: William Tecumseh Sherman at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (KnFve) 74
This going on in an election year with zero media cover shows that Trump is either owned an operated and fooled by some of the world's darkest, most malevolent forces, like those that manipulated Bush and controlled Biden and Obama, or he is a once in 100 year leader.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (cS13u) 75
Bessent and PDT crashed the rial before the war ever started.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (yAteE) 76
When the fuck are the “brave Persians yearning to live free” going to actually man up, rise up, and take charge? The sooner that happens the sooner this shit ends.
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy) *************************************** When they can do so without being massacred en masse by the theocratic regime, as happened a few months ago and has occurred several times prior. If the United States had ramped up drone production following the Israeli-Iranian conflict in June 2025, we could already have killed enough Basiji and IRGC in the major cities that the remainder wouldn't be capable of suppressing dissent. But there doesn't seem to have been much, if any preparation for this conflict. Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (m78uQ) 77
We are still under "ceasefire" too. So IRGC cannot start shooting. Unless they want to violate the ceasefire.
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (GD0B3) 78
Man. The memoirs of Former President Trump are going to be absolutely insane.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (Ot/FD) 79
Blockade? That's an ancient strategy that will not work in the 21st Century!
Also, it violates Our Precious Norms and International Law! Posted by: The Association of Foreign Policy Experts at April 13, 2026 01:26 PM (5rh/l) 80
77 We are still under "ceasefire" too. So IRGC cannot start shooting. Unless they want to violate the ceasefire.
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (GD0B3) Israel is itching to take out some more of their "leaders." Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (TrNJ0) Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (DgMqy) 82
I saw Exploding Tuna Cans open for Canned Heat in '78
Posted by: Kinda fishy at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (TbWk/) 83
Euroweenies, Islamophiles, Chinese, and Russians most horrified by this...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (ynpvh) 84
Quick! Let's find a drink company and make BLOCKAID as a fundraiser for Ace~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (diia5) 85
Euroweenies, Islamophiles, Chinese, and Russians most horrified by this...
I assume Russia is more ambivalent. Yes, Iran is their ally, but shut off Iranian oil and Russian is worth more right? Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm) 86
Ok, mebbe I should mullah' it over.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (diia5) 87
"If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea,"
- The method employed while he talked a bunch about interrupting the drug trade, which turned out to be a distraction for Maduro's abduction? Interesting. Posted by: Methos at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (vSvIl) 88
If the United States had ramped up drone production following the Israeli-Iranian conflict in June 2025, we could already have killed enough Basiji and IRGC in the major cities that the remainder wouldn't be capable of suppressing dissent. But there doesn't seem to have been much, if any preparation for this conflict.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:25 PM (m78uQ) Concern noted. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (dK+Kv) 89
Oman is sitting on a huge stockpile of IRGC money.
Posted by: Ben Had How'd they get that? Did the IRGC stash/invest it there? Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:29 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:29 PM (ndZc7) 91
"Why weren't we doing this on day 1?"
President Trump always leaves room for the other guy to hang himself or behave. Then when Trump drops the hammer he has a clear justification. Posted by: connected and litigious at April 13, 2026 01:30 PM (cS1cw) 92
Trump's Blockade of the Strait of America Begins"
Wait a tic... remember wayyy back when, when they controlled the Strait, and Swallogood was a shoo in for Guv? Pepperidge Farms remembers....last week Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (XuXeR) 93
The sanctions-enforcement policy I suggested above - which is a continuation of existing policy and tactics - would not require ships we don't have (and the Navy is woefully short on hulls), nor should it introduce any issues not already encountered in enforcement for years now.
The geography is very favorable. All Iranian cargoes emerge from a very small area. Monitoring/intercepting is not difficult. All "ghost fleet" ships present no new issues at all. Dunno what % of Iranian oil exports (or others) are carried by non-ghost fleet hulls, doubt it's that high. In any case, if you're killing heads of state with airstrikes as part of an operation, you should be ready to do something like fully enforce an already existing (and "UN approved") policy. Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (U/Byj) 94
Trump warned many countries that America's charity was coming to an end.
As leftard communism rose in practically every one of them thanks to the US's long-standing unrequited benificence, so shall it now come under threat. At least that looks like the plan. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (cS13u) 95
Bulg, dummy companies set up by the IRGC. Qatar and the UK holding funds as well
Bessent knows where all the money is. Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (yAteE) 96
> We are still under "ceasefire" too. So IRGC cannot start shooting. Unless they want to violate the ceasefire.
---------- IIRC, just the other day Iran/IRGC lobbed a couple missiles at one of the other gulf states. The UAE keeps a daily tally. I think on day one of the ceasefire the UAE recorded about a dozen of them. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (AkEZC) 97
Trump sort of talks on both sides of the fence on this. The actual blockade is of ships transiting to-from Iranian ports, not other non Iranian shipping 'Transiting' the Strait of Homuz.
Posted by: DBCooper at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (3oMnW) 98
Wait, destroying infrastructure and the people who support it is a war crime? My Bad!
Posted by: William Tecumseh Sherman Tell me about it. - Curtis LeMay Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (ndZc7) 99
84 Quick! Let's find a drink company and make BLOCKAID as a fundraiser for Ace~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:27 PM (diia5) PDT as the Kool-Aid man, smashing through an Iranian blockade, "OH YEAH! I have a drink for you, it's a beautiful drink, I'm telling you, made right in the US of A! Delicious, thirst-quenching drink, really terrific drink, just the best..." Posted by: Not for low IQ people at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (TbWk/) 100
If the United States had ramped up drone production"
And there is reliable info that we don't have said weapons? Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (XuXeR) 101
They are lucky
Thomas Jefferson sent the Marines to kill all of the goat fuckers. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (/+uur) 102
Things just got spicy - harissa-level.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (Av6i5) 103
You can't park there
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (Kt19C) 104
So far, the blockade has been ineffective! $XOM is flat today.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (GPa4z) 105
Willowed by myself:
Fartswell didn't file for his congressional seat by April 6th so he's a goner anyway. Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (WQDw6) 106
I think the cutest thing is Iran is calling this illegal.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR) 107
Can't we just carpet bomb Iran with nuclear bombs, take their oil, and get this over with already? #KillThemAllAndLetGodSortThemOut
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (9aVck) 108
60 Looking at MarineTraffic, the global ship tracking app, there are quite a few tankers waiting to exit the Hormuz and an equal number waiting to enter. Europe / NATO couldn't muster more than half a dozen "soldiers" to guard Greenland from Trump a number of months ago.
They're in no position to do shit about the tankers, the Hormuz, the IRGC or Iran. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (AkEZC) Starmer /spit/ said this morning UK and France are calling for an international conference to determine how to ensure the Hormuz Strait is open for all maritime traffic - AFTER the war ends. You can bet your bottom dollar or last barrel of oil no nation will ever say a word of thanks to the US, let alone to Trump, for taking-down the Mullahocracy and thereby eliminating the IRGC threat to close the Strait anytime they chose, for whatever reasons they say. Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (5rh/l) 109
Wait, destroying infrastructure and the people who support it is a war crime? My Bad!
Posted by: William Tecumseh Sherman I was reading a Euronik thread a few days ago where the Euroniks had decided that whether or not Americans voted for Trump we were all collectively responsible because on one was actively trying to remove him. A few American lefties tried arguing they were going to No Kings rallies but the Euroniks still argued they had a collective responsibility. And then you read their takes on the WoT or this conflict with Iran and it is comical. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm) 110
Concern noted.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:28 PM (dK+Kv) ****************************** From early on in this conflict, there have been videos of drone strikes on Iranian regime checkpoints. It doesn't seem as if Iran has any effective anti-drone systems; they've been bragging about a handful of drones downed. This implies that a sufficient number of drones could have blasted thousands, or tens of thousands, of Basiji/IRGC at checkpoints, or driving around in vehicles, or various other situations that could easily be called in by the Iranian resistance, until the Basiji/IRGC began to melt away and a general uprising could be signaled. But America & Israel evidently haven't stockpiled anywhere near enough drones to achieve this, even though this would have been relatively cheap compared to the actual operations thus far (and continuing). Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (m78uQ) 111
106 I think the cutest thing is Iran is calling this illegal.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR) Just saw Starmer addressing the Parliament basically calling it illegal too... Said. and this is rich, the war is endangering the Iranian people... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (TrNJ0) 112
105 Willowed by myself:
Fartswell didn't file for his congressional seat by April 6th so he's a goner anyway. Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (WQDw6) ------ I sense penumbras and emanations of CA election law that mean that Mr. Fartswell can file any time up to and including election day! Posted by: Cartel Judge NPC#5456 at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (oqH4h) 113
101 They are lucky Thomas Jefferson sent the Marines to kill all of the goat fuckers. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:32 PM (/+uur) Bill Jefferson Clinton wouldn't have. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (ynpvh) Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (iFTx/) 115
112 105 Willowed by myself:
Fartswell didn't file for his congressional seat by April 6th so he's a goner anyway. Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (WQDw6) ------ I sense penumbras and emanations of CA election law that mean that Mr. Fartswell can file any time up to and including election day! Posted by: Cartel Judge NPC#5456 at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (oqH4h) It was postmarked April 1st... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:36 PM (ynpvh) Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:36 PM (cS13u) 117
The best of times, I am telling you.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 13, 2026 01:36 PM (qFwJc) 118
111 106 I think the cutest thing is Iran is calling this illegal.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR) Just saw Starmer addressing the Parliament basically calling it illegal too... Said. and this is rich, the war is endangering the Iranian people... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (TrNJ0) Starmer doesn't give a shit about native Britons, but he sure does care about Muzzies! Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (ynpvh) 119
Soviet "Wessels"
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (WQDw6) Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (qFwJc) 121
UAE also has a pipeline that bypasses the Strait, it's smaller than the Saudi cross-peninsula pipeline but not trivial. And There's an Iraqi pipeline north that crosses Turkey to the Med but it's got limited capacity (around 250K barrels a day).
Prospects for new pipelines up to the Med looking better than ever. Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (U/Byj) 122
Could we pay the UAE enough money to let us install massive coastal batteries on the far side of the strait?
That could be fun. Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (oqH4h) 123
120 You know Homer, a Naval Blockade is a Act of War.
LOL No shit! Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (qFwJc) Oh, it's just a little Cease and Desist notice... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:38 PM (ynpvh) 124
Violators will be towed at owners expense
Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 01:38 PM (UjdFS) 125
122 Could we pay the UAE enough money to let us install massive coastal batteries on the far side of the strait?
That could be fun. Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (oqH4h) Possibly... They're pretty pissed right now at Iran for shooting missiles and drones at them... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (TrNJ0) 126
4 so we're blocking iranian ships or all ships? either we we don't miss much
Posted by: gnats local 678 ===== Ships going to and from Iranian ports. Regardless of flag. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (E4rtv) 127
Europe (NATO) has picked a side.
IMHO, POTUS and his team knew they would go against the USA. Now europe is kicking us out of NATO. Trump and the USA wins twice. Iran losses and we are out of NATO with out going through the senate. Well played Mister President. Well played. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O) 128
you are all gonna love this.
Swalwell loved to sex his staffers and pretty much every woman he met. he requested naughty pics from them (and got them), and sent them pics of his ween. OK we know that. but did you know in 2016 Taylor Lorenz (yes THAT Lorenz) wrote this article for The Hill: https://tinyurl.com/yck35t8d "How Rep. Eric Swalwell became the Snapchat king of Congress' If I wrote this in a book, people would yell at me for it being contrived Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (El6/E) 129
I'm sure the US has companies that could go in, redrill the wells, and have oil flowing again within 6 months."
6 weeks. And there's a bunch on SE Texas that would be on their way tomorrow... Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (XuXeR) 130
The annual Monsters of Rock cruise is going on as we speak ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 01:35 PM (iFTx/) I had to look that up. Apparently Queensryche is playing. Also Great White. Hope they have plenty of fire extinguishers on board. Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (Q6P2R) 131
But America & Israel evidently haven't stockpiled anywhere near enough drones to achieve this, even though this would have been relatively cheap compared to the actual operations thus far (and continuing).
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (m78uQ) How much of that was budgeted or could have been within about 15 months of Trump becoming POTUS? My guess is zero or nearly zero. Conversely, how much buildup of stockpiles of such weapons can be made in peacetime before JSOC figures it's time to renew inventory? Point is that it is all so easy in retrospect. I like the prosecution so far. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (dK+Kv) 132
127 Europe (NATO) has picked a side.
IMHO, POTUS and his team knew they would go against the USA. Now europe is kicking us out of NATO. Trump and the USA wins twice. Iran losses and we are out of NATO with out going through the senate. Well played Mister President. Well played. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O) Agreed. Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (LHPAg) 133
122 Could we pay the UAE enough money to let us install massive coastal batteries on the far side of the strait?
That could be fun. Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 01:37 PM (oqH4h) Couple of old iowa class turrets Posted by: A dude in MI at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (/6GbT) 134
"I'm sure it's very hard to restrain yourself."
--Eric Swalwell to Ben Shapiro Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (El6/E) 135
Another question is, will it cut into the IRGC faster than it punishes the people suffering under the tyranny of the Islamic Occupational Army? Again, I don't know.
------- Another question: do I care? If this ends up helping the civilians, that's wonderful. But I'm tired of people trying to make that our problem. That's not our problem. That's their problem. And make no mistake - if a liberated Iran comes out the other end of this thing, we will just have another country we liberated that immediately turns around and shits on us at every opportunity, just like all the other countries we've helped out of a jam. It might be worth liberating it just to do the right thing, but it won't benefit the United States. Helping foreigners doesn't seem to do anything but breed contempt. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (BI5O2) 136
127 Europe (NATO) has picked a side.
IMHO, POTUS and his team knew they would go against the USA. Now europe is kicking us out of NATO. Trump and the USA wins twice. Iran losses and we are out of NATO with out going through the senate. Well played Mister President. Well played. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O) LOL. Yes, Europe will support NATO. All our boys come home, crash the local economies. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:40 PM (ynpvh) 137
Soviet "Wessels"
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard I never understood where that came from. Russian has a v-sound. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ) 138
IMHO, POTUS and his team knew they would go against the USA. Now europe is kicking us out of NATO. Trump and the USA wins twice. Iran losses and we are out of NATO with out going through the senate. Well played Mister President. Well played. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O) Agreed Then NATO better get a new President because he's backing Trump in this... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (TrNJ0) 139
IIRC, just the other day Iran/IRGC lobbed a couple missiles at one of the other gulf states. The UAE keeps a daily tally. I think on day one of the ceasefire the UAE recorded about a dozen of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:31 PM (AkEZC) ************************************ When the ceasefire was first announced, Iran fired a bunch of missiles at Israel and a few Gulf states, under the pretext that the ceasefire hadn't yet taken effect. Iran doesn't seem to have been conducting any attacks since then, except on shipping. I assume that if Iran fired any missiles or sent any drones against Israel this would prompt Israel to renew operations against Iran, and similarly that the United States would respond to further attacks by Iran against Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, or the United Arab Emirates. Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (m78uQ) 140
Starmer doesn't give a shit about native Britons, but he sure does care about Muzzies!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) ======= Turns out that City of London was money laundering for the IRGC. There is a reason that Khameini Jr. had recently bought a number of posh residences in a fashionable part of London recently and the Queer Keir refused to go after the bank that was laundering the dirty cash from Iran. Queer Keir was also a buttbuddy of Lord Ali (a Pakistani) who gave Keir all sorts of 'gifts' and appears to be kissing Keir on the street in a video. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv) 141
"How Rep. Eric Swalwell became the Snapchat king of Congress'
If I wrote this in a book, people would yell at me for it being contrived Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (El6/E) ------ 🤣 Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (oqH4h) 142
137 Soviet "Wessels"
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard I never understood where that came from. Russian has a v-sound. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ) Chekhov from the 3rd or 4th Star Trek movie... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (ynpvh) 143
hobo ass is the best tasting ass
Posted by: Sid at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (3NIEk) 144
I think the cutest thing is Iran is calling this illegal.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR) It's only illegal when people we don't like (America) does it? It seems I have heard this ploy before somewhere. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (dK+Kv) 145
Violators will be towed at owners expense
Posted by: wth The Owner's Of This Sign Will Be Penalized For Not Knowing What A Fucking Apostrophe Is. Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5) 146
Now europe is kicking us out of NATO.
...... Good. Close all our bases there and bring ALL our troops home. Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (UjdFS) 147
10/10 BOTTOM LINE: [horrible numbers] ========== Sort of makes me wonder why we never did this before. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM (n7rxJ) 148
It's only illegal when people we don't like (America) does it?
That is the apparent standard of war crimes. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (El6/E) 149
The U.S. naval blockade targeting Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz directly impacts Kish Island, Kharg Island, and other Iranian economic zones by halting maritime traffic, restricting oil exports, and cutting off imports. The blockade seeks to force a definitive end to conflict by crippling Iran's economy, effectively isolating economic zones in the Persian Gulf
Iran is attempting to use rail links and Caspian Sea routes to circumvent the maritime restrictions. ----- Reportedly, Iran extensively uses its approximately 13,000 km rail network to transport goods domestically and internationally, acting as a crucial transit hub for freight between China, Russia, and Central Asia. ---- The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks' May 18, 2023 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (NFX2v) 150
Chekhov from the 3rd or 4th Star Trek movie... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:42 PM 4th Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (2/MrR) 151
oh my goodness, LOL
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (MIIRH) 152
12 SO- no Soviet vessels may approach Cuber
Posted by: Don Black Really? Trump let the last one through a couple weeks ago, hadn't heard anything more. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL) 153
One of the most shocking things about the Eric Fartswell scandal is that he apparently liked girls
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/) 154
For the first time, I just saw a translation one of the sections of the Koran that describes the "72 virgins" awaiting martyrs to have sex with in heaven. Turn out it's true, not just a made-up slander against Islam. This is one passage:
"'And whoever[goes to paradise] will have two Gardens ˹Both will be˺ with lush branches. In each ˹Garden˺ will be two flowing springs. In each will be two types of every fruit. Those ˹believers˺ will recline on furnishings lined with rich brocade. And the fruit of both Gardens will hang within reach. In both ˹Gardens˺ will be maidens of modest gaze, who no human or jinn has ever touched before. Those ˹maidens˺ will be ˹as elegant˺ as rubies and coral. And below these two ˹Gardens˺ will be two others. Both will be dark green. In each will be two gushing springs. In them are fruits, palm trees, and pomegranates. In all Gardens will be noble, pleasant mates They will be˺ maidens [houris] with gorgeous eyes, reserved in pavilions. No human or jinn has ever touched these ˹maidens˺ before. All ˹believers˺ will be reclining on green cushions and splendid carpets." May we send the IRGC to their maidens. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (Av6i5) 155
149 The U.S. naval blockade targeting Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz directly impacts Kish Island, Kharg Island, and other Iranian economic zones by halting maritime traffic, restricting oil exports, and cutting off imports. The blockade seeks to force a definitive end to conflict by crippling Iran's economy, effectively isolating economic zones in the Persian Gulf
Iran is attempting to use rail links and Caspian Sea routes to circumvent the maritime restrictions. ----- Reportedly, Iran extensively uses its approximately 13,000 km rail network to transport goods domestically and internationally, acting as a crucial transit hub for freight between China, Russia, and Central Asia. ---- The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks' May 18, 2023 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (NFX2v) Seems like a few well placed bombs will shut those lines down... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (ynpvh) 156
In addition, Iran has been collecting "tolls" from ships it allows to pass, most of which are, I assume, taking oil to Iran's allies like India and China. The blockade not only strips Iran of this "toll" money, but will cause Iran's allies to pressure it into conceding.
======= I've only seen confirmation that two ships paid the toll, and that was like three weeks ago. There have also been assertions that a couple of European governments have paid the tolls directly to Iran...which is not how tolls work. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (1Q6Kv) 157
Chekhov from the 3rd or 4th Star Trek movie...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) Oh, we was doing that in the series. I just don't understand where Walter Koenig or the writers came up with the idea that Russian-speakers pronounce "v" as "w." The "w" sound really doesn't exist in Russian, except kinda-sorta in loanwords. But the "v" sound is all over the place. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (77rzZ) 158
Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financ (BZ=F) 99.41 +4.21 (+4.42%) As of 1:34:48 PM EDT. Market Open. WTI Crude Oil May 26 (CL=F) 99.23 +2.66 (+2.75%) As of 1:35:24 PM EDT. Market Open. Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (4NO2D) 159
"Sort of makes me wonder why we never did this before."
no one wanted to? they were all collecting major bank from the grift, can't kill the golden goose! Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (MIIRH) 160
One of the most shocking things about the Eric Fartswell scandal is that he apparently liked girls
Well he was sleeping with a Chinese spy woman so it was kind of suggested at least. But yes, by default I figure any prominent democrat prefers boys. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (El6/E) 161
Helping foreigners doesn't seem to do anything but breed contempt."
Yep. Nation Building is a foolish goal. One that is never reached. Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (XuXeR) 162
Also: siege can only work by starving the defenders into submission, and the defenders always get first dibs on the food.
So no - it would necessarily hurt the civilians faster and more than the IRGC. But again, I don't care about that. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (BI5O2) 163
>>>The regime issued its largest-ever banknote, 10M rials, worth about $7.
I want a bunch of these. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:18 PM (dK+Kv) I wonder if it's like the Triganic Pu in Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.- The Triganic Pu is a unit of galactic currency, with an exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu. This is simple enough, but, since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (snZF9) 164
Reportedly, Iran extensively uses its approximately 13,000 km rail network to transport goods domestically and internationally, acting as a crucial transit hub for freight between China, Russia, and Central Asia.
---- The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks' May 18, 2023 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (NFX2v) For now. Posted by: GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (dK+Kv) 165
13 Will this work? I don't know. Another question is, will it cut into the IRGC faster than it punishes the people suffering under the tyranny of the Islamic Occupational Army? Again, I don't know.
This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t) It's definitely a gamble... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (tOcjL) 166
Right before the ceasefire Israel had begun targeting rail lines. They managed to take some out before the pause.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (yAteE) 167
Why weren't we doing this on day 1?
Because they had plenty of missiles on day 1. Now they don't. Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (ddn0m) 168
Chekhov from the 3rd or 4th Star Trek movie...
what's the name of that effect where you remember something false from the past? I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (El6/E) 169
164 Reportedly, Iran extensively uses its approximately 13,000 km rail network to transport goods domestically and internationally, acting as a crucial transit hub for freight between China, Russia, and Central Asia.
---- The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks' May 18, 2023 Right before the "ceasefire" Israel hit some of the trains Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (TrNJ0) 170
164 Reportedly, Iran extensively uses its approximately 13,000 km rail network to transport goods domestically and internationally, acting as a crucial transit hub for freight between China, Russia, and Central Asia.
---- The Iran Primer, 'Iran & Russia: New Land & Sea Networks' May 18, 2023 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 01:43 PM (NFX2v) For now. Posted by: GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (dK+Kv) ====== Israel took out a bunch of their rail network in western Iran a couple of weeks ago. Eastern Iran has precious little rail. Because, you know, mountains make rail difficult. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (1Q6Kv) Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (MIIRH) 172
Trump and RFK Jr. just further impoverished the mullahs by banning the red dye they color pistachios with.
Posted by: Trump Card, Game Over at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (oftw2) 173
It's my understanding that water coning is the result of over-pumping wells, and not of shutting them in. On some older wells, the practice is to pump for a spell, and then let the well rest for a spell, to avoid water coning.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (utfVc) 174
Mullahs state WE WILL be nostalgic for $5 gas.
Probably have $3 gas in a year. Iran won't have gas. Posted by: torabora at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (6BudV) 175
I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor IIRC, he showed up in the second season of TOS. The Soviets weren't complaining that there wasn't a Russian on the Enterprise, so they added Chekhov. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (77rzZ) 176
Nasty letter to follow from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (ZPsSk) 177
Yes why did his accent ger thi ker
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (bXbFr) 178
Roughly 1/4 of all of Iran's imports are food, by the way.
They're far from self-sufficient when it comes to making enough food for the population. When's that accelerationism gonna lead to a populist revolution, huh? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (1Q6Kv) 179
One of the most shocking things about the Eric Fartswell scandal is that he apparently liked girls"
Well, there you go. Reason enough. Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (XuXeR) 180
IRGC's mouth is writing checks their navy can't cash.
Bluster won't work when everyone sees the blockade working. Posted by: Jose at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (V6W16) 181
168 Chekhov from the 3rd or 4th Star Trek movie...
what's the name of that effect where you remember something false from the past? I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (El6/E) The Mandela effect Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (ynpvh) 182
It’s incredible to me the the vanquished country is “pushing back” on a ceasefire agreement. That just means we haven’t punished them enough—resume the bombings. I don’t want crasefire, I want surrender. Iran wants a ceasefire. It’s simply insane that we give into their demand for one, and then they reject it. Ok. Bombs away.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (udRx+) 183
Singapore’s Foreign Minister on why he cannot accept negotiating with Iran for safe passage of ships. Definitely worth listening to:
https://x.com/WorldStrategist/status/ 2042969293554327853 Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (/+uur) 184
Because, you know, mountains make rail difficult.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison That's why I'm building mine in a valley! -- Gavin Newsome Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (77rzZ) 185
Civilians aside, a siege probably plays into their hands. All Iran has to do is buy time. It's their most effective weapon.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2) 186
Chekhov doesn't have an accent so much as a speech impediment. He cannot even pronounce his own name? LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (El6/E) 187
174 Mullahs state WE WILL be nostalgic for $5 gas.
Probably have $3 gas in a year. Iran won't have gas. Posted by: torabora at April 13, 2026 01:48 PM (6BudV) ======= Iran's 2 million barrels a day, which mostly went to China, will be completely replaced by American shale oil. We'll probably be back to $2 gas by summer. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (1Q6Kv) 188
178 Roughly 1/4 of all of Iran's imports are food, by the way.
They're far from self-sufficient when it comes to making enough food for the population. When's that accelerationism gonna lead to a populist revolution, huh? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (1Q6Kv) Food shortages will definitely do the trick. Not that a revolt will succeed, but one will occur. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (okun6) 189
"The Soviets were complaining."
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (77rzZ) 190
Wouldn't Iran have known we would do this? What, if anything, in Trump's behavior has led them to believe they will win this?
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (aZm/F) 191
I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor Interesting Star Trek trivia: Who is is only character to appear in every single episode of the 1966-69 Original Series? Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (Av6i5) 192
190 Wouldn't Iran have known we would do this? What, if anything, in Trump's behavior has led them to believe they will win this?
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (aZm/F) ====== Threatening the strait was a suicide move made by morons. Morons with PhDs. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (1Q6Kv) 193
190 Wouldn't Iran have known we would do this? What, if anything, in Trump's behavior has led them to believe they will win this?
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (aZm/F) They've got their Imam in their pocket, er, well... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (ynpvh) 194
Major Iranian belt-tightening domestically will directly impact financial support for Hezbollah, and the Houthis. As far as I can tell, there is no active oil pipeline connection Iraqi and Iranian oil fields.
The only Iranian oil terminal beyond the reach of the US blockade is the Neka oil terminal on the Caspian Sea. Oil swaps with Russia could bring in some revenue after discounting the Putin surcharge. Posted by: mrp at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (rj6Yv) 195
Who is is only character to appear in every single episode of the 1966-69 Original Series?
Posted by: zombie Kirk? Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (77rzZ) 196
191 I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor Interesting Star Trek trivia: Who is is only character to appear in every single episode of the 1966-69 Original Series? Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (Av6i5) Spock? Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (ynpvh) 197
He started it!
Posted by: The New Mullah at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (UjdFS) 198
> I'm sure the US has companies that could go in, redrill the wells, and have oil flowing again within 6 months."
--- RELEASE THE HALIBURTON Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (ZxPkt) 199
The Mandela effect
Yeah there it is. Honestly I am baffled by its origin (people apparently thought Mandela died in the 80s??), the real Mandela effect is thinking that he was a good man who was a heroic figure fighting racism. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (El6/E) 200
Banks are closed, no available cash from ATM's, government offices and schools closed as well as a lot of industry. The Final Battle will start soon.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (yAteE) 201
You know what you tell a guy/country with two black eyes?
Posted by: connected and litigious at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (cS1cw) 202
185 Civilians aside, a siege probably plays into their hands. All Iran has to do is buy time. It's their most effective weapon.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2) ----- Because of midterms? NATO's response? Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (aZm/F) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (XuXeR) 204
199 The Mandela effect
Yeah there it is. Honestly I am baffled by its origin (people apparently thought Mandela died in the 80s??), the real Mandela effect is thinking that he was a good man who was a heroic figure fighting racism. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (El6/E) I remember Captain Crunch with blue hair...apparently it's always been white... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (ynpvh) 205
One of the most shocking things about the Eric Fartswell scandal is that he apparently liked girls
Well he was sleeping with a Chinese spy woman so it was kind of suggested at least. But yes, by default I figure any prominent democrat prefers boys. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (El6/E) ***** Hey there, Big Boy...how's it hanging? Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (6BudV) 206
This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t) I have it on good authority that AoS is a monolith that never disagrees about anything at all. And especially will not allow a variety of opinions on the simplest issues such as "should every last Jew be exterminated". Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (cS13u) Posted by: GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (dK+Kv) 208
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Interesting Star Trek trivia: Who is is only character to appear in every single episode of the 1966-69 Original Series? --- Crewman In Red Shirt Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt) 209
165 13 Will this work? I don't know. Another question is, will it cut into the IRGC faster than it punishes the people suffering under the tyranny of the Islamic Occupational Army? Again, I don't know.
This is not the AOSHQ way, where absolute certainty in all things and contempt for those who disagree are prerequisites. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t) It's definitely a gamble... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 01:47 PM (tOcjL) No it's not you vacillating whiny fence-sitting punkass bitch. Posted by: In keeping with a theme at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (TbWk/) 210
203 That's why I'm building mine in a valley!
-- Gavin Newsome" Downhill both ways! Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (XuXeR) Crazy Train... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (ynpvh) 211
Kirk?
Posted by: Bulg Nope. He's not in the first episode, in which Captain Pike is the captain of the Enterprise. Kirk hadn't been hired yet. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (Av6i5) 212
Wouldn't Iran have known we would do this? What, if anything, in Trump's behavior has led them to believe they will win this?
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (aZm/F) They are banking on waiting us out. It ALWAYS worked for everyone else. Just white-knuckle it until we walk away. The question is whether Trump will break those knuckles. No other President would - they don't care about America or its reputation or well-being - but Trump isn't other Presidents. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2) 213
205 One of the most shocking things about the Eric Fartswell scandal is that he apparently liked girls
Well he was sleeping with a Chinese spy woman so it was kind of suggested at least. But yes, by default I figure any prominent democrat prefers boys. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (El6/E) ***** Hey there, Big Boy...how's it hanging? Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (6BudV) We'd ask you the same thing, but we already know... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (ynpvh) 214
Nope. He's not in the first episode, in which Captain Pike is the captain of the Enterprise. Kirk hadn't been hired yet. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:53 PM (Av6i5) Scotty ? Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (TrNJ0) Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (Av6i5) 216
Nope. He's not in the first episode, in which Captain Pike is the captain of the Enterprise. Kirk hadn't been hired yet.
Posted by: zombie So I guess it must be Spock, since he served under Pike, too. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (77rzZ) 217
Uhura?
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (j+aD2) Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (hzEuy) 219
Yes he wasnt there during the soace seed episode
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (bXbFr) Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (Av6i5) 221
185 Civilians aside, a siege probably plays into their hands. All Iran has to do is buy time. It's their most effective weapon.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2) Thus, we have to take the assets, not just stop them from using them. When you have an enemy that doesn't care about its people, the only way for things to end is to either not have any enemy anymore, take the things the enemy does care about, or quit... We were hovering around option 1 with 3...now we're inching toward option 2... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (tOcjL) 222
Who is is only character to appear in every single episode of the 1966-69 Original Series?
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:51 PM (Av6i5) Spock? Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (ynpvh) In the first few episodes Spock basically yelled when he talked. I wonder if it was Nimoy who dialed back the character. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (V4IXI) 223
what's the name of that effect where you remember something false from the past?
The Mandela Effect. So called because of the large number of people who believe that Nelson Mandela died in prison. Stephen Biko died in prison but to the average American, all South Africans are interchangeable. Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (M6W3j) 224
Bones?
Posted by: GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) at April 13, 2026 01:55 PM (dK+Kv) 225
But America & Israel evidently haven't stockpiled anywhere near enough drones to achieve this, even though this would have been relatively cheap compared to the actual operations thus far (and continuing).
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (m78uQ) What kind of drones are you talking about? So many different kinds. And one must remember just how large in area Iran is. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (g8Ew8) 226
Walter Koenig, aka Chekhov, made a very good villain in Babylon 5 #Bester
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (9aVck) 227
Yeoman Barrows *should've* been in every episode of Star Trek.
Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (Q6P2R) Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (Av6i5) 229
182 It’s incredible to me the the vanquished country is “pushing back” on a ceasefire agreement. That just means we haven’t punished them enough—resume the bombings. I don’t want crasefire, I want surrender. Iran wants a ceasefire. It’s simply insane that we give into their demand for one, and then they reject it. Ok. Bombs away.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (udRx+) The Gen. Curtis LeMay Plan. Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (LHPAg) 230
Which we are reminded in wrath of khan
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (bXbFr) 231
Scotty ?
Posted by: It's me donna Nope. Hidden away below deck in the engineering area for some episodes, never shown. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (Av6i5) 232
212 They are banking on waiting us out. It ALWAYS worked for everyone else. Just white-knuckle it until we walk away.
The question is whether Trump will break those knuckles. No other President would - they don't care about America or its reputation or well-being - but Trump isn't other Presidents. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2) ======= Eh. They've completely sabotaged their relationships with the Gulf states. Saudi Arabia is the most vocal "finish them off" voice in the world now. They can hope to wait things out...but the IRGC has siphoned off major elements of their Iraqi militias to subdue the Persian population. They're pulling foreign assets to cling to power and starvation hasn't started yet. And the top 40 government officials not in the IRGC are going to be easily tracked when they get back from Islamabad with the clock ticking on the ceasefire running out. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (1Q6Kv) 233
Regardless of this move, at the end of the day Iran will NOT voluntarily turn over their Uranium reserves...and we'll have to go in an get it.
I think this ship blocking (and financial devastation on Iran) is giving them a taste of how we can hurt them with minimal effort. Eventually, there will be a back door deal that will include dropping a number of sanctions, re-opening the Straits, and a look the other way when Special Forces show up and take the Uranium. Iran just giving it over makes them look weak, and for the same tyrannical jackasses to hold onto power, they have to do a little Kabuki theater on the Uranium acquisition. Posted by: Orson at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (dIske) 234
Gandalf
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (cS13u) Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (Av6i5) 236
Denzel played piko elba plsyed mandela
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (bXbFr) 237
OK, Zombie, you gonna tell us? I got errands to run.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (77rzZ) 238
Spock was in every episode.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (V4IXI) 239
According to IMDb, Leonard Nimoy appeared in 80 episodes as Spock
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (ynpvh) Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (Av6i5) 241
No one ever wants it to be Sulu
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (cS13u) 242
Bones
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (bXbFr) Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (Av6i5) 244
>> I'm sure the US has companies that could go in, redrill the wells, and have oil flowing again within 6 months."
It's not like ANY of the Arabs built their infrastructure. It was almost all built by UK/US Companies. Posted by: garrett at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (3JuEJ) 245
232 212 They are banking on waiting us out. It ALWAYS worked for everyone else. Just white-knuckle it until we walk away.
The question is whether Trump will break those knuckles. No other President would - they don't care about America or its reputation or well-being - but Trump isn't other Presidents. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2) I mean, wait it out works for the home team in a LOT of wars...so, that's not US specific... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (tOcjL) 246
Walter Koenig, aka Chekhov, made a very good villain in Babylon 5 #Bester
Yeah I wasn't terribly impressed with him until I saw his turn as Bester and he was amazing in that role. Just shows what you can get with good writing and directing. And Scotty should have been a bigger character, he never got the respect he deserved from the show. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (El6/E) Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (Q6P2R) 248
No one ever wants it to be Sulu
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:58 PM (cS13u) Not even his Mom. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (dK+Kv) 249
229 182 It’s incredible to me the the vanquished country is “pushing back” on a ceasefire agreement. That just means we haven’t punished them enough—resume the bombings. I don’t want crasefire, I want surrender. Iran wants a ceasefire. It’s simply insane that we give into their demand for one, and then they reject it. Ok. Bombs away.
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 13, 2026 01:50 PM (udRx+) The Gen. Curtis LeMay Plan. Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 01:56 PM (LHPAg) ======== 50 years have convinced them that all they have to do is hold out and the West will just pay up in the end. It's how they interact with the world, no matter the events. It makes sense. But the West usually doesn't precede a ceasefire agreement with nearly 5 weeks of bombings that take out the top levels of leadership, 80% of their missile stockpiles, their entire navy, and even target individual Basij checkpoints deep in Iranian territory. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (1Q6Kv) 250
From the sidebar:
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her? Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT) 251
Uhura's chair?
Posted by: Uhura's chair at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (UjdFS) 252
I'd go with Spock as he was in the pilot.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (xvV+O) 253
243 234 Gandalf
Posted by: ... Close, but no. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (Av6i5) Gene Roddenberry's name appeared in every episode. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (ynpvh) 254
241 No one ever wants it to be Sulu
Posted by: .. And we have a winner! Yes, Sulu, and only Sulu, appeared in every single episode. Often briefly, but he's always there. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5) 255
Biko, his outfit the pan africanist congress was less violent than the anc
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (bXbFr) 256
250 From the sidebar:
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her? Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT) ======== Apparently, that's the junior senator from Arizona filming. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (1Q6Kv) 257
WTOP News, October 2021 'COVID-19 drives gas, oil prices to their highest in 7 years.' In part, The average price is $1.08 higher than it was a year ago. 👉Prices jumped this past week when OPEC said it would not boost oil production in the middle of a global shortage caused by deep production cuts at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We can thank just about everything that we’re seeing now on the fact that COVID stifled consumer demand long enough that it caused prices to collapse, which caused production to collapse,” said Patrick De Haan, petroleum analyst for GasBuddy. Emphasis mine. . Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (NFX2v) 258
50 years have convinced them that all they have to do is hold out and the West will just pay up in the end. It's how they interact with the world, no matter the events. It makes sense. But the West usually doesn't precede a ceasefire agreement with nearly 5 weeks of bombings that take out the top levels of leadership, 80% of their missile stockpiles, their entire navy, and even target individual Basij checkpoints deep in Iranian territory. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (1Q6Kv) The damage to their leadership structure also might make it difficult for them to decide on new courses of action. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (okun6) 259
252 I'd go with Spock as he was in the pilot.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable See, you had the right answer without realize it. SULU was the pilot. Spock was the first officer. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5) 260
How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit The old middle-school jol: "How do you make a hormone?" "Don't pay her." Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (77rzZ) 261
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5)
I will admit it was process of elimination since everyone else had been named Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 02:01 PM (cS13u) 262
250 From the sidebar:
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her? Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT) Are you saying hookers can't be raped or manhandled? Let's say he didn't pay her... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:01 PM (ynpvh) 263
Until you tell me what episode Spock wasn't in I'm still saying Spock was in every episode.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:01 PM (V4IXI) Posted by: mikeski at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (4q2pn) 265
Supposedly* Koenig was added to the cast because he sort of resembled Davey Jones of The Monkees and they thought that would bring in young female viewers.
* meaning: I read that somewhere and I don't care enough to find a source Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (BEOWR) 266
How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT) No,no, that's how you make her moan! Posted by: Denny Crane - I Satisfy ALL Women! at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (dmDsy) 267
258 The damage to their leadership structure also might make it difficult for them to decide on new courses of action.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (okun6) ======= It's obvious that the choice of the Gayatollah in a coma as leader is that whatever the antebellum power structure had been is now dead. The IRGC has taken full control, and they're fractured by design since their top leadership has been taken out. The ceasefire was for rearming. The talks were for kabuki. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (1Q6Kv) 268
From the sidebar:
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker How do you “molest a hooker”? Not pay her? Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (nPgfT) ======== Apparently, that's the junior senator from Arizona filming. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (1Q6Kv) ______ There's at least one other person in the room, and it appears to be a guy. Video is gross. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/) 269
That Miad list is interesting. Lot's of numbers (math!). If it's anywhere close to being true, Trump just needs patience.
If he restores regular Hormuz traffic? Ballgame. Posted by: WisRich at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (G0vdT) 270
Must be the fag following Kirk's orders.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (WQDw6) 271
Sulu?
Posted by: Kono at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (UjdFS) 272
SO- no Soviet vessels may approach Cuber
Posted by: Don Black Really? Trump let the last one through a couple weeks ago, hadn't heard anything more. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL) It was a Russian vessel, not a Soviet one. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 02:02 PM (utfVc) 273
OH MYYYYYYY
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (j+aD2) 274
247 Gandalf
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:57 PM (cS13u) Use the Force, Harry. Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 01:59 PM (Q6P2R) ------- This is the Ace's I know and love. Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (aZm/F) 275
259 252 I'd go with Spock as he was in the pilot.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable See, you had the right answer without realize it. SULU was the pilot. Spock was the first officer. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5) AI says, "Hikaru Sulu, portrayed by George Takei, appeared in 51 of the 79 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series" Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (ynpvh) 276
Sulu did not appear in the pilot with Capt. Pike. Also, there is no episode without Kirk and Spock both appearing outside of the first pilot.
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (5zMqH) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:03 PM (XuXeR) 278
I don’t remember Sulu in the pilot.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (hzEuy) 279
155. Seems like a few well placed bombs will shut those lines down...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 01:45 PM (ynpvh) 👍. At least a few more. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (NFX2v) Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (aZm/F) 281
ok I have trivia for you guys
what are the only two mammals with visible (at rest) whites of the eyes? one's a gimme lol Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (j+aD2) 282
Ai answer: No actor appeared in every single episode of the Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS). While the main cast—William Shatner (Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), and DeForest Kelley (McCoy)—featured in the vast majority, none achieved 100% attendance across all 79 produced episodes, often due to production scheduling or pilot-to-series changes.
Leonard Nimoy (Spock): Appeared in all episodes except for the pilot "The Cage" and a few others. William Shatner (Kirk): Appeared in every episode after the pilot, but was absent from the original pilot. DeForest Kelley (McCoy): Joined in the second pilot and was not in "The Cage". Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel/Computer Voice): While she did not appear on-screen in every episode as Nurse Chapel, she did voice the Enterprise computer in almost all episodes, and appeared as Number One in the pilot, then Chapel in the series. Other cast members like George Takei (Sulu), James Doohan (Scotty), and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) were also missing from various episodes due to acting rotation or budgetary restrictions. Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (tOcjL) 283
Trump's Blockade of the Strait of America Begins
So it really is beginning? Asking for a friend. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (Wnv9h) 284
Unfortunately Sulu has revealed himself to be the worst person involved in the show, a raging leftist jerk who stated he's fine with homosexual child molestation and being molested as a child.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (El6/E) 285
> From the sidebar:
video of Fartwell molesting a hooker ------------ TBH... anything that shit stain would do to another person would be considered "molesting." Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (AkEZC) 286
I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor They brought him in when Mr. Sulu took time off to appear in the "Green Berets", pilgrim. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (Y8DZL) 287
Engage? Tee hee
Posted by: Sulu at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (UjdFS) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (XuXeR) 289
One issue at this point that we need to consider is who exactly is left in Iran to make strategic decisions? There is a functioning government but just how functional is it? How good are their C2 networks and for that matter, the telephones? Think of it this way...imagine if WW2 against Germany kicked off forty years after Hitler came to power and not just ten years later. How much more entrenched would the Nazis have been in the daily life of Germany? Now we bomb the crap outta them, who's left, and just how pro-Hitler would they be?
So it is in iran. the Mullahs still have some manner of control, and their thugs in the IRCG and Basij are still roaming the streets. But do they still have the influence they once had? And if not, how do they get displaced? Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (2WIwB) 290
Honestly I trust Zombie more than AI but who knows.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (El6/E) Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (V4IXI) 292
288 Use the Force, Harry."
Picard says "don't go over 88 mph" Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (XuXeR) You shall not pass!--Severus Snape to Harry Potter Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (ynpvh) 293
286 I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor They brought him in when Mr. Sulu took time off to appear in the "Green Berets", pilgrim. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (Y8DZL) You mean "The Green Cabaret", don't you? Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (N39Ws) 294
Don’t listen to AI, take it from an actual nerd: Spock appeared in every episode. Kirk appeared in every episode from the second pilot onward.
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (5zMqH) 295
And lot's not forget energy independence is a National Security priority.
With out drill baby drill, the US would have no leverage against Iran, the Middle East, or Russia. Posted by: WisRich at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (G0vdT) 296
289 So it is in iran. the Mullahs still have some manner of control, and their thugs in the IRCG and Basij are still roaming the streets. But do they still have the influence they once had? And if not, how do they get displaced?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (2WIwB) ======= I doubt the mullahs have any control at all. The gayatollah in a coma as leader? That's done so that other powers can exert control using him as a figurehead. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:06 PM (1Q6Kv) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (XuXeR) 298
This weekend I watched The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
How did I not know this was the origin of the "so it begins" guy? Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (aZm/F) 299
A federal appeals court vacated a court order limiting the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to sensitive data at the Social Security Administration on Friday, handing the Trump administration a victory in its quest to reverse the restrictions. A majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said that three organizations suing SSA weren’t able to show that irreparable harm was likely without action from the court, reversing a lower court’s preliminary injunction from last year that had blocked DOGE from accessing data.
Posted by: SMOD at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (RHGPo) 300
297 I don’t remember Sulu in the pilot."
Sulu wanted the pilot in him... Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (XuXeR) ----- hhhhahaahhah Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (aZm/F) 301
297 I don’t remember Sulu in the pilot."
Sulu wanted the pilot in him... Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (XuXeR) And Sulu wanted to be IN the pilot. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (ynpvh) 302
281 ok I have trivia for you guys
what are the only two mammals with visible (at rest) whites of the eyes? one's a gimme lol Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:04 PM (j+aD2) humans and gorilllas? What are the only two mammals with no nipples? Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (w/O5Q) 303
How did I not know this was the origin of the "so it begins" guy?
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (aZm/F) ----------- Ambassador Kosh Naranek begs to disagree. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (s+IMr) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (XuXeR) 305
What are the only two mammals with no nipples? Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (w/O5Q) Platypus Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (TrNJ0) 306
Not sure why this didn't happen on Day 1 of the war - but I guess better late than never I suppose.
Posted by: Defenestratus at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (WYStd) 307
What are the only two mammals with no nipples?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (w/O5Q) Platypus and ? Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (V4IXI) Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (TrNJ0) 309
humans and gorilllas?
you mostly see the pupil/cornea on a gorilla at rest. I'm sure they CAN open their eyes wide enough! but typically the direction of focus is not visible. only two mammals - one being humans - have visible white sections ergo visible point of focus for the pupils and one more. it's very close to us, usually. Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (j+aD2) 310
Ambassador Kosh Naranek begs to disagree.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (s+IMr) ---- Ambassador Kosh's last name? Now you are just showing off... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN) 311
27 >>>This is a very Trumpian move. It flips the script -- you're blocking our ships? Okay, now we're blocking yours.
You gotta love it. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv) Great minds. Posted by: Rorschach at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (i0Hi3) 312
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What are the only two mammals with no nipples? Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (w/O5Q) Platypus Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (TrNJ0) I believe non of the monotremes have nipples... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (ynpvh) 313
I'm sure the US has companies that could go in, redrill the wells, and have oil flowing again within 6 months.
Posted by: toddg It would not even take that long. Remember the Kuwaiti oil well fires that were going to end the planet and would take years to put out? About five weeks. Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (0U5gm) 314
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Platypus and ? Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (V4IXI) Echidna ? Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (TrNJ0) Yes Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (w/O5Q) 315
OK, All, later. I'm off to run errands, one of which is voting "No" on the VA gerrymandering proposal.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (77rzZ) 316
But King Theoden said it first!
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (aZm/F) 317
possums?
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2) 318
310 Ambassador Kosh Naranek begs to disagree.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 13, 2026 02:07 PM (s+IMr) ---- Ambassador Kosh's last name? Now you are just showing off... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN) Well, otherwise they are all Kosh... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (ynpvh) 319
Why not just create a A.I Ayatollah and rule through him? Hell, that had people believing in a cardboard one a month ago. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (Y8DZL) 320
315 OK, All, later. I'm off to run errands, one of which is voting "No" on the VA gerrymandering proposal.
yay Bulg! Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2) 321
I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor IIRC, he showed up in the second season of TOS. The Soviets weren't complaining that there wasn't a Russian on the Enterprise, so they added Chekhov. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:49 PM (77rzZ) And then he spent the next 2 years telling people the Russians invented everything from the wheel to the planets themselves. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (snZF9) 322
Platypus and ?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (V4IXI) Echidna ? Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:09 PM (TrNJ0) Yes Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (w/O5Q) They lay eggs... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (TrNJ0) 323
8 When the fuck are the “brave Persians yearning to live free” going to actually man up, rise up, and take charge? The sooner that happens the sooner this shit ends.
Posted by: Dirk Steed at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (IjKjy) Iraqi militias are being funneled in to support the IRGC/Basij apparently. Plus, the fucking Kurds kept all of the fucking guns we tried to send over there. Posted by: Defenestratus at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (WYStd) 324
ok so platypus and echidna - no nips
and visible whites of the eyes/visible focal direction - humans and canines (dogs and wolves) Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (j+aD2) 325
The only two egg laying mammals.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (V4IXI) 326
AI
No, Spock was not in every episode of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS), although he appeared in almost all of them. He appeared in 78 of the 79 regular episodes, plus both pilots. The Missing Episode: Spock does not appear in the Season 3 episode, "The Empath". Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (tOcjL) 327
306 Not sure why this didn't happen on Day 1 of the war - but I guess better late than never I suppose.
Posted by: Defenestratus at April 13, 2026 02:08 PM (WYStd) ====== Leadership decided that the limitations on the strait would be an acceptable "loss" early in the conflict. The focus was on ballistic missiles and leadership and known nuclear sites. That was the priority. Part of that campaign was most likely any sort of surface to ship capabilities Iran has. And...ships have been going through for weeks. Lloyd's has asserted that they would insure the ships as a wartime risk, especially after Treasury said they'd reinsure. Inbound ships that are too afraid have redirected to our Gulf coast. And plans to bypass the strait completely with pipelines are being fast tracked. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (1Q6Kv) 328
Additional AI
Pilot Absence: While Spock is in the first pilot, "The Cage," he was not in the second, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," but he was added back to the cast by NBC for the series. Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (tOcjL) 329
Why not just create a A.I Ayatollah and rule through him?
Hell, that had people believing in a cardboard one a month ago. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (Y8DZL) ---- My favorite part of " Cardboard Ayatollah" was the true believer holding up the cardboard, kissing it. LOL Posted by: Seems Legit at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (aZm/F) 330
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Why not just create a A.I Ayatollah and rule through him? Hell, that had people believing in a cardboard one a month ago. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (Y8DZL) https://youtu.be/T7mdHpVRpz0 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (ynpvh) 331
I believe non of the monotremes have nipples...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (ynpvh) I AI'd this : Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and the five extant species are the platypus and four species of echidnas. So you are correct Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (w/O5Q) 332
282 Ai answer: No actor appeared in every single episode of the Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS). While the main cast—William Shatner (Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), and DeForest Kelley (McCoy)—featured in the vast majority, none achieved 100% attendance across all 79 produced episodes, often due to production scheduling or pilot-to-series changes.
Leonard Nimoy (Spock): Appeared in all episodes except for the pilot "The Cage" and a few others. William Shatner (Kirk): Appeared in every episode after the pilot, but was absent from the original pilot. DeForest Kelley (McCoy): Joined in the second pilot and was not in "The Cage". Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel/Computer Voice): While she did not appear on-screen in every episode as Nurse Chapel, she did voice the Enterprise computer in almost all episodes, and appeared as Number One in the pilot, then Chapel in the series. Other cast members like George Takei (Sulu), James Doohan (Scotty), and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) were also missing from various episodes due to acting rotation or budgetary restrictions. Posted by: Nova Local Well pickle my knickers! Trelkies have told me Sulu was the answer! Grrr! Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (Av6i5) 333
I just read a headline "Trump supporters now think he is the antichrist."
That's a new one . He went from Hitler to the antichrist. SMDH Posted by: Megthered at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (UUs/D) 334
Spock appeared in “The Cage”.
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (gYnrv) 335
I've been around horses most of my life, and never liked them. But I saw this Turkmeni breed called an Akhal-Teke.
If I had a few million bucks in the couch cushions, I'd buy one just to look at it. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (BI5O2) 336
333 I just read a headline "Trump supporters now think he is the antichrist."
That's a new one . He went from Hitler to the antichrist. SMDH Posted by: Megthered at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (UUs/D) Then I guess they aren't Trump supporters... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (TrNJ0) 337
I was reliably informer by Star Trek nerds, multiple times over the years, that Sulu was the only person to appear in every episode. It was like a standard trivia question they all the know the answer to whenever a Trek Knowledge session broke out. Considered an 'easy" question because it was so well known!
No I doubt everything I've ever been told by anyone! Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (Av6i5) 338
Trump supporters like MTG and other nuts.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (V4IXI) 339
It would not even take that long. Remember the Kuwaiti oil well fires that were going to end the planet and would take years to put out? About five weeks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 02:10 PM (0U5gm) The two most gob-smacking events I have ever witnessed personally were: The eruption of Mt St Helens The Oil Well fires in Kuwait Both sent plumes of smoke and ash up well over 40,000 feet. Incredible sites. And the oil wells were hot as could be. Got to within about 800 meters from one and couldn't go any closer. Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (2WIwB) 340
walwell loved to sex his staffers and pretty much every woman he met. he requested naughty pics from them (and got them), and sent them pics of his ween. OK we know that.
but did you know in 2016 Taylor Lorenz (yes THAT Lorenz) wrote this article for The Hill: https://tinyurl.com/yck35t8d "How Rep. Eric Swalwell became the Snapchat king of Congress' If I wrote this in a book, people would yell at me for it being contrived Posted by: Christopher R Taylor === His wife looks like Rubio in drag.... Rubio gets all the "other tasks as required". Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (SFjVQ) 341
walwell loved to sex his staffers and pretty much every woman he met. he requested naughty pics from them (and got them), and sent them pics of his ween. OK we know that.
but did you know in 2016 Taylor Lorenz (yes THAT Lorenz) wrote this article for The Hill: https://tinyurl.com/yck35t8d "How Rep. Eric Swalwell became the Snapchat king of Congress' If I wrote this in a book, people would yell at me for it being contrived Posted by: Christopher R Taylor === His wife looks like Rubio in drag.... Rubio gets all the "other tasks as required". Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:15 PM (SFjVQ) 342
334 Spock appeared in “The Cage”.
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (gYnrv) But apparently missed a season 3 episode - The Empath. Now I don't remember it, so I don't know if he's in it, but AI insists he's not... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (tOcjL) 343
Yeah there it is. Honestly I am baffled by its origin (people apparently thought Mandela died in the 80s??), the real Mandela effect is thinking that he was a good man who was a heroic figure fighting racism.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 01:52 PM (El6/E) No one could tell the difference between Mandela and Biko, and then Peter Gabriel brought out his Biko song, but Mandela was more influential, and they were both in jail. Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (rbvCR) 344
the FUD lately has gotten pretty insane
he's the anti ... oh whatever the POPE might be. he SUCKS. regardless PDJT is over the target big time. That, or they're out of less desperate options. Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2) 345
I just read a headline "Trump supporters now think he is the antichrist."
That's a new one . He went from Hitler to the antichrist. SMDH Posted by: Megthered at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (UUs/D) I think of him as System Lord. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (snZF9) Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (Y8DZL) 347
Trump supporters now think he is the antichrist."
=== there is a "tell" in that sentence that confirms the "thinking" is not coming from Trump supporters... Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (GD0B3) 348
The Missing Episode: Spock does not appear in the Season 3 episode, "The Empath".
OK, maybe I'm Mandela Effect-ing myself by conflating it with The Arena but I would have sworn that Spock was viewing the aliens' test on the ship's view screen. Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (qp6uP) 349
Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and the five extant species are the platypus and four species of echidnas.
So you are correct Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (w/O5Q) The definition of "mammal" is an animal that suckles its young, though. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (utfVc) Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (V4IXI) 351
342 334 Spock appeared in “The Cage”.
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:14 PM (gYnrv) But apparently missed a season 3 episode - The Empath. Now I don't remember it, so I don't know if he's in it, but AI insists he's not... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (tOcjL) And yet Wiki disagrees...but that's about as trustworthy as AI...so maybe Spock is the right answer...or 42 is... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (tOcjL) 352
Swalwell's apology is fascinating; "I apologize for what I did, but it is all lies"
Uh, okay? plus he's still in the race, he's just not campaigning any more Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (El6/E) Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2) 354
the FUD lately has gotten pretty insane
he's the anti ... oh whatever the POPE might be. he SUCKS. regardless PDJT is over the target big time. That, or they're out of less desperate options. Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2) The pope is just some piece of shit from chicago. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:18 PM (snZF9) 355
honestly Swalwell is a creep but I would bet the recent chicks that popped up are in fact lies
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (j+aD2) 356
You know, maybe zombie's Trek folks are trolling AI. How do you ruin AI? Put enough garbage on the internet that AI can't sift it from facts...it's why AI is gonna struggle to become a recipe source...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (tOcjL) 357
The Missing Episode: Spock does not appear in the Season 3 episode, "The Empath".
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (tOcjL) -- Makes sense that he'd miss that one. Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (0bjKf) 358
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Plus, the fucking Kurds kept all of the fucking guns we tried to send over there. Posted by: Defenestratus at April 13, 2026 02:12 PM (WYStd) How many times have we hung the Kurds out to dry? I kinda want to give them a pass on this one. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (N39Ws) 359
349 Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and the five extant species are the platypus and four species of echidnas.
So you are correct Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 02:13 PM (w/O5Q) The definition of "mammal" is an animal that suckles its young, though. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 02:17 PM (utfVc) has hair, produces milk for young... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (ynpvh) 360
regardless PDJT is over the target big time. That, or they're out of less desperate options.
Islamic money is heavy into trying to split Roman Catholics from the Republican party. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (El6/E) 361
A majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said that three organizations suing SSA weren’t able to show that irreparable harm was likely without action from the court, reversing a lower court’s preliminary injunction from last year that had blocked DOGE from accessing data.
This follows a January court filing in which the government conceded that DOGE associates may have improperly accessed sensitive data at the agency. A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share SSA data with an unnamed political advocacy group that wanted to overturn election results in certain states, the government said in a correction to the record. That filing also revealed that much of DOGE’s data access occurred outside of official protocols — and that SSA still doesn’t know the full scope of DOGE’s data access and sharing, which included the use of an unauthorized server. ... but they didn't show that these activities would cause or have caused irreparable harm was likely without action from the court Posted by: SMOD at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (RHGPo) Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2) 363
355 honestly Swalwell is a creep but I would bet the recent chicks that popped up are in fact lies
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (j+aD2) Don't care. Give Swalwell the Kavanaugh treatment x 10. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (N39Ws) 364
284 Unfortunately Sulu has revealed himself to be the worst person involved in the show, a raging leftist jerk who stated he's fine with homosexual child molestation and being molested as a child.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor Agreed, George Takei is the Asshole of All Time, but we have to separate the actor from the character. Sean Penn, for example, is a very talented actor, but an absolute retard politically. Robert De Niro was good in Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, but as a person he's a total embarrassment. Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (Av6i5) 365
honestly Swalwell is a creep but I would bet the recent chicks that popped up are in fact lies
One of them is 'we exchanged nudes on the phone, then I went to his hotel room and then we had sex and that was totally unexpected and I didn't want to" I mean... yes you could technically have changed your mind at the last moment but, really? Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (El6/E) 366
360 regardless PDJT is over the target big time. That, or they're out of less desperate options.
Islamic money is heavy into trying to split Roman Catholics from the Republican party. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:19 PM (El6/E) Trump maybe might want to consider that before posting more "Trump as Jesus" pics...no sense doing their work for free... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (tOcjL) 367
362 has hair, produces milk for young...
ok that makes sense how do they get the milk tho Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2) The milk is secreted through the skin. The little ones lick it off... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:20 PM (ynpvh) 368
355 honestly Swalwell is a creep but I would bet the recent chicks that popped up are in fact lies
Posted by: BlackOrchid Believe all wymyn, except for the ones we tell you not to. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (Y8DZL) 369
George Takei is a shitty actor also.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:21 PM (V4IXI) 370
What's all this talk about nipples?
Posted by: Rory McIlroy's nipples at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (Y1sOo) 371
NOOD Nostrils
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (ynpvh) 372
Trump maybe might want to consider that before posting more "Trump as Jesus" pics...no sense doing their work for free...
Yeah he did himself no favors with that, what a stupid, unforced error. Usually his instincts are better than that. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (El6/E) 373
Yes, Sulu, and only Sulu, appeared in every single episode. Often briefly, but he's always there.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5) Well, that's just like him, isn't it? Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 02:22 PM (LHPAg) Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (N39Ws) 375
And I'm trying to think of a Sean Penn movie where I couldn't replace him and the movie would have been just as good or maybe better.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (V4IXI) 376
Spock did not miss “The Empath”. SPOCK WAS IN EVERY EPISODE. YOU PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ME INSANE!!
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM (gYnrv) 377
Almost as annoying as Ken Jeong.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 13, 2026 02:23 PM (N39Ws) I think Jeong is hilarious. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:26 PM (V4IXI) 378
Spock in "The Empath"...
https://youtu.be/6_6xctl_Z8I Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 02:27 PM (ynpvh) 379
323 Plus, the fucking Kurds kept all of the fucking guns we tried to send over there.
Posted by: Defenestratus Common Sense Kurd control. It's not just about cottage cheese anymore. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:29 PM (Y8DZL) 380
Who knew Trump could sing? lol
TaraBull @TaraBull Open the Strait 🎵 https://tinyurl.com/345hyfhv Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 02:33 PM (NpAcC) 381
I apologize for mistakes in judgement I have made in my life and I am resigning from this office to continue my personal, not official, fight in favor of madness!
Posted by: Cardboard Ayatollah at April 13, 2026 02:37 PM (tAZYd) 382
Yes, Sulu, and only Sulu, appeared in every single episode. Often briefly, but he's always there.
Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5) ================ Which explains why he's still able to buy groceries even though he never again found work. We should all be so lucky! Posted by: Cardboard Ayatollah at April 13, 2026 02:39 PM (tAZYd) 383
Spock is in the first and second pilots and I don't think there is a single episode he's not in. Sulu was absent for "The Trouble With Tribbles", among others. I question the AI answer.
Posted by: Steve Johnson at April 13, 2026 02:44 PM (qilcS) 384
286 I always figured Chekhov was in Star Trek from the beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor They brought him in when Mr. Sulu took time off to appear in the "Green Berets", pilgrim. Posted by: Auspex at April 13, 2026 02:05 PM (Y8DZL) Very, very late to this thread, but I had to comment on Chekhov not being in every Star Trek episode. This is absolutely true, and relevant to the movie Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan. Chekhov was not in Space Seed, the episode that introduced Khan Noonian Singh. Because of this, there was no way Khan would have recognized Chekhov in ST2. Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 13, 2026 02:48 PM (LdKHn) 385
And I'm trying to think of a Sean Penn movie where I couldn't replace him and the movie would have been just as good or maybe better.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 02:24 PM I am Sam. Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 03:08 PM (4NO2D) 386
When do we start parachuting in 10's of thousands of Ak47s and grenades and sprinkle them all over the streets and rooftops. Yes the IRGC may capture some AK47s that they have no use for but many more will land onto rooftops and coutrtyards of average Iranians. The IRGC an't be everywhere at once. Then it's time for the average Iranian to really demonstrate if they want to overthrow the crazies or not. I'm not terribly hopeful but at least you can't say we didn't gave them a chance.
Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at April 13, 2026 03:14 PM (2Nfh9) Eric Fartwell Forced Out of Gubernatorial Race by Post-Biden-Debate Coordinated Campaign; Apologizes for "Mistakes in Judgment I Have Made in My Life"He was forced out after Democrats threatened to expel him from Congress if he didn't resign from the race. Now that he's out of the race, I anticipate them defending him and permitting him to remain in the House. Just like they did with Biden -- they forced him out of a race for tactical and cynical political reasons, but then kept him in office for equally tactical and cynical political reasons.Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, are expected to face an immediate expulsion threat when the House returns from a two-week recess on Tuesday. Swalwell, who dropped out of California's 2026 gubernatorial race Sunday, is facing multiple sexual assault and misconduct allegations, including at least one involving a former staffer. The Manhattan district attorney's office has also opened a criminal investigation into an incident that allegedly occurred in New York City. Swalwell has repeatedly characterized the allegations as "false," though he acknowledged a lack of judgment on Sunday. He has pledged to vigorously defend himself.Politico: Swalwell suspends governor campaign amid sexual misconduct allegations His exit came after allies and staffers abandoned him en masse. I know that some of you object to this political hit based on the fact that there is no actual evidence of rape introduced against him yet, just allegations. But I cannot help but apply Eric Fartwell's own evidentiary standards against him. Here is Fartwell repeatedly accusing Trump of being an "Agent of Putin," and when asked what the evidence is for this conspiracy theory, he just says "the evidence is right in front of your nose" and "the evidence is hiding in plain sight." This turned out to be a line cribbed from Adam Schiff: When Schiff claimed he had secret evidence that Trump was a RUSSIAN ASSET, he only meant "you can just tell by looking at him."
![]() California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell will find himself in more legal crosshairs if he or his team "disparages" one of his accusers of sexual misconduct, her husband warned on Saturday night. Adam Parkhomenko, who is married to Ally Sammarco, said on social media he wished the congressman's family well and hopes he gets the help he needs. "But if Eric Swalwell or his attorney makes a single statement that disparages my wife, I will be filing a lawsuit against him," Parkhomenko went on. "I've already made clear that if he believes anything I've said is untrue, he should sue me immediately." He warned Swalwell "he should be very careful about what he chooses to say" before calling on him to resign from Congress. ... In a report published by CNN, Sammarco alleged that Swalwell had sent her inappropriate messages on Snapchat in 2021, including unsolicited nudes. Swalwell would also go for jogs in her neighborhood and ask her to come downstairs from her apartment to chat, she alleged. "It made me feel gross and uncomfortable," she said of the nudes. "I didn't ask for that." ... Other accusations made more serious claims, including alleged rape. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York launched an investigation Saturday into the incidents."Movin' sloppy," as BCP says. Nancy Pelosi said she had "no concerns" about Fartwell banging a Chinese spy when she put him on the tip-top secret clearance Intelligence Committee. Maybe she should have had some concerns. In unverified video, Eric Fartwell supposedly videotaped himself attempting to kiss a woman who was plainly uninterested him, despite her allegedly being a sex worker. The video has been deleted but you might still see it here. The fact that it has been deleted suggests that it's an AI deep fake, but, as Boromir might say, "The evidence we should use the ring is right in front of your nose." Grok says it looks real... But I have no confidence in AI answers about whether something is AI. I asked grok or chatGTP a year ago about very suspicious videos and it assured me they were real. I didn't believe it, and kept re-asking, and with each new answer the AI backed away from its initial confidence and eventually admitted "They're fake." I think AI is good at figuring out what you want to hear and telling you just that. OTOH, the Space Nerd Elon Musk thinks the video is real. But there are other reasons he should never have been placed on the Intelligence Committee: A 2017 FBI report concluded he was guilty of leaking "a lot of leaked information."
Bipartisan furor over sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) is cascading into calls to expel not only him, but three other members -- two Republicans and a Democrat -- accused of wrongdoing. The dynamic could upend the House in the coming weeks with forced votes, intense debate, and at least one public House Ethics Committee hearing on the books. Swalwell ended his gubernatorial bid on Sunday after being accused of sexually assaulting a former aide and other instances of misconduct. Lawmakers calling for his ouster from Congress immediately also pointed to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who admitted he had an affair with a former congressional staffer who later died after setting herself on fire, and is accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a former campaign aide. Gonzales's affair was reported earlier this year, leading to an Ethics Committee referral and the Texas congressman ending his bid for reelection in March. It is against House rules for a member to have a sexual relationship with a member of their staff. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said over the weekend she will file a motion to expel Swalwell and is inquiring to see if she can pair that with a motion to expel Gonzales. It takes support from two-thirds of the House to expel a member from Congress. A growing number of Democrats -- including Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) -- have said they would be in favor of expelling both Swalwell and Gonzales. On the Republican side, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said he would vote to expel both. But the demands for punishing lawmakers accused of wrongdoing aren't stopping there. Members are also pointing to Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.). Mills -- whose former girlfriend obtained a restraining order against him last year for harassment, and whose other simultaneous girlfriend accused him of assault before quickly recanting -- is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee for allegations of dating violence, campaign finance violations and more.Happy New Week! Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Basically, his usefulness to the party was gone.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (RjOoY) 2
Swallwell was heard to say, in the usual manner of all Dem perps “I am sorry…that I got caught.”
Posted by: Uncle Jefe at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (gYiIA) 3
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (IXZGh) 4
Well it is a House of CONGRESS afterall, I guess that means SEXUAL congress
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 12:09 PM (WeQvm) 5
Now that he's out of the race, I anticipate them defending him and permitting him to remain in the House.
Aren't candidates already running for his seat? Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 12:09 PM (4NO2D) 6
This is an allegation so serious that even innocence is no defense.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (okun6) Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (1wjle) 8
TLDR, but there's also a broad out there claiming that Swalwell would go jogging in her area and text her asking for her to come down for a chat.
He'd follow that up with sending dick picks. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (IXZGh) 9
We will fight this slanderous, unfounded attack, and also I'm sorry for this little lapse in judgement.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (Ot/FD) 10
But now who will absorb his functions?
Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (Q6P2R) 11
Politics is a gas.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (aikFH) 12
Every picture of Eric Swalwell is a dick pic.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (Ot/FD) 13
I didn't attack Tara Reade. It was just my friendly two-finger salute. Everybody does it.
Posted by: Scranton Joe at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (oftw2) 14
Nazi Pelosi had a Chinese spy as her chaueffer.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:12 PM (aikFH) 15
"I think AI is good at figuring out what you want to hear and telling you just that."
This is how AI training works ultimately. The answers it gives has to to be approved by someone, and that's often the user. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 12:12 PM (okun6) 16
But I cannot help but apply Eric Fartwell's own evidentiary standards against him. Here is Fartwell repeatedly accusing Trump of being an "Agent of Putin," and when asked what the evidence is for this conspiracy theory, he just says "the evidence is right in front of your nose" and "the evidence is hiding in plain sight."
Trump = Agent of Putin Swalwell = Agent of poon Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:12 PM (IXZGh) 17
The Republicans kicked out George Santos because he embarrassed them.
Democrats? They never will. Nobody is going to decrease their power. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (N1DT3) 18
Eric Fartwell Forced Out of Gubernatorial Race by Post-Biden-Debate Coordinated Campaign; Apologizes for "Mistakes in Judgment I Have Made in My Life"
Oh STFU. For once, I'd like one of these sleazoids to just come right out and say "yeah, I'm as slimy as you all always thought I was". They're still entertaining fantasies of a political resurrection. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t) 19
Agent of Poon > Agents of Shield
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (4NO2D) 20
I love that Katie "Why Did You Ruin Batman For Literally Everyone" Porter is totally piling on this cretin.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (Ot/FD) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (77rzZ) 22
We needed to consolidate the vote to get into the general election, and no one was going to step down voluntarily. Who else could we sacrifice besides the straight white cis-gendered Christian male?
Posted by: Democratic Party at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (ycI94) 23
He's out?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 12:14 PM (dK+Kv) 24
8 TLDR, but there's also a broad out there claiming that Swalwell would go jogging in her area and text her asking for her to come down for a chat.
He'd follow that up with sending dick picks. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (IXZGh) He did send dick pics to people working under him. So, he is dead to rights guilty on civil sexual harrassment (albeit, that gets you fired/costs you money and not jailed)... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 12:14 PM (tOcjL) 25
Swalwell as Ogilvey.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at April 13, 2026 12:14 PM (Tljzv) 26
So yeah, after actually reviewing the content, Ace included the whole "Hunter-esque" sending dick picks part.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:14 PM (IXZGh) 27
Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, are expected to face an immediate expulsion threat when the House returns from a two-week recess on Tuesday.
--- So both are threatened with expulsion? Which one goes and which one stays? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 12:15 PM (gnNyN) 28
There is talk of expelling not just Fartwell but the Republican who cheated on his wife -- seems less serious than rape -- and the Stronk Empowered Black Woman who embezzled millions of dollars in covid funds to use in her campaign and buy a big diamond ring for herself.
The best outcome is to kick all the dirty pols out of Congress. However, I'd be quite content with kicking only dirty Dems (which is most of them) out of Congress. Look for the Dems to go for a one for one swap to avoid any damaging changes to their numbers. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t) 29
There is talk of expelling not just Fartwell but the Republican who cheated on his wife -- seems less serious than rape -- and the Stronk Empowered Black Woman who embezzled millions of dollars in covid funds to use in her campaign and buy a big diamond ring for herself.
____ I predict 1 of these 3 will be expelled very quickly. Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 12:15 PM (Dv3i1) 30
We all look forward with interest to his imminent resignation from Congress.
These are Serious Credible Accusations. (capitalized, as every schoolboy knows, makes ‘em super duper serious!) Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 12:16 PM (SK57M) 31
Boy I tell you what you give the journos 10 years to chase down leads and a half dozen whistle blowers on a silver platter and political expediency and by god they will break the story.
I wish I got this kind of grace and understanding! I was right on the cusp of ending all the Somali fraud when the Feds stepped in and ruined everything!!! Posted by: Tim Walz at April 13, 2026 12:16 PM (ycI94) 32
"Hey, baby, I heard you love Ukrainians. What you think about Poles?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:16 PM (Ot/FD) 33
You know what else is expelled?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:16 PM (aikFH) 34
Now that he's out of the race, I anticipate them defending him and permitting him to remain in the House.
Aren't candidates already running for his seat? There's talk that Kamala will get into the race. TJM hardest hit. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t) 35
The best outcome is to kick all the dirty pols out of Congress. However, I'd be quite content with kicking only dirty Dems (which is most of them) out of Congress.
Look for the Dems to go for a one for one swap to avoid any damaging changes to their numbers. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t) If all dirty pols were kicked out Congress would be completely empty… which is just fine by me! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 12:16 PM (xT8gx) 36
Why isn't Omar on this list for heaven's sake?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2026 12:17 PM (n5tGW) 37
>>>I know that some of you object to this political hit based on the fact that there is no actual evidence of rape introduced against him yet, just allegations.
Never mind all that. The California jungle primary was on track to have two GOPers come out with the top vote counts. Meaning when the real election came around, there would be no Democrats on the ballot. So, the Dems are using whatever tactics they can to eliminate the excess Dems who are splitting the vote in the jungle primary. If they succeed, there will be at least 1 Dem who comes out in the top 2 from the primary, who then would be expected to win in the general. So, I was against the maneuver to eliminate Fang Fang's toy. Oh well. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 13, 2026 12:17 PM (syz1S) 38
These are Serious. Credible. Accusations.
(capitalized, as every schoolboy knows, makes ‘em super duper serious!) Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 12:16 PM (SK57M) It needed the periods. Posted by: Reforger at April 13, 2026 12:17 PM (emWLT) 39
Expelling Gonzales isn't a big deal as he wasn't going to be there in 6 months either way. Don't know about the other pubbie critter.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2026 12:17 PM (lFFaq) 40
14 Nazi Pelosi had a Chinese spy as her chaueffer.
Posted by: Boss Moss ------- The verified example was Dianne Feinstein who at the time was a ranking member of the Senate Intelligence committee and just a few steps from being the ga ga oldster. Dunno about Pelosi. Chinese intel targeting West Coast politicians is not a surprise. VDH was targeted by Fang Fang apparently as he mentioned recently. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv) 41
They may be expelled. They'll still get their Congressional pensions, though, so they've got that going for them.
Posted by: huerfano at April 13, 2026 12:17 PM (98kQX) 42
He did send dick pics to people working under him.
____ Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? - Costanza Posted by: Obligatory at April 13, 2026 12:17 PM (Dv3i1) 43
I know I'm stating the obvious but this is just now happening to Swalwell because he's a threat to the other 2 Dems in the CA Governor's race being able to use the jungle primary system and have both of them (2 Dems) on the final ballot and eliminate the Republican candidates from even being on the ballot.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 13, 2026 12:18 PM (F5Hzk) 44
I heard Swallowell is going to be cast as the new office manager in The Office reboot. Seems a good fit.
Posted by: Possible News Network at April 13, 2026 12:18 PM (qUkBO) 45
If every rapist, molester, butt grabber, nipple pincher, clit flicker, elevator frotter or butt plug borrower is forced out of government service, there wouldn't be anyone left.
At least I didn't ass bang some euro in a congressional meeting room, but there's still time! Posted by: Eric Swalwell, typical californian weirdo at April 13, 2026 12:18 PM (4eiIm) 46
you'd think people like swartwell would have learned after what happened with dick pic anthony w
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 13, 2026 12:18 PM (CWTWj) 47
Dems don't give a shit about morals or ethics. They only care when it interferes with part politics
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 12:18 PM (yAteE) 48
From last thread:
A new TV show featuring Eric Swalwell (Jerry O'Connell) and Bill Cosby (Jaleel "Urkel" White) teaming up with the ghost of O.J. Simpson (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) to travel the country in a minivan, in search of the real rapists. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:18 PM (IG3/x) 49
There's talk that Kamala will get into the race. TJM hardest hit.
This would be very interesting since the reason the Dems defenestrated Swalwell was because having two competitive Dems in the race was going to hand the governorship to the GOP. If both Porter and Kamala run, they're in the same boat. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t) 50
It is against House rules for a member to have a sexual relationship with a member of their staff.
But what if they can't get enough of MY staff? Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 13, 2026 12:18 PM (IXZGh) 51
Ask any woman. They love getting dick pics. Crave it. Why disappoint my public?
Posted by: Fartswell, CA Rep at April 13, 2026 12:18 PM (oftw2) 52
Sexting / liaison with underling should mean expulsion
Graft & fraud should mean expulsion Messy breakup with wife /gf/bf should be left to the voters Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 12:19 PM (k8boH) 53
12 Every picture of Eric Swalwell is a dick pic.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (Ot/FD) He looks like a liar to me. Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 12:19 PM (y171U) 54
You can't park there.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 13, 2026 12:19 PM (HTa/G) 55
When you're too poor and stupid to get an invite to go party in the Caribbean with the Real People....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:19 PM (Ot/FD) 56
One wonders if perhaps we shouldn't just call special elections for all House and Senate seats.
Y'know, turn the Congress off and then turn it back on a gain to see if it works properly. Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 13, 2026 12:19 PM (a+4eV) 57
Question for the 'ettes: Has sending a dick pic ever worked, for anyone, much less this fucking mook?
While I'm far from an expert on female psychology, the only situation where I could imagine it working would be if you were of circus freak proportions, and even then only with a small subset of the female population. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:20 PM (IG3/x) 58
He has that classic, practically irresistible even, punchable face.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 12:21 PM (SK57M) 59
52 Sexting / liaison with underling should mean expulsion
Graft & fraud should mean expulsion Messy breakup with wife /gf/bf should be left to the voters Posted by: vmom deport deport deport Left up to the voters? No, can't let that happen. Expel the divorced one! The other 2 are still useful to us. - Your "Representatives" Posted by: Obligatory at April 13, 2026 12:21 PM (Dv3i1) 60
Question for the 'ettes: Has sending a dick pic ever worked, for anyone, much less this f***ing mook?
While I'm far from an expert on female psychology, the only situation where I could imagine it working would be if you were of circus freak proportions, and even then only with a small subset of the female population. I kind of think it's like the old saw about rape; it isn't about sex, it's about power. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t) 61
The video of Swallwell forcefully kissing a purported sex worker on the mouth is wild, who is taking the video and who is the dude on the bed with them?
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 13, 2026 12:21 PM (jnOue) 62
Fang Fang Bang Bang liked Eric longest time. Now he's a spam caller to her.
Eric is like a used Kleenex now. Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:22 PM (2GVsD) 63
Who enforces Congressional Rules?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:22 PM (aikFH) 64
I absolutely do not get the dicpic thing… it’s gross and I’d never in a million years think that would be attractive to any woman.
Elaine Benes educated me years ago… the male body is hideous; positively simian… it’s like a jeep it’s for getting around. It’s the female body that’s beautiful; it’s like a work of art Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 12:22 PM (xT8gx) 65
But did he have 2 scoops of ice cream? No. So there was nothing to investigate.
- CNN Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 12:22 PM (UuB1r) Posted by: Lyndsey G. at April 13, 2026 12:22 PM (Dv3i1) 67
37 >>>I know that some of you object to this political hit based on the fact that there is no actual evidence of rape introduced against him yet, just allegations.
So, I was against the maneuver to eliminate Fang Fang's toy. Oh well. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 13, 2026 12:17 PM (syz1S) The Dems sit on Dem dirt for years, holding it in reserve, waiting for the moment to use it as a weapon for purely political purposes. It's sick. Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 12:23 PM (y171U) 68
I kind of think it's like the old saw about rape; it isn't about sex, it's about power.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t) All women fantasize about it. Trust me. I wrote about it. I'm an expert. Posted by: Bernie Sanders at April 13, 2026 12:23 PM (IXZGh) 69
57 Question for the 'ettes: Has sending a dick pic ever worked, for anyone, much less this fucking mook?
-- It's disgusting & repulsive Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 12:23 PM (k8boH) 70
Not even my husband has sent me pics like that, and I'd like to keep it that way. No clue why guys think that's appealing.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2026 12:23 PM (lFFaq) 71
Is CNN still insisting Michael J. Fox is dead?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:23 PM (2GVsD) 72
Being raped is a common fantasy for women.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at April 13, 2026 12:23 PM (6JuW3) 73
69 57 Question for the 'ettes: Has sending a dick pic ever worked, for anyone, much less this fucking mook?
worked in what way? they certainly help me lose my lunch and know who never to speak to again Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 12:23 PM (j+aD2) Posted by: imp at April 13, 2026 12:23 PM (ppcD5) 75
It’s the female body that’s beautiful; it’s like a work of art
Posted by: LinusVanPelt Why thank you, Big Boy! -- Lena Dunham Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:24 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 12:24 PM (3ek7K) 77
Such disgusting pics are never about the sex, it is all about the power.
Fifty Shades Gaaayyyy!!! Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:24 PM (2GVsD) 78
I’m not convinced until I hear what the beach friends have to say.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 12:24 PM (UuB1r) 79
One bit of information that was new to me was that Fang Fang met an unfortunate end by falling off a balcony.
That seems to happen a lot. Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 12:25 PM (FM0Jh) 80
Who enforces Congressional Rules?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:22 PM (aikFH) No one. Posted by: Barney Fag at April 13, 2026 12:25 PM (4eiIm) 81
Those allegations were damning! We will always be better off when we root out sexual predators from our party.
While it's inarguable that a variety of heinous crimes go unpunished (or even rewarded) in the Republican Party, handling situations this severe is a source of pride within the Dem base. You can tell me we live in one nation called America, but I’d argue MAGA’s decision to support sexual predators as long as they’re racist actually splits us into the United States and the Neo-Confederacy. At least now California is likely to have a progressive Governor. Let's hope Tom Steyer will be California's version of Illinois' JB Pritzker. Frankly, if all of Swalwell’s votes get split evenly between Porter and Steyer, there’s a chance there’s two Democrats in the general. I never gave him much thought until his embarrassing showing during the 2020 debates. that codified him as an pathetic try hard loser for me. the news didn't surprise me at all. Porter and Swalwell, champion the progressive and centrist coalitions, respectively, can have a more open discussion about class politics in the Democratic Party. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 12:26 PM (ycI94) 82
One bit of information that was new to me was that Fang Fang met an unfortunate end by falling off a balcony.
That seems to happen a lot. Posted by: Thomas Bender Why’s everyone looking at me? Posted by: Vlad Putin at April 13, 2026 12:26 PM (UuB1r) 83
Fang Fang Bang Bang fell off a balcony?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:26 PM (2GVsD) 84
Swalwell is getting his well deserved Karma!
Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 12:26 PM (NpAcC) 85
Had a Valentine's evening with the wife years ago. We rented a room in a posh hotel and everything. Back before phone's had cameras, but she had a disposable camera and took some pictures. She dropped them off to be developed, then had me pick them up.
Remember how they used to put a photo in the front window of the pack of photos? Yeah.....front and center, muhcock. I never went back into that store again. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:27 PM (IXZGh) 86
What did Fang Fang Bang Bang have on Hillary?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:27 PM (2GVsD) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:27 PM (77rzZ) 88
>>>61 The video of Swallwell forcefully kissing a purported sex worker on the mouth is wild, who is taking the video and who is the dude on the bed with them?
Benny Johnson said that he hears that it was Dem Senator Rueben Gallego. Someone else said that Gallego was involved in Swalwell's "orgies," too. Posted by: ace at April 13, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle) 89
> Porter and Swalwell, champion the progressive and centrist coalitions, respectively,
"Centrist": Maoist. "Progressive": Khmer Rouge. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:27 PM (IG3/x) 90
This only has to do with Cali Dems fixing their jungle primary problem.
Posted by: Liberty at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (zJgD/) 91
Why did Fang Fang target VDH?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ) 92
He did drive a woman to suicide, tho. Shouldn't neglect to mention that part. Worse than the usual adultery that every single one of these scumbags commits.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (BI5O2) 93
Ted Nugent wrote a song about me, you know?
Posted by: Fang Fang Gang Bang Wang Dang Sweet Poontang at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (IG3/x) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (2GVsD) 95
Benny Johnson said that he hears that it was Dem Senator Rueben Gallego. Someone else said that Gallego was involved in Swalwell's "orgies," too. Posted by: ace at April 13, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle) While I'm sure all politicians are pigs, Dems seem to be the frontrunner for perversion and sexual depravity. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (IXZGh) 96
Two time rapist, not good enough for CA Governor, good enough for House of Representatives, Senate, and POTUS depending on party affiliation.
How can female dems have any self-respect? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (dK+Kv) 97
>>>Swalwell suspends governor campaign amid sexual
misconduct allegations Suspends, not ends the campaign. Meaning he does not have to return unspent campaign donation dollars. I can't recall the details but this is how politicians can legally make bank in the long run. It's a racket. Of course. Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (5rh/l) 98
>>>92 He did drive a woman to suicide, tho. Shouldn't neglect to mention that part. Worse than the usual adultery that every single one of these scumbags commits.
he's responsible for her mental health? Would you accept such a rule for yourself? Posted by: ace at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (1wjle) 99
I'm all for the hit on Swallwell. It clears the path for my beloved Katie Porter.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (BI5O2) 100
35 The best outcome is to kick all the dirty pols out of Congress. However, I'd be quite content with kicking only dirty Dems (which is most of them) out of Congress.
Look for the Dems to go for a one for one swap to avoid any damaging changes to their numbers. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t) If all dirty pols were kicked out Congress would be completely empty… which is just fine by me! Posted by: LinusVanPelt ======== Expulsion requires 2/3rds of membership (per US Constitution in Article I) which is why recently it is usually a bipartisan pairing rather than anything regarding true justice and discernment. GOP expels for relatively minor offenses while the Dems are committing major felonies. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (E4rtv) 101
The Khmer Rogue got things done.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:29 PM (aikFH) 102
100 GOP expels for relatively minor offenses while the Dems are committing major felonies.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (E4rtv) One side is desperate for the Mainstream Media to say something nice about them. The other understands what it takes to seize and maintain power. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 12:30 PM (FpHTM) 103
In the end it’s all moot. It makes no difference who is the next governor. They’re all the same version of communist filth.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 12:30 PM (UuB1r) 104
99 I'm all for the hit on Swallwell. It clears the path for my beloved Katie Porter.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice ======= I think she had a big part in shoving the shiv in. Be interesting if Steyer ends up benefitting as Katie is no prize either in personal behavior. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv) 105
that the Dem's will try to protect his House set is all you need to know.
Posted by: WisRich at April 13, 2026 12:30 PM (G0vdT) 106
In the end it’s all moot. It makes no difference who is the next governor. They’re all the same version of communist filth.
Posted by: Heroq This. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ) 107
Benny Johnson said that he hears that it was Dem Senator Rueben Gallego. Someone else said that Gallego was involved in Swalwell's "orgies," too. Posted by: ace at April 13, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle) Lol Posted by: CaliGirl at April 13, 2026 12:31 PM (jnOue) 108
>>I know I'm stating the obvious but this is just now happening to Swalwell because he's a threat to the other 2 Dems in the CA Governor's race being able to use the jungle primary system and have both of them (2 Dems) on the final ballot and eliminate the Republican candidates from even being on the ballot.
Which is why Democrats are forcing him out. They don't care about the sex allegations because their base doesn't no matter what they say, see Bill Clinton. But they do care about winning the CA governors race. Posted by: JackStraw at April 13, 2026 12:31 PM (viF8m) 109
Remember that guy Joe Kent? He's now mad because Trump insists on "zero enrichment". Unbelievable. It's all because of the Joos, of course.
It appears that the zero enrichment poison pill killed the Islamabad negotiations yesterday. We have 9 more days in this cease fire to fix this, but we must pursue our goals not Israel's. Trump's redline has always been no nuclear weapons for Iran, not zero enrichment. Iran agrees with this and has not sought to develop or obtain a nuke since 2003 but needs to retain the ability to enrich for their "not Saddam but not Qaddafi" policy to work. https://is.gd/TzwrV1 Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t) 110
I'm willing to believe some of this is fake against Fartwell, but there was also an NY Post story yesterday quoting a woman who'd applied to be a staffer and her husband about how she was immediately "bombarded with nudes". They had to buy all the eye bleach at Costco in the big drums.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 12:31 PM (2ocoG) 111
Swalwell is passe. He misjudged badly, for a long time, under the progressive cloak.
Instagram - Becerra for Governor. Now is the time to stand with women telling their stories and let the truth guide us. NY Times, Swalwell’s Fall Punctuates Woes of Democrats in California, of All Places Democrats have struggled to find a candidate for governor who can capture the imagination of voters in one of their most important strongholds. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (NFX2v) 112
Dick pics are a volume game.
You find a dude sending them to one woman, he's guaranteed to be sending them to alllll the women. No one says "boy, I really like this comely lass, I believe I shall entice her, in particular, with a dignified portrait of my mish masher". Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (Ot/FD) 113
he's responsible for her mental health? Would you accept such a rule for yourself?
Posted by: ace at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (1wjle) No, he isn't responsible for it. But absent his wandering dick, it probably wouldn't have happened. He also strikes me as a total asshole, and I bet he wasn't very nice to the woman. That said, every single one of these guys is an adulterer. If that's the standard, they all have to go. The only thing a politician cares less about than wedding vows is Constitutional oaths. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (BI5O2) 114
Shall we describe the Democratic Party's moral outrage as selective, strategic, or both?
Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (jo6FO) 115
..I'm sorry for everything. Everything.
Why can't you just accept me for who I pretend to be?! Posted by: the apology at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (pSotA) 116
>>>Swalwell suspends governor campaign amid sexual
misconduct allegations Suspends, not ends the campaign. Meaning he does not have to return unspent campaign donation dollars. I can't recall the details but this is how politicians can legally make bank in the long run. It's a racket. Of course. Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (5rh/l) Big donor is kicking out of donor's mansion, demanding his money back, and quitting dem party over this. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: Joey Tribbiani at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (Q6P2R) 118
Fang Fang is still alive. Though there have been rumors to the contrary, all have proven to be either unfounded or another person of the same name (China is one of those places that have a billion people and a very limited number of names... see also "Patel" in India and "Park" in Korea).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (IG3/x) 119
Swalwell's the latest poster child for the political class. He's certainly not the worst. Just one of the more careless in running his mouth. Easy to make an example of.
But he'll remain in Congress. Like the rest of them. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (AkEZC) 120
But he seemed so upstanding and normal and not at all slimy and putrescent.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:32 PM (cS13u) 121
One side is desperate for the Mainstream Media to say something nice about them.
The other understands what it takes to seize and maintain power. Posted by: XTC ======== GOP voters are less forgiving than Dems. Way back in the House page scandal where GOP and Dem congress critters were screwing the underage types. Daniel Crane (GOP) dropped his bid for reelection due to sleeping with a 17 year old female page, Gerry Studds slept with a 17 year old boy and Mass voters cheered him on the multiple additional terms in office until he retired. It is more that GOP voters do not tolerate shitheads; Democrats figure they will get something out of it by keeping the shitheads in office. It is only when another DEI Dem wants the office that the Dem has, that a straight white man gets shivved so the DEI type can crawl into office. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:34 PM (E4rtv) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:34 PM (77rzZ) 123
I'm kinda hoping this plops Lumpy Katie to the lead.
I think she can't help but be just the most nasty, condescending, and rude AWFL cooked up in the labs of Hell. And she'll see the general campaign as affirmation to double that. Especially against Republicans and Trump. Which, I think will be so off-putting, so over-the-top, so crude, that Dems will stay home in November. Dems they desperately need to show up in Congressional races in the new, lighter blue, districts. (recall, even with post-election counting--that SCOTUS is about to end--they only won a lot of those by less than 2%.) If they win the governor but lose these new seats? Massive win for America. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 13, 2026 12:34 PM (HXT0k) 124
Did Swallowell grab any pussy?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 12:34 PM (FmapG) 125
They all knew. They all looked the other way. If Swalwell hadn't run for governor, all this would have continued to be suppressed. Like Icarus, he flew too close to the Sun, and the wax holding up his pants melted. Must be a whole lot of others in Congress who have done basically the same thing, and haven't become enough of a problem to the Party for protection to be withdrawn. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 13, 2026 12:35 PM (VWtfl) 126
Any politician that believes that he/she/whatever they do is in private is a fool. And, some of these nitwits video themselves, which is really dumb and narcissistic.
Posted by: Unkaren at April 13, 2026 12:35 PM (OTOad) 127
That Swalwell was allowed to remain in Congress for years, even though there was so much talk about his illegal activity, shows us all the House is a joke and unserious about real business.
And because the Dems only dropped the bottom out of his world, after years of turning the other way and ignoring it because of probably losing the Cali governor race to a Republican shows us how corrupt their party actually is. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 13, 2026 12:35 PM (4nEGa) 128
think she had a big part in shoving the shiv in. Be interesting if Steyer ends up benefitting as Katie is no prize either in personal behavior.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv Hail Katie! Accept no substitutes. Either will bring justice (total destruction) to CA, but that haggard cavebitch will do it more much more hilariously. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:35 PM (BI5O2) 129
But he seemed so upstanding and normal and not at all slimy and putrescent.
He's putrescent, iridescent, tumescent! Posted by: Jackie Chiles at April 13, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t) 130
Biden: too demented to run for president, or even to stand trial, but not too demented to continue as president.
Walz: too corrupt to run for governor, but not too corrupt to continue as governor. Swallwell: ..... Posted by: mikeski at April 13, 2026 12:35 PM (4q2pn) 131
Why not kick out everyone? They're all a bunch of weirdos suffering from delusions of grandeur.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 12:35 PM (GPa4z) 132
Had a Valentine's evening with the wife years ago. We rented a room in a posh hotel and everything. Back before phone's had cameras, but she had a disposable camera and took some pictures. She dropped them off to be developed, then had me pick them up.
Remember how they used to put a photo in the front window of the pack of photos? Yeah.....front and center, muhcock. I never went back into that store again. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:27 PM (IXZGh) ---- Ah, whatever happened to the timeless art of seduction? Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at April 13, 2026 12:35 PM (gnNyN) 133
So, if the notion that Porter and Swallwell along with several lesser Dem lights were diluting the Dem vote for the jungle primary and opening the door for two Republicans* to make it to the general is valid, squeezing Swallwell out would just be a form of pre- ranked choice voting, right?
(*California Republicans, but still) Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (qgHp7) 134
> Lumpy Katie
Is this the "throuple" chick or another Katie? It was a Katie, right? It's hard to keep up with political sex scandals. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (IG3/x) 135
Suspends, not ends the campaign. Meaning he does not have to return unspent campaign donation dollars. I can't recall the details but this is how politicians can legally make bank in the long run. It's a racket. Of course.
Posted by: Gref They can't keep it any longer but they can donate it to other politicians, etc. which usually requires a quid pro quo. They can also use it for legal expenses, etc. after they drop their candidacy among other things. Swalwell is flat broke apparently from overspending for years and my guess is he was delaying his exit while grabbing everything not nailed down (his charging the campaign for child care was just the latest). Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv) 136
Evil is stretching across the world.
@SkyNewsAust Apr 12 Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has unveiled a major plan to combat the state's crime crisis, vowing to reopen 40 police stations and hire 3,000 more officers - with half coming from overseas. Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (diia5) 137
GOP expels for relatively minor offenses while the Dems are committing major felonies.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (E4rtv) Sort of like how the Globetrotters would make wide open behind the back three pointers with ease while the Generals would miss easy layups. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (cS13u) 138
Wasn't Swalwell the one who said he would bomb certain parts of the country?? I forget why he said that in response.
Posted by: dantesed at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (Y0tFs) 139
I'm kinda hoping this plops Lumpy Katie to the lead.
I think she can't help but be just the most nasty, condescending, and rude AWFL cooked up in the labs of Hell. The new development there is that Californians are suddenly being polled today about what they'd think of Kamala as the governor. So Katie may not be as in control as she will want to think. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (2ocoG) 140
Darn, I was hoping Eric would go to Seoul!
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (ZRzmB) 141
Is Katie Porter the throuple chick? I can’t keep track of all the lunatics in California politics.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (UuB1r) 142
He will withdraw to a peak on the edge of Death Valley and announce that he will henceforth be known as The Farting Guru. Draw near, and be disgusted! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (b4yIz) 143
Is this the "throuple" chick or another Katie? ------- Another, much more horrible and awesome Katie. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:37 PM (BI5O2) 144
> I forget why he said that in response.
Posted by: dantesed at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (Y0tFs) I believe that would be his response to people refusing to hand over their guns. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:37 PM (IG3/x) 145
Trump's redline has always been no nuclear weapons for Iran, not zero enrichment.
___ Joe Kent will fall for the "just the tip" ploy! Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM (Dv3i1) 146
So Katie may not be as in control as she will want to think.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (2ocoG) Stop being a naysayer, Ian. Buck up. We got this. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM (BI5O2) 147
Wasn't Swalwell the one who said he would bomb certain parts of the country?? I forget why he said that in response.
Posted by: dantesed at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (Y0tFs) He was replying to something like “we have all the guns” and he said we have the nukes and a nuke can defeat your guns. Something along those lines. Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM (UuB1r) 148
109 Remember that guy Joe Kent? He's now mad because Trump insists on "zero enrichment". Unbelievable. It's all because of the Joos, of course.
It appears that the zero enrichment poison pill killed the Islamabad negotiations yesterday. We have 9 more days in this cease fire to fix this, but we must pursue our goals not Israel's. Trump's redline has always been no nuclear weapons for Iran, not zero enrichment. Iran agrees with this and has not sought to develop or obtain a nuke since 2003 but needs to retain the ability to enrich for their "not Saddam but not Qaddafi" policy to work. https://is.gd/TzwrV1 Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t) Someone could be the greatest "General Ripper" Military Murder Machine of all time with thousands of personal kills to his credit and he's still not going to be able to convince me to side with Islam. Ever. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM (FpHTM) 149
thanks whig!
Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM (5rh/l) 150
I'll probably get flamed, but here goes.
I lol at the fact that they used a person's dated allegations, which alleged the victim returned for more "rape" after the first "rape" was so traumatizing, to oust the guy, after they insisted oh so strenuously that we must believe the accuser, despite any problems of proof, political motivations, or other considerations that cast aspersions on the retelling of the events of the nights. I double lol that no one is more deserving of getting the standard leftist ice axe to the brain after he's outlived his usefulness. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM (cS13u) 152
Sunday nights on NBC: He's a disfigured gay Ayatollah who's a neat freak and a rabid anti-Semite! His new roommate is a disgraced ex-Congressman who's a serial-farting slob and a notorious whore monger! Watch the fireworks at 8 pm!
Posted by: "Wheels and the Shartman" at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM (qUkBO) 153
The democrats have been obsessed with womanizing perverts since they were founded. Not one gives a damn about some shitty staffer squealing like a bitch for not knowing her place in the machine. If the dimwit only had the foresight to caption every pecker picture with "Hooray Abortion!" you'd have never heard a peep about any of this.
Anything anyone of them says about this wide mouthed ass is purely performative. Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM (Ot/FD) 154
Australia appoints first Sheila to lead its army
April 13, 2026 Australia on Monday (April 13) said a Sheila would lead its army for the first time in history, as part of a reshuffle of the country's defense force leadership. Crikey Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 12:39 PM (ZxPkt) Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:39 PM (BI5O2) 156
Is Katie Porter the throuple chick? I can’t keep track of all the lunatics in California politics. Posted by: Heroq Katie Porter is the scrunt who threw boiling water from cooking potatoes at the head of her spouse. She also is the one who berated a staff member for having paraded through the background of her television interview. She is repellent. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 13, 2026 12:39 PM (b4yIz) 157
Katie Porter is so ugly… now she’s poised to be guv of CA. Unbelievable…. Can you imagine how abusive she’ll be with staff with the additional power and prestige of that office in her hands. The staff turnover will be epic!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 12:39 PM (xT8gx) 158
Katie Porter's face is the prefect distillation of democracy.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 12:39 PM (GPa4z) 159
"Everyone knew about Swalwell"
"Everyone knew about Epstein" "Everyone knew about Weinstein" "Everyone knew about Clinton" Gee I'm starting to notice a pattern here. Why - its almost as if you're a power player in the Democrat party, you get media air superiority to be a serial abuser of women. I don't want to hear another G*ddamned thing about a republican "war on women". Posted by: Defenestratus at April 13, 2026 12:40 PM (WYStd) 160
I'm all for the hit on Swallwell. It clears the path for my beloved Katie Porter. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice ======= I think she had a big part in shoving the shiv in. Be interesting if Steyer ends up benefitting as Katie is no prize either in personal behavior. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv) Oh yes. She's a piece of work. Either she has shitty taste in men or she's a world-class bunny-boiler who knows her way around a TRO. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2026 12:40 PM (R+2bs) 161
Katie Hill was Miss Throuple.
Too many Katies running around. Unfortunately, none of them look like Katie Douglas. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:40 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: melodicmetal at April 13, 2026 12:40 PM (eWbPp) 163
Given that the Ds are coming around, this is probably a bad thing.
Who is the worst in bunch of their governor candidates? I mean worst for us? I see the date is Jun 2. Is the weather there going to be good enough for Porter to show up in a bikini, thus winning an 80% vote? Posted by: Eeyore at April 13, 2026 12:40 PM (AlhUl) 164
Now, now, Iran has numerous totally legitimate uses for enriched uranium.
I mean, they have such a terrible energy shortage there, what with only 200 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. Plus the mullahs like to grind it up and sprinkle it on their breakfast cereal. Breakfast of Champions! Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:41 PM (IG3/x) 165
Katie Porter is NOT the throuple chick… she was actually somewhat attractive
Porter resembles a pig; some swine look better Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 12:41 PM (xT8gx) 166
Sunday nights on NBC: He's a disfigured gay Ayatollah who's a neat freak and a rabid anti-Semite! His new roommate is a disgraced ex-Congressman who's a serial-farting slob and a notorious whore monger! Watch the fireworks at 8 pm!
Posted by: "Wheels and the Shartman" at April 13, 2026 12:38 PM Swalwell will be played by Stacy Keach's penis. Posted by: Bernie Sanders at April 13, 2026 12:41 PM (4NO2D) 167
162 So what happened with the SAVE act?
— GOP did what it always does. Tell its voters to fuck off. Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 12:41 PM (UuB1r) 168
The number of women on planet earth that really want to see pictures of a schlong is so small as to almost be a null set.
Ask any woman "Have you ever been really turned on by a hog shot or really hoped the guy you like would send you one?" and I'll bet you a crisp $100 bill that the answer is either an outright "Ew no" or howling laughter. Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 12:41 PM (oqH4h) 169
Only Kamala can pull a High Speed Train.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (FmapG) 170
160
I'm all for the hit on Swallwell. It clears the path for my beloved Katie Porter. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice ======= I think she had a big part in shoving the shiv in. Be interesting if Steyer ends up benefitting as Katie is no prize either in personal behavior. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv) Oh yes. She's a piece of work. Either she has shitty taste in men or she's a world-class bunny-boiler who knows her way around a TRO. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2026 12:40 PM (R+2bs) No doubt Steyer is bankrolling the shiv and setting his sights on Porter next. He's gonna be the last one standing and buy the race. Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (tOcjL) 171
How will Australia's military operate if the country is almost out of oil?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (2GVsD) 172
California like New York is a lost cause. Leftists have run those states into the ground. They will never recover. More money being spent than money coming in. Taxes will keep getting higher and so will the cost of living. Bums everywhere getting taxpayers money and infrastructure falling apart. Socialism does not work especially when corrupt politicians have their hands in the till. Both states are a lost cause. Unfortunately other states will follow.
Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (pvf3X) 173
The throuple chick, whose name I cannot remember, was also the naked user of a crack pipe. There were photos. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (b4yIz) 174
No idea what is going on with Iran at this moment, but (headline)
>>> Hormuz Blockade: Europe Mobilizing Against the U.S., Not the Iran Regime Ummm, it has been that since day one in the non-participation "But, we want our oil and don't care that Iran has been threatening to kill all the Jews and Americans from day one because we don't like them either..." way. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (/lPRQ) 175
The only reason this story is being covered is because there are too many democrats in the gubernatorial jungle primary.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (0U5gm) 176
Fartswell will get a mid $300K no show teaching position at an IVY uni on sexual abuse in the workplace.
Watch. The left takes care of its own but with taxpayer dollars. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (xvV+O) 177
155 Ya know how some movies are "so bad they're good?"
Porter is the human version of that. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:39 PM Porter is the perfect avatar of leftist women, and their men really. She's nasty. Posted by: CaliGirl at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (jnOue) 178
Troon or not to troon...
@EricLDaugh The FBI has RAIDED the Texas home of a suspect who tried to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with a Molotov cocktail Large amounts of agents are SWARMING the home of the 20YO suspect The man is accused of potentially planning to target OTHER AI CEOs as well. x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2043730375541731336 Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 12:43 PM (diia5) 179
Or Katie Couric even.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:43 PM (2GVsD) 180
Ed Buck, Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff walk into a bar.
Posted by: mr tmz at April 13, 2026 12:43 PM (rJ48h) 181
Porter's two well known video experiences were a PR disaster for her. Yet...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 12:43 PM (AkEZC) 182
165 Katie Porter is NOT the throuple chick… she was actually somewhat attractive
Porter resembles a pig; some swine look better Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 12:41 PM (xT8gx) You can eat a pig. You can't eat Katie Porter. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 12:43 PM (FpHTM) 183
Well, for all her many, many faults I guess Porter can honestly say she never raped a woman or slept with a Chinese spy.
I mean, I'm assuming that no one in China could actually go through with it. Fang Fanging a Mitt Romney clone like Falwell is one thing but Porter? I'm pretty sure the laogai would be more appealing Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm) 184
> So what happened with the SAVE act?
---- it's stuck in a twitter loop of 'we gotta pass this NOW!' postings other than that, it's dead Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 12:43 PM (ZxPkt) 185
Hail Katie! Accept no substitutes.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:35 PM (BI5O2) I think CA politics now has a life of its own. A sort of massive momentum that is unstoppable, regardless of who is in Sacramento. But for entertainment's sake, I agree...Porter is the one! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (g0MSz) 186
Ya know how some movies are "so bad they're good?"
Porter is the human version of that. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:39 PM (BI5O2) --So you're a "California accelerationist"? Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (jo6FO) 187
180 Ed Buck, Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff walk into a bar.
Posted by: mr tmz at April 13, 2026 12:43 PM (rJ48h) "... and I couldn't tell you what happened next because I wouldn't be caught dead in that kind of bar." Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (Ot/FD) 188
It was a Katie, right? It's hard to keep up with political sex scandals.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:36 PM (IG3/x) I believe that was also a Katie, but this is the domestic abuser Katie who dumped hot mashed potatoes on her husband's head. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (lFFaq) 189
180 Ed Buck, Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff walk into a bar.
Posted by: mr tmz at April 13, 2026 12:43 PM (rJ48h) Again, and again, and again as a righteous man swings the bar at their heads. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (FpHTM) 190
My son had five stitches to his hand and the bill was fucking $6,000. FFS - how much are illegals costing us? A Corpsman could have done that in the field out of his kit.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (FmapG) 191
How will Australia's military operate if the country is almost out of oil?
Posted by: Anna Puma They've got boxing kangaroos, cassowaries, and lots of deadly poisonous critters. They'll be fine. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (77rzZ) 192
The California jungle primary was on track to have two GOPers come out with the top vote counts.
-- I really think this would be the worst-case scenario. Because, every Dem statewide in every race will run against "stopping the Republican governor." And it'll be a powerful message. And said R will have no power, no way to enact any of his agenda, and is guaranteed to be a one-term loser. Hell, he's likely to be impeached for the crime of "being Republican" in the first month of office. now, with a "everyone knows the Dem will win" there's less motivation to get out to vote in November. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (HXT0k) 193
I'm kinda hoping this plops Lumpy Katie to the lead.
I kind of assumed she was the heir apparent, and the most far Left radical that could still be elected, but Redditards seem to view her as "moderate" and hope Steyer takes the lead with the Progressive message. How crazy must he be!?!?! Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (ycI94) 194
Once Porter is Hollywood's conquering heroine, it's gonna be hilarious watching all the industry rags fawn over her "style."
"The dumpy, drunken hausfrau look is SOOO hot right now!" Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (BI5O2) 195
97 >>>Swalwell suspends governor campaign amid sexual
misconduct allegations Suspends, not ends the campaign. Meaning he does not have to return unspent campaign donation dollars. I can't recall the details but this is how politicians can legally make bank in the long run. It's a racket. Of course. Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (5rh/l) Kamala pulled the same racket. Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 12:45 PM (y171U) 196
I'd give better than even odds that Katie Porter has sexually assaulted a female before.
I'll even give you a parlay on them being related. Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:45 PM (Ot/FD) 197
This whole thing reminds me of Bob Filner, when he became mayor of San Diego, and the allegations of sexual misbehavior for more than 30 years came out. Find a Dem, dig deep enough, find sexual assaults, pederasty, corruption and more.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 12:45 PM (ynpvh) 198
Who can help but wish Fartwell ill?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 13, 2026 12:45 PM (wTZkm) 199
It's California, we send only our best.
Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 12:46 PM (UjdFS) 200
How convenient that the California governor’s race was canceled after an accusation that it purposefully left out candidates of color.
What a BS excuse. They didn't want the Republican candidate, Steve Hilton to shine with his common sense. Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 12:46 PM (NpAcC) 201
195 97 >>>Swalwell suspends governor campaign amid sexual
misconduct allegations Suspends, not ends the campaign. Meaning he does not have to return unspent campaign donation dollars. I can't recall the details but this is how politicians can legally make bank in the long run. It's a racket. Of course. Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (5rh/l) Kamala pulled the same racket. Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 12:45 PM (y171U) She tugged and sucked more than she pulled... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 12:46 PM (ynpvh) 202
who dumped hot mashed potatoes on her husband's head.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (lFFaq) I hate when something must have an obvious punchline somewhere but I get stuck. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:46 PM (cS13u) 203
No doubt Steyer is bankrolling the shiv and setting his sights on Porter next. He's gonna be the last one standing and buy the race.
Posted by: Nova Local Sounds plausible. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t) 204
127 That Swalwell was allowed to remain in Congress for years, even though there was so much talk about his illegal activity, shows us all the House is a joke and unserious about real business.
And because the Dems only dropped the bottom out of his world, after years of turning the other way and ignoring it because of probably losing the Cali governor race to a Republican shows us how corrupt their party actually is. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg GOP voters have forced the national GOP to take out the trash or they've done it themselves (Gonzalez for example has already lost his primary to Brandon Herrera). They also took out Eyepatch McCain due to his misbehavior. Dems, on the other hand, love criminals in general including their colleagues in office. The only way they kick them out is not from Dem voters, but to exchange scalps with the House GOP when the national media coverage of Dem criminality in office gets too much. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv) 205
"The dumpy, drunken hausfrau look is SOOO hot right now!"
__ Cooking mags will publish her Porter's Golden State Gold Mashed Potatoes recipe. Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 12:47 PM (Dv3i1) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:47 PM (2GVsD) 207
Did anyone figure out who the chippy was that Swalwell was ramping up to what appeared to be a three way (or four way if whoever was holding the camera...) getting ramped up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 12:47 PM (/lPRQ) 208
So you're a "California accelerationist"?
Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (jo6FO Nope I just hate it and will enjoy seeing them humiliated and brought low by that cavebitch. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:48 PM (BI5O2) 209
Maybe some giant bagels will swoop down and save Fartwell from peril.
Posted by: And My Axe at April 13, 2026 12:48 PM (7Q0e+) 210
202 who dumped hot mashed potatoes on her husband's head.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (lFFaq) I hate when something must have an obvious punchline somewhere but I get stuck. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:46 PM (cS13u) Exciting! Posted by: Brian "Potato" Stelter at April 13, 2026 12:48 PM (ynpvh) 211
Okay, after an image search....
Katie "Throuple" Hill is a 1. Katie Porter is maybe a Jose Cuervo 0.25. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:49 PM (IG3/x) 212
I hate when something must have an obvious punchline somewhere but I get stuck.
Posted by: ... Sounds like you need the services of the Just the Punchline guy. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:49 PM (77rzZ) 213
Mister Potatohead
Posted by: Just the Punchline at April 13, 2026 12:49 PM (4NO2D) 214
211 Okay, after an image search....
Katie "Throuple" Hill is a 1. Katie Porter is maybe a Jose Cuervo 0.25. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 12:49 PM (IG3/x) After you've emptied the bottle and looked through it at her... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 12:50 PM (ynpvh) 215
That video is just gross. Wtf there are other guys in the room.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 13, 2026 12:50 PM (i0Hi3) 216
> I'd give better than even odds that Katie Porter has sexually assaulted a female before.
------------- It's a fact Katie Porter has assaulted a number of all you can eat buffets. It's a large number. Large like Katie. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (AkEZC) 217
who dumped hot mashed potatoes on her husband's head.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (lFFaq) I hate when something must have an obvious punchline somewhere but I get stuck. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:46 PM (cS13u) Nice thing about being here is someone will be along to steal your joke right out of your head or make a better one that you post. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv) 218
"I know that some of you object to this political hit based on the fact that there is no actual evidence of rape introduced against him yet"
Fuck him. Yes, this seems like a coordinated and orchestrated political hit job. Some of the allegations don't pass the smell test or at least seem highly exaggerated. But fuck him. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/) 219
It's a gay orgy. The woman is there to referee.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (4NO2D) 220
who dumped hot mashed potatoes on her husband's head.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2026 12:44 PM (lFFaq) She must have been really mad to allow a starch to be used for anything but gorging. (I tried) Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (cS13u) Posted by: one hour sober at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (Y1sOo) 222
Katie Porter is the Stacey Abrams of California?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (2GVsD) 223
After you've emptied the bottle and looked through it at her...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 12:50 PM (ynpvh) "Hi there" "Hey there baby" "What? Eew, shut up you gross lump, I was talking to the worm." Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:52 PM (Ot/FD) 224
What is it with all these states electing Karens* who are completely unfit to lead?
(* I include Newsom as a male Karen, so my statement is not sexist) Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 12:52 PM (Dv3i1) 225
I hope Governor Porter starts scalding people on TV. It could be her "thing."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:52 PM (BI5O2) 226
Rape rape or just a billing disagreement?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:52 PM (aikFH) 227
Oh yes. She's a piece of work. Either she has shitty taste in men or she's a world-class bunny-boiler who knows her way around a TRO.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur ------- If sheer personal nastiness of personality was the standard for CA politics, she would be the winner. She may lag a bit in proven criminality like Swalwell but has the coveted YD endorsement for entertainment value. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv) 228
Nice thing about being here is someone will be along to steal your joke right out of your head or make a better one that you post.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv) It's true. I realized about a dozen years ago I don't even need to post here. Whenever I miss a thread my top three jokes tend to get posted anyway. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:52 PM (cS13u) 229
Fuck him.
Yes, this seems like a coordinated and orchestrated political hit job. Some of the allegations don't pass the smell test or at least seem highly exaggerated. But fuck him. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/) My take is that if (*IF*) all of this is fake, it's even more delightful of a story. Because fuck him. Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:53 PM (Ot/FD) 230
Another rising Dem star, Wes Moore, touted as the next Obama, is also having credibility problems. Naturally, he blames Trump. (The Joos are probably implied)
Maryland’s Wes Moore Gets the ‘Spotlight’ Treatment — and He’s None Too Happy About It https://is.gd/aoWDT5 Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t) 231
My take is that if (*IF*) all of this is fake, it's even more delightful of a story.
Because fuck him. Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:53 PM (Ot/FD) I asked the wife about making rape allegations after a drunken romp based on the "too drunk to consent" retelling. She brought up problems of proof, about who could reliably say what actually happened that night, about how could one possibly defend against such allegations, and about the inequity of granting a female a pass on human autonomy due to alcohol consumption and not the male for drunken failures in judgment/apprehension. Then I told her that dems are using such allegations about not once but twice by the same accuser to drive Swallwell out. She scoff-chuckled. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (dK+Kv) 232
203 No doubt Steyer is bankrolling the shiv and setting his sights on Porter next. He's gonna be the last one standing and buy the race.
Posted by: Nova Local Sounds plausible. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t) I cannot believe the DNC wants Katie Porter to be the face and voice of the largest Blue State going into the 2028 POTUS campaign. Especially not if Gavin is the nominee. Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (5rh/l) Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (mGbg5) 234
"Rising Dem Star" is like when they discover a new flu strain.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (cS13u) 235
It's true. I realized about a dozen years ago I don't even need to post here. Whenever I miss a thread my top three jokes tend to get posted anyway.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:52 PM (cS13u) Time to steal some new material. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (n7rxJ) 237
Someone better send a lot more money to the states' special elections budget if Congress is suddenly going to find a case of the morals and expel everyone who did a Bad Thing.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (oCS0o) 238
218 "I know that some of you object to this political hit based on the fact that there is no actual evidence of rape introduced against him yet"
Fuck him. Yes, this seems like a coordinated and orchestrated political hit job. Some of the allegations don't pass the smell test or at least seem highly exaggerated. But fuck him. Posted by: Elric The Blade ======= Democrats created out of whole cloth the idea that the seriousness of the charge is what matters, not whether or not they are guilty of it. Not sorry to see a dupe for Commie spies swing at all and that part, at least, was proven that he cavorted with Fang Fang. Even VDH could smell the Commie Spy honeypot when she tried to accost him. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv) Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t) 240
"I know that some of you object to this political hit based on the fact that there is no actual evidence of rape introduced against him yet"
With the oh so recent past, this statement is proof the GOP is weak, and refuses to lear. Posted by: connected and litigious at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (cS1cw) 241
All else aside, even without her terrifying personality, having someone that ugly govern a srate where looks are the only thing that matters is funny in its own right.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (BI5O2) 242
Is he still a seated member of Congress?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (GWPx5) 243
I hate when something must have an obvious punchline somewhere but I get stuck.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:46 PM (cS13u) Can't come up with a snappy puchline, but... "What do you say to a woman holding a dish of hot mashed potatoes?" " Whatever she wants you to say, if you know what's good for you." Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (lFFaq) 244
Denver's only lesbian bar to close its doors due to financial shortfalls.
https://is.gd/LQRWFQ Oh no! Anyway... Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (qgHp7) 245
Time to steal some new material.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (dK+Kv) New material? What the hell is that? Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (cS13u) 246
233 "The dumpy, drunken hausfrau look is SOOO hot right now!"
Porter is Stout? Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (mGbg5) Certainly not an IPA. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 12:56 PM (FpHTM) 247
175 The only reason this story is being covered is because there are too many democrats in the gubernatorial jungle primary.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (0U5gm) It's perfect evidence how the Dems control the media narrative, and how they target and demonize at will. Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 12:56 PM (y171U) 248
There's talk that Kamala will get into the race. TJM hardest hit. Posted by: Archimedes =============== WHERE? I mean, don't tease me. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 12:56 PM (n7rxJ) 249
Who opens the jars?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:56 PM (aikFH) 250
And said R will have no power, no way to enact any of his agenda, and is guaranteed to be a one-term loser.
Isn't the CA legislature super majority D already? So that's baked in. Posted by: Oddbob at April 13, 2026 12:57 PM (Ueh6E) 251
Tulsi Gabbard declassifies more than 400 pages of documents related to Trump's first impeachment.
Spoiler: Documented collusion between Ciaramella, the CIA, and the Democrats. ICIG demonstrated to have hidden this information prior to the impeachment. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 12:57 PM (FmapG) 252
There's talk that Kamala will get into the race. TJM hardest hit.
Posted by: Archimedes =============== WHERE? I mean, don't tease me. Among others, she herself says she's mulling it over. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t) 253
Dumpy, drunken, and hausfrau is no way to go through life, young lady.
Posted by: Dean Wormer at April 13, 2026 12:57 PM (GWPx5) 254
Denver's only lesbian bar to close its doors due to financial shortfalls.
https://is.gd/LQRWFQ Oh no! Anyway... Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (qgHp7) _________ There is zero chance that is the only lesbian bar in the entire city of Denver. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 12:58 PM (ndZc7) 256
61
The video of Swallwell forcefully kissing a purported sex worker on the mouth is wild, who is taking the video and who is the dude on the bed with them? Posted by: CaliGirl ....... Hunter Biden? Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 12:58 PM (UjdFS) 257
Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em on Matthew?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 12:59 PM (diia5) 258
Denver's only lesbian bar to close its doors due to financial shortfalls.
https://is.gd/LQRWFQ Oh no! Anyway... Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (qgHp7) --Lesbian bars don't make money because lesbians prefer to shoot pool rather than dance like homosexual males. Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2026 12:59 PM (jo6FO) 259
237 Someone better send a lot more money to the states' special elections budget if Congress is suddenly going to find a case of the morals and expel everyone who did a Bad Thing.
Posted by: Octochicken It is simply an example of how our legislatures work nowadays. But that was always present even back in the Continental Congress of people behaving as self centered swines in office. Would not be surprised that the Brits did not actually have a couple of those Congress critters on the payroll as spies either. Then again, you see corporate execs doing the same thing, non-profits serving as looting for insiders meanwhile planning coups and fake gay ops to torment normal Americans, a demographic that uses its criminal privilege to besiege normal Americans, etc. etc. When a society loses God, then you see all sorts of hideous behavior by too many people doing YOLO. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv) 260
Eugene Vindman said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Swalwell should resign from Congress and drop out of California's gubernatorial race.
"The accusations are absolutely heinous, and his admissions betraying his family are deplorable," Vindman said to host Dana Bash. "So Eric Swalwell needs to resign. He needs to drop out of the race… we should not tolerate this behavior, and Representative Swalwell needs to go." The Vindman's are back, baby! Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 12:59 PM (NFX2v) 261
Bill Cosby has been married to the same lady for 62 years.
Posted by: Above Reproach at April 13, 2026 12:59 PM (oftw2) 262
"What do you say to a woman holding a dish of hot mashed potatoes?"
" Whatever she wants you to say, if you know what's good for you." Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (lFFaq) Brit Lass did once throw a square of lasagna down and got her own curtains with some of it which we later sort of laughed about and I kind of snickered about in the moment because I'm terrible. Yes she was pissed at me but at least she didn't throw it at me. I can't be doing with all that. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:00 PM (cS13u) 263
I wonder if I could buy stock in the people who drive empty U-Haul trucks back to California. That might be a strong and growing market sector.
Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 01:00 PM (qgHp7) 264
> this is how politicians can legally make bank in the long run. It's a racket. Of course.
Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 12:28 PM (5rh/l) Kamala pulled the same racket. Posted by: Joemarine --- they all do it Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:00 PM (ZxPkt) 265
No 9ne around to buy them drinks.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 01:00 PM (aikFH) 266
238 218 "I know that some of you object to this political hit based on the fact that there is no actual evidence of rape introduced against him yet"
Fuck him. Yes, this seems like a coordinated and orchestrated political hit job. Some of the allegations don't pass the smell test or at least seem highly exaggerated. But fuck him. Posted by: Elric The Blade ======= Democrats created out of whole cloth the idea that the seriousness of the charge is what matters, not whether or not they are guilty of it. Not sorry to see a dupe for Commie spies swing at all and that part, at least, was proven that he cavorted with Fang Fang. Even VDH could smell the Commie Spy honeypot when she tried to accost him. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv) The Democrats and their media fellow travelers create accusations against Republicans out of whole cloth, then play the "He must PROVE he did NOT do it, or he's guilty!" card. References: Every Democrat op to take-out Trump. Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 01:00 PM (5rh/l) 267
He plans to head up Congress's Rapist-Pedophile Caucus.
Posted by: Roy at April 13, 2026 01:00 PM (qwype) 268
--Lesbian bars don't make money because lesbians prefer to shoot pool rather than dance like homosexual males.
Posted by: logprof Just open a wallet-chain and Doc Martin concession in the back and you're gold. Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (diia5) 269
WHERE? I mean, don't tease me.
Among others, she herself says she's mulling it over. I may have misled you. She was apparently talking about '28. Still, I could have sworn I read that she was thinking about the Governor's race this morning. I'll have to keep lookiing. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t) 270
No doubt Steyer is bankrolling the shiv and setting his sights on Porter next. He's gonna be the last one standing and buy the race.
Posted by: Nova Local Sounds plausible. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t) I cannot believe the DNC wants Katie Porter to be the face and voice of the largest Blue State going into the 2028 POTUS campaign. Especially not if Gavin is the nominee. Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 12:54 PM (5rh/l) ________ I believe Nova is right: although it certainly looks like it was mainly Porter's people involved in the shiv, it seems highly unlikely she has the influence or money to pull this off. Steyer is ultimately behind this. I think he'll move soon to take out Porter, or maybe he thinks he can beat her easily in the race. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/) 271
Stains on the blue dress did not unseat Billy Jeff.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (YlWIZ) 272
Yes she was pissed at me but at least she didn't throw it at me. I can't be doing with all that.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:00 PM (cS13u) I'd be catching it with my mouth and asking for garlic bread. "Come on, lady, you can do better than that!" Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 13, 2026 01:02 PM (lFRaH) 274
He took my advice. Why wouldn’t I approve of him?
Posted by: Mao at April 13, 2026 01:02 PM (E6xSb) 275
221 72 Being raped is a common fantasy for women.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19085605/ Posted by: one hour sober But if you acknowledge it, YOU'RE the creep! Posted by: Bernie Sanders at April 13, 2026 01:02 PM (ycI94) 276
Denver's only lesbian bar to close its doors due to financial shortfalls.
---------- The problem was they only served drinks. Their customers all wanted to eat out. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:02 PM (cS13u) 277
72 Being raped is a common fantasy for women.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19085605/ Posted by: one hour sober at April 13, 2026 12:51 PM (Y1sOo) === Even more so for democrap feminists. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:02 PM (xvV+O) 278
But if you acknowledge it, YOU'RE the creep!
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at April 13, 2026 01:02 PM (ycI94) That's not why you're the creep. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:03 PM (dK+Kv) 279
I may have misled you. She was apparently talking about '28. Still, I could have sworn I read that she was thinking about the Governor's race this morning. I'll have to keep looking.
I blame the Joos. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 01:03 PM (Riz8t) 280
> Denver's only lesbian bar to close its doors due to financial shortfalls.
---- oh man now we're running out of lesbians I blame the mayor Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:03 PM (ZxPkt) 281
Being raped is a common fantasy for women.
While that's true, I doubt Eric Swalwell figures in any of those fantasies. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 01:03 PM (2ocoG) 282
I believe Nova is right: although it certainly looks like it was mainly Porter's people involved in the shiv, it seems highly unlikely she has the influence or money to pull this off. Steyer is ultimately behind this. I think he'll move soon to take out Porter, or maybe he thinks he can beat her easily in the race.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/) The Left will always eat their own and turn into a circular firing squad. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:03 PM (E6xSb) 283
224 What is it with all these states electing Karens* who are completely unfit to lead?
(* I include Newsom as a male Karen, so my statement is not sexist) Posted by: Chuck Martel Further perfecting their choices? See puppet President Biden. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 01:04 PM (NFX2v) 284
Boy, I would sure like to see some hot shots of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) in a bikini, and a gun!
Bing, bing, BING! Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 01:04 PM (/lPRQ) 285
HOA spring has arrived with the trooping of the leafblowers
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:04 PM (ZxPkt) 286
So Katie Poker just got a 10 pt swing.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:04 PM (/+uur) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (ndZc7) 288
What is it about DC that causes so many to send dick pics all around the place? I guess that place truly is the whorehouse we've all been told about.
Posted by: Beelzebubba at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (bufu1) 289
Just open a wallet-chain and Doc Martin concession in the back and you're gold.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (diia5) --- Aunt Fay's Discount Wallet Chains, Doc Martins, and Pendletons Emporium. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (xvV+O) 290
The bar parking lot was too small for all the Subaru Outbacks.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (77rzZ) 291
oh man now we're running out of lesbians
I blame the mayor Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:03 PM Trump will need to open up the Strategic Lesbian Reserve. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (2ocoG) 292
252 There's talk that Kamala will get into the race. TJM hardest hit.
Posted by: Archimedes =============== WHERE? I mean, don't tease me. Among others, she herself says she's mulling it over. Posted by: Archimedes ====== Mere technicality in CA or other Dem areas but too late to register for the ballot. Ballots have already been printed and distributed. In fact, Swalwell will still be on the ballot as he did not drop out in time. Kamala would technically have to run as a write in I think. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv) 293
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (dK+Kv
Speaking of throwing things, has baseball started yet? Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (cS13u) 294
Porter's afflicted husband's name is Matthew, so I'll have you all know my joke is the best.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (diia5) 295
When a society loses God, then you see all sorts of hideous behavior by too many people doing YOLO.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv) This happens even with the godliest of societies. People are frail. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (E6xSb) 296
The modern lesbian bar is actually a normal bar that reserves one or two nights of the week for "lesbian nights."
Full-time lesbian bars aren't very profitable because the lesbian dynamic is much different than a straight bar or gay men's bar. Straight and gay bars tend to draw in bigger-spending men, either just to chill among themselves or for predatory reasons. Lesbian bars are different. Much less booze is bought. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (iFTx/) 297
287 Porker Porter takes an unfortunate victory lap.
https://tinyurl.com/2szwbzu3 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks ======= Would that be a victory waddle followed by a wallow in the mud? Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv) 298
271 Stains on the blue dress did not unseat Billy Jeff.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (YlWIZ) I loved Stains in the Blue Dress by Mitch Ryder. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:06 PM (/+uur) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (Kt19C) 300
Everyone knows Porter is the "chosen one" to lead California. Nobody that disgusting could win unless the party was behind her, literally and figuratively. Swalwell's "suspension" of his bid is the tell. He was given a chance to rake in $$ and stay in Congress if he dropped out. He probably balked... and got "Porter'd."
So now he'll face the punishment of the left leaning media tut-tutting his behavior, keep his campaign money AND remain in Congress. He'll do just fine.... Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (AkEZC) 301
290 The bar parking lot was too small for all the Subaru Outbacks.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (77rzZ Huh? Subaru got out of the auto business and is now a massive non-profit charity. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (E6xSb) 302
I still can’t figure out why all three of the candidates, Swalwell was the one they decided to take out. Porter is a pig and is far less electable. If Swalwell did get elected, his seat is in a safe district in the bay area so it’s not like they would lose a seat in Congress. He must’ve been that repulsive.
But honestly, if you kicked out everyone in Congress for being sexual or things along those lines, most of the seats would be empty. It’s kind of like what I’m still trying to figure out why they took out Cuomo when he was a big idol of theirs for the longest time. Posted by: Keena at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (Q/Jlt) 303
I just realized the wallet-chain and Doc Martin concession is actually just a Hot Topic... are they still around?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (diia5) 304
This happens even with the godliest of societies. People are frail.
Posted by: Cow Demon It happens but when the ruling class no longer hides its dysfunctional evil, then Katie bar the Porter Door--Hell's A Comin'. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (E4rtv) 305
Trump will need to open up the Strategic Lesbian Reserve.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (2ocoG) WMBA Bench Sitters. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:07 PM (/+uur) 306
Brit Lass did once throw a square of lasagna down and got her own curtains with some of it which we later sort of laughed about and I kind of snickered about in the moment because I'm terrible. Yes she was pissed at me but at least she didn't throw it at me. I can't be doing with all that.
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:00 PM (cS13u) A PRIOR Ms. E threw a scalding pizza on the hood of my white Toyota mumble years ago, and I have to admit it looked like art later. Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2026 01:08 PM (LHPAg) 307
Could it be Stacy Abrams somehow coming up with these stories? She's the Queen of Bodice-Rippers.
Posted by: My Erotic Fantasies at April 13, 2026 01:08 PM (oftw2) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7) 309
"Scotty! More lesbians!"
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:08 PM (ZxPkt) 310
>>>Porker Porter takes an unfortunate victory lap.
Can we just call her Katie Porker? It's not as if the left will start accusing us of waging a war on women or something. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:08 PM (dK+Kv) 311
Nood.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 01:08 PM (NcvvS) 312
🥒
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 01:08 PM (aikFH) 313
Denver's only lesbian bar to close its doors due to financial shortfalls.
Enjoy your death trap, ladies! Posted by: Homer Simpson at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (Q6P2R) 314
So now he'll face the punishment of the left leaning media tut-tutting his behavior, keep his campaign money AND remain in Congress.
___ Remain in Congress? Not if I have anything to say about it! - Rep Jim Jordan, forearms bared! Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (Dv3i1) 315
It's Pat!
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (ZxPkt) 316
The problem was they only served drinks. Their customers all wanted to eat out. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:02 PM (cS13u) I love older women. The kind you find six feet underground. The best part about them is when you hear the maggots crunching in your teeth when… Posted by: SLAYER at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (E6xSb) 317
What is it about DC that causes so many to send dick pics all around the place? I guess that place truly is the whorehouse we've all been told about.
Back when PronHub still released random year-end data dumps DC was #1 on all of the out-there stuff like incest. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 01:10 PM (2ocoG) 318
I still can’t figure out why all three of the candidates, Swalwell was the one they decided to take out. Porter is a pig and is far less electable. If Swalwell did get elected, his seat is in a safe district in the bay area so it’s not like they would lose a seat in Congress. He must’ve been that repulsive.
But honestly, if you kicked out everyone in Congress for being sexual or things along those lines, most of the seats would be empty. It’s kind of like what I’m still trying to figure out why they took out Cuomo when he was a big idol of theirs for the longest time. Posted by: Keena ====== Accumulation of accusations now including rape in NYC. And he was a straight white male keeping minorities and Katie Porter from her rightful place in office. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 01:10 PM (E4rtv) 319
My store is full of carpet munchers overnight. Especially recently.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 01:10 PM (E6xSb) 320
Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, are expected to face an immediate expulsion threat when the House returns from a two-week recess on Tuesday.
--- So both are threatened with expulsion? Which one goes and which one stays? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 12:15 PM (gnNyN) Didn't Gonzales get beaten in the primary by Brandon Herrera? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:10 PM (utfVc) 321
Y'know, turn the Congress off and then turn it back on a gain to see if it works properly.
Posted by: FeatherBlade ************ You could try jiggling the handle. /E. Swallwell Giggity! Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (qgHp7) 322
Speaking of throwing things, has baseball started yet?
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:05 PM (cS13u) Bigly. First, oldest's game, Wednesday, weather-depending. Spring baseball here is always a mixed bag, weather-wise. Snow is forecasted for Wednesday and Thursday. Youngest's first is next Tuesday. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (dK+Kv) 323
California’s elections are so corrupt, they could run the mascot from Bobs Big Boy and he would win.
Posted by: Vengeance at April 13, 2026 01:11 PM (OlBv0) 324
Didn't Gonzales get beaten in the primary by Brandon Herrera?
Herrera got more votes, but neither hit 50% so it was going to a runoff before Gonzales dropped out. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 01:12 PM (2ocoG) 325
317 What is it about DC that causes so many to send dick pics all around the place? I guess that place truly is the whorehouse we've all been told about.
Back when PronHub still released random year-end data dumps DC was #1 on all of the out-there stuff like incest. Posted by: Ian S. ===== Deviance road gets more downhill the more you travel along it. Because it creates a desire and interest to become more and more wicked in one's interests due to a craving for a new feel. Becomes a glidepath to hell, it does. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 01:12 PM (E4rtv) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (ndZc7) 327
Who knew that “I wanna make love to you and pass some gas” was such a strong pickup line?
Posted by: Vengeance at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (OlBv0) 328
Had a Valentine's evening with the wife years ago. We rented a room in a posh hotel and everything. Back before phone's had cameras, but she had a disposable camera and took some pictures. She dropped them off to be developed, then had me pick them.up.
Posted by: Sponge ------ Never, ever send "racy" photos to a developing service. There is ALWAYS a person looking at the prints before they are returned. This is a basic QC function; are they smeared, over developed, two prints stuck together, etc. Some have a specific policy - if they find explicit photos, some will destroy the prints AND your negatives. Of those, some will tell you why, and some will just claim machine malfunction and give you a new role if film. Of the ones that don't have a specific policy, you'll probably get your prints back. Evidently, you got one of those. But... more often than not, a second (or more) set of prints were run and added to the collection of the guy checking the prints. And if it appears that there are kids in those pics, they'll be turned over to the cops. Posted by: buddhaha at April 13, 2026 01:13 PM (CRvdY) Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 01:14 PM (cS13u) Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (xvV+O) 331
Fang Fang Bang Bang liked Eric longest time. Now he's a spam caller to her.
Eric is like a used Kleenex now. Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2026 12:22 PM (2GVsD) I thought there was a report she had died "accidentally" in Chy-nah. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:15 PM (utfVc) 332
What a joke Stelter is.
The Dems and the MSM had the goods on Swalwell and kept it hidden until they needed him out because there were too many Dems on the ballot. Brian Stelter @brianstelter Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting https://tinyurl.com/4hhnfty2 Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 01:16 PM (NpAcC) 333
@katieporterca
· Follow The allegations against Congressman Swalwell are horrifying. I’m thinking of the courageous women who have come forward to share their stories. We believe you and we stand with you. Always believe spouse abusing women. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:20 PM (/+uur) 334
In college I knew a guy that worked at the film developing place. Every once is awhile he would phone tree guys with just two words "SPANK PHOTOS!"
They were rarely good spank photos but... Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 13, 2026 01:21 PM (xvV+O) 335
@BethanyAllenEbr
· Follow Replying to @redsteeze I did not play it down. I very much wanted to report it out myself. But MeToo stories on the Hill aren't related to my beat, as much as I personally wish I could report them out. I passed the tip along to colleagues on the Hill beat. Hill reported knew about the rape rape But it was not her BEAT hahahahahahaha Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 01:22 PM (/+uur) 336
Trump's redline has always been no nuclear weapons for Iran, not zero enrichment. Iran agrees with this and has not sought to develop or obtain a nuke since 2003 but needs to retain the ability to enrich for their "not Saddam but not Qaddafi" policy to work.
https://is.gd/TzwrV1 Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t) There are power reactors that don't need enriched uranium. Enrichment is a step to make nuclear weapons, full stop. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:22 PM (utfVc) 337
Fartswell didn't file for his congressional seat by April 6th so he's a goner anyway...
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 13, 2026 01:24 PM (WQDw6) 338
Everybody in the D party knew about Swalwell. EVERYBODY.
Think about this - knowing about him made him easy for them to control. Nancy said do this or say that, or vote this way or that - what other choice did he have? That is why they kept him. Now he's a liability - because he is running for governor and that is splitting the vote so an R might win. He wouldn't resign gracefully, so is getting forced out. Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 13, 2026 01:29 PM (vOtXJ) 339
I thought at first that Biden should have resigned to help Kamala. Being president might have given her more stature. But she would have been such a bad president that it would have exposed her unfitness for office even more than the campaign did. I guess the Democrats knew that too, so they didn't want Biden to resign.
Posted by: Dave at April 13, 2026 01:34 PM (sbsMc) 340
175 The only reason this story is being covered is because there are too many democrats in the gubernatorial jungle primary.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 12:42 PM (0U5gm) It's perfect evidence how the Dems control the media narrative, and how they target and demonize at will. Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 12:56 PM (y171U) Precisely. And in my not so humble fucking opinion, is what constitutes the greatest threat to our so-called Democracy. Control of the narrative is a greater threat than Russia or China or anywhere else in the world. The enemy is inside the wire. We've been overrun and the only recourse is revolutionary, in my mind. Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 13, 2026 01:39 PM (F5Hzk) 341
21 Nazi Pelosi had a Chinese spy as her chaueffer.
Posted by: Boss Moss I think that was Feinstein. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (77rzZ) Yeah, that was Diane Feinstein. Had that dude for years. Pelosi has the husband that likes to b*ttf*ck homeless dudes who then try to k*ll him with various construction implements. Posted by: Nelly at April 13, 2026 01:46 PM (gZCIy) 342
It's okay to be a douche bag as a politician in the Socialist Democrat party. Where Eric when wrong was he got uppity and tried to become the plantation white overseers. He was properly whipped back into submission on probation. He will have to tow the line or be primaried in his next election.
Posted by: John at April 13, 2026 01:54 PM (0DsdP) Report from Heartland Institute’s “Climate Realism” Conference: A Celebration of the Tide Turning Against Climate AlarmismI was in attendance at the Heartland Institute’s “Climate Realism Rising” conference last week. It was a triumphal event, with green energy having fallen out of favor, the EPA’s Endangerment Finding now rescinded, auto manufacturers abandoning EVs, wind farms kneecapped by President Trump, and the public now tuning out the climate hysterics’ failed prophesies of doom. To be clear, despite the celebratory mood, there was agreement that the left will never relent in their war on fossil fuels, and that we are just one bad election from being put on defense again. The highlight was a keynote speech by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who is one of the most consequential political figures of my lifetime, because he aggressively retook political ground lost to the left, restoring freedom and prosperity in the process. Having the head of the EPA proudly affirming “climate denial” in front of a group of “climate skeptics” sent the legacy media into paroxysms of partisan anger, as if a heretic had occupied the most holy temple in their church. “Climate Denial Comes to Washington” [NY Times]It might have seemed like a fringe event, except for the high-profile opening speaker: Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and one of President Trump’s possible choices for the next attorney general. The mood in the room was celebratory. The roughly 220 attendees at the gathering at the Hotel Washington, which is a short walk from the White House, treated Zeldin like a rock star, giving him a standing ovation before he had even spoken.Here are some other media headlines: “Zeldin stars at climate denial conference” [Politico] “Lee Zeldin Touts EPA Rollbacks at Climate Denial Conference” [Bloomberg] “Zeldin tells climate skeptics to ‘celebrate vindication’ after repeal of baseline climate rule” [AP] The legacy media is adamant that the politically approved science has been settled, and that only command and control of all economic activity can save the planet. Further, the legacy media demands that the scientific method be prohibited when it comes to climate, so that no climate theory may be challenged nor hypotheses tested. But the media does consider this to be legitimate science. From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows” ![]() Getting back to Heartland’s Climate Realism conference, here are a few quick overviews of interesting topics that were covered. (There was a lot of additional great material which I’ll likely discuss further in future posts.) Amidst all the applause for the scientists and activists who helped turn the tide against the climate cult, Marc Morano pointed out that there is one superhero who should receive special recognition for his contribution to our cause, specifically Anthony Fauci. His politically motivated fabulations during Covid brought disgrace to government scientists, and to pretty much anyone else claiming “expertise” in service to the left’s political agenda. The long track record of “climate scientists” falsifying historical temperature records and predicting weather catastrophes that never came to pass makes the comparison to Fauci appropriate. In short, Covid hysteria killed off climate hysteria. Thank you Anthony Fauci for helping us to fully understand the malevolent dishonesty of government-funded “experts.”![]() ![]() • Coal: $ 90 • Nuclear: $122 • Wind: $291 • Solar: $413 Reliable energy sources are not only cheaper than “green” sources, they have a lower impact on the environment. Wind energy needs 300 times the land footprint to produce the same electricity as one conventional power plant (if the wind is even blowing. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS) 2
And SPONGE!!
Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS) 3
Dang. Read the content.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ) 4
You can't park there.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 13, 2026 11:02 AM (Kt19C) Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 11:03 AM (AkEZC) 6
What about CAFE standards?
Posted by: The Hilux pickup truck we all want at April 13, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1) 7
The “all-in” cost per mWh (including transmission lines, land, construction, engineering, etc) of various forms of electricity production are as follow:
• Natural Gas: $ 40 • Coal: $ 90 • Nuclear: $122 • Wind: $291 • Solar: $413 Reliable energy sources are not only cheaper than “green” sources, they have a lower impact on the environment. Wind energy needs 300 times the land footprint to produce the same electricity as one conventional power plant (if the wind is even blowing. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that within the next 5 years, Elon will announce a major push on space-based solar. If he can do for SBS what he did for launch costs, it will shoot to the top of your list, and will require no terrestrial footprint, other than receivers. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t) 8
As Jason Isaacs of American Energy Institute likes to point out, “Carbon is life.”
The carbon-based units interfere with the Creator! Posted by: lt. Ilia at April 13, 2026 11:05 AM (qRla/) 9
Nice. Watts has been fighting this for decades.
So, once the left is destroyed, do we just use AI to remake all the movies where the destruction of earth by climate change forces people to the stars? Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 11:05 AM (Sco7b) Posted by: Starbucks at April 13, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t) 11
In the Climate Wars, we skeptics/deniers/contrarians should enjoy the little victories for a day, while realizing the war isn't going time soon.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 11:06 AM (DgMqy) 12
I've been sayin' for years if we gad any brains, Pittsburgh would be as rich as Dubai.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 11:07 AM (w/O5Q) 13
You can't hate the watermelon hippies enough.
Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:07 AM (/vs/7) 14
So, once the left is destroyed, do we just use AI to remake all the movies where the destruction of earth by climate change forces people to the stars?
It's like entropy. It will never be destroyed, only temporarily thwarted. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t) 15
You guys don't know how lucky you are.
Posted by: 2 Million Years of Ice Ages at April 13, 2026 11:07 AM (MDua2) 16
It's like entropy. It will never be destroyed, only temporarily thwarted.
Posted by: Archimedes Sorry. I was referring to the left. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t) 17
I lost 5 IQ points reading the linked article about the UCLA Poofters in Danger from Klimat Katastrophe article.
Posted by: I Blame Buck at April 13, 2026 11:08 AM (oftw2) 18
From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”
- There's always a silver lining. Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 11:08 AM (0U5gm) 19
"Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”
Obligatory "SO CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH?!" Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (RjOoY) 20
>> The roughly 220 attendees at the gathering at the Hotel Washington
This is one thing that bothers me about DC. 220 people is a minuscule number and they have outsized influence in a nation of 330-350 million. It’s ridiculous Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (Av8mp) 21
Does Climate Realism exclude naked chicks in the forest?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (FmapG) 22
I lost 5 IQ points reading the linked article about the UCLA Poofters in Danger from Klimat Katastrophe article.
I won't give them a click, but I'm curious as to how they support such a ludicrous position. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t) 23
Doin' my part over here to help the climate. A lot of compostin' goin' on in my pants!
Posted by: President Emeritus at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (oftw2) 24
The only problem I see with NatGas is that you have to have a gas pipeline nearby the plant.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (Cqx++) 25
My views on global warming.
1) It's not happening. B) If it did happen, the results would be good for the planet C) We couldn't make it happen if we worked at it Y) It's unfalsifiable, hot, cold, wet, dry, all are attributed to the theory Z) It's axiomatic that every 'crisis' requires that you give up some of your freedom and wealth to the government Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (4NO2D) 26
So, once the left is destroyed, do we just use AI to remake all the movies where the destruction of earth by climate change forces people to the stars?
Just slap warnings on the movies, like Disney’s “you are about to see heterosexuality, women who aren’t girlbosses, and people making gay jokes” stuff that they rolled out in 2020. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (3cXfB) 27
This is one thing that bothers me about DC. 220 people is a minuscule number and they have outsized influence in a nation of 330-350 million. It’s ridiculous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (Av8mp) And they could use Zoom. To save mother Gaia. It's 220 people. Maybe they walked... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (Sco7b) 28
Thirty years later and Florida is still here and Al Gore has gained fifty pounds.
Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (pvf3X) 29
Pope Leo XIV's Stance on Global Warming
Condemnation of Climate Change Critics: Pope Leo XIV has made strong statements regarding climate change, particularly criticizing those who downplay its significance. He described the impact of rising temperatures as "increasingly evident" and condemned individuals who "ridicule those who speak of global warming." This reflects a continuation of the concerns raised by his predecessor, Pope Francis. __ But what if the "increasingly evident" impacts are bunk? Is it anti-Catholic to question the evidence? Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (Dv3i1) 30
> I won't give them a click, but I'm curious as to how they support such a ludicrous position.
Posted by: Archimedes ------------- They're probably paid to support that ludicrous position. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 11:12 AM (AkEZC) 31
I have been hoping to see some raised awareness for the fact that you can store a year's supply of coal very easily to ride out times like these. That gives coal (and nuclear) an advantage over gas.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 13, 2026 11:12 AM (sMG3g) 32
I am in favor of CAFE standards. Especially when Yak and Penguins are featured prominently.
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at April 13, 2026 11:12 AM (oftw2) 33
What can I can with all the leftover recycling containers? Gotta be another swindle I can use them for to separate stupid people from there money.
Ya know, like electric vehicles... Posted by: Waste Management at April 13, 2026 11:12 AM (4eiIm) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 11:13 AM (Cqx++) 35
Thirty years later and Florida is still here and Al Gore has gained fifty pounds.
Hank Johnson would remind us to keep Gore off of Guam, just in case. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:13 AM (3cXfB) 36
Does this mean we can run over bicycling guys in spandex?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:14 AM (FmapG) 37
28 Thirty years later and Florida is still here and Al Gore has gained fifty pounds.
Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (pvf3X) <3 Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 11:14 AM (DgMqy) 38
I would like to see an accounting of the "all-in" costs of energy at the end of your post, Buck. In particular, is energy storage included in the costs for wind and solar energy?
Posted by: Ralph at April 13, 2026 11:15 AM (8WZD4) 39
I won't give them a click, but I'm curious as to how they support such a ludicrous position.
Posted by: Archimedes Quick summary: LGBTOMGWTFBBQ people are concentrated in cities that will be damaged from "climate emergencies." Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 11:15 AM (RjOoY) 40
No faction of idiots who thinks chopping off your dick makes you magically change into a woman should be lecturing anyone about "denial" of anything.
Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:15 AM (ZcSFA) 41
Well, Trump is their ally now.
Iran Not Interested in Further Peace Talks, Vows to Keep Stranglehold Over Strait of Hormuz Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 11:15 AM (ndZc7) 42
Call for Action
In his recent speeches, Pope Leo has emphasized the need for greater action from citizens around the world. He believes that indifference is not an option and has urged people to actively pressure politicians to take climate change seriously. He stated that "only then will it be possible to mitigate the damage done to the environment." ____ What is this damage? Have sea levels risen? Has the planet become less green? Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:16 AM (Dv3i1) 43
Same sex couples are indeed HOT!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 11:16 AM (Cqx++) 44
Pope Leo XIV has made strong statements regarding climate change, particularly criticizing those who downplay its significance. He described the impact of rising temperatures as "increasingly evident" and condemned individuals who "ridicule those who speak of global warming." This reflects a continuation of the concerns raised by his predecessor, Pope Francis.
Okay, Mr. Papal Bull, howzabout you enlighten us on your special qualifications with regard to the scientific controversy about global warming. Science degrees? Math background? Evidence of high IQ? There are plenty of people on both sides of the argument with those attributes. Why should I listen to you? Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t) 45
global warming/climate change has got to be the longest running scam of my lifetime. Until global warming came along it was all "peak oil" is going to destroy civilization and that finally died.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (0N4FZ) 46
Vows to Keep Stranglehold Over Strait of Hormuz
---------------- So will they deploy their army to defend the Strait. Cuz that's what we want them to do. Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (FmapG) 47
Pope Leo XIV has made strong statements regarding climate change, particularly criticizing those who downplay its significance.
Typical assholery from a heretic who profaned St Peter's by worshiping a pagan demon. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (qRla/) 48
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That is now mandatory. The bike lane should be marked like a dart board. Try to make them land on the 10. Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (E5pD7) 49
They're probably paid to support that ludicrous position.
Posted by: Martini Farmer I saw Ludicrous Position open for Arms Akimbo at the Flatbush Bikini Waxing & Beauty Shoppe. Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 11:18 AM (cYBz/) 50
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That I can see, but more locally, environmental justice and now Zero Waste is not going away and both (or all) are a great hiding place for all kinds of shenanigans, including redirecting of funds. (And so easy to involve teens and POCs.) Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 11:18 AM (NFX2v) 51
Thank you Fauci, for killing faith in "government science"!
Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 11:18 AM (y171U) 52
Well, Trump is their ally now.
Iran Not Interested in Further Peace Talks, Vows to Keep Stranglehold Over Strait of Hormuz Your terms are acceptable. We don't need your oil, and we can swallow higher oil prices longer than you can go without paying your thugs. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t) 53
Natural Gas it is. Keep it, sell the coal.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (aikFH) 54
In short, Covid hysteria killed off climate hysteria.
-------- No. The self-immolation of our ridiculous credentialed expert class destroyed public confidence in their lies about climate along with everything else - but that's meaningless. The rulers don't give a single little dried up rabbit turd about what the public thinks. All other things being equal, they would just do what they always do, which is tell the public "believe our lies or don't, but our lies are law, so just STFU and GFY." What caused the about-face was other members of the ruling class, ones with big giant gobs of cash (MonsterTech) saying "the next phase of our war on humanity is going to require absolutely staggering amounts of electric generation from every available source. Climate change was yesterday, we need it to be over now." And so it's over now. It has nothing to do with public opinion. Nothing does. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (BI5O2) 55
Scientists said the sun revolved around the earth. Other scientists said the earth revolved around the sun. Which scientists should we listen to?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (Dv3i1) 56
I saw Ludicrous Position open for Arms Akimbo at the Flatbush Bikini Waxing & Beauty Shoppe.
Posted by: Tonypete Nice,but what year was that? Posted by: Time is Tight at April 13, 2026 11:20 AM (oftw2) 57
that story about LBJQTR+ whatevers living in hazardous locations was one of the tags I took from JJ's list this morning.
That was the most tedious bit of crock I've exposed myself to in quite awhile. Posted by: DanMan at April 13, 2026 11:21 AM (8uzBS) Posted by: Recycling at April 13, 2026 11:21 AM (2Ez/1) 59
Quick summary: LGBTOMGWTFBBQ people are concentrated in cities that will be damaged from "climate emergencies."
Posted by: NR Pax -- What they really mean is that people in inner cities will lose out on misspent subsidy money if the goose stops laying golden eggs. Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 11:21 AM (0U5gm) 60
Jonathan Turley: Eric Swalwell, a Modern Frankenstein’s Monster
- I was thinking more Dracula but whatever, dude. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7) 61
I read the prometheus crisis as a kid and loved it. The nuclear engineers were the smartest guys on the planet. That book made me a nuclear energy fan for life.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (GPa4z) 62
Oman has been pretty quiet about all of this Hormuz stuff, no?
Considering the Strait is part of their territorial waters, too, doesn't seem odd to anyone? Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ) 63
Quick summary: LGBTOMGWTFBBQ people are concentrated in cities that will be damaged from "climate emergencies."
Sooooo....they won't be able to outrun a rising sea level? Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t) 64
We used to ship our recycling to China. What could be more efficient than that?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (aikFH) 65
How much does it cost to dismantle a windmill?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1) 66
Seeing that evil little garden gnome Fauci's smug little cocksocket on my screen is always good for a quick 50 point bump in the blood pressure.
That little sonofabitch. Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:23 AM (LoNNw) 67
Okay, Mr. Papal Bull, howzabout you enlighten us on your special qualifications with regard to the scientific controversy about global warming. Science degrees? Math background? Evidence of high IQ? There are plenty of people on both sides of the argument with those attributes. Why should I listen to you?
Posted by: Archimedes Well, rightly or wrongly "Because I said so" has been a pillar of the Faith for quite some time. BUT, it only comes into play when he speaks ex cathedra ("from the chair" — meaning from the official seat of his apostolic authority as successor of St. Peter). It applies only to faith and morals — not to science, politics, history, personal opinions, or Church discipline/governance. Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 11:24 AM (cYBz/) 68
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:24 AM (IXZGh) 69
Well, rightly or wrongly "Because I said so" has been a pillar of the Faith for quite some time. BUT, it only comes into play when he speaks ex cathedra ("from the chair" — meaning from the official seat of his apostolic authority as successor of St. Peter). It applies only to faith and morals — not to science, politics, history, personal opinions, or Church discipline/governance.
I was going to post something along these lines, but you've done it far better than I could have. Thanks. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t) Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (NdR4L) 71
But the media does consider this to be legitimate science. From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”
I guess the only solution would be to stop stuffing your cock in another man's ass. For the environment. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (IXZGh) 72
PA is rich in gas but our utility bills are going up insanely, while jobs are going down the chute as "other sources" are being pushed down our throats.
AI Overview: Pennsylvania is a major fossil fuel producer, with natural gas providing ~60% of its electricity, which has reduced coal dependence but slowed renewable adoption. The state faces tension between relying on affordable, local natural gas and diversifying into solar, wind, and geothermal to meet emissions goals, despite ranking near the bottom in recent renewable growth. (PA Capital-Star + 4 others) Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v) 73
64 We used to ship our recycling to China. What could be more efficient than that?
Posted by: Boss Moss We can top that! Shipping our home-groaned crude to China for refining, then shipping it back to us as gas and diesel. Posted by: Australians at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (oftw2) 74
The Pope has his agenda.
God has His agenda. Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (NdR4L) "Excuse me. Mr. Pope? God didn't get it wrong. You did." Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (IXZGh) 75
But the media does consider this to be legitimate science. From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”
I get a little frisson of pleasure whenever I see something from NPR/PBS and realize I didn't pay for it. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t) 76
We need more solar panels on the Sistine Chapel!
Posted by: Mackerel Snappers For Gaia at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1) 77
Pennsylvanians are getting what they voted for.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (GPa4z) 78
I guess the only solution would be to stop stuffing your cock in another man's ass. For the environment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer "Hey guys; if you went straight, you could move to areas that won't be destroyed in a climate emergency." Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (RjOoY) 79
How much does it cost to dismantle a windmill?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1) Go to Academy.com and look up the cost for some Tannerite. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (IXZGh) 80
Sooooo....they won't be able to outrun a rising sea level?
Posted by: Archimedes It's hard to sashay quickly. Too much wind resistance. Same with flouncing. Mincing has almost no wind resistance, but it's too slow. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (77rzZ) 81
52 Well, Trump is their ally now.
Iran Not Interested in Further Peace Talks, Vows to Keep Stranglehold Over Strait of Hormuz Your terms are acceptable. We don't need your oil, and we can swallow higher oil prices longer than you can go without paying your thugs. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t) We really can't...not if this goes months...in months, you'll see Trump's popularity nosedive like Bush 1s in 1992 after breaking "no new taxes" pledge... Politically, it's got to be solved by about June 1...which is weeks away... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL) 82
I’m not Catholic
I respect the Catholic faith I have zero respect for this pope (and the last one, too). Pope John Paul II was historically great. Benedict was good… church is on a bad run now. Leo makes as much sense as Uncle Leo Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (xT8gx) 83
Sooooo....they won't be able to outrun a rising sea level?
Posted by: Archimedes It's hard to sashay quickly. Too much wind resistance. Same with flouncing. Mincing has almost no wind resistance, but it's too slow. It's the limp, expressive wrists that slow you down. Too much wind resistance. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t) 84
Australia could build a refineery. Maybe turn all that iron ore into pig iron. Build a steel mill.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:28 AM (aikFH) 85
It applies only to faith and morals — not to science, politics, history, personal opinions, or Church discipline/governance.
Posted by: Tonypete How about sports? Does it apply to the White Sox? Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ) 86
Data centers destroyed climate change...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:28 AM (tOcjL) 87
Sooooo....they won't be able to outrun a rising sea level?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM Like slow zombies, the sea is relentless. Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:29 AM (4NO2D) 88
AI Overview: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s energy policy, anchored by his "Lightning Plan," aims to modernize the state's energy mix by increasing renewable sources to 35% by 2040 through the initiative. The plan focuses on boosting solar, wind, and nuclear energy while creating "community energy" projects and streamlining permitting for clean energy developers. (PA Capital-Star + 3 others)
---- Remember, he could wind up President of the US someday. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 11:29 AM (NFX2v) 89
It applies only to faith and morals — not to science, politics, history, personal opinions, or Church discipline/governance.
Posted by: Tonypete How about sports? Does it apply to the White Sox? Posted by: Bulg In a perfect world, it would only apply to the Los Angeles Angels, but, here we are. . . . Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (cYBz/) 90
We really can't...not if this goes months...in months, you'll see Trump's popularity nosedive like Bush 1s in 1992 after breaking "no new taxes" pledge...
Politically, it's got to be solved by about June 1...which is weeks away... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL) Excuse my language… but fuck politics. If a midterm loss is the cost of defeating those cock sucker savages from the Middle Ages so be it Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (xT8gx) 91
Maybe "You'll get what you vote for" might be a good slogan for the mid-terms.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (GPa4z) 92
Buck: "To be clear, despite the celebratory mood, there was agreement that the left will never relent in their war on fossil fuels, and that we are just one bad election from being put on defense again."
********** Words to heed. Tomorrow's Morning Rant touches on this same warning, but in a different arena. Remain vigilant. The Left may be retrenching but they are not repenting. Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (qgHp7) 93
They left Anaheim?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (aikFH) 94
What would happen if we just left the gulf area? Just pull up stakes and walked away?
Leave it to the Saudi's to straighten out. Posted by: pawn at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (jstR0) 95
... special qualifications with regard to the scientific controversy about global warming. Science degrees? Math background? Evidence of high IQ? There are plenty of people on both sides of the argument with those attributes. Why should I listen to you?
Posted by: Archimedes ======= There is a reason that actual trials have 'expert witnesses' as opposed to plain witnesses. Not to say that the experts are always good experts depending on the Court and precedents, but the principle is sound that the witnesses face cross examination to test the validity of their opinions. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (E4rtv) 96
From out here in the cheap seats the whole thing looks like a highly coordinated pseudo-scientific effort to kneecap the West in terms of base energy. De-industrialization is a long running decades effort, coupled with mass migration it is especially pernicious, etc. destabilization ultimately means none of your laws, legislation, rules or policies means jack. Destruction of the family, this is considered a good thing by the usual suspects.
Brought to you by some especially sick and twisted “elite”. Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (SK57M) 97
Lol
Heartland Institute is a joke. They got paid off by Big Tobacco to defend the use of the cartoon character Joe Camel to hook kids on cigarettes. NAD Andrew FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise Posted by: Paul at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (AXXFp) 98
Remain vigilant. The Left may be retrenching but they are not repenting.
Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM Yep. Their anger at being thwarted is white hot and their plan to murder us becomes more imperative. Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (4NO2D) 99
EVs were barely noticeable at the NYC Auto Show last week. Sure, they were there, but it's almost like the auto companies didn't want you to know they were EV. Even companies that sell nothing but EV -- such as Lucid -- were pimping the all-around capabilities of the car rather than its electric motor.
This is a massive change from only a few years ago when it was wall-to-wall EV madness. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (iFTx/) 100
Tobacco, used very moderately, enhances life.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (GPa4z) 101
90 We really can't...not if this goes months...in months, you'll see Trump's popularity nosedive like Bush 1s in 1992 after breaking "no new taxes" pledge...
Politically, it's got to be solved by about June 1...which is weeks away... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL) Excuse my language… but fuck politics. If a midterm loss is the cost of defeating those cock sucker savages from the Middle Ages so be it Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (xT8gx) But it won't...if this actually goes all year and we get a political wipeout, everyone will then quit with nothing gained. The solution needs to be soonish...not now, but when we're hitting that 3 month mark b/c Trump originally promised weeks, so that will also bite him in the a$$. Never give a timeline in war you can't 100% meet... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL) 102
94 What would happen if we just left the gulf area? Just pull up stakes and walked away?
Leave it to the Saudi's to straighten out. Posted by: pawn ====== The Gulf States would turn against the US and toward China. They don't want the current regime to survive in power because it means death for them and they will side with whoever provides them a modicum of protection. Blockading Iran is a stroke of genius to prevent that peaceably. Iran has to reinitiate the active war while the US (and those that buy Iranian oil) have the key to prevent Iran's government from falling apart due to finances. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv) 103
That .1MM sealevel rise is working overtime.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:33 AM (4NO2D) 104
modernize the state's energy mix by increasing renewable sources"
Ah, what? How is that "modern"? Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 11:33 AM (rRrrW) 105
Tobacco is good vs cold and flu.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:33 AM (aikFH) 106
94 What would happen if we just left the gulf area? Just pull up stakes and walked away?
Leave it to the Saudi's to straighten out. Posted by: pawn at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (jstR0) That was my option 3...just declare we kicked the bucket and leave... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:34 AM (tOcjL) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ) 108
This is a massive change from only a few years ago when it was wall-to-wall EV madness."
Amazing what a trillion dollars of our money can do... Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 11:34 AM (rRrrW) 109
I think economic reality is killing the climate scam. It's also eroding immigration. Affordability is a huge issue in Canada now. Carbon taxes and immigrants are starting to be an issue.
By, the way, I do hope for all of us to live the lives of are environmental leaders. The multiple mansions. Private planes, unlimited travel. Hot young environmental babes. The smug feeling of superiority knowing we care. Oh, and it's MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ It's so simple. How have we not all memorized this by now. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 11:35 AM (Sco7b) 110
FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise
No, the East Coast of the US is slowly being pulled under by plate tectonics. The sea level hasn't risen, the Maldives still exist. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:35 AM (2ocoG) 111
*You* are the carbon that they want to reduce.
Posted by: SciVo at April 13, 2026 11:36 AM (Sy6m/) 112
Blockading Iran is a stroke of genius"
Not possible, as I've been assured that Iran had complete control. Huh. Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 11:36 AM (rRrrW) 113
But it won't...if this actually goes all year and we get a political wipeout, everyone will then quit with nothing gained.
The solution needs to be soonish...not now, but when we're hitting that 3 month mark b/c Trump originally promised weeks, so that will also bite him in the a$$. Never give a timeline in war you can't 100% meet... Posted by: Nova Local I doubt what you are saying is an accurate read on the situation. Simply put, Trump did not get elected solely on the basis of prices at the pump. A lot of the big price jumps are actually because of war fear/speculation and that is dropping as the Iranians have to be the ones to break the ceasefire in order to attack the rest of the Gulf Oil producers. Those buying Iranian oil were India and China, not the West for the most part and they were buying it at a discount. Unlike Biden, Trump is not trying to immiserate the American public for a Nude Green Eel nor force EVs down the throat of unwilling buyers. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv) 114
"The authors found that San Francisco County, behind the District of Columbia, has the second-highest proportion of same-sex couples in the country and a relatively high risk of national hazards complicating life."
The highest proportion of homosexuals in the country is is DC. Even higher than SF. Higher than Miami. Higher than NYC. This should surprise nobody. DC is a city of perversion, deviance, filth, and incandescent scumbaggery. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/) 115
Florida has land?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ) 116
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that within the next 5 years, Elon will announce a major push on space-based solar. If he can do for SBS what he did for launch costs, it will shoot to the top of your list, and will require no terrestrial footprint, other than receivers.
Posted by: Archimedes Space-based solar, if it is to be used on Earth, requires beaming the energy to the surface to receivers for distribution, typically as microwave radiation. You could also send it as laser light. Both could be used as weapons. Therein lies a problem. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (ZVgZ4) 117
Politico: Zeldin stars at climate denial conference
The EPA administrator became the first agency chief to speak at the Heartland Institute's annual gathering of people who say climate change benefits humanity. Zeldin, who has been floated as a possible replacement for former Attorney General Pam Bondi after she was fired by Trump last week, was met by loud applause... We may not have much food next year if there's more of this record heat. Those fools just keep gaslighting mother nature. For those who don't recognize the Heartland Institute, it was created to meet the shared need of the fossil fuels and tobacco industries to avoid the inconvenient science pointing to the harms of their products. The first generation of climate denial PR folks were all ones who had cut their teeth by pushing the false notion that cigarette smoke doesn't cause cancer. The heartland group is a terrorist organization. So much evil gathered in one organization. I wonder how many people have died because of their efforts? 100%! This is a threat of violence. They mean to subjugate the world while we all burn. A gun to your head. A gun to your child's head. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (ycI94) 118
As to the assertion (unsupported, of course) that FL loses land every day to rising sea levels, perhaps the land is being transported to the Maldives, which were supposed to be underwater by now, but aren't.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t) 119
People in civilized countries. have a larger carbon footprint than 3rd world $githolers$. Deport them all. For the planet.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:38 AM (aikFH) Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 11:38 AM (DgMqy) Posted by: pawn at April 13, 2026 11:38 AM (jstR0) 122
It's so simple. How have we not all memorized this by now.
Posted by: Stateless ======== Apparently all of Carney's family is in the US while he uses the US as a boogeyman. This is a prototypical cloud person that floats from Governor of the Bank of England to Canada and from Canada to somewhere else to despoil. Global cloud people are menaces to good people everywhere as they never bear the consequences of what they cram down the throat of unwilling average citizens. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv) 123
Florida has land?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ) If swamp counts as land, then, yes, Florida has land. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (ZVgZ4) 124
Thx Buck. Great post and thank the Lord.
The defeat of climate ahole Michael Moore, the not fat one, also had an big part. Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (genhU) 125
Can't we pick off the shadow fleet after they load up?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (aikFH) 126
Space-based solar, if it is to be used on Earth, requires beaming the energy to the surface to receivers for distribution, typically as microwave radiation. You could also send it as laser light. Both could be used as weapons. Therein lies a problem.
I say we beam it to the Arctic. That will have the added benefit of vaporizing those pesky, man-eating polar bears. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t) 127
FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise
Lol. I love how specific the "97" is, but then dopey Paul has to give it the "about" caveat. Why not just say "about 100"? Because then the lie doesn't sound sciencey. Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (Q6P2R) 128
I doubt what you are saying is an accurate read on the situation. Simply put, Trump did not get elected solely on the basis of prices at the pump. A lot of the big price jumps are actually because of war fear/speculation and that is dropping as the Iranians have to be the ones to break the ceasefire in order to attack the rest of the Gulf Oil producers. Those buying Iranian oil were India and China, not the West for the most part and they were buying it at a discount.
Unlike Biden, Trump is not trying to immiserate the American public for a Nude Green Eel nor force EVs down the throat of unwilling buyers. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv) He got elected to be America 1st and get the economy/inflation/immigration under control. Inflation will start heating up rapidly if oil stays super high...that heat up will increase cost of living for folks who never recovered and slow the economy. Oil stays super high if we don't end this. So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (tOcjL) 129
Tobacco, used very moderately, enhances life.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (GPa4z) Agreed....tobaccy relaxes the mind and body and gives you a sense of well being. Too many uptight assholes running around need to light up and relax. Posted by: Smoking Lamp Is Lit at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (4eiIm) 130
Space-based solar, if it is to be used on Earth, requires beaming the energy to the surface to receivers for distribution, typically as microwave radiation. You could also send it as laser light. Both could be used as weapons. Therein lies a problem.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit ======= You mean the rationale posited in the movie Real Genius was right? Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (E4rtv) 131
Even companies that sell nothing but EV -- such as Lucid -- were pimping the all-around capabilities of the car rather than its electric motor.
Lucid's pitch has always been "It's like the Tesla Model S, except it's actually a credible luxury sedan" (they heavily benchmarked the Benz W221, as one should). Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (2ocoG) 132
“Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”
*********** The (remarkably laughable) premise seems to be that because gays are overrepresented in coastal enclaves such as SF, Fire Island and Key West they are more at risk from flooding as the atmospheric rivers get wetter and ocean levels rise. My research indicates that If they start walking now they could easily outpace the rate of rise of the seas, reaching dry land by 2037. Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (qgHp7) 133
I'm here in easternmost NC, 12 feet above sea level. The surf is only 2 miles away in a straight line. Been here for 40 years. Haven't drownded yet.
Posted by: Treading Water at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (oftw2) 134
Ban Vaseline.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:41 AM (aikFH) 135
So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough...
That ignores the benefits to the economy of all the oil and gas now being shipped from the US. Those benefits will be huge. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t) 136
> I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that within the next 5 years, Elon will announce a major push on space-based solar.
--------- His "datacenters in space" concept would require space based solar to run them. He likely won't get permission (if required) for nukes in space as a power source for this idea of his. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 11:41 AM (AkEZC) 137
47 Typical assholery from a heretic who profaned St Peter's by worshiping a pagan demon.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (qRla/) I'm pretty sure the entire reason they picked someone from Chicago was to have someone from Obamatown using his Catholic Authority to repudiate DJT. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (FpHTM) 138
Politically, it's got to be solved by about June 1...which is weeks away...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL) Why? Because if it doesn't, your Party will lose the midterms? Who cares? For one thing it was likely going to happen anyway. For another, control of Congress is of no importance to Trump. It's barely of any importance to the good Party men these days, let alone that guy. The only thing that changes with control of Congress for PDT, is that he will go from governing by executive order while the GOP refuses to move his agenda, to vetoing a bunch of stuff while they and their Dem friends beat off over pointless impeachment proceedings. Whatever. It gives the pigs something to snuffle about while he runs things. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (BI5O2) 139
So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough...
Posted by: Nova Local ====== Might want to take a look as this undermines your position. Key Inflation Metrics (March 2026) Headline Inflation: 3.3% (annual change), with consumer prices rising 0.9% on a monthly basis. Core Inflation: 2.6% (annual change), excluding volatile food and energy prices. Food Inflation: 2.7%, easing from 3.1% in the previous month. Shelter Inflation: 3.0%, remaining steady. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv) 140
I am approaching 5 years of rainfall data from personal guage on site since arrival.
Reason: big nerd. Posted by: connected and litigious at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (cS1cw) 141
You mean the rationale posited in the movie Real Genius was right?
I'm stocking up on boxcar loads of popcorn. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t) 142
Fauci and C. Everett Coop have a lot in common. If you died in an auto crash and smoked you died of smoking. If you died in an auto crash and might of had COVID you died of COVID. Experts.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (FmapG) 143
Fauci and C. Everett Coop have a lot in common. If you died in an auto crash and smoked you died of smoking. If you died in an auto crash and might of had COVID you died of COVID. Experts.
Posted by: pudinhead Koop had a rockin' beard, though. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 13, 2026 11:43 AM (IXZGh) 145
TBH the reason global warming is getting slowly dropped isn't really that we won the argument
Its the the oligarchs that were funding global warming now instead want AI datacenters which will take way more energy then "green" energy can produce Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm) 146
Covid did wipe cold and flu deaths that one year.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (aikFH) 147
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM
Carney makes Trudeau look like a shut-in.. Smalldeadanimals had a Trudeau link the other day saying the RCMP knew he was watching kiddie videos on his equipment. We'll see what, if anything happens. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (Sco7b) 148
>>I saw Ludicrous Position open for Arms Akimbo at the Flatbush Bikini Waxing & Beauty Shoppe.
In the 'how did he get away with this?' department, there was a syndicated comic strip in the '70s, ran in your daily newspapers, with a female character: Legs Akimbo. Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (NcvvS) 149
Inflation will start heating up rapidly if oil stays super high...that heat up will increase cost of living for folks who never recovered and slow the economy. Oil stays super high if we don't end this.
So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (tOcjL) Oil was this high during the Obama administration. Adjusted for inflation oil prices are a good bit lower. 5-6% inflation is a very aggressive estimate for $100/oil. Also $100/oil assumes supply largely doesn't adjust. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (okun6) 150
Florida loses acreage due to sea level rise.
How come South Carolina has not witnessed any rise in sea levels? Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (IXZGh) 151
133 I'm here in easternmost NC, 12 feet above sea level. The surf is only 2 miles away in a straight line. Been here for 40 years. Haven't drownded yet.
-------------- The Atlantic is preparing to pounce! Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (FmapG) 152
135 So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough...
That ignores the benefits to the economy of all the oil and gas now being shipped from the US. Those benefits will be huge. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t) If Joe and Jane Smith with their 2 kids go to the grocery store and see food prices 10% higher and gas at Biden's levels, they could give a rat about the overall economy. They'll just see that as the rich getting richer in a war for oil. Right now, if you asked Joe and Jane Smith what we're doing in Iran, they probably couldn't tell you. And those folks were Trump voters. Those folks walk or stay home on election day...remember, Dems have the more consistent voters...their LIV always show - ours don't... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (tOcjL) 153
Florida loses acreage due to sea level rise.
How come South Carolina has not witnessed any rise in sea levels? It's further north. Duh. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t) 154
Once the infrastructure is complete gas transmits itself, and there is no waste to dispose of.
Posted by: javems at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (zFsEm) 155
21 Does Climate Realism exclude naked chicks in the forest?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (FmapG) No. They don't actually need an excuse, since getting naked in a forest is really celebrating Having Ladyparts, which is the same either way; so they could as easily credit Climate Joy as blame Climate Anxiety. Posted by: SciVo at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (Sy6m/) 156
My Dad was a farmer, and he was never satisfied with the weather. Either we were getting too much rain, or not enough.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: Guy who skips rocks every visit to the ocean at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (DqQS/) 158
That ignores the benefits to the economy of all the oil and gas now being shipped from the US. Those benefits will be huge.
Posted by: Archimedes ====== There will be a spike in GDP for sure. And in fact, this will probably cause a spike in investment in the US as well which is the most changeable portion of the GDP. Simply put, companies that base their sourcing and supply chains on Middle East oil are being forced to reevaluate. China is weakened (and Xi is still purging folks under the radar even yesterday) in its economy as well. Right now, the neighborhood of the West may be crummy but we have the best house right now in the neighborhood so we get the investments. Just got news that a new massive electric transformer plant is being built in the US to reverse the fact that somewhere about 70-80 percent now come from China. That is not sustainable. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv) 159
Lol. I love how specific the "97" is, but then dopey Paul has to give it the "about" caveat. Why not just say "about 100"? Because then the lie doesn't sound sciencey.
As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG) 160
Natural gas is too cheap to export. Keep it. Have some wood to burn.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (aikFH) 161
We are going to get what we vote for. Here in Ohio, that means we are going to get a nightmare no matter what since our choice is going to be between Vivek and Amy Acton, the COVID star who quit because she couldn't take criticism.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (GPa4z) 162
Fauci and C. Everett Coop have a lot in common. If you died in an auto crash and smoked you died of smoking. If you died in an auto crash and might of had COVID you died of COVID. Experts.
Posted by: pudinhead Got a friend who's a Captain at a fire station in a small town in NTX. He witnessed first hand the corruption in that shit. Rolled on a call to a home where a guy shot himself. The coroner determined the gentleman had covid and ruled the death a covid death. "Uh, I think it was more that bullet bouncing around his brain pan....." Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (IXZGh) 163
Key Inflation Metrics (March 2026) Headline Inflation: 3.3% (annual change), with consumer prices rising 0.9% on a monthly basis. Core Inflation: 2.6% (annual change), excluding volatile food and energy prices. Food Inflation: 2.7%, easing from 3.1% in the previous month. Shelter Inflation: 3.0%, remaining steady. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv) Yes, that .9% rise in just one month on headline inflation...now keep that going all year...inflation rates are backward looking... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:47 AM (tOcjL) 164
Climate always changes and always will change.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 11:47 AM (b97oG) 165
We may not have much food next year if there's more of this record heat. Those fools just keep gaslighting mother nature.
_____ Why are nearly all Western governments regulating farming slowly out of existence? Seems to me this is more of an existential than supposed global warming is. Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (Dv3i1) 166
Sun-bleached assholes hardest hit...
Posted by: Polka will never die at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (WFWI9) 167
Monetary inflation is government jiggery-pokery, “printing” currency.
The price of oil has nothing to to do with inflation rate. The usual suspects don’t want you to know this, they have a vested interest ensuring the rubes never figure out they are debasing their savings and investments. They want you to think it just falls out of the sky or something like that Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (SK57M) 168
As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area.
Posted by: Ian S. Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay has been progressively sinking since the 19th century. I think that's due to the same phenomenon. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ) 169
Sun-bleached assholes hardest hit...
Posted by: Polka will never die at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (WFWI9) Yeah, don't do that. Posted by: Josh Brolin at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (IXZGh) 170
> Its the the oligarchs that were funding global warming now instead want AI datacenters which will take way more energy then "green" energy can produce
---------- There's a number of real estate/property issues that force the public sale of said properties when datacenters are involved. A lot of money is to be had. I figure that drives the effort more than anything else. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (AkEZC) 171
163
Key Inflation Metrics (March 2026) Headline Inflation: 3.3% (annual change), with consumer prices rising 0.9% on a monthly basis. Core Inflation: 2.6% (annual change), excluding volatile food and energy prices. Food Inflation: 2.7%, easing from 3.1% in the previous month. Shelter Inflation: 3.0%, remaining steady. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv) Yes, that .9% rise in just one month on headline inflation...now keep that going all year...inflation rates are backward looking... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:47 AM (tOcjL) It's already a year over year comparison at current oil prices vs 2025 prices. If oil remains at $100, that impact would disappear entirely in a 2026 vs 2027 comparison. It's not an accelerating impact. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (okun6) 172
Do these mooks realize that the term "climate denial" makes them sound like a bunch of mental fucking retards?
Of course they don't. Also: I hear there's going to be a new TV show in which Eric Swalwell and Bill Cosby team up with the ghost of O.J. Simpson and travel the country in search of the real rapists. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (IG3/x) 173
From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”
If ever there was a headline that would cause me to scratch a potential university off my list, it's this one. Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (2WIwB) 174
There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (aikFH) 175
As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area.
------------------ We're gonna need a shit ton of Luftballoons. Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (FmapG) Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t) 177
In fact, I'd reckon it's better for Trump's eventual successor if the Dems win big in November.
It makes zero difference legislatively - they will not win enough to overcome vetos, and the GOP is already standing fast on all the legislation Dems don't want. All it would do is give them a chance to repeatedly beclown themselves for a couple years, which they will certainly do. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (BI5O2) 178
167 Monetary inflation is government jiggery-pokery, “printing” currency.
The price of oil has nothing to to do with inflation rate. The usual suspects don’t want you to know this, they have a vested interest ensuring the rubes never figure out they are debasing their savings and investments. They want you to think it just falls out of the sky or something like that Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (SK57M) It's all of a piece - we're also printing money for DoW to fund the war...the longer we do that, the more money we print and the higher everything goes... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (tOcjL) 179
>>In a perfect world, it would only apply to the Los Angeles Angels, but, here we are. . . .
Probably the St Louis Cardinals, too. Showing myself out, boss. Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (NcvvS) 180
As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area.
------------------ We're gonna need a shit ton of Luftballoons. We only have 99. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t) 181
There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss There's a whole province in the Netherlands made up almost entirely of land reclaimed from the sea. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ) 182
178 167 Monetary inflation is government jiggery-pokery, “printing” currency.
The price of oil has nothing to to do with inflation rate. The usual suspects don’t want you to know this, they have a vested interest ensuring the rubes never figure out they are debasing their savings and investments. They want you to think it just falls out of the sky or something like that Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (SK57M) It's all of a piece - we're also printing money for DoW to fund the war...the longer we do that, the more money we print and the higher everything goes... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (tOcjL) ====== M2 increased at an 11% annual rate in February, before the war. Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:51 AM (GPa4z) 183
There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss There's a whole province in the Netherlands made up almost entirely of land reclaimed from the sea. I saw a map yesterday of the original Boston-area shore line with the modern shoreline overlaid. Boston used to sit on a small island at the end of a long narrow peninsula, surrounded by a big bay. The bay is almost entirely gone now due to infill. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t) 184
There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (aikFH) 3D printers, man. Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (Q6P2R) 185
Pope Leo XIV has made strong statements regarding climate change, particularly criticizing those who downplay its significance. He described the impact of rising temperatures as "increasingly evident" and condemned individuals who "ridicule those who speak of global warming." This reflects a continuation of the concerns raised by his predecessor, Pope Francis.
Okay, Mr. Papal Bull, howzabout you enlighten us on your special qualifications with regard to the scientific controversy about global warming. Science degrees? Math background? Evidence of high IQ? There are plenty of people on both sides of the argument with those attributes. Why should I listen to you? Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t) *** Well, he's buddies with Obama and Rahm Emanuel so there's that. Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (2WIwB) 186
There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss Great tracts of it were created when Sydney Sweeney hit puberty. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ) 187
OLIGOCKY!!!
Posted by: Bernie at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (cS13u) 188
There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (aikFH) ______ We can create land quite easily. Hong Kong has probably 50 square miles of "reclaimed" land. Almost all the heavily developed areas are reclaimed. Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/) 189
I saw Sun-Bleached Assholes and Butthole Surfers cover King Missile's "Detachable Penis" at a punk festival in an abandoned LA self-storage facility back in '02.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (IG3/x) Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t) 191
Hong Kong has probably 50 square miles of "reclaimed" land.
Posted by: Elric The Blade Singapore has a lot of it, too. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:54 AM (77rzZ) 192
If Congressmen wanted people to give a shit about them they shouldn't have spent decades abdicating all their power to the Executive.
*shrugs* Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:54 AM (BI5O2) 193
132 “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”
*********** The (remarkably laughable) premise seems to be that because gays are overrepresented in coastal enclaves such as SF, Fire Island and Key West they are more at risk from flooding as the atmospheric rivers get wetter and ocean levels rise. My research indicates that If they start walking now they could easily outpace the rate of rise of the seas, reaching dry land by 2037. Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (qgHp7) They just dream-up this stuff...invent it. Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 11:54 AM (y171U) 194
There must be more land being created somewhere.
Hawaii, a couple of volcanic islands around Japan, and there are certainly others. I saw something the other day about Mount St. Helens gearing up to rid us of Seattle once and for all. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:54 AM (2ocoG) 195
I saw a map yesterday of the original Boston-area shore line with the modern shoreline overlaid. Boston used to sit on a small island at the end of a long narrow peninsula, surrounded by a big bay. The bay is almost entirely gone now due to infill.
Posted by: Archimedes A lot of what used to be called the Zuider Zee has been reclaimed, too. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ) 196
Right, Bulg. Tangier and Smith Islands have been sinking into the Bay for many years. It's because we use too much gas, oil, and sparktricity.
Posted by: Mostly My Fault at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (oftw2) 197
FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise
And how much does it reclaim when the tide goes out? I'm guessing it's around 97 acres. Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (2WIwB) 198
I saw a map yesterday of the original Boston-area shore line with the modern shoreline overlaid. Boston used to sit on a small island at the end of a long narrow peninsula, surrounded by a big bay. The bay is almost entirely gone now due to infill.
I saw that same map. It was quite interesting. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (2ocoG) 199
I watched one of the Attenborough shows where they're always crying about made up climate change. Anyway he goes to this island and stands there and then they showed a clip of him standing in the same spot 50 years earlier - and the fucking thing including the shoreline looked EXACTLY the same.
In the same episode they were kvetching about all this irreversible damage that's been done. The whole thing is a big scam. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (cS13u) 200
> We can create land quite easily. Hong Kong has probably 50 square miles of "reclaimed" land. Almost all the heavily developed areas are reclaimed.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/) The Dutch have been doing it for centuries, of course. Even here, much of Boston and its surroundings are on landfill dating from way back -- the original Boston was a near-island, only connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus (it was described as looking like a frying pan). Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (IG3/x) 201
Great tracts of it were created when Sydney Sweeney hit puberty.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ) I watched The Housemaid over the weekend. That is not a good film. But Sydney is 2 for 2 in showing her magnificent assets in the movies of hers I've seen, so there's that. Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (Q6P2R) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (77rzZ) 203
You have to get it in your head though, supply and demand, the “price economy” or free market, it is what it is. Higher prices are not necessarily monetary inflation. They are higher prices, but it has nothing to do with the debasement of the currency.
Loss of purchasing power. Higher prices versus monetary inflation might be considered a distinction without a difference, but it is important for people to understand what’s what. The “expert” economists are very insistent that distinction is made. Outsourcing jobs, infrastructure, tens of thousands of factories and importing millions of illiterates is “good for the economy” we’re admonished. Only a fool would actually believe this. Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (SK57M) 204
The (remarkably laughable) premise seems to be that because gays are overrepresented in coastal enclaves such as SF, Fire Island and Key West they are more at risk from flooding as the atmospheric rivers get wetter and ocean levels rise.
My research indicates that If they start walking now they could easily outpace the rate of rise of the seas, reaching dry land by 2037. One is reminded of the steamroller scene from A Fish Called Wanda. https://youtu.be/4vsFC6Gt2EE Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t) 205
"Lol. I love how specific the "97" is, but then dopey Paul has to give it the "about" caveat. Why not just say "about 100"? Because then the lie doesn't sound sciencey.
Posted by: far cry" Same reason 11 million illegals was the narrative for years,. Sounds like was accurate data backing it up, which there wasn't. It was routinely and more honestly reported as an "estimated 15-12 million illegals" before it became a huge issue around 2006. Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2026 11:57 AM (GUOwU) 206
Yes, that .9% rise in just one month on headline inflation...now keep that going all year...inflation rates are backward looking...
Posted by: Nova Local It was all gas. And if oil stays at $100 then the next month inflation on energy will be more or less zero as you say, it looks backward to the previous month. You get a one time transient spike and then that declines (fwiw, take a look at the cobweb theorem for pricing as quantity of demand changes). Simply put, the economy and voter preference works a bit different than how you perceive it and your fear that people are not sophisticated enough to figure out a package of plusses and minuses is something that is simply not true of voting behavior. Other than perhaps abortion or gun rights, very few single issue voters around and those are mainly partisans of one side or the other anyway. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (E4rtv) 207
"hurr durrrrr let's have an American pope duhhhhhh durrrr"
Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Select someone from the rottenest branch of the Church, in a country where every single institutional authority is bottomlessly corrupt. That should work out brilliantly. A real gimcrack idea. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (BI5O2) 208
BREAKING NEWS: The steps of the Colorado State Capitol building are now at 5,279 feet, 11-63/64 inches above sea level.
Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (qgHp7) 209
> My research indicates that If they start walking now they could easily outpace the rate of rise of the seas, reaching dry land by 2037.
Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (qgHp7) Yeah, even the most extreme (i.e., pulled out of a "researcher's" ass) predictions indicate a sea-level rise of something like six inches over the course of a century. Run for your lives! It's a tsunami! Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (IG3/x) 210
Huge amounts of Manhattan are on fill, and many of the best NYC parks and golf courses are built on fill.
Posted by: All Boroughs at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (oftw2) 211
The Saudis created a couple of islands, didn't they?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 11:59 AM (yAteE) 212
Inflation will start heating up rapidly if oil stays super high...that heat up will increase cost of living for folks who never recovered and slow the economy. Oil stays super high if we don't end this.
So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM What constitutes "super high"? Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D) 213
Same sex couples are indeed HOT!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 11:16 AM (Cqx++) Lesbian porn would have us believe that. I've been told that reality is different. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e) 214
Key Inflation Metrics (March 2026)
Headline Inflation: 3.3% (annual change), with consumer prices rising 0.9% on a monthly basis. Core Inflation: 2.6% (annual change), excluding volatile food and energy prices. Food Inflation: 2.7%, easing from 3.1% in the previous month. Shelter Inflation: 3.0%, remaining steady. Posted by: whig But, as Osho said, the people are retarded. Inflation slowing to normal levels is good, but consumers are still upset because of high prices, despite them being 90% Biden's fault. Gas prices are ever-present and directly attributable to Trump's actions, so if they're high, they're going to piss off normy and low-propensity voters. That last group has been key to Trump’s personal success, yet eluded broader Republican support. High gas prices (and the growing, retarded belief we're fighting wars for Israel) is not going to help. Trump still has time, but needs to quickly wrap up Iran and get prices back to his previous, lower, rates. Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 13, 2026 12:00 PM (ycI94) 215
The Saudis created a couple of islands, didn't they?
Posted by: Ben Had I believe so. Part of their NEOM megaproject. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:00 PM (77rzZ) 216
When the price of seafront property crashes and it becomes near worthless I might start believing some of the climate hysteria. Maybe.
Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2026 12:01 PM (GUOwU) 217
... and that we are just one bad election from being put on defense again.
--------------- We're one rigged election away from cattle cars and death camps. Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (TbhYO) 218
The “expert” economists are very insistent that distinction is made. Outsourcing jobs, infrastructure, tens of thousands of factories and importing millions of illiterates is “good for the economy” we’re admonished.
Only a fool would actually believe this. Posted by: Common Tater ====== Expert economists mainly have their jobs (directly or indirectly subsidized) due to international corporations that want global supply chains for the investor class to maximize profits. These cloud people rely on Keynes' pithy saying in the long run we are all dead. So grab the money while you can. So they put a lot of risk in supply chains to maximize profit. The Covid era showed global supply chains were vulnerable and untenable when shocks to the international system occurred, whether energy, epidemics, or war. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv) 219
Sweet Sister Sally
Doin' her act She had the whole choir And that's a natural fact. I'm an American Pope I'm an American Pope I'm a moronic dope I like soap on a rope I'm an American Pope Posted by: Grand Junk Toll Road at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (IG3/x) 220
👉 US now enforcing naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (NFX2v) 221
NOAA has official protocols about where its temperature sensors must be stationed so as to avoid the influence of heat retained in parking lots, rock walls, etc. A survey of these stations by Watts’ team found that fully 96% of NOAA’s temperature gauges are improperly situated, causing higher readings than would be recorded if properly placed in a field of grass.
Even more disturbing is that many of NOAA’s official temperature gauges don’t even exist! There are hundreds of old stations that were decommissioned or have mechanically failed. Rather than replace them, NOAA has continued to simply estimate the daily temperature readings from these ghost stations, and then incorporate these fabricated temperature readings into their official temperature database that shows a warming trend. ------------------ This is insane, if it is still happening. The Department of Commerce controls NOAA for some reason, and should order these silly practices ended, immediately. Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (RgiQy) 222
The area I live in, here in KY has numerous sinkholes and underground caverns. In just 15 years here I've noticed the yard has changed in spots... dramatically. Not sink holes, but you can see shifts in the contours... it's wild.
"Living Earth" isn't just a tagline. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 12:03 PM (AkEZC) 223
BREAKING NEWS: The steps of the Colorado State Capitol building are now at 5,279 feet, 11-63/64 inches above sea level.
Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (qgHp7) So... You're saying they put a new coat of non-slip safety paint on the steps? Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 12:03 PM (2WIwB) 224
I remain a skeptic until Manhattan is in Davey Jones's Locker.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:03 PM (aikFH) 225
> 216 When the price of seafront property crashes and it becomes near worthless I might start believing some of the climate hysteria. Maybe.
Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2026 12:01 PM (GUOwU) Notice that Obama himself lives on what is basically a big sandbar, with the fucking North Atlantic Ocean literally in his back yard. Posted by: Grand Junk Toll Road at April 13, 2026 12:03 PM (IG3/x) 226
So they put a lot of risk in supply chains to maximize profit. The Covid era showed global supply chains were vulnerable and untenable when shocks to the international system occurred, whether energy, epidemics, or war.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv) There's no compensation for steady supply. Who makes purchasing decisions for electronics on the basis of whether the rare earths are China sourced or US sourced? Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 12:04 PM (okun6) 227
Or they just scraped the old paint off.
(Hit post too quick) Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 12:04 PM (2WIwB) 228
“Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”
------------ Old & Busted: Women and Children Hardest Hit. New Hotness: Homos and Pedos Hardest Hit. Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:04 PM (TbhYO) 229
G-d only knows what they'll do next... after you've made Chicagoan the Pope, what's left? Recruiting a candidate from a Satanic Temple? Maybe Anton LaVey's son is available.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (BI5O2) 230
175 As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area.” Chesapeake Bay and the area is sinking because of the continued settling of a massive impact crater, several million years old, which is now a few thousand feet below the surface. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (tgZLi) 231
The area I live in, here in KY has numerous sinkholes and underground caverns. In just 15 years here I've noticed the yard has changed in spots... dramatically. Not sink holes, but you can see shifts in the contours... it's wild.
Nothing to see here. Look into this light... Posted by: Subterranean Lizard People at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t) 232
217 We're one rigged election away from cattle cars and death camps.
do we still ship cattle by train? Posted by: anachronda at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (sGtp+) 233
Remember when monkeypox was the great new scourge, and then all the gays got it, and then all the kids and dogs got it? It kind of went away after that right? Was that what they meant by same-sex couples being hardest hit by climate change? Posted by: imp at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (ppcD5) 234
229 G-d only knows what they'll do next... after you've made Chicagoan the Pope, what's left? Recruiting a candidate from a Satanic Temple? Maybe Anton LaVey's son is available.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (BI5O2) Netanyahu's gonna be looking for work soon. That could be fun. Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (Ot/FD) 235
Gas prices are ever-present and directly attributable to Trump's actions, so if they're high, they're going to piss off normy and low-propensity voters. That last group has been key to Trump’s personal success, yet eluded broader Republican support. High gas prices (and the growing, retarded belief we're fighting wars for Israel) is not going to help. Trump still has time, but needs to quickly wrap up Iran and get prices back to his previous, lower, rates.
Posted by: Moron Analyst Actually and I have done research personally on this point for publication regarding economic voting, they tend to vote on a package. E.g. jobs (the local market is what they perceive), wages, cost of a basket of goods (rather than ONE factor), peace (casualties matter), law and order (crime matters), and now immigration. Too many people here deride average low info voters but ignore the fact that they actually become quite sophisticated if necessary. Low info voters do not have policy preferences at first, they have outcome preferences. Covid showed this. At first the shock and fear meant people were willing to comply with outrageous idiocies from the ruling class. Then they weren't. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv) 236
Basically PBS saying homosexual couples are not human, some other species affected by climate differently.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (n5tGW) 237
I really don’t care much about the midterm elections I’ve decided. Yes of course I’d like the GOP to retain both houses… especially the senate.
But voters are generally retarded and Trump’s not on the ballot so it was always gonna be a struggle. Maybe the Dems getting the house would be a blessing in disguise and help our prez candidate in 28… they’ll go all retard and impeachment constantly if they have the house. Who cares The dangerous election is the prez contest in 28 because if any Dem wins it would be disastrous and probably make covid tyranny look mild Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 12:07 PM (xT8gx) 238
Obama's sold the Martha's Vineyard palace, probably to cover up the murder of their chef.
Posted by: SUP of Doom at April 13, 2026 12:07 PM (oftw2) 239
As Jason Isaacs of American Energy Institute likes to point out, “Carbon is life.”
------------- And it's corollary: "The carbon they want to eliminate is YOU!" Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (TbhYO) 240
Thanks for the report Buck.
The highlight was a keynote speech by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who is one of the most consequential political figures of my lifetime, because he aggressively retook political ground lost to the left, restoring freedom and prosperity in the process. ==== Interesting point. "Taking back ground" Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (RIvkX) 241
NOODlum.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (IXZGh) 242
> We're one rigged election away from cattle cars and death camps.
Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (TbhYO) 300-500 million civilian-owned firearms say "I don't think so, Scooter." Or, if it happens, the people who get loaded on the cars may not be the ones they're imagining will be. Posted by: Grand Junk Toll Road at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (IG3/x) 243
Remember when monkeypox was the great new scourge, and then all the gays got it, and then all the kids and dogs got it? It kind of went away after that right?
Was that what they meant by same-sex couples being hardest hit by climate change? Posted by: imp at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (ppcD5) I made sure to wear a protective covering to make sure I would not catch it. Of course I called it underwear. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (tgZLi) 244
I grew up in the Boston suburb, Needham, that was a big source of much of the fill for Back Bay area of Boston.
For that reason, it had it's own short train line, ending at Needham Junction. Which led to a growth boom in the fifties and sixties, years later, for commuting to Boston. Posted by: From about That Time at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (sl73Y) 245
Anton Levey was literally carnie folk.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (aikFH) 246
Obama's sold the Martha's Vineyard palace, probably to cover up the murder of their chef.
Posted by: SUP of Doom at April 13, 2026 12:07 PM (oftw2) ------------- Imagine how many other dead homo pedo bodies are at the bottom of his lake and across the property. Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:09 PM (TbhYO) 247
What's going to be funny is when the Chicago Pope dies, and the next guy figures out that all the gold in the Vatican has been replaced with electroplated junk from Temu.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:09 PM (BI5O2) 248
G-d only knows what they'll do next... after you've made Chicagoan the Pope, what's left? Recruiting a candidate from a Satanic Temple? Maybe Anton LaVey's son is availavle.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice Fun fact: The Vatican Library has the world's largest collection of Korans. And they just installed a prayer room for the Muzzies who go there to study them. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ) 249
225 Notice that Obama himself lives on what is basically a big sandbar, with the fucking North Atlantic Ocean literally in his back yard.
mars bar > sand bar Posted by: anachronda at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (sGtp+) 250
Why does the left have staple "justice" to every problem they invent?
"Climate Justice!!" What? Where does this make sense? With whom does this make sense to? The left has somehow collected a large amount of power based on these kinds of phrases. "is our children learning"? Posted by: melodicmetal at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (61TgR) 251
Whomever told me on the bookthread to read Carlson’s book on Kruschev’s visit to the USA has my thanks. That guy was something else.
A huge diplomatic spat ensued, because they didn’t want him to visit Disneyland. LOL. Strangely, I didn’t realize the Communists were somewhat prudish. K pop didn’t like the pornographic Can-can show put on for his benefit in hollywood. “Your children will watch this”. I wonder what he would think about all the queers and transvestites and genital mutilation of children. Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (SK57M) Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (2ocoG) 253
Back when I did a lot of empirical research, the issue on economic voting turned less on a single factor but severa local (most people don't know or act on state level for voting) economic factors. Price of goods rising or falling (basketful of goods like housing, energy, etc.), jobs available and the change in that positive or negative, law and order (perceptions of crime), and some national factors like war/peace etc.
My research was for gubernatorial elections where the focus was on incumbents as to whether counties ended up punishing/rewarding incumbents for economic factors at the local level. Model was strongly predictive that the local economy is what they perceived more than the national (state was an afterthought btw as reporting and effects statewide are an afterthought compared with local first, then national. Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv) 254
247 What's going to be funny is when the Chicago Pope dies, and the next guy figures out that all the gold in the Vatican has been replaced with electroplated junk from Temu.
great. now i've got pictures of gold-plated green dildoes being tossed into the vatican running through my head. Posted by: anachronda at April 13, 2026 12:12 PM (sGtp+) 255
During an address, Pope Leo XIV cited Isaiah 1:15, stating: "Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood".Context: The Pope used this verse to rebuke leaders who "wrap bloodshed in religious language" and to emphasize that "Jesus is the King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war.
Interesting. 🤔 Isiah is within the Old Testament of The Bible. Isaiah is a major Old Testament prophet who extensively covered war, acting as a counselor during the Assyrian crisis and predicting the fall of nations. He prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, advising against foreign alliances and foreseeing both local conflicts and divine judgment on major empires. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (NFX2v) 256
Strangely, I didn’t realize the Communists were somewhat prudish. K pop didn’t like the pornographic Can-can show put on for his benefit in hollywood. “Your children will watch this”. I wonder what he would think about all the queers and transvestites and genital mutilation of children.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (SK57M) The only thing the Commies and Muslims were ever right about is how repulsive our decadence and materialism are. It really is offensive. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (BI5O2) 257
Good luck buying beach front land on the Gulf coast. It's very expensive. And getting very crowded. Roads are having to be widened to accommodate traffic.
Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (pvf3X) 258
We used to ship our recycling to China. What could be more efficient than that? Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (aikFH) It was more efficient than one might think. The recycling was stuffed into the empty shipping containers that had to return to Chi-Nah so that they could fill them with knock-off Pismo Barbie dolls to be shipped back to WalMarts. Otherwise they'd have to come back empty. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2026 12:24 PM (R+2bs) Posted by: Mycroft at April 13, 2026 12:24 PM (2IoCg) 260
Interest in MA in either reopening Pilgrim Power Station or installing new SMRs there. Considering we pay close to highest rates in nation and all infrastructure to support a reopened facility exists, the marginal cost to bring new power on line would be relatively low; and since ng is still not politically favorable in this godforsaken wasteland, it would at least provide some relief as well as a guarantee of stable power supply going forward.
Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (TMR32) Mid-Morning Art Thread![]() The Awakening of the Forest Paul Delvaux Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
No.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC) 2
Weird
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (TrNJ0) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (tgvbd) 4
Lotsa nudes!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9) 5
Eye popper.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (AkEZC) 6
Oh my goodness, the forest is certainly awake I see.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (0nHVk) 7
BEWBS! And...dicks.
Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (gtcuf) 8
Wood nymphs?
Posted by: Unkaren at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (OTOad) 9
The forest was very awake that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1) 10
Climbing the tree naked seems fraught with potential issues.
Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (Wmg4n) 11
Lotta bushes in those trees
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (yAteE) 12
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1) 13
I hope this isn't a preview of what's in store for us this week. Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC) 14
More like The Transitioning of the Forest, in the case of the he-she on the right.
Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (gtcuf) Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1) 16
Wow, quite the plethora of breasts there.
So what are the two incel dudes on the left supposed to be doing? Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ) 17
Bark humpers?
Posted by: Unkaren at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (OTOad) 18
Dude is burning a hole in that one chick's ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1) Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG) 20
So what are the two incel dudes on the left supposed to be doing?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ) Incelebrating. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1) 21
Better check for squirrels!
Posted by: Unkaren at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (OTOad) 22
Taking a big chance, here.
Posted by: Poison Ivy And Oak at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2) 23
More like "The Awakening Of The Wood", amirite
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (gKWVE) 24
You can't park there.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (Kt19C) 25
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (HXT0k) 26
It is the work of the Delvaux!
Posted by: Rex B at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (DqQS/) 27
Lotsa happy little bushes.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (tgvbd) 29
More like "The Awakening Of The Wood", amirite
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (gKWVE) You asked for it......... https://youtu.be/1pGw72EfsxM Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1) 30
There's on of those women from The Handmaid's Tale at the extreme right just behind the tranny playing the flute.
Posted by: Freaky Deaky at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1) 31
The fellow on the left and his companion look like Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. And Holmes looks like he's inspecting a dried monkey paw for some reason.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9) 32
Someone is going to have to explain this one to me.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (UxriW) 33
7 BEWBS! And...dicks.
Posted by: Delurker 14 More like The Transitioning of the Forest, in the case of the he-she on the right. Posted by: Delurker TRANS PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED!!! Posted by: Rational, reasonable Democrat at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (JCZqz) 34
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 13, 2026 09:35 AM (HXT0k) "He who laughs last, is like a hand in the bush." - - -- - - No More Tears Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1) 35
Reminding everyone that winter is over. Tick Season has begun.
Posted by: Lyme in The Coconut at April 13, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2) Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (ZxPkt) 37
field day
Posted by: cmeat at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+) 38
Blinded By The Sight - a limerick There once was a young man named Lucius Surrounded by bare ladies' tushes He threw up his arm And cried with alarm, "I can't see the forest for the bushes!" Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7) 39
Faces are weird.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e) 40
The girl on the left embracing the tree has an interesting tat.
Oh, wait. That could be a branch or a fern. Never mind. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9) 41
It's not gratuitous nudery, I'm making a very clever statement that a third-grader might come up with that impresses art critics!
Posted by: Paul Delvaux at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (E24OL) 42
Morning wood!
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:37 AM (AkEZC) 43
would not hang
Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (5rh/l) 44
If your D&D party stumbles across this scene while traveling through the woods, remember Tom Hardy's Mad Maxx quote, "That's bait."
Who am I kidding? Anyone playing D&D today is a WiFi password person who would want to jump right in. Posted by: Words of Wisdom at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (JCZqz) 45
OMG, the pipe-player on the right seems to have a penis. Ugh.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ) 46
Lots of nice little bushes!
Posted by: Bob Ross at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (+HNx/) 47
And now I'm going to be art-paranoid all week...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (OUMaO) 48
Alternate title:
"Alphonse and Pierre Both Realize They're Teh Ghey After Finding Themselves in a Forest Full of Naked Women Only Realize That They're Staring at Some Naked Dude's Dong" Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG) 49
This is not the kind of tree hugging I picture.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (eiAiG) 50
would not hang Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (5rh/l) _________ Pan there sure ain't hung. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (tgvbd) 51
Good lord.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (/0DxH) 52
Two of the girls in the background look like they are wrestling, or about to. The others are ignoring them, though. I guess when you're a bunch of nymphs in a forest, that sort of thing happens all the time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9) 53
Art Institute of Chicago:
"...the artist transformed an episode from Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), in which Professor Otto Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel discover a prehistoric forest deep inside the earth. Delvaux showed the professor at left, examining a rock or fossil; behind him stands Axel, who bears a striking resemblance to the artist himself. Under a full moon, a group of women in the background appear like automatons. In the foreground, several figures combine human and vegetal elements; these ambiguous figures seem to embody a primordial, as yet undifferentiated, state. A woman in the right foreground and another in the left middle ground, both in Victorian dress, hold lamps and try in a vain to shed light on the unyielding mystery of the scene." Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (XvL8K) 54
Ditto on Weird.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (DgMqy) 55
The Handmaiden is not getting in the spirit of things.
On the plus side, she'll be the only one who doesn't get Lyme Disease. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf) 56
Would work perfectly in the Hot Tub Honeymoon Suite at the Days Inn.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (+HNx/) 57
Why the hell is the guy on the right blowing a flute?
I mean, c'mon on!! That is wrong on so many levels. Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (cYBz/) 58
As if Monday mornings weren’t bad enough already…,
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (hzEuy) 59
No hang, no bang.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (UuB1r) 60
Lotta bush in them there woods.
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (KiBMU) Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (xT8gx) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (RIvkX) 63
Horrid.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:41 AM (BI5O2) 64
Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Naked Nymphs," despite the steady demand for Holmes stories, never got accepted by any magazines. Just too far ahead of its time, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9) 65
"Wow! Look at the tits! Look at all those tits! There must be... 57 tits up there."
Posted by: red speck at April 13, 2026 09:42 AM (Ve/HL) 66
This is almost up there with fat dude on an ottoman...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:42 AM (TrNJ0) 67
Eric Swalwell to his wife: "Whatever you do, babe, don't look in the back yard."
Posted by: red speck at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (Ve/HL) 68
Well I can tell this was not painting in Brazil
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (sKqQm) 69
Well something for everyone I guess. Too bad the guy isn't better endowed though.
Posted by: Tuna at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4) 70
Bosch painted what comes next.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (UxriW) 71
The scene is largely repugnant but there is some nice rendering of the flesh that merits mentioning.
Would not hang, but I wouldn’t get on someone who did. Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (L66y1) 72
I don't really care for most of the artist's work- of which I've looked at -except for "Harmony" which is an orangish building at night .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 09:43 AM (rZCVI) 73
When the tourist bus drops off at the Naked Women Restoration Sanctuary
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:44 AM (+HNx/) 74
Alt title: Waiting For Achmed.
Posted by: red speck at April 13, 2026 09:44 AM (Ve/HL) 75
69 Well something for everyone I guess. Too bad the guy isn't better endowed though.
--------- Do you like, how do you say, the larger members? Posted by: The Paolo at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (+HNx/) 76
Hey - It was cold in that forest. SHRINKAGE!
Posted by: Pan Costanza at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (gtcuf) 77
Q: How can theologians be certain Adam was a Lutheran? A: Because while standing next to a naked woman he was tempted by a piece of fruit. Posted by: In the beginning at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1) 78
Hoochie coochie forest smoochie.
Posted by: Diddler at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (mnGjL) 79
"... the artist transformed an episode from Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), in which Professor Otto Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel discover a prehistoric forest deep inside the earth. . . . A woman in the right foreground and another in the left middle ground, both in Victorian dress, hold lamps and try in a vain to shed light on the unyielding mystery of the scene."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026 *** I wondered why drapes were hanging in the forest. This makes more sense, in a sense. Somehow I doubt Verne featured naked nymphs in his story in 1864. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9) 80
Of the tits you can see, there are 17, you can safely infer 26 tits though.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (L66y1) Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 09:45 AM (gnNyN) 82
Mushrooms. I think it was the shrooms.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 13, 2026 09:46 AM (sFnTw) 83
The team building events for the Marketing Team are getting out of hand.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (kqOal) 84
Stay out the bushes
Posted by: BIP at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (HcoTw) 85
This reminds me, now that we are into spring in many places their will be pollen everywhere right?
Well, guess what pollen actually is? That's right it carries the male reproductive cells for plants. And now its up your nose and making your eyes water... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (sKqQm) 86
Hate the composition layout even if it was well executed. It's a mess imo.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (V4IXI) 87
"Hey Pan, do you know Stairway to Heaven?"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (+HNx/) 88
I count about fifteen nudes, if you include the flute player over to the right.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9) 89
It's like a nude beach.
Sounds good until you get there. Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at April 13, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:48 AM (gtcuf) 91
These bitches be crazy. I want to retire there.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:48 AM (FmapG) 92
88 I count about fifteen nudes, if you include the flute player over to the right.
--------- Well, why wouldn't you include the flute player on the right? He's naked, isn't he? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM (+HNx/) 93
Shit, they DO grow on trees.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM (snZF9) 94
There are 2 "males"... Gay both since they don't seem interested in the women...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM (TrNJ0) 95
Dude in the suit is oddly overdressed.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM (Q8i3m) 96
At first glance the flute player looks like he's smoking, because of the rather, uh, vaginal opening on the tree just above the flute. I have to think that was not an accidental addition to the painting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9) 97
Steamy Scene - a limerick There once was a young man named Cassius Surrounded by bare naked asses "Before spanky panky Could I borrow a hanky? It seems that I've fogged up my glasses!" Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7) 98
I don't need to ask today where all the white wimmen at!
Posted by: The Sheriff at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2) 99
Why the hell is the guy on the right blowing a flute?
I mean, c'mon on!! That is wrong on so many levels. Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (cYBz/) Concerto makes her clothes come off. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1) 100
Well, why wouldn't you include the flute player on the right? He's naked, isn't he
Hey, Aqualung Posted by: BIP at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (HcoTw) Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 09:50 AM (L66y1) 102
>Well, why wouldn't you include the flute player on the right? He's naked, isn't he?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 09:49 AM +++ Because he's got boobs. Posted by: And that's just wrong at April 13, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1) 103
Not much awakening going on.
Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 09:51 AM (vFG9F) 104
pWell, why wouldn't you include the flute player on the right? He's naked, isn't he?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 *** True. Though for me, the "he" part is not on my radar. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9) 105
I like the world's first pole dancer on the tree
Posted by: BIP at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (HcoTw) 106
All right! Over 100!
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ) 107
Damn tree humpers.
Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (vFG9F) 108
Speaking of boobs, I saw a dumb Sydney Sweeney girlpower movie where she and Amanda Seyfried are dealing with an evvvvviiilllll rich husband.
The two actresses are the executive producers on it...so they are calling the shots...but Sweeney still decided to let the sweater puppies out. I guess she knows what drives ticket sales/home watching... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm) 109
Pan must be a fagz.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (FmapG) 110
Those poor Dudes. You can just here the one muttering.
"How was I supposed to know this was the lesbian forest?" Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (Sco7b) 111
This is like if a painter today did a painting of his interpretation of a Star Trek episode.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (V4IXI) Posted by: nurse ratched at April 13, 2026 09:53 AM (sFnTw) 113
Belgians need to stick to making waffles.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:53 AM (V4IXI) 114
>96 At first glance the flute player looks like he's smoking, because of the rather, uh, vaginal opening on the tree just above the flute. I have to think that was not an accidental addition to the painting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius ### It's a hat tip to Georgia O'Keefe. Posted by: Paul Delvaux at April 13, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1) 115
113 Belgians need to stick to making waffles.
-------------- They call waffles Ukraine these days. Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:54 AM (FmapG) 116
I'm definitely lost on why we can't just over the Strait. Does Iran have it booby trapped to render it useless?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:55 AM (V4IXI) 117
@brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE) Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7) 120
If it's pun time, I'm leaving.
Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gtcuf) 121
@brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE) FFS........ Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1) 122
120 If it's pun time, I'm leaving.
----------------- Heh, we could talk about LOTRs. Not that that is gay or anything. Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:57 AM (FmapG) 123
There are 2 "males"... Gay both since they don't seem interested in the women...
Posted by: It's me donna We've been living with the broads for years, and already banged them all. You know the saying, "for every hot woman, there is a guy tired of her shit?" Think of all the spiders and shit we have to kill out here! Posted by: 2 dudes in the forest at April 13, 2026 09:57 AM (JCZqz) 124
The Sabrina carpenter story is hilarious. I’d feel some sympathy for her except she’s a woke AWFL who is a full on TDS sufferer and pro-Hamas.
So LOLGF honey. Maybe you’ll learn a lesson here that you can never please the left no matter how much you suck up to them. Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (UuB1r) 125
I wonder if these chicks can find truffles?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (FmapG) 126
...vaginal opening on the tree just above the flute...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, ******** That's obviously a branch orifice... Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7) 127
@brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE) It's a testament to the fact that the MSM only turns on a Dem if it benefits the Dems as a whole, potatohead. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (gtcuf) 128
Showing off.
https://tinyurl.com/5n3kxw9p Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7) Rodeo tends to have a pretty severe penalty for excessive celebration. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1) Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG) Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (V4IXI) 131
108 Speaking of boobs, I saw a dumb Sydney Sweeney girlpower movie where she and Amanda Seyfried are dealing with an evvvvviiilllll rich husband.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm) Also speaking of ezposed boobs and heaving breasts, Hillary Clinton was on MS Now!! She was giving her unbiased opinion of President Trump and the blockade. Somerhing about terrible, Doom, lost this war, DOOM, I know Western Civilization because I took a class - seriously, worst President ever, DOOM!!! Some of that was subtextual. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (Sco7b) 132
@brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting Posted by: gKWVE Nick Shirley, on the other hand...fuck that racist dude for hurting innocent immigrants with his lies, right? Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (JCZqz) 133
@brianstelter
Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:56 AM (gKWVE) It’s a testament to the epic stupidity of Fartwell and the nastiness of his Dem opponents. Speaking of epic stupidity that’s a potato head tweet! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (xT8gx) 134
I haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/) 135
I knew a man named Michael Hooligan
Climbed a tree and barked his tool again Took of several yards of wool again Poor old Michael Hooligan, the fool again. Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7) Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (Sco7b) 137
She was giving her unbiased opinion of President Trump and the blockade. Somerhing about terrible, Doom, lost this war, DOOM, I know Western Civilization because I took a class - seriously, worst President ever, DOOM!!!
---------------- I guess Hillary has missed a few Chi Com Checks of late. Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (FmapG) 138
Also speaking of ezposed boobs and heaving breasts, Hillary Clinton was on MS Now!!
I mention Sydney Sweeney topless and you segue to Hillary Clinton? That's a one year suspension of your mancard! Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (sKqQm) Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (Zz0t1) Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:02 AM (iJfKG) 141
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/)
Yes but you would have to double the weird details to make it even more so. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:02 AM (V4IXI) 142
There are two chicks in the center doing the Humpty Dance.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 10:03 AM (FmapG) 143
Welp, I'm off to Whole Foods, where I'll see so many maskholes it will be like time-travelling back to 2020.
But, they have some products I can't live without. Their 365 Brand "Classic Pork" frozen breakfast sausages for one. Best damn breakfast sausages on the planet. Wish me luck. Maybe I'll wear a mask so as not to smell the hippies. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 10:03 AM (gtcuf) 144
When I find myself in times of trouble
Kamala Harris comes to me Speaking words of wisdom Let it be Amy Reichert @amyforsandiego California Democrats are about to “Release The Kamala!” I told @RCPolitics reporter @susancrabtree Kamala will jump in once Eric Swalwell imploded… and right on cue, a poll is already asking voters if they’d support Kamala Harris. Watch what happens next. - Racism and sexism will steal her victory? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7) 145
I haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/) Well...no one in the painting has a demonic pigeon emerging from their ass, so- yes, you are. Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:04 AM (iJfKG) 146
Does it really matter who is California’s governor? They’re all the same. They will implement the same polices.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 10:04 AM (UuB1r) 147
And now for the daily Poppins Report:
56 dreary, cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, though it is supposed to be near 70 and raining this afternoon. Managed to get a page written yesterday, but out of nowhere have come down with a hacking cough, wheezing and sore throat. Just waiting on an Albuterol refill from the drug store, and in the meantime am having tea and throat drops. I can't even sleep because my wheezing keeps me up, so I'm here and also working on my next Book Thread post. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:04 AM (qRla/) 148
145 I haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/) No.... I thought that too... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 10:05 AM (TrNJ0) 149
if Netflix ends up making a Tom Bombadil shows what are the odds the actor will be:
White, male, british accent, gay Male, black, british accent, straight Male, black, british accent, gay Male, dot Indian, british accent, straight Female, black, sassy American accent, gay Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm) 150
Swalwell is trying to avoid the real issue of his Chinese spy. Hoping by removing himself from politics the investigation will go away.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:05 AM (V4IXI) 151
The only thing of value to come from this painting is Muldoon's limericks.
Posted by: Jen the original at April 13, 2026 10:06 AM (C5gVY) 152
Uh huh.
What about the Somali fraud, you fat queer? Was that a testament to the power of investigative reporting? No, no it wasn't. All of you ridiculed that kid, called him a racist, and insinuated that he was a child abuser. It's only investigative reporting when the Party orders you to do it. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 10:07 AM (BI5O2) 153
I can't see the forest because of the titties.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (V4IXI) 154
Shouldn't that be Malcolm To the Lunatic Left?
Disney reboot of "Malcolm in the Middle" features "nonbinary" sibling because of course Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7) 155
It was be absolutely perfect karma if Kamala became guv of CA…. But it’d be an absolute disaster for the state. I think she’d be even worse than Hairgel… which is almost impossible
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (xT8gx) 156
The underbrush is a bit too thick for my tastes.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 10:09 AM (2ap+5) 157
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (xT8gx
Just like Obama it won't be her running the office. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:09 AM (V4IXI) Posted by: 60s stag films at April 13, 2026 10:09 AM (sKqQm) 159
Regarding Swalwell, if all these Democrats are so horrified over the sexual assault accusations, why are we just now hearing about them? Is it because all these women didn’t want to end up like Juanita Broaderick? You know this wasn’t a secret about him.
Posted by: Jen the original at April 13, 2026 10:09 AM (C5gVY) 160
It was be absolutely perfect karma if Kamala became guv of CA…. But it’d be an absolute disaster for the state. I think she’d be even worse than Hairgel… which is almost impossible
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (xT8gx) It will be Katie Porter. Hail Katie. Accept no substitutes. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2) 161
It's just another Merlot Monday.
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at April 13, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1) 162
I think Stelter Potatohead has made a quiet admission against interest.
Stelter believes investigative reporting is not about informing the public, but about power. That includes the power not to report. The investigator now has blackmail power over the target. Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 10:10 AM (gKWVE) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ) 164
Shouldn't that be Malcolm To the Lunatic Left?
Disney reboot of "Malcolm in the Middle" features "nonbinary" sibling because of course Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7) I got through half the episode last night before I turned it off. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (V4IXI) Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (pvf3X) 166
And in this corner, wearing a red MAGA cap . . .
Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7) 167
150 Swalwell is trying to avoid the real issue of his Chinese spy. Hoping by removing himself from politics the investigation will go away.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:05 AM (V4IXI) I'm sensing a side-gig counselling Swalwell once a day for "nothing will happen" guy. Things always go well for the Dems when they do stuff like this. Why, I remember this young Biden guy, smart as a whip.... As expected, all three news networks, blockade. CBC - byelections and the illusion of democracy. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (Sco7b) 168
This guy has an almost exactly correct take on what Trump is doing, how he's doing it and what his objectives are: Short and worth a read- https://tinyurl.com/3zprh2af My big difference with him is that I'd credit Trump with being a genius as well. Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG) 169
The march of the dryads.... well, the rave of the dryads.
I'll have to add Journey to the Center of the Earth to my TBR pile, to see if anything remotely like this scene happened. For research, of course. More seriously, there's some interesting oddities in the background, like the almost celltower pylons? some kind of tree I'm not recognizing? scattered in the woods. Posted by: RandomDave at April 13, 2026 10:12 AM (aJQbY) 170
Busch!!!!!
Posted by: Dylan Vulvaney at April 13, 2026 10:13 AM (MDua2) 171
Malcomb in the Middle was one of the last great TV shows.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 10:13 AM (FmapG) 172
A very stable genius, naturalfake.
Posted by: RandomDave at April 13, 2026 10:13 AM (aJQbY) 173
The only thing of value to come from this painting is Muldoon's limericks.
Posted by: Jen the original ********** So you're saying my limericks are better than dreck? Eh, fair enough, I'll take that! *Buffs nails on lapel* Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 10:14 AM (qgHp7) 174
And in this corner, wearing a red MAGA cap . . .
Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century! The left then: Religion has no place in politics. All these corrupt holy rollers should shut their mouths about politics! The left now: Trump disagrees with the Pope?!? Burn the heretic at the stake! Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm) 175
Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7) Pope needs to stay in his lane. Serious question. Has the Vatican apologized for the Crusades? I'm assuming they did at some point. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:14 AM (V4IXI) 176
Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century! I know, it's wild. It's like the old days when the Popes and monarchs used to get scrappy. Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:15 AM (y98J8) 177
>Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting
---- well, if he gets booted from Congress as well, then I'll be impressed absent that, this is just a strategic move by CA democrats to hold the CA governorship has nothing to do with morals or ethics, which have no place in politics Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:16 AM (ZxPkt) 178
Serious question. Has the Vatican apologized for the Crusades? I'm assuming they did at some point.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg Yes, I think so. Maybe JPII? Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ) 179
Hey, maybe this Swalwell thing won't be that bad.
From GatewayPundit. Lefty Billionaire Boots Disgraced Swalwell from His $26 Million Beverly Hills Mansion and Demands $1 Million Back After Heinous Sex Assault and Rape Allegations — Then Changes Political Party: “F— the Democratic Party… I Am Done. Finito.” Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM (Sco7b) 180
"Pope John Paul II apologized on behalf of the Catholic Church for the sins committed by Christians during the Crusades. While not formally apologizing for the Crusades as a concept, during the "Day of Pardon" in 2000, he expressed deep remorse for, among other things, the actions of Crusaders, specifically the 1204 sacking of Constantinople"
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm) 181
The scientist guy at far left looks like the magician on that Blue Oyster Cult album cover
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM (ZxPkt) 182
but other than that, this is still an ugly painting
would burn Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:18 AM (ZxPkt) 183
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)
I can see them apologizing for trying to save Christianity. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:18 AM (V4IXI) 184
181 so, he's an agent?
Posted by: cmeat at April 13, 2026 10:19 AM (R11M+) 185
The Venetians need to apologize for the sack of Constantinople, not the Vatican. The Pope had nothing to do with that, and was in fact shocked when he learned of it.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:19 AM (V4IXI) 187
haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/) -- Van Halen video vibe here. Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 13, 2026 10:19 AM (NYInA) 188
I mean, I agree the sack of Constantinople was shameful...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm) 189
Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)
Wow, I am impressed my Mr. Rosas. I have seen some of his body language vids. Looks like he is masterful at interpreting the motivations and psyche of an OrangemanBad as well Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:20 AM (y98J8) 190
of fortune, yes
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:20 AM (ZxPkt) Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:22 AM (y98J8) 192
Now I see that the sack of Constantinople actually led to the fall of Christianity in that area.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:22 AM (V4IXI) 193
Yes the Venetians did used to be badass at one time, centuries ago
Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:23 AM (y98J8) 194
>180 "Pope John Paul II apologized on behalf of the Catholic Church for the sins committed by Christians during the Crusades. While not formally apologizing for the Crusades as a concept, during the "Day of Pardon" in 2000, he expressed deep remorse for, among other things, the actions of Crusaders, specifically the 1204 sacking of Constantinople"
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM ### Was there a land acknowledgement? Posted by: Because reasons at April 13, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1) 195
Now I see that the sack of Constantinople actually led to the fall of Christianity in that area.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg Manzikert was the beginning of that process. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ) 196
Dryads?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 10:23 AM (Wygan) 197
I think I've been there - that's outside of Marin, isn't it?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 13, 2026 10:24 AM (sMG3g) 198
Added only the before and after of 53. Art Institute of Chicago: Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
The Awakening of the ForestDate: 1939 Artist: Paul Delvaux Belgian, 1897–1994 It began: Paul Delvaux painted The Awakening of the Forest in the late 1930s, after having adopted Surrealism as a visual language to give form to his inner world—one populated with childhood memories and fantasy. It ended: Despite the multitude of naked figures and their detailed description, The Awakening of the Forest retains a detachment that adds to its strange and mysterious effect. --- >Wikipedia Overview, in part, "Paul Delvaux was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination." >Wikipedia, Paul Delvaux: In part, "In 1929, Delvaux first met Anne-Marie de Maertelaere, whom he nicknamed "Tam", and they fell in love. However, his domineering mother forced him to separate from Tam, exacting his promise to never see her again.[24] Delvaux was greatly saddened by this, and his paintings took on a more isolated, lonely, detached tone." Wacko w/mother fantasies. Wouldn't hang (it). Thx. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:24 AM (NFX2v) 199
The Venetians did the pre-planning . The Crusaders did the sacking.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:24 AM (V4IXI) 200
Yes the Venetians did used to be badass at one time, centuries ago
Posted by: kallisto Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of Venice who was one of the leaders of the attack on Constantinople, was in his 90s at the time. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ) 201
Shouldn't that be Malcolm To the Lunatic Left?
Disney reboot of "Malcolm in the Middle" features "nonbinary" sibling because of course Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7) I got through half the episode last night before I turned it off. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (V4IXI) I saw all 4 episodes. I wanted to like it and it had some funny parts but overall, it wasn't very good. Problems: 1) Too "nice". It lacked the real edge of the OG. 2) Too woke - this was the "healing" version where everything and every one was just perfect the way they were. Esp. the trannie- we got a long speech from it at the climax. 3) Too much Hal. Probably because Bryan Cranston is the only real star to emerge from MitM. And I'm sure he demanded extra time and character development. 4) Too tiresome in the "modern" way. I was looking at my watch. Not horrible but just not very good. Stick with the reruns. Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ) 203
the 1204 sacking of Constantinople"
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm) ----- Why did Constantinople get the works? Posted by: ballistic at April 13, 2026 10:26 AM (oqH4h) 204
Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply damaging. Getting global shipping moving is vital to ease cost of living pressures. The UK has convened more than 40 nations who share our aim to restore freedom of navigation. This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends. 2:53 AM · Apr 13, 2026 ==== Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (RIvkX) 205
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)
Some people are still sharp into their 90s. My neighbors are like taht, a Chinese husband and wife. He still drives her everywhere. Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (y98J8) 206
134 I haven't read through the comments, but am I the only one getting a Hieronymous Bosch feel from this painting?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing ------------------ Garden of "I repeat: Do Not Take the Brown Acid." Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (sMG3g) 207
Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply damaging. Getting global shipping moving is vital to ease cost of living pressures. The UK has convened more than 40 nations who share our aim to restore freedom of navigation. This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends. 2:53 AM · Apr 13, 2026 ==== Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters. They'll deliver them by ship. Oh wait...no they won't. They don't have any. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (Riz8t) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ) 209
Yes the Venetians did used to be badass at one time, centuries ago
Posted by: kallisto __________ So was the Pope. The Papal States had big fleet of galleys in the 15th/16th centuries. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (XvL8K) 210
And in this corner, wearing a red MAGA cap . . .
Trump and the pope are exchanging jabs. Things haven't been this exciting since the 16th century! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7) Leo isn't the Pope. Neither was Frankie Fabulous. The See of Peter has been vacant since Benedict 'resigned.' Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:29 AM (qRla/) 211
Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)
Hulu did a great job with King of the Hill. Only ten episodes though. Would love another ten. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:29 AM (V4IXI) 212
Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of Venice who was one of the leaders of the attack on Constantinople, was in his 90s at the time.
And blind. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:29 AM (qRla/) 213
Leo isn't the Pope. Neither was Frankie Fabulous. The See of Peter has been vacant since Benedict 'resigned.'
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing The hardcore sedevacantists say that it's been vacant since Vatican II. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ) 214
Who's got more DUIs-Tiger or Britney Spears?
Posted by: Auto Hijinks at April 13, 2026 10:30 AM (oftw2) 215
Disney reboot of "Malcolm in the Middle" features "nonbinary" sibling because of course...
*********** For post-op trannies, many doctors recommend Talcum in the middle. Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (qgHp7) 216
kallisto
Awwwww, that's sweet. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ) I know, I love them so much!! Their daughter lives next door to me. I was so happy for them that they got to get a house next door to their grown children/grandkids Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (y98J8) 217
Did not like the Scrubs sequel either .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (V4IXI) 218
Here come all the tit-obsessed…
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb) 219
Trump will declare a schism with the Catholic church. establish the Church of America, and confiscate all Catholic church lands and wealth herewith.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (MDua2) 220
Ask your doctor if Sedevacantist is right for you.
Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1) 221
Bad Popery is a prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (DgMqy) 222
Amy Reichert
@amyforsandiego California Democrats are about to “Release The Kamala!” I told @RCPolitics reporter @susancrabtree Kamala will jump in once Eric Swalwell imploded… and right on cue, a poll is already asking voters if they’d support Kamala Harris. That would be fucking hilarious from the standpoint of the potato boiler getting humiliated. But since the DNC seems to have chosen her, I suspect Kamala would lose. Dominion can "fix" any ballot, after all. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:32 AM (2ocoG) 223
The Pope has a thousand dollars of paint on the ceiling alone!
Posted by: Archie Bunker-Art Critic at April 13, 2026 10:32 AM (oftw2) 224
iirc although Innocent III did not approve the Byzantine shenanigans, the exCrusade ended up in charge of the city and of the bulk of what passed for the Empire at the time. So the pope ate the turd sandwich and recognized the "Latin Empire" over there as the legitimate rulers.
The Greek took it back after, what, six decades. The shell of it. Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (gKWVE) 225
Naked women and all I have is this little phone.
Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (AIm4E) 226
Uh .... okay ... yes ... um ... quite..
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (4NO2D) 227
Bad Popery is a prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition.
Posted by: Bad Andrew I read a book once called "The Bad Popes." Very interesting. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ) 228
Did not like the Scrubs sequel either .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (V4IXI) I like the Scrubs sequel so far. My big complaint is that they're obviously giving "Dr Cox" the heave-ho. and he was probably my favorite character. Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG) 229
Bad Popery. That was our garage band name back in high school.
Posted by: Bad Company at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (ZxPkt) 231
I was confusing Sabrina Carpenter with Amanda Carpenter. Either I'm getting old or these people don't actually matter.
Amanda was on early Red Eye a lot and then ended up on Ted Cruz's staff (whoa) and then I think became a yuge NeverTrumper?? But I could be wrong on that last part. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (cS13u) 232
Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (RIvkX) But they work! Remember when Michelle O. tweeted a picture of herself with a paper that read “Bring back our girls”? Boko Haram saw that, thought amongst themselves for a minute, and then said “Oh OK” and let go all their hostages. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:34 AM (E6xSb) Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 10:34 AM (qgHp7) 234
Kamala said sucked her way to the top. The lefty press won't report on that.
Imagine if you will, a female Republican who did that. ( yeah they may be out there but not confirmed by the suckee) Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:34 AM (V4IXI) 235
Not supposed to be pictures at a Moron Meetup.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (lp+fd) 236
There’s something wrong with some of those women.
Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (AIm4E) 237
MP4, I am always too late to the Book Thread to comment, but I wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your posts. I'm glad to see you there.
All the people who have done BT are doing a great job. It's nice to have different voices. Everybody brings something unique to the conversation. Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (nz1sK) 238
Ask your doctor if Sedevacantist is right for you.
Posted by: Big Fat Farma And don't take Sedevacantist if you're allergic to Sedevacantist. Posted by: Tuna at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (lJ0H4) 239
tranny pron
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (FZYNt) 240
Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG)
I think it was the Elliot and JD divorce that took me right out of it. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 13, 2026 10:35 AM (V4IXI) 241
Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (RIvkX) That’s risible, actually. PM Starmer will send a letter to the Iranian embassy for transmission to the Iranian “government” and it will read “Please open the Strait of Hormuz.” The next one will be the same, except it will be “Pretty please…”. And the one after that will be “Pretty please with sugar on top…” Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:36 AM (E6xSb) Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 10:36 AM (gKWVE) 243
although Innocent III did not approve the Byzantine shenanigans, the exCrusade ended up in charge of the city and of the bulk of what passed for the Empire at the time. So the pope ate the turd sandwich and recognized the "Latin Empire" over there as the legitimate rulers.
The Greek took it back after, what, six decades. The shell of it. Posted by: gKWVE Yes, the Pope had to accept it. And the Byzantines reoccupied the city in 1261. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ) 244
The Pope should limit his poping activities to defending the faith
leave politics to the real assholes Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:37 AM (ZxPkt) 245
Pope meets with Obama's political advisor David Axelrod. Meeting reportedly goes long (this meeting caused Pope to be late for another meeting). Then Pope uses social media to criticize Trump and causes the occasionally thin-skinned Trump to respond, causing a potential split between Catholics and Trump at the same time that certain conservative pundits are doing an about face trying to cause a split between Trump and his MAGA base.
Coincidence? Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (Dv3i1) 246
I think knocking England and France off the top tier is also a magnificent Trump victory.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX) 247
The Pope should limit his poping activities to defending the faith
He's a Chicago machine pope. He has to prepare the dead to vote Democrat. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (2ocoG) 248
I hate and loathe "The Conners" which adequately portrayed a lot of my faimy crap the last while but it's a poster child for woke.
A new concern every episode. Democratic talking points. Inter-racial marriage so they can have the black kid there. Gay son .... first two seasons in skirts and nail polish - wtf Tranny boss And Darlene's a liberal bitching how they can't talk to us because we don't listen. Becky is pretty cute still, despite the tats. Sabrina Carpenter was amazing on 'Girl Meets World.' Very pretty then too. She's too young to look like she's been through pastic surgery hell. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (Sco7b) 249
The forest is naked
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 13, 2026 10:39 AM (xcxpd) 250
As expected, all three news networks, blockade.
CBC - byelections and the illusion of democracy. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:11 AM (Sco7b) According to CBC, the Canadian Artemis mission ended suppceesully with a splashdown in the Padific last week. Oh, and Ireland? They never heard of Ireland. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:39 AM (E6xSb) 251
So this is some weird fantasy porn art, I gotta say. Not upset at all, just...weird. At least there are no tenacles in this version, I guess.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 13, 2026 10:39 AM (xcxpd) 252
He's a Chicago machine pope. He has to prepare the dead to vote Democrat.
Posted by: Ian S. LOL dangit now I have to confess to laughing at that Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 10:40 AM (GhIJO) Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:40 AM (ZxPkt) 254
Hey how yuse doin'?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 13, 2026 10:40 AM (viF8m) 255
218 Here come all the tit-obsessed…
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb) Tit obsessed comes from lack of breast feeding when a baby. Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 10:40 AM (AIm4E) 256
I read a book once called "The Bad Popes." Very interesting.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ) I have that book. Another interesting one is Absolute Monarchs by John Julius Norwich, which covers the papacy from Peter to the beginning of Benedict XVI. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:41 AM (qRla/) 257
Here come all the tit-obsessed…
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb) You mean hetero Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 10:41 AM (cS13u) 258
Cue Nuclear Assault, “Hang The Pope”
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:42 AM (E6xSb) 259
Then Pope uses social media to criticize Trump and causes the occasionally thin-skinned Trump to respond, causing a potential split between Catholics and Trump at the same time that certain conservative pundits are doing an about face trying to cause a split between Trump and his MAGA base.
Coincidence? The Dope was already far out over his skis commenting on political stuff ("God doesn't listen to people who start wars", which the Bible contradicts). So I think he was going to say stupid shit anyway. Axelrod obviously was there to cheerlead his doing so, but I don't think it's necessarily a cause. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:42 AM (2ocoG) 260
I run into this scene whenever I look for kindling in the woods while camping. Except their strung out on mushrooms,meth, or ??? here in Oregon. Posted by: Frank Barone at April 13, 2026 10:42 AM (IifOV) 261
I have that book. Another interesting one is Absolute Monarchs by John Julius Norwich, which covers the papacy from Peter to the beginning of Benedict XVI.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing Ooh, I may have to get that one. Love Norwich. Despite my being a lifelong Protestant, I find the Papacy and its history fascinating. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ) 262
As a 'Man of War', Trump will not be allowed to build the third temple.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 10:43 AM (4NO2D) 263
Wakes up
Scratches Looks around Dang. I wonder if those trees grow in the NW? Goes looking for coffee. Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB) 264
Vatican News,
Pope on board plane to Algeria: ‘I am not a politician, I speak of the Gospel' During the flight to Algeria, Pope Leo XIV responds to questions regarding US President Donald Trump's recent statements, saying he is "not a politician" and that he will "continue to speak strongly against war, seeking to promote peace and dialogue." And the US Bishops will respond accordingly. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (NFX2v) 265
Pope meets with Obama's political advisor David Axelrod. Meeting reportedly goes long (this meeting caused Pope to be late for another meeting).
— The Chicago way. Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (UuB1r) 266
You mean hetero
Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 10:41 AM (cS13u) I am but I have never seen a rack as the be all and the end all. Take the Princess of Wales. I have a huge thing for her, but none of my friends think anything of her, because “Kate has no tits.” I don’t care that she doesn’t have tits the size of Ethiopia. She’s still hot. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (E6xSb) 267
For balance, I recommend George Weigel's bio of JPII, "Witness To Hope." Long read, but worth it.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (DgMqy) 268
Coincidence?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 10:38 AM (Dv3i1) What Axelrod didn't count on is that the nominal Catholics who are super-lib, may start returning to the Church as a result of Bob Prevost bitch slapping Trump. And the conservative Catholics, who comprise the majority of observant churchgoing, sacramental Catholics, will hardly abandon Trump. In the main. Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:45 AM (y98J8) 269
Another recommendation, since I was looking over the Book Thread yesterday.
Someone mentioned Aesop's Fables, so if you want a collection that is aimed for adults rather than kids, Aesop: The Complete Fables, translated by Olivia and Robert Temple (199 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:46 AM (qRla/) 270
I am but I have never seen a rack as the be all and the end all. Take the Princess of Wales. I have a huge thing for her, but none of my friends think anything of her, because “Kate has no tits.” I don’t care that she doesn’t have tits the size of Ethiopia. She’s still hot.
Posted by: Cow Demon I agree that she's hot. And I find that a lot of women with the most beautiful faces are not particularly large-breasted, but still hot (e.g., Nicole Kidman). It's a gestalt thing with me. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: Byron Noem at April 13, 2026 10:47 AM (Riz8t) 272
r, because “Kate has no tits.” I don’t care that she doesn’t have tits the size of Ethiopia. She’s still hot.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (E6xSb) As someone, who likes asian women, PREACH! Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:47 AM (Sco7b) 273
Kate’s sister’s ass is hall of fame worthy.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 10:48 AM (UuB1r) 274
umm, Pope Bob, where is your compassion for tge 90 million ppl who hsve lived cc 7nder Ayatollah tyranny for 50+ years??
Did you ever pick up the phone to talk peace and dualogue with amy if the Muslim ckerical tyrants? I can't stand this 2-faced shit Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:48 AM (y98J8) 275
256 I read a book once called "The Bad Popes." Very interesting.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ) I have that book. Another interesting one is Absolute Monarchs by John Julius Norwich, which covers the papacy from Peter to the beginning of Benedict XVI. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 10:41 AM (qRla/) Also called "all of the popes except 3 of them". Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 10:48 AM (/QdgR) 276
As a 'Man of War', Trump will not be allowed to build the third temple.
I didn't know he was planning on it. I know the Marxists (BIRM) have had elaborate conspiracy theories for decades about Christians only supporting Israel in order to cause the end times, but ascribing that motivation to Trump in particular is really dumb. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:48 AM (2ocoG) Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:49 AM (y98J8) 278
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 10:44 AM (E6xSb)
I happen to think less amplituded adult women are sexier than their bubbly counterparts. Maybe because they have to be. Maybe because I like legs anyway. Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 10:50 AM (cS13u) 279
What Axelrod didn't count on is that the nominal Catholics who are super-lib, may start returning to the Church as a result of Bob Prevost bitch slapping Trump.
And the conservative Catholics, who comprise the majority of observant churchgoing, sacramental Catholics, will hardly abandon Trump. In the main. Yeah, I don't see any of this moving any needles in a positive direction for Kalorama. Razorfist is trying his hardest on X to convince people that the pope being a retard means Lutherans are the cool kids, but nobody's buying that either. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:50 AM (2ocoG) 280
Coincidentally, today is the feast day of Pope St Martin I, the Confessor, the last of the martyred popes (Sept 16, 655).
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 10:50 AM (GhIJO) 281
This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends.
2:53 AM · Apr 13, 2026 ==== Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:27 AM (RIvkX) Behold the unbridled Fury and Power of Burkina Faso! Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 10:50 AM (/QdgR) 282
Sept 16 is when he died
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 10:51 AM (GhIJO) 283
277 Sorry about all the typos, I am on my phone.
Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:49 AM (y98J The Horde is all about spelling, grammar, verb-noun agreement. And formatting. Always formatting. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 10:51 AM (Sco7b) 284
This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends.
2:53 AM · Apr 13, 2026 ==== Can't wait for the sternly-worded letters. We cannot permit a sternly-worded letter gap! Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (Riz8t) 285
Dang. Put a golf course down in a forest like that and everyone's balls would be hitting the trees.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (2WIwB) 286
Fat fingers
Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2026 10:49 AM (y98J ==== Count your blessing on those fingers. Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (RIvkX) 287
As a 'Man of War', Trump will not be allowed to build the third temple.
Herod's temple was basically the Third Temple. He made so many changes to Zerubbabel's temple that it turned out, essentially, a different structure. But of course, it was never fully completed. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ) 288
The Horde is all about spelling, grammar, verb-noun agreement.
And formatting. Always formatting. Posted by: Stateless PREACH! Posted by: Oxford Comma at April 13, 2026 10:53 AM (MDua2) 289
At this point, the only thing I want from the Iran war is $XOM to reach $1,000.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 10:53 AM (2ap+5) 290
This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends.
Macron's hus-wife will slap anyone who steps out of line? Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:54 AM (2ocoG) 291
You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at April 13, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1) 292
Keir Plans, Trump Laughs
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 10:54 AM (RIvkX) 293
The Pope speaks out against war. OK. Now how about speaking out about crazy people having nukes that threaten the rest of the World?
Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 10:54 AM (pvf3X) 294
Herod's temple was basically the Third Temple. He made so many changes to Zerubbabel's temple that it turned out, essentially, a different structure.
But of course, it was never fully completed. Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ) I always wondered why that one was called 2nd Temple, since Ezra and Nehemiah describe the construction of a rather poor and small 2nd Temple when they returned to Jerusalem. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 10:55 AM (/QdgR) 295
At this point, the only thing I want from the Iran war is $XOM to reach $1,000.
Will this do? Israel Hayom: The U.S. has begun enforcing a naval blockade on Iran, targeting all vessels entering and exiting its ports across the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. The move is expected to inflict about $435M in total daily losses across Iran’s exports, roughly $13B per month, even as its oil revenues rose 37% during the war to about $139M per day. The IRGC had been operating a paid “protection corridor,” charging up to $2M per vessel in crypto, but the blockade could halt exports, disrupt imports, trigger food shortages, and accelerate the collapse of the rial. Iran’s oil storage could fill within 13 days, forcing production shutdowns. https://is.gd/ras8CY Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 10:55 AM (Riz8t) 296
It was on the side of his head.
Posted by: Just the punchline at April 13, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 10:57 AM (GQjGJ) 298
The IRGC had been operating a paid “protection corridor,” charging up to $2M per vessel in crypto, but the blockade could halt exports, disrupt imports, trigger food shortages, and accelerate the collapse of the rial.
Iran’s oil storage could fill within 13 days, forcing production shutdowns. Yeah, I was initially confused why Trump was doing this, but it's an excellent way to accelerate the demise of the regime without destroying the infrastructure and putting misery on the Iranian people. And of course it also annoys the ChiComs. Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG) 299
Can anyone direct me to this forest? Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 13, 2026 10:57 AM (IifOV) 300
Yeah, I was initially confused why Trump was doing this, but it's an excellent way to accelerate the demise of the regime without destroying the infrastructure and putting misery on the Iranian people. And of course it also annoys the ChiComs.
I didn't understand earlier that when he said he's shutting down the Strait, he's allowing ships headed to UAE and other Gulf oil producers to pass. He's just not allowing ships headed to or from Iran to pass. Smart move. Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 10:59 AM (Riz8t) Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2026 10:59 AM (ZxPkt) 302
None shall pass!
Posted by: Monty Python Trump at April 13, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1) 303
The EU couldn't plan a fart at a chili cook-off. Europe is a metric museum of failure.
The world is a special needs daycare and the US is the only babysitter, and she's getting cranky. Some people's kids are gonna get spanked. Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (lwaVS) 304
Nood Buck.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS) 305
Eric Swalwell's victims in the woods...
Posted by: Democrat Party at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (iISCR) 306
I'd pay 12 tokens to see an AI picture of Trump as Gandalf on the bridge.
Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:02 AM (lwaVS) 307
Operation Epic Fury is just one battle in the 47 year long war started by the Iranians invading US territory. I would like that this battle is successful and its goals are achieved and the 47 year war ends.
The Pope's social media posts seems to imply I'm not being a very good Catholic unless I beg Trump to end the battle prematurely and send the mullahs pallets of cash in an attempt to bribe them from developing a nuclear weapon instead. Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:06 AM (Dv3i1) 308
Artistic proof that Pan was gay.
Posted by: Dagwood at April 13, 2026 12:21 PM (CC0N1) The Morning Report —4/ 13 /26![]() Good morning kids. Yet again it's the international scene that's grabbing all the attention this morning. we'll get to the latest developements off the Iranian coast in a moment, but first there are a couple of bit stories happening in Europe that might otherwise get lost in the sauce. The disappointing news first comes fromHungary. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, bringing an end to 16 years of governance in Budapest. . . Conceding defeat on Sunday evening, Orbán said: “The election result is painful for us, but understandable. I congratulated the Tisza Party. “No matter how it turned out, we in the opposition will serve our country and the Hungarian nation,” he declared, adding: “We never give up!” I'm not necessarily in tune with the attitude of the Hungarian people but that they sent a true patriot and a staunch defender of western values, civilization and sanity packing is a head scratcher considering the madness of open borders especially with the invasion of Islamic hordes that have ravaged a significant portion of the rest of the continent. Orbán was a tough, passionate and vocal critic of the EU on this and other issues of national sovereignty, especially the insane push to go to war with Russia over Ukraine, as well as earning the enmity of the homosexual/transexual pervert lobby for his staunch criticism of them and the EU's drive to push their ideology on the Hungarian people. From what I have gathered, the new regime in Hungary will do a very abrupt about-face on all these issues and President Trump and America my lose, at least in the near term, a very key strategic ally. On the complete opposite end of the spectrum of the Hungarians we have the Irish, who really got their Irish up! So you say you want a revolution? Well, take a look at what’s happening in Ireland right now. Tens of thousands of farmers, truckers, and other fed-up “normies” are taking to the streets of Dublin to protest fuel taxes, mass immigration, and poverty-inducing “climate change” policies. For the most part, corporate news propagandists in both Europe and North America are intentionally ignoring the combustible situation. Just when I had begun to think that all the “fighting Irish” had moved to America, the Old Country has started to show signs of life. Perhaps there are still a few irascible pugilists willing to bash heads and take on the globalist empire after all. . . Although few people saw the present brouhaha coming, Ireland makes a natural “ground zero” in the war between Big Government globalists (aka, the “international rules-based order” club of World Economic Forum totalitarians) and ordinary citizens willing to defend their nation’s sovereignty and their own personal freedoms. For two decades, the globalists have been taking over Ireland and stripping it for parts.Would or could something like this ever happpen here in the USA. I Mean among real Americans and not leftist Antifa rent-a-goons agitating for revolution and committing acts of terorism to overthrow our Republic once and for all? And speaking of Democrat/Leftist terrorism, please pardon the redundancy . . . Turning Point USA’s “Frontlines” reporter Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday. After Hernandez posted photos of one assailant — a man charged in connection with the storming of a St. Paul-area church — Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K. Dhillon responded in to the post on X. (RELATED: Democrat Candidate Calls For Banning MAGA From Internet) The only reason Antifa et al can get away with what they get away with, the corruption of the courts and Political cover by their overlords in the Democrat Party aside, is that they know that kyle Rittenhouse notwithstanding we will never preemptively hunt them down and take them out as is their strategy, let alone take up arms to defend ourselves. Because if we ever did, look out. On that orgasmatronic pipe dream, here's a clunky segue to the latest from Iran. Whoever’s calling the shots in Iran wasted yet another chance for peace over the weekend, and now President Donald Trump will again call Tehran’s bluff.Have a great day! And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
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Yonder Horde
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 07:17 AM (AkEZC) 2
Happy Monday
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (/+uur) 3
Question marks seems to be having their own uprising.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (PFs9e) 4
Dickhead swawell took the cowards way out.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (0N4FZ) 5
Greetings and good morning one and all!
Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 07:19 AM (RjOoY) 6
I had read that piece by Ben Sasse before. He sounds like a good man and I appreciated his reflections. Thanks for including it, J.J.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:20 AM (PFs9e) 7
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2026 07:20 AM (2/MrR) 8
Also liked the piece on Margaret Thatcher.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:22 AM (PFs9e) 9
Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism
Sowing division is their most effective card. They cannot accept the fact that things improved and that the good guys won the Civil Rights Movement. Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 07:24 AM (RjOoY) 10
4 Dickhead swawell took the cowards way out.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM ----- Is he still seated in Congress? Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1) 11
Hungary was a huge defeat for trump. The midterms will be another
Drudge had posted note links to Trumps TruthSocial page again showing Himself cosplaying Jesus. There are no limits to his narcissism. through Hormoz flows 30% of the most important fertilizer, urea American fertilizer went up 30% another hit on rural USA Posted by: Paul at April 13, 2026 07:31 AM (DlZr+) 12
Hungary is not hard to figure out. A corrupt party in power for 16 years, a lazy electorate who want free shit from Santa Claus and Big Homo spreading money and ass cheeks around like a drunken sailor.
End result is years of misery and islam ahead for Zsa Zsa Gabor's misguided children with the new, corrupt leadership. Posted by: Sam Drucker, Not A Homosexual at April 13, 2026 07:31 AM (CRbC4) 13
Question marks. So many question marks.
Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 07:34 AM (gtcuf) 14
Dickhead swawell took the cowards way out. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (0N4FZ) He took the lucrative way out. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (tgvbd) 15
I admire the civilized part of Virginia (which excludes NoVa, Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Charlottesville).
I will no longer refer to the “grounds” of “Mr. Jefferson’s University “ as such. It might as well be named the “campus” of “Virginia State University-Charlottesville” For that matter, the Swineberger administration might as well rename VMI as “ Virginia State University-Lexington” IIRC, the new administration actually threatened to place VMI under the board of visitors of Virginia State University (Petersburg) , an existing HBCU. Posted by: Fenderbender at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (1FEc1) 16
I believe I understand better now the squeeze play Trump is putting on Iran.
https://tinyurl.com/58kx2uz8 Less immediately gratifying but preferable to bombing their infrastructure into oblivion. Posted by: Ordinary American at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (INQN/) 17
Thanks to whoever fixed the formatting. I don't understand why it's been acting up the last few times I've posted. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (x0n13) 18
Haha. Paul and the leftists have their panties in a wad because of Trump deliberately trolling the Pope or whomever . Last time I checked Jesus in the Bible did not have a big American flag near him. Trump yanked their chain again which is kind of amusing since many leftists don't believe in any God but the power of the state.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:36 AM (Nx5jP) 19
* * * * DO NOT CLICK THE CONTINUE READING BUTTON
Note to China ship captains: your U.S. Navy password for transiting the strait of Whore Muse is "get your fucking oil elsewhere" Posted by: M. Gaga at April 13, 2026 07:38 AM (KiBMU) 20
These poor trolls will never understand Trump. It's because 1. they don't want to, and 2. probably can't anyway. That is, in the former case they too invested in their caricatures. If they conceded his human dimension their entire house of calumnious cards would collapse. And secondly, they don't have the capability. Any skills of critical inquiry have been stunted and stifled by indoctrination.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 13, 2026 07:40 AM (INQN/) 21
>>>>I believe I understand better now the squeeze play Trump is putting on Iran.
https://tinyurl.com/58kx2uz8 Less immediately gratifying but preferable to bombing their infrastructure into oblivion. Posted by: Ordinary American at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (INQN/) ***** Thanks for posting the link OA, I was confused about the blockade until reading that. Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 13, 2026 07:40 AM (S+2Xo) Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 13, 2026 07:40 AM (DDJSl) 23
Question everything.
Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 07:43 AM (vFG9F) 24
France and the UK are setting up a commission to develop a plan to assist in keeping the Strait open.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:44 AM (yAteE) 25
Iran's play in the Hormuz is textbook IRGC. They claimed there were mines in the normal shipping channels. Laid there by Iran. But they couldn't guarantee safe passage unless the shipping channels were moved.
Into Iranian territorial waters. Which they did. Looking at live commercial shipping via MarineTraffic's website there are 3 flagged vessels in the Strait; 2 from China and an Iranian one. I'm sure there are others running without AIS on so they're not being tracked. But, Iran's ploy to divert commercial traffic and make money despite the issues they've caused in the Hormuz proper is failing. People that claim Trump's plan is failing don't understand what's happening. Countries that depend on petroleum products from Iran are either dealing directly with the US or going without. China, Russia and the EU are front and center in this thing. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 07:45 AM (AkEZC) 26
I’m Ron Burgundy?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 13, 2026 07:45 AM (jYRYu) 27
many leftists don't believe in any God but the power of the state.
The State is Mother, The State is Father and ye shall have no other gods before it. Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 07:46 AM (RjOoY) 28
US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban
Our government poisoned alcohol in Prohibition. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 07:47 AM (/+uur) 29
Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX) 30
24 France and the UK are setting up a commission to develop a plan to assist in keeping the Strait open.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:44 AM (yAteE) This reads like the set up for a joke. Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 13, 2026 07:48 AM (jYRYu) Posted by: Karen Nation at April 13, 2026 07:48 AM (vFG9F) 32
4 Dickhead swawell took the cowards way out.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (0N4FZ) I _wish_ he'd take the actual coward's way out and ACK himself. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 07:48 AM (iXqHn) 33
good morning! hope all are well
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:49 AM (j+aD2) 34
28 US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban
----- Let's celebrate with a drink of the recipe out by the cement pond! Posted by: Granny Clampett at April 13, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1) 35
Tousi had a display on the number of tankers that are heading to the US for oil. Venezuelan oil coming in and product going out.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:49 AM (yAteE) Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:50 AM (j+aD2) 37
Everyone Knows What the Democrats� AIPAC Obsession is Really About
===== Yeah. How do we get that sweet sweet Jew money while planning their demise? Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX) 38
Jack Squat, France and the UK are the joke.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:50 AM (yAteE) Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:51 AM (j+aD2) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 07:51 AM (77rzZ) 41
So, I listed Trump's 3 possible strategies to ending the Iran conflict last week...seems last night, he moved from strategy 3 (just claim the ceasefire win and leave) to a partial strategy 1 (take the oil and Hormuz - which I called the Kharg strategy) - seems he "took" Hormuz and is not taking the oil, but not allowing the oil to be put to any use...so, almost strategy 1 - so, we'll see if he needs to go further to get iran (aka China and Russia proxies) to give up...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 07:51 AM (tOcjL) 42
I, for one, welcome our new question-mark overlords.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 07:52 AM (77rzZ) 43
39 did you guys see that Sabrina Carpenter thing?
Heard of it and finally looked up what the fuss was about. Her mistake was apologizing. Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 07:52 AM (RjOoY) 44
"Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday."
"Seemingly," huh? I saw a few seconds of one clip, and there's no "seemingly" about it. Shame on you, Daily Caller, for using weasel words. Posted by: pookysgirl has worked at two newspapers at April 13, 2026 07:52 AM (Wt5PA) 45
> US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban
----------- It's still illegal to sell it. Which was the primary issue the Feds had with the whole thing. They were being left out of the revenue stream. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 07:52 AM (AkEZC) 46
thanks for the article about VT
that state is a mystery to me. have a kid up there for college. it's IMPOSSIBLE for people to keep up with the COL high COL - like crazy high! - and low pay everywhere. I guess not in govt work? that state is a hot mess (ok well a cold mess). Maine at least the guy can afford to live up there (while working). VT no way, even in a dump with three roommates! Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:53 AM (j+aD2) 47
I saw a post on the ONT that the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the prohibition of distilling spirits at home to be unconstitutional. WHOOO HOOOO! Now I am legal.
Honey is an excellent sugar source for liquor production. Posted by: Bonecrusher at April 13, 2026 07:54 AM (JNTt1) 48
France and the UK are setting up a commission to develop a plan to assist in keeping the Strait open. Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:44 AM (yAteE) Memos incoming!!! Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:54 AM (tgvbd) 49
{I]"Seemingly," huh? I saw a few seconds of one clip, and there's no "seemingly" about it. Shame on you, Daily Caller, for using weasel words.
everyone should watch video of this attack. I think I needed to be reminded these people really hate us and will happily send us to camps, if not kill us themselves what a sick family that is, and the dad is a Uke? sick bastard Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:54 AM (j+aD2) 50
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 07:54 AM (Zz0t1) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:55 AM (tgvbd) 52
A man. A plan. A straight. Hormuz!
Posted by: Count de Monet doesn't fully grok palindromes at April 13, 2026 07:56 AM (wVcYX) 53
45 > US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban
----------- It's still illegal to sell it. Which was the primary issue the Feds had with the whole thing. They were being left out of the revenue stream. **** This will allow hobby brewing to continue and let the brewer gain experience. More than one microbrewer got the experience and confidence to start their own business. Then they pay taxes. Posted by: clarence at April 13, 2026 07:57 AM (H1EjZ) 54
Gavin Newsom Said He Had a 'Moral Duty' To Release His Tax Returns Every Year He Served in Office. He Hasn't Since 2022.
===== Don't worry. He is still confident in his moral superiority. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX) 55
I'm sorry. I don't know who Sabrina Carpenter is or her meme.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:57 AM (rZCVI) 56
Belated BOING!
Drove up solo 3 hours ago to our vacation house in northern Israel to maintain numerous things. Plan to drive back to Jerusalem this evening. Because of the war, the last time we were here was 6-7 weeks ago. Garden is wild but I won't ask our gardener to come when we're not at home, under the circumstances. Lotsa booms and sirens further away just after I drove in. Noise was combo of intercepted Hizballah drones and bombing north of the border. The latter has been pretty much non-stop since I've been here and continues as I type. Same with jet noise in the background. Think I'll get some shuteye - in the secure room. Maybe l8r. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 13, 2026 07:58 AM (5UTWB) 57
From what I have gathered, the new regime in Hungary will do a very abrupt about-face on all these issues
- Virginia > Hungary Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 13, 2026 07:59 AM (5UTWB) 58
Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday.
Swalwell dropping out of the governors race leaves him as an ahole Congress critter. Have fun Dems Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 13, 2026 07:59 AM (genhU) 59
OT: So, did Trump really put out an AI pic of him as Jesus...sigh...he always goes one step too far on his personal attacks...all anyone will talk about is the pic, and not the content, b/c the pic, especially at Easter of all times, is offensive.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 07:59 AM (tOcjL) 60
Iran's negotiators refused to satisfy America's demands Saturday in talks in Pakistan ...
----------- Unexpectedly. Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:01 AM (TbhYO) 61
Usha Vance Is Making Maternity Fashion Hot Again
-- She looks utterly lovely. I'd actually forgotten she was pregnant. Posted by: Lady in Black at April 13, 2026 08:01 AM (qBdHI) Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:01 AM (Dv3i1) 63
60 Iran's negotiators refused to satisfy America's demands Saturday in talks in Pakistan ...
----------- Unexpectedly. Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:01 AM (TbhYO America's demands ? Like no nukes ? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 08:02 AM (TrNJ0) Posted by: Eeyore at April 13, 2026 08:02 AM (AlhUl) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:03 AM (rZCVI) 66
Listening to PDJT's interview yesterday it seems clear he thinks the Iranian negotiators, whomever they are, are stuck on only one point: retaining the right to enrich uranium. Trump believes all the other points, whatever they may be, are satisfactorily resolved, and he seems pretty sure the last issue will be quickly resolved, which is why his latest gambit (closing the Straits) is relatively mild.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:03 AM (31WUl) Posted by: Eeyore at April 13, 2026 08:03 AM (AlhUl) 68
Friend of mine has a son looking at colleges. One of them is Northeastern. His wife is flying with the boy to check thing out. Friend mentioned Oakland.
Me: "Please tell me you don't mean CA." Him: "Yes." Me: "I will lend your wife a gun." Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:04 AM (RjOoY) 69
From the "Hits just keep on coming" department:
My sister-in-law's mom passed away at their home last night. She had just got moved from a rehab facility on Friday into their place under hospice care. Wife texted me and let me know, then I reached out to see if I needed to come up there. SiL said no, but about 10 minutes later, my brother called and said she was gone. I can't even......... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1) 70
in context - professor papa has been reaming PDJT on social media - that post is funny.
I think it is. it's clearly meant in jest, and after the back and forth between them. and to imply that Chicago asshat thinks HE is Christ incarnate. the RCC is a total corrupt mess. still my Church. I want it to survive these criminals that run it. it's not like this hasn't happened before. but things are pretty bad. very corrupt. Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:04 AM (j+aD2) 71
I'm foreseeing a lot of "cultural change" coming Hungary's way. Hope they're ready for it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 13, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI) 72
Whoever's calling the shots in Iran wasted yet another chance for peace over the weekend, and now President Donald Trump will again call Tehran's bluff.
------------- Send in the robot dogs of war! And hundreds of thousands of Amazon Drone Home Delivery of firearms and ammo to the "dissidents" ... Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:05 AM (TbhYO) 73
68 Friend of mine has a son looking at colleges. One of them is Northeastern. His wife is flying with the boy to check thing out. Friend mentioned Oakland.
nothing really wrong with northeastern but it's like just being in Boston. no campus really. it also plays games with admissions to get higher rankings and is crazy expensive Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:05 AM (j+aD2) 74
24 France and the UK are setting up a commission to develop a plan to assist in keeping the Strait open.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:44 AM (yAteE) Actually I think they’re setting up a commission to decide who will supply the coffee and pastries for the meeting of their representatives who will start to talk about setting up a commission to discuss Hormuz. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 08:05 AM (tgZLi) 75
America's demands ? Like no nukes ? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 08:02 AM (TrNJ0) 1. You cannot possess or seek to obtain nuclear weapons. 2. You need to stop murdering innocent civilians because they're protesting your brutal, murderous regime. 3. You cannot control the Strait with an iron fist and extort the countries needing passage. Seems pretty straight forward. "Stop being a DICK!!!!" Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:06 AM (Zz0t1) 76
3. You cannot control the Strait with an iron fist and extort the countries needing passage.
lol except the countries in question - well certain entities - love that part bc they can kickbacks Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (j+aD2) 77
Good morning horde!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e) 78
sorry they GET kickbacks
I injured a finger yesterday gardening so my posting will be even worse than usual Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (j+aD2) 79
I think Hungarians were looking for an alternative to Orban after 16 years. When a young politician comes by promising to get the EU off their backs, release billions in Euros they were withholding and somehow do this without bringing in the hordes of 3rd world immigrants, they believed him. They'll get the money, they'll get EU praise, but they were lied to, they'll also get filthy criminals, censorship, trannies and groomers. Like, say, New York City!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (Dv3i1) 80
They assumed America would be help captive by conventional wisdom; our president proved them wrong.
----------- "Miss us yet?" -- Carter, Bush, Clinton, Shrub, DogEater, & The AutoPen Empire Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (TbhYO) 81
Turning Point USA�s �Frontlines� reporter Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday.
============================ Hernandez says she has learned the three prominent attackers, the bald man, the fat middle aged woman, and a younger woman who physically attacked Hernandez, are husband, wife, and daughter, claiming to be of Iranian ancestry. Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (31WUl) 82
I feel like a speed bag being used to train for a prize fight.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (Zz0t1) 83
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1)
Sorry, Sponge. How far would you have to go to get up there? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (rZCVI) 84
and is crazy expensive
Posted by: BlackOrchid Yeah. It's about 90K a year. He and his wife are trying to gently discourage him from going there. This being me, I said "Can I talk to him about the GI Bill and how it can help him?" -:-) Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (RjOoY) 85
Hernandez says she has learned the three prominent attackers, the bald man, the fat middle aged woman, and a younger woman who physically attacked Hernandez, are husband, wife, and daughter, claiming to be of Iranian ancestry.
probably the mom with the weird name. the dad is a Ukrainian american daughter plays soccer at some college up there. she needs to lose any scholarship she has. and all three need to go to jail. Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:09 AM (j+aD2) 86
When the media turns on a Dem, you have to ask yourself: "how does this benefit the Dems?"
John Nolte broke it down: (Swallwell's) sacrifice will break the three-way tie between the three top Democrats — Swalwell, Katie Porter, and Tom Steyer — and once Swalwell’s 15 percent support moves to the other two, one or both is certain to go on to compete in the general election, which practically ensures Democrats hold onto California’s governor’s seat. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (gtcuf) 87
As for Global Carbon and Golden Green, the two companies who actually held the carbon credits, these were little more than convenient sockpuppets. The former started life in 2020 masquerading as the “Pereira and Silva Haberdashery Store,” before a few changes in name and address heralded the birth of Global Carbon.
Carbon Credits was a ripoff from day 1. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (/+uur) 88
My sister-in-law's mom passed away at their home last night"
There's been too much of that lately... prayer. Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (XuXeR) 89
LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-DawnOfTheIceKING https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-ShadowOfTheIceKING https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-PrezLibraryCameo https://iran.liveuamap.com/ And no one will miss him after he's gone either. HUNTER BIDEN Flees US -- One NepoLIB's fail. https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-nepoLIBsAWAY ...It comes as Hunter challenged his arch-enemy to a CAGE FIGHT in an astonishing video. Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (nRs28) 90
CBD went to college in Oakland, ask him.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (RIvkX) 91
one or both is certain to go on to compete in the general election, which practically ensures Democrats hold onto California’s governor’s seat.
even if it's Porter?!?!? Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (j+aD2) 92
> Hernandez says she has learned the three prominent attackers, the bald man, the fat middle aged woman, and a younger woman who physically attacked Hernandez, are husband, wife, and daughter, claiming to be of Iranian ancestry.
----------- A decade ago I would have laughed at the insanity of such a statement. Now.... it's par for the course. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (AkEZC) 93
The Straight of Hormuz isn't.
Posted by: And it's singular, not plural at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1) 94
I injured a finger yesterday gardening so my posting will be even worse than usual
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (j+aD2) ----------- Unpossible. ;-) Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (TbhYO) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ) 96
UK and France confirm they won’t help with the blockade.
Basically because they are making side deals with Iran. It’s time to cut the cord with those two Islamic caliphates. Posted by: Vengeance at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (AydIQ) 97
Swallowswell...too morally sullied for the CA gubernatorial race, but by golly, he still qualifies for Congress! I recall Al Franken being kicked to Congress' curb for faaar less.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI) 98
Today Is National Scrabble Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (NpAcC) 99
looking like the devils, rangers and the isles will miss the playoffs this year! heh
and the flyers might even squeak in Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2) 100
The hypocrisy here is too much for me to handle.
Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX) 101
The Straight of Hormuz isn't.
Posted by: And it's singular, not plural at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1) ------------ "Why hasn't the homophobe Trump renamed it 'The Gay of Hormuz' yet? REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!" Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (TbhYO) 102
Cardinals Robert McElroy, Jeffrey Tobin and Blase Cupich were interviewed on 60 minutes and made a good showing of what is wrong with the Catholic church in the US today. I can't wait for these guys to retire.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (Dv3i1) 103
Viktor Orban was widely seen in Hungary as a corrupt oligarch, seen partying on his yacht with his oligarch pals. Hungary had its own variation on the "train to nowhere" debacle, except in Hungary's case it was a functioning rail system that had been left to rot, with gobs of money funneled to various insiders that did nothing to upgrade/modernize/maintain the system.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (nJ/vH) 104
86 When the media turns on a Dem, you have to ask yourself: "how does this benefit the Dems?"
John Nolte broke it down: (Swallwell's) sacrifice will break the three-way tie between the three top Democrats — Swalwell, Katie Porter, and Tom Steyer — and once Swalwell’s 15 percent support moves to the other two, one or both is certain to go on to compete in the general election, which practically ensures Democrats hold onto California’s governor’s seat. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (gtcuf) This, 100%. But since I think Steyer is funding this, I don't think he's done - he's gonna try to destroy Porter with her past next. He just had to start with the white guy 1st b/c that guy would take more of his votes than she would. Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (tOcjL) 105
Trump called out Chicago Pope! Trump's right, of course, and besides, The Pope Smokes Dope!
Posted by: David Peel at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (oftw2) 106
Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting.
Im sorry do we not have enough guys in there to expel him?!?! maybe for once the Rs do something? Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (j+aD2) 107
Swalwell is but sacrificial chess piece in game of politics.
Posted by: Mongo at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (wVcYX) 108
105 Trump called out Chicago Pope! Trump's right, of course, and besides, The Pope Smokes Dope!
I have to say, I love it. screw that guy Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:14 AM (j+aD2) 109
I believe Iran is being forced to try to attack one or both of the US destroyers in the Straits now; although I don’t know if they have the capability left to even try.
If they don’t, then they will be exposed as now powerless fools who have nothing left; if they do then Trump will justified in seizing all of the islands in the straits and sending back the B-52’s. It will be interesting to see which path is taken. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 08:14 AM (tgZLi) 110
FWIW, I do chuckle at the morning's newz reports... oil was going thru? But we were told...
Anyway, everyone (seemingly) in shipping here has gone crazy. Think I'll have lunch tomorrow at the Monument Inn and watch the tankers go by... Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:14 AM (XuXeR) 111
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2)
Meanwhile, The Sabres not only broke a record-setting 14-year playoff drought, they're very legit contenders. I'd like to see them win a Cup for Lindy Ruff before he retires. Oldest head coach in the league. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:14 AM (gtcuf) 112
The hypocrisy here is too much for me to handle.
Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX) ------------- At least he's STILL not on The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) after having been knowingly honeypotted and sleeping with a ChiComm spy named Fang Fang (and likely with her sister Bang Bang). Wait, wut? Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:15 AM (TbhYO) 113
Meanwhile, The Sabres not only broke a record-setting 14-year playoff drought, they're very legit contenders. I'd like to see them win a Cup for Lindy Ruff before he retires. Oldest head coach in the league.
I'll root for them! love Lindy Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:15 AM (j+aD2) 114
A bald man, the fat middle aged woman, and a younger woman walk into a bar...
Posted by: Stop me if you've heard it at April 13, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1) 115
Birdbath Status:
So I cleaned the birdbath (those things get impossibly dirty in about 36 hours after washing out) I have in the back yard and filled it up with clean water last evening. It wasn't long when I saw Mr. Robin just standing in the middle of it. It wasn't long before he was dipping, splashing, flapping, and spraying water around for several minutes. It really looked like he was enjoying himself. Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 08:15 AM (DgMqy) 116
Sorry, Sponge. How far would you have to go to get up there?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (rZCVI) It's a 45 minute drive, at most, from my house. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:16 AM (XuXeR) 118
I injured a finger yesterday gardening so my posting will be even worse than usual Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (j+aD2) There has to be a funny story behind this....... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1) 119
Joanna and I could make a living running the Stratford Inn in Vermont in the 80s. Couldn't be done now. Larry, Darryl, and Darryl all got on meth since then. The whole state is a hellscape!
Posted by: Dick Loudon at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2) 120
Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting.
Posted by: San Franpsycho No hypocrisy they all are the same Swallwell was in the way But too stupid to know it. Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (AIm4E) 121
There has to be a funny story behind this.......
no I'm just dumb and didn't wear gloves! and it was cold enough yesterday that my hands were numb and I didn't even realize I cut my finger pretty badly Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (j+aD2) 122
ChiComm spy named Fang Fang (and likely with her sister Bang Bang).
If she won't do it then her sister will? Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR) 123
85 daughter plays soccer at some college up there. she needs to lose any scholarship she has. and all three need to go to jail.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:09 AM (j+aD2) Shattuck St. Mary's is a high school. Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 08:18 AM (iXqHn) 124
Joanna and I could make a living running the Stratford Inn in Vermont in the 80s. Couldn't be done now. Larry, Darryl, and Darryl all got on meth since then. The whole state is a hellscape!
Posted by: Dick Loudon at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2) Maybe it's all just a bad dream. Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2026 08:18 AM (wVcYX) Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:18 AM (j+aD2) 126
Viktor Orban was widely seen in Hungary as a corrupt oligarch, seen partying on his yacht with his oligarch pals.
-- That's a shame. I really knew nothing about him other than he wasn't on a cultural suicide mission to destroy Hungary like the rest of Europe, minus Poland. Posted by: Lady in Black at April 13, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI) 127
100 The hypocrisy here is too much for me to handle.
Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM +++++ Nothing will happen. Posted by: The person who always says that at April 13, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1) 128
There's been too much of that lately... prayer.
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (XuXeR) Yeah, the last few years have taken their toll. Mom, Dad, FiL, now SiL's mom. The only family I really have contact with is an uncle. Sure, there's cousins, but all the older relatives I knew are gone. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1) 129
and/or that's where she was recruited to play
likely St Marys recruited her too bc I cannot see how the dad - raising geckos?!?! - could afford Shattuck St Marys tuition but am pretty sure she graduated kids from her HS say she was a monster - really nuts and a mean girl my surprise was her boyfriend (a Marine?!?) bc usually soccer girls are not into guys lol. esp ones that look like her, she's a truck Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (j+aD2) 130
The whole state is a hellscape!
Posted by: Dick Loudon" That's it. No Japanese food before you go to bed Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (XuXeR) 131
Trump blasts Pope Leo after pontiff's veiled jabs over Iran war, immigration
----------- How many pro-Islamicist Popes have we had now? /rhetorical, as the answer should be -- but is not -- ZERO Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (TbhYO) 132
no I'm just dumb and didn't wear gloves! and it was cold enough yesterday that my hands were numb and I didn't even realize I cut my finger pretty badly
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (j+aD2) No, that's not how you do it. "Yeah, sure. I'm bleeding, but you should see that red tip photinia!" Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1) 133
>124 Joanna and I could make a living running the Stratford Inn in Vermont in the 80s. Couldn't be done now. Larry, Darryl, and Darryl all got on meth since then. The whole state is a hellscape!
Posted by: Dick Loudon at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2) Maybe it's all just a bad dream. ---- That's Ok, Bob. I can make you forget all about it. Posted by: Suzanne Pleshette at April 13, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:21 AM (j+aD2) 135
Orion capsule has been condemned by the Health Department. Will be scrapped and turned into Samsung refrigerators.
Posted by: Big Barrel Of Shit at April 13, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2) 136
yeah sponge Im starting to rethink the roses lol
but at least deer don't eat them Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:21 AM (j+aD2) Valid. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1) 137
ChiComm spy named Fang Fang (and likely with her sister Bang Bang).
If she won't do it then her sister will? Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR) Which one wears the funky pink and black socks? Posted by: El Loco (1981) at April 13, 2026 08:22 AM (wVcYX) 138
Yeah, the last few years have taken their toll"
Same. Our extended family reunion could now fill... an SUV, and three of that number are in poor condition.... Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM (XuXeR) 139
There is a way to reveal the obvious bias of the pope, and hypocrisy of his selective musings and invocation of the Gospels.
It isn’t posting pictures of yourself as the savior and bleating self ingratiating rants. It’s easily done, if you take the thought and time to make your argument. But, alas. Posted by: Marcus T at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM (Kkd7+) 140
Fen's Rebel News clip is interesting, but I'd hope they add captioning. I have a hard time understanding the accent.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM (IYA3L) 141
Speaking of the Orion capsule.........
Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show? I don't remember it taking almost 2 hours to get the astronauts out of the capsule in the 70's. And why did they air lift them to the ship instead of just boating them as done back then? Just seems like a massive waste of money at that point. The whole "front porch" thing was silly. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1) 142
my surprise was her boyfriend (a Marine?!?) bc usually soccer girls are not into guys lol. esp ones that look like her, she's a truck
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (j+aD2) ----------- When I was at Stanford in the mid-80s, I had a crush on a pretty, smart, and engaging woman with a fantastic sense of humor who was a member of their Softball Team (unfortunately, she had a boyfriend) who lived in the same dorm that I did. One of my friends (although I never could or did verify) claimed that she was the ONLY non-Lesbian on the softball team that year. Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (TbhYO) 143
> UK and France confirm they won’t help with the blockade.
--------- The citizenry there might have a different opinion. Maybe. Doubt they'll do anything about it. Probably too busy trying to avoid getting raped or killed by their Muslim neighbors. Without much fuel, England and Europe in general will be an interesting place this summer. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (AkEZC) 144
Usha Vance Is Making Maternity Fashion Hot Again
>>> Good luck *getting* it though! Stores like Wal-Mart and Target have tiny maternity sections, and specialty maternity stores have gone out of business or shrunk dramatically. And no, I can't just wear sweatpants and loose tshirts to places like church! Posted by: pookysgirl, grumbling at change at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (Wt5PA) Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (iJfKG) 146
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM (IYA3L)
Yes, it was a little hard to tell understand some of it. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:25 AM (Nx5jP) 147
"When allegations emerge just in time to sideline a candidate, it doesn’t mean the party takes sexual harassment seriously. It means it covers up sexual harassment and even sexual assault until it’s politically useful."
I believe the Democrats and the MSM have known about this for a long time and planned to keep it under wraps forever. It wasn't until they realized that 2 Republicans might be their choices for governor that they decided they needed to reduce the pack and decided to let the dirt come on Swalwell. Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC) 148
One of my friends (although I never could or did verify) claimed that she was the ONLY non-Lesbian on the softball team that year. Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (TbhYO) There used to be a rule of thumb on the softball field. Have a bud who's daughter played D2 ball. She said that if they wore a ribbon in their hair on the field during a game, they were straight. Not sure that's the case now. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1) 149
Looks like the UK and France are gonna pay our tolls then.
"somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!" Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (gtcuf) 150
Speaking of the Orion capsule.........
Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show? I don't remember it taking almost 2 hours to get the astronauts out of the capsule in the 70's. And why did they air lift them to the ship instead of just boating them as done back then? Just seems like a massive waste of money at that point. The whole "front porch" thing was silly. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1) -------------- Nailed it. I was just telling the wifey: last time I watched a SpaceX spashdown, they hoisted the entire capsule and dropped it on the retrieval ship -- from which they proceeded to remove each astronaut. I'm watching this recent shitshow, and I'm like "Why the fuck are they removing the astronauts and flying them by helicopter one-by-one to the ship? Fucking idiocy ... but I expect no less from NASA (I honestly am thrilled and surprised that they didn't screw the DEI Pooch on this mission). Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (TbhYO) 151
Barely any of Rep. Eric Swalwell's fellow elected California Democrats have called for him to resign his Congressional seat though some said he should drop out of the state's gubernatorial race after multiple women accused him of sexual assault Friday.
Swalwell should be in prison for espionage but I don't believe these allegations. It's the standard Democrat playbook. Someone is running for office so we'll get a bunch of women to claim he touched their no-no squares an unspecified period of time in the past when they couldn't be bothered to do anything about it. If it takes supporting Swalwell in this moment to prevent the Democrats from having a Gubernatorial candidate on ballot this year, and - hopefully - helping end this tactic, I'm in support. Not financially, you understand, and I don't live in Cali but I'm totally in support. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e) 152
"somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!" Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (gtcuf) Pencil neck geeks are a dime a dozen. I'm looking for the guy who's supplying the dimes. Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassy at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1) 153
Just enjoying a mediterranean salad and wondering why it's more important to the Pope that the Orthodox Church accept the authority of the Bishop of Rome than it is for the muslims to accept Christ.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:28 AM (2ap+5) 154
I'm not necessarily in tune with the attitude of the Hungarian people but that they sent a true patriot and a staunch defender of western values, civilization and sanity packing is a head scratcher
16 years is a long time for one party to lead a government. Generally though the sugar that gets leftwing parties elected is offering free shit. My guess would be they found just the pitch to make to get a victory here Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm) 155
Trump is showing his business acumen. Take notes and buy oil/gas stock:
Trump liberates Venezuela and the American companies can go back to their legitimate business of developing oil and gas fields in Venezuela. Our petrochemical companies now have more oil to sell. Trump invites the buys of Middle East oil to buy from the US. Trump then closes the Straight of Hormuz. Everyone will be coming to the US for oil now. Profit while you can. Buy some US oil/gas stocks because they are going to be flush with cash... Posted by: The Sanhedrin at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (+9A0s) 156
Just enjoying a mediterranean salad and wondering why it's more important to the Pope that the Orthodox Church accept the authority of the Bishop of Rome than it is for the muslims to accept Christ.
If Orthodox Christians disagree with you they argue back. If Muslims disagree with you they cut off your head Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm) 157
Swalwell should be in prison for espionage but I don't believe these allegations. It's the standard Democrat playbook. Someone is running for office so we'll get a bunch of women to claim he touched their no-no squares an unspecified period of time in the past when they couldn't be bothered to do anything about it.
-------------- Paging Gloria Allred, please pickup the white privilege courtesy phone ... Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (TbhYO) Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (iJfKG) 159
Listen, if he is good enough for Congress he is good enough for the sh*tpile that is Sacramento.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX) 160
Posted by: Marcus T at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM
Yes, sometimes Trump goes off half cocked like a high school kid. He should have reasoned things out in a post, but it ( the meme) didn't bother me all that much because I don't confuse Trump with Jesus whatever leftists think- nor does any other Christian here. Besides, it will all blow over with some new Trump thing by next week- leftists are all enraged about. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (Nx5jP) 161
Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1) ================= Compared to the efficiency of a SpaceX recovery, where they hook up the capsule, haul it onto the recovery ship and quickly get astronauts out with a minimum of time wasted and effort, it did seem ridiculous. Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (IYA3L) 162
Just enjoying a mediterranean salad and wondering why it's more important to the Pope that the Orthodox Church accept the authority of the Bishop of Rome than it is for the muslims to accept Christ.
Posted by: Oglebay Noticed that, did ya? Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 08:31 AM (cYBz/) 163
139 There is a way to reveal the obvious bias of the pope, and hypocrisy of his selective musings and invocation of the Gospels.
It isn’t posting pictures of yourself as the savior and bleating self ingratiating rants. LET's GO BRANDON! https://iran.liveuamap.com/ No one batted an eye when the Green Bat Prepared to take flight. Why so COFEFE? https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-OneNation https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-TheFrankenRabbit https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-theOBAMANOMICON Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 13, 2026 08:31 AM (FS1Xl) 164
Viktor Orban was widely seen in Hungary as a corrupt oligarch, seen partying on his yacht with his oligarch pals.
Whereas the new guy will be a totally above board oligarch, partying with the globalists in Brussels and vowing to crush the Russian menace while importing millions of muslims. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e) 165
Many members of Trump’s cabinet have sought to infuse Christianity into their respective departments’ messaging. Few have gone as far as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has called for and led prayers inside the Pentagon and at wartime press conferences.
Am I missiing something? The Pentagon Chapel offers regular Mass services. Here is a typical schedule: Day Mass Time Sunday 10:00 AM Monday 12:00 PM Tuesday 12:00 PM Wednesday 12:00 PM Thursday 12:00 PM Friday 12:00 PM Saturday 5:00 PM (Vigil) Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur) 166
141 Speaking of the Orion capsule.........
Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show? I don't remember it taking almost 2 hours to get the astronauts out of the capsule in the 70's. And why did they air lift them to the ship instead of just boating them as done back then? Just seems like a massive waste of money at that point. The whole "front porch" thing was silly. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM +++ The ship that picked them up is an LPD (Landing Platform Dock) that has a well deck designed to retrieve those Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs). Seems it would have been faster and simpler than using the choppers. In fact, when they finally got them all into the "front porch" and cast off from the capsule they looked like shipwreck survivors in a lifeboat. Posted by: Always Explain Your Acronyms at April 13, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1) 167
Everyone will be coming to the US for oil now. Profit while you can. Buy some US oil/gas stocks because they are going to be flush with cash...
Chevron is up 25% over the last 6 months AND they pay a significant dividend. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:32 AM (sKqQm) 168
Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?
Posted by: Sponge How many 10 mm sockets were lost in the ocean while trying to open the hatch? Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (cYBz/) 169
Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde. Posted by: Inogame at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (53oGX) 170
Compared to the efficiency of a SpaceX recovery, where they hook up the capsule, haul it onto the recovery ship and quickly get astronauts out with a minimum of time wasted and effort, it did seem ridiculous.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (IYA3L) I asked why they just didn't do that. Go pluck that bitch once it cools off, put it on the deck and get em out one by one. They took a relatively 'simple' thing and drug it out and spent as much $$$$ while telling me "this is AWESOME!!! HISTORIC!!!!" every 3 minutes. I was embarrassed for America and her space program. Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassy at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1) 171
Shit......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1) 172
I don't like it when Papa and POTUS bicker
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (LmPA0) 173
If Orthodox Christians disagree with you they argue back.
If Muslims disagree with you they cut off your head Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm) Now do Trans vs. Free Speechers Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur) 174
The change is part of Philz's effort to create a more consistent, inclusive experience across all our stores, including removing a variety of flags and other decor, CEO Mahesh Sadarangani told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Hmmm... an American company with an Indian CEO. That's gotta be a first. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e) 175
The whole "front porch" thing was silly.
Posted by: Sponge "On the Old Front Porch" was one of my hit songs. I sang both parts, the visiting suitor, and the young damsel. Posted by: Tiny Tim at April 13, 2026 08:35 AM (oftw2) 176
Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?"
It was. IMO, emblematic of NASA stupidity. Can't do the simple things. FWIW, the Apollo 13 recovery is on YouTube.... Compare and contrast Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR) 177
If Muslims disagree with you they cut off your head Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm) Now do Trans vs. Free Speechers Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur) muslhams behead. Trannies shoot up schools. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1) 178
Iran Nominated to Head UN Terrorism Prevention Group
I hope they also head the Womens Rights Group Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur) 179
I can always tell who is a lesbo in the locker room.
They wear underwear with dick holes in 'em. Posted by: Caitlin Clark at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (CRbC4) 180
> Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?
---------- Everyone involved was being paid by the hour? In all honesty it probably was to mitigate a potential PR disaster had something gone horribly wrong. Each astronaut gets a briefing on what "the story" will be. Especially when questions about the space toilet come up. But it was/is typical government operations when the cameras are rolling. Everyone get's a closeup. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (AkEZC) 181
I put Things The Pope says in the compartment with The Things That Trump Says, and The Things That Aaron Rodgers says.
They spout off stupid stuff so it doesn't make any sense to hang on their every word. However, when the Pope's obvious political bent makes him say things that are theologically wrong, that's another level of problem, and he should be challenged/criticized. Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (DgMqy) 182
>>> Good luck *getting* it though! Stores like Wal-Mart and Target have tiny maternity sections, and specialty maternity stores have gone out of business or shrunk dramatically. And no, I can't just wear sweatpants and loose tshirts to places like church!
Posted by: pookysgirl, Yeah, Target recently stopped selling maternity clothes in store Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 08:37 AM (LmPA0) 183
Rendee to Ceasar...something something...
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR) 184
Viktor Orban was widely seen in Hungary as a corrupt oligarch, seen partying on his yacht with his oligarch pals.
Whereas the new guy will be a totally above board oligarch, partying with the globalists in Brussels and vowing to crush the Russian menace while importing millions of muslims. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e) Unbelievably frustrating to see the disaster unfold and to know otherwise good decent Hungarian people were tricked into wanting'change'. Add 'hope' and you have America in 2008. DIL is Hungarian. Brilliant woman and even she fell for the bullshit. Most people are not political junkies and are very susceptible to A colour revolution.... Hungary is about to get The Mandami Experience. Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at April 13, 2026 08:38 AM (B9Wi8) 185
Besides, it will all blow over with some new Trump thing by next week
OK, that was a laugh that I needed. Thanks, Fen! Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (RjOoY) 186
"OK, Erik, here's the plan. You give up the gov race but stay here. No more committees, and you have to move to one of the basement offices. Just keep quiet until next year and all this shit will blow over. Oh, yeah, you're still lined up for that senior fellow no show bullshit job in 2030. Good man, taking one for the team. But please, shave. You look like a bum."
A DNC handler/enforcer Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (gm9Sb) Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (BI5O2) 188
So, apparently some prominent youtubers who are vocal about Iranian Islamic regime atrocities, antisemitism, and so forth, are now being mass taken down for some flippant nonexistent reason. Youtube outsources its shitty services to Phakis and other sharia malcontents, and they are now running the show, dictating sharia to American company apparently. Neal Mohan's stupid ass needs to be dragged in front of Congress so he can explain why an American company is groomed for Sharia and Islamism.
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3) 189
It appears Hillary is attacking the Catholic Church also.
_____ Hillary Clinton mocks Trump, GOP traditional family policy as ‘brain-dead,’ rooted in ‘misogyny’ ‘Their answer is too often nostalgia and misogyny: If we could turn back the clock to a time when women didn’t work (and knew their place), the economy would thrive, and families would flourish,’ the failed presidential candidate wrote. Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (Dv3i1) 190
Is he still seated in Congress?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1) Yes. I don't know if Cali allows people to be on the ballot for both Governor and Congress so I don't know if he's out in January or not. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (ExV1e) 191
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I can always tell who is a lesbo in the locker room.
They wear underwear with dick holes in 'em. Posted by: Caitlin Clark at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (CRbC4) LOL. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1) 193
Iran Nominated to Head UN Terrorism Prevention Group
I hope they also head the Womens Rights Group Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur) ------------- Please tell me there's a UN Free To Fly Homo Group. Lie to me if you must ... Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (TbhYO) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR) 195
Phakistan is such a trash can, geez.
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (GD0B3) 196
I am glad that Swalwell is getting a big taste of Karma.
He had so many plans to destroy Trump and MAGA. When this is over he won't be able to get a job on MSNOW or working as a Walmart greeter. Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC) Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (TbhYO) 198
>> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (Nx5jP)
There is no confusion nor juxtaposition with who Jesus is. But I would never represent myself or anyone else as being on that level. Not Trump. Not any man. Especially as some sort of snarky argument. It’s not even a close call. And BTW it’s hard to argue with the substance of the Pope’s central argument which is that Jesus was a pacifist- and you know better than most there is a meaty argument to be made for that. That said, the Pope seems hopelessly biased. His statements are selective and seemingly targeted at people who are conservative. There is nothing from the papacy about the anti life platform of Democrats. No clear statement when he meets with people like Axelrod who supports abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality and most of the Catholic beliefs. It’s all about Trump, which reveals his true human bias- and frankly people are sick of it. Posted by: Marcus T at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (Kkd7+) 199
Ok I did 60s of research on the Hungarian opposition guy.
He's a "moderate conservative" who came to power because he secretly taped his wife talking about some scandal that the ruling party had been involved with. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (sKqQm) 200
I am glad that Swalwell is getting a big taste of Karma.
He had so many plans to destroy Trump and MAGA. When this is over he won't be able to get a job on MSNOW or working as a Walmart greeter. Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC) -------------- He'll get a multi-million dollar job as The Fifth Hag on "The View." Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:41 AM (TbhYO) 201
I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses’ bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.
====================== Keir Starmer is a retard. If he truly wants to increase British influence on world events, he would do something, anything at all, to build up that influence, but he just whines in public and stamps his foot like a teenaged bitch. Start posting dance protests on TikTok, Two-Tier. That'll get you further. Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:41 AM (IYA3L) 202
"If we could turn back the clock to a time when women didn’t work (and knew their place)"
Ah yes. It's oppressive for a woman to have a husband telling her what to do but liberating for her to have a male boss telling her what to do. And it's soooo much more fulfilling. Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (RjOoY) 203
Any "pride/trans" stuff?
Posted by: man Not locally, actually Either there was none during pride month or they hid them in the back Target seems to be desperate to only stock stuff that actually sells now It's sad about maternity clothes because that tells me there's not enough babies in the middle class demographic Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (LmPA0) 204
I wonder what Miklos thinks about the Hungarian election.
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (GD0B3) 205
Today's � is a traffic sign test for all illiterate foreign truck drivers to pass/fail. We all know what it means. They do not.
Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 08:43 AM (5rh/l) 206
Ok, so just what is the objective criteria that establishes someone to be classified as a "prominent YouTuber?'
A hundred thousand views? A million views? A Brazilion? Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1) 207
The current Pope is heavily political.
Rather then the Vicar of Christ and leader of the *CATHOLIC* Church he sees his job as little different then Macron or Starmer Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm) 208
204 I seem to recall that Miklos was not an Orban fan.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ) 209
206 Ok, so just what is the objective criteria that establishes someone to be classified as a "prominent YouTuber?'
___ I have a prominent tuber. Posted by: Brian "Potato" Stelter, sex machine at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (Dv3i1) 210
Ok, so just what is the objective criteria that establishes someone to be classified as a "prominent YouTuber?'
A hundred thousand views? A million views? A Brazilion? Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1) That always cracks me up. Where I would imagine amassing a million views of some shit you posted on the internet is a big deal to you, there's 8 billion people on this planet. I'm supposed to be impressed you got .00001% of society to watch your video? Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (Zz0t1) 211
It's sad about maternity clothes because that tells me there's not enough babies in the middle class demographic"
Indeed. OTOH, our local wally world has drastically expanded the infant supply section, and two of the neighbor ladies and mom's nurse are very pregnant... Hope it's not the water... Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR) 212
Iran's chief executioner's (Chief of "Judiciary") name is ...Golum. No joke. "Gholam" in Persian.
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (GD0B3) 213
I don't know who Sabrina Carpenter is or her meme.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:57 AM (rZCVI) A pop singer whose videos always include imagery of killing men. She offended a muslim and apologized over it. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR) 215
I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses’ bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.
It is comical how the left flips from A) Of course the cost of energy has to go up, we have to save the Earth! That's why we are committing to taxing and regulating the primary sources of energy most Americans use B) Oh no energy prices are up temporarily due to some global incident. This is unacceptable! Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm) 216
The current Pope is heavily political.
Rather then the Vicar of Christ and leader of the *CATHOLIC* Church he sees his job as little different then Macron or Starmer Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm) This Pope sucks. Just like the last Pope. The only Pope that was worth a shit in recent times was Benedict and they ran his ass off because he wasn't 'for the queers.' Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1) 217
I think Trump was trolling the Pope
Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (AIm4E) 218
I am glad that Swalwell is getting a big taste of Karma.
He had so many plans to destroy Trump and MAGA. When this is over he won't be able to get a job on MSNOW or working as a Walmart greeter. Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC) ----------------- "That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'" /obligatory Dating Game reference Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (TbhYO) 219
I understand the problems with Orban. That said, the alternative here was a guy who was selling a move toward Brussels.
He said "Orban is very corrupt, but he won't turn this into an Arab country like I will," and that message worked... somehow. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2) 220
I seem to recall that Miklos was not an Orban fan.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ) My recollection also. Corruption I believe. Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3) 221
Joanna Loudon was famous for wearing nice sweaters on Newhart in the 80s. Her only real competition was Dave Ruprecht, the host of Supermarket Sweep.
Posted by: Bring Back The 80s! at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR) 223
A pop singer whose videos always include imagery of killing men. She offended a muslim and apologized over it. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e) May she feel the full brunt of the muslham fandom in the near future. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1) 224
Sabrina Carpenter is a poptart who can't sing but has become popular because she's very sexual.
Think a new younger Madonna but with autotune instead of Madonna's limited singing talent Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm) 225
I wonder what Miklos thinks about the Hungarian election.
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (GD0B3) He very much dislikes Orban. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 08:48 AM (BI5O2) 226
"That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'"
/obligatory Dating Game reference Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (TbhYO) "Where's the strangest place you've had sex?" Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1) 227
"That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'"
/obligatory Dating Game reference Posted by: ShainS That's a Newlywed Game reference. Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2) 228
The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded, according to fresh data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 3.6M babies were born in the U.S. in 2025, translating into 53 births for every 1,000 women of reproductive age. That's nearly 20% lower than it was two decades ago, with half of all American women now reaching the age of 30 without becoming mothers. (via Seeking Alpha)
============================ I know zero young women having kids in their 20's. All of them are waiting until their 30's. Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (hMRgj) 229
221 Yeah, Mary Frann filled out sweaters very well.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (77rzZ) 230
13 Question marks. So many question marks.
Posted by: Delurker Who would place so many questions marks? Why? To disrupt the free exchange of information? Who would benefit from that, and how do we blame the Jews? I'm just asking questions here. Posted by: Tucker Carlson at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (JCZqz) 231
He said "Orban is very corrupt, but he won't turn this into an Arab country like I will," and that message worked... somehow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice But that wasn't his message. It was "Orban is corrupt, I will get the money it is holding back from us, but I won't allow mass immigration". Hungarians liked that message because it is what they wanted to hear. The trick is on them though because they will get mass immigration. Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (Dv3i1) 232
Yeah, Mary Frann filled out sweaters very well.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (77rzZ) This is why boobs are sometimes referred to as "sweater puppies." Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1) 233
The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded,
And the cat population has tripled.... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (TrNJ0) 234
The Chicago Way Pope
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX) 235
“If a Government can’t protect citizens and their property against violence, vandalism, and theft, there is little point in having a government at all.”
Taxes, welfare, Obamacare, food stamps, EBT, Abortion, Medicaid, Medicare, SS, voter fraud, teachers unions, gas taxes, and illegal immigrations seem to be the Point of Current Big Govt. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (/+uur) 236
And the cat population has tripled.... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (TrNJ0) Pikers. Posted by: Feral Hogs at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR) 238
I know zero young women having kids in their 20's. All of them are waiting until their 30's.
Most young women believe they need to: 1) First get "established" in their career 2) Then find Mr Right 3) Then save money That means you will be waiting until your 30s to have kids... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm) 239
229 221 Yeah, Mary Frann filled out sweaters very well.
Posted by: Bulg Ha! Knew I could get you to come out of the woodwork! Posted by: Bulg Fan at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (oftw2) 240
The Straight of Hormuz isn't.
Posted by: And it's singular, not plural at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1) It's also not spelled that way. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e) 241
232 Didn’t Ace have a saying, “A sweater full of mischief?”
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ) 242
Didn’t Ace have a saying, “A sweater full of mischief?”
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ) He's not wrong. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (Zz0t1) 243
The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded,"
Oh no! We must admit millions of immigrants because something! Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR) 244
I honestly don't think Swalwell has to worry about where his next paycheck will come from. In certain leftist circles he's a hero for being what he is.
It's rare for the political apparatus to disown one of their soldiers... regardless which affiliation they have or pin they wear on a lapel. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (AkEZC) 245
My interest in Eastern Europe declined quite a bit when Judit Varga resigned as Hungary's Minister of Justice and Kaja Kallas was revealed to be an EU stooge.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (2ap+5) 246
It's also not spelled that way. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e) The Gay of Hormuz? Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1) 247
Common Dreams: Iran’s Top Diplomat Says Trump Team Sabotaged Talks With Deal ‘Inches Away’
The Trump administration...set down numerous “red lines” during the Islamabad talks this past weekend, including demanding that Iran end all uranium enrichment—which Iran has a right to conduct under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons—and dismantle its major nuclear energy facilities. After the single day of talks faltered, Trump announced a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, an illegal act of war that critics warned could plunge the two sides into a deeper conflict. US Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said in an interview on Sunday that American lawmakers “need to do whatever we can to get [Trump] out” of office, calling the president’s war on Iran “illegal,” “a war crime,” “immoral,” and disastrous for the American public. “Impeachment, invoke the 25th Amendment, push for him to resign, whatever it is,” Jayapal told MS NOW. “This is so grave of a situation.” Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (JCZqz) 248
This Pope sucks. Just like the last Pope. The only Pope that was worth a shit in recent times was Benedict and they ran his ass off because he wasn't 'for the queers.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1) ------------- Ah, the good ol' "Gay" or "Velvet" Mafia of Cardinals (high-ranking gay clergy within the Vatican) that ran off and caused Pope Benedict to "retire" early owing to their underground gay network involved in sex parties, blackmail, and financial misconduct tied to the Vatican Bank. Old & Busted: The Deep State. New Hotness: The Deep Mate. Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (TbhYO) 249
"Although few people saw the present brouhaha coming, Ireland makes a natural ground zero in the war between Big Government globalists (aka, the international rules-based order club of World Economic Forum totalitarians)"
I saw this coming. It's a war between Dublin and the rural hobbits and it's been brewing for a long time. It's not just about fuel prices. It's similar to our own divide between our Leftist wannabee overlords and the rest of us. Once you piss them off enough, the Irish hobbits don't back down Posted by: Ignoramus at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (dtajH) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR) 251
That means you will be waiting until your 30s to have kids...
Posted by: 18-1 And by then, the guys their age are marrying the younger women. Sadly a lot of ladies need to learn that fertility is not forever and waiting that long causes problems. Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (RjOoY) 252
For some reason, probably genetic, it's very difficult for me to trust an Irishman.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (2ap+5) 253
yep, pro IRGC supporters to whom Youtube outsourced moderation are banning accounts mocking the regime too. Nice going. inbreds think they will get away with it.
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (GD0B3) Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (77rzZ) 255
Her only real competition was Dave Ruprecht, the host of Supermarket Sweep.
Posted by: Bring Back The 80s! at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2) ===================== Ruprecht? A great character. https://tinyurl.com/Ruprecht-1 Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (p5Yig) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR) 257
And by then, the guys their age are marrying the younger women. Sadly a lot of ladies need to learn that fertility is not forever and waiting that long causes problems.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (RjOoY) This is already happening. Younger women are looking for older men because men their age suck and don't know how to treat and please a woman. Those woman know who can. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1) 258
Taxes, welfare, Obamacare, food stamps, EBT, Abortion, Medicaid, Medicare, SS, voter fraud, teachers unions, gas taxes, and illegal immigrations seem to be the Point of Current Big Govt.
In the old days the right would raise the corruption inherent in government spending and the left would argue that the right just hated black or poor Americans. LIVs would usually tune out because hey, *I* could need government aid at some point! I suspect now that a substantial percentage of government spending is going to illegals, refugees, and legal immigrants there is a possibility here for the right to hammer how these programs are no longer there for Americans. Trump's people some times make this argument but not usually the GOP... Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm) 259
Ruprecht? A great character.
https://tinyurl.com/Ruprecht-1 Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (p5Yig) Ruprecht loves to run. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1) 260
Taxes, welfare, Obamacare, food stamps, EBT, Abortion, Medicaid, Medicare, SS, voter fraud, teachers unions, gas taxes, and illegal immigrations seem to be the Point of Current Big Govt.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (/+uur) ------------- Collectivism by any other name would smell as foul ... Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (TbhYO) 261
For some reason, probably genetic, it's very difficult for me to trust an Irishman.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (2ap+5) ==== I was having a Guinness last night at the Irish pub in my neighborhood and yes two old drunk Irish dudes got into it. One guy got taken down by his wife wrapping her arm around his neck. What fun! Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX) 262
It's sad about maternity clothes because that tells me there's not enough babies in the middle class demographic
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (LmPA0) What was in the "maternity" section wasn't stuff you could wear past the second month, or was in very-much-not-white-people colors. At least, that was my experience two years ago. It's why I was so happy finding my 14-year-old maternity clothes recently in the attic. Our thrift stores are pretty picked over, because people keep having babies here. Posted by: pookysgirl, maternal at April 13, 2026 08:57 AM (Wt5PA) 263
207 The current Pope is heavily political.
Rather then the Vicar of Christ and leader of the *CATHOLIC* Church he sees his job as little different then Macron or Starmer Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm) While this is true, 2 wrongs don't make a right. And Trump was very, very wrong last night. Someone should have stopped him from posting that pic. It's the kind of error that defines presidencies. Now, the story will be Trump doesn't want to be A King, he wants to be THE King, a literal God. And that if anything, the opposition underestimated his pride and his ego...and pride goeth before the fall... Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 08:57 AM (tOcjL) 264
219 I understand the problems with Orban. That said, the alternative here was a guy who was selling a move toward Brussels.
He said "Orban is very corrupt, but he won't turn this into an Arab country like I will," and that message worked... somehow. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 Reports he beat up his wife, the minister of something. Seems like Hungary jumped from the pan to the fire. Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (OoFl2) 265
Younger women are looking for older men because men their age suck and don't know how to treat and please a woman.
I think a lot of younger men do know how to treat a woman but the moment the ladies realize that those men don't make as much money that ends their interest. Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (RjOoY) 266
The entitlement budget is larger than the military budget.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (yAteE) 267
Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0 Two years ago, Alexander "Xander" Kazanowski opened a small antique shop in Chicago. Trans activists doxxed him and protested his business over his "wrongthink" social media posts. The store eventually closed. https://tinyurl.com/5n7f5edb Just weeks ago, while expecting his second child and raising a young daughter, he was bludgeoned to death outside a bar. Police are still searching for four suspects. Another young father gone in a Democrat-run city where crime festers and certain "opinions" get you targeted. His kids will grow up without him. Chicago deserves better. When does accountability start? Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC) 268
Reports he beat up his wife, the minister of something. Seems like Hungary jumped from the pan to the fire. Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (OoFl2) As a kid, I always heard that saying as "out of the frying pan, into the frier." Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1) 269
Younger men: duh, what's a woman?
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (2ap+5) 270
@235. Medicare I pay for. SS I paid into since I was 16 yrs old.
Don't act like I'm getting anything for free. I'm not. Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (pvf3X) 271
But that wasn't his message. It was "Orban is corrupt, I will get the money it is holding back from us, but I won't allow mass immigration".
----- Of course he said that. But nobody could possibly believe that. The price of friendship with Brussels is submission to Islam, period. You'd have to be willfully ignoring everything about the EU to believe that bullshit. Hungarians know that - they are just willing to sell their country to Arabs for a fistful of German nickels. Oh well, that's a them problem. I'll just laugh as it happens to them. Unlike most EU countries, they didn't get rooked into what's happening - they asked for it. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (BI5O2) 272
I remember an episode of the Whatever podcast where declining fertility starting in your late 20s was brought up by a male guest.
The mostly early 20 something female guests all said he was wrong. So the host asked what they were basing their view on and the answer was that some 40 year old female celebrity had just given surprise birth to a healthy baby I know this is the stereotype about young woman...but this was a perfect example of dismissing facts that are generally true because you can come up with a counter-ancedote Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm) 273
OTOH, our local wally world has drastically expanded the infant supply section, and two of the neighbor ladies and mom's nurse are very pregnant...
Hope it's not the water... Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR) Oh, our Wal-Mart and Target have huge baby sections, just tiny maternity sections. Do people not know where babies come from anymore? Posted by: pookysgirl knows it isn't a stork at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Wt5PA) 274
Chicago deserves better. When does accountability start? Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC) BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1) 275
"That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'"
/obligatory Dating Game reference Posted by: ShainS That's a Newlywed Game reference. Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2) We'll allow it for the Modern Dating scene. Like, Groovy and all like that, man. Posted by: The Panel of Judges at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX) 276
Federal authorities are now probing Rep. Eric Swalwell over allegations tied to his use of campaign funds and employment of a nanny without valid work authorization, opening a new front in a rapidly widening crisis that is no longer confined to misconduct claims.
==================== Swallwell's life personifies a can of worms. But he's no different than Katie Porter, whose life is similarly nutso. Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (p5Yig) 277
I hate to drag down a serious discussion with tomfoolery; but this weekend Candace accused Erica Kirk of conspiring with the JOOS to make a volcano explode in Japan. Candace knows it’s true because she had a dream about it.
You might think I’m making that up. I’m not. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (tgZLi) 278
Please pray for Pope Leo, that the Holy Spirit may guide him in leading his flock with wisdom and courage.
Please pray for President Trump, that the Lord may strengthen him and also grant him wisdom. Please pray for the infidels, and the Left, that God will open their eyes and soften their hearts and lead them to repentance. Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 09:01 AM (LmPA0) Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3) Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (2ap+5) 281
When a Joo sneezes in Israel, a volcano explodes in Japan.
Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (gtcuf) 282
Swallwell's life personifies a can of worms. But he's no different than Katie Porter, whose life is similarly nutso.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (p5Yig) Katie Porker was behind this with the Dems.... They wanted less candidates running on the Dem side in to keep Republicans from getting on the final ballot for Governor.. Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (TrNJ0) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX) 284
I hate to drag down a serious discussion with tomfoolery; but this weekend Candace accused Erica Kirk of conspiring with the JOOS to make a volcano explode in Japan. Candace knows it’s true because she had a dream about it.
You might think I’m making that up. I’m not. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (tgZLi) So, who's the leader in the clubhouse in "trolling for dollars?" Canace, Qatucker, Me-again? Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (Zz0t1) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR) 286
Please pray for the infidels, and the Left, that God will open their eyes and soften their hearts and lead them to repentance.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 09:01 AM (LmPA0) How do you reach those that don't believe in souls? Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1) 287
> Swallwell's life personifies a can of worms. But he's no different than Katie Porter, whose life is similarly nutso.
----------- Swalwell's retarded. Mostly. Porter's clinically insane. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:03 AM (AkEZC) 288
Federal authorities are now probing Rep. Eric Swalwell
Jokes on them, he's into that s***. Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (2ap+5) PREACH! Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 13, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1) 289
Conservatives were saying how we were so easy to throw Swalwell under the bus...like dude raped a woman yeah kick his ass out, that's what you are supposed to do.
"The left eats their own" he's a fucking rapist. That said, Al Franken is still owed an apology. It’s the liberal Achilles heel: if something is bad, it can only be ultra mega unforgivably bad, so all bad things are equivalent and anyone caught being fallible is morally the same thing as Trump. See: Al Franken. Good, there are plenty of other candidates and splitting the vote could have been bad. Hope we get a few drop outs for other reasons than sexual misconduct What a novice. Everyone knows if you want to be a politician and a rapist, you need to run as a republican. Why can’t more dems pull a reverse-fetterman and just infiltrate the GOP as a right wing candidate. Once elected they take off the mask and just do dem things. At least the Democrat circular firing squad sometimes does the right thing. And at least we are better at holding other Democrats accountable for their actions. Republicans can't make that claim. Sounds like a tough load to swalwell. Ok bye Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 09:04 AM (JCZqz) 290
281 Martin Luther once said, “I fart in Wittenberg, and they smell it in Rome.”
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:04 AM (77rzZ) 291
I'm pretty sure Swalwell was developed in a petri dish.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1) 292
Do people not know where babies come from anymore?"
Me, the Maytag Repairman, and the Milkman are looking for a fourth for our daily poker game. Posted by: The Stork at April 13, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX) 293
Swalwell's retarded. Mostly.
Porter's clinically insane. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:03 AM (AkEZC) ==== I wouldn't vote for them for Student Council Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 09:05 AM (RIvkX) 294
"The left eats their own" he's a fucking rapist. That said, Al Franken is still owed an apology. Quite the take, that. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:05 AM (Zz0t1) 295
Porter's clinically insane, but with this recent field-clearing, she'll probably be the next Governor of CA.
Forget it, Jake. It's California. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:05 AM (gtcuf) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (ix8EF) 297
Is Katie Porter the “throuple” chick?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ) 298
290 281 Martin Luther once said, “I fart in Wittenberg, and they smell it in Rome.”
Posted by: Bulg Another Luther quote, "I pray that I may be thy death, O Pope!" Posted by: Sounds Fair at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (oftw2) Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (Zz0t1) 300
297 Is Katie Porter the “throuple” chick?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ No... She's the obese woman who threw hot mashed potatoes on her Husband's head... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (TrNJ0) 301
When you see Katie Porter, you will think "that's a man, baby." Unfortunately, that is not the case.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (2ap+5) 302
Say what you will about the USSR - but at least Hungary survived their domination.
No country survives the EU. It's just national suicide. The die was cast once they became a member state... Orban staved it off for awhile, but this probably inevitable in the end. I'm sure they'll regret all this very soon, but as the Brits know, that's just too bad. You can't vote your way out it. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (BI5O2) 303
BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1) ******* I guess the people of Chicago have been fully indoctrinated by the MSM. The state and their voters are pathetic. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC) 304
Conservatives were saying how we were so easy to throw Swalwell under the bus...like dude raped a woman yeah kick his ass out, that's what you are supposed to do.
Then explain why he's still in Congress, retards. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (gtcuf) 305
Katie Porker was behind this with the Dems.... They wanted less candidates running on the Dem side in to keep Republicans from getting on the final ballot for Governor..
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (TrNJ0) =================== Dems could always vote for the San Jose Mayor, unless he's as looney as all the other Dems. I am really hoping the jungle primary throws up the two GOP candidates, though Pelosi will no doubt engineer it so that doesn't happen. Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (p5Yig) 306
But that wasn't his message. It was "Orban is corrupt, I will get the money it is holding back from us, but I won't allow mass immigration". Hungarians liked that message because it is what they wanted to hear. The trick is on them though because they will get mass immigration.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (Dv3i1) Further, based on the fact that the new guy is a politician, I'm betting that that the new guy will be corrupt also, just with a different group. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e) 307
Conservatives were saying how we were so easy to throw Swalwell under the bus...like dude raped a woman yeah kick his ass out, that's what you are supposed to do.
The right wing reaction I've seen is mostly along the lines of, "Dunno if the guy is guilty yet, but I could see it. If guilty that hypocrite deserves everything he is about to get" Meanwhile on the left I'm seeing, "He should drop out of the governer's race because he could make us lose the next election. Resign from his house seat?!? Why would we want him to do that?!?" Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm) 308
Katie Hill was the throuple whore.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (Zz0t1) 309
245 My interest in Eastern Europe declined quite a bit when Judit Varga resigned as Hungary's Minister of Justice and Kaja Kallas was revealed to be an EU stooge.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (2ap+5) can I interest you in some Slovenian polka? https://tinyurl.com/4m88jef3 Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (w/O5Q) 310
Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ) 311
Candace knows it’s true because she had a dream about it.
I have a business idea: Gummy Thorazine. Anti psychotics with a berry flavor. Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (RjOoY) 312
I'm so happy Katie Porter has this in the bag now - I've been looking forward to her ascent more than any other thing in current politics. California will finally get the leader it *truly* deserves.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (BI5O2) 313
Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ) There are multiple videos of her being an outright c*ntbag, yelling at everyone around her. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (Zz0t1) 314
310 Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
------------- From her picture I would have thought she ate from a trough. Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (FmapG) 315
The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded
The wimmins don't need no man. The forces of darkness sure did a number on this country. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e) 316
Ugly left authoritarian women are apparently approaching the singularity.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (2ap+5) 317
From her picture I would have thought she ate from a trough.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (FmapG) I bet she can find the f*ck out of some truffles. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1) 318
Klobuchar from MN is the comb salad eater.
Posted by: Kale makes You Nuts! at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (oftw2) 319
Is Katie Porter the “throuple” chick?
Porter is the one that dressed as Fat Batman at a congressional hearing to diss Trump (no it didn't make sense at the time either) Katie Hill was the one who was trying to get one of her female campaign staffers to have sex with her. Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (sKqQm) 320
Politician who ate salad with a comb was Amy Klobuchar.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (PFs9e) 321
308 Thanks, Sponge. Too many Katies running around. And none of them look like Tina Cole, sadly.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ) 322
One of my favorite iterations of that trope, courtesy of P.J. O'Rourke:
When we snort coke in Houston, people lose their hats in Cap d'Antibes. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (gtcuf) 323
314 310 Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
She yells a lot and walked out of a softball interview because they asked her a follow up question.... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (TrNJ0) 324
Candace knows it’s true because she had a dream about it.
I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm) 325
Like a fish needs a bicycle.
Posted by: Your neighborhood cat lady at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1) 326
Like a fish needs a bicycle.
Posted by: Your neighborhood cat lady at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1) This is about me, isn't it...... Posted by: Jharles Chonson at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1) 327
314 310 Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
------------- From her picture I would have thought she ate from a trough. Posted by: pudinhead I recommend using my name when posting any future pictures of her. Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (JCZqz) 328
Is Katie Porter the “throuple” chick?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ No... She's the obese woman who threw hot mashed potatoes on her Husband's head... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (TrNJ0) ******** Being abusive should also disqualify you for running for office. Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (NpAcC) 329
So, another Disney product?
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR) Dunno. AFAIK, I've never heard any of her songs. I saw a video once about how she's being aggressively marketed to young girls and all her videos have men dying gruesomely. Just another product to plant a seed of division between men and women. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e) 330
I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm) First Lady wakes up and announces she's had some f*cked up dreams. "What'd I do now?" Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1) 331
How do we know that the Hungarian election actually reflected the will of the Hungarian people?
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (FMtrg) 332
Chonson's starfish is fine with the bicycle, it's the seat that didn't matter
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (gKWVE) 333
I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm) ====== Same. This must be fairly common. Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5) 334
I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1 How would she know, unless you told her, in which case....what were you thinking lol Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (JCZqz) 335
Katie Porter is about to throw hot soup in the face of every stinking Californian.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (BI5O2) 336
*Being abusive should also disqualify you for running for office.*
++++ Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment. Posted by: It's a classic at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1) 337
333 I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm) ====== Same. This must be fairly common. Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5) Probably a ploy to get you to admit it... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (TrNJ0) 338
I had a dream recently where a new female manager at my workplace wanted me to review the movies "Pride and Prejudice" and one other that I can't remember off the top of my head.
I told her, "I'm not going to review those, they are chick flicks." Caused some tension. lol Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (DgMqy) 339
The Gay of Hormuz?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1) On the off chance that you're asking a serious question in an amusing way... it's strait, not straight. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e) 340
Katie Porter is about to throw hot soup in the face of every stinking Californian.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (BI5O2) "Let 'em eat hot broth!" Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (Zz0t1) 341
317 From her picture I would have thought she ate from a trough.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (FmapG) I bet she can find the f*ck out of some truffles. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April I laughed. I shouldn’t have, but I did. Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (Wmg4n) Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (XuXeR) 343
227 "That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'"
/obligatory Dating Game reference Posted by: ShainS That's a Newlywed Game reference. Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2) I watched a Newleywed's Game way back when and the question to the groom was, "Do you vacillate?" I can't recall his exact words but it was basically that he never needed to use Vaseline with his wife. Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (5rh/l) 344
On the off chance that you're asking a serious question in an amusing way... it's strait, not straight. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e) I'm aware how to spell it and believe I did so correctly up thread. 😄 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (Zz0t1) 345
312 I'm so happy Katie Porter has this in the bag now - I've been looking forward to her ascent more than any other thing in current politics. California will finally get the leader it *truly* deserves.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice I'm sure she'll quickly get energy and home prices down, spur job growth, end homelessness and complete the high-speed rail line. Right? Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 13, 2026 09:16 AM (JCZqz) 346
333 There was an episode of Newhart about that. One of the classic Newhart lines: “I’m in other people’s dreams, and I’m fine.”
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ) 347
*Being abusive should also disqualify you for running for office.*
I bet the same guy was repeating old Snake Head's line that you can get a woman to say anything if you drag a $100 bill through a trailer park Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm) 348
I laughed. I shouldn’t have, but I did. Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (Wmg4n) I was hoping at least one person got it, so thank you. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1) 349
As I said once before - Katie Porter looks like she would beat her maid with a femur bone after forgetting to shower for weeks and blaming her for why everything in the house seems to stink.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (BI5O2) 350
And by then, the guys their age are marrying the younger women. Sadly a lot of ladies need to learn that fertility is not forever and waiting that long causes problems.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (RjOoY) Shhh... go back to sleep... take your Soma. -- Malthusians Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (ExV1e) 351
Swalwell, Porter, etc.
Our "political class" has zero self introspection into weirdness. I think all of them have some dysfunction or other. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (AkEZC) 352
As I said once before - Katie Porter looks like she would beat her maid with a femur bone after forgetting to shower for weeks and blaming her for why everything in the house seems to stink.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (BI5O2) I'm quite sure she knows EXACTLY what "happy as a pig in shit" feels like. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (Zz0t1) 353
Happy Monday!!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:18 AM (Suwql) 354
The Strait of Hormuz is in dire straits.
Posted by: Let's set the record straight at April 13, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1) 355
Porter is nasty but at least her husband found the door. Why is Britanny Watts still Mrs Swalwell? Eric somehow repented and has lived as a family man for ten years? I don't think anyone believes that.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:18 AM (gKWVE) 356
>>As I said once before - Katie Porter looks like she would beat her maid with a femur bone after forgetting to shower for weeks and blaming her for why everything in the house seems to stink.
LOL! Yeah, she looks MEAN. Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (Suwql) 357
The Strait of Hormuz is in dire straits.
Posted by: Let's set the record straight at April 13, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1) Chicks for FREE!!! Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1) 358
She looks like the live action version of Mrs. Mashed Potato Head.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (JCZqz) 359
Hormuz used to make good chili back in the day.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (gtcuf) 361
337 333 I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm) ====== Same. This must be fairly common. Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5) Probably a ploy to get you to admit it... Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (TrNJ0) ======= "I dreamt you were cheating on me with Joanne!!!" Honey, I would never...Joanne??? Do you really think that could happen? Huh. Interesting... Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:20 AM (2ap+5) 362
The Strait of Hormuz is in dire straits.
Our brothers in arms will prevail. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (gtcuf) They'll be twistin' by the pool. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1) 363
Has anyone asked the Native Hormuzians if they enjoy all this attention?
Posted by: Are There No Reporters? at April 13, 2026 09:20 AM (oftw2) 364
>> Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
That was Klobuchar. Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:21 AM (Suwql) 365
Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
That was Klobuchar. Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:21 AM (Suwql) Lice is added protein. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (Zz0t1) 366
San Jose mayor Matt Mahan is popular in the tech-bro side of X. He got there by governing his city like a Republican.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (gKWVE) 367
Katie Porter will be California's historic first Neanderthal governor.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (BI5O2) 368
In fact, the nits are like tiny quail eggs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (Zz0t1) 369
The Sabrina Carpenter thing is funny.
She had a natural, spontaneous response. We've stopped allowing people to do that with all the woke and multi-cult stuff. Yeah, it's OK to not know wtf the lady was doing and to find it unpleasant. Wish she hadn't apologized. Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (Suwql) 370
Saw a funny skit where a boyfriend/girlfriend were talking and she wanted to agree they could have a "hall pass" someone they were allowed to cheat with.
Guy doesn't really like the idea but he agrees to talk about it. Girl says her hall pass is Ryan Gosling. The guy thinks for a minute then says, "Ok fine my hall pass is your single friend Sydney" Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm) 371
Always thought Klobuchar sounds like a demon from one of the early Monster Manuals.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (gKWVE) 372
Katie Porter may very well end up eating California.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:23 AM (AkEZC) 373
Guy doesn't really like the idea but he agrees to talk about it.
Girl says her hall pass is Ryan Gosling. The guy thinks for a minute then says, "Ok fine my hall pass is your single friend Sydney" Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm) Flawless Victory. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:23 AM (Zz0t1) 374
Theory:
Katie Porter, will be so nasty and offensive as the Dem candidate that it'll drag down the whole slate. That is, kill turnout. Turnout that Dems absolutely must have to win the new Congressional districts. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 13, 2026 09:24 AM (HXT0k) 375
The Strait of Hormuz is in dire straits.
Our brothers in arms will prevail. Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (gtcuf) They'll be twistin' by the pool. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1) ---- The true Sultans of Swing... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 09:24 AM (gnNyN) 376
This case of #MeToo against Democrat Eric Swalwell was only possible because of the weird primary rules in California and the overcrowded cast of Democrats breaking out the votes.
The Epstein Files also didn't help them. Posted by: SMOD at April 13, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo) 377
Don't take Klobuchar if you're allergic to Klobuchar.
Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 13, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1) 378
Conservatives were saying how we were so easy to throw Swalwell under the bus...like dude raped a woman yeah kick his ass out, that's what you are supposed to do.
Why wasn't it reported when it happened? That's what you are supposed to do. Why wasn't it investigated when it happened? That's what you are supposed to do. Why wasn't he punished when it happened? That's what you are supposed to do. When you treat sexual assault as a convenient accusation to ruin someone's political career at need, you tell me that you either don't think sexual assault is a big deal or you don't think sexual assault actually happened. Redditors be stupid. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:25 AM (ExV1e) 379
Apparently "Throuple" Katie Hill, former CA congressional rep is now working with the homeless. I hope that she isn't grifting off of her role. I really don't see why if she was made to resign her seat for hitting on a staff person Swallwell isn't.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 09:27 AM (rZCVI) 380
"Why wasn't it reported when it happened? That's what you are supposed to do."
Because after it happened, three beefy dudes dressed in black suits and sunglasses rolled up to her house in a large SUV, and presented legal papers and a big check. The legal papers had the signatures of a dozen famous lawyers on them. Then they said "if not, you are on your own". Posted by: żplata o plomo? at April 13, 2026 09:28 AM (gKWVE) 381
Hungary has a “far right” party which is like Libertarian party here. Its sole purpose is to take votes from Orban’s party. A lot of seats were close with the “far right” party getting more than the margin of victory for the leftists.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 09:29 AM (UuB1r) 382
How do we know that the Hungarian election actually reflected the will of the Hungarian people?
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (FMtrg) Because the leftist won. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:29 AM (ExV1e) 383
>>Theory:
Katie Porter, will be so nasty and offensive as the Dem candidate that it'll drag down the whole slate. That is, kill turnout. Remember when people said men wouldn't vote for Hillary because she reminded them of their first wife? Yeah, Katie Porter is that x1000. She is immediately unpleasant. That video of her berating her staffer was the least surprising thing ever. Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:29 AM (Suwql) 384
379 Fen, sorry to disappoint you, but of course she’s grifting. It’s what pols of both parties (but especially the Dems) do.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ) 385
@IntEngineering
For the first time, researchers in Japan used CRISPR-based gene editing to create baby mice from two male biological parents. Posted by: manmade horrors beyond comprehension at April 13, 2026 09:30 AM (gKWVE) Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf) 387
Hungary is truly good and fucked. I predict Budapest will have a Muslim Mayor within 15 years. It’s really sad, it was Europe’s last chance for salvation and they fucked it up.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 09:31 AM (UuB1r) 388
>>Apparently "Throuple" Katie Hill, former CA congressional rep is now working with the homeless. I hope that she isn't grifting off of her role.
Fen, she did that before she was elected - she was the head of a homelessness NGO that she created w/her husband. It was after she successfully got a ballot issue approved for a record amount of homelessness funding, over $1 billion, passed in CA that she ran for Congress. Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (Suwql) 389
385 @IntEngineering
For the first time, researchers in Japan used CRISPR-based gene editing to create baby mice from two male biological parents. Posted by: manmade horrors beyond comprehension at April 13, 2026 09:30 AM (gKWVE) ======= This is the worst "you think it's one way, but it's the other way" outcome of all time. Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (2ap+5) 390
The winner of the Hungarian election was a rightist who opposes asylum-seeking. He's just anti-Putin.
As to why it might not reflect the will of the electorate, that is a good point. You know who's to blame for that? Orban. Orban gerrymandered the districts in his country thinking they'd make his majority ironclad. What it did instead was expose his constituency in the event Orban started to suck, and suck he did, with notable corruption scandals. Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (gKWVE) 391
105 Trump called out Chicago Pope! Trump's right, of course, and besides, The Pope Smokes Dope!
John Peel -- Well, The Smoking Popes ("Need You Around") are from Chicago. From Peel to a Chicago pop punk band to the Pope himself. Art becomes life. Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (0bjKf) 392
The winner of the Hungarian election was a rightist who opposes asylum-seeking. He's just anti-Putin.
----- OK. Putin sucks ass. But he won't force you to become a Muslim country. The EU will. They sold their birthright for a bowl of porridge. One of the world's oldest cultures just shot itself in the head. Good work, idiots. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (BI5O2) 393
How do you reach those that don't believe in souls?
Posted by: Sponge - Prayers of the faithful have always been heard. Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (ZpHph) 394
Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.
From above: Turning Point USAs Frontlines reporter Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday. --- Unfortunately, the guy's a 'star' in the Minneapolis area. >Facebook BLCK Press February 5 Combat veteran William Kelly, better known online as @dawokefarmer3 has been in the Twin Cities protesting the federal occupation and using his platform to broadcast the violence agents are inflicting on the community during Operation Metro Surge. Cont'd Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (NFX2v) 395
From above: "Tens of thousands of farmers, truckers, and other fed-up normies are taking to the streets of Dublin to protest fuel taxes, mass immigration, and poverty-inducing climate change policies."
>BBC, Irish PM announces €505m in fuel-cost measures after days of protests, 18 hours ago In part, "Sinn Féin is to table a motion of no confidence in the Irish government in the Dáil (lower house of Irish parliament), where it is the largest opposition party. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the actions of the government parties had been "disastrous." "They have lost the confidence of the public," she said. Independent Ireland, Aontú, People before Profit and the Social Democrats have said they will support the motion." --- >Facebook social_democrats sinead_gibney_ Original audio 1w Ireland showed its best when people opened their homes to those fleeing war. Ending this support won’t fix housing. It will push more people into homelessness and strain an already broken system. We should build on what worked, not tear it down. (More) ----- Interesting, Sinn Féin v. Socialist Democrats with government favoring whom? Western civilization with its socialists AWFLs. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (NFX2v) 396
Hungary down.
Ahh. Slick Willy and O & Joe pushing for decades; no stopping the EU and NATO now. Ukraine will be in and dominating the minute the Trump administration is gone. imo, of course. >OSW Commentary 2025-10-14 Game of drones: the production and use of Ukrainian battlefield unmanned aerial vehicles In part, "Unmanned aerial vehicles have been used in military operations in Ukraine since 2014. Initially, they were employed for reconnaissance, observation, and artillery fire correction. By 2015, they had begun to be used for carrying and releasing explosives." --- Can't overlook the region: >Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly Council to vote on sweeping legislation restricting ICE in the city City Council members will convene Monday to hear testimony on the package, which codifies Philadelphia’s status as a sanctuary city into law. Also, Mary Gay Scanlon, (US 5th Cong. District, parts of Philly and 3 collar counties): Facebook Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon 16h In part, "US servicemembers remain in harm’s way, and the global economy is in peril. This is not a win for the American people or their wallets." That's ^ mild from her, and she says Yay Hungary! too! Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (NFX2v) 397
his is already happening. Younger women are looking for older men because men their age suck and don't know how to treat and please a woman. Those woman know who can.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1) So you're telling me there's a chance... Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 10:03 AM (FmapG) 398
I only have a few thousand fonts installed, but somehow Sefton's new apostrophes confound all of them. Must have switched word processors or text editors.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at April 13, 2026 10:47 AM (BHqfF) 399
EU News, April 13, 2026, Magyar victory will bring more 'European unity,' former European Council chief Michel says
Former European Council President Charles Michel told Euronews' Europe Today morning show this is a "historic moment" for Hungary and says Orbán's relationship with Ukraine and the US was "disturbing." 90 Billion loan to Ukraine. US Stategy to Support Orbon failed. yada yada Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:56 AM (NFX2v) 400
From above, 'Authorities still searching for motive.
Muslim Man Charged in $500M California Warehouse Fire' --- Worth Sharing 3d A disgruntled immigrant worker accused of setting a massive warehouse fire is now facing life in prison—after previously suing his former employer over lost pay. Authorities say 29-year-old Chamel Abdulkarim allegedly set fire to a huge Kimberly-Clark warehouse in Ontario, California, destroying the nearly 1.2-million-square-foot facility. The blaze was so intense that more than 140 firefighters were needed to bring it under control. In a video reportedly posted online, he is seen lighting paper goods while repeatedly saying: “All you had to do was pay us enough to live.” As pallets catch fire in the distance, Abdulkarim says: “There goes your inventory.” The fire spread rapidly due to highly flammable paper products inside the warehouse. Around 20 employees were inside when it started, but no injuries were reported. Investigators also revealed that Abdulkarim had filed a 2024 lawsuit against PrimeFlight, claiming unpaid wages and missed break times. The case was dismissed in 2025, reportedly ending in a settlement. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 11:02 AM (NFX2v) 401
Hungarian-American (and Hungarian speaker) here. I would push back on all the catastrophizing here for a few reasons. Bear in mind that I agree with Orban closing the border to the Muslims and his pro-family and anti-"gender" stances.
1. Its been 16 years! No American President has ever served that long. Orban was already defying political gravity coming into this election. 2. Very much relatedly, I don't think people here appreciate the absolute scale of the corruption we're talking about under Orban. While Orban looked like MAGA when viewed from America, when viewed from Budapest he looked more like Biden's "10 percent for the big guy." And it got worse every year for 16 straight years. He basically created a mini Deep State of his friends and cronies to sit on top of Hungarian society. This was THE biggest issue in this election. 3. Some on this thread say Hungary is caring too much about the EU and selling out its future for a few German nickels or something. Please look at a map. Please note that Hungary is ENTIRELY surrounded by EU member states or candidates, with one and only one exception -- Ukraine. It would be like Iowa declaring itself separate from the USA. Posted by: Rofos at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (ropxx) 402
4. Look at the actual election results. The victorious party campaigned as center-right and got about 138 seats in the unicameral legislature. Orban’s Fidesz party, also conservative, got about 55 seats. The even more conservative Our Homeland got 6 seats. There are NO lefty MPs. To go from that election result to MAMDANI IS COMING AND WILL RULE BUDAPEST WITH AN IRON FIST is, well, a lot.
None of this is to say I know for sure what will happen. Sure, maybe PM Magyar was lying about everything. I’m just saying maybe we take Winston Wolf’s advice on the advisability of sucking each others male members at the present time. Posted by: Rofos at April 13, 2026 12:07 PM (ropxx) 403
Every democrat is effectively antifa and they all need to be hunted down and killed until they are all dead and/or fled. Research and make your lists, think global act local.
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Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 04:33 AM (fNISR) 2
YAY! It's gonna be a bright (bright, bright) sunshiny day!
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G'Day everyone
Its Monday again, isn't it? Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0) 4
Morning, Tech Peeps
Posted by: fluffy at April 13, 2026 04:34 AM (AN2gy) 5
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 13, 2026 04:35 AM (bQ4nt) 6
Cowboy Bebop is a awesome series, would be a good movie
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0) 7
Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 13, 2026 04:35 AM (sAmhv) Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 13, 2026 04:37 AM (/HDaX) 9
Good morning! Waiting for the sun to rise and the birds to come to the feeders. The morning cup is loaded with Chiapas Altura.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2026 04:37 AM (3Ope8) 10
X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts
Oh no! What will Cernovich do now!! Ok, I kid, sort of. This is good. I hate clickbait. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 13, 2026 04:39 AM (sAmhv) 11
https://tinyurl.com/3xaaerad
20 Posts from Doug Ross journal Haven't had one of these in awhile, he seems fascinated with AI recently Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0) 12
Espresso is not a completely acceptable substitute for a large cup of strong coffee.
It's pleasant, but one cannot linger over an espresso. One more data point in the huge dataset demonstrating America's superiority over Europe. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2026 04:41 AM (g0MSz) 13
Cowboy Bebop is the only anime I own. Its outstanding!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 13, 2026 04:42 AM (sAmhv) 14
Cowboy Bebop is a awesome series, would be a good movie
Yeah, they (Hollywood) tried that; it was shit. Maybe AI could do a better job; at least AI would make Faye look like herself, if not more giggity. Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 13, 2026 04:46 AM (u5xQp) 15
8 "DC. Suicide Squad is a DC property, not Marvel."
There's a back story here I must be missing... Posted by: Additional Blond Agent Yesterday's musical interlude was a song from the anime adaptation of Suicide Squad, and I misidentified the franchise. Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 13, 2026 04:46 AM (BLOW1) 16
Guten morgen, horde.
Posted by: clarence at April 13, 2026 04:47 AM (H1EjZ) 17
Ahhh, got it.
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Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 13, 2026 04:39 AM (sAmhv)
I am woefully ignorant of how to discern between bot-heavy or Paki-heavy accounts and ones with real followers. That would be a marvelous upgrade to X! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2026 04:50 AM (g0MSz) 19
No country for old programmers: I came up in an era when "dupe the deck" meant reusing, for another purpose, software already written and tested. I cannot imagine generating 37,000 lines of NEW code a day. I'm sure it's all good.
the "deck" was a bunch of punch cards. Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 13, 2026 04:58 AM (DGAza) 20
One comment on the Spin thread was right on: people don’t know the difference between an app and the internet.
We will be regulated via apps, our corporate partner for consumer safety. Posted by: Accomack at April 13, 2026 05:01 AM (AZXeW) 21
I remember Michigan State was just starting to switch over to terminals from cards when I was learning FORTRAN.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 13, 2026 05:03 AM (/HDaX) Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 05:04 AM (fNISR) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 13, 2026 05:06 AM (u82oZ) 24
Have a great day, everyone.
Taxes almost organized from the pile of stuff I tossed in a pile. May you be enjoying your refund. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 13, 2026 05:08 AM (u82oZ) 25
11 https://tinyurl.com/3xaaerad
20 Posts from Doug Ross journal Haven't had one of these in awhile, he seems fascinated with AI recently Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0) ‐-- Wow! Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 13, 2026 05:09 AM (Rsf1e) Posted by: fluffy at April 13, 2026 05:11 AM (AN2gy) 27
Daily Tech News 12 April 2026 Disclaimer: Pfft. Daily Tech News 13 April 2026 Disclaimer: More pfft. What could it be?! Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 05:11 AM (fNISR) 28
Evening and morning to the AoSHQ outposts across the system and beyond!
Yes. It's . . . Monday. But remember: "Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?" Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 05:12 AM (wzUl9) 29
No country for old programmers: I came up in an era when "dupe the deck" meant reusing, for another purpose, software already written and tested. I cannot imagine generating 37,000 lines of NEW code a day. I'm sure it's all good.
the "deck" was a bunch of punch cards. Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 13, 2026 *** If I'd gone into computers at college in the early '70s, I'd have had to deal with those. Brrrrr. (On the other hand, I'd have made a lot more money a lot earlier in my life, so there would have been that.) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 05:14 AM (wzUl9) 30
Wouldn't say rain more than heavy due
Have a great day horde Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 05:15 AM (Ia/+0) 31
24 Have a great day, everyone.
Taxes almost organized from the pile of stuff I tossed in a pile. May you be enjoying your refund. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 13, 2026 05:08 AM (u82oZ) ---- This year I'm paying for Turbo tax's "Audit insurance" option. My taxes are still pretty simple (income from retirement), but the questions being asked are much more complicated. I can't answer them. Wish me luck. Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 13, 2026 05:15 AM (1SgbD) 32
Watching the final round of The Masters (recorded it). I know McIlroy won. Scheffler was thisclose to winning. He had one bad day, Friday. He lost by one shot. Love Augusta National. Beautiful golf course doesn't describe it properly. I'd love to play there, even though I'd shoot in triple digits there. Alas, I'm poor white trash, so that ain't happening.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 13, 2026 05:16 AM (sAmhv) 33
Mornin' Horde. Time for bacon, eggs, and most importantly, coffee.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 13, 2026 05:17 AM (O7YUW) 34
Just about 45 minutes until the Persian gulf embargo starts. Gonna be interesting to see how Iran reacts.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2026 05:20 AM (3Ope8) 35
Temp of 69 F., 80% humidity. Gah.
I don't *have* to work out this morning. I can go tomorrow. When it will no doubt be just as bad. The temp and humidity in Salina, KS, right now, is . . . exactly the same. Looks like temps will be about 72-80 as a high and 47-57 overnight during the first part of my Salina visit. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 05:24 AM (wzUl9) 36
Yeah, they (Hollywood) tried that; it was shit. Maybe AI could do a better job; at least AI would make Faye look like herself, if not more giggity.
My joke about it went like this: "OK, Netflix. This is Cowboy Bebop. You are being handed a platinum mine because of how well loved the series is." "Cool! I'm gonna wokeify the shit out of it!" "What? NO! That is exactly what you should not be doing. You can't-" "Oh come on! A palette swap here, a gender change here and ooh! This character can be a they/them. And if it fails, we'll just blame the patriarchy!" Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 05:25 AM (RjOoY) 37
I come from a family of golfers, but I'm pathetic. As the lame old joke goes, i play in the low eighties; if it gets any hotter, I won't play.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 13, 2026 05:25 AM (JbPL7) 38
And in other news: I went to the Red Cross on Sunday to donate platelets. This was going to be a longer session where I was donating three units.
Yeah...mistakes were made and the machine took out four units. I was feeling a bit woozy for a while. Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 05:26 AM (RjOoY) Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 05:32 AM (fNISR) 40
I dreamed two things: I was trying to shave, but my beard had unexpectedly turned much stiffer. Water and soap seemed unable to soften it, and I was scraping away at it like you'd scrape toast. Unpleasant.
Somewhere later, I was going to a Saturday morning college class. Dan Aykroyd was a classmate, and left his books on a table outside the classroom while he headed off to the men's room. Our teacher showed up and told me that I no longer had my tuition waiver because the class had a new textbook and I wasn't qualified on it (?). I complained that nobody had told me, and she apologized. Then I blinked awake. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9) 41
>>In this case, a programmer in Spain couldn't access Docker images on Cloudflare because a football match was on.
I'm routinely on all-day Sat/Sun conference calls. The other problem with having European vendors is, the one guy who knows how to do the thing, is always on holiday in some unreachable location, usually Bornio or Tonga-Tanga. Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 05:38 AM (XV/Pl) 42
And sweet fancy Moses, I just shutdown Windows and it didn't have to perform a mandatory 10 minute update.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 05:39 AM (XV/Pl) 43
I'm routinely on all-day Sat/Sun conference calls. The other problem with having European vendors is, the one guy who knows how to do the thing, is always on holiday in some unreachable location, usually Bornio or Tonga-Tanga. Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 05:38 AM (XV/Pl) ------ Well, that refutes the claim that europeans don't work; they're in on weekends. Except the one you need is in Tonga-Tanga Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 13, 2026 05:42 AM (D/9SZ) 44
Today I need to lay in some cat food supplies; print out maps of various interchanges along my route; and wash the car. At this time of year the damn birds are having diarrhea, it seems, and I found my car's trunk and rear fenders splashed yesterday. I cleaned it up and moved it to a place with fewer overhanging branches. This morning I'll polish it up a little and make sure the tires are properly aired up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9) 45
If I'd gone into computers at college in the early '70s, I'd have had to deal with those. Brrrrr.
Most edits of card punching errors are simply throw the bad card away and make a new one. There were keypunch machines that had a one-line buffer that you could modify and create a new card, so on those machines you could fix a fuck up versus retyping the whole damned thing. The US Army used card decks up to the mid 1980s; I had to get my brigade's unit status report punched onto a card deck from a hand filled out data sheet. The keypunch operators were pretty fucking good and would point out where I fucked up filling out the form and offered to fix it on the fly versus making me redo the form. Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 13, 2026 05:45 AM (u5xQp) 46
G'morning, all!
Finally completed changing out the turbo and the left front wheel bearing on the Volvo V70. Now, as soon as the dealership gets the replacement right front axle and installs it under warranty, and completes the wheel alignment, she should be good to go for quite some time. While not tremendously difficult, changing the turbo requires some serious gymnastics and contortions in order to move all the fiddly bits around to remove and reinstall them from both above, and below the vehicle. So.....I'm stiff all over right now. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 13, 2026 05:51 AM (iMotb) 47
“ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 Posted by: Marcus T at April 13, 2026 06:00 AM (u/66v) 48
@46
>>So.....I'm stiff all over right now. Yes, but you did a man's job sir. And probably saved a crap ton of money. Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 06:00 AM (MmBzz) 49
. . . The keypunch operators were pretty fucking good and would point out where I fucked up filling out the form and offered to fix it on the fly versus making me redo the form.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 13, 2026 *** All I knew, and know, of keypunch is that in the early '70s, the local newspaper was filled with ads for keypunch operators, touting "$200/weekly" pay. That sounded to me like a dream, but I had no idea what a "keypunch operator" did. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9) 50
The US Army used card decks up to the mid 1980s; I had to get my brigade's unit status report punched onto a card deck from a hand filled out data sheet. The keypunch operators were pretty fucking good and would point out where I fucked up filling out the form and offered to fix it on the fly versus making me redo the form.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 13, 2026 05:45 AM (u5xQp) ----- Those were also the days of card sorting machines; you may have seen them in old black and white movies. There's a story, probably apocryphal, of a guy who got out of the army claiming data processing experience. When they asked him to talk. about it, he said, I sorted cards on column 37. Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 13, 2026 06:09 AM (ZQOYp) 51
"And probably saved a crap ton of money."
Probably one $300.00 on the wheel bearing. And over $1,000.00 on the turbo. As my local head Volvo service department guy, who is another Volvo P-2 platform fan, says... You can't afford to pay us to keep this one on the road. But you don't want to replace it, cause nothing we make currently will outlast it.. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 13, 2026 06:11 AM (iMotb) 52
You can't afford to pay us to keep this one on the road. But you don't want to replace it, cause nothing we make currently will outlast it..
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 13, 2026 *** Sounds like my old Mercedes W126 sedan. I saw one of those old S-Classes on the road yesterday. The paint had seen better days, but it was still running well and serving its current owner. He was pulling into Aldi's parking lot as I was leaving. I wanted to stop and ask what year it was, but I didn't have time to go back. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9) 53
@51
>>cause nothing we make currently will outlast it.. At a minimum, any non-rust belt vehicle made between 95 and 2010, should last at least 20 years or more. Any more than 20 is gravy. Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 13, 2026 06:17 AM (MmBzz) 54
Looks like the Democrats have officially determined that Eric Swalwell is too morally and ethically damaged to run for Governor.
But oddly enough, is fully qualified to remain in Congress. Different qualifications for different positions, I guess. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 13, 2026 06:17 AM (iMotb) Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 13, 2026 06:18 AM (mtevP) 56
A ratter long.. but good as well as honest opinion piece on why God sometimes seems absent:
https://tinyurl.com/2s3jasrd Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 06:18 AM (rZCVI) 57
"At a minimum, any non-rust belt vehicle made between 95 and 2010, should last at least 20 years or more."
It's an 06, so it just turned 20 years old. Around 280,000 on the odometer. No real rust, despite spending the first 14 years on Maryland roads. And believe it or not....it's the original windshield. Micropitting all over it, but it's still hanging in there. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 13, 2026 06:21 AM (iMotb) 58
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at April 13, 2026 06:22 AM (2Ez/1) 59
covfefe
Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 06:32 AM (fNISR) 60
All I knew, and know, of keypunch is that in the early '70s, the local newspaper was filled with ads for keypunch operators, touting "$200/weekly" pay. That sounded to me like a dream, but I had no idea what a "keypunch operator" did.
Well, it's close to having a typist that can accurately and consistently type an 80 character line with no errors; unlike a typewritten page, you can't remove a hole in a punch card. That's a real skill, IMO. I had punched up a card deck for a FORTRAN program back in the late 1970s just to see what it was like. Once. Never wanted to or did do that shit again. A typist would have had to do something like that only for an entire page of text prior to the invention of "Liquid Paper" or other correction fluids/tapes; those tech improvements for normal typing happened between ~1960 and ~1975. Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 13, 2026 06:34 AM (u5xQp) 61
60 "Liquid Paper" or other correction fluids/tapes; those tech improvements for normal typing happened between ~1960 and ~1975.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 13, 2026 06:34 AM (u5xQp) I've seen those used on file cards and--bad idea after the cards have been filed away for a while. Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 06:45 AM (fNISR) 62
from The Peril of Laziness Lost:
"Laziness drives us to make the system as simple as possible (but no simpler!)" KISS! Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 06:48 AM (fNISR) 63
A typist would have had to do something like that only for an entire page of text prior to the invention of "Liquid Paper" or other correction fluids/tapes; those tech improvements for normal typing happened between ~1960 and ~1975.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 13, 2026 *** I remember the little white tapes for typing correction. My typewriter for many years was a big standard Underwood, and i was not a touch typist then. So I had lots of corrections to make. You could still buy the ribbons for the Underwood at Woolworth's then. I still have the Underwood, but I despair of finding someone local who could repair it to operating condition. So I may not keep it. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 13, 2026 06:49 AM (MIIRH) 65
If I had taken computer programming in college, I could have graduated to a really good-paying job, earned some real money, bought a recent model used car, maybe even been able to afford a house in a few years.
I'd probably have spent even more on liquor than I did in reality and blown that career, though. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9) 66
mornin yall. Bruno starts his chemo today. I feel so sorry for the guy, he has no idea what is happening to him. Dogs take it day by day, every day we start over and live for the day.
Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F) 67
Man's "Our Daily Bread" devotional, The Power of Grace" is based on the passage from Ephesians Marcus lifted up in post 47: From Ephesians 2:1-9
https://tinyurl.com/yr9x8e9x Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 06:56 AM (rZCVI) 68
The Peril of Laziness Lost:
Really nicely written (by Bryan Cantrill). For example: The problem here isn’t these issues per se (which are all fixable!), and it isn’t even the belief that the methodology that created them represents the future of software engineering (though that is certainly annoying!). Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 06:58 AM (fNISR) 69
'bout time I shaved and showered, I guess. I hope the shave isn't like the one in my dream last night.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9) 70
Wikipedia:
The acronym of "Keep it simple, stupid" was reportedly coined by Kelly Johnson, lead engineer at the Lockheed Skunk Works (creators of the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes, among many others). Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 07:05 AM (fNISR) 71
Sweeny Todd was the barber?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 13, 2026 07:05 AM (qFwJc) 72
Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F)
I'm sorry. I missed news about this. Bruno is your dog? What kind is he? Well, fortunately he'll have you to love and support him through this even if he doesn't understand. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:06 AM (PFs9e) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:08 AM (tgvbd) 74
Wikipedia:
Variations on the phrase (usually as some euphemism for the more churlish "stupid") include "keep it super simple" "keep it simple, silly" "keep it short and simple" "keep it short and sweet" "keep it simple and straightforward" "keep it small and simple" "keep it simple, soldier" "keep it simple, sailor" "keep it simple, sweetie" "keep it stupidly simple" "keep it sweet and simple" Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 07:08 AM (fNISR) 75
Yes, Fenelon, Bruno is my 6 1/2 year old German Shepherd.
Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 07:12 AM (vFG9F) Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:12 AM (yAteE) 77
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:08 AM (tgvbd)
I seem to remember one of my parents saying this when I was a kid. Either my response or that of my sister was sometimes, "I'll rise, but I won't shine." Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:13 AM (PFs9e) 78
Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 07:12 AM (vFG9F)
Aww. Dear doggie. How long will the treatment last today? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:14 AM (PFs9e) 79
Good morning everyone. Still no rain here in western NC, ugh. Be well.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 13, 2026 07:15 AM (S+2Xo) 80
"keep it simple and straightforward" Having sat on sufficient safety investigating committees in my 35 years in the chemical industry, I have concluded that if you make things easy to do, people will do them. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:16 AM (tgvbd) 81
2 It's gonna be a bright (bright, bright) sunshiny day! Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 04:33 AM (fNISR) 73 *strolls in brightly* Rise and shine! Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:08 AM (tgvbd) Similar! Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 07:16 AM (fNISR) 82
fd, I am so sorry to hear that Bruno is having to do chemo. I hold you both in my thoughts.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:17 AM (yAteE) 83
Pollyannas we are not. And yet, however.
Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (fNISR) Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (AkEZC) 85
JJS Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (/+uur) 86
"How long will the treatment last today?"
An hour or so. They have to sedate him for a catheter. There will be seven treatments. Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (vFG9F) 87
>>>Europe is not a serious country. (Hacker News)
Rollicking good discussion in the comments at that link. [Europe, however, is a continent, not a country.] [For now.] Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 07:27 AM (fNISR) 88
... including a serious discussion of Cloudflare.
Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 07:32 AM (fNISR) Sunday Overnight Open Thread - April 12, 2026 [Doof]![]() Back to Back Green Jackets for Rory Rory McIlroy wins Masters, first to repeat since Tiger Woods ![]() Photo from Masters.com Rory McIlroy had to wait more than a decade to win the Masters and complete the career Grand Slam. He only had to wait a year to take home a second green jacket. After squandering a six-stroke lead in Saturday's third round, McIlroy briefly lost the lead again Sunday before taking control on the second nine at Augusta National to become the first back-to-back Masters champion since Tiger Woods in 2001-02 and the fourth overall (Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo).Quite an accomplishment. Though I was disappointed that the presentation of the coveted green jacket came from the chairman of Augusta National instead of a previous champion. Or even better - one of the other 3 who were repeat champions. When I win back to back Masters, I will demand my 2nd jacket be presented by Jack, Nick, Tiger, or Rory!
----- Moving from golf to hockey. Are we close to the end for Ovi? Alex Ovechkin leaves door open on return to Capitals next season amid NHL retirement rumors ![]() Alex Ovechkin was the man of the hour as the Washington Capitals defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 3-0 in the final home game of the 2025-26 NHL season. As the Caps stayed alive in the playoff race, the Russian star kept every option on the table with a comment on his future. *** If Capitals fans hoped to see more signs that Ovi may return next season, there was another after the final horn went off. As Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and the Penguins waited on the ice to shake hands with Ovechkin after the game, the Russian star waved them off. During his postgame press conference, Ovechkin made that clear with a concise statement. “[I waved them off] because I haven’t decided yet. Thanks to them for waiting out there,” Ovechkin, who also thanked Crosby after a potential final game, told reporters after the 3-0 win. If Ovechkin ends up retiring after the 2025-26 NHL season, several players on the Penguins may regret they couldn’t share one last moment with Ovechkin on an NHL rink. However, Ovechkin revealed—to no one’s surprise—that he met privately with Crosby and Malkin after the game.The Caps are still in the hunt for a playoff berth. They need to win their last game on Tuesday and get help from Carolina and Montreal, the final 2 opponents for the Flyers. Current mood for Caps fans like me ![]() A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in favor of the nonprofit Hobby Distillers Association and four of its 1,300 members. They argued that people should be free to distill spirits at home, whether as a hobby or for personal consumption including, in one instance, to create an apple-pie-vodka recipe. *** Andrew Grossman, who argued the nonprofit's appeal, called the decision "an important victory for individual liberty" that lets the plaintiffs "pursue their passion to distill fine beverages in their homes." "I look forward to sampling their output," he said.I imagine some of you may have experience distilling your own hooch. Anyone care to fess up? ----- I enjoy onion rings. Do you? Well, someone likes them WAY too much! Steak 'n Shake employee shot, killed during argument over onion rings A Steak n" Shake employee was shot and killed during an argument over onion rings. A Steak ’n Shake employee was shot and killed in north St. Louis County late Wednesday night following a confrontation at the drive-thru, according to police. *** Community leaders say the shooting reflects broader concerns about rising violence in the region. “We should no longer be surprised,” James Clark of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis told KMOV. “The rate of violence that is happening in the St. Louis metropolitan area should be alarming to all of us.” Clark told KMOV outreach efforts such as violence de-escalation programs are making progress, but added that cultural attitudes toward violence are shifting. “Crime and violence is becoming a more and more accepted and expected culture,” he told KMOV. “How do we begin to look at what we’re currently doing that is getting results? How do we begin to come up with new adaptations to what we’re doing?” He told KMOV part of the solution could include businesses incorporating de-escalation techniques into customer service training.De-escalation techniques?? AYFKM??? Maybe get back to actual punishment for crime and stop letting criminals back out on the streets!! Before I ever styled a look book, I staged houses for real estate as a job while in college. My sole purpose was to make strangers fall in love with a space in 60 seconds flat. I learned fast that color is the ultimate mood-setter, whether it’s a bold lip or statement wallpaper. It has been almost 5 years since we built this house and I am ready to make a few changes. The trend that has me obsessed? Colored sinks, tubs, toilets, and faucets. Designers are playing with soft pastels, candy-bright pops, and earthy tones that feel fresh, fun, and surprisingly sophisticated. I’m here for every single second of it. After a long run of all-white everything, 2026 is embracing personality, warmth, and heritage. I love a clean spa moment, but just like my house, it starts feeling a bit… anonymous. Designers are calling it a “heritage revival” or “nostalgic comfort”—think dopamine décor with a grounded, biophilic twist. Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year, Cloud Dancer (a soft, weightless off-white), is a super neutral backdrop for these colorful statements. If you prefer a warmer, more yellow undertone neutral, Greek Villa by Sherwin Williams is tried and true. ![]() ![]() The colored-fixture comeback is the perfect way to add “look-at-me” energy without committing to a full overhaul. A single jade green vanity sink or a blush-pink clawfoot tub instantly makes the room feel curated and collected.
![]() Current color stars for 2026 bathroom fixtures: • Sage, jade, and forest green — calming yet modern (huge with black or brass hardware) • Blush pink and peach — flirty and feminine without being twee • Teal and turquoise — bold but still spa-like • Warm terracotta or biscuit tones — tying into the bigger earthy-neutral wave
![]() How do you actually use colored fixtures and avoid it feeling chaotic? Let the color be the hero, then build everything else around it. 1. Pick one statement color. Don’t do a rainbow explosion. And while matching all the fixtures is very cool, one colored sink or tub is fine, too. Everything else (tiles, walls, hardware) should play support. PS. Don’t be afraid to add a matching toilet , a toilet is a lot easier to change than tile, so what’s the big deal? 2. Balance with neutrals and texture. Pair your colored fixture with warm whites, greige, or natural wood. Matte black or brushed brass/gold hardware looks killer against pastels. Add texture—linen towels, woven baskets, stone countertops—to keep it grounded. 3. Echo the color subtly elsewhere. Pull the hue into a shower curtain, art, or even grout. 4. Scale matters. In small baths, a colored pedestal sink or wall-mount faucet keeps things airy. In larger spaces, go for a freestanding colored tub as the showstopper.
![]() If you’ve been stuck in neutral-land or just craving a little more you in your home, this is your sign. Colored fixtures are the easiest way to inject personality without starting over. ----- Thanks, Piper - glad to see color re-emerging after the overload of monochromatic stuff from the past 10-15 years! Don't forget to check out Piper's X page. DJ Doof - This Date in Music History Edition from thisdayinmusic.com Born on this date in 1958: Will Sergeant, English guitarist, best known for being a member of Echo & the Bunnymen On this date in 2011: Foo Fighters released their seventh studio album Wasting Light. The album was preceded by the successful single 'Rope' which became only the second song ever to debut at No. 1 on Billboard's Rock Songs chart. On this date in 2025: English record producer, songwriter and arranger Roy Thomas Baker, died at the age of 78. He is best known for producing five out of the first seven albums by Queen and the first four albums by The Cars. Number of posts: 90 Number of comments: 23082 Number of unique hashes: 1623 Top 10 commenters: 1 [500 comments] 'man' [71.01 posts/day] 2 [408 comments] 'Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life.' 3 [360 comments] ' Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' 4 [356 comments] 'Anna Puma' 5 [338 comments] 'runner' 6 [322 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' 7 [312 comments] 'Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere ' 8 [293 comments] '...' 9 [285 comments] 'Skip' 10 [272 comments] 'Oldcat' Top 10 sockpuppeteers: 1 [140 names] 'Mark VII Limited' [19.88 unique names/day] 2 [114 names] 'Quarter Twenty ' 3 [108 names] 'Dave Ramsey, boomer meme incarnate' 4 [61 names] 'European Limpdicks are not reliable allies' 5 [55 names] 'Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison' 6 [55 names] 'SSBN 656 (G)' 7 [48 names] 'Duncanthrax' 8 [48 names] 'mindful webworker - deliver the letter the sooner the better' 9 [36 names] 'Count de Monet' 10 [35 names] 'mikeski' Tonight's ONT brought to you by groovy Masters threads
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Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 12, 2026 10:01 PM (SRRAx) 2
fuck me it's damned near Monday
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 10:01 PM (QVmho) 3
Ont!
Posted by: Case at April 12, 2026 10:01 PM (pvf3X) 4
Hello Doof!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 10:02 PM (qVGoX) 5
Meow
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 12, 2026 10:02 PM (w3u3d) 6
fuck me it's damned near Monday
Posted by: BifBewalski - something ... something ... Buy me dinner first ??? Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at April 12, 2026 10:02 PM (3ZUWJ) 7
Happy Sunday!
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:03 PM (OoFl2) Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QMAsf) 9
Hello Miss Teresa in Fort Worth ...
Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at April 12, 2026 10:03 PM (3ZUWJ) 10
"US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"
I sure hope this ruling doesn't lead to legal, garbage, undrinkable hooch instead of the illegal, excellent stuff I have to jump through hoops to buy. Posted by: Tonypete at April 12, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/) 11
Thanks for the PSA Doof!
Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 10:05 PM (qdktZ) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 10:05 PM (tgvbd) 13
So, the question is how to calculate the ROI on using a home distillery to fuel your car, especially in Californy.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:05 PM (S/Y4j) 14
There was no Raymond J. Johnson Jr. in that beer commercial.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 10:06 PM (Cqx++) 15
"A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax."
I'm amazed, "An unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax." is on the books. Can it be applied to anything else? Posted by: davidt at April 12, 2026 10:06 PM (Q+gd/) 16
Thanks for the PSA Doof!
Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 10:05 PM (qdktZ) Absolutely, brother! I am a MoMe evangelist! Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf) 17
Good evening.
What's up with the toilet picture? Giant window on one side, doorway but no door on the other..... even if I lived alone on my own private island, that's a bit too airy for my commode. At least it's sort-of in a corner. Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov) 18
Nice toilet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 10:07 PM (+HNx/) 19
I see I was #4 on the List.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:08 PM (2GVsD) 20
Sorry I'm late, I accidently grabbed the piccolo instead of tuba.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 12, 2026 10:08 PM (SpA3v) 21
So, the question is how to calculate the ROI on using a home distillery to fuel your car, especially in Californy. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:05 PM (S/Y4j) __________ The state will tax you for the alcohol you produce for your own use. Depend on it. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 10:08 PM (tgvbd) 22
If I understood Piper's suggestions on a color palette correctly, you don't want to make your room look like a Technicolor kaleidoscope.
What about Disco Doof's disco ball? Is that allowed? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM (S/Y4j) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM (3ek7K) 24
That toilet paper roll set up would drive me absolutely batty.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM (cYBz/) 25
Hey, where all da white wimmen at?
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM (+HNx/) 26
Greetings 'ettes and 'rons, and thanks Piper and Doof for the ONT! As I am in the throes of a bathroom remodel at the moment, Piper's tips are super helpful for planning.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM (t2oSI) 27
22 If I understood Piper's suggestions on a color palette correctly, you don't want to make your room look like a Technicolor kaleidoscope.
What about Disco Doof's disco ball? Is that allowed? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM I will allow it. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM (OoFl2) 28
What's up with the toilet picture? Giant window on one side, doorway but no door on the other..... even if I lived alone on my own private island, that's a bit too airy for my commode. At least it's sort-of in a corner.
Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov) And the TP holder is vertical?? Takes away the question of is one normal (paper over/front) or psycho (paper under/back). Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf) 29
I imagine some of you may have experience distilling your own hooch. Anyone care to fess up?
I think the first step is to get as many kool-aid packets from the commissary as you can. Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 12, 2026 10:10 PM (w/O5Q) 30
What's up with the toilet picture? Giant window on one side, doorway but no door on the other..... even if I lived alone on my own private island, that's a bit too airy for my commode. At least it's sort-of in a corner.
Posted by: mikeski And yet, we Morons will pee outside damn near anywhere just because we can. Posted by: Tonypete at April 12, 2026 10:10 PM (cYBz/) 31
Howdya doodlers. I would have been here sooner but I was busy enjoying dinner with MiladyJo. Priorities, right?
"Rory McIlroy had to wait more than a decade to win the Masters and complete the career Grand Slam." Not any kind of golf fan, but I do miss the pleasure of watching tournaments with Mom, who was. Miss her. Posted by: mindful webworker - yee & haw at April 12, 2026 10:10 PM (C2uPD) 32
Absolutely, brother! I am a MoMe evangelist!
Posted by: Doof ************** You absolutely are. Your repeated emphasis that we just HAD to attend the TX MoMe in 2023 is the very reason we went that year and every year since.... Posted by: The Grateful at April 12, 2026 10:11 PM (cCn4/) 33
I don't do golf, or hockey. But I do have a green clawfoot bathtub. So I do have something going for me in the game of life.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:11 PM (cS3Fw) 34
If I understood Piper's suggestions on a color palette correctly, you don't want to make your room look like a Technicolor kaleidoscope.
What about Disco Doof's disco ball? Is that allowed? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM I will allow it. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM (OoFl2) Whoa now -- get your own disco ball!!! Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 10:11 PM (tgvbd) 36
And yet, we Morons will pee outside damn near anywhere just because we can.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 12, 2026 10:10 PM (cYBz/) I thought what happens at TXMoMe stays at TXMoMe, sir! Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 12, 2026 10:11 PM (t2oSI) 37
Heavy knives
Light knives Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 10:11 PM (4qjYs) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 10:12 PM (tgvbd) 39
So, the question is how to calculate the ROI on using a home distillery to fuel your car, especially in Californy.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:05 PM (S/Y4j) You have to burn fuel of some kind to distill alcohol, so it's really uneconomic, unless your fuel is "free", like firewood, and then that's labor-intensive. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 10:12 PM (utfVc) 40
Shy Lurking Voter mentioned G&Ts in the food thread.
I had the world's best G&T at a bar in Rome called The Gin Corner. Was there for a scientific conference in 2017, saw the sign, and said "I gotta drink there!" Bartender spoke excellent English, and we talked about Italian gin and American gin: east coast and west coast. Extra points because they had Bluecoat from Philadelphia: I was on the tasting panel that created it. The G&T: A stemmed balloon glass, a big ice cube (melts slowly); three to five juniper berries, crushed gently with the flat of your knife; the juice from a wedge of lime (do not drop the lime in: it adds bitterness), Italian gin, and excellent tonic. Posted by: Otto Zilch at April 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Ws2ua) 41
And the TP holder is vertical?? Takes away the question of is one normal (paper over/front) or psycho (paper under/back). Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf) --------- To be fair, the cat would go nuts trying to unroll it into the bowl. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 10:13 PM (+HNx/) 42
Supplemental "on this date":
Art Alexakis, singer-songwriter and guitarist of local Portland band Everclear, was born in Los Angeles 64 years ago today. He once attempted suicide off Santa Monica Pier=, and his song about the town has the reputation of being so fun and easy to play that even people who rag on Everclear in general and Alexakis specifically will still learn guitar with it: Everclear - Santa Monica https://youtu.be/MW6E_TNgCsY Nick Hexum, who turns 56 today, is the singer-rapper-songwriter and guitarist of Nebraska band 311, which is named after the Omaha police code for indecent exposure (a friend was caught skinny-dipping). In the video for this classic track of theirs, he's the square-jawed one who comes in with the pretty melodies after the rapping by Doug "SA" Martinez: 311 - Down https://youtu.be/lYBIRHi5-o8 Guy Berryman turned 48. A Scottish musician, songwriter, fashion designer, and businessman, he is best known as bassist of Coldplay. Brave AI recommended this song for a showcase of his skill, with its evocative bass line in a bass-forward arrangement: Coldplay - Sparks (Live At The Citadel) https://youtu.be/xK9XHVWwzI0 Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Sy6m/) 43
A) MoMe's are bigly fun!
2) you people and your fancy indoor plumbing!!! Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 10:13 PM (qdktZ) 44
26 Greetings 'ettes and 'rons, and thanks Piper and Doof for the ONT! As I am in the throes of a bathroom remodel at the moment, Piper's tips are super helpful for planning.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 12, 2026 Yay! I am getting ready to do a few big and a few little things here. Master bath is getting a medium overhaul, I am changing the sink and lighting in the powder room, the kitchen cabinets are getting repainted and, fingers crossed, replacing all the flooring with reclaimed hardwood. Which I said we should do when we built, but was I listened to? No. Of course not. So here we are. 😂 Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:13 PM (OoFl2) 45
>>> 35
So, Orbán is out. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 10:11 PM (tgvbd) *tee hee* Questioning elections is insurrectiony!!! Posted by: peEU at April 12, 2026 10:13 PM (9vFyc) 46
I am a MoMe evangelist!
Posted by: Doof ************** You absolutely are. Your repeated emphasis that we just HAD to attend the TX MoMe in 2023 is the very reason we went that year and every year since.... Posted by: The Grateful at April 12, 2026 10:11 PM (cCn4/) Once in a while, I give good advice! Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf) 47
33 I don't do golf, or hockey. But I do have a green clawfoot bathtub. So I do have something going for me in the game of life.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary --- The green hides the ring well. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 10:14 PM (4qjYs) Posted by: TRex - potty decorator dino at April 12, 2026 10:14 PM (P7Hra) 49
paster tubs and sinks, geometric floors, bathtubs with tile surrounds...yep, the 50s are back
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 10:14 PM (GD0B3) 50
De-escalation techniques?? AYFKM??? Maybe get back to actual punishment for crime and stop letting criminals back out on the streets!!
He shot a guy. Dead. Because onion rings. What, in your upbringing, leaves you so devoid of morals that murder is anywhere on your list of "how to deal with a fast-food order?" Guy should be hung from the St Louis arch and left there until the crows pick him clean. And then left there longer until he crumbles into dust. Maybe some concrete visual examples will help, if parents can't. Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov) 51
Pink bathroom fixtures with black and white tiled floors. It's the 50's again!
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2026 10:14 PM (lJ0H4) 52
But where's the picture of Chi Chi's signature move, aiming his putter like a rifle and firing away??
The man was a killer! Posted by: Fritz at April 12, 2026 10:15 PM (J7jo9) 53
I am so happy Rory won the Masters. I'm old and I gotta say. Rory is adorable and I would pinch his face cheeks and his butt cheeks.' Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 10:15 PM (3ek7K) 54
Thanks for the Masters ONT, Doof! Great to get caught up on the action today.
Thanks to Piper for the decor information. Some of those pink fixtures remind me of Grandma's house back in the 1960s. Everything old is new again... Great photo up top. Our nation's flag looks great in front of a spectacular sunset. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 12, 2026 10:15 PM (vrNzf) 55
I just stumbled across this, Johnny Carson interviewing the crew of Apollo 13. 24 minutes including Ed McMahon shilling breakfast cereal. Has some real good jokes and even footage taken inside Odyssey and Aquarius.
https://youtu.be/uTDA2TOxPQM Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:15 PM (2GVsD) 56
Friend of mine renovated her home and wanted to keep some vintage elements, like the pink and blue tiles in one bathroom. She could not find those colors anymore, and the contractor told her yeah, you just can't find 'em, you'd have to get custom tiles and still, good luck getting the colors right. It amazed me. You'd think you could get any color of paint, tile, fabric -- but some of those colors are acknowledged to be beautiful, but unattainable. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 12, 2026 10:15 PM (n7rxJ) Posted by: Elrond of Rivendell at April 12, 2026 10:15 PM (vSvIl) 58
Weren't pastel porcelain fixtures a '50s or '60s thing?
Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 10:16 PM (vTZFs) 59
51 Pink bathroom fixtures with black and white tiled floors. It's the 50's again!
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2026 10:14 PM (lJ0H4) --------- Change out your appliances for Harvest Gold now and avoid the coming big run-up in prices! Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 10:17 PM (+HNx/) 60
Oh, Lawdy, are we back in 1950 with the colored sinks, toilets and tubs that people will tire of and rip out in ten years? What is this Levittown?
Posted by: Never A Pink Toilet Fan at April 12, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2) 61
But where's the picture of Chi Chi's signature move, aiming his putter like a rifle and firing away??
The man was a killer! Posted by: Fritz You mean Chai-Chai Rodrigweez? Posted by: Les Nessman at April 12, 2026 10:17 PM (cYBz/) 62
56
Friend of mine renovated her home and wanted to keep some vintage elements, like the pink and blue tiles in one bathroom. She could not find those colors anymore, and the contractor told her yeah, you just can't find 'em, you'd have to get custom tiles and still, good luck getting the colors right. It amazed me. You'd think you could get any color of paint, tile, fabric -- but some of those colors are acknowledged to be beautiful, but unattainable. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at There are vintage places you can find all of this because some people (with no taste) rip out beautiful mid mod bathrooms and kitchens. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:17 PM (OoFl2) 63
Had my confirmation today!
Only mumble mumble decades after my first communion 😁 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 10:18 PM (OTdqV) 64
Huzzah Vmom!
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD) 65
It amazed me. You'd think you could get any color of paint, tile, fabric -- but some of those colors are acknowledged to be beautiful, but unattainable.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 12, 2026 10:15 PM (n7rxJ) Some of those things you can find at thrift/resale shops. Helped a friend score vintage tiles at a thrift store. She needed a few to make repairs in an older house. You can't just walk into Home Depot for those anymore. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:19 PM (cS3Fw) 66
Y' left out the crucial information, what was the confrontation about? Did they forget the rings? Were they soggy? Was there a French fry in the order?
the confrontation involved a customer requesting additional onion rings. That's it? Somebody was insanely greedy. Emphasis on the insane. Posted by: mindful webworker - but they were risp at April 12, 2026 10:19 PM (C2uPD) 67
14 There was no Raymond J. Johnson Jr. in that beer commercial.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 10:06 PM (Cqx++) Wrong brand. He spilled for Anheiser-Busch Natural Light (Just say "Natural.") before they re-branded the swill as Buf Light. Posted by: tankdemon at April 12, 2026 10:19 PM (SpA3v) 68
The color fixtures are giving a 70s vibe imo
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 10:20 PM (OTdqV) 69
I am doing a green sink in the powder room. I can’t wait. I have to keep the white freestanding tub in my master bathroom, because it was a splurge to start with. But fret not! I will work around it!
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:20 PM (OoFl2) 70
Had my confirmation today!
Only mumble mumble decades after my first communion 😁 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport Happy Confirmation Day!!! Posted by: Les Nessman at April 12, 2026 10:20 PM (cYBz/) 71
Hungary maybe not as bad as it sounds:
@MrAndyNgo · 1h I’ve done reporting in Hungary & people are applying an inaccurate US-framing to the election result. The opposition that won in Hungary came out of Orban’s Fidesz party. The Tisza party is also right-wing, just less skeptical of the EU. They are anti-mass migration & pro-family. Posted by: Methos at April 12, 2026 10:20 PM (vSvIl) 72
I'm amazed, "An unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax." is on the books.
Can it be applied to anything else? ------- I'd suggest it morally and legally be applied to any taxpayer who filed returns that included W-2 income for any of the last 40 years. "Our" government has ably demonstrated that it has been fiscally *corrupt* and used OUR taxes to enrich themselves. Tax payers who worked two jobs to make ends meet or who worked one in an awful field should be absolved if their tax payment records aren't pristine. Posted by: Crusader at April 12, 2026 10:20 PM (Cjcf6) 73
And the TP holder is vertical?? Takes away the question of is one normal (paper over/front) or psycho (paper under/back).
Posted by: Doof To be fair, the cat would go nuts trying to unroll it into the bowl. Posted by: Cicero There's still a right way and a wrong way. If they're sitting on the toilet lid, a right-pawed cat will spin it one way, a left-pawed cat the other. Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov) 74
Yay, Vmom!
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:21 PM (OoFl2) 75
More G&T: use flavorful gin (†
†–juniper-heavy like Bombay Sapphire Tuscan Reserve or Du Nord (from Minneapolis); citrus-forward like #10 or Malfi, botanical and piney like St. George Terroir or Blue Line or some of the German gins, or flavored like Dillon's rose or Empress (both Canada) ‡–elderflower, lime, yuzu, etc. §–some of the more exotic gins (I'm thinking about those Canadian ones) can stand up to a flavored tonic, but usually you want something more neutral so you can get the details of the gin. Posted by: Otto Zilch at April 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Ws2ua) 76
There are vintage places you can find all of this because some people (with no taste) rip out beautiful mid mod bathrooms and kitchens.
I detest those vandals who destroy any uniqueness and charm a house has to be able to flip and sell it. "Oh we so love this house so we ripped out the beautiful wooden staircase and replaced it with a white painted metal one." Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD) 77
So, Orbán is out.
- Our list of allies is growing thin. Posted by: Elrond of Rivendell at April 12, 2026 10:15 PM (vSvIl) As is any reason to stay in NATO. Perhaps we should set up Greenland as Airstrip One, Diego Garcia as Airstrip Two, and maybe Ireland as Airstrip Three. Mainland Europe can become the EU Caliphate if it wants. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:21 PM (S/Y4j) 78
Yay! I am getting ready to do a few big and a few little things here. Master bath is getting a medium overhaul, I am changing the sink and lighting in the powder room, the kitchen cabinets are getting repainted and, fingers crossed, replacing all the flooring with reclaimed hardwood. Which I said we should do when we built, but was I listened to? No. Of course not. So here we are. 😂
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:13 PM (OoFl2) A prophet is without honor in her own country, ma'am. Sleep well in the knowledge that you were right. Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 12, 2026 10:21 PM (t2oSI) 79
But where's the picture of Chi Chi's signature move, aiming his putter like a rifle and firing away??
The man was a killer! Posted by: Fritz You mean Chai-Chai Rodrigweez? Posted by: Les Nessman at April 12, 2026 10:17 PM (cYBz/) Why is that golf photo labeled as "hard"? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 10:21 PM (utfVc) 80
I went to the NoVa MoMe in 2024, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. And I'm a person who hates crowds and am skittish around new people. If you have the chance, GO. You will not regret it.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 12, 2026 10:22 PM (CHHv1) 81
We lived in a house with seashell sinks. Pink in one bathroom. Blue in the other.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:22 PM (cS3Fw) 82
Every ones taste differs. Basically you go into the bathroom to shower and take a shit. If it makes you happy because your bathroom is trendy that is good. I'm happy we aren't going out in the yard to shit in an outhouse. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 10:22 PM (3ek7K) Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:22 PM (OoFl2) 84
28 And the TP holder is vertical?? Takes away the question of is one normal (paper over/front) or psycho (paper under/back).
Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf) But now the question is should it release clockwise or counter-clockwise? And should it be reversed in Australia? Posted by: tankdemon at April 12, 2026 10:22 PM (SpA3v) 85
Seashell sinks by the seashore?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:23 PM (2GVsD) 86
The pink bathroom with the black and white floor needs a high speed crane ball. Damn...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 10:25 PM (snZF9) 87
Orban had been in charge for too long and was getting crooked, to hear Hungarians talk of him.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 10:25 PM (gKWVE) 88
Awesome content Golf and design !
Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 10:25 PM (lCppi) 89
There's still a right way and a wrong way. If they're sitting on the toilet lid, a right-pawed cat will spin it one way, a left-pawed cat the other.
Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov) I'm waiting for a rotating TP holder, so you can swap between locking positions where it rolls off the front or back, or leave it free to frustrate visitors you want to leave. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:25 PM (S/Y4j) 90
>>> 82
Every ones taste differs. Basically you go into the bathroom to shower and take a shit. If it makes you happy because your bathroom is trendy that is good. I'm happy we aren't going out in the yard to shit in an outhouse. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 10:22 PM (3ek7K) *ahem* Posted by: horse trailer at April 12, 2026 10:25 PM (9vFyc) 91
Why is that golf photo labeled as "hard"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 10:21 PM (utfVc) Lingo of the yutes of today. Strong, powerful, bold. Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf) 92
Quite an accomplishment. Though I was disappointed that the presentation of the coveted green jacket came from the chairman of Augusta National instead of a previous champion. Or even better - one of the other 3 who were repeat champions. When I win back to back Masters, I will demand my 2nd jacket be presented by Jack, Nick, Tiger, or Rory!
We have AI now. Why didn't we get video of the previous winner, Rory McIlroy, presenting Rory McIlroy with the jacket? Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov) 93
There are vintage places you can find all of this because some people (with no taste) rip out beautiful mid mod bathrooms and kitchens. Posted by: Piper ========== Ah. I don't know how you feel about hardwood floors, but I uncovered some under a 1984 Provincial berber carpet once. Then I got scratching... the grey fireplace had actual rosy bricks underneath it, and terra cotta tiles under a fugly strip of wood-patterned linoleum. Oh, and the dining room had the same ugly wood-patterned linoleum... covering the actual wooden floor. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 12, 2026 10:26 PM (n7rxJ) 94
I’ve done reporting in Hungary & people are applying an inaccurate US-framing to the election result. The opposition that won in Hungary came out of Orban’s Fidesz party. The Tisza party is also right-wing, just less skeptical of the EU.
Yeah, that's why Alex Soros and the rest of the Davos crowd is having orgasms online because of the election results - because Tisza is so "right wing". Tisza is going to run the Virginia playbook - campaign as "moderates", and then immediately start pushing through left-wing policies that they never mentioned before the election. Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 10:27 PM (n1OCj) 95
But now the question is should it release clockwise or counter-clockwise? And should it be reversed in Australia?
Posted by: tankdemon at April 12, 2026 10:22 PM (SpA3v) Get the Artemis II toilet paper dispenser: a small electric motor dispenses it a square at a time through a narrow slot, while an LCD display reports on the progress, and the number of squares remaining on the roll. And it only took 8 years to develop, and costs $40,900 per unit. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 10:27 PM (utfVc) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD) 97
I went to the NoVa MoMe in 2024, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. And I'm a person who hates crowds and am skittish around new people. If you have the chance, GO. You will not regret it.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 12, 2026 10:22 PM (CHHv1) I remember you being there. Will you be there this year? Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf) 98
When gas hits $10 a gallon, its mohawks and assless chaps time
Posted by: a dude in MI at April 12, 2026 10:28 PM (+I6Y/) 99
I went to the NoVa MoMe in 2024, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. And I'm a person who hates crowds and am skittish around new people. If you have the chance, GO. You will not regret it.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 12, 2026 10:22 PM (CHHv1) This. I got to go to one day of TX MoMe in 2025. It was fun, even though I'm mostly a social retard who likes sitting back and observing. The food was really good. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:29 PM (cS3Fw) 100
Meme:
I don't watch soccer. If I wanted to watch a bunch of guys struggle to score for 90 minutes, I'll take my friends out to the bar. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:29 PM (S/Y4j) 101
We're building a house from scratch First (and last) time we'll do that. One of the many learning experiences to pick a good 'white' paint isnt easy. There are dozens, if not hundreds to choose from.
Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 10:29 PM (lCppi) 102
Repeat but this is a fashion thread.
"Mar-a-Lag face." NPR is complaining that women have long hair and wear pretty dresses. Apparently that’s MAGA coded. Can you guess what THEIR women look like? - Yeah, fat tatted up blue haired bitches in plaid is much more attractive. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:29 PM (ndZc7) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD) 104
Wood patterned linoleum over real wood floors?
Why? Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD) Because some people need their ass removed. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 10:30 PM (snZF9) 105
Has Australia run out of petrol yet?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD) 106
The Cars are good and their music does not sound dated at all.
I like the jade green vanity sink. Posted by: Joemarine at April 12, 2026 10:30 PM (y171U) 107
86 The pink bathroom with the black and white floor needs a high speed crane ball. Damn... Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 10:25 PM (snZF9) Really? I love that so much! I don't like the floor tile, I would do something a little more retro, but the rest is fantastic! I think the geometric pinks and oranges is a lot - I could see it working, but it is kinda noisy. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:30 PM (OoFl2) 108
Get the Artemis II toilet paper dispenser: a small electric motor dispenses it a square at a time through a narrow slot, while an LCD display reports on the progress, and the number of squares remaining on the roll. And it only took 8 years to develop, and costs $40,900 per unit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 10:27 PM (utfVc) At least it doesn't force you to watch an ad for each square, as I understand happens in Chinese public toilets. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 10:31 PM (S/Y4j) 109
I don't like pedestal sinks because there is no countertop and no storage. I'm weird that way since I have stuff and use stuff. I mean it looks great but it's not practical for me.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 10:31 PM (VCgbV) 110
We won't have Eric to kick around anymore.
Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell I am suspending my campaign for Governor. To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:31 PM (ndZc7) 111
The black@white pattern floor tiles makes me think of Tom Petty cutting the Alice cake.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:31 PM (2GVsD) 112
I got to go to one day of TX MoMe in 2025. It was fun, even though I'm mostly a social retard who likes sitting back and observing. The food was really good.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:29 PM (cS3Fw) That's when we learned that you weren't really scary! Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:32 PM (QMAsf) 113
101 We're building a house from scratch First (and last) time we'll do that. One of the many learning experiences to pick a good 'white' paint isnt easy. There are dozens, if not hundreds to choose from.
Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 10:29 PM ( Yes, and once you have narrowed it down to 3 or 4, take pictures of them in all kinds of light. Light changes EVERYTHING. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:32 PM (OoFl2) 114
105 Has Australia run out of petrol yet?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD) Sucks to be them. They chose poorly. At least they have bush tucker. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:32 PM (cS3Fw) 115
Who gives a shit how your bathroom looks? If is clean then then who cares? If it makes you happy that that your bathroom looks trendy go for it. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 10:33 PM (3ek7K) 116
*checks in on overnight thread. Satisfaction*
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:34 PM (XuXeR) 117
That Candy looks good. Expensive, but good.
Posted by: Case at April 12, 2026 10:34 PM (pvf3X) 118
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Why is that golf photo labeled as "hard"? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 10:21 PM (utfVc) I wondered the same thing. Probably some stupid internet thing that all the cool kids are saying. Posted by: a.moron at April 12, 2026 10:34 PM (X5Jzz) 119
>>> 115
Who gives a shit how your bathroom looks? If is clean then then who cares? If it makes you happy that that your bathroom looks trendy go for it. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 10:33 PM (3ek7K) It's a bathroom, everyone is giving a shit. Posted by: wait a minute... at April 12, 2026 10:34 PM (9vFyc) 120
109 I don't like pedestal sinks because there is no countertop and no storage. I'm weird that way since I have stuff and use stuff. I mean it looks great but it's not practical for me.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 10:31 PM (VCgbV) I agree. It really only works in a small guest bathroom it 1/2 bath. You can only put so many baskets around! Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:34 PM (OoFl2) 121
De-escalation techniques?? AYFKM??? Maybe get back to actual punishment for crime and stop letting criminals back out on the streets!!
And get back to a time when fathers married the mothers of their children, and little boys were raised in a stable family where they had a full time father. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2026 10:34 PM (0Htd1) Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:34 PM (XuXeR) 123
I don't like pedestal sinks because there is no countertop and no storage. I'm weird that way since I have stuff and use stuff. I mean it looks great but it's not practical for me.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 10:31 PM (VCgbV) Agree with you on that. My Alberta house here does have a pedestal sink, but it's because the bathroom is tiny, and the sink is on the same wall as the heating radiator, so enclosing that is a "no way." But I took the pedestal out, because it does not support the sink, and just makes it harder to mop the floor. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 10:35 PM (utfVc) 124
At least they have bush tucker.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary Is that an alternative to a Brazilian wax? Posted by: mikeski is confused at April 12, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov) 125
I did a bit of a deep dive on home distillation a few years back, there’s a pretty good website forum (of course) on this, with a bunch of caveats, mostly about how this is totally illegal under federal law, etc. There are apparently a lot of people who are unconcerned.
It’s interesting to note that every country on the planet outlaws home distillation (without paying a prohibitive tax, permitting, etc) with the exception of New Zealand. The legality there is said to have been the result of a legislative error, not for any reasons of common sense or sanity. In the US there are a patchwork of different laws at the state and even county level. In some states it is perfectly legal to own a Still, but you cannot use it, however. Some Counties prohibit possession, which is probably why Andy and Barney went after those spinster sisters in Mayberry. Finally, the legislation that decriminalized home brewing beer and winemaking in the 1970s was said to have included home distillation as well, but this was somehow deleted from the final bill through an error in transcription and did not make it into law. Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 10:35 PM (1QxHi) 126
111 The black@white pattern floor tiles makes me think of Tom Petty cutting the Alice cake.
--------- Hah! I had a Tom Petty riff all ready to go upthread but it didn't survive Quality Control. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 10:35 PM (+HNx/) 127
That's when we learned that you weren't really scary!
Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:32 PM (QMAsf) Boo? Socially Awkward Mary just doesn't seem a good handle. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:35 PM (cS3Fw) 128
Yes, pedestal sinks go into the guest bathroom as a not so subtle reminder this is not the guest' home.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD) 129
Well, Piper, that was a different fashion report!
After decades of neglect and decay, we're finally rehabbing the old concrete house my grandfather built about a hundred years ago. Sturdy structure, but needs a lot of work. The old kitchen sink is green, the very color of that bathroom sink above. Nice wide basin with two drainboards. Old and heavy iron. The faucet set had rotted away, so, decades ago, I went looking for a replacement. Went into Huffman's plumbing and described what I was looking for to a young fellow, who looked at me like I was from an alternate dimension. An older employee was no more helpful. So, they wheeled (not literally) old man Huffman himself out to listen to the crazy customer, and he said, "Oh, fourteen inch center-to-center with a forty-five degree offset base." Yes! I exclaimed, that's it! Hopes rose. Shook his head and said, "I haven't seen one of those in years! (Shoulders droop.) Fortunately, now, in this age of World Wide Webbing, Daughter has found a supplier of just what we need. And she's even found kitchen appliances to match the color. Should be good for another hundred years…😏 Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at April 12, 2026 10:36 PM (C2uPD) 130
I saw a bright pink toilet explode after being hit by a car. Razor-sharp shards for 150 ft. My buddy and I placed it on the double yellow at the foot of a hill. It was County bulk junk day. The motorist was not amused.
Posted by: American Standard at April 12, 2026 10:37 PM (oftw2) 131
63 Had my confirmation today!
Only mumble mumble decades after my first communion 😁 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 10:18 PM (OTdqV) Congrats! I was never confirmed, didn't care much when I was a kid. I came back to the church 7 years ago and attend regularly. Posted by: Joemarine at April 12, 2026 10:37 PM (y171U) 132
Fortunately, now, in this age of World Wide Webbing, Daughter has found a supplier of just what we need. And she's even found kitchen appliances to match the color.
Should be good for another hundred years…😏 Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at April 12, 2026 10 I need pictures! Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:37 PM (OoFl2) Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 10:38 PM (OKRd3) 134
When I am awarded the green jacket for golf for winning the masters, I want it presented to me by Paige Spiranac, topless in a green g-string.
We can still dream. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 10:39 PM (Fbc0I) 135
LASue,
Where are you building? Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 10:39 PM (VCgbV) 136
De-escalation techniques?? AYFKM???
- I've found running and hiding works well. - Prime Minister Keir Starmer Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:39 PM (ndZc7) 137
Current color stars for 2026 bathroom fixtures:
• Sage, jade, and forest green — calming yet modern (huge with black or brass hardware) • Blush pink and peach — flirty and feminine without being twee • Teal and turquoise — bold but still spa-like • Warm terracotta or biscuit tones — tying into the bigger earthy-neutral wave Can Harvest Gold and Avocado Green be far behind? I have to admit that I like the green tub with the green ragged wallpaper, though. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 10:40 PM (Riz8t) 138
Hah! I'd completely forgotten about that Miller Lite Open commercial. A true classic. I'm still laughing.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 12, 2026 10:40 PM (ceJ0R) 139
Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell I am suspending my campaign for Governor. 'Suspending'. So he gets to keep the money he raised...for now. Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 12, 2026 10:41 PM (0CU3H) 140
I swear, they used to offer various different colored toilet paper, to match the Dècor of the shitter. Then, they went all racisty and only offered White. The rest, as they say, is history.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 10:41 PM (1QxHi) 141
Another unsolved crime in Europe to go with the 12 tons of Kit-Kat bars.
In 2005, the Russians put on display in Moscow from their archives Hitler memorabilia. A thief broke in and took nine items. One of them is an NSDAP membership badge in gold with the #1 on back. Not been seen since. Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:41 PM (2GVsD) 142
Colored fixtures are the easiest way to inject personality without starting over.
And, what most of those fixtures said to me was, "I don't like you. Don't spend any time in here. Go away and leave me to look at myself in the mirror." (I abhor Southern Living rooms. They all scream to me, "No one actually lives in this room." Always have.) Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 10:41 PM (OKRd3) 143
Bonus points to Doof for featuring the Vargas painting on the Cars song.
I've been referring to Candice Owens as Candy O. Might have to quit doing that now - no comparison. Hey, I made the sickpuppies list again! Send $1 with a stamped, self-addressed envelope for hints and tricks for getting on the lesser list and a lesson on avoiding Internet rip-offs. Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at April 12, 2026 10:42 PM (C2uPD) 144
69 I am doing a green sink in the powder room. I can’t wait. I have to keep the white freestanding tub in my master bathroom, because it was a splurge to start with. But fret not! I will work around it!
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:20 PM (OoFl2) ...................................... You're young & beautiful & free!I'm old and married with forever home. We remodeled this house we bought 11yrs ago down to the hinges, doorknobs, windows, doors, roof, deck, etc. Repainted. Wood floors. Gutted kitchen & 2.5 bathrooms. To save $ in a guest bathroom in the basement, we painted the existing cabinets a shiny dark teal color with framed mirror, fake marble counter was installed a new shower. Dark drawer pulls.Wood floor. Kitchen is neutral with dark cherry cabinets,& hand made cream tiles backsplash, under the wooden hood.Unique granite counters.French vibe.LOVE Bathrooms have dark faucets, etc, oiled bronze or something & square tub and sinks in the main bathroom. I admire you but don't think I could deal with colored sinks,etc, after seeing an aunt's pink or aqua bathrooms,from 60's. I'd rather jazz up half bath with wall paper & mirror if I had my way (he hates wallpaper). Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 10:43 PM (WONhk) 145
If Avocado Green, from Mexico!, comes back, the orange deep pile shag carpet won't be far behind.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD) 146
Dems: Nice family you've got there. Shame is something happened to it.
Eric Swalwell: I am suspending my campaign for Governor. To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 10:43 PM (Riz8t) 147
One of them is an NSDAP membership badge in gold with the #1 on back. Not been seen since.
Posted by: Anna Puma Have they checked Candy Owens' purse? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:43 PM (ndZc7) 148
I know nothing about making distilled alcohol, but my dad made wine as a hobby. It seems like that is a simpler process. Well, except for that time that he accidentally put salt in the keg instead of sugar. That was a lot of wasted juice.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2026 10:44 PM (0Htd1) 149
Just three more wake-ups and this part of tax-filing season will come to a close. I might just make it.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2026 10:44 PM (wVcYX) 150
So, this happened, during a youtube livestream Goldie Ghamari, whith whom some of you are familiar, was suspende/kicked of youtube. I heard that some X accounts, with anti-Islamist content, are being mass reported by bots for suspention. This must have happened to her. She appeal and got automatic reply, rejected. She tried again , again rejected. They killed today's stream (she streams every day since the Iranian revolution started) and another show. The violations ? Claim she was holding a gun during her stream. Utter nonsense, and total BS nothing like this happened. She went some other appeal route, and her new update: "@TeamYouTube your manager in the studio told me that after "thorough review" it was determined that I was in fact violating @YouTube policy by holding a gun while livestreaming and they couldn't give me any more details." Bullshit. Why is a United States company - Youtube, simping for Jihadis and allowing them to run prominent anti-Islamic Regime youtubers off the platform?
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 10:44 PM (GD0B3) 151
@POTUS tonight: "I don't think he's doing a very good job. He likes crime, I guess... I'm not a big fan of Pope Leo. He's a very liberal person — and he's a man that doesn't believe in stopping crime."
Posted by: Joemarine at April 12, 2026 10:45 PM (y171U) 152
Hah! I'd completely forgotten about that Miller Lite Open commercial. A true classic. I'm still laughing.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 12, 2026 10:40 PM (ceJ0R) Back when the country still had a working funny bone. Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2026 10:46 PM (wVcYX) 153
If Avocado Green, from Mexico!, comes back, the orange deep pile shag carpet won't be far behind.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD) Wood paneling on the walls and I'm there! Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf) 154
All you need is a shitter, a sink and a tub.
Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 10:09 PM (3ek7K) And some counter space around the sink to put down your toothpaste and your cup. That one picture of a washbasin is just... ugh. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 10:46 PM (OKRd3) Posted by: mindful webworker - but who's counting? at April 12, 2026 10:46 PM (C2uPD) 156
Justin Thomas (JT The Wonder Dog's namesake) is coming off of back surgery and placed T41 at the Masters. I wish Thomas had convalesced with us, JT can make anyone feel better.
Posted by: pookysgirl only has one furry friend right now at April 12, 2026 10:46 PM (Wt5PA) 157
Each of you concerned with the non-availability of certain colors of tubs, toilets, sinks, etc, should contact CBD for a spot on the FWP thread next week. Somebody knows where to find them!
In 1986, first home we ever owned, I tore out an entire bathroom with pink and black tiles and a pink tub. Honestly, it was bad! I think the sink was also pink. Posted by: LRob in OK at April 12, 2026 10:46 PM (7D3Aa) 158
runner, I saw that Goldie got canceled. That is unfortunate. They did keep streaming on Armin's channel..
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:47 PM (cS3Fw) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD) 160
Is youtube outsourcing everything to Turkey or something ?
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 10:47 PM (GD0B3) 161
If Avocado Green, from Mexico!, comes back, the orange deep pile shag carpet won't be far behind.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD) Wood paneling on the walls and I'm there! *dusts off leisure suit and shoes with goldfish in the heels* Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (Riz8t) 162
Pied Piper is leading us back down the path to avocado green and harvest gold kitchens and baths! Just say “no” to 1970s groovy styling.
Posted by: Bill Blass can kiss my ass at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (8AkNE) 163
(I abhor Southern Living rooms. They all scream to me, "No one actually lives in this room." Always have.)
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 10:41 *scratches GWB off the brunch invite list* 🤣 Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (Wmg4n) 164
Going with a hard "no" on colored porcelain. Everything that's old is new again and 30 years hence your passing your heirs will sell your house and the new owners will do the same damn thing everyone did with those houses from 1990-2000 when they had to tear out baby poop green tubs and toilets and replace them with ones that don't look like they were installed 40 years ago.
Just don't. White porcelain is classic and easy. Posted by: ballistic at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (oqH4h) 165
That gray toilet bathroom is disgusting. The open floor plan concept shouldn't apply to bathrooms.
And I'm a traditionalist. I don't like weirdly shaped bathroom sinks. My brother and his wife have one. It's like some kind of big bowl or something. It's just not right. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (0Htd1) 166
139 Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell I am suspending my campaign for Governor. 'Suspending'. So he gets to keep the money he raised...for now. Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 12, 2026 10:41 PM (0CU3H) Yes, that is why they say "suspending". Posted by: Joemarine at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (y171U) 167
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:47 PM (cS3Fw)
She streams on Rumble and X too. But WTF youtube, right? Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (GD0B3) 168
145 If Avocado Green, from Mexico!, comes back, the orange deep pile shag carpet won't be far behind.
--------- And a couple of paintings from Sears. Posted by: Billy Joel at April 12, 2026 10:49 PM (+HNx/) 169
Demands are for Rep. Swalwell to resign from Congress. All the usual suspects throwing him under the bus. He is an especially odious creature, but there are plenty more in that August body.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 10:49 PM (1QxHi) 170
De-escalation techniques?? AYFKM??? Maybe get back to actual punishment for crime and stop letting criminals back out on the streets!!
Well, the way that gray toilet is situated, you may as well be peeing outside. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2026 10:50 PM (0Htd1) 171
Where do all the shrink-wrapped decorative guest soaps go? And the potpourri bowl arrangement?
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2026 10:50 PM (wVcYX) 172
The pink tile bathroom is the Dude's from 'The Big Lebowski'
Posted by: DBCooper at April 12, 2026 10:51 PM (/E5UA) 173
If it was a real Southern Living living room, the couch protectors would have couch protectors.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:51 PM (2GVsD) 174
163 (I abhor Southern Living rooms. They all scream to me, "No one actually lives in this room." Always have.)
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 10:41 You grew up in my parents' house? I thought I was an only child. *folks are good people. Just use a coaster, please* Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:51 PM (cS3Fw) 175
Sorry, that quote was a screw up. I need a snack. I'm going to blame this on a blood sugar issue.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2026 10:51 PM (0Htd1) 176
*debouches from chauffeured limousine*
*pauses on red carpet for photos* Good evening, Hordians. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Hadrian the Hordian, Famous for his accordion, His limousine Was really keen But more than he could affordian. Sorry. Had a sudden attack of muldoonia. Posted by: mindful webworker - but who's counting? at April 12, 2026 10:52 PM (C2uPD) 177
Are the goldfish still alive?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:52 PM (2GVsD) 178
We have worse concerns than how anyones bathroom looks. If we don't stand up the muzzies it wont matter how your bathrroom looks like. We will all be wiping our asses with our hands. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 10:52 PM (3ek7K) 179
169 Demands are for Rep. Swalwell to resign from Congress. All the usual suspects throwing him under the bus. He is an especially odious creature, but there are plenty more in that August body.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 10:49 PM (1QxHi) ---------- He's sacrificing the governor race in a desperate bid to save his congressional seat. A controlled burn, if you will. Because if Eric isn't a congressman, how's he going to get any chick to blow him? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 10:53 PM (+HNx/) 180
I think we may be in for an exciting week with the blockade in Iran and President Trump and Pope Leo. I agree with Trump as a new Catholic.
Granted, I understand why popes can't say, "Let's have war!" I also (sort of understand) the migrant issue because they are misinformed due to the MSM or liberal priests. To pray for peace from the walled Vatican.Could not believe one column from a liberal old priest who hates Trump (no wonder he had a stroke). I pray for peace but I want Iran not to have a nuke and rape and hang women and little girls. I want not to support or be murdered by millions of illegal barbarians mooching off our country. I support sheltering South African whites from murder here, or random Muslims who convert to be Christian. Or the Christians Leo did not mention murdered in Africa recently. True people in need of help. I am not cold hearted. I totally and always will be opposed to abortion, gay marriage, trans, etc. If the Catholic church goes that way then I don't know what to think anymore and will go back to my pseudo Quaker worship of quietness. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 10:53 PM (WONhk) 181
Fang Fang Bang Bang now has Eric's phone number listed as spam.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:53 PM (2GVsD) 182
I'm amazed, "An unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax." is on the books.
Can it be applied to Posted by: davidt Improved it for good government. Posted by: mindful webworker - but who's counting? at April 12, 2026 10:54 PM (C2uPD) 183
141 In 2005, the Russians put on display in Moscow from their archives Hitler memorabilia. A thief broke in and took nine items. One of them is an NSDAP membership badge in gold with the #1 on back. Not been seen since.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:41 PM (2GVsD) I thought AH was a low number but not #1, as the party was already in existence when he joined. Posted by: Joemarine at April 12, 2026 10:54 PM (y171U) Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 10:54 PM (GD0B3) 185
especially odious creature, but there are plenty more in that August body.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 10:49 PM (1QxHi) Gentle reminder that the House did float a vote to release the files on sexual harassment and misconduct by House members (presumed turgid). The vote was 65-357. Those 357 give the 435 a bad name. Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 10:54 PM (gKWVE) 186
He's sacrificing the governor race in a desperate bid to save his congressional seat. A controlled burn, if you will.
We need to amend the Constitution to bar pieces of s*** from holding office. Yes, that will cause a huge turnover, but it's a price I'm willing to pay. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 10:55 PM (Riz8t) 187
When he joined the DAP his membership number was 555.
But when he renamed it the NSDAP and was the leader, he became #1. Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:55 PM (2GVsD) 188
If it was a real Southern Living living room, the couch protectors would have couch protectors.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:51 PM (2GVsD) And lace doilies on the couch arms under the couch protectors. Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2026 10:55 PM (wVcYX) 189
Greetings All
Thankyou for ONT Doof! Piper - nice to see you branching out beyond fashion but for some reason I had to go p afterward... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 10:55 PM (QGaXH) 190
I thought AH was a low number but not #1, as the party was already in existence when he joined.
-------- He was number 550, IIRC. Since the zero was added for effect by a then-tiny party, his actual number was 55. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 10:56 PM (+HNx/) 191
Mark Felton says they added 500 to the membership number.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2GVsD) 192
191 Mark Felton says they added 500 to the membership number.
--------- My bad, you're right. I remembered they inflated the number somehow. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 10:58 PM (+HNx/) Posted by: mindful webworker - no gravity defying allowed at April 12, 2026 10:58 PM (C2uPD) 194
Here is an interesting factoid about mr. Congeniality, his longtime bestest and closest friend is mr. Gallego, who somehow won the Arizona Senate seat not long ago. What did Gallego know and when did he know it ?!
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 10:58 PM (GD0B3) 195
Wood patterned linoleum over real wood floors?
Why? Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD) Primarily because linoleum is SIGNIFICANTLY easier to take care of than wood flooring. And in a day when people had to actually sand and re-varnish the floor, linoleum is YUGE. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 10:58 PM (OKRd3) 196
Piper! How could you?! What’s next—hyping ‘70s van culture? If the shag carpeted f-truck with the 8-track player is a-knockin’, welcome in for a tour?
Posted by: Eine kleine Anne Kleine at April 12, 2026 10:59 PM (8AkNE) 197
Going with a hard "no" on colored porcelain. Everything that's old is new again and 30 years hence your passing your heirs will sell your house and the new owners will do the same damn thing everyone did with those houses from 1990-2000 when they had to tear out baby poop green tubs and toilets and replace them with ones that don't look like they were installed 40 years ago.
Just don't. White porcelain is classic and easy. Posted by: ballistic at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (oqH4h) *I* was the poor bastard tearing out those shit colors back then. And yeah, you're 100% right there, people ripped them out with a vengeance. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 10:59 PM (snZF9) 198
It's a bathroom where you go to take a shit and a shower. Seriously, do you care how it looks? we have worse things to be concerned about. we are blessed we have indoor plumbing. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K) 199
194 Here is an interesting factoid about mr. Congeniality, his longtime bestest and closest friend is mr. Gallego, who somehow won the Arizona Senate seat not long ago. What did Gallego know and when did he know it ?!
--------- Are you suggesting there may be collateral damage? *places online popcorn re-order* Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 10:59 PM (+HNx/) 200
"Colored fixtures are the easiest way to inject personality without starting over."
--------- 'Colored fixtures...' Really?? 'Colored'? I believe the proper wording would be 'Fixtures of color.....' (laughing!)....(to myself)....(maniacally....) Ohhhh....Columbo's coming on.... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 10:59 PM (QGaXH) 201
MoMe in NoVa?
Make sure to keep the glowies out. Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD) So no CBD? Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 10:59 PM (OKRd3) 202
Great content tonight... Thanks Doof & Piper!
My former house had mint green sink & tub in the main bathroom. And light grey tile field with dark grey trim. Current house had lots of dark paneling in the back rooms, but we didn't remove it because it covered up cinderblock walls... We simply painted the paneling. Nice texture! Really brightened up the dark spaces. Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 11:00 PM (rdVOm) 203
Why is a United States company - Youtube, simping for Jihadis and allowing them to run prominent anti-Islamic Regime youtubers off the platform?
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 10:44 PM (GD0B3) Because youtube is owned by Google, and Google is evil. Full stop. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 11:00 PM (utfVc) 204
He was number 550, IIRC. Since the zero was added for effect by a then-tiny party, his actual number was 55.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) Plumbers do that too. If the business has three trucks, they are assigned 101, 102, 103. It's an old trick. Posted by: If It Don't Go Down, Call Brown. at April 12, 2026 11:01 PM (oftw2) 205
Are you suggesting there may be collateral damage?
*places online popcorn re-order* Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 10:59 PM (+HNx/) I am very much hoping there is! Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 11:01 PM (GD0B3) 206
173 If it was a real Southern Living living room, the couch protectors would have couch protectors.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 10:51 PM (2GVsD) Nah. My mother's green velvet couch was an extra bed at times (70's). Brothers played in there with railroads and similar. Danced in there with one of those long stereo/ turntable pieces of furniture with the ability to tape yourself. Huge thing. We also had a famiy room for tv. Nothing was sacred in that house. We didn't wipe mud or eat pizza on the velvet couch, but it was not a museum. With antiques in my LR, nothing is sacred there, either for my grands who grew up all over this house. The cream couch looks antique but we bought it off the floor of a store in FL and it has Sunbrella fabric that I can wipe (and have) chocolate off of. It looks twee, I'll admit that. But it ain't. Antique chairs from my grandmother recovered and have handled the little monkeys. Antique and beat up oak coffee table from Belgium is not precious. Antique rosewood piano has taken a beating fron 3 generations. It's stupid to have stuff and not use it. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:02 PM (WONhk) 207
This is the successor to the Rick Roll.
Honestly. If not organically then because I will force it A upbeat cover of Boom Boom Boom! by Vengaboys youtu.be/ONsrcA23U6M Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR) 208
Amen Christy. I agree with you on all of that.
I'm not a very good Protestant, and don't hate Catholics. The Pope would be my biggest hurdle to Catholicism, at least the last few Popes. Mostly I don't understand the role of the Pope. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:02 PM (cS3Fw) 209
You're young & beautiful & free!I'm old and married with forever home.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 10:43 PM (WONhk) Ha! Listen, you live once. You like the furry bergère chair? Get it. Make it work. And you know there is a story there for another day! 🤣. I am very blessed, and very grateful for J, who indulges me and my whims more than he should. He finally came to his senses and decided we are not moving (and trust me, my friends think I am nuts for having been opposed, this is also a story for another day) so I am full speed ahead with tweaking this house. Wallpaper is very in- I did my foyer and I LOVE it. Do it! Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:03 PM (Wmg4n) 210
And lace doilies on the couch arms under the couch protectors.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2026 10:55 PM (wVcYX) I have to defend the South as I have never seen either doilies or plastic couch protectors in my life. Not at my grandmother's homes or anywhere. The only plastic protectors I saw were on the couch of Raymond's mothers in his show. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:05 PM (WONhk) 211
One thing I definitely don't miss is all the powder rooms with the frigging chrome/shiny wall paper and popcorn ceilings. The shit I tore out between kitchens and bathrooms its a wonder I never needed therapy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (snZF9) 212
The Pope would be my biggest hurdle to Catholicism
----------- To be fair, they've improved a lot since the Middle Ages. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (+HNx/) 213
It's stupid to have stuff and not use it.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:02 PM (WONhk) Thank you! Posted by: Great Aunt Gertrude's China and Silverware at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (wVcYX) 214
ecause youtube is owned by Google, and Google is evil. Full stop.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 11:00 PM (utfVc) she was obviously mass reported by bots from ..Phakistan or Turkey or whatever, they feed the target list into their farms and they go to town Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (GD0B3) 215
Demands are for Rep. Swalwell to resign from Congress. All the usual suspects throwing him under the bus. I can't imagine any Democrat urging him to quit. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (Cqx++) 216
Just went outside to call in my cat Isis, cool evening and could smell the honeysuckle.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (2GVsD) 217
I remember plastic furniture protectors in NJ And NY...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (VCgbV) 218
LASue,
Where are you building? Posted by: lin-duh is offended at Fredericksburg. Love it out there Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 11:07 PM (lCppi) 219
I have to defend the South as I have never seen either doilies or plastic couch protectors in my life. Not at my grandmother's homes or anywhere.
The only plastic protectors I saw were on the couch of Raymond's mothers in his show. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:05 PM (WONhk) My angry alcoholic aunt had plastic couch protectors and plastic floor runners throughout the house. She was a miserable soul. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:07 PM (cS3Fw) 220
And lace doilies on the couch arms under the couch protectors.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2026 10:55 PM (wVcYX) ---------- On the candy thread someone mentioned those awful ribbon candies. No Old School grannie's house is complete without a glass bowl full of those nasty things. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 11:08 PM (+HNx/) 221
Mostly I don't understand the role of the Pope.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:02 PM (cS3Fw) If you understand the role of your pastor, that's a decent standpoint to understanding the role of a bishop. The Pope is also a bishop, of Rome. It is nice when you go from parish to parish and everyone more-or-less agrees on the same doctrines, same Bible, same hymnal. The notion is that some entity has to herd all these cats. The question being whether we want the bishops to agree on a single person as their leader, or - as in Orthodoxy - if we are all okay with several nations having their own patriarchs (and then what happens if the patriarchs disagree?). This is not a comment to pick a side, just to explain the stakes. Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 11:08 PM (gKWVE) 222
Porcelain fruit!
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 11:08 PM (GD0B3) 223
Gentle reminder that the House did float a vote to release the files on sexual harassment and misconduct by House members (presumed turgid).
The vote was 65-357. Those 357 give the 435 a bad name. Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 10:54 PM (gKWVE) DJT needs to find a way to drop a hint that any House employee or hacker who illegally releases that list would be in line for a pardon. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 11:08 PM (utfVc) 224
Did the Court say anything about using a car radiator as a liquor condenser? Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 12, 2026 11:08 PM (VWtfl) 225
218 LASue,
Where are you building? Posted by: lin-duh is offended at Fredericksburg. Love it out there Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 11:07 PM (lCppi) That is such a great area! How fun for you! Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:09 PM (Wmg4n) 226
71 Hungary maybe not as bad as it sounds:
@MrAndyNgo · 1h I’ve done reporting in Hungary & people are applying an inaccurate US-framing to the election result. The opposition that won in Hungary came out of Orban’s Fidesz party. The Tisza party is also right-wing, just less skeptical of the EU. They are anti-mass migration & pro-family. Posted by: Methos at April 12, 2026 10:20 PM (vSvIl) I communicate regularly with a retired professor who lives outside of Budapest. I was at the Mariners - Astros game today and when I saw Orban lost, I immediately wondered what she thought. She is an Orban supporter, primarily because as a kid she grew up in Communism and has the bad stories to share. I got home from the afternoon game and saw she emailed me. She is distraught with the result, said the new guy Magyar is not a conservative, not as strong on borders (Hungary is next to Russia) and said now that Orban is gone, he was the only EU vote to keep them from sending billions to Ukraine, and generally being the stupid shitheads the EU seems to have as leaders. She is convinced this vote will cause that war to grow, Hungary will get involved and EU leaders to go even more leftist. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 12, 2026 11:09 PM (4nEGa) 227
I have two shell backed pink velvet chairs in my living area. I love them.
Lucy the Fink has destroyed my couch. I’m thinking sea blue or a light green velvet to replace. The rest of my furniture is pine or fir. Light colored. Not painted. Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 11:09 PM (A5RD0) 228
I remember plastic furniture protectors in NJ And NY...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (VCgbV) So...I see you met my aunt? Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 11:09 PM (snZF9) Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:10 PM (cS3Fw) 230
Fredericksburg is a great town! Very beautiful. I'll look for my housewarming invite in the mail...😎
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 11:10 PM (VCgbV) 231
To be fair, they've improved a lot since the Middle Ages.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) ... yeah, John XII was pretty much Pope Paolo Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 11:10 PM (gKWVE) 232
Who gives a shit about wallpaper? We need to concentrate on saving our country wallpaper ain;t make any difference. If that makes you happy go for it. 'wallpaper will save our country. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 11:10 PM (3ek7K) 233
Piper - you are so talented!
I would not trust myself to pick colored fixtures - although it shouldn't be that strange to me having grown up in a house with the "yellow" and "blue" bathrooms - defined by sink, tub and toilet color. Posted by: Iris at April 12, 2026 11:11 PM (bOJ2I) 234
Wallpaper is very in- I did my foyer and I LOVE it. Do it!
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:03 PM (Wmg4n) .................................... Nah. We are DONE. It took off and on for over 2yrs as this place is big. It had a great yard and great bones but was hideous inside when we bought it in 2015. Repainted outside and fixed porch railing while the deck was ripped off the back and replaced. I lived in a warzone for months. I called it 40 Shades of Mustard. Every room a different shade of dingy yellow. Sometimes the wrong type of paint as HS kids did it (we were told). With beige almost shag carpet. Chy knee woman who apparently had a wee oil fire in the kitchen as the pine floor and ceiling had burnt places near the oven. It did not make me weep like our first house in 1985, but it came close before paint, etc. Strange men in the house for months. Worth it! All I ever dreamed of, and our second house we built in FL was perfection. If I could have I would have moved it here but I couldn't. Have been lucky. We might divorce if I whipped out wallpaper as he hates it. About the only thing he has ever said no to. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:12 PM (WONhk) 235
Fredericksburg. Love it out there
Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 11:07 PM (lCppi) Fredericksburg, TX? I love that town. What a nice place. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:12 PM (cS3Fw) 236
I'm not a very good Protestant, and don't hate Catholics. The Pope would be my biggest hurdle to Catholicism, at least the last few Popes. Mostly I don't understand the role of the Pope.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:02 PM (cS3Fw) Any Pope who is not calling for a Crusade against islam is a bad Pope. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 11:12 PM (utfVc) 237
Who gives a shit about wallpaper?
We need to concentrate on saving our country -------- Can't we do both? Posted by: Pottery Barn at April 12, 2026 11:12 PM (+HNx/) 238
Demands are for Rep. Swalwell to resign from Congress. All the usual suspects throwing him under the bus. He is an especially odious creature, but there are plenty more in that August body.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 10:49 PM (1QxHi) I see Congress as more of an October body. October 31st, to be exact. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 11:12 PM (S/Y4j) 239
Evenin'
I was hoping someone else would win The Masters but congrats to Rory McIlroy. Hopefully Scottie Scheffler will win the US Open this year. He'll have all four majors then and there will be two active players with all four majors in hand. Both of those guys are fantastic golfers. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 12, 2026 11:13 PM (sAmhv) 240
Since Europe has no money (thank you TRump!) and will have even less very soon, they will definitely not have billions to send to Ukraine. Magyar said his first trip will be to Poland.
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 11:13 PM (GD0B3) 241
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 10:53 PM (WONhk)
With you absolutely. Though I left the Roman church 500 years ago (metaphorically speaking) over similar problems. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 11:13 PM (OKRd3) 242
I still have nightmares about the light pink fixtures in my childhood home.
When it came time for Mom and Dad to finally sell the house, the colored fixtures were considered too dated, and brought their appraisal down by a lot. The harvest gold carpeting didn't help, either. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 12, 2026 11:14 PM (SRRAx) 243
If that makes you happy go for it. 'wallpaper will save our country. Posted by: four seasons at April We can do both! But you don’t have to, you do the things that bring joy to your soul. I worry, of course, but I also know God has this and me. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:14 PM (Wmg4n) 244
Virginia > Hungary
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 11:14 PM (5UTWB) 245
Hubby & I gleefully ripped the yellow/daisy patterned wallpaper out of the master bath. And the gold plush carpet (!). The enamel-on-steel *harvest gold* sinks were rusting out, and there was a horribly deteriorated gold fiberglass shower insert... YUCK!!!
Took us a little over a week to gut the room and put in a real tub, new toilet, sinks and countertop, tile around the tub with a full-length shelf along the wall (the tub area was deep enough that we bumped it out 4 inches for that), and vinyl plank floor. Oh, and refinished the vanity and built-in linen cabinet & replaced all the hardware. Hell of a job but worth it. Think we spent less than $2k on the whole project, DIY. Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 11:15 PM (rdVOm) 246
Teresa,
How was the concert?? Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 11:15 PM (VCgbV) 247
Great content tonight... Thanks Doof & Piper!
My former house had mint green sink & tub in the main bathroom. And light grey tile field with dark grey trim. Current house had lots of dark paneling in the back rooms, but we didn't remove it because it covered up cinderblock walls... We simply painted the paneling. Nice texture! Really brightened up the dark spaces. Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 11:00 PM (rdVOm) Howdy, JQ! Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 11:16 PM (QMAsf) 248
My angry alcoholic aunt had plastic couch protectors and plastic floor runners throughout the house. She was a miserable soul.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:07 PM (cS3Fw) Wow. I'd probably spill something on purpose off the floor runner to see what would happen. Maybe she did that to prevent her spilling her drinkies? Wild! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:16 PM (WONhk) 249
233 Piper - you are so talented!
I would not trust myself to pick colored fixtures - although it shouldn't be that strange to me having grown up in a house with the "yellow" and "blue" bathrooms - defined by sink, tub and toilet color. Posted by: Iris at April 12, 2026 11:11 PM (bOJ2I We can do it together! I am going pretty bold in the 1/2 bath. What is the worst that can happen? Famous last words. 🤣 Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:18 PM (Wmg4n) 250
Evenin'
I was hoping someone else would win The Masters but congrats to Rory McIlroy. Hopefully Scottie Scheffler will win the US Open this year. He'll have all four majors then and there will be two active players with all four majors in hand. Both of those guys are fantastic golfers. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 12, 2026 11:13 PM (sAmhv) Something about Rory bugs me. Can't really explain what it is. I was really pulling for Justin Rose. Also Wyndham Clark - because I am good friends with one of his coaches. Posted by: Doof at April 12, 2026 11:19 PM (QMAsf) 251
Took us a little over a week to gut the room and put in a real tub, new toilet, sinks and countertop, tile around the tub with a full-length shelf along the wall (the tub area was deep enough that we bumped it out 4 inches for that), and vinyl plank floor. Oh, and refinished the vanity and built-in linen cabinet & replaced all the hardware. Hell of a job but worth it. Think we spent less than $2k on the whole project, DIY.
Posted by: JQ at April 12 Wow! That is impressive! Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:19 PM (Wmg4n) 252
Why is a United States company - Youtube, simping for Jihadis and allowing them to run prominent anti-Islamic Regime youtubers off the platform? Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 10:44 PM (GD0B3) Because youtube is owned by Google, and Google is evil. Full stop. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon ============= Sundar Pichai is an undercover saboteur. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 12, 2026 11:19 PM (n7rxJ) 253
Any Pope who is not calling for a Crusade against islam is a bad Pope.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 11:12 PM (utfVc) I totally agree but I mostly ignore him like I am still Presbyterian. If a priest asked I'd tell him the same as I've never been a liar. I doubt it will come up. This may be bad but it's me and I have figured out the rest on my own. Our parish is very nice and I love the music and people. So far! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:20 PM (WONhk) 254
Sundar Pichai Sounds as American as apple pie///
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 11:21 PM (VCgbV) 255
Maybe she did that to prevent her spilling her drinkies? Wild!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:16 PM (WONhk) It was a control thing, I'm sure. She was pampered and spoiled by her husband. She was horrible to my Grandma, who was the sweetest lady ever. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:21 PM (cS3Fw) 256
It's stupid to have stuff and not use it.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:02 PM (WONhk) This. We had a living room that wasn't used much (outside of decorating for Christmas), but it was never off limits. No couch was ever covered with plastic. But we were expected to not drop food on the carpet and to clean it up immediately if we did. And on furniture. Same goes in my house today. (Except maybe the carpet bit. Honestly, I'm just planning to replace it all at some point, and tell the guy tearing out the old stuff, "Yeah, it was a design they called 'calico' back in the day.") Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 11:21 PM (OKRd3) 257
230 Fredericksburg is a great town! Very beautiful. I'll look for my housewarming invite in the mail...😎
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 12, 2026 11:10 PM (VCgbV) 👍 Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 11:21 PM (lCppi) 258
LASue,
Where are you building? Posted by: lin-duh is offended at Fredericksburg. Love it out there Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 11:07 PM (lCppi) That is such a great area! How fun for you! Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:09 PM (Wmg4n) *** Texas? I'm looking there (on line so far) and in the area myself. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 11:22 PM (2WIwB) 259
There are vintage places you can find all of this because some people (with no taste) rip out beautiful mid mod bathrooms and kitchens.
Posted by: Piper ---- *Raises hand* I moved into a house built in 1959, with a bathroom with a brownish pink (sorta like "flesh" in the paint-by-numbers crafts) toilet, sink and bathtub. We lasted about 5 years, and out it came. Well, not the tub, it was cast iron and In place, like that orange and pink pictured above. Along with replacing the toilet and sink with white, the way G-d intended, we replaced the pink tile with ivory, removed the sliding glass doors on the tub, removed the swag chain globes that gave practically no light, AAAND ripped off the metallic wallpaper featuring French poodles and Eiffel Towers. There's fashion and there's style. Fashion is tiring, which is why it's replaced regularly. That bathroom was fashion. Posted by: buddhaha at April 12, 2026 11:22 PM (CRvdY) 260
its a wonder I never needed therapy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (snZF9) Your perception might be skewed a little on that. But not because you tore out that stuff. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 11:23 PM (OKRd3) 261
Hey Doof, and Hi fellow hordlings!
To answer the question: "I imagine some of you may have experience distilling your own hooch. Anyone care to fess up?" The answer is "yes" - have done. My father used to have a small winemaking operation he ran in eastern Canada using California grapes purchased by a small syndicate of friends - My parents owned vacation/retirement property there (they were US citizens - but really loved Atlantic Canada). Anyway - after a time he had one of the more mechanical guys fabricate a still which he used to first make grappa - then, later distilling other things. His "moonshine" wasn't bad. After he passed away and my sister and I inherited all the property I went up to sell off all the equipment to the rest of the syndicate but not before donning some coveralls and fermenting and distilling one last batch of poteen with the boys. That last batch was, to quote to The Great Escape, "*cough cough* smooth." Alas, I miss those days Posted by: Publius Redux at April 12, 2026 11:23 PM (Gu66x) 262
The Pope would be my biggest hurdle to Catholicism
----------- To be fair, they've improved a lot since the Middle Ages. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (+HNx/) Have you met the last couple of popes? Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 11:24 PM (OKRd3) 263
I ordered some TP with pictures of Barack Obama printed on every sheet.
It went perfect with any style or color of bathroom. Posted by: wth at April 12, 2026 11:25 PM (BT3km) 264
Thank you!
Posted by: Great Aunt Gertrude's China and Silverware at April 12, 2026 11:06 PM (wVcYX) Ha! I use that, too! I can't take it with me so it's used and/or going to my granddaughters. I have a lot so I need many granddaughters (2 so far). Grandson can have whatever else he wants as he was our first and very special. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:26 PM (WONhk) 265
I don't give a fucking shit how someones house and how their decors looks. If it upsets you how someone's home looks stay the fuck home.' Stay home and keep complaing on the internet how offended you are. Oh yeah, bitching on the internet will surely change things.' Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 11:26 PM (3ek7K) 266
Ooohh!!! Color is back! In one house I lived in as a child, we had the pink toilet, the black and white tiling, and everything that could be painted was painted turquoise.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at April 12, 2026 11:26 PM (DK5Sh) 267
Texas?
I'm looking there (on line so far) and in the area myself. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 11:22 PM (2WIwB) I thought you were a puyallap or covington guy. Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 11:26 PM (lCppi) 268
Took us a little over a week to gut the room and put in a real tub, new toilet, sinks and countertop, tile around the tub with a full-length shelf along the wall (the tub area was deep enough that we bumped it out 4 inches for that), and vinyl plank floor. Oh, and refinished the vanity and built-in linen cabinet & replaced all the hardware. Hell of a job but worth it. Think we spent less than $2k on the whole project, DIY.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 11:15 PM (rdVOm) JQ, we also did some DIY to replace unfortunate bathroom design. A bit of elbow grease did the trick Hope you and your Hubby are okay. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:26 PM (cS3Fw) 269
Sundar Pichai Sounds as American as apple pie/// Posted by: lin-duh is offended ============== I resemble that remark! Posted by: Sergei Brin at April 12, 2026 11:27 PM (n7rxJ) 270
There's fashion and there's style. Fashion is tiring, which is why it's replaced regularly. That bathroom was fashion.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 12, The very cool thing about this is everyone can do what makes them happy. I am a huge fan of mid mod, a time capsule atomic ranch would make me sqee. But I don’t love tudors, like at all, even if I am gnome like in stature. It would be so boring if we were all the same. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:27 PM (Wmg4n) Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 11:28 PM (GD0B3) 272
250:Something about Rory bugs me. Can't really explain what it is.
I was really pulling for Justin Rose. Also Wyndham Clark - because I am good friends with one of his coaches. Posted by: Doof I know what you mean about Rory. I can't quite put my finger on why I'm mostly 'Meh' in regard to him but I usually root against him. I think some of my animosity is mostly towards the sports media. They sure do love Rory. I automatically go against that. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 12, 2026 11:30 PM (sAmhv) 273
Guys, that would be perfect for the art thread!!
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 11:30 PM (GD0B3) 274
*Raises hand*
I moved into a house built in 1959, with a bathroom with a brownish pink (sorta like "flesh" in the paint-by-numbers crafts) toilet, sink and bathtub. We lasted about 5 years, and out it came. Well, not the tub, it was cast iron and In place, like that orange and pink pictured above. Along with replacing the toilet and sink with white, the way G-d intended, we replaced the pink tile with ivory, removed the sliding glass doors on the tub, removed the swag chain globes that gave practically no light, AAAND ripped off the metallic wallpaper featuring French poodles and Eiffel Towers. There's fashion and there's style. Fashion is tiring, which is why it's replaced regularly. That bathroom was fashion. Posted by: buddhaha at April 12, 2026 11:22 PM (CRvdY) You win! Beats the pants off our mustard house and all the rest of the hell that came with it til we fixed it all. I'd nearly die before that was fixed, what you described. As it was there was one bedroom painted pea green and I spent time in there and insisted on it being painted before I slept. I could not. So son and husband painted it the first week. I need to get ready for bed as last night I slept horribly. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:31 PM (WONhk) 275
I care about the style of my place, or anyone else’s, because I am easily amused. I like to see and feel what other people enjoy, what they want people they have invited into their home, to see. What they want to share.
There’s a whole bunch of people who say you should never display family pictures on your walls. Jeepers. Why have walls? Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 11:31 PM (A5RD0) 276
I grew up in a Southern household. Let me tell you Mom controlled the house. Dad kept up the yard. The kids had their rooms to keep up. The living room was not used except for company. There was no television in the living room. But the den was for TV watching and hanging out in. That was the room for the family. And even the den had to be presentable.
Dim was da rules, and they never changed. Posted by: Case at April 12, 2026 11:31 PM (pvf3X) 277
I thought you were a puyallap or covington guy.
Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 11:26 PM (lCppi) I am but taxes here are skyrocketing...and it looks like the kids are all settling down there. With the grandkids. And I'm tired of being cold. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB) 278
LOL, Piper...
We had planned it all for about a year beforehand, and had purchased the odds & ends, tile, fixtures, countertop, hardware & flooring long before starting the demolition. Just had to schedule the time off work and then *get it on!* We had a tile saw already, too. Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 11:34 PM (3ek7K) 280
This afternoon I discovered just how my AI slop is infecting everything, particularly Facebook. I was searching for some Artemis images, straight from Google image search. I noticed a lot of obviously fake shit showed up. It was AI-slop generated for "engagement farming". Facebook profits from this. Make some silly photo related to some current events, and get clicks, which generates ad revenue. It's getting ridiculous. This is not "misinformation", it's just pure clickbait shit. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb) 281
275 I care about the style of my place, or anyone else’s, because I am easily amused. I like to see and feel what other people enjoy, what they want people they have invited into their home, to see. What they want to share.
There’s a whole bunch of people who say you should never display family pictures on your walls. Jeepers. Why have walls? Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 We have a loft upstairs and I put picture shelves up all over the back wall for family pictures. I can add or move things around, different frame styles and heights, you get the idea. When the girls are wanting to see if anyone notices they move frames from tallest to shortest, instead of varying heights, or they sneak in a stick figure drawing. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:36 PM (Wmg4n) 282
am but taxes here are skyrocketing...and it looks like the kids are all settling down there. With the grandkids. And I'm tired of being cold.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 11:31 PM (2 I couldn't recommend Texas enuf!! Im having to deal with King county and the state again and their sneaky taxes are the worst. Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2026 11:38 PM (lCppi) 283
My maternal grandmother did not hold with drinking, or dancing, and now that I think about it any type of "fun" was right out.
My maternal grandfather was a farmer. Any farm kid is apt to experiment with fermentation of grains. Upon my grandfather's demise a small approximately four gallon copper still was discovered stashed in an attic space. Grandma might not have held with drinkin' and dancin', but she had ten kids. Posted by: waepnedmann at April 12, 2026 11:40 PM (bWx8h) 284
LOL, he is a true Protestant! Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 10:54 PM (GD0B3) I'm the new Catholic! He's been seen in a Presbyterian (USA...the liberal denomination) in he past. Melania is Catholic. I was Presbyterian of the PCA conservative; but spent 20yrs as the USA type in FL before they went liberal due to some votings at a synod meeting. We fought hard but lost. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:41 PM (WONhk) 285
Our bathrooms are blah. They are clean. I don't give a shit about the decor. 'they are clean and you can go in them and relieve yourself with having to be concerned about the decor. Don't some of you have something to be concerned about other the decor of your bathrooms? This how far our country has fallen when we are concerned about the decor of our bathrooms. We have far more concerns than about how our bathrooms look. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 11:42 PM (3ek7K) 286
Diogenes, you are looking at the Hill Country, if I recall. Hope you find what you are looking for.
We are visiting east TX this week from the Austin area. We've lived in CenTex for years. Not retirement age yet, but I don't want to live there in retirement. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:44 PM (cS3Fw) 287
There's fashion and there's style. Fashion is tiring, which is why it's replaced regularly. That bathroom was fashion.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 12, 2026 11:22 PM (CRvdY) There is soooo much truth to that. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 11:46 PM (snZF9) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 11:47 PM (3ek7K) 289
TX is too hot and too dry and too flat.
I grew up in Dallas. No. I can’t live in a place where you can’t be outside 6 months out of the year because it’s 90 Degrees. Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 11:48 PM (A5RD0) 290
And I'm a traditionalist. I don't like weirdly shaped bathroom sinks. My brother and his wife have one. It's like some kind of big bowl or something. It's just not right.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (0Htd1) ....................................... When we were house hunting in 2015 we came across a house that had to have mooselimb owners/builders. A bidet.Which was not that alarming but unusual. BUT! The thing I laughed at with our realtor was this: The bathroom had a window to the tub/shower. And the bed in the master bedroom faced it. (We are supposed to say, "principal" bathrooms now vs master. I guess cause of slaves or DEI or #MeToo. Unsure. To get up there, where the toilet was as well, was about 3 tiled steps that would be wonky in the dark o' night. We'd have had issues with that first before the strip/shower show. I laughed at the thought of the shower show for my husband waiting in bed like a shiekh. Super weird. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:48 PM (WONhk) 291
And then, on the other end, apparently the young 'uns now, so used to text speak and the crap on social media, think any well-written piece, hell, just competently written is AI generated. That is, if they see a paragraph or two written by someone who knows proper grammar, proper punctuation, and has a slight ability to use that knowledge to compose their thoughts into readable text, they will think it's AI. And the AI-based "AI text detector" applications, which has been trained on the sub-literate typical text and social media posting by dummies, will also flag it as AI-generated. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb) 292
Hey Beserker, if I put teak in my shower, will I regret it? Like down a wall behind the faucets?
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:48 PM (Wmg4n) 293
My $100 shitter works better than the Orion so I'm happy. Just don't go in there for a while until the exhaust fan does it's job.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 11:50 PM (Fbc0I) 294
One of the most horrific bathroom designs I ever saw was the this open space and open window bathroom design. The damned toilet was basically sitting out in the open, and there were big windows all around. Imagine a two-car garage area with a sink against one wall, a shower over there, and a bathtub scattered around, and then a toilet sort of in the middle of it. YUGE, wide space all around, and then long windows all along the walls, opening the whole space up to the outside. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 11:51 PM (w6EFb) 295
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at
Bidets are European more than anything. I had one in the last house I lived in with my ex husband, yet not with the Italian guy next to me. 😂 Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:52 PM (Wmg4n) 296
Diogenes,
I think you will be so happy living in Okra Texas. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 11:47 PM (3ek7K) Now that's just mean! Of course it would be my luck the granddaughter of Diogenes #3 would become.Miss Okra of 2027. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 11:52 PM (2WIwB) 297
I was looking at some floor plan schematics of the Orion capsule. The shitter was in the floor. Imagine you're standing on a floor. There's a door you open, like a trap door. That opens up a little closet, lying sideways below floor level. Remember, it's zero-g. You open that door, "lie down" "horizontally" and sit in that little space in the floor. That was the toilet space. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 11:53 PM (w6EFb) 298
63 Had my confirmation today!
Only mumble mumble decades after my first communion 😁 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 10:18 PM (OTdqV) Happy for you! Congratulations! I'm still stumbling around but am happy I converted! My mother still doesn't know! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:53 PM (WONhk) Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 11:53 PM (A5RD0) 300
Rev. Wishbone, If the shitter works and the sinks works you are good to go. I have never understood the attraction of making the bathroom decorative. If the toilet and the sinks works what does anyone need??? Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 11:54 PM (3ek7K) 301
PCA conservative
_-_ Liked the PCA's the wife and I visited...was baptized in an Orthodox Presbyterian Church - they tend to be small, very conservative, and hard to find, so wound up in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, theologically pretty sound, quite a conservative bunch compared to ELCA. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 11:54 PM (2TPZH) 302
Good evening morons en bedankt Disko en Piper
Eric Swallwell Too Perverted for Sacramento Perverted Enough for Washington Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 11:55 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 11:56 PM (3ek7K) Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:56 PM (Wmg4n) 305
I'm waiting for a rotating TP holder, so you can swap between locking positions where it rolls off the front or back, or leave it free to frustrate visitors you want to leave.
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter, sir! Piper, I loved the green tub+wallpaper above (even though I mostly despite wallpaper). Had some nice masculine energy. I mostly like the house I'm in right now, lots of wood trim and several areas it's 'wainscotting' with calming dark woods (or dark-stained woods). Lots of white, which is bland, but the one room that's not, the previous owner did... alternating blue and yellow walls. For some reason. Haven't gotten around to repainting it, it's position last on my home improvement list. Most of the floors are either tile or "wood veneer", the only one with carpet is the den. I have no idea what might be under it, other than they used GOOD treated wood - no termites ever on this place and it's older than I am. Posted by: RandomDave at April 12, 2026 11:58 PM (aJQbY) 306
Now, if you think that's something, the toilet on SpaceX's Dragon capsule in in the ceiling of the spacecraft. You're hanging upside down relative to the "floor" of capsule when doing your business. Oh what a feeling, when you're shittin' on the ceiling.... Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 11:58 PM (w6EFb) 307
Bidets are European more than anything. I had one in the last house I lived in with my ex husband, yet not with the Italian guy next to me. 😂
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:52 PM (Wmg4n) ..................... I could have handled that...but not the floor show shower window nor the tiled stairs to get to that part of the bathroom from the bedroom. Sink elsewhere. It was very weird. Or unique. We cracked up. Our realtor knew after the first day that I was a nutcase and she liked me a lot. We'd go look at a house. I'd see 3 playgrounds next to our backyard of no trees and nope! I think she thought briefly that I hated children (quite the opposite). I explained to her the privacy we had in FL, etc and she understood I was not totally mean. We found a house almost as good without children surrounding me and a mountain view out my windows. I love our grands, just not other people's grands every single day in my backyard. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 12, 2026 11:58 PM (WONhk) 308
Bathroom is decidedly UNfashionable. Walls are not-quite-white. Fixtures all white. Dark wood cabinetry, dark faux-wood vinyl plank floor. Tiles are 8x10, slightly blue-grey patterned, rows turned alternate directions... moldings instead of cove base, painted to match walls.
If I want color-- bath rugs, towels & shower curtain. Hardware is brushed stainless. Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm) 309
147 One of them is an NSDAP membership badge in gold with the #1 on back. Not been seen since.
Wouldn't have been Dolpho's, at least really. He didn't start the party, he joined it. Posted by: Azjaeger at April 13, 2026 12:00 AM (3/XaG) 310
Think you can get along without me for the rest of the night? 'Cause I'm all out of wit and hahaha wisdom to share.
Some classic Procul Harum https://youtu.be/vCc6aotSALI G'nite, y'all. Posted by: mindful webworker - not salty dog or conquistador at April 13, 2026 12:00 AM (C2uPD) 311
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Now, if you think that's something, the toilet on SpaceX's Dragon capsule in in the ceiling of the spacecraft. You're hanging upside down relative to the "floor" of capsule when doing your business. Oh what a feeling, when you're shittin' on the ceiling.... Posted by: publius I would not have shat for 10 days. Really. Nope. Posted by: nurse ratched at April 13, 2026 12:00 AM (A5RD0) 312
never understood the attraction of making the bathroom decorative
_-_ Heh. I feel old thinking about that. Grandma didn't like the idea of a toilet in the house, so you had to go out the back door and back into the house via the bathroom door. When she passed, we sealed off the old bathroom door and made a new one into the bathroom from the hallway. The ones in my house are pretty plain. We spend our time obsessing about other things. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 13, 2026 12:01 AM (2TPZH) 313
Imagine a two-car garage area with a sink against one wall, a shower over there, and a bathtub scattered around, and then a toilet sort of in the middle of it. YUGE, wide space all around, and then long windows all along the walls, opening the whole space up to the outside.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 11:51 PM (w6EFb) ==== Sofa? Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 12:02 AM (RIvkX) 314
Now, if you think that's something, the toilet on SpaceX's Dragon capsule in in the ceiling of the spacecraft.
You're hanging upside down relative to the "floor" of capsule when doing your business. Posted by: publius Instead of dropping a deuce, you're launching one? Appropriate for an astronaut. Posted by: mikeski at April 13, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov) 315
King?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 13, 2026 12:03 AM (A5RD0) 316
Do most of you care what people think of you? 'fuck what people think of you, I am so sick of what people think of me. Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 12:03 AM (3ek7K) 317
Do most of you care what people think of you?
'fuck what people think of you, I am so sick of what people think of me. If I cared what they think I'd be an NPC, not a Moron. Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 13, 2026 12:04 AM (+9wcF) 318
There's fashion and there's style. Fashion is tiring, which is why it's replaced regularly.
This deserves to go in a 'world's greatest quotations' or something because it's a timeless truth. Posted by: RandomDave at April 13, 2026 12:05 AM (aJQbY) 319
There was a building (too big to be called a house) for sale locally. Basically a big high bay garage with living quarters attached. The sort of place a manly man could appreciate.
One of the interior pictures showed the master bedroom. The sink, shower and toilet for the master bath were lined up along one wall of the bedroom. Who needs silly things like bathroom walls? I didn't put in an offer for the place. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 13, 2026 12:06 AM (8R3uM) 320
As I get older, gravity kicks my ass every day. But I'm thankful for the effects of earth's gravity when I need to use the commode.
It's just a swirling container for the next round. Where does it go? I still think we pay too many tax dollars for that service. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 13, 2026 12:06 AM (Fbc0I) 321
Hey Beserker, if I put teak in my shower, will I regret it? Like down a wall behind the faucets?
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 11:48 PM (Wmg4n) You mean like water damage? Well the teak itself is pretty water and rot resistant, but you might end up being a wee bit of a slave to it. Theoretically it would have to be sealed every few months with teak oil if you want to keep its color and water resistance. It would need to be installed over a good backer board along with a water proofing membrane, and it needs to have airflow behind it because its not mildew proof. Its a bit complex, but it can be done. The fixtures have the escutcheons to help with not having water get behind it, but you would use a clear silicone to seal up the holes where the pipes come out as a fail safe. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9) 322
Eric Swalwell: I am suspending my campaign for Governor. To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s. ------ Everyone's quit. I wonder who wrote that for him. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 13, 2026 12:10 AM (azNOR) 323
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>>> I imagine some of you may have experience distilling your own hooch. Anyone care to fess up? >>> US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional Made beer, wine, and real root beer in my BR closet while still in HS. Not too hard, make sure you sterilize real good. Distillation is just another step... Always wanted to try the hard cider way - let your cider ferment then set it out in the winter and skim off the ice... anyway, most of my gear disappeared when folks were 'keeping it safe' in my early military days. Decades ago. Perplexing thing here is - it took a constitutional I imagine some of you may have experience distilling your own hooch to outlaw any hootch. Then another amendment to make it kosher again... but, WTF can incorporations do things that real corporate individuals cannot? Especially for personal use. There is some real rotten shitte at the core of SCROTUS from day one. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 12:10 AM (/lPRQ) 324
There was a building (too big to be called a house) for sale locally. Basically a big high bay garage with living quarters attached. The sort of place a manly man could appreciate.
One of the interior pictures showed the master bedroom. The sink, shower and toilet for the master bath were lined up along one wall of the bedroom. Who needs silly things like bathroom walls? I didn't put in an offer for the place. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 13, 2026 12:06 AM (8R3uM) A simple non load-bearing partition would fix that. That sort of place is called a "barndominium", I think. I would appreciate one. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 12:11 AM (utfVc) 325
its not mildew proof. Its a bit complex, but it can be done. The fixtures have the escutcheons to help with not having water get behind it, but you would use a clear silicone to seal up the holes where the pipes come out as a fail safe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division Thank you. I am worried more about the mold since it’s so humid here, though we do have a whole house dehumidifier. I love the look of it, though. Not every where. But down the back wall…maybe the floor. I should price this out before I get too crazy in love with the idea. Really going to bed now. Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 12:11 AM (OoFl2) 326
If I cared what people thought of me, I wouldn't be hanging out at this joint. God Bless America.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 13, 2026 12:12 AM (cS3Fw) 327
>>>I have never understood the attraction of making the bathroom decorative. If the toilet and the sinks works what does anyone need???
Posted by: four seasons >If I am ever fortunate enough to build a new house, my bathroom would be all stainless with a fire hose and and a floor drain, and you would clean it with the high pressure water hose. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 13, 2026 12:13 AM (Fbc0I) 328
Raining pretty good here. 52 degrees. Window open in my bedroom.
I can smell the salty sea and hear waves crashing on the beach. I love where I live. Posted by: nurse ratched at April 13, 2026 12:13 AM (A5RD0) Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 13, 2026 12:16 AM (2TPZH) 330
>> But I'm thankful for the effects of earth's gravity when I need to use the commode.
It tends to pulls things away, and down, and out of the air. Which is very important, but taken for granted. This is why space toilets are so difficult. Here's a little video showing what a stream of water looks it in zero-g. That should give you a sense of what peeing would be like. You've got to have air flow to suck that away into some container. https://is.gd/OGJ4q8 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 13, 2026 12:17 AM (w6EFb) 331
It's been raining steadily here since mid-afternoon. No salty sea-air, but it sure smells *clean* outside. Just a hint of wood smoke because it's chilly.
I love where I live, too. Except in July and August! Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm) 332
Husband and I have been married almost 50 years. If you come to visit us the bathrooms are clean and you have a nice bedroom. We make sure there good foods to eat. If you want anythng else you are on your own. If you expect anything else anything else stay the fuck home. Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 12:20 AM (3ek7K) 333
158 runner, I saw that Goldie got canceled. That is unfortunate. They did keep streaming on Armin's channel..
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 10:47 PM (cS3Fw) Goldie is Tousi's sister.... Wow Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 12:21 AM (FtULh) 334
Thanks Piper, just sent that pic of the tub with overhead shower to Wifey for remodeling idea. The color palette of the tiles might not work but it shows we have something to work with.
Basically, the master bath needs complete rework, while everything is sort of still in service. Giant Jacuzzi tub phase one - rework as a tub/shower. Then gut / redo existing shower. then the rest. Then pic shows that a big ass tub can also be a shower. Taste in color may differ. But it has been done. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 12:22 AM (/lPRQ) 335
Was just reading Trump’s statement that he’s ordering the US Navy to seize and impound any tankers trying to pay off the Iranians for safe passage through the Straits.
France has reportedly been paying off the Iranians, while refusing to do anything for us. Gonna be pretty funny to see Trump seizing Macron’s tankers. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 12:22 AM (tgZLi) 336
The salty sea air is great it's why we have to paint the back of our house twice as often as the front.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 12:23 AM (RIvkX) 337
The sound of surf and rain. Life is good.
Posted by: wth at April 13, 2026 12:23 AM (BT3km) 338
Sad day in Hungary. Budapest will have a Muslim mayor in 15 years.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 12:23 AM (UuB1r) 339
Goldie is Tousi's sister.... Wow
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 12:21 AM (FtULh) they are not related Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 12:25 AM (GD0B3) 340
Here's a little video showing what a stream of water looks it in zero-g. That should give you a sense of what peeing would be like. You've got to have air flow to suck that away into some container.
https://is.gd/OGJ4q8 Posted by: publius Surface Tension is weird stuff. Posted by: mikeski at April 13, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov) 341
Goldie is Tousi's sister.... Wow
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 12:21 AM (FtULh) I don't think that is true. They banter at each other in their podcasts, but have never suggested they are related. Goldie immigrated to Canada with her parents. Tousi immigrated to UK with his Mom. Dad still in Tehran. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 13, 2026 12:26 AM (cS3Fw) 342
The leftists didn’t just win in Hungary they got a super majority which allows them to make constitutional changes. The voters commited suicide today.
Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 12:29 AM (UuB1r) Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 13, 2026 12:30 AM (+HNx/) 344
Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 12:20 AM
-------- Hahaha, I hear ya! Yeah, the amenities are basic and functional. You want fancy? Get a freaking hotel room! You want gourmet meals? Go to a freaking restaurant! I didn't make the freeloader comfortable: he got the couch. (and it's not good for sleeping, imo) Too bad. Meals were mostly sandwiches; fried eggs & spam in the morning. He bought milk and cereal for snacks. Blecch! Good riddance. Heh. Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm) 345
The Cars - Candy O great album.
Posted by: Archer at April 13, 2026 12:33 AM (wvc0i) 346
Surface Tension is weird stuff.
Posted by: mikeski ---- We added soap to the 'scrap gunpowder' buckets of water, to break surface tension. So that the powder would *sink* instead of float (and remain hazardous) Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 12:33 AM (rdVOm) 347
I bled the front brakes on the '88 Chevy pickup today, and got the calipers freed up. Working fine now. Must have been crud in some passage. Drove it to town, filled the tank, no problems.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 12:34 AM (utfVc) 348
And great song
Posted by: Archer at April 13, 2026 12:34 AM (wvc0i) 349
There was a building (too big to be called a house) for sale locally. Basically a big high bay garage with living quarters attached. The sort of place a manly man could appreciate.
One of the interior pictures showed the master bedroom. The sink, shower and toilet for the master bath were lined up along one wall of the bedroom. Who needs silly things like bathroom walls? I didn't put in an offer for the place. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 13, 2026 12:06 AM (8R3uM) A simple non load-bearing partition would fix that. That sort of place is called a "barndominium", I think. I would appreciate one. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Uncle had some land adjacent to my parents. He was a dive master, rigger, A&P mechanic, among other things, those were his hobbies. Build a FAA certified grass strip there and a hangar for his Beaver. A couple of lean to's for shops... and something which might resemble living quarters. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 12:36 AM (/lPRQ) 350
Yay, AOP!
Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm) 351
Build a FAA certified grass strip there and a hangar for his Beaver. A couple of lean to's for shops... and something which might resemble living quarters.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 12:36 AM (/lPRQ) You know who else built a hangar for her Beaver? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 12:40 AM (utfVc) 352
Muzzies taking our country versus how trendy our bathrooms are. Yea we are so fucked. The muzzies won't like my clean bathrooms. Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 12:40 AM (3ek7K) 353
You know who else built a hangar for her Beaver?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon ------------ Wasn't me! I swear! Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm) 354
I'm not a very good Protestant, and don't hate Catholics. The Pope would be my biggest hurdle to Catholicism, at least the last few Popes. Mostly I don't understand the role of the Pope.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 12, 2026 11:02 PM (cS3Fw) == Outside of being the Head of the church, the Pope is there to confuse the faithful on the supposed application of Catholic doctrine to real world issues by being consistently stupid about it. Dioceses that are growing pay scant attention to our two last Pope's because they are just not very impressive people in general. Posted by: Black JEM at April 13, 2026 12:42 AM (UVyKP) 355
Our guest bedroom is for my parents and in-laws. They are all older people. I try to make sure they are comfortable and well fed when they visit. Some of them were better parents than others. They will all be welcome and fed in my house. I'll end up changing some diapers. That is life.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 13, 2026 12:42 AM (cS3Fw) 356
Hey, fourseasons... let me buy you a drink.
We're retired, we can imbibe on Sunday nights! Cheers! Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm) 357
If I am ever fortunate enough to build a new house, my bathroom would be all stainless with a fire hose and and a floor drain, and you would clean it with the high pressure water hose.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone ----- Is there a man here who has not had the same thought? High pressure hose.... and done! Posted by: buddhaha at April 13, 2026 12:44 AM (CRvdY) 358
High pressure hose.... and done!
Posted by: buddhaha at April 13, 2026 12:44 AM (CRvdY) Th Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Bathroom. 1930-something. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 12:48 AM (utfVc) 359
Everyone's quit. I wonder who wrote that for him. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug =============== That's a VERY good question -- and it shows you're thinking strategically! 🧠 The following individuals are still part of Eric Swallwell's campaign: Ben Dover, Chief Strategist Mike Hunt, Manager Hugh Jass, Press Secretary If you like, I can give you a complete list of Katie Porter's favorite desserts. Just say the word. Posted by: ChatGPT at April 13, 2026 12:48 AM (n7rxJ) 360
JQ, I want you to know how awesome I think you are!!! Ah, I'm a bit drunk now, lol. I'm so disgusted with how our country is going on. I feel strongly if we have gorgeously bathrooms we'll be able to take over the evil world. Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 12:49 AM (3ek7K) 361
I have to redo my main bath. Gonna be a bitch. There is one heavy ass platform jacuzzi tub in there. Probably 400 pounds. That bathroom pisses me off. Its pretty large, but not quite as large as I need it to be to go stupid epic, and its large enough that there will be a shit ton of unused spare room if I can't figure out what to do with it. I would like to do a free standing soaker tub and a big shower. Just not quite enough room. I'm 1 foot short.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 12:49 AM (snZF9) 362
Bathroom dreaming... hubby and I talked about some *yard decor* years ago:
There's an old claw-foot tub, waaaayyy out back. And there's an antique farm sink, the kind with built-in drainboard on the side. And then there's the old toilet we pulled from downstairs powder room... We talked about putting up some lattice walls, out in the back yard, and placing these old fixtures within. Nothing functional, just a bathroom-themed garden spot. Turn the tub & toilet into planters and the sink into a potting station. Or something like that. Never built it. Old tub is still mired in the dirt out back, LOL. Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 12:50 AM (rdVOm) 363
One of the interior pictures showed the master bedroom. The sink, shower and toilet for the master bath were lined up along one wall of the bedroom. Who needs silly things like bathroom walls? I didn't put in an offer for the place. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy =============== Prison cells are more sensibly partitioned. Posted by: ChatGPT at April 13, 2026 12:51 AM (n7rxJ) Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2026 12:51 AM (n7rxJ) 365
Its pretty large, but not quite as large as I need it to be to go stupid epic, and its large enough that there will be a shit ton of unused spare room if I can't figure out what to do with it. I would like to do a free standing soaker tub and a big shower. Just not quite enough room. I'm 1 foot short.
Posted by: Berserker -------- Diagonal placement of anything? I dunno... You're creative. I know you'll think of some way to do it! Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm) 366
Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 12:49 AM
------- You're such a sweetie! Careful you don't... overdo it... <3 Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm) 367
Clawfoot bathtubs are great -- unless you're a seasoned citizen and trying to clamber in and out of one. Especially getting out...
Posted by: Beverly at April 13, 2026 01:01 AM (reMys) 368
I was thinking of turning the old claw-foot tub into a fish pond, or a water garden. Maybe put up a stand-pipe shower head for watering or aeration. Can't decide what to do yet.
Gonna be a *project* just to move that hulking thing from where it's resting now... Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm) 369
A simple non load-bearing partition would fix that. That sort of place is called a "barndominium", I think. I would appreciate one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon I took the lack of a bathroom wall as a warning. Who knows what other things were wrong with the place. Structural members with holes bored through them? Bad wiring? A black pit in the basement that goes directly to Hell? Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 13, 2026 01:05 AM (8R3uM) 370
I want to be in another place before our clawfoot tub becomes an issue. Seven years, and we can move if we wish.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 13, 2026 01:07 AM (cS3Fw) 371
Clawfoot bathtubs are great -- unless you're a seasoned citizen and trying to clamber in and out of one. Especially getting out...
Posted by: Beverly at April 13, 2026 01:01 AM (reMys) You know, it would not be impossible to mount the bathtub on a motor-driven platform to lower it by half its depth for entry/exit. Or simply have a sunken bathtub, with a step at the far end from the faucet, and a good solid chrome steel handrail to hang onto while stepping in or out. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:10 AM (utfVc) 372
I grew up in a house with a bath and a half. There were seven of us. We had a well so when you were in the bathroom Dad was banging on the door screaming at us that we were draining the well. It was so great to hear us screaming at us just as we had just lathered up our hair. Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 01:13 AM (3ek7K) 373
I took the lack of a bathroom wall as a warning. Who knows what other things were wrong with the place. Structural members with holes bored through them? Bad wiring? A black pit in the basement that goes directly to Hell?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 13, 2026 01:05 AM (8R3uM) Well, if a single guy built it for himself, privacy is not an issue, is it? Sounds like the builder had his priorities, and a bathroom wall wasn't one. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:13 AM (utfVc) 374
Barndominiums don't need load bearing walls.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:18 AM (4qjYs) Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 01:20 AM (3ek7K) 376
Ghalibaf vanished from public view during the war, but his English-language tweets continued, sharp, strategic, and aimed at Americans. An IranWire investigation traces them to a close advisor based in California.
POS subversive in CA. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:21 AM (4qjYs) 377
Late to the party as usual.
JQ, that little bathroom garden would be pretty friggin' amazing! That is such a great idea. If you need some cash, those old tubs and fixtures are worth good money, I tend to have home improvement tv on in the daytime while I tend to the kitchen and laundry etc., and trust me, people pay big bucks for them. fourseasons, you rock, so many of your comments reflect how I feel. I'd like to buy you a drink too. If I ever move and "redo" what I move into I am sticking with traditional white fixtures, they are probably a lot cheaper than the latest color trend ones. Wallpaper does not belong in a bathroom, I don't care how strong your exhaust fan is. Keep it simple, new rugs, towels and paint can transform the room anytime you choose. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 13, 2026 01:23 AM (0nHVk) 378
Observers noted that the sophisticated English, the grasp of American societal anxieties, and the use of internet subculture suggested the work of an advisor who is fluent in English, understands the American psyche, and belongs to Iran’s “Third Generation.”
https://tinyurl.com/4sun7wxf Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:24 AM (4qjYs) 379
Well, if a single guy built it for himself, privacy is not an issue, is it? Sounds like the builder had his priorities, and a bathroom wall wasn't one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon --------- Not difficult to hang up a curtain. The "backwoods" toilet was a standard toilet seat, mounted to a framework that we'd set up over a hole we dug. Also, 6ft tall pvc pipe frame that we assembled and added 2 shower curtains, to surround it... great for camping with a group. Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:24 AM (rdVOm) 380
141 Another unsolved crime in Europe to go with the 12 tons of Kit-Kat bars.
- - - - - - Kit-Kat bars are very popular in Saudi Arabia. They'll be sold before the day is out. - - - - - 197 *I* was the poor bastard tearing out those shit colors back then. And yeah, you're 100% right there, people ripped them out with a vengeance. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division - - - - - I soaked and scraped 3 bathrooms worth of tile from the 70's. What I didn't use for rebuilding my 2 bathrooms is stored away, as each tile is worth $20 -each-, as they are near impossible to find. Yes, "Retro" can be expen$ive... ;-) Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at April 13, 2026 01:25 AM (82Mq6) 381
I busted ass scraping wallpaper out of my house. It was hideous Miami Vice Era stuff. It doesn't matter if wallpaper is fashionable now . Get off my lawn.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 13, 2026 01:26 AM (cS3Fw) 382
Barndominiums don't need load bearing walls.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:18 AM (4qjYs) Yes. And if the ground floor is parking stalls, or shop bays, you want as much open floor space as you can get, so plumbing and heating utilities will be on a wall, or even in an outside lean-to, and all plumbing and wiring will run up the inside of the exterior walls. If I had the money to have a nice barndominium built, I would include an elevator inside the building to get from shop to living quarters. Also a half-bath in the shop, with a large sink in a countertop. Have a nice veranda around the upstairs living quarters, on 2 sides at least, with an outside staircase to the ground, to serve as both fire escape, and alternate entry to living quarters if power fails to the elevator. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:27 AM (utfVc) Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm) 384
Elon Musk@elonmusk 3h
Replying to @ericswalwell @BillMelugin_ Bro, you should definitely fight those “false allegations”, especially all the videos of you doing weird shit with hookers Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:28 AM (4qjYs) 385
Diagonal placement of anything? I dunno...
You're creative. I know you'll think of some way to do it! Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 See thats the problem. The room is 9x12. 12 foot long, 9 foot wide. On one side is the vanity. Its 5ft wide with a single sink, so there's enough room to make a frigging pizza on either side of the sink. After the vanity you got 7 feet of wall, and the only thing on it is the toilet near the end which at that point its practically in it's own zip code. On the other wall is a closet thats just deep enough to where I can walk in and close the door behind me, but not overly wide. Right after the closet is the jacuzzi. Mrs B would shoot me if I shrunk that closet, its practically her stock room, and the depth of it isn't the issue anyway. There is 100" of room after the closet. The new tub would take up 60" leaving 40" left, which isn't much of a shower. If I went with a regular tub thats 60" plus 4 1/2" for the wall that would have to be built to cap the end so its in between walls as normal. That leaves 34 1/2 " left. Wasted space. There just isn't enough wall on the jacuzzi side to put both a soaker tub and a large shower, or even a small shower. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 01:32 AM (snZF9) 386
Hubs & I paid I think $75 for many boxes of our bathroom tile, thinking we'd go halfway up all the walls, as well as the tub/shower area... going out of business closeout sale. Still have a few boxes of the stuff, as we did not tile beyond the tub area.
Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm) 387
The closest thing to a solar eclipse you get on Mars: https://is.gd/gv0AOr I stumbled on that browsing NASA's image archive looking for the latest high resolution Artemis photos. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 13, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb) 388
My thoughts were more utilitarian. A sturdy pallet with an electric wench from Harbor Freight or Northern Tools.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:34 AM (4qjYs) 389
There just isn't enough wall on the jacuzzi side to put both a soaker tub and a large shower, or even a small shower.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 01:32 AM (snZF9) Can you not put the shower on the seven feet of wall beyond the countertop? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:34 AM (utfVc) 390
Have you met the last couple of popes?
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 11:24 PM (OKRd3) - Am I the only one here who knows that there's a new pope in town?! https://tinyurl.com/47h23em4 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 13, 2026 01:34 AM (5UTWB) 391
... with an electric wench...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:34 AM (4qjYs) - Tell us more, Mr. Freudian Slip. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 13, 2026 01:36 AM (5UTWB) 392
A sturdy pallet with an electric wench from Harbor Freight or Northern Tools.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:34 AM (4qjYs) The Cherry 2000 wench? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:37 AM (utfVc) 393
Debby, I think you are awesome! I'm low maintenance. Bathrooms to me are necessary. I've never got the thing that bathrooms need to be decorative. We use them to pee, shit and shower. Do your necessary' and get out and get on with life. If I wanted to decorate a room it wouldn;t be the shitter, lol. Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 01:37 AM (3ek7K) 394
A dutch bathroom / shower with a drain in the middle. (everything gets washed) An adjacent room with dressing table and vanity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:38 AM (4qjYs) 395
Bers, can you make-do with a smaller vanity? (Small shelves above, if needed to hold various little things that would otherwise be on the vanity top)
I'm not good at visualizing... ugh. Put "storage" in the former vanity space, between smaller vanity and toilet-- and then be able to use all of the other side for tub/shower? Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:40 AM (4qjYs) 397
Well, it is getting late. I am off to the rack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2026 01:41 AM (utfVc) 398
How many people when they are taking a shit look around the decor of the bathroom and think the decr is gonna help me take a shit? Posted by: four seasons at April 13, 2026 01:44 AM (3ek7K) 399
Forget the soaker tub, Bers, just build a damn nice shower with seating for two. If I stay here that tub is getting ripped out of the master bath.
When we built this house we had two and a half baths for three of us. I remember returning from a cookout with hubs and the kids, there were seven of us then and hubs needed to use the bathroom for an extended period of time only to find that all three toilets were occupied, he was so pissed and consequently so very funny. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 13, 2026 01:44 AM (0nHVk) 400
'Night, AOP. Love the elevator & veranda ideas! Lol.
Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm) 401
Bers, if you can do the *soaker tub* in another bathroom, then you can go absolutely freaking WILD with a huge shower in that 9x12 bathroom...
Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm) 402
Massie For Governor? GOP's Libtardian Firebrand Talks Political Future
"A run for governor may be in the future for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), but only if he first wins his May 19 Republican primary contest — the next step in his race for reelection to the United States House of Representatives," the RPI report says. --- So Massie is in a primary. For those who donate, his opponent would be a good place to send money. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:49 AM (4qjYs) 403
Fourseasons, I agree that a bathroom doesn't need to look like something out of House Beautiful magazine..
It just has to be clean, and to function correctly. That's no excuse for it to be ugly or deteriorating though. Heh, it's truly a first-world issue! Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm) 404
If I ever move and "redo" what I move into I am sticking with traditional white fixtures, they are probably a lot cheaper than the latest color trend ones. Wallpaper does not belong in a bathroom, I don't care how strong your exhaust fan is. Keep it simple, new rugs, towels and paint can transform the room anytime you choose.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 13, 2026 01:23 AM (0nHVk) White is usually cheaper. I went with white in the last house, but the bling came with the tile, listello border, accent tiles and marble floor I put in. The sink was a pedestal, but a wider one with space on each side of the sink to rest things if needed. The pedestal sink was used because it was a smaller 9X7 bathroom and it made a lot of floor room for your feet so you weren't kicking a vanity, and any vanity in there would just look small and worthless. The sink and toilet were a matching set from a kohler "collection", (Devonshire I think) that had a kind of old world thing happening. Coupled with an emerald green marble floor and that sucker looked like it came out of an ancient palace, and I'm not a green fan. The white fixtures are what made it work. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 01:52 AM (snZF9) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:53 AM (4qjYs) 406
I see that Hungary just voted for national suicide. WTF.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at April 13, 2026 01:57 AM (xverI) 407
Trump weighs limited strikes on Iran
CENTCOM confirms blockade to begin at 1000ET Monday morning and will only impact Iran-related vessels President Trump begins blockading the Strait of Hormuz, warns US military will "finish up the little that is left of Iran --- Donald, it's been 47 years, stop talking. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 01:57 AM (4qjYs) 408
Main bath here is about 10x10. It works. Vanity has double sinks, storage is built-in at end of tub. Toilet in opposite corner. 2 doorways-- one at hallway, one at master BR. Former shower had framed sliding doors, we opted for curtain on re-do. Not sorry. (very hard water here, no softening system)
Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm) 409
Forget the soaker tub, Bers, just build a damn nice shower with seating for two. If I stay here that tub is getting ripped out of the master bath.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 13, 2026 01:44 AM (0nHVk) The only problem is resale. Needs to have a tub or the woman will bitch she can't wash her crotch fruit. Real estate 101, it is known, unfortunately. There are no tubs in the other baths. One is a half bath, the other has a shower. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:08 AM (snZF9) 410
The leftists have 2/3 majority in Hungary. They can do what they please including making constitutional changes. The borders will be thrown wide open to please their new Brussels masters.
All the young women who voted for this better get ready for their new Muslim “boyfriends”. Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 02:10 AM (UuB1r) 411
Ah, Bers, I still have a tub upstairs and will keep that. I loved all the potty talk tonight, now I need to sleep. Sweet dreams Horde, see you all tomorrow.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 13, 2026 02:14 AM (0nHVk) 412
Iran’s parliament speaker responds to Trump’s naval blockade:
• “Americans must decide whether they are ready to earn Iran’s trust or not.” • “Trump’s recent threats have no effect on the Iranian nation, we have proven it.” • “We had very intensive, serious, and challenging talks… we presented strong initiatives that showed goodwill and led to progress.” • “We do not trust the Americans… they must earn our trust, and that is difficult due to their past actions.” • “The Iranian nation is advancing on its path and relies on its own capabilities.” • “Our delegation was united, serious, and creative in defending Iran’s rights.” • “These threats have no effect… this is not a slogan, the world has seen it.” • “If America wants a way out, it must earn the trust of the Iranian nation.” • “If you fight, we will fight, and if you come with logic, we will respond with logic.” Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 02:16 AM (4qjYs) 413
'Night, Debby. Fun chitchat tonight!
Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 02:18 AM (4qjYs) 415
Bers, if you can do the *soaker tub* in another bathroom, then you can go absolutely freaking WILD with a huge shower in that 9x12 bathroom...
Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm) The master bath isn't big enough for a tub. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:18 AM (snZF9) 416
Islamic regime chief negotiator and parliament speaker Ghalibaf in his prime:
“Death death to America, death death to America” Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 02:19 AM (4qjYs) 417
Bers, I don't know what's available these days, but I'm thinking oversize tub/shower combo.
Or, do the tub only in your 9x12 room, and go larger shower in the other bathroom--if possible? Hell, if you're planning to move anyway, maybe just let it be. Save your back and save your money. Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm) 418
The only problem is resale. Needs to have a tub or the woman will bitch she can't wash her crotch fruit. Real estate 101, it is known, unfortunately. There are no tubs in the other baths. One is a half bath, the other has a shower.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:08 AM (snZF9) We have an odd house... One small bath with a standing shower. Nice. Bigly tiled. Another bath with only a clawfoot bathtub. We need to do something back there.i keep telling Mr Scary to do a shower conversion. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 13, 2026 02:19 AM (cS3Fw) 419
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 02:16 AM
-------- Muzzloids have it all exactly backwards! No, motherfuckers, Iran needs to earn OUR trust! (I see no real way for them to prove themselves, but that's just me) Fuck Iran. Fuck Islam. Roast in hell you rotten bastards for all I care! They're just a boil, festering on the ass of all humanity. Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm) 420
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 13, 2026 02:16 AM (4qjYs)
The Islamic Regime of Iran can eat a big old bag of dicks. The Hostage Crisis is the biggest news story I can remember as a child. I wish the people of Iran well. I hope the IrGC get it up the ass sideways with a flaming pineapple wrapped in concertina wire and pain. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 13, 2026 02:26 AM (cS3Fw) 421
Bers, I don't know what's available these days, but I'm thinking oversize tub/shower combo.
Or, do the tub only in your 9x12 room, and go larger shower in the other bathroom--if possible? Hell, if you're planning to move anyway, maybe just let it be. Save your back and save your money. Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm) I won't be moving for awhile. I also don't go into the main bath either because that beautiful 1983 mauve tile on the floor makes me sick, lol. Yeah the oversize tub and shower would be cool, but I haven't found one. They all appear to be the standard 60". Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:31 AM (snZF9) 422
Muzzloids have it all exactly backwards!
No, motherfuckers, Iran needs to earn OUR trust! (I see no real way for them to prove themselves, but that's just me) Fuck Iran. Fuck Islam. Roast in hell you rotten bastards for all I care! They're just a boil, festering on the ass of all humanity. Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm) Only camel fuckers could stand among their ruins and talk like they got the upper hand. They're lucky they got civilians we don't want to hurt or the whole country would look like fucking Dresden. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:33 AM (snZF9) 423
Hour to go
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 02:36 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm) 425
Ah Raimondo! I'll set my fucking hair on fire. Maybe I'll take some dumps
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 13, 2026 02:54 AM (cS3Fw) 426
The only problem is resale. Needs to have a tub or the woman will bitch she can't wash her crotch fruit. Real estate 101, it is known, unfortunately. There are no tubs in the other baths. One is a half bath, the other has a shower.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2026 02:08 AM (snZF9) What resale? Just decide, like we have, that we will leave this house in a pine box. Do what YOU like and resale be damned. And believe me, women do NOT want to have to clean the damned tub. It is a PITA. If they need a soaker, buy a hot tub and put it outside. Then the guy cleans it. Works like a charm. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 13, 2026 02:56 AM (DwqWV) 427
Can we get together and send rainmandodo to troll school? He's not even entertaining, hardly worth response.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 13, 2026 02:57 AM (DwqWV) 428
The Hostage Crisis is the biggest news story I can remember as a child. I wish the people of Iran well. I hope the IrGC get it up the ass sideways with a flaming pineapple wrapped in concertina wire and pain.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary Remind them of the universal respect/regard of the diplomatic sanctity of the embassy. Remind them that they violated it 50 yrs ago and continue to act in terroristic ways. Kill some more of their leaders. Invite them to a parlay. Kill those who attend. Bomb their sites. Invite them to parley. Kill those who attend again. Bomb their sites. Invite them to parley. Rinse. Repeat. When Iranian Joe the Plumber says Fuck This, Then we have something to talk about. It really is THAT complicated. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 02:58 AM (/lPRQ) 429
Can we get together and send rainmandodo to troll school? He's not even entertaining, hardly worth response.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 13, 2026 02:57 AM (DwqWV) I'd donate 19 cents, total. He's a non-entity Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 13, 2026 03:00 AM (cS3Fw) 430
Golf was never my cup of tea. I had coworkers try to get me into the sport, and when I asked their experience, there was often frustration. Why do I need ANOTHER source of frustration in my life? My life's already frustrating as is...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 03:16 AM (ynpvh) 431
Golf is like many of these other 'sports' where you have good days and bad days, like billiards, darts and bowling.
I had a buddy who gave me all of his old clubs because he wanted new ones. I thought he was bad ass until I played with him and beat him with his own old clubs. He was pissed, until we cracked another beer and just enjoyed the day. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 13, 2026 03:26 AM (Fbc0I) 432
And believe me, women do NOT want to have to clean the damned tub. It is a PITA. If they need a soaker, buy a hot tub and put it outside. Then the guy cleans it. Works like a charm.
Posted by: tcn in AK Lol, Outside man's job. I agree with the hot tub outside and will clean it. Kitchen sink is preference for the crotch fruit. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 13, 2026 03:26 AM (/lPRQ) 433
Like any other hobby, if it makes you happy do it.
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 03:28 AM (Ia/+0) 434
434 Like any other hobby, if it makes you happy do it.
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 03:28 AM (Ia/+0) Sounds like the two best day in a boat owner's life: 1) Buying the boat 2) Selling the boat ... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 13, 2026 03:31 AM (ynpvh) 435
Time for me to sleep...
G'night, horde. Happy Monday in the morning! (eyeroll) Posted by: JQ at April 13, 2026 02:49 Me also. Just reading here, time for sleep. Be well all. Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 13, 2026 03:33 AM (55Qr6) 436
I should finally get up, going to be tired all day
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2026 03:41 AM (Ia/+0) 437
Golf is just a delivery mechanism to get you to the club house for cocktails. Loser.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 13, 2026 03:57 AM (Fbc0I) 438
Cocktails? That's some fancy golf club! The one I go to has Miller Light, Yuengling, and other fine domestic brews. I think they have Modelo too.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 13, 2026 04:01 AM (sAmhv) 439
>>>That's some fancy golf club! The one I go to has Miller Light, Yuengling, and other fine domestic brews. I think they have Modelo too.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come >I love those young ladies with the beer carts. If I know where they're going to be, I wash my balls. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 13, 2026 04:12 AM (Fbc0I) 440
390 Am I the only one here who knows that there's a new pope in town?!
https://tinyurl.com/47h23em4 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 13, 2026 01:34 AM (5UTWB) Bonchie @bonchieredstate 4h That picture isn’t the pope. Amy Bowers @amyfbowers 4h Replying to @bonchieredstate It's from a series of AI scenes posted by @NickAdamsinUSA showing Trump saving the nation posted in February. Posted by: m at April 13, 2026 04:31 AM (fNISR) 441
Pixy's up!
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Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0) 2
WOOO HOOO!!!
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Evenin'.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 07:01 PM (2TPZH) 4
Watching and listening to this guy is how I finally learned to properly put an edge on cutting tools. In addition to being a useful skill to have, it also opens an entirely new rabbit hole of obsession and compulsiveness.
No katana is safe! Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1) 5
Good Sunday evening, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and a special screamingly-sharp greeting to our host Weasel! Appreciate the sharpening content in tonight's thread.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 12, 2026 07:05 PM (t2oSI) 6
No range report, but I did help my nephew mount a scope on his AR build.
He is converting his AR that is chambered in .227 to 5.56. I just happened to have the torque wrenches he needed and also levels to make sure the scope was not all wonky. Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 12, 2026 07:06 PM (g5tO/) 7
Hello, Weasel!
Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 07:06 PM (BCwQW) 8
Top 10- ish?
Posted by: Coelacanth at April 12, 2026 07:07 PM (vt7xw) 9
I just happened to have the torque wrenches he needed and also levels to make sure the scope was not all wonky.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 12, 2026 07:06 PM Did you counsel him on acceptable filling for his rear bag? Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1) 10
Of course, there's a dark story behind Daisy BB guns. I bet there's a dark story behind marshmallow peeps, but I won't go off-topic
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 12, 2026 07:08 PM (U/j9n) 11
Weasel, is bluebell going to let you sharpen shivs?
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Greetings, Weasel and fellow Morons with gubs!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:09 PM (qVGoX) 13
Of course, there's a dark story behind Daisy BB guns. I bet there's a dark story behind marshmallow peeps, but I won't go off-topic
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 12, 2026 07:08 PM Peeps won't put your eye out, nor are there any Red Ryder peeps. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1) 14
9 Did you counsel him on acceptable filling for his rear bag?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:07 PM Not that type of rifle. We will be standing most of the time. But I think he wants to take it out to 200/300 yards. Then I will make sure he has a good bag filled with good stuff. ;-) Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 12, 2026 07:11 PM (g5tO/) Posted by: Coelacanth at April 12, 2026 07:12 PM (vt7xw) Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 07:14 PM (qdktZ) 17
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Time for dinner.
Posted by: Rancherbob at April 12, 2026 07:16 PM (c5Hv8) Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 07:18 PM (vTZFs) 24
Good evening all.
If attendees at the NoVa MoMe are interested in shooting with the DMV MGC we are willing to again host nd coordinate on Sunday. Might have to think up a new place for dinner as our great friend Tasha has left their employ. When we get closer, we will let people know the details. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 12, 2026 07:22 PM (t/2Uw) Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 07:22 PM (vTZFs) Posted by: TRex - masters golf champion dino at April 12, 2026 07:22 PM (cCn4/) 27
When you get flattening stones for your Japanese water stones is when you have truly entered the rabbit hole.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:22 PM (0sNs1) 28
* tap tap *
Is this thing on? Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 07:22 PM Anyone hear sumpin' just now? Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:23 PM (0sNs1) 29
I thought ALL ARs were modular?
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 07:24 PM (flzjJ) 30
Weasel, I just emailed Bluebell. I won't be around much tonight because I need to finish my tax returns.
Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 07:24 PM (BCwQW) 31
I thought ALL ARs were modular?
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 07:24 PM Pro Tip: If you buy the lower and the upper separately, you avoid paying the excise tax. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1) 32
Well, I booked a hotel for the NoVaMoMe. Unfortunately I was unable to stay at the hotel I used in the past, which is only 10 - 15 minutes from the meet up.
Instead I will be further south and maybe 15-30 minutes away. Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 12, 2026 07:25 PM (g5tO/) 33
Yoo-hoo, gun peeps! I join Weasel in cordially inviting you all to the NoVaMoMe. Please hit me up for the details!
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2026 07:25 PM (afFes) 34
Weasel, I just emailed Bluebell. I won't be around much tonight because I need to finish my tax returns.
Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 07:24 PM You know you can deduct rare and exotic H&K purchase expenses, right? Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1) 35
Watching Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:27 PM (Ia/+0) 36
bluebell and Weasel , thank you for all your hard work making the NoVaMoMe such a wonderful event.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:27 PM (yAteE) 37
I thought ALL ARs were modular?
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 07:24 PM (flzjJ) Not all. Your Colt AR won't work w/ a lot of H&K accessories because H&K uses a short stroke piston. The SR-15 from KAC has a bunch of proprietary parts in it even though it's a DI firearm like a basic AR. Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 07:27 PM (BCwQW) 38
Watching Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:27 PM Watson: How did you know this was a school for youngsters, Holmes? Holmes: "It's an elementary, my dear Watson. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1) 39
You know you can deduct rare and exotic H&K purchase expenses, right?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1) I wish. Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 07:29 PM (BCwQW) 40
27 When you get flattening stones for your Japanese water stones is when you have truly entered the rabbit hole.
Posted by: Duncanthrax Pain in the butt to retrue surfaces without a mill. I simply buy new stones at that point. Use synthetic for touchy expensive stuff (Spyderco), cheaper India stones and metal files for mass removal of material, and have Ouachita stones for finer edges on things I care about. The synthetic diamond files are also useful. Different set of tools for woodworking but I don't woodwork where I do metal work. Woodworking makes a mess and metal makes an oily mess. Neither are good around the other. Painting and finishing make a whole nother set of mess and best kept away from the other two projects. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 07:29 PM (E4rtv) 41
Hi weasel! Thank you for the thread!
Range report: Had new sights put on my Ruger Mark IV and took him out for a spin. Focused on sight alignment and trigger pull. Had three flinches out of 80 rounds. Grrrrrr. Need more practice. Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 07:30 PM (A5RD0) 42
Gun abuse question for the Horde:
Doing "wall drills" with a new S&W Bodyguard 2.0 with a snap cap in the chamber. I can rack the slide about half way and reset the trigger while leaving the snap cap in place. Much easier to practice trigger pulls that way. Is there any chance that will damage/wear the gun? Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 07:30 PM (HlyYF) 43
I thought ALL ARs were modular?
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 07:24 PM Some have proprietary attachments, such as the thingie that goes up. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1) Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 07:31 PM (vTZFs) 45
No range report but I have spent great deal of time researching pocket pistols. I wanted one like Blaster has, a Kimber with a red dot that fit my hand and I got to try it out borrowing Sara Blaster's pocket holster. Perfect except it only comes with a 15 rd mag. None of the other Kimber models will take a dot and most also 15 rd. I've narrowed down to the S&W Bodyguard 2 which She Equips Herself carries but in her review she has some complaints about the sight.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 12, 2026 07:31 PM (t/2Uw) 46
So I have a question for the Horde. I was recently visiting with a friend about indoor range practice with handguns. Most typically, I start with my target at 15 yards, then 10, then maybe 7 or 5. One mag at each distance. I usually use a target with six small 4" circles (my thought is aim small, miss small). I'm typically a bit scattered at 15 yards, although my shots would land within a typical silhouette. But as I move it in, my groupings grow much tighter to the target.
My friend says he only practices with the target at 9-10 feet, as that is where 90% of handgun shooting is done. He feels it's better to develop perfect muscle memory and make large holes via tight groupings. I realize indoor ranges with stationary targets are probably not as beneficial as outdoor/situational shooting with movement. Nonetheless, I'm curious to know what y'all think is the best way to structure handgun practice at the indoor range? Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:32 PM (qVGoX) 47
I can rack the slide about half way and reset the trigger while leaving the snap cap in place.
Is there any chance that will damage/wear the gun? Not a definitive answer but I can't see any reason why it should. Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 07:32 PM (vTZFs) 48
37 I thought ALL ARs were modular?
Posted by: GWB ====== As far as the AR-15, yes. If not an AR-15, then certain parts might be interchangeable but not others. The whole AR universe though has AR-15 plus AR variants like the H&K. Not really a hard and fast rule yet. Same as the AR-10 has several variants where some of the parts don't fit between variants. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 07:33 PM (E4rtv) 49
Matthew Kant Cipher, you can try setting the gun down on the bench and then pick it up and find your target.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:34 PM (yAteE) 50
47 I can rack the slide about half way and reset the trigger while leaving the snap cap in place.
Is there any chance that will damage/wear the gun? Not a definitive answer but I can't see any reason why it should. Posted by: Oddbob === I agree with Oddbob here. As a general rule, it should not cause an issue. Some of the laser training snap caps though don't have a rim so racking does not affect them one way or another. You have to poke a rod down the bore to remove those. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 07:34 PM (E4rtv) 51
Howdy, Gun Thread. I'm not as obsessive as many, but one of these days, when I can afford it... if my hands are still steady then... and at least in the meantime I've got lots of melee options for home invasions (an entire umbrella-vase worth, plus the short stuff strategically located)
I have been shooting with a friend who had his own toys, and enjoyed it mightily. Very zen. Posted by: RandomDave at April 12, 2026 07:35 PM (aJQbY) 52
I use a Tormek knockoff to sharpen my chef’s knives and A2 steel plane blades. Chisels do best on my grade B granite stone with 3M micro finishing films.
Leonard Lee has a great book on sharpening. Posted by: Accomack at April 12, 2026 07:35 PM (Udy3r) 53
My friend says he only practices with the target at 9-10 feet, as that is where 90% of handgun shooting is done.
Insert the word "defensive" and it's probably a true statement. Doesn't mean that there isn't value and enjoyment in shooting at longer ranges. Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 07:35 PM (vTZFs) 54
I then stumbled across a new Walther. PDP F-series Pro. It can be bought with an Acro sight. It is a bit pricey but Ed assures me the sight is great so worth it. It comes with a 10 rd mag so MD compliant. But it has a 4 in barrel. The 3.5 version won't hold an optic.
Has anyone seen one of these? It is pretty new. https://tinyurl.com/2s4baz2z Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 12, 2026 07:37 PM (t/2Uw) 55
Hello Gun Folks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 12, 2026 07:39 PM (CHHv1) 56
Hmmm. I *might* be able to make the NoVaMoMe this year. However, my Permanent Record is in tatters so I might be put in detention the entire time.
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 07:39 PM (MSrAy) Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 07:39 PM (qdktZ) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 07:39 PM (eiAiG) 59
Happy Easter, RMBS! And the same to your mom. Hope to see you both in June.
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2026 07:42 PM (afFes) Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 07:42 PM (vTZFs) 61
Thanks, Ben Had - I like that idea. I know they won't let us draw from a holster, but that would still help get on target more quickly. Do you typically fire twice, then set it back down, or just one shot at a time?
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:43 PM (qVGoX) 62
Hmmm. I *might* be able to make the NoVaMoMe this year. However, my Permanent Record is in tatters so I might be put in detention the entire time.
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 07:39 PM (MSrAy) -------- I shall see to it that your permanent record is expunged. Come join us! Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2026 07:43 PM (afFes) 63
Weasel, thanks for mentioning the Outdoors55 YT channel. I didn't know about it but it looks very useful. They have a video about sharpening an ax, something I need to work on.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 07:43 PM (yTvNw) 64
46 My friend says he only practices with the target at 9-10 feet, as that is where 90% of handgun shooting is done. He feels it's better to develop perfect muscle memory and make large holes via tight groupings.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher ==== Figure your threat profile as a civilian and then skew your practice toward that. Claude Werner, the Tactical Professor has a website that is well recommended and free for some. Rangemaster newsletters by Tom Givins also also free. Out in the country, you might very well have to make a 25 yard shot if the other critter is carrying a rifle etc. In the city, most of your shooting will be at bad breath range as you cannot enforce a 21 ft (aka 7 yd) bubble walking down the streetwalk, in an elevator, etc. Suburban bubble gets a bit bigger but even there, not quite 7 yds. But, if you can precisely shoot your firearm from a draw at 7-10 yards, then you might want to make sure you speed up for defensive shooting. A 3-5 inch rapid fire grouping at that range is fine for defensive shooting once you have mastered precise trigger control on slow fire. Keeping your shots in a pie plate at 15-25 yards is excellent for defensive shooting. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 07:44 PM (E4rtv) 65
The gun butt to the back of the head was the pre-Star-Trek neck pinch.
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 07:44 PM (flzjJ) 66
Insert the word "defensive" and it's probably a true statement. Doesn't mean that there isn't value and enjoyment in shooting at longer ranges.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 07:35 PM (vTZFs) ------- Thanks, Oddbob. I don't recall if he explicitly said "defensive", but that was certainly what I understood him to mean. Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:44 PM (qVGoX) 67
Mid April, around 50 degrees. I dredged up the Ruger Predator 6.5 CM, and hit the long range today.
Mud season is over, the road up was clear and dry. Four guys were just finishing up, and gifted me a shopping bag full of once-fired .308. Very nice. I worked my way out from 300 to 1100 with 120 grain Hornadys. All of the targets are now clearly marked and ranged. The 120s were shooting much flatter than the ballistics program predicted. 50 rounds were all hitting 2-4 MOA high. Switched over to Hornady 147 ELD M and just started at 1100. Solid hits after the third round. Called it a day after 20 rounds, with the last being a hit on a Fox target at 1107. Life is good. Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 07:44 PM (WFfw3) 68
Happy Easter, RMBS! And the same to your mom. Hope to see you both in June.
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2026 07:42 PM Thank you. God willing, we'll see you in June. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 07:45 PM (eiAiG) 69
Matthew Kant Cipher, 2 or more at a time.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:46 PM (yAteE) 70
54 I then stumbled across a new Walther. PDP F-series Pro. It can be bought with an Acro sight. It is a bit pricey but Ed assures me the sight is great so worth it. It comes with a 10 rd mag so MD compliant. But it has a 4 in barrel. The 3.5 version won't hold an optic.
Has anyone seen one of these? It is pretty new. https://tinyurl.com/2s4baz2z Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) ===== Walther makes good stuff. A four inch barrel also makes the most out of the 9mm as most self defense ammo ballistics center around it as cops favor that barrel length. Less barrel rise too due to weight so you get back on target quicker. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 07:46 PM (E4rtv) 71
Thank you, Whig!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:47 PM (qVGoX) 72
My friend says he only practices with the target at 9-10 feet, as that is where 90% of handgun shooting is done.
If he was a quarterback, would he only practice throwing the football 10 yards? Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 12, 2026 07:47 PM (lLEcp) 73
However, my Permanent Record is in tatters so I might be put in detention the entire time.
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 07:39 PM (MSrAy) SID, mine doesn’t even have tatters. Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 07:48 PM (WFfw3) 74
Got it - thanks, Ben Had!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:48 PM (qVGoX) 75
This is bizarre, on food thread commented was trying to get a part for grill, no sales it looked like as couldn't get 3 ways to pay it finalized. Just got a Email from Amazon they cleared the sale. for it
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0) 76
My friend says he only practices with the target at 9-10 feet, as that is where 90% of handgun shooting is done.
If he was a quarterback, would he only practice throwing the football 10 yards? Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 12, 2026 07:47 PM (lLEcp) Uncle Rico shakes his head... Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 07:50 PM (0aYVJ) 77
I realize indoor ranges with stationary targets are probably not as beneficial as outdoor/situational shooting with movement. Nonetheless, I'm curious to know what y'all think is the best way to structure handgun practice at the indoor range?
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:32 PM (qVGoX) What your friend isn't accounting for is the massive adrenaline dump that happens at the start of any defensive situation. The first thing that happens is all of your fine motor skills (i.e. the ones you need to accurately hit the target) disappear in an instant. To compensate for that fact, Paul Harrell recommended that 1) you use a half sized target instead of a full sized one and 2) push the distance your target is at out to 10 yards vs. 5 yards. The rationale is that if you can get a good group at 10 yards on a half size target, you should be able to get a good group on a full size target at 5 yards. For an example of that 10% outside bad breath range, see Mr. Dicken's example a few years back at the Greenwood Park Mall food court. Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 07:50 PM (BCwQW) 78
I have two categories for knife sharpening: kitchen and pocket knives (I use the same edge) and wood carving/wood working blades which use a thinner bevel. I've gotten pretty good at sharpening them appropriately after a LOT of practice. It's a satisfying and useful skill to develop.
I have the typical three whetstone setup but mostly use DMT diamond steel slabs. The man who made most of my wood carving knives (sadly semi-retired) has used them for decades. That is a high standard. Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 07:53 PM (yTvNw) 79
It's t-shirt and shorts weather here so, time to switch my EDC from a Ruger Security 9 to my G26 for concealability. (I need to lose some weight around my middle.)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 07:54 PM (abIsI) 80
I shall see to it that your permanent record is expunged. Come join us!
Posted by: bluebell --- Thank you! If I can get there, I'll bring a suitable bribe. I'm already traveling twice in June, but I'm actually free the weekend of the 20th so it's possible. If I can make it, I would like to arrange a group outing to Udvar Hazy Sunday morning if that wouldn't conflict with the range time. By "arrange," I mean "I'll be there at such-and-such time, if anybody else wants to show up" Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 07:54 PM (MSrAy) 81
If he was a quarterback, would he only practice throwing the football 10 yards?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 12, 2026 07:47 PM (lLEcp) Uncle Rico shakes his head... Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 07:50 PM (0aYVJ ----------- Grandma called, she said you're supposed to stop ruining everyone's life 😂 Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:55 PM (qVGoX) 82
SID, mine doesn’t even have tatters.
Posted by: RI Red --- we should use our Permanent Records as homemade targets! Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 07:56 PM (MSrAy) 83
I wonder if a range would allow you to start with a target at 15 yards, hit the recall button and then fire at it as it advanced.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 07:56 PM (A5RD0) 84
Thank you, Ed L - great points
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:57 PM (qVGoX) 85
Reporting in from the phone lines - er, email lines. Business is brisk and I'm so happy to be sending out the info to you delightful Morons. Keep those cards and letters coming!
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2026 07:58 PM (afFes) 86
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 07:54 PM (MSrAy)
------- Udvar-Hazy is unbelievable. Have you been? Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 07:59 PM (qdktZ) 87
I've wondered the same thing, Nurse.... I suspect it is frowned upon but probably worth asking.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:59 PM (qVGoX) 88
Grandma called, she said you're supposed to stop ruining everyone's life 😂
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 07:55 PM (qVGoX) A friend summed it up perfectly: It's kind of embarrassing that I love that stupid movie so much. Bottled lightning. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 07:59 PM (0aYVJ) 89
Oh great and powerful Weasel.
Why do you spend so much time stressing funding for mentals? I thought this was a gun thread. Wouldn’t our time be better spent working on techniques and consistency in gun handling? Posted by: Emily Littela Bog at April 12, 2026 08:00 PM (WlUfk) 90
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 07:56 PM (A5RD0)
------ Try it and see if someone starts yelling at you. Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 08:00 PM (qdktZ) 91
Wouldn’t our time be better spent working on techniques and consistency in gun handling?
Posted by: Emily Littela Bog at April 12, 2026 08:00 PM (WlUfk) ----- Nah! Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 08:02 PM (qdktZ) 92
What is an “Udvar Hazy”?
It sounds like a rum mixed drink. Cousin to a Dark and Stormy. Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 08:03 PM (OaHPZ) 93
Thanks Whig. This gun has a couple of things going for it. First the F frame stands for female so better chance the gun will fit my hand. Shorter trigger pull.The Acro sight is factory installed. It is 9mm so uses the same ammo as my Glocks.It is frustrating though to not be able to handle it. The April Gun show has been postponed til May. I am hoping to get one of these dealers to bring one and hold it for me til I can handle it.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 12, 2026 08:03 PM (t/2Uw) 94
Udvar-Hazy
I highly recommend a visit. It's got an impressive selection of cool stuff. I'll once again try to attend but work is a harsh mistress. I pretty much work every weekend. I get Sunday nights off Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 12, 2026 08:03 PM (sAmhv) 95
Udvar-Hazy is unbelievable. Have you been?
Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 07:59 PM We went last year. Great place! Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 08:04 PM (eiAiG) 96
If I can make it, I would like to arrange a group outing to Udvar Hazy Sunday morning if that wouldn't conflict with the range time. By "arrange," I mean "I'll be there at such-and-such time, if anybody else wants to show up"
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 07:54 PM (MSrAy) --- That would be fun! I haven't been there in years. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2026 08:04 PM (kpS4V) 97
A friend summed it up perfectly: It's kind of embarrassing that I love that stupid movie so much.
Bottled lightning. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 07:59 PM (0aYVJ ---------- No doubt. I've often said that movie perfectly captures the absurdities of rural/small-town life. I grew up on a farm and went to HS in such a town. My children were all raised in a much larger city, but I relish the fact that they all love that flick. Much quoted in our family.... "I caught you a delicious bass" Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 08:05 PM (qVGoX) 98
94: attend the MoMe. Forgot to add it
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 12, 2026 08:05 PM (sAmhv) 99
Ok, I gurgled it. Tres cool.
Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 08:05 PM (OaHPZ) 100
Puddleglum, can you put in a leave request? We're worth it, you know.
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2026 08:06 PM (afFes) 101
On a more relevant note. I haven’t added a caliber to my stable in awhile. I’m open to creating complexity and confusion with something new.
I’m looking for a new 400 yard plus varmint caliber to bag coyotes on the far side of the pasture. Normally I would stick with .223 because standardize everything but as I age I’m trying to be open to new experiences. Except more recoil. I’m a lefty and would like a bolt action for this application. Low light situations with a gee whiz scope that floated past on the stream. Any suggestions? Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 08:06 PM (WlUfk) 102
Udvar-Hazy is unbelievable. Have you been?
Posted by: Weasel --- Yes! In 2023, after the only NoVaMoMe I have been to so far. Ed L recommended a visit there. GWB and I both showed up at the same time (unplanned) and I had a delightful time touring with him. Seeing the Discovery shuttle was a BFD for this former Space Camp nerd! Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 08:07 PM (MSrAy) 103
McMaster-Carr sells some really good sharpening stones as Combination Bench Stones by Norton. I had a Norton stone for years but it got shattered. I saw a machinist using a very similar stone to face a fixture and found it was almost the exact stone I had. Almost the same being his was made in Mexico and my old one was from the American quarry. I can't tell the difference.
I'm so abusive with knives that I wind up sharpening my EDC about twice a month. I used a carbide draw sharpener at first then hone from there. I like 22° on my blades. My facination started in Somalia where we had bayonets with little stones and LOTS of down time. We all had stones sent to us and the sharness of your bayonet became a thing. I'll spend days on some sharpening projects. No sword, dagger, knife or blade in my posession is dull. I sharpen utility knife blades too. Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 08:07 PM (emWLT) Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 08:08 PM (A5RD0) 105
What Ed said about those half size targets at 10 yds...
When you pick up a gun, and shoot one handed and hit that target enough times that you know the guys dead is a great confidence builder.🤠 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 12, 2026 08:09 PM (t/2Uw) 106
They have the actual Enola Gay?
Holy carp! Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 08:08 PM (A5RD0) True fact: my Grandpa helped build the Enola Gay. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 08:10 PM (0aYVJ) 107
Yes! In 2023, after the only NoVaMoMe I have been to so far. Ed L recommended a visit there. GWB and I both showed up at the same time (unplanned) and I had a delightful time touring with him. Seeing the Discovery shuttle was a BFD for this former Space Camp nerd!
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 08:07 PM The only one? You need to book NoVaMoMe 2026. *channels inner Zod* You will do this. You will do this now. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 08:11 PM (eiAiG) 108
It's t-shirt and shorts weather here so, time to switch my EDC from a Ruger Security 9 to my G26 for concealability. (I need to lose some weight around my middle.)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 07:54 PM (abIsI) I've found that most people never notice that I'm carrying under my T shirt, even though I'm printing big time. People see what they want to see. Or don't. Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at April 12, 2026 08:12 PM (lPWbY) 109
They have the actual Enola Gay?
Holy carp! Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 08:08 PM And the only surviving Horten HO-229. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 08:12 PM (eiAiG) 110
True fact: my Grandpa helped build the Enola Gay.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 08:10 PM (0aYVJ) -------- Here in Bellevue? Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 08:12 PM (qVGoX) 111
They have the actual Enola Gay?
Holy carp! Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 08:08 PM (A5RD0) ---- They do. It is too big to fit into the museum downtown and so it was stored (disassembled) at their old renovation facility in Suitland, MD. I first saw it there in a hangar. Pretty cool. Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 08:13 PM (qdktZ) 112
Why do you spend so much time stressing funding for mentals?
Posted by: Emily Littela Bog He knows his audience. Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 08:13 PM (vTZFs) 113
Pete Bog,
.243 Winchester is a fine flat shooter. Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 08:13 PM (o19x0) 114
They have the actual Enola Gay?
.............................. And the first space shuttle, Enterprise. Never made into space. A prototype. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 12, 2026 08:14 PM (sAmhv) 115
Admission to Udvar-Hazy is free, but parking will set you back $15 or $20. You might want to consider carpooling because of this.
Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 08:15 PM (BCwQW) Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 12, 2026 08:17 PM (sAmhv) 117
True fact: my Grandpa helped build the Enola Gay.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 08:10 PM (0aYVJ) -------- Here in Bellevue? Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 08:12 PM (qVGoX) Yes, but he started his career in Seattle, worked in the Red Barn for a while. To be honest, I do not know just how extensive his career was, because to him it was just his job. It was not until years later that I learned he worked for NASA during the Apollo missions. Frustrating. The old-timers have stories to tell. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 08:18 PM (0aYVJ) 118
They have the actual Enola Gay?
Holy carp! Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 08:08 PM (A5RD0) And they have the Boeing "Dash-80," the prototype 707 that the test pilot barrel rolled in its first public showing over Seattle. Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 08:18 PM (BCwQW) 119
Ah, okay, Puddleglum. Hoping for the best.
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2026 08:20 PM (afFes) 120
A trip to Uvar-Hazy is a worth while trip
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 08:20 PM (Ia/+0) 121
Hmmm. I *might* be able to make the NoVaMoMe this year. However, my Permanent Record is in tatters so I might be put in detention the entire time.
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 07:39 PM (MSrAy) I'll sit in detention with ya. We can play mumbledy-peg. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 08:20 PM (flzjJ) 122
Still need some BEGINNER trigger pull advice. (If anyone is so obliged.)
I have a significant "intention tremor". Pulling a trigger is a very intentional act for me - so of course my tremor gets worse in that situation. I am currently doing lots of drills just pointing the gun at a blank spot on the wall and trying to watch the front sight remain steady during the trigger break. Unfortunately, I cannot do this! I have even simplified the act to just trying to take up the trigger on an uncocked gun, and the front sight still moves a little. I have tried all of the grip variances I can think of - to little improvement. (I am right-handed.) I have tried pull from center of index pad versus pull from crease in first joint. I have tried "very relaxed" arms to crushing left grip to crushing grip with elbows up and hands relaxed. Practice makes "permanent" in my personal experience, rather than perfect. Any advice on things to try before I work hard on repeating a fixed operation. (cont.) Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 08:21 PM (HlyYF) 123
(cont.)
Finally, my best result is pulling the trigger with BOTH index fingers. I currently execute my signature by steadying my right hand by pushing gently with my left index finger on my right thumb. I have tried applying this to my trigger pull, and it is my best (Idiot) solution so far. I pull with the crease of my index finger on the trigger, and stick the tip of my left index finger inside the trigger guard on my right knuckle. That gives me a much steadier trigger “squeeze” with much less motion of the front sight. I have not yet tried it on the range with live ammo. If that is the stupidest thing you have ever heard, please don’t spare my feelings by hedging your answers. This is an important thing to get right, so I definitely will take any advice from the experts. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 08:21 PM (HlyYF) 124
Pete Bog,
.243 Winchester is a fine flat shooter. Yes. I was gonna suggest the .25-06 but that might be a bit of overkill. Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 12, 2026 08:22 PM (ceJ0R) 125
I wonder if a range would allow you to start with a target at 15 yards, hit the recall button and then fire at it as it advanced.
Posted by: nurse ratched ********* Ours does! Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 12, 2026 08:24 PM (cCn4/) 126
Dang it, just heard the dinner bell.
I will be back to read comments later. Thanks Weasel! Thanks Horde? Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 08:24 PM (HlyYF) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 08:25 PM (eiAiG) 128
And the only surviving Horten HO-229.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 08:12 PM (eiAiG) Well, pieces of it, anyway. Good evening gubthreaders and all the ships at sea! Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:25 PM (NlEaG) 129
If that is the stupidest thing you have ever heard, please don’t spare my feelings by hedging your answers. This is an important thing to get right, so I definitely will take any advice from the experts.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 08:21 PM (HlyYF) "If it's stupid, but works, it isn't stupid." - Murphy's Laws of Combat. Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 08:26 PM (BCwQW) 130
Udvar-Hazy is unbelievable. Have you been?
Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 07:59 PM We went last year. Great place! Posted by: RedMindBlueState ********* And now we need to get you to the USMC museum, which is incredible Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 12, 2026 08:26 PM (cCn4/) 131
Got to go to finish up my taxes before April 15. Thanks for hosting, Weasel!
Posted by: Ed L at April 12, 2026 08:26 PM (BCwQW) Posted by: screaming in digital at April 12, 2026 08:27 PM (MSrAy) 133
Concur on Udvar-Hazy. We took our godchildren - a 2 yo and 6 yo boy, the 6 yo is in I want to be an astronaut phase.
This was an excellent trip. If you want to get re-energized and roll back the black pill a little, go to that museum with kids. Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:27 PM (NlEaG) 134
The old-timers have stories to tell.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 08:18 PM (0aYVJ -------- Boy isn't that the truth. Never knew my Dad's first cousin was part of the Normandy landing, until he came into the house one evening after helping my brother haul a load of cattle to market. It just so happened to be the anniversary date of D-day. He'd had enough to drink that he described the whole situation in detail.... I got the sense we might have been some of the only people he'd ever told. I was still in high school then, but I remember years later when Saving Private Ryan came out the intro scenes were exactly as Gene had described them. Hair raising.... Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 08:28 PM (qVGoX) 135
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125 I wonder if a range would allow you to start with a target at 15 yards, hit the recall button and then fire at it as it advanced.
Posted by: nurse ratched ********* Ours does! Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 12, 2026 08:24 PM (cCn4/) Indeed it does! A couple weeks ago I think I mentioned that we did a drill like this. We set it out at 10 yards and brought it in. Draw EDC from IWB holster and see can you get 3 good shots in. It is totally different experience than standing and shooting at paper. You've added motion, drawing from the holster, and a time factor to it. You would not believe how much adrenaline it adds. Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:30 PM (NlEaG) 137
the USMC museum, which is incredible
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 12, 2026 08:26 PM (cCn4/) ----- Agreed! Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 08:31 PM (qdktZ) 138
138 at 138
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 08:32 PM (LHPAg) 139
I have a significant "intention tremor". Pulling a trigger is a very intentional act for me - so of course my tremor gets worse in that situation.
This may or may not be of any help at all. I heard it from one of my first professional instructors and TBH I'm not sure if it made any real difference for me but I'll pass it on for your consideration. He said that he could get new(er) shooters to improve their trigger control by changing the way they think about it by changing the verb used to describe the action. "Squeeze" is right out because squeezing is a whole hand action. "Pull" is discouraged because it suggests a gross motor action instead of a fine one. He recommended "press" or even better "click" as you would click a mouse button. You don't death-grip a mouse; you hold it enough to control it. Then when you're on target, you click the button by moving just that one finger. Try dry firing with that mental image and see if it helps. Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 08:33 PM (vTZFs) 140
I did not shoot this week. I did not buy guns, not ammo.
I DID do my certification to turn a Form 3 into a Form 4. I am seeing a suppressor in my future next week. I hope. I mentioned that this shop was run by the rude guy from the types of gun store clerks video? Yeah. That whole shop is like the soup nazi. Except for with guns, not soup. So gun Nazis, I guess. They apparently sublet space from an anime shop. Which is weird. Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:34 PM (NlEaG) 141
It is totally different experience than standing and shooting at paper. You've added motion, drawing from the holster, and a time factor to it. You would not believe how much adrenaline it adds.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:30 PM (NlEaG) Even better - go sign up to do IDPA drills. You will not believe how much more realistic it is. And they are very friendly to newcomers. Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 08:34 PM (TOBhH) 142
Pillage Idiot- one thing that helped me steady my aim was doing the nickel drill with snap caps. Balance a nickel on the front sight, and when you pull the trigger, make sure the nickel doesn't fall off. I think maybe it changes your mental focus away from your trigger finger. It's annoying at first, but eventually it helped me a good deal.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 08:35 PM (qVGoX) 143
Altered or synthetic comment.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 08:36 PM (Cqx++) 144
Even better - go sign up to do IDPA drills. You will not believe how much more realistic it is. And they are very friendly to newcomers.
Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 08:34 PM (TOBhH) You know who wants to do that? sra blaster does. We were doing steel shoot (outlaw - no organizational rules) at our range for a while. But she wants something that has real rules. Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:37 PM (NlEaG) 145
In addition to learning how to sharpen blades it is equally important to learn how to use a strop and sharpening steel. If used on a regular basis, they will almost eliminate the need to resharpen a blade on a stone. The strop for my wood carving knives is just a piece of leather on a board rubbed with a stropping compound. I keep a steel in the kitchen for those knives and use it each time. (I also only use hardwood cutting boards.) Twenty strokes on each side of the blade is sufficient.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 08:37 PM (yTvNw) 146
I got a Vietnam vet I was building a fence for talking one day after work over a couple of beers. Silver Star, Bronze with a V. Dude was a badass. He had never even breached the topic with his wife. She was in the next room crying. As I went to leave I saluted him and turned just in time to see her try to escape out and found her in the next room. She hugged me and thanked me saying "I never knew any of that in 48 years of marriage".
He passed from Agent Orange poisoning about a year later. Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 08:38 PM (emWLT) 147
Knot the Craw! Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 12, 2026 08:38 PM (PwI9/) 148
The scarlet craw?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 08:38 PM (Cqx++) 149
And, SiD, I would happily reprise that trip. You're a fun companion for a museum. And that museum is great.
I do hope I can find some time to visit a rifle range up there. One that would let me shoot a Beowulf. And sight in my M-1. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 08:40 PM (flzjJ) Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 08:41 PM (Fbc0I) 151
Weasel, haven't checked your weather - burning outside these days? Shelter/no shelter?
A sudden strong wind forced me into the garage to burn a Penn Standard a little while ago. They really are a reliable simple stick. That cocoa hint right from light-up. Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 08:42 PM (U/Byj) 152
.243 Winchester is a fine flat shooter.
Yes. I was gonna suggest the .25-06 but that might be a bit of overkill. Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 12, 2026 08:22 PM (ceJ0R) Is .243 Winchester obscure and difficult to find? That’s a plus in caliber creep. I have a .25-06 and was actually considering that as it could also be a fine early morning and late evening deer option as my 29 year old eyes and low light don’t play as well together as they used to do. Regrettably that does not provide a justification for a new addition. It just works. Unless I added a second identical to the first. Eureka! Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 08:43 PM (WlUfk) 153
150 Knife dude doesn't use any oil. I guess I must be old-school.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 08:41 PM (Fbc0I) I'm really old school. I use spit. Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 08:44 PM (emWLT) 154
I definitely will take any advice from the experts.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 08:21 PM (HlyYF) Not an expert, but have you tried a grip strengthener (anything from a squeezy ball to the big grip handles) and just using your index finger? Maybe strengthening would help with the overall issue? Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 08:44 PM (flzjJ) 155
OT, and probably probably already mentioned, but Orban lost in Hungary.
Posted by: Bulg at April 12, 2026 08:45 PM (77rzZ) 156
I work with a guy who was a PJ. He's got some real PTSD. He was parachuting into Afghanistan and the Taliban shot him in the air. Ten times. And when he landed he broke his back.
I've got a lot of sympathy for the guy - he earned his PTSD and he did the thing - you know, So Others May Live. But he's weird. I get it. I give him grace. But weird. Sometimes other people don't extend him that grace. His pain makes him grouchy and he can be hard to like for it. Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:45 PM (NlEaG) 157
93 Thanks Whig. This gun has a couple of things going for it. First the F frame stands for female so better chance the gun will fit my hand. Shorter trigger pull.The Acro sight is factory installed. It is 9mm so uses the same ammo as my Glocks.It is frustrating though to not be able to handle it. The April Gun show has been postponed til May. I am hoping to get one of these dealers to bring one and hold it for me til I can handle it.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) ======= FWIW, check the Walther website for a possible holster. It can take a bit of time for new holsters to be made for a firearm and get out to the distributors. Usually though, the mfg has them on their online store first as an accessory. Walther probably has one of the top out of the box triggers for their PDP and later series. Also never heard of a problem with Walther on warranties being honored or spare parts issues. Let us know how you like it if you get one. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 08:47 PM (E4rtv) Posted by: Gen Z'er at April 12, 2026 08:47 PM (0sNs1) 159
Guns!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 08:47 PM (xcxpd) 160
Is .243 Winchester obscure and difficult to find?
Not at all. It's probably in the top 5 or so most popular medium game cartridges. That’s a plus in caliber creep. You need to join the 6mm Wonder Cartridge of the Month Club. 6mm Dasher, 6mm ARC, 6mm Max, 6mm GT... Barely a dime's worth of difference in terminal performance but everybody has to get their name on something. Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 08:48 PM (vTZFs) 161
Finally started filling the 9mm can. I aim to do 100 rounds a day broken up into two sessions at the press. After all the prepped brass for that is filled, have to finish up some 30 carbine, then about 100 rounds of Garand food.
Probably some 45C after (for the Model 1866 lever). Definitely not enough shooting going on, ammo consumption has been pitiful lately. And one M1 and the 1911 need full disassembly and cleaning. 1911 might have something going on with it, after cleaning have to try to reproduce the odd jams I got several times last year. Though I have switched to round-nose from SWCs (found them at the same price), so might not be able to diagnose the issue until I try SWCs again. Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 08:50 PM (U/Byj) 162
I got one of those 2-sided whetstones. Works great on my heritage carving knife, what once belonged to me dear old Mum. Carved many a Thanksgiving turkey, that knife.
Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 08:50 PM (ZxPkt) 163
But she wants something that has real rules.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:37 PM (NlEaG) blaster, I’ve found that the most eye-opening experience is how your mind goes completely blank under pressure. The rules are forgotten, your best-laid plans go out the window. Eventually, you get better control. Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 08:50 PM (7PD8l) 164
True fact: my Grandpa helped build the Enola Gay.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 08:10 PM (0aYVJ) As did my wife's grandpa, at the Martin Bomber Plant (now Building D on Offutt AFB) in Bellevue, Nebraska. Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 12, 2026 08:50 PM (t2oSI) 165
This was an excellent trip. If you want to get re-energized and roll back the black pill a little, go to that museum with kids.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:27 PM (NlEaG) Anyone got kids they can let us borrow for the NoVaMoMe trip? How much to rent them? [In best "Jake" voice] "How much for the little girl?" Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 08:50 PM (OKRd3) 166
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 08:42 PM (U/Byj)
---- Planning to take the hut down tomorrow. Lows are in the 50s now so tolerable. CAO Brazilia Gol tonight! Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 08:50 PM (qdktZ) 167
Did get to the range, I wanted to do more drills with my CZ P-07 collection. Last week was my comp/red dot combo, this week was my DAO from CZ Custom. It has a long, heavy, but smooth DA trigger press and no optic. I also have a fine Don Hume leather holster for it.
I found it faster to do my Dot Torture drills with it, as I didn't have a comp to snag on my kydex holster. But though the groups were ironically better, they weren't...great. I'll try my normal DA/SA CZ next week. I also did strong hand only drills, two shot strings from holster and low ready. I have to say the front sight was hard for old eyes to see, I missed the red dot here. After some bad strings to the left and right of the target, I figured out to pop the front sight up and hold low and at 7 yards, that put things in 3" circle just fine. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 08:51 PM (xcxpd) 168
You need to join the 6mm Wonder Cartridge of the Month Club. 6mm Dasher, 6mm ARC, 6mm Max, 6mm GT... Barely a dime's worth of difference in terminal performance but everybody has to get their name on something.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 08:48 PM (vTZFs) I like that. I could collect one of each. And then go to work on the five and seven mm rarities. I like it a lot. Excellent advice. And I’ll go off to look at lefty .243 Winchesters for sale. Dare I ask best online gun shop? Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 08:52 PM (WlUfk) 169
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 08:43 PM
.243 Winchester should be pretty easy to find. Handloading can really open up some plusness to caliber creep, you know. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 08:52 PM (0sNs1) Posted by: Bulg at April 12, 2026 08:52 PM (77rzZ) 171
So I bought some cheap mineral oil off amazon. Like $8, does not smell like cat urine, unlike Ballistol. Shockingly, it cleaned off the carbon just fine and seemed fine for lubricating as well.
I will try this some more, might be a cheaper alternative to Ballistol or CLP Breakfree. It doesn't work great for copper fowling, so there's still a need for that Hoppes product but still...$8 for 32 oz...if this works, it's nice. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 08:54 PM (xcxpd) Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 08:55 PM (xcxpd) 173
Knife sharpening is a talent, - a skill that can be learned. Not everybody can do it. They create machines that are satisfactory, but they chew up you knife.
You would never run one of my knives across your fingers or you would be in emergency. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 08:55 PM (Fbc0I) 174
And I’ll go off to look at lefty .243 Winchesters for sale. Dare I ask best online gun shop?
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 08:52 PM (WlUfk) Gunbroker and Proxibid work best for me. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 08:55 PM (xcxpd) 175
And I’ll go off to look at lefty .243 Winchesters for sale. Dare I ask best online gun shop?
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 08:52 PM -------- The one that has it in stock 😂 Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 08:55 PM (qVGoX) 176
So, can breast milk be considered breast ammo?
Posted by: Bulg at April 12, 2026 08:56 PM (77rzZ) 177
Not an expert, but have you tried a grip strengthener (anything from a squeezy ball to the big grip handles) and just using your index finger? Maybe strengthening would help with the overall issue?
Posted by: GWB ====== Curiously enough, I have been working on that due to my loss of grip strength via nerve impingement (now gone after surgery). Curiously enough, I found using one of those cheap grabbers on Amazon for picking up yard waste, sticks, etc. gives a helluva workout for grip strength muscles. "Foldable Reacher Grabber Tool, Long 32" Another cheap Amazon toy tip came from rehab. It looks like a jelly version of brass knuckles and it works on the extensor muscles by opening and relaxing them. "Hand Grip Strengthener, Finger Exerciser, Grip Strength Trainer" Pnrskter about six bucks. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 08:56 PM (E4rtv) 178
Pete Bob, 6.5 CM might be a good dual-purpose cartridge for you, but more a touch more recoily than .243.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 08:56 PM (0sNs1) 179
The SEAL sniper instructor who uses my range sometimes and also competes in PSA (?), precision rifle competitions, uses 6 Dasher. Can confirm, I can't keep track of the 6mm variations I see among the long-range shooters at the range.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 08:56 PM (U/Byj) 180
6mm Dasher, 6mm ARC, 6mm Max, 6mm GT...
Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 08:48 PM (vTZFs) When you started with "Dasher" my brain immediately wondered if you could fit them all into a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer song. And what caliber would be the red-nosed one. I'm weird, too. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 08:57 PM (OKRd3) 181
Pete Bog, .243 Winchester is one of the classic cartridges. Will take down everything from deer to hogs to woodchucks.
One of my most memorable hunting shots was taking a boar at 240 yards with a shot in the ear. Think of it as an AR 15 round with same speed and more mass. Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 08:57 PM (+EVjX) 182
So I bought some cheap mineral oil off amazon. Like $8, does not smell like cat urine, unlike Ballistol. Shockingly, it cleaned off the carbon just fine and seemed fine for lubricating as well.
I will try this some more, might be a cheaper alternative to Ballistol or CLP Breakfree. It doesn't work great for copper fowling, so there's still a need for that Hoppes product but still...$8 for 32 oz...if this works, it's nice. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 08:54 PM Two words: Ed's Red Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 08:57 PM (0sNs1) 183
s .243 Winchester obscure and difficult to find?
Not at all. It's probably in the top 5 or so most popular medium game cartridges. That’s a plus in caliber creep. You need to join the 6mm Wonder Cartridge of the Month Club. 6mm Dasher, 6mm ARC, 6mm Max, 6mm GT... Barely a dime's worth of difference in terminal performance but everybody has to get their name on something. Posted by: Oddbob What you need is a 6mm Remington. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 12, 2026 08:59 PM (/lPRQ) 184
So, can breast milk be considered breast ammo?
Posted by: Bulg at April 12, 2026 08:56 PM Like ammo, BM is a consumable. Unlike ammo, Weasel does not actively encourage its acquisition and fundamental-focused consumption. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 09:00 PM (0sNs1) 185
141 It is totally different experience than standing and shooting at paper. You've added motion, drawing from the holster, and a time factor to it. You would not believe how much adrenaline it adds.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 12, 2026 08:30 PM (NlEaG) Even better - go sign up to do IDPA drills. You will not believe how much more realistic it is. And they are very friendly to newcomers. Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 08:34 PM (TOBhH) Endorsed Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 09:00 PM (xcxpd) 186
Gooooollllllllll! I believe that's how that cigar is pronounced, Weasel. Speaking of Brasil, I have a CAO BX3 and an AJ Dias de Gloria Brazil in the line-up to try soon.
Mata fina and arapiraca rarely let me down. Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 09:01 PM (U/Byj) 187
171 So I bought some cheap mineral oil off amazon. Like $8, does not smell like cat urine, unlike Ballistol. Shockingly, it cleaned off the carbon just fine and seemed fine for lubricating as well.
I will try this some more, might be a cheaper alternative to Ballistol or CLP Breakfree. It doesn't work great for copper fowling, so there's still a need for that Hoppes product but still...$8 for 32 oz...if this works, it's nice. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards ======= Not the greatest for lube but definitely, if you got food grade, not toxic. Fwiw, best bulk lube for a firearm is probably Mobil One. Need a cleaner with lube qualities, ATF aka transmission fluid plus a bit of acetone works fine. Only use ATF though on bare metal as it can be a bit harsh on plastics and not something you want on wood. I used both in the past for task when shooting a lot but really prefer some of the more specialized greases for semi auto slides, a lighter oil for trigger mechanisms, and less smelly bore and better metal fouling cleaners (ATF plus Acetone). SHTF, Synthetic motor oil and ATF as a bore solvent alone would probably do okay. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:02 PM (E4rtv) 188
Like ammo, BM is a consumable.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 09:00 PM (0sNs1) Am I gonna get in trouble if I mention dry-fire for practice? Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 09:02 PM (OKRd3) 189
182 So I bought some cheap mineral oil off amazon. Like $8, does not smell like cat urine, unlike Ballistol. Shockingly, it cleaned off the carbon just fine and seemed fine for lubricating as well.
I will try this some more, might be a cheaper alternative to Ballistol or CLP Breakfree. It doesn't work great for copper fowling, so there's still a need for that Hoppes product but still...$8 for 32 oz...if this works, it's nice. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 08:54 PM Two words: Ed's Red Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 08:57 PM (0sNs1) Never used that. Anyone else ever compared it to CLP or Ballistol? Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 09:02 PM (xcxpd) 190
Two words: Ed's Red
Posted by: Duncanthrax ======= Ed has two formulas floating around on the net, one without lanolin and one with. The lanolin gives a bit more rust protection but is a pain to find nowadays and to mix in. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv) Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 09:03 PM (QGaXH) 192
And I’ll go off to look at lefty .243 Winchesters for sale. Dare I ask best online gun shop? Posted by: Pete Bog gun.deals is the place if you seek gun deals. It's a web crawler that hoovers up such things. Decent search engine if you have the SKU or UPC. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 12, 2026 09:04 PM (/lPRQ) 193
Not the greatest for lube but definitely, if you got food grade, not toxic. Fwiw, best bulk lube for a firearm is probably Mobil One.
Need a cleaner with lube qualities, ATF aka transmission fluid plus a bit of acetone works fine. Only use ATF though on bare metal as it can be a bit harsh on plastics and not something you want on wood. I used both in the past for task when shooting a lot but really prefer some of the more specialized greases for semi auto slides, a lighter oil for trigger mechanisms, and less smelly bore and better metal fouling cleaners (ATF plus Acetone). SHTF, Synthetic motor oil and ATF as a bore solvent alone would probably do okay. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:02 PM (E4rtv) I do have Mobil 1 as well. But that's not so great for cleaning Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 09:05 PM (xcxpd) 194
Pete Bob, 6.5 CM might be a good dual-purpose cartridge for you, but more a touch more recoily than .243.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 08:56 PM (0sNs1) Concur with DThrax. But 6.5 CM opens up a whole new world of shooting. This is a “magic” caliber that allows lunkheads like me to participate in long range precision shooting. It’s almost ridiculous how easy and accurate shooting at 3-500 yards is. Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 09:07 PM (+EVjX) 195
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Ed's (homemade recipe) is similar to the old GI bore cleaner when they used corrosive ammo primers. Forget the designation but it works well for even corrosive ammo cleaning. From CE Harris, former Ruger engineer and well known in firearms land, "Thirty years ago I mixed my first "Ed's Red" or "ER" bore cleaner. It has passed the test of time. Thousands of satisfied users think this home-mixed cleaner is every bit as effective as more expensive commercial products. The design intent of “ER” was to provide cleaning action similar to Vietnam-era military rifle bore cleaner, Mil-C-372B. When the optional acetone is included ER is more effective than Hoppe's for removing plastic fouling in shotgun bores, or heavily-caked carbon fouling in semi-automatic rifles or pistols. Users have reported it as effective as Kano Kroil as a penetrant for loosening rusted bolts, engine parts and in removing leading in revolvers. “ER” is less expensive than commercial bore cleaners, and as effective, providing excellent corrosion protection and fully adequate residual lubrication" https://tinyurl.com/CE-Harris-on-Eds-Red Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:07 PM (E4rtv) 196
outdoors55 is great for all things sharpening. I love his experimental attitude.
I remember one video where he was reviewing one of those horrible V-shaped carbide sharpeners. You know, the ones that sort of tear up the side of the knife in order to make something jagged enough that will sort of cut, while ruining the knife? When I saw the knives he was going to use, I laughed, because I recognized one as being of Maxamet steel, which is extremely wear-resistant, just chock full of carbides. It was such a ridiculous match to the cartoon sharpener, which was his intent. Posted by: Splunge at April 12, 2026 09:08 PM (KEowH) 197
Formula from CE Harris in above link.
"The “ER” formula was based upon proven principles, incorporating two polar and two nonpolar solvents. It was adapted from the recipe published in Hatcher's Notebook for "Frankford Arsenal Cleaner No.18," substituting readily available modern materials. Hatcher’s formula called for equal parts of acetone, turpentine, Pratts Astral Oil and sperm oil, and optionally 200 grams of anhydrous lanolin being added per liter. Today I recommend "K1" kerosene of the type normally sold for use in indoor space heaters. Users have reported successful substitution of civilian aviation grade kerosene such as Turbo-A. An inexpensive, effective substitute for sperm oil is Dexron automatic transmission fluid." Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:09 PM (E4rtv) 198
Say, I've noticed that the price of ammo is up significantly. Weasel, why didn't you tell us to buy ammo before this??
Posted by: Splunge at April 12, 2026 09:09 PM (KEowH) 199
Personally, I think the effort to procure and mix lanolin into the Ed's Red formula is worth it.
As a plus, range babes are 92.463% pro-lanolin. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 09:10 PM (0sNs1) 200
As far as knife sharpening goes, why not use one of the tools with pre-set angled steel and carbide? Draw the knife through it consistently and sharpen your blade.
I have trouble with consistency on stones. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 09:10 PM (OKRd3) 201
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 08:21 PM (HlyYF)
I am not the best at this situation but based on my shooting, history, I'd look seriously at a shotgun for fun and defense. I've found buckshot to be less reliant on precise trigger press. Not saying you can 'jerk' the trigger but it might be better in your circumstance. Get a Mossberg pump in 20ga or if you think 12ga is in your capacity, ammo is a lot easier to find and its more powerful. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 09:11 PM (xcxpd) 202
The OCD can get intense
Posted by: Coelacanth at April 12, 2026 07:12 PM (vt7xw) ====== I have a set of Chosera Professional stones. Love 'em. Also, a Naniwa Aotoshi 2K Green Brick A DMT XX Coarse Diamond stone for flattening. Finally, an adjustable waterstone sink bridge. Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 09:13 PM (rj6Yv) 203
OK, all y'all. 9:14 thank you time.
Thank you! Hope to see you all next Sunday and at the 2026 NoVaMoMe! Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 09:14 PM (qdktZ) 204
'night Weasel!
Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 09:15 PM (rj6Yv) 205
I do have Mobil 1 as well. But that's not so great for cleaning Not so sure I'd go for ATF and Acetone, that sounds like an argument in favor of Ballistol/mineral oil.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards ---------- As someone who restored old Mausers, Ballistol is fine if you use it regularly but in an older and pitted bore, it can leave crap in the pits in a longer bore. And the oil in that case can actually accelerate bore rusting in those pits making them deeper. Works fine in a clean smooth enough bore. But so do other things. You can leave off acetone in Ed's Red and it works slower. ATF has its own corrosion removers and cleansers so cars can operate. Works okay on bores. The Synthetic formulas of ATF smell a bit less than the old cheap crap. The kerosene added to the ATF in Eds Red makes it flow better by thinning the mix and allows the ATF to penetrate fouling better but it smells like kerosene. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:15 PM (E4rtv) 206
My favorite Japanese synthetic water stones are the Shapton Glass series, though the new Rockstar series is very similar, and cheaper.
A Rockstar 500 would be a great candidate for a do-everything stone, except for supersteels, where you need diamonds or CBN. Posted by: Splunge at April 12, 2026 09:16 PM (KEowH) 207
Drive-by lurker:
Don Diego - Churchill, Dominican w a Connecticut shade wrapper. Love yinz long time! Posted by: Heirloominati at April 12, 2026 09:16 PM (erhDr) 208
Hatcher’s formula called for ..., and optionally 200 grams of anhydrous lanolin being added per liter.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:09 PM Whiskey Tango Hotel??? Hatcher was a 9mm dude? Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 09:17 PM (0sNs1) 209
https://tinyurl.com/CE-Harris-on-Eds-Red
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:07 PM (E4rtv) Eh. Sounds like a lot of work for something you can buy for a moderate price. I mean, unless this is less than $10 for a quart, it seems there are better options...unless you are cleaning large numbers of firearms as an armorer. As a recreational shooter, I don't see the point. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 09:18 PM (xcxpd) Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 12, 2026 09:18 PM (qVGoX) 211
199 Personally, I think the effort to procure and mix lanolin into the Ed's Red formula is worth it.
As a plus, range babes are 92.463% pro-lanolin. Posted by: Duncanthrax Make sure you get anhydrous lanolin if you want to put it in Eds Red. Some of the skin softener lanolin has stuff you do not want to use. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:18 PM (E4rtv) 212
You can leave off acetone in Ed's Red and it works slower. ATF has its own corrosion removers and cleansers so cars can operate. Works okay on bores. The Synthetic formulas of ATF smell a bit less than the old cheap crap. The kerosene added to the ATF in Eds Red makes it flow better by thinning the mix and allows the ATF to penetrate fouling better but it smells like kerosene.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:15 PM (E4rtv) All right, more data. Thanks Whig. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 09:19 PM (xcxpd) 213
Whiskey Tango Hotel??? Hatcher was a 9mm dude?
Posted by: Duncanthrax ======= Army engineer. Col Hatcher was an interesting character and Hatcher's Notebook is well worth reading along with his book on the Garand. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv) 214
Liked the knife sharpening guy a lot.
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 09:20 PM (LHPAg) 215
Evening, Weasel and Gun Thread folks. Well, I did manage to get a Gamo 3-9X40 air rifle scope mounted to my old Cooey model 750 .22 boltie. One end of the dovetail strip is attached by a screw to the screw hole for the ramp-style rear sight. The back end is held by an 8-32 screw into a hole I drilled and tapped into the receiver. I did not drill through into the chamber!
There is something fishy with this scope. The cross-hairs are askew from the adjusting knobs. Wonder if this is normal, or wrong, but fixable? And when out for a road test with my old pickup, met a neighbor out cruising around in a 4-wheeler, with his Ruger 10-22, shooting gophers. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 09:21 PM (utfVc) 216
Breaking (wind) News: Eric Swalwell (D-CA), the Horde's favorite "Pffft." commenter, has suspended his campaign for Kalifornia Governor.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at April 12, 2026 09:21 PM (0sNs1) Posted by: r hennigantx at April 12, 2026 09:22 PM (/+uur) 218
What is the big deal of fucking the help?
Seems to be a big deal with Progressives. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 12, 2026 09:23 PM (/+uur) 219
Breaking (wind) News: Eric Swalwell (D-CA), the Horde's favorite "Pffft." commenter, has suspended his campaign for Kalifornia Governor.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at April 12, 2026 09:21 PM (0sNs1) Announced on a Sunday. Come Monday's media...crickets. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 09:25 PM (2WIwB) 220
All right, more data. Thanks Whig.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards I made a batch years ago and used it to restore old rifle barrels along with playing around with electrolytic fouling removal, various bore solvents, etc. That being said, I have more optimized solvents and lubricants for every firearm that I have. Lubriplate for the Garand and M1 Carbine, Eno's slide glide for Semi Auto pistol slides, Breakfree Collectors for long term storage, etc. etc. Lead solvents, copper solvents, etc. I have about as many types of lubricants and cleaners as I do spare holsters lying around. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:25 PM (E4rtv) 221
Pete Bob, 6.5 CM might be a good dual-purpose cartridge for you, but more a touch more recoily than .243.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 08:56 PM (0sNs1) I actually have a 6.5 CM, always suppressed and it is an absolute tack driver. More gun than i need in this role. Was also looking at 7mm PRC just for the hell of it. Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 09:26 PM (WlUfk) 222
Dems get rid of Swal and add 10 pointes to Steyer.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 12, 2026 09:26 PM (/+uur) 223
I have about as many types of lubricants and cleaners as I do spare holsters lying around.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:25 PM (E4rtv) Now that's a terrifying thought Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 12, 2026 09:29 PM (xcxpd) 224
201 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 08:21 PM (HlyYF)
I am not the best at this situation but based on my shooting, history, I'd look seriously at a shotgun for fun and defense. I've found buckshot to be less reliant on precise trigger press. Not saying you can 'jerk' the trigger but it might be better in your circumstance. Get a Mossberg pump in 20ga or if you think 12ga is in your capacity, ammo is a lot easier to find and its more powerful. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards ------ People also generally shoot longarms better than handguns. Three points of stabilization versus two (if you use both hands). Pillage, dunno if you have any but a 22 LR revolver is one of the better trainers for trigger pulling. If you can find one, I recommend a High Standard Sentinel (used as they don't make these anymore) with a 4-6 inch barrel to give an adequate sight line. The same revolver was also sold as a JC Higgins (Sears), and a pseudo cowboy (but double action revolver). Smith and Wesson Kit guns are also nice but more expensive used. Dunno about the recent Taurus revolvers but those might do fine as well. Just get a 22 LR revolver and fire it double action. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:32 PM (E4rtv) 225
You are collectively a fount of knowledge and experience. I appreciate the insight. I have somehow managed to avoid it but did some supplemental research on .243 WIN and it is a heck of a cartridge.
Now I need one. or two. Thank you for the input. I really do appreciate it. Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 09:32 PM (WlUfk) 226
Now the House needs to kick Swalwell out.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 09:36 PM (gKWVE) 227
Now that's a terrifying thought
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards ======= Fortunately, most are in small bottles. Outer's Tri Clean is a decent and cheap CLP but I don't know it they make it anymore. Used a lot more CLP during the last years where I shot much simply because convenient and easy on AR pattern rifles which I was shooting at the time. Only stuff I actively hate is Frog Lube and its various competitors. Veggie oil based but it can set up into a caked mess if not used frequently. Same for people using WD-40, has waxes in the base which sets up over time into cement. On the one bolt action Frog Lube test gun, after about a year, I had to strip it and start from scratch. Used lacquer thinner to do it. Was causing issues on the firing pin channel, sluggish bolt, etc. Nasty stuff. Oh, and mineral spirits (the non recycled stuff) is also pretty good as a general firearm cleaner and bore solvent for carbon deposits. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:38 PM (E4rtv) 228
Now the House needs to kick Swalwell out.
Won't happen unless his stench starts to rub off (I know, phrasing) on other Ds. Until then, his vote is still useful to them. Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 09:39 PM (vTZFs) 229
225 You are collectively a fount of knowledge and experience. I appreciate the insight. I have somehow managed to avoid it but did some supplemental research on .243 WIN and it is a heck of a cartridge.
Now I need one. or two. Thank you for the input. I really do appreciate it. Posted by: Pete Bog ======== The .243 Winchester used to be a bench rest competition cartridge until faster, longer reaching, etc. cartridges were invented. Still used a lot for recoil sensitive youths and females to take down deer. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:39 PM (E4rtv) 230
That arc welding video is a great example of a training video before lawyers and liability concerns caused the absolute blizzard of safety warnings.
Posted by: EFG at April 12, 2026 09:43 PM (QH8Ep) 231
We are smoothered, nay, choking to death on safety.
Posted by: EFG at April 12, 2026 09:44 PM (QH8Ep) 232
RE improving grip strength and flexibility - I rather badly damaged my left hand last July. 8 weeks in an immobilizer splint followed by months of “don’t do that”. Hand is still stiff and my grasp is down. I have been using a little exerciser often sold to guitarists. One big spring loaded pad for the palm, individual spring keys for each finger. Mine is pretty light but it has helped me tremendously.
Posted by: Coelacanth at April 12, 2026 09:51 PM (vt7xw) 233
Y'all have a good night. Got word mom is in the hospital ER after a fall.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:53 PM (E4rtv) 234
Good luck Whig and best wishes to Mom
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 09:55 PM (WlUfk) 235
Y'all have a good night. Got word mom is in the hospital ER after a fall.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 09:53 PM (E4rtv) May she enjoy a rapid recovery from any injuries, Whig. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 09:57 PM (utfVc) 236
Wasn't able to go to the range today for my usual monthly women's shooting class due to other commitments, but have already signed up for next month, which happens to be on Mother's day. Told my grown kids they're going to need to work any Mother's day plans around my class time. The first class I went to was on Mother's day last year.
Posted by: Frankie at April 12, 2026 09:59 PM (q88rB) 237
Best wishes to you and mom, whig.
Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 09:59 PM (qdktZ) 238
Prayers up, Whig.
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 10:01 PM (OKRd3) 239
ONT nood
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 10:01 PM (OKRd3) 240
Thx, weasel!
Posted by: RI Red at April 12, 2026 10:14 PM (Edxq2) 241
I've had several millwrights, machinists, mechanics, and iron workers mockingly ask me if I'm afraid of heights.
My answer has always been, 'no,' I'm afraid of the shitty welding you guys did when you put up this catwalk and railing. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Fbc0I) 242
If seeing the Ebola Gay rings your bell, take a trip to Dayton, OH, and visit the AF Museum at Wright-Patterson. They have Bockscar, the B-29 that delivered Fat Man to Nagasaki, on display.
Along with, like, a zillion other planes. Posted by: buddhaha at April 12, 2026 10:42 PM (CRvdY) 243
Thanks for all of the great "trigger pull" advice from everyone!
(Sorry I couldn't stay in the thread due to some obligations that came up.) Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 10:48 PM (HlyYF) Food Thread: A Flying Martini?![]() ![]() Sliders are great, and very easy to make, especially if you don't mind the mess. Yeah, they splatter and spit, but it's worth the few minutes of cleanup. And if you have an outdoor grill...even better! Here is Alton Brown's recipe, but it's really just a technique. Beef Sliders with Griddled Onions punches way above its weight. There is a great joint in Hackensack called White Manna, that has been around for years, that makes maybe the best ones I have ever had, including from my own kitchen. There is always a line, which makes it less appealing, but still, they are mighty tasty! These are some of the flavors that a well-known UK chocolate company sells. They teeter on the edge of weirdness, but the chocolate itself is excellent, so they are forgiven. Actually, TArragon & Mustard is firmly on the weird side. ![]() ![]() I don't know if adding horseradish to your deviled eggs will make them the best ever, but I do know that you are going to be irritated by this recipe, because it is one of those horrid ones with the interminable filler before you get to the actual recipe. So cut to the chase and just add some horseradish to your standard recipe, and you won't have to be pissed off while reading The Best Deviled Eggs. ![]() ![]() Well, the garlic is out in the sunshine, probably soon to be eaten by those vile rodents with bushy tails and a penchant for damaging my home. But if they survive the squirrel apocalypse, and actually grow into something edible, I will be in garlic heaven! In case it doesn't, send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com. Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle. The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it! Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Food fight
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 04:01 PM (3ek7K) 3
Thanks CBD for the food thread Those chocolates look pretty cool. Would try.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 04:03 PM (RIvkX) 4
I can see the chocolate and mulled wine WAY before the tarragon and mustard. I mean chocolate and red wine are a known combination that works. When's the last time you're heard of someone adding mustard to chocolate, and then for funsies, tossing in taragon, too?
Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:04 PM (tOcjL) 5
Pasta and meatballs soon enough
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0) 6
Willowed from previous thread--
133 I have some vehicles need topping off. Subaru needs 10 gal, 18 F150 needs 20 gal, 91 F150 needs 13 gal, 92 F150 needs 20 gal I think. Sending units are kinda skeevy when it's two tanks get down a quarter.. Regardless that's a pile of money with gas at 3.45. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:01 PM (LHPAg) Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:04 PM (LHPAg) 7
Tonight an old friend from grad school is in town and coming for dinner. Chicken fettuccine alfredo with roasted root vegetables. Mrs. F. baked and frosted chocolate cake.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 04:05 PM (RIvkX) 8
The "wine" chocco is probably just grape with a few spices. they are always mixing various berries with chocco.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 04:05 PM (gKWVE) 9
And besides replacement grill parts, found I also need a ckntrol valve. Found 1 online but paying for it seems to be a issue.
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0) 10
And toasted sesame is just tahini...which is like a nut butter...and nut butter and chocolate is always an amazing combo...
And the hot red pepper is like cayenne with chocolate - heat works with chocolate, even if the chosen heat might be too much for me. So, not all those bottom combos are nuts... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:06 PM (tOcjL) 11
I'll just be over here with my M&Ms.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 12, 2026 04:06 PM (skR0U) 12
I made my famous chili again- this run had both jalapeno and habanero peppers. I used a little corn starch to thicken things up and it came out great. Excellent batch.
I also bought a bottle of Melinda's XXXtra Hot Habanero Sauce. This stuff has some serious heat with good afterburn. I tried a couple drops on a tortilla chip- the heat comes on gradually before it peaks, then trails off over 15-20 minutes. It's breathtaking, I suggest you try it. Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 04:06 PM (ZxPkt) 13
5 Pasta and meatballs soon enough
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0) Great minds think alike - I'm too tired to do more (since I'm fighting off the oldest's cold), so I'm even just doing jarred sauce. Got the fruit salad of red grapes and strawberries done earlier and a leftover cake from yesterday for dessert. Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:07 PM (tOcjL) 14
That lobster dunk is racist, a version of African dodger
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 04:07 PM (Kt19C) 15
The company is co-owned by Ryan Reynolds
Methinks he sold the company a while ago for an Imperial buttload of money. I've had the gin once. It was nothing special. Yes, Ryan Reynolds sold Aviation American Gin to beverage giant Diageo in a deal announced in August 2020 for up to $610 million. Reynolds acquired an equity stake in 2018 and acted as the brand's creative lead, significantly boosting sales before the acquisition, which included an upfront payment of $335 million Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t) 16
Does that make me a communist?
No, it was the maple syrup. But not being donut forward really seals the deal. Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 12, 2026 04:08 PM (/HDaX) 17
Regarding the weird flavors, I think Amazon had a jellybean game with flavoured jellybeans.
Half of the jellybeans taste amazing!! The other half are punishment flavoured jellybeans. Also, a lot of sfuff happened. Yada, yada, yada. Ketchup on fish isn't that bad. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 04:08 PM (Sco7b) 18
I just bought a Weber Spirit 4-burner propane grill. It's not the premium Genesis line, but it'll give me a chance to see if they're worth the inflated price.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t) 19
Aviation is good in an Aviation, huh? Figures. The Sazerac brand of rye works perfectly in a Sazerac.
I once made a Sazerac that was astonishingly good. I was blown away. Unfortunately it turned out that I had accidentally picked up my bottle of Sazerac 18 year, which is way too good for cocktails. I had picked up a bottle at a small liquor store for $75. Once I tasted it, I rushed back for the other two that were sitting on the shelf. Now it sells for over $1,000, if you can find it. Mine were gone a long time ago, though. Posted by: Splunge at April 12, 2026 04:09 PM (KEowH) 20
If you're a hot sauce fetishist, you should check out the Melinda website.
Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 04:09 PM (ZxPkt) 21
Speaking of the leftover cake. So, I tried last year's big trend - chuck any flavored soda into any flavored box mix and go to town.
I had a $1 Duncan Hines classic vanilla and a VERY high end soda (that I had gotten on a huge sale - maybe that was a warning) that my kids wanted and then wouldn't drink after tasting a bottle - some type of organic butterbeer. Tossed the 2 together and dang, if that cake didn't come out great! I did a smear of all fruit plum preserves (for sharpness and to get the jar out of my fridge) and then vanilla frosting. Kids LOVED it, and now I know how to use up the last 3 bottles. I'm gonna experiment with different all fruit preserves under the vanilla/vanilla...and may also try a spice cake box mix b/c that also seems "right"... Easiest cake I've ever made...not gonna buy soda just to make cake, but when I have it... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:10 PM (tOcjL) 22
Shaken, not stirred.
Posted by: Bond. James Bond. at April 12, 2026 04:13 PM (hJH5n) 23
I am not a donut guy, either, but every now and again I will indulge. Our local Albertson's has a surprisingly good bakery, and I will grab a couple for me and the Missus.
I favor the filled ones, raspberry or Boston creme being my favorites. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 04:14 PM (0aYVJ) 24
It's interesting that the Aviation is today's cocktail. It's related to the one I made yesterday for my daughter's bridal shower, the Water Lily, which is equal parts gin (I like Gray Whale, but I used Empress 190
The Aviation is: 2 ounces gin (again, you can use the purple stuff) 1/2 ounce maraschino liqueur 1/4 ounce creme de violette 3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed Garnish: brandied cherry Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 04:14 PM (Riz8t) 25
12 I made my famous chili again- this run had both jalapeno and habanero peppers. I used a little corn starch to thicken things up and it came out great. Excellent batch.
I also bought a bottle of Melinda's XXXtra Hot Habanero Sauce. This stuff has some serious heat with good afterburn. I tried a couple drops on a tortilla chip- the heat comes on gradually before it peaks, then trails off over 15-20 minutes. It's breathtaking, I suggest you try it. Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 04:06 PM (ZxPkt) You lose me at habanero...I can now barely tolerate fresh jalapeno and dry cayenne, so hotter stuff might kill me Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:14 PM (tOcjL) 26
Ok, first world problems applied to the cooking field.
My pet peeve these days is finding or seeking out some fancy condiment/cooking item and then forgetting what you intended it for. Case in point, a fairly expensive bottle of Pepper Belly Pete's Worshyoursister sauce. Had some UToob recipe using it and now I don't know where it is. Crap. Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 12, 2026 04:14 PM (/HDaX) 27
Took a sourdough bread class for beginners yesterday. My loaf still sits in the frig, not yet baked. Tomorrow.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 12, 2026 04:15 PM (NFX2v) 28
How much are you paying for Aviation Gin? Around here it's less than $30. No worse than Bombay or Tanqueray. Considerably less than some of the so-called premium gins.
But, for me, a Marini with any of those 3 gins is going to be fine. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 04:16 PM (AkEZC) 29
*sigh*
Can't simply have normal chocolate, huh? Got to add weird sh#t like mustard. Get off my lawn! Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 04:16 PM (Suwql) 30
I too tried Aviation and found it meh.
Gins I like, in roughly increasing price order: Roku St George Terroir Hendrick's Summer Solstice (only in martinis) Citadelle Cotswolds Schwarzwald Monkey 47 I hear that there is a Rochelt gin, but chances of my ever tasting it are pretty much zero, considering the insane price. The classic London style is often too juniper-forward to me. I like them softer and more complex. Posted by: Splunge at April 12, 2026 04:16 PM (KEowH) 31
26 Ok, first world problems applied to the cooking field.
My pet peeve these days is finding or seeking out some fancy condiment/cooking item and then forgetting what you intended it for. Case in point, a fairly expensive bottle of Pepper Belly Pete's Worshyoursister sauce. Had some UToob recipe using it and now I don't know where it is. Crap. Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 12, 2026 04:14 PM (/HDaX) Sounds like the start of a base for a chicken marinade or a roasted veg drizzle...eating some of it might remind you of why you really wanted it... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:16 PM (tOcjL) 32
That was directed at the chocolatiers, not CBD!!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 04:17 PM (Suwql) 33
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 12, 2026 04:14 PM (/HDaX)
Try the AI's. Just put in everything you posted. Tell them you're looking for a recipe. They're great search engines.... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 04:18 PM (Sco7b) 34
Nothing fancy for dinner. Zatarain's jambalaya with sausage. Been gearing up for son's wedding next weekend, so keeping things cheap and easy. I am making cornbread as well. I would love to add jalapeno, but wife is not big on spicy. I've tried to explain that jalapeno in cornbread is not all that spicy, it kind of takes on a sweet flavor. But she's an Ohio German who thinks ranch dressing is just a bit too tangy.
/joking...sort of. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 04:18 PM (0aYVJ) 35
>>I'm gonna experiment with different all fruit preserves under the vanilla/vanilla...and may also try a spice cake box mix b/c that also seems "right"...
Easiest cake I've ever made...not gonna buy soda just to make cake, but when I have it... Sounds like fun! Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 04:19 PM (Suwql) 36
23 I am not a donut guy, either, but every now and again I will indulge. Our local Albertson's has a surprisingly good bakery, and I will grab a couple for me and the Missus.
I favor the filled ones, raspberry or Boston creme being my favorites. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 04:14 PM (0aYVJ) I pick up a dozen donuts for Sunday School (geezer level), usually a mix of cake, blueberry, and regular glazed. Can't get the filled ones because little kids will come in and get a donut. Their mom's no likum. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:19 PM (LHPAg) 37
I don't understand why anyone feels the need to do such weird stuff to chocolate.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 04:19 PM (h7ZuX) 38
I also bought a bottle of Melinda's XXXtra Hot Habanero Sauce. This stuff has some serious heat with good afterburn. I tried a couple drops on a tortilla chip- the heat comes on gradually before it peaks, then trails off over 15-20 minutes. It's breathtaking, I suggest you try it.
Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 04:06 PM (ZxPkt) Melindas was my first habanero based sauce. Discovered in a Nawlin's trip circa 1988. Brought a few bottles home to dad, and thus began our quest for fire. Melindas is probably the best "pure" (no extract) hot sauce, IMO. Also recommend El Yucateco. They make a chipotle that is not hot at all, but adds a smokey component to BBQ chicken or pork... Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 04:20 PM (nbLIj) 39
You know, I keep a bottle of hot sauce in my purse...
Posted by: Hillary Clinton, Woman of the People at April 12, 2026 04:21 PM (skR0U) 40
I make clear ice cubes, about 1.5 inches in L, W, and H, and use a simple rig I got on Amazon, no longer available.
Clear cubes. Bartender ice. "Craft" ice cubes. Where did "craft" come from? As in "hand-crafted" cocktails? Have we always made martinis using martini machines? And are all hamburger patties made in big machines with molds and conveyors and chutes? I looked at a refrigerator yesterday in the Home Depot, one that had a thing in the freezer for making spherical clear ice. A little bigger than a golf ball. The feature is called "craft ice." I bought a mold to make clear ice spheres, one at a time, to have clear ice up in my little woods camp. But I prefer the cubes. The booze this afternoon on the clear ice is Woodford Reserve Straight Rye. Yum. Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 04:22 PM (KiBMU) 41
My basil seedlings are reacting well to the warmer weather, so I'm hoping for a bumper harvest this year. Pesto every day!
Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 04:22 PM (rj6Yv) 42
I'll try the suggestions (thanks!). And I'll sort my bookmarks and see if it pops up that way, too.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 12, 2026 04:22 PM (/HDaX) 43
SO I made a martini (stirred, not shaken!)
Here's a short video on making a Vesper. It uses Cocchi Americano in place of the original Kina Lillet, which is no longer available. I like CA a lot in many drinks, including the Corpse Reviver #2. Other substitutes include Lillet Blanc, and Kina L'Aero D'Or, which is hard to find. https://youtu.be/PIen6ladAjI Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 04:23 PM (Riz8t) 44
>>My pet peeve these days is finding or seeking out some fancy condiment/cooking item and then forgetting what you intended it for.
Ugh, I have done that, too. Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 04:24 PM (Suwql) 45
Note to Add: Not "Organic", but "Natural" on the soda - it was Flying Cauldron Butterscotch Beer for anyone who wants to know what soda to avoid b/c it's too sweet even for teen boys...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:24 PM (tOcjL) 46
I could eat donuts every day, but shouldn't so only stop by my favorite donut shop once in awhile
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:24 PM (Ia/+0) 47
We got a sampling of Melinda's hot sauces at Walmart's grocery store here. $1 each for a small bottle. They are pretty good and there's a bunch of them.
The XXXX hot is good to jazz up ramen noodles. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 04:26 PM (AkEZC) 48
36 23 I am not a donut guy, either, but every now and again I will indulge. Our local Albertson's has a surprisingly good bakery, and I will grab a couple for me and the Missus.
I favor the filled ones, raspberry or Boston creme being my favorites. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 04:14 PM (0aYVJ) I pick up a dozen donuts for Sunday School (geezer level), usually a mix of cake, blueberry, and regular glazed. Can't get the filled ones because little kids will come in and get a donut. Their mom's no likum. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:19 PM (LHPAg) Favorite donut (that I can't eat anymore) DD Chocolate-dipped Cruller - I'm almost happy that I don't think they make them anymore Favorite donut (that I can eat when I'm in Orlando) - Voodoo donuts vegan apple fritter - spouse steals this from me, it's so good...haven't had it in 3-4 years now...I should go back to Florida! Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL) 49
Classic Scottish currant scones in the oven.
Mouth watering!!! Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 04:26 PM (2WIwB) 50
Archimedes thank you for the gin drink recipes above! I will definitely try your Water Lily!
I love gin but just Bluecoat. I'm pretty boring. And Hendricks Aviation is fine. it's Rob McIlhenney too? I think? it's not pricy in PA anyway Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 12, 2026 04:28 PM (j+aD2) 51
Gins I like, in roughly increasing price order:
Roku St George Terroir Hendrick's Summer Solstice (only in martinis) Citadelle Cotswolds Schwarzwald Monkey 47 I bought a bottle of the Monkey 47 just because its reviews are off the charts, (and its price reflects that). It was kind of a stupid purchase since I don't drink gin neat and would never put such pricy stuff in a cocktail. Again, though, my go to is Gray Whale, which is about $35 on sale here in NoVa, and it seems like it's almost always on sale. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 04:28 PM (Riz8t) 52
I suppose I should figure out dinner! Though last night I made Moo Ping and it was really, really good. So perhaps I should be excused from dinner prep tonight.
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 04:28 PM (OoFl2) 53
One time, I used a USMC KA-BAR to shuck oysters and it slipped and I drove it right thru my palm. Don't do that.
It was like a stigmata and it took a long time to heal. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 04:29 PM (Fbc0I) 54
46 I could eat donuts every day, but shouldn't so only stop by my favorite donut shop once in awhile
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:24 PM (Ia/+0) Same. My favorite is a plain glazed. That and a cup of coffee is nirvana. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 04:29 PM (h7ZuX) 55
Archimedes thank you for the gin drink recipes above! I will definitely try your Water Lily!
You are most welcome. I hope you like it! Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 04:29 PM (Riz8t) 56
Favorite donut (that I can't eat anymore) DD Chocolate-dipped Cruller - I'm almost happy that I don't think they make them anymore
Favorite donut (that I can eat when I'm in Orlando) - Voodoo donuts vegan apple fritter - spouse steals this from me, it's so good...haven't had it in 3-4 years now...I should go back to Florida! Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL) I just had a flashback, hot apple fritters with real butter, Yow! Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:29 PM (LHPAg) 57
I have a favorite Italian place I frequent, infrequently. But when I do, it's the only place I do a martini. No idea what gin they use though.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 04:31 PM (2WIwB) 58
I love those itty bitty orange peppers.
Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 04:31 PM (ZxPkt) 59
53 One time, I used a USMC KA-BAR to shuck oysters and it slipped and I drove it right thru my palm. Don't do that.
It was like a stigmata and it took a long time to heal. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 04:29 PM (Fbc0I) I'd like to hear that story start to finish. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:32 PM (LHPAg) 60
56 Favorite donut (that I can't eat anymore) DD Chocolate-dipped Cruller - I'm almost happy that I don't think they make them anymore
Favorite donut (that I can eat when I'm in Orlando) - Voodoo donuts vegan apple fritter - spouse steals this from me, it's so good...haven't had it in 3-4 years now...I should go back to Florida! Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL) I just had a flashback, hot apple fritters with real butter, Yow! Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:29 PM (LHPAg) Theirs needs no butter. Although you mention hot...I do believe donuts are a food that one should only eat out for. You just want a perfect fried donut. Making one is just too much cost and mess at home (and no one wants 3 day old donuts when you make 12). Donuts with nooks and crannies glistening with glaze and/or chocolate dripping down - yeah, I need to get back to Florida. Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL) 61
I'm going to have some cod in a little bit, will dust it liberally with Tony Chachere's and pan-fry it in butter.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 04:33 PM (h7ZuX) 62
'Aviation'? I once queried an F-14 jet jock friend while we were out having a beer the night before his departing (with his plane) the next day.
Me: "I thought you said the rule is 'No drinking within 50 hrs. of flying the plane' He: "I had that wrong...it's 'No drinking within 50 feet of the plane' Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 04:35 PM (XeU6L) 63
One time, I used a USMC KA-BAR to shuck oysters and it slipped and I drove it right thru my palm. Don't do that.
-------- Oyster shuckers wear gloves for a reason. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 04:36 PM (XeU6L) 64
Cherry cheese, but almost any preserve or cream filled
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:36 PM (Ia/+0) 65
Oysters
Shuck it, suck it, eat it raw!!! Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 04:37 PM (2WIwB) 66
Sunday steak is a pair of prime Tbones, paired with mushrooms and a Chilean Malbec. Gotta saute the mushrooms. If I don't make it back, save yourselves!!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 04:37 PM (nbLIj) 67
62 'Aviation'? I once queried an F-14 jet jock friend while we were out having a beer the night before his departing (with his plane) the next day.
Me: "I thought you said the rule is 'No drinking within 50 hrs. of flying the plane' He: "I had that wrong...it's 'No drinking within 50 feet of the plane' Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 04:35 PM (XeU6L) Major Gregory Boyington Rule. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:40 PM (LHPAg) 68
Healey wife is going to attempt to make Scotch Eggs for breakfast tomorrow. Should I be afraid?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 04:41 PM (abIsI) 69
Good News! The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, ruling it an unconstitutional overreach of Congress’s taxing authority.
Yay! while we could make wine and beer previously, we can now make our own whiskey and gin. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 12, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW) 70
64 Cherry cheese, but almost any preserve or cream filled
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:36 PM (Ia/+0) I always had a thing against cream filled donuts. Like cream should be refrigerated. So how on Earth are the donuts supposed to sit out and not sog? Thus, it's not cream. But more a frosting-esque concoction, right? I can honestly say I've never looked in to making cream filled donuts, so I don't know. Cream filled is for cream puffs b/c those go in the fridge nicely. Man, I miss cream puffs. Those were also heaven, but not technically in the donut family... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:42 PM (tOcjL) 71
>>>I'd like to hear that story start to finish.
Posted by: Eromero >Let's just say, alcohol was involved. But the oysters were damn good. Sometimes you have to bleed for the good things in life. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 04:43 PM (Fbc0I) 72
> Yay! while we could make wine and beer previously, we can now make our own whiskey and gin.
------------ All of West Virginia smiles Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 04:43 PM (AkEZC) 73
69 Good News! The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, ruling it an unconstitutional overreach of Congress’s taxing authority.
Yay! while we could make wine and beer previously, we can now make our own whiskey and gin. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 12, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW) Looking forward to seeing some blog-inspired whiskey in October. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:43 PM (LHPAg) 74
Tried some broccolini that some people rave about. Was not impressed. Maybe wife prepared it wrong. Dunno.
Posted by: Ronster at April 12, 2026 04:44 PM (LjEfn) 75
68 Healey wife is going to attempt to make Scotch Eggs for breakfast tomorrow. Should I be afraid?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 04:41 PM (abIsI) I think most folks find the finished product not worth the effort. It's a presentation and catering convenience dish vs one designed for maximum tastiness... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:44 PM (tOcjL) 76
Weird chocolates?
MPFC beat them to it by 56 years Crunchy Frog episode https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6uLfermPU Posted by: buddhaha at April 12, 2026 04:45 PM (CRvdY) 77
For the longest time I was a Hendricks martini guy - then just bought some Tanguray LDG to make vespers (with Tito’s and Lillet - yes I know Stoli should be the vodka) and found it does just fine for me.
Tonight strip roast with duck fat roasted potatoes and sautéed spinach and garlic - with a decent Cal Cab called “Twenty Rows” - $20/bottle in CT and is very drinkable and holds up with all the fat coming out way. Posted by: CtSpursman at April 12, 2026 04:46 PM (1jbkT) 78
There is a distillery that makes a product called Blue Ice Vodka; Rigby, ID. It's a potato vodka, and it is damn good, disproving the notion that all vodka tastes the same. And it's not overly pricey. Stash it in the freezer, good for sipping.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 04:48 PM (0aYVJ) 79
My understanding in Pa one can distilled a certain amount of alcohol, maybe 2-5 gallons
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:48 PM (Ia/+0) 80
POTATO SALAD DONE DIFFERENTLY ... Recently saw a video about making potato salad using chilled mashed potatoes -- as the base -- then stirring in all the stuff you would normally add to boiled/diced potatoes ... Video showed mayo, onion, celery, pickle relish, chunks of hard-boiled egg, bacon bits, a touch of mustard, dried dill, salt and pepper ... Am gonna give this one a try come summertime!
Posted by: Kathy at April 12, 2026 04:48 PM (zuKcR) 81
Basically the decision stops the taxation which is the impediment, not that many haven't ignored the law.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 12, 2026 04:50 PM (n5tGW) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 04:50 PM (3ek7K) 83
75 68 Healey wife is going to attempt to make Scotch Eggs for breakfast tomorrow. Should I be afraid?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 04:41 PM (abIsI) I think most folks find the finished product not worth the effort. It's a presentation and catering convenience dish vs one designed for maximum tastiness... Posted by: Nova Local Thanks. I think she's trying to make easy premade foods we can keep in our fridge while camping. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 04:51 PM (abIsI) 84
Basically the decision stops the taxation which is the impediment, not that many haven't ignored the law.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 12, 2026 04:50 PM (n5tGW) *** *closes door to shed holding the fruit juice machine* Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 04:52 PM (2WIwB) 85
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My favorite vegetable is broccoli. I dont like broccolini. Cant figure out why. Posted by: four seasons How about broccoli Rabe? My BIL makes it and I think it tasted like bitter ass. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 04:54 PM (abIsI) 86
83 75 68 Healey wife is going to attempt to make Scotch Eggs for breakfast tomorrow. Should I be afraid?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 04:41 PM (abIsI) I think most folks find the finished product not worth the effort. It's a presentation and catering convenience dish vs one designed for maximum tastiness... Posted by: Nova Local Thanks. I think she's trying to make easy premade foods we can keep in our fridge while camping. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 04:51 PM (abIsI) If it's premade for camping, then it's probably a much better idea. It's entire existence is to be premade and a quick final cook with way less mess by that final cook point. Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:54 PM (tOcjL) 87
84 Basically the decision stops the taxation which is the impediment, not that many haven't ignored the law.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 12, 2026 04:50 PM (n5tGW) *** *closes door to shed holding the fruit juice machine* Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 04:52 PM (2WIwB) Granny Clampett's Remedy. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:55 PM (LHPAg) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 04:55 PM (3ek7K) 89
Favorite donut (that I can eat when I'm in Orlando) - Voodoo donuts vegan apple fritter - spouse steals this from me, it's so good...haven't had it in 3-4 years now...I should go back to Florida!
Posted by: Nova Local ---- Voodoo has one in Orlando? I guess they must have franchised (is that a word?). Do they sell the cock 'n balls donut there? 25-30 years ago, as the clubs were emptying around 2AM, there was always a line outside the original site on SW3rd , between Burnside and Ankeny, and that was a big seller for all the drunk girls. Posted by: buddhaha at April 12, 2026 04:55 PM (CRvdY) 90
> There is a distillery that makes a product called Blue Ice Vodka; Rigby, ID. It's a potato vodka, and it is damn good, disproving the notion that all vodka tastes the same. And it's not overly pricey. Stash it in the freezer, good for sipping.
--------- An old guy once told me about the merits of smoked salmon and ice cold vodka. I'm a believer. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 04:56 PM (AkEZC) 91
>>>There is a distillery that makes a product called Blue Ice Vodka; Rigby, ID. It's a potato vodka, and it is damn good, disproving the notion that all vodka tastes the same. And it's not overly pricey. Stash it in the freezer, good for sipping.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 04:48 PM (0aYVJ) ***** Pug, I've bought Blue Ice Vodka on several occasions and, as you said, it is very good. I like potato vodka and this is an excellent American made product. Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 12, 2026 04:56 PM (S+2Xo) 92
89 Favorite donut (that I can eat when I'm in Orlando) - Voodoo donuts vegan apple fritter - spouse steals this from me, it's so good...haven't had it in 3-4 years now...I should go back to Florida!
Posted by: Nova Local ---- Voodoo has one in Orlando? I guess they must have franchised (is that a word?). Do they sell the cock 'n balls donut there? 25-30 years ago, as the clubs were emptying around 2AM, there was always a line outside the original site on SW3rd , between Burnside and Ankeny, and that was a big seller for all the drunk girls. Posted by: buddhaha at April 12, 2026 04:55 PM (CRvdY) It was at City Walk in Universal...so, I think they franchised to major entertainment zones... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 04:56 PM (tOcjL) 93
Next town over has a distillery, keep wanting to stop by someday, I like Scotch obviously by other whiskey can be good.
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:58 PM (Ia/+0) 94
Here in SW Wyoming the drought is so bad this year that we have strict no watering rules in place. No outside watering. It sucks because we love growing tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini and snap beans. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 05:00 PM (3ek7K) 95
These are some of the flavors that a well-known UK chocolate company sells. What?!?! No "Crunchy Frog"! Bastards! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6uLfermPU Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 05:01 PM (iJfKG) 96
Lots of voodoo donuts locations, but the only one in FL is Miami. They are opening one in NYC. Interesting.
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 05:01 PM (Wmg4n) 97
>>>Healey wife is going to attempt to make Scotch Eggs for breakfast tomorrow. Should I be afraid?
>It sounds tasty, but seems like a lot of work. I've never had one. I try it if you make it. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 05:01 PM (Fbc0I) 98
VODKA TRIVIA ... Saw somewhere long ago that pouring vodka through a filter (like Brita) improves the taste.
Posted by: Kathy at April 12, 2026 05:01 PM (zuKcR) 99
I would try the lavender/blackcurrant chocolate.
I swap between using horseradish or gorgonzola in my deviled eggs. Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:02 PM (yAteE) 100
A 1.75L of Aviation was ridiculously cheap ($27) when Ohio LQO was liquidating their stock last year. I also prefer a London Dry (Bombay) for Martinis, but Aviation is good for Aviations, so it was certainly a steal!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 12, 2026 05:02 PM (DPnhC) 101
96 Lots of voodoo donuts locations, but the only one in FL is Miami. They are opening one in NYC. Interesting.
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 05:01 PM (Wmg4n) No, don't tell me the City Walk one closed? Man, okay, now I need to find a new spot for it! Are you sure it's gone? Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 05:05 PM (tOcjL) Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 05:06 PM (tOcjL) 103
I misspelled their site...this is the best one!
Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 05:07 PM (tOcjL) 104
There is a distillery that makes a product called Blue Ice Vodka; Rigby, ID. It's a potato vodka, and it is damn good, disproving the notion that all vodka tastes the same. And it's not overly pricey. Stash it in the freezer, good for sipping.
Posted by: Pug Mahon ----- It's the water. The vodka you're drinking is between 80 and 100 proof, which means that 50-60% of what's in your mouth is water. There are definitely taste differences, especially at the upper end, and it has to do with the water they cut it with. If you want the best vodka you've ever tasted, it's simple. Do a bunch of taste tests on various waters Fiji, Evian, etc. When you find your favorite, mix it 50-50 with 190 Everclear. It'll be as good or better than whatever you think is a good vodka. Posted by: buddhaha at April 12, 2026 05:09 PM (CRvdY) 105
Shaken, not stirred.
Posted by: Bond. James Bond. at April 12, 2026 04:13 PM (hJH5n) I have recently begun to drink stirred, after having lived my entire drinking life firmly on the shaken side! Try it! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 05:09 PM (g0MSz) 106
Sorry for the scare,Nova! I went here and looked at locations because I swear I saw one in Mobile.
https://tinyurl.com/4ufdus74 Yours doesn’t show and neither does Mobile. Maybe Mobile is a rogue one. lol. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 05:10 PM (Wmg4n) 107
Lots of voodoo donuts locations"
Heck, still surprised so many donut places in Houston. They're all pretty equally bad. Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 05:11 PM (XuXeR) 108
Apple fritters are the best donut!
IIRC, ace did a whole post on this - considering all the possible best donuts. Heh! Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 05:12 PM (Suwql) 109
Tarragon and mustard were used in the original recipe for mayonnaise, along with olive oil, egg white and gelatin
Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 05:12 PM (rbvCR) 110
106 Sorry for the scare,Nova! I went here and looked at locations because I swear I saw one in Mobile.
https://tinyurl.com/4ufdus74 Yours doesn’t show and neither does Mobile. Maybe Mobile is a rogue one. lol. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 05:10 PM (Wmg4n) No worries - maybe they got disowned for not going down the normal franchise path of eventually cheapening ingredients and cutting corners... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 05:13 PM (tOcjL) 111
Apple fritters are the best donut!
IIRC, ace did a whole post on this - considering all the possible best donuts. Heh! Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 05:12 PM (Suwql) The local craft bakery makes cinnamon rolls using what appears to be croissant dough. multi layered and I was unaware that it was possible to make cinnamon rolls "flakey" Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 05:13 PM (rbvCR) 112
I am going to jump in the pool. Still zero dinner plans, though!
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 05:13 PM (Wmg4n) 113
Donuts, piffile. Chocolate eclairs or almond croissants.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:14 PM (yAteE) 114
>>I'd like to hear that story start to finish.
Posted by: Eromero >Let's just say, alcohol was involved. But the oysters were damn good. Sometimes you have to bleed for the good things in life. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 04:43 PM (Fbc0I) ======= Did anyone ask you to make a Bloody Mary? Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 05:16 PM (rj6Yv) 115
There's a place in Salem, MA that specializes in bismarks, which are, iirc, airy donuts (with no hole), that are sliced in half and filled with fresh whipped cream and fruit preserves. It's been a few years since I've had one, but it was incredibly good. They are rich, so it's a challenge to eat a whole one. The place is Coffee Time Bake Shop.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 05:18 PM (Suwql) 116
Bought a ceramic layered griddle pan, haven't tried it yet
Anyone else have one? Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0) 117
>>The local craft bakery makes cinnamon rolls using what appears to be croissant dough. multi layered and I was unaware that it was possible to make cinnamon rolls "flakey"
Oh, sounds delicious! I've made an Ina Garten sticky bun recipe where you use puff pastry instead of making your own dough, which may be similar? https://tinyurl.com/5n8axtbk Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 05:21 PM (Suwql) 118
I love the cinnamon roll ups made with left over pie dough.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:23 PM (yAteE) 119
Bought a ceramic layered griddle pan, haven't tried it yet
Anyone else have one? Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0) I have a ceramic lined dutch oven that I like. I would make chicken and dumplings, the biscuits actually toasted, not just mushy balls of dough. But it's in storage. Sucks living in an apartment. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 05:24 PM (0aYVJ) 120
I also want to make skillet corn bread, but again, cast iron stuff is in storage.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 05:24 PM (0aYVJ) 121
Did anyone ask you to make a Bloody Mary?
Posted by: mrp >Not deliberately, but I will say that I prefer potato vodka over the other variations. It seems to be cleaner. Even with the blood. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 05:25 PM (Fbc0I) 122
Okay, here's an excellent gin, the very concept of which will test the limits of your tolerance.
Nah. I keed, I keed. The gin is- Awayuki Gin which is a very good London style gin with the addition of 3 rare breeds of Japanese strawberries in the botanicals. Normally, I'd stay far away from fruity gin, however if you've ever been to Japan, you know just how good and tasty their strawberries are. So, I was willing to give it a try. It tastes very very good. Excellent. Because the gin in London Dry, it is very juniper forward but right along with the juniper are the strawberries in flavor and scent. The strawberry smells and tastes very natural. It mixes well in various cocktails with 2:1 Martini using Martini and Rossi Speciale Reserva Ambrato vermouth and a strawberry instead of an olive perhaps being our favorite. Anyway, we plowed through the bottle. If this sounds good to you, it will be. Give it a whirl. Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 05:25 PM (iJfKG) 123
I have a ceramic lined dutch oven that I like. I would make chicken and dumplings, the biscuits actually toasted, not just mushy balls of dough. But it's in storage. Sucks living in an apartment.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 05:24 PM (0aYVJ) 120 I also want to make skillet corn bread, but again, cast iron stuff is in storage. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 12, 2026 05:24 PM (0aYVJ) I feel you on storage...do you have easy access, or is it like once a year I'll check access... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 05:27 PM (tOcjL) 124
naturalfake, do you know of a bourbon that some spice and citrus undertones?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:28 PM (yAteE) Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 05:29 PM (A5RD0) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 05:29 PM (3ek7K) 127
Most pretentious chocolates I've ever seen. Would avoid that place on general principles.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 12, 2026 05:30 PM (sl73Y) 128
A 1.75L of Aviation was ridiculously cheap ($27) when Ohio LQO was liquidating their stock last year.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 12, 2026 05:02 PM (DPnhC) A 750ml bottle is more than $30 around here. I can get a 1.75L bottle of Beefeater for about $35! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 05:31 PM (g0MSz) 129
Lobster with a champagne/ shallot cream sauce on angel hair.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:32 PM (yAteE) 130
113 Donuts, piffile. Chocolate eclairs or almond croissants.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:14 PM (yAteE) You're speaking my language! Posted by: jix at April 12, 2026 05:33 PM (y687V) 131
Jix, I can tell you are a person with extremely good taste.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:35 PM (yAteE) 132
*puts on brown fedora*
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 12, 2026 05:36 PM (xcxpd) 133
Oh, sounds delicious! I've made an Ina Garten sticky bun recipe where you use puff pastry instead of making your own dough, which may be similar?
https://tinyurl.com/5n8axtbk Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 05:21 PM (Suw Maybe, but it was very flakey like it had been rolled and floded, allowed to relax and rolled and folded a few more times. Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 05:36 PM (rbvCR) 134
53 One time, I used a USMC KA-BAR to shuck oysters and it slipped and I drove it right thru my palm. Don't do that.
It was like a stigmata and it took a long time to heal. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone My Marine gave me one of those. I’m glad you didn’t do more damage. Those knives are impressive. Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 05:37 PM (A5RD0) 135
Well, hello eaters (and drinkers).
MiladyJo made meat pies yesterday, à la Cowboy Kent Rollins.🤠 https://youtu.be/stSxlBidpqM They were good. She says she can do better on the dough and she'll try again. I said that's okay with me. Posted by: mindful webworker - yee & haw at April 12, 2026 05:39 PM (C2uPD) 136
I must be way uncouth in these matters, because I actually like Aviation gin, and admittedly I only became acquainted with it because of the whole stupid Peloton brouhaha a couple years ago--so I tried it on a lark and decided it was alright.
Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at April 12, 2026 05:39 PM (jpaOd) 137
Having lived in NW Oregon, I am quite familiar with Aviation Gin. It is from Portland, OR. Really knowing just that, which is clearly indicated on front label, should be enough to steer clear of it.
Posted by: epador at April 12, 2026 05:39 PM (1TB0b) 138
I can get a 1.75L bottle of Beefeater for about $35!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 05:31 PM (g0MSz) *Growls at Beefeater* Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 12, 2026 05:40 PM (xcxpd) 139
>>Maybe, but it was very flakey like it had been rolled and floded, allowed to relax and rolled and folded a few more times.
Mmmmmmm! Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2026 05:40 PM (Suwql) 140
Sorry I'm late, I fell asleep after eating jalapeño meatloaf and ginger carrots.
So, Vosges Chocolates has all kinds of weird combinations like curry, hot peppers, lavender, cheese, etc., but they do it subtly and it works. vosgeschocolate.com Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 05:40 PM (kpS4V) 141
Voodoo donuts is overrated. Expensive, fake tasting and over flavored. The vegan ones are disgusting. The mouthfeel is repulsive. And then there’s the stomach upset.
Don’t understand why they are a thing. 4-6 bucks for a donut? $60 for a dozen fucking donuts? Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 05:43 PM (A5RD0) 142
There is a The Art Show episode on PBS right now that is about Theda Bara, and a lot of stuff about her Cincinnati connection and unpublished, ghosted autobiography, Woman or Vampire?
Which is at U of Cincinnati, btw. You can watch The Art Show on the various PBS websites. I will look for it on YT for folks. Probably MPPPP already knows about it ... Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at April 12, 2026 05:43 PM (NrAGL) 143
69 Good News! The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, ruling it an unconstitutional overreach of Congress’s taxing authority.
Yay! while we could make wine and beer previously, we can now make our own whiskey and gin. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 12, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW) Not in Oregon. Check your state's laws. While mine is generally very homebrew-friendly, it's also very uptight about liquor; the OLCC inspires Stasi-worthy terror in everyone from restaurant owners to store cashiers, and it keeps an iron grip on state-owned retailing of distilled spirits. And it's illegal at the state level to distill alcohol outside of a properly licensed non-residential facility. Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 05:44 PM (Sy6m/) 144
naturalfake, do you know of a bourbon that some spice and citrus undertones?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:28 PM (yAteE) Hi Ben Had! My fave in that category is probably Eagle Rare 10 year. Old Forester 1920 would work too. If you care to move over to a straight rye - Still Austin Cask Strength Rye has everything you want (I think) It's lower proof version Still Austin "The Artist" Straight Rye is also good. Keep those ponies runnin'! Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 05:44 PM (iJfKG) Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 12, 2026 05:45 PM (xcxpd) 146
Give it a whirl.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 05:25 PM (iJfKG I don't care for gin, typically. But I care for strawberries as much as anything, so I would give that a whirl. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 05:46 PM (h7ZuX) 147
naturalfake, I was gifted a bottle of a special run of bourbon that was finished in a green walnut cask. I made a bourbon cream out of some of it and it was a sure fire winner. I can't get anymore of that bourbon so I'm looking for a substitute.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:47 PM (yAteE) 148
The Art Show, Season 14, Episode 9.
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at April 12, 2026 05:48 PM (NrAGL) 149
Ben Had, maybe your local liquor purveyor could order it for you. Apparently, Watershed won't ship. But they aren't out of it yet, I don't think.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 05:52 PM (h7ZuX) 150
Dash, I will give them a call. People were running their fingers around the inside if the glass to get every last drop.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:53 PM (yAteE) 151
Hello Foodsters.
Has anyone mentioned Fords Gin? My current favorite. Trying to avoid the brown liquor indulgence. Need to leave one vice unindulged. Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 05:54 PM (WlUfk) 152
I luv some Reuben sandwiches.
Anybody know the cheapest (national) store to get decent pastrami? Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 05:55 PM (HlyYF) 153
Not in Oregon. Check your state's laws. While mine is generally very homebrew-friendly, it's also very uptight about liquor; the OLCC inspires Stasi-worthy terror in everyone from restaurant owners to store cashiers, and it keeps an iron grip on state-owned retailing of distilled spirits. And it's illegal at the state level to distill alcohol outside of a properly licensed non-residential facility.
Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 05:44 PM (Sy6m/) This is about us, isn’t it? Posted by: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission at April 12, 2026 05:57 PM (hJH5n) 154
I went to a chocolate and beer pairing event at a local chocolatier that featured Sierra Nevada limited brews.
It was super fun. Some pairings were off, some were amazing. Weird chocolates should be tasted in very small amounts, the whole truffle will mar the experience. Cut it into quarters. Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 05:57 PM (A5RD0) 155
naturalfake, I was gifted a bottle of a special run of bourbon that was finished in a green walnut cask. I made a bourbon cream out of some of it and it was a sure fire winner. I can't get anymore of that bourbon so I'm looking for a substitute.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:47 PM (yAteE) that's a tough one. I suppose if I couldn't find the same bourbon, and wanted a similar effect I'd add a bit of Nocino liqueur to the bourbon because it would have the same flavors. Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 05:58 PM (iJfKG) 156
115: sounds a lot like kolaches.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 12, 2026 05:59 PM (hJH5n) 157
OT: Oldest son, early 50's has shingles. He is so miserable. I've never experienced anyone having shingles. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:00 PM (3ek7K) 158
Has anyone mentioned Fords Gin? My current favorite. Trying to avoid the brown liquor indulgence. Need to leave one vice unindulged.
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 05:54 PM (WlUfk) Ford's is pretty great. Several years ago the guys who created it wanted to make a tasty gin that could be sold for bartender use. Notice the bottle shape...easy too grab and pour. They were successful. Fords is a great gin and good in just about any cocktail or G&T. Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 06:02 PM (iJfKG) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++) 160
My favorite gin story. The last family reunion I attended I was sitting with one of my aunts and I asked her if she would like a refill of her drink. She had an 18 0z glass that she wanted refilled with gin,to the top, no ice.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:03 PM (yAteE) 161
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OT: Oldest son, early 50's has shingles. He is so miserable. I've never experienced anyone having shingles. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:00 PM (3ek7K) My older sis had them on her eye - she said it was the most painful experience of her life. Needless to say, she's a big proponent of the Shingles vaxx (which while also painful is nothing like the agony of the real thing)... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 06:04 PM (tOcjL) 162
Nova, Son's doctor sent him to the optometrist following his appointment. Luckily it's not in his eyes. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:05 PM (3ek7K) 163
OMG, I have done my own corned beef and pastrami in the past, and THERE IS NOTHING LIKE HOMEMADE!!!! the flavors are on a whole different stratum from anything you can buy.
Also, I kinda like Bombay Saphire Gin as a go-to. But best G&T I had was on an Alaska cruise. A juniper infused G&T,....AWESOME! -SLV Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at April 12, 2026 06:06 PM (7kJyR) 164
I've never experienced anyone having shingles. Posted by: four seasons ------- Speaking for myself, it was an unpleasant experience. Herpes zoster. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 06:06 PM (XeU6L) 165
Barney Fife will smash your still with an axe.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 06:07 PM (Cqx++) 166
I tried it on a lark and decided it was alright.
Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at April 12, 2026 05:39 PM (jpaOd) More power to you! It's pretty expensive in my area, and I don't think it is worth it. But it's a west coast producer, so you may be paying a good price, in which case...I'm jealous! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:07 PM (g0MSz) 167
118 I love the cinnamon roll ups made with left over pie dough.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:23 PM (yAteE) Oh you brought back a memory! My mama did that! Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 06:07 PM (OoFl2) 168
167 118 I love the cinnamon roll ups made with left over pie dough.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:23 PM (yAteE) Oh you brought back a memory! My mama did that! Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 06:07 PM (OoFl2) So did mine! -SLV Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at April 12, 2026 06:08 PM (7kJyR) 169
I love the cinnamon roll ups made with left over pie dough. Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:23 PM (yAteE) Oh you brought back a memory! My mama did that! Posted by: Piper Mom (and her Mom) called those bumblebees. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 06:09 PM (Cqx++) 170
If you've had chicken pox there's a good chance that you might get shingles. It's the same virus. After you get over the chicken pox, the virus "hides" in your nerve cells and comes out to play when you're older by traveling down the nerve axons and erupting. Chicken pox vax, people, and or Shingles vax. Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 06:09 PM (iJfKG) 171
Re: Shingles
1 yes, it sucks 2 if you start valacyclovir at the first onset it reduces pain and length of misery 3 vax works and is worth it I’ve had shingles without treatment, with early treatment, and none after vax. Some aspirin or ibuprofen at time of vax makes it tolerable, ice site if arm gets sore. Posted by: epador at April 12, 2026 06:10 PM (1TB0b) 172
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Nova, Son's doctor sent him to the optometrist following his appointment. Luckily it's not in his eyes. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:05 PM (3ek7K) That's a relief! Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 06:10 PM (tOcjL) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:11 PM (3ek7K) 174
Oldest son, early 50's has shingles. He is so miserable.
I've never experienced anyone having shingles. Posted by: four seasons ---- Just had my second vaccine Friday. Arm is swollen and sore, had shooting nerve pain up the back of my scalp, fever, & chills. But feeling a bit better today. But still better than actual shingles. Posted by: lin-duh at April 12, 2026 06:11 PM (VCgbV) 175
Chicken pox vax, people, and or Shingles vax.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 06:09 PM (iJfKG) Anyone remember "Chciken pox parties", where everyone brought their kids over to the neighbors to expose their children? Yep, we did that with our kids! Not realizing the shingles aftermath.... -SLV Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at April 12, 2026 06:12 PM (7kJyR) 176
It's time for the Scotch bubble to burst, dammit.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 12, 2026 06:12 PM (U/j9n) 177
Okay, I gotta clean up what's left of dinner...back in awhile...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 06:12 PM (tOcjL) 178
A Voodoo Donuts is not authentic unless there's a lesbian biker bar next door with a big blonde butch bouncer. BBBB
Posted by: M Gagas at April 12, 2026 06:13 PM (KiBMU) Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:13 PM (g0MSz) 180
175 Chicken pox vax, people, and or Shingles vax.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 06:09 PM (iJfKG) Anyone remember "Chciken pox parties", where everyone brought their kids over to the neighbors to expose their children? Yep, we did that with our kids! Not realizing the shingles aftermath.... -SLV Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at April 12, 2026 06:12 PM (7kJyR) ---- That's right, the varicella virus is INSIDE YOU! Paid for by the makers of Shingrix. Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 12, 2026 06:14 PM (U/j9n) 181
Agree re Aviation. [Nice bootle though] Mrs Barky and I prefer Boodles. Rarely found at bars around these parts.
Posted by: Mr. Barky at April 12, 2026 06:15 PM (lOqqw) 182
First vaccine just a sore anrm and a bit of fatigue.
Posted by: lin-duh at April 12, 2026 06:15 PM (VCgbV) 183
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at April 12, 2026 06:12 PM (7kJyR)
Those chicken pox parties were smart. The virus is ubiquitous, so most people are going to get it no matter what. And getting it when you are a kid is much better than as an adult! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:15 PM (g0MSz) 184
118 I love the cinnamon roll ups made with left over pie dough.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 05:23 PM (yAteE) I would willingly make pie crust just to do this. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 06:15 PM (h7ZuX) 185
I know when you enlist in the military you get lots of vaccines but I don't know if the shingles vaccine is included. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:16 PM (3ek7K) Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:16 PM (g0MSz) 187
If you knew how many inactive pathogens the body has you would run screaming.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:17 PM (yAteE) 188
Shingles vaccines aren't recommended until I think your 40s or 50s
Posted by: lin-duh at April 12, 2026 06:17 PM (VCgbV) 189
It's time for the Scotch bubble to burst, dammit.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 12, 2026 06:12 PM (U/j9n) I am seeing some easing in bourbon prices. ABC has a few on my watch list down about $5... Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 06:17 PM (nbLIj) Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 06:18 PM (2Ez/1) 191
Shingles vaccines aren't recommended until I think your 40s or 50s
Posted by: lin-duh at April 12, 2026 06:17 PM (VCgbV) Good! I have plenty of time since I am only 29. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:18 PM (g0MSz) 192
Joe Kidd, next time you do mushrooms try them sautéed in pecan oil.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:19 PM (yAteE) 193
Those chicken pox parties were smart. The virus is ubiquitous, so most people are going to get it no matter what. And getting it when you are a kid is much better than as an adult!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:15 PM (g0MSz) Whole neighborhood,..like 12 households,... cake and everything.... A week later, the elementray school was basically down to half their normal attendance. Next week,...the other half. My sister and I got it from my cousin,...similar circumstances. "Why are we having a party?" "Eat your cake, and make sure you HUG your cousin!" -SLV Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at April 12, 2026 06:20 PM (7kJyR) 194
My doc won’t give me the shingles vaccine. He said we can talk when I am past 60, but right now I am really healthy and I don’t react well to vaccines so the risk / reward isn’t quite there. I can’t get flu vaccines, either. I had a very, very bad reaction to the last one, so we just don’t.
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 06:20 PM (OoFl2) 195
After COVID, I'm wary of any additional vaccines. But I know a couple of people who had shingles, and they darned near wanted to just die.
Shingrixx is a traditional vaccine, and is not made with fetal lines, so I agreed to it. The vaccine (two rounds) wasn't especially painful for me. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 06:20 PM (h7ZuX) 196
K get reminded to get a shingles vacation every time.
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 06:21 PM (Ia/+0) 197
Piper, I get it. I foolishly took the pneumonia vaccine and it almost killed me.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:22 PM (yAteE) 198
Certainly the Fake Vax has got me wondering if they won't slip it in
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0) 199
Joe Kidd, next time you do mushrooms try them sautéed in pecan oil.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:19 PM (yAteE) Ben Had may sound like a Pecan Oil evangelist, but damn! The stuff is delicious! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:23 PM (g0MSz) 200
My doc won’t give me the shingles vaccine. He said we can talk when I am past 60, but right now I am really healthy and I don’t react well to vaccines so the risk / reward isn’t quite there. I can’t get flu vaccines, either. I had a very, very bad reaction to the last one, so we just don’t.
Posted by: Piper --- Lucky you! I'm basically falling apart. The only vaccine I was willing to get is the shingles because I've had CP and Bell's Palsy already. Posted by: lin-duh at April 12, 2026 06:24 PM (VCgbV) 201
196 K get reminded to get a shingles vacation every time.
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 06:21 PM (Ia/+0) --- I'm told the greatest risk is if you get it on the face. If it spreads to your eyes it could cause blindness. I've never known anyone who had it anywhere other than their torso. Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 12, 2026 06:24 PM (U/j9n) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:24 PM (3ek7K) 203
197 Piper, I get it. I foolishly took the pneumonia vaccine and it almost killed me.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:22 PM (yAteE Nurse would know more than me, but if you can’t do flu, you can’t do pneumonia, so be careful. My doctor is not antivax, but he is very conservative about them. He was a hard no on Covid from the get go, and treated his patients, you can do that when you are concierge and not affiliated with insurance companies. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 06:25 PM (OoFl2) 204
Late FWP:
my eyeglasses are self-smudging Dunkins had my favorite donut Chocolate devil's food, glazed, rolled in sweet shredded coconut Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 06:25 PM (ZxPkt) 205
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:19 PM (yAteE)
Challenge accepted. I did these in butter and a bit of veg oil to raise the smoke point. Added a small shallot before removing from the heat. Married up nicely with the steak... Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 06:26 PM (nbLIj) 206
I didn't mean to divert the food thread. I have never seen someone who is one of the toughest men I've ever known suffering so much. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:26 PM (3ek7K) 207
Lucky you! I'm basically falling apart. The only vaccine I was willing to get is the shingles because I've had CP and Bell's Palsy already.
Posted by: lin-duh at April 12, 2026 06:24 PM You need it, and I am betting he would have you on the list of needing it. I just can’t be normal about anything. 😂 Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 06:27 PM (OoFl2) 208
my eyeglasses are self-smudging
Dunkins had my favorite donut Chocolate devil's food, glazed, rolled in sweet shredded coconut Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 06:25 PM (ZxPkt) So you are smearing the donut glaze on your glasses? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:28 PM (g0MSz) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:28 PM (3ek7K) 210
208 my eyeglasses are self-smudging
Dunkins had my favorite donut Chocolate devil's food, glazed, rolled in sweet shredded coconut Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 06:25 PM (ZxPkt) So you are smearing the donut glaze on your glasses? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06 Not that we judge! Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 06:29 PM (OoFl2) 211
If I had known what shingles was like before I had shingles I would have got the shot.
Posted by: fd at April 12, 2026 06:29 PM (vFG9F) 212
Speaking of a fine dish, I just watched the propaganda film Thunder Birds(1842) with Gene Tierney. What a smoke show.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 06:29 PM (abIsI) 213
(1942)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 06:30 PM (abIsI) 214
@212 We had moving pictures in 1842?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 12, 2026 06:30 PM (U/j9n) 215
@213 😁
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 12, 2026 06:31 PM (U/j9n) 216
Just back from a Korean/Japanese restaurant where I had a salad, bowl of miso soup and mixed tempura. I'm stuffed.
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2026 06:32 PM (lJ0H4) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:32 PM (3ek7K) Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:33 PM (yAteE) 219
buncha weisenheirmers
Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 06:33 PM (ZxPkt) 220
I've been wanting to try Aviation gin. I appreciate the candid review... I will cross it off the list!
Posted by: 496 at April 12, 2026 06:33 PM (PFg0D) 221
I got the measles when I was a young lad. I wasn't allow into my college dorm until I was inoculated for mumps. Don't know much about shingles.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 06:34 PM (Fbc0I) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:34 PM (3ek7K) 223
Now I want a large order of tempura prawns
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:35 PM (yAteE) 224
I will cross it off the list!
Posted by: 496 at April 12, 2026 06:33 PM (PFg0D) Please don't! Try it, especially if it's reasonably priced, and get back to me. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:36 PM (g0MSz) 225
I know
wouldn't have it any other way Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 06:39 PM (ZxPkt) 226
Don, This place is awesome! Some of the smartest wise asses on the internet. Do try the wipers on your glasses though, lol. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:40 PM (3ek7K) 227
Last night, I tried Jacques Pepin's recipe for Lamb Shoulder Steak. It was stupidly delicious and very simple as always. I like watching Pepin because he makes you think you can make anything he's making. One of the kiddos recommended his Chicken with Spinach recipe that is insanely easy and crazy delicious. And that got me started on a Pepin kicks. His candied carrots recipe is easy and good. And his Salmon with a Catsup glaze and sautéed Endives, is good. sounds weird but is tasty. It's actually a new favorite of the lively and discerning Mrs naturalfake. Two other youtube chefs, which are great in the same way are Rick Bayless and Gordon Ramsay. Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 06:41 PM (iJfKG) 228
Now I want a large order of tempura prawns
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:35 PM (yAteE) One of my favorite foods! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:41 PM (g0MSz) 229
and these are my church glasses, too
my aviators broke some time ago Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 06:42 PM (ZxPkt) 230
Made delicious smash burgers for a late lunch. Paired with a nice glass of wine.
I might have nodded off there while the Masters was droning away. Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 06:42 PM (WlUfk) 231
Rory's tee shot went into the forest
Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 06:42 PM (ZxPkt) 232
Now I want a large order of tempura prawns
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:35 PM (yAteE) One of my favorite foods! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo I just love tempura period. Veggies, shrimp, chicken....doesn't matter. Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2026 06:44 PM (lJ0H4) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:44 PM (3ek7K) 234
The very first images were from around 1840
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 06:44 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:45 PM (3ek7K) 236
Two other youtube chefs, which are great in the same way are Rick Bayless and Gordon Ramsay.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 06:41 PM (iJfKG) Agreed, although Bayless can sometimes get a bit insane with the complexity of his dishes in his cookbooks. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:45 PM (g0MSz) 237
I was pretty much done with Dunkin Donuts after the "Crisco" scare ruined their product. Their Bavarian cream was a favorite, but the standard DD was my go to. When I moved to CA, you could get a Boston cream at any local Fosters, but tell them to swap the chocolate glaze with powdered sugar? May as well ask them to split an atom.
Anyway, before Dunkin "arrived" in California, my only hope for a Bavarian Cream was when visiting family in NJ. After that whole transfat BS, I walk into the DD that was local to the folks, hoping to scratch that itch. What I encountered was a dry, tasteless, stale dinner roll that completely masked any redeeming quality of the cream filling. I knew from that moment that my government was out to destroy everything that was good and decent in life... Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 06:46 PM (nbLIj) 238
Agreed, although Bayless can sometimes get a bit insane with the complexity of his dishes in his cookbooks.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo To me, he's like someone that got tired of hearing, "That's not REAL mexican fooood tho~" Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2026 06:47 PM (diia5) 239
Two other youtube chefs, which are great in the same way are Rick Bayless and Gordon Ramsay.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 06:41 PM (iJfKG) Agreed, although Bayless can sometimes get a bit insane with the complexity of his dishes in his cookbooks. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:45 PM (g0MSz) Mexican cooking, man. There's a reason all the abuelas and tias and sisters all get together when cooking. Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 06:49 PM (iJfKG) 240
Okay folks, I'm in another time zone and it is late!
Thanks for reading and commenting, even if you can't read the post through your smeared glasses! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2026 06:49 PM (g0MSz) 241
It's weird here. It's a very small rural town but we have a mexican place and a chinese place. The chinese place has some of the best food we've ever had and we've lived in many different places in the US. The mexican place uses some meatlike substance. It ain't beef or pork. We stopped eating there, it was gross. Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:50 PM (3ek7K) 242
The Larson cartoon reminded me of one of my favorites. Chef is holding a lobster above a pan of boiling water. The lobster is furiously clicking his claws while reciting "Auntie 'Em, Auntie 'Em...LOL
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2026 06:50 PM (lJ0H4) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:50 PM (3ek7K) 244
I am going to shuffle of this mortal coil someday with one of my fondest memories being in a kitchen with CBD, Pete Bog and Rancherbob.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:51 PM (yAteE) 245
REAL mexican fooood
_-_ Yeah, I've eaten with REAL Mexicans, and SOME of the stuff they ate was no bueno...Oscar Mayer wiener wrapped in a tortilla with American cheese...no, thanks. When they made tamales, I was gettin' fat along with everybody else. Some of that other stuff makes ya wanna hurl. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 06:52 PM (2TPZH) Posted by: four seasons at April 12, 2026 06:55 PM (3ek7K) 247
Grilled shrimp and peppers, with avocado and spring mix on toasted naan. Topped with a little dressing made with crème fraiche, dill relish and a pinch of Tony Chacarie seasoned salt.
Cigar and a glass of Madeira for dessert. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2026 06:55 PM (3Ope8) 248
CBD. Thank you for another wonderful food thread.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:56 PM (yAteE) 249
153 Not in Oregon. Check your state's laws. While mine is generally very homebrew-friendly, it's also very uptight about liquor; the OLCC inspires Stasi-worthy terror in everyone from restaurant owners to store cashiers, and it keeps an iron grip on state-owned retailing of distilled spirits. And it's illegal at the state level to distill alcohol outside of a properly licensed non-residential facility.
Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 05:44 PM (Sy6m/) This is about us, isn’t it? Posted by: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission at April 12, 2026 05:57 PM (hJH5n) Funny story, the TABC terrorizes servers so badly that they often reject out-of-state driver's licenses for ID; I experienced it myself in college. I think it was about 20 years ago, give or take, there was a joint (I think it had Dugout in the name) across from Portland's major-league soccer/minor-league baseball stadium, where the proprietor rejected a Texas DL as turnabout for his friend's experience in Texas. The spurned was some kind of bigshot and it turned into quite the brouhaha. I don't recall if the two states ever came to an accommodation. Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 06:57 PM (Sy6m/) 250
Crotchety Old Jarhead, oh my does that sound good. What type of peppers?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 06:58 PM (yAteE) 251
Ben Had — some red bell peppers and some poblanos.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2026 07:00 PM (3Ope8) 252
WEASEL'S GUN AND SCI-FI THREAD
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0) 253
There's a reason all the abuelas and tias and sisters all get together when cooking.
Posted by: naturalfake "ThAt SoUnDs SeXiST~~ Oh, wait. No, I mean, what a rich, beautiful culture. The West is bad~!!!" Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2026 07:04 PM (diia5) 254
With a mere fraction of Elon Musk money, I'd open a franchise called "Fuckin' Donuts", and let Dunkin take me all the way to the Supreme Court. Our mission statement would be, "It's a donut. It's supposed to shorten your lifespan"
Maybe I need to go on Shark Tank... Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 07:06 PM (nbLIj) 255
Crotchety Old Jarhead, thank you.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:07 PM (yAteE) 256
Ryan Reynolds was in an ad for Aviation Gin saying that it was void of juniper berries if I remember correctly. If so, that is probably why you found Aviation Gin lacking in flavor. I have tried that gin on several occasions and am no longer interested in it.
Posted by: John at April 12, 2026 07:26 PM (0DsdP) 257
But I am also a cheap bastard and will absolutely drink celebrity gin if it is free!
=== A community of common brother and sister hood. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2026 08:15 PM (xvV+O) 258
Glad you like Bluecoat, BlackOrchid!
I was on the tasting panel that created it. One of the first craft gins in the USA (or anywhere else, for that matter). Some citrus (orange) up front, leading to the juniper, and deadly smooth. Posted by: Otto Zilch at April 12, 2026 10:01 PM (Ws2ua) 259
I don't care for Aviation either. Kind of like New Amsterdam: a 'training wheels' gin.
Posted by: Otto Zilch at April 12, 2026 10:02 PM (Ws2ua) 260
Can I enter my signature, self- invented, cocktail into consideration for a post?
Called: Royal Honey Original Recipe: Equal parts of Crown Royal and Tennessee Honey - on the rocks. Smoky and smooth, is a fantastic after dinner drink. Variations: try Peach or Blackberry Crown - both great combos tho I find the blackberry a bit too sweet for my preference. Posted by: Jamie Walker at April 12, 2026 10:44 PM (/t1JJ) 261
For any deviled egg recipe, replace about half of the mayo with sour cream. You’ll thank me later.
Posted by: Brennan at April 13, 2026 01:42 AM (vsd0N) First World Problems...![]() Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0) 2
Great to be here!
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 12, 2026 02:01 PM (QSaoA) 3
My 1WP is I need ro replce a gas grill knob and control and doesn't seem to be on any website replacement part
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0) 4
Is everyone still enjoying the flying car?
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (QSaoA) 5
Oh...they are also flavored. I shit you not! They have a "non-toxic bitter coating" so that you don't accidentally confuse them for mints and pop on into your mouth, and then chew them up. I guess.
------------ The tasty treat that can't be eat. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 02:04 PM (mtevP) 6
People lose fine dexterity as they age.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 02:05 PM (RIvkX) 7
Now do ensure. Made for seniors, cao wrapped in impenetrable plastic.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 12, 2026 02:05 PM (sl73Y) 8
i once needed a watch battery and one place i went into gave me a rather high price for it. he said it was silver, not toxic mercury. like i was going to eat it
and it turned out that the battery was fine, the watch had simply passed away. Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (CWTWj) 9
I think it’s also for stealing - thieves take the batteries out of the packaging so sensors don’t go off if you walk out the door. I have colored LED lights in my studio that you control with a remote that uses those batteries. I do through a lot of them. I know to use scissors but it’s still a pain in the tail.
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (Wmg4n) 10
So what happened with the talks in Islamabad?
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (KiBMU) 11
the watch had simply passed away.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (CWTWj) It was just pining for the fjords. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 02:08 PM (ExV1e) 12
Pets. Bitterness keeps pets from eating those batteries.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 12, 2026 02:08 PM (edLbw) 13
So what happened with the talks in Islamabad?
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (KiBMU) Are we allowed to talk about the world before 100? Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 02:09 PM (ExV1e) 14
Perhaps not eating batteries is a Darwin test.
FWP...all these paid streaming services barely have the movies I want to see. I end up finding most stuff online. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 02:09 PM (Sco7b) 15
My 1WP is I need ro replce a gas grill knob and control and doesn't seem to be on any website replacement part
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0) ~~~~~ Try ebay, Skip. You'd be surprised what's there. Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 12, 2026 02:10 PM (3ImbR) 16
willowed
163 I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this. Posted by: Diogenes ---- This green machine is not a replacement for the Humvee. The replacement is a light tactical vehicle built by GM, of course, using the Chevrolet Colorado as the progenitor. Except It is powered by a blown 4 cylinder Duramax diesel engine that they sell in every country of the world except here. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:11 PM (4qjYs) Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 02:11 PM (WlUfk) 18
This sort of stuff is why always have a folding box knife in my pocket. They aren't the only thing packaged stupid.
I think it's another subversive effort by the enemies of western civilization. And they probably think it's funny. Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 02:12 PM (emWLT) 19
Must be a highfalutin battery company that can't afford the lawsuit. The common way today would be to fold, go out of business, and startup a new company name. -F the lawsuit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:14 PM (4qjYs) 20
They have a "non-toxic bitter coating"
This is, I think, a relatively recent thing. There are devices that uses these sort of flat batteries where coated batteries dont work. I have a whole pack of coated CR-2034s, I think, that I can only use in a few of the devices I have that need them. The coating blocks a connection in the others. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2026 02:16 PM (EXyHK) 21
If you think batteries are a PITA, try hearing aid batteries. I wrote a column about this and asked folks over 50 for their pet peeves. Add yours here!
https://tinyurl.com/3fd4bzf3 Posted by: vivi at April 12, 2026 02:16 PM (OFw3k) 22
Think I found it looking up part number of the gas valve
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:19 PM (Ia/+0) 23
Greetings Everyone
Thank you for content, CBD. I've been thinking about proposing an adjacent topic, Petty Complaints and Irritations. One of my current ones is during my morning business show, on the commercial break, they insert one or two Spanish-language commercials. I don't object to the commercials themselves, nor do I blame the sponsors for trying to reach a bilingual audience, but the change in language (cadence) is jarring to say the least. Just a petty irritation. I have others, but can't think of them now..... Thank you for listening. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:22 PM (QGaXH) 24
I don't like any of the knives I have for carry.
They are either too big or heavy or like my mini-Dozier, it's so thin and light I forget about it, lose it then find it in the bottom of the wash tub. Had a Kershaw 3" very light that they don't make anymore that was perfect. They do not make decent looking everyday carry with a thumb assist and lock blade that doesn't look like it was designed for a Rambo movie. sigh Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:24 PM (4qjYs) 25
It was (kidds eating batteries) was the Crisis of The Republic (tm) a few years back.
There's a new Crisis that Must Be Resolved With Laws every few years or so.... Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 02:28 PM (XuXeR) 26
10 So what happened with the talks in Islamabad?
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (KiBMU) They're off - finis. Everybody's coming home. 'Lock and load'. I think Trump's gonna make the rubble bounce and blockade the Strait. We're gonna see $7 + per gallon here in Californy 100 Comment Rule: If I might also be so bold, propose in addition to the '100 Comment' rule, a time limit for slower moving threads, for example '100 comments OR 20 minutes from time of posting' "Just a suggestion......" Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:28 PM (QGaXH) 27
Great. I found the 1980 Italian horror movie on a service I to which I subscribe.
English closed captions on!! Movie plays. A couple speaking Italian. The closed captions. "Speaking foreign language." Helpful.... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 02:29 PM (Sco7b) 28
This is, I think, a relatively recent thing. There are devices that uses these sort of flat batteries where coated batteries don’t work. I have a whole pack of coated CR-2034s, I think, that I can only use in a few of the devices I have that need them. The coating blocks a connection in the others.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2026 02:16 PM (EXyHK) Wash the coating off. Probably water soluble, if it can be tasted. If oil-borne, use alcohol. PITA, I know. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:30 PM (utfVc) Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 02:30 PM (AN2gy) 30
21 If you think batteries are a PITA, try hearing aid batteries. I wrote a column about this and asked folks over 50 for their pet peeves. Add yours here!
https://tinyurl.com/3fd4bzf3 Posted by: vivi --- Cheap pliers, scissors and box knives at essential locations - Harbor freight will assist you with this. Don't cut yourself. Hold the object withe the pliers and go at it with the box knife. Kroger's kitchen utensils are usually of good quality. Their rubber? lid opener is ergonomic and works dandy for me. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:31 PM (4qjYs) 31
4 Is everyone still enjoying the flying car?
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (QSaoA) No. But at least I know to open the box before trying to eat the pizza. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:31 PM (QGaXH) 32
Packaging to prevent your usage.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 02:32 PM (yAteE) 33
Wash the coating off. Probably water soluble, if it can be tasted. If oil-borne, use alcohol. PITA, I know. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April If the world goes to heck in a handbasket, you are going to be on my team, right? Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 02:32 PM (OoFl2) 34
More and more often lately, I resort to stout kitchen shears to overcome ordinary packaging. It's a PIA (and hard on the shears), but easier than using my pocketknife. I generally utter bad words while doing so.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 02:34 PM (XeU6L) 35
Opening a package of batteries like that is pretty much rolling dice on how bad you'll cut yourself.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 02:34 PM (AkEZC) 36
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Wash the coating off. Probably water soluble, if it can be tasted. If oil-borne, use alcohol. PITA, I know. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April If the world goes to heck in a handbasket, you are going to be on my team, right? Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 02:32 PM (OoFl2) Seconded. If the balloon goes up, depending on the time of year, I'm heading for either Rowley, BC or Apache Jcn AZ. LOL! Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:36 PM (QGaXH) 37
Then the battery falls out, rolls across the floor and under an appliance you can't move.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 02:36 PM (yAteE) 38
34 More and more often lately, I resort to stout kitchen shears to overcome ordinary packaging. It's a PIA (and hard on the shears), but easier than using my pocketknife. I generally utter bad words while doing so.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 02:34 PM (XeU6L) "..I generally utter bad words while doing so..." That's obligatory. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:37 PM (QGaXH) Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2026 02:37 PM (diia5) Posted by: Manuel at April 12, 2026 02:38 PM (XeU6L) 41
If the world goes to heck in a handbasket, you are going to be on my team, right?
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 02:32 PM (OoFl2) Of course. Well, my omelet is eaten. I put 4 eggs, some diced ham, and some shredded cheese into the blender, and whirled it up, with a touch of baking powder. It rose up real nice in the pan, but was still a little gooey in the middle when I folded it over. Half a minute in the microwave fixed that. Texture was like a cheesy pancake. Tasted OK, though. Next time? Sprinkle additives on top of half-cooked omelet before folding over. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:38 PM (utfVc) 42
Then the battery falls out, rolls across the floor and under an appliance you can't move.
Where it waits silently for its opportunity to get together with your lost meatball. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 02:38 PM (Riz8t) 43
Seconded. If the balloon goes up, depending on the time of year, I'm heading for either Rowley, BC or Apache Jcn AZ. LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) --- Balloon time will be no different in BC than CA. Isn't it a suburb of WA? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:39 PM (4qjYs) 44
40 Thank you for listening.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue ----- ¿Que? Posted by: Manuel at April 12, 2026 02:38 PM (XeU6L) Laughing! Don't forget to desock. I initially read your hash as 'sexual' (xeu'A'l)... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:42 PM (QGaXH) 45
This is, I think, a relatively recent thing. There are devices that uses these sort of flat batteries where coated batteries don’t work.
... Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2026 02:16 PM (EXyHK) I read that Apple AirTags fit into this category. When I bought the batteries Amazon recommended for AirTags ( uncoated, but still requiring Herculean strength and a sharp object to liberate from packaging ) , they seemed to work OK in AirTags. Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 12, 2026 02:42 PM (skR0U) 46
Childproof ultimately means adult-proof.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 12, 2026 02:43 PM (hJH5n) 47
Opening a package of batteries like that is pretty much rolling dice on how bad you'll cut yourself.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 02:34 PM (AkEZC) This! Bastards with their knife sharp plastics. May a thousand fleas infest the nether regions of the people who came up with that! Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 02:44 PM (2WIwB) 48
A metal nibbler like the one illustrated below might be ideal for opening those packages. I have an ancient one, made in France, that cuts autobody sheet metal like a champ. Its action is very like the Knipex tool below:
https://tinyurl.com/58peaz6w Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:45 PM (utfVc) 49
Batteries hard to get unpackaged? Hah! Just don't carried them around in your Tesla console.
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 02:46 PM (LHPAg) 50
43 Seconded. If the balloon goes up, depending on the time of year, I'm heading for either Rowley, BC or Apache Jcn AZ. LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) --- Balloon time will be no different in BC than CA. Isn't it a suburb of WA? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:39 PM (4qjYs) Oh shoot - I meant AB, not BC! I think it's Rowley ? Could be wrong. I go by memory which is a bad thing now. Out to rustle up some lunch and be productive. Taking Mr. Camper out of storage this week and going to a local regional park for two nights for 'dress rehearsal' to make sure everything works ok before we go camping at San Clemente State Beach with friends later in the month. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:47 PM (QGaXH) 51
Balloon time will be no different in BC than CA.
Isn't it a suburb of WA? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:39 PM (4qjYs) For the record, Rowley is in Alberta, not B.C. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:47 PM (utfVc) 52
51 Balloon time will be no different in BC than CA.
Isn't it a suburb of WA? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:39 PM (4qjYs) For the record, Rowley is in Alberta, not B.C. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:47 PM (utfVc) Yeah.. sorry! I did correct myself above after the fact. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:49 PM (QGaXH) 53
You missed my post.
Cheap pliers (channelocks or 4" vice grips if you please) and box knives. The pliers keeps your hand out of the way and holds the object steady. Apply box knife. Pliers, box knife and scissors can be purchased from Harbor Freight for less than $2 each. I have a set of 4" mini-Vice grips that are very handy, Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:50 PM (4qjYs) 54
FWP: Oldest was at her job and kid came in "with allergies." Just like 95% of the time, it was NOT allergies, but the spring cold and she brought it home. Feeling like I'm catching the edge of it today so I have little energy to cook (I did the youth group stuff, and now, well, it's a good thing there's some prepped stuff in my freezer). Here's hoping it stays on the edge and I fight it off.
Funny enough, kid stayed home the rest of the week after getting my oldest sick, so I guess his mom put two and two together...just 24 hours too late... Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 02:50 PM (tOcjL) 55
24 They do not make decent looking everyday carry with a thumb assist and lock blade that doesn't look like it was designed for a Rambo movie. sigh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:24 PM (4qjYs) They do, tons of them. Unfortunately some people just hate the way Spydercos look. I love 'em, and my pocket is only without one when I'm someplace I'm not allowed to have one. Posted by: Splunge at April 12, 2026 02:51 PM (KEowH) 56
Yeah.. sorry! I did correct myself above after the fact.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:49 PM (QGaXH) B.C., being more or less mountainous throughout, has many tiny towns or settlements in out of the way valleys that would be good hideouts during the Burning Times, though. One way in/one way out; defensible. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:52 PM (utfVc) 57
Awwww.
I was just finding my movie. Visiting cat on my bed moves, lays next to my dog Ralphy and licks his head for a minute. Too cute. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 02:52 PM (Sco7b) 58
camping at San Clemente State Beach with friends later in the month.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) ---- I'm not jealous or envious. I know you're going to have a good time. I miss my camper. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:54 PM (4qjYs) 59
56 Yeah.. sorry! I did correct myself above after the fact.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:49 PM (QGaXH) B.C., being more or less mountainous throughout, has many tiny towns or settlements in out of the way valleys that would be good hideouts during the Burning Times, though. One way in/one way out; defensible. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:52 PM (utfVc) I would think the winters alone would chase away the gimme-dats..... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:55 PM (QGaXH) 60
They do not make decent looking everyday carry with a thumb assist and lock blade that doesn't look like it was designed for a Rambo movie. sigh Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:24 PM (4qjYs) My EDC knife is a Benchmade Bugout. Understated, and in multiple colors, good steel, 3 1/4" blade, one-hand opening, and extremely light. They make a mini version at just under 3". Not a dressy knife though, I'm kind of in the market for a dressy, wood handled, one-hand open folder of good quality that doesn't require applying for a mortgage. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 12, 2026 02:56 PM (JoTi8) 61
Here is the device for cutting open those plastic packages, a Bernz Cutter:
https://tinyurl.com/5yayx832 Will cut plastic, metal, acrylic tile, etc. I have one somewhere, too. Basically a shear with two fixed blades, and a moving center blade, sharpened on both sides. So it cuts a clean kerf. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:59 PM (utfVc) 62
I would think the winters alone would chase away the gimme-dats.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:55 PM (QGaXH) Put 'em to work cutting and hauling firewood. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:01 PM (utfVc) 63
Didja see this? A new anti-ICE strategy.
JUST IN: In the left's latest attempt to fire back at ICE, they have lined the fencing with DILDOS at the Whipple ICE building in Minnesota These people belong in insane asylums. They're showing solidarity with illegal criminals through DILDOS. https://tinyurl.com/yc6mhnbz - I remember when I thought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was weird. See also blindfolded anti-Trump interpretive dance. https://tinyurl.com/3bsytjvj Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:02 PM (ndZc7) 64
FWP here… got the fore flight app for my iPad mini. Gonna need the bigger iPad…
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2026 03:03 PM (3Ope8) 65
How to spot a racist.
NPR is complaining that women have long hair and wear pretty dresses. Apparently that’s MAGA coded. Can you guess what THEIR women look like? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:06 PM (ndZc7) 66
30 21 If you think batteries are a PITA, try hearing aid batteries. I wrote a column about this and asked folks over 50 for their pet peeves. Add yours here!
https://tinyurl.com/3fd4bzf3 Posted by: vivi --- Cheap pliers, scissors and box knives at essential locations - Harbor freight will assist you with this. Don't cut yourself. Hold the object withe the pliers and go at it with the box knife. Kroger's kitchen utensils are usually of good quality. Their rubber? lid opener is ergonomic and works dandy for me. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:31 PM I recently re-discovered cheap plastic box knives. With push-out, break-off sectioned blades. 10 for $5 or something like that. Cuts through box sealing tape, corrugated cardboard, and much moar! I have stashed one in the kitchen, laundry room, in every toolbox, two in the garage, and so on. No more pocket knives dulled by corrugated cardboard. My human-resistant package FWP lately is cellophane bread wrappers, with taped or heat-sealed closures. Damned if I can find a seam to slip a fingernail under to tear the bag open! Typically used for Pepperidge Farm breads. Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2026 03:07 PM (5rh/l) 67
Army's fault!
CBS News @CBSNews In response to controversy surrounding a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol and comments he made previously on Reddit, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner says "much of it was because of the culture I had come out of." "When I left the military, I came out of a hyper-masculine, hyper-violent place," he says. "I did four tours in the infantry. We have a crude sense of humor in the infantry. We certainly have a, I would say, narrow view of a lot of topics, and that colored my opinions and my beliefs." Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:08 PM (ndZc7) 68
I recently re-discovered cheap plastic box knives. With push-out, break-off sectioned blades. 10 for $5 or something like that. Cuts through box sealing tape, corrugated cardboard, and much moar! I have stashed one in the kitchen, laundry room, in every toolbox, two in the garage, and so on. No more pocket knives dulled by corrugated cardboard.
My human-resistant package FWP lately is cellophane bread wrappers, with taped or heat-sealed closures. Damned if I can find a seam to slip a fingernail under to tear the bag open! Typically used for Pepperidge Farm breads. Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2026 03:07 PM (5rh/l) That plastic used on so many carded products is damned tough, though, meaning you have to use a lot of force to cut it. That's when accidents happen. Some sort of shear is a lot safer, and easier to control. That Bernz cutter in the link above could neatly cut ONE battery out of that card, and leave the rest of the bubbles intact. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:12 PM (utfVc) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:12 PM (ndZc7) 70
with a touch of baking powder
BernzCutter Thanks, AOP. You make the first world better...now to figure out the conversion from CAD to USD. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 03:12 PM (2TPZH) 71
They do, tons of them. Unfortunately some people just hate the way Spydercos look. I love 'em, and my pocket is only without one when I'm someplace I'm not allowed to have one.
Posted by: Splunge ----------- I have a Spyderco folder. Nice knife. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 03:12 PM (AkEZC) Posted by: Let's not childproof the world at April 12, 2026 03:13 PM (txbPX) 73
NPR is complaining that women have long hair and wear pretty dresses. Apparently that’s MAGA coded. Can you guess what THEIR women look like? _-_ Butchy, butchy, butch. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (2TPZH) 74
We have some knife sharpening content on the Gun Thread this evening.
Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (qdktZ) 75
Should probably coat pocket change with a bitter coating too.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (emWLT) 76
He's like Sgt. Rock.
Canadian PM Carney Casts Himself as Staunch NATO Defender, Despite His Country Skipping 2% Spending Target Since Berlin Wall Fell Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (ndZc7) 77
We have some knife sharpening content on the Gun Thread this evening.
Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (qdktZ) Speaking of Gun Thread, my shop project for today is to mount a Gamo air rifle scope on my old Cooey .22 boltie. Looks like I will have to drill and tap the receiver to accept a dovetail plate. Will this work? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:17 PM (utfVc) 78
British General Reveals Army Cannot Deploy a Full Division Abroad
- A platoon. Maybe. ---------- I think they spared a couple guys for the "defense" of Greenland a couple months ago. That's something.... Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 03:17 PM (AkEZC) 79
65 How to spot a racist.
NPR is complaining that women have long hair and wear pretty dresses. Apparently that’s MAGA coded. Can you guess what THEIR women look like? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:06 PM (ndZc7) Trying to recode something as fundamental as what a man finds attractive in a woman is like trying to reverse the spin of the earth, or eliminate the gravity attached to a massive object. It's just how God made it. How come they never talk about changing what women find fundamentally attractive in a man? Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 03:17 PM (QGaXH) 80
My EDC knife is a Benchmade Bugout. Understated, and in multiple colors, good steel, 3 1/4" blade, one-hand opening, and extremely light. They make a mini version at just under 3".
... Posted by: IllTemperedCur Nice knife Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 03:18 PM (4qjYs) 81
How come they never talk about changing what women find fundamentally attractive in a man?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 03:17 PM (QGaXH) How did women rate men before wallets were invented? / Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:19 PM (utfVc) 82
67 Army's fault!
CBS News @CBSNews In response to controversy surrounding a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol and comments he made previously on Reddit, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner says "much of it was because of the culture I had come out of." "When I left the military, I came out of a hyper-masculine, hyper-violent place," he says. "I did four tours in the infantry. We have a crude sense of humor in the infantry. We certainly have a, I would say, narrow view of a lot of topics, and that colored my opinions and my beliefs." Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:08 PM (ndZc7) Bet he's got a Unicorn somewhere now. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:19 PM (LHPAg) 83
My usual carry knife is a Swiss Army knife.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:20 PM (utfVc) 84
I keep a dremel with cutting blades in a kitchen drawer. Works pretty good on almost any packaging.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 12, 2026 03:22 PM (sl73Y) 85
CBS News
@CBSNews In response to controversy surrounding a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol and comments he made previously on Reddit, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner says "much of it was because of the culture I had come out of."... The only culture you climbed out of was in a petri dish. Scumbag Democrat. Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 12, 2026 03:22 PM (RCw7C) 86
Then there's this.
UN Nominates Iran to Lead Its Terrorism Prevention Group - That like putting me in charge of the Pizza Prohibition Party. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:24 PM (ndZc7) 87
If you can be stabbed to death with a sharpened toothbrush handle, what kind of "knife" might one have for EDC when you want one that makes it through metal detection at stadiums and concerts, the kind of places you might go to and forget about the no knives thing.
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 03:25 PM (KiBMU) 88
My usual carry knife is a Swiss Army knife.
Speaking of carry knives, I like the name Aragorn used for his "knife", Anduril. Flame of the West. And I automatically came to like the founder of that company, Anduril, from the last thread. Anyone that names their company after Aragorn's sword has to be a good guy. Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 12, 2026 03:25 PM (RCw7C) 89
UN Nominates Iran to Lead Its Terrorism Prevention Group
- That like putting me in charge of the Pizza Prohibition Party. Or me in charge of the Sophie Marceau Haters Club. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 03:26 PM (Riz8t) 90
Those batteries burn when you boot them in your bottom, too.
Posted by: Nasty Man at April 12, 2026 03:26 PM (oftw2) 91
86 Then there's this.
UN Nominates Iran to Lead Its Terrorism Prevention Group - That like putting me in charge of the Pizza Prohibition Party. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:24 PM (ndZc7) Old shaitan's got his claws around UN's slimy heart. One of their next AG/s might be the anti-christ, at this rate. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:26 PM (LHPAg) 92
I carry two knives. One Husky (Home Depot) flip out utility blade knife and a Winchester 3 1/2" one handed thumb flip knife in bright orange. Both always sharp. Dull knives are dangerous.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 03:27 PM (emWLT) 93
as stated by others: making items fool proof is impossible as fools are so ingenious.
Posted by: gov'theretohelp at April 12, 2026 03:27 PM (x0hD2) 94
Well the part I need is out there, but my PayPal needs to be updated, or not. And somehow any othrr way didn't work either.
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 03:28 PM (Ia/+0) 95
as stated by others: making items fool proof is impossible as fools are so ingenious.
And ubiquitous. Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 12, 2026 03:29 PM (RCw7C) 96
I should know.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 12, 2026 03:29 PM (RCw7C) 97
Idiot proofing something just makes better idiots.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 03:30 PM (emWLT) 98
I have a sky-blue Swiss Army in my pocket, it's the little one with scissors, tweezers, etc, a real surgical tool.
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:35 PM (LHPAg) 99
Reese's Law sounded good at the time.
Posted by: Shoefly the Boxing Mule at April 12, 2026 03:36 PM (ufJfM) 100
I also have a Leeatherman Rescue tool, but it's really too heavy to carry.
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:37 PM (LHPAg) 101
Petty Complaints and Irritations were a less successful Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers spin-off band in the early 80s. Niggling little problems kept them from stardom.
Posted by: Musikologist at April 12, 2026 03:37 PM (oftw2) 102
Agree with the "Harbor Freight" people!
Their multi-purpose scissors are $1.29. They are micro-serrated and eat plastic packaging for breakfast. For the pain, suffering, and medical expense of a single knife wound to your hand, you could purchase a hundred pairs of their scissors. (I think the pair in my tool bag has lasted 10 years!) Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 03:37 PM (HlyYF) 103
Disponible cerca de ti.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 03:39 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 03:39 PM (Kt19C) 105
To be truly prepared when going out in this cold, cruel world, only Hurst Jaws-of-Life hydraulic tools will do. Will need big pockets.
Posted by: Semper Paratus at April 12, 2026 03:40 PM (oftw2) 106
I have a pretty good collection of open box wrenches from Harbor Freight. Needed several specific sizes to change the tie rods on my tractor.
Too bad one tie rod is apparently seized and I can't get it off without turning the whole axel. Pissing me off. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 03:40 PM (AkEZC) 107
Even discarded batteries still have some juice in them that is nasty when a toddler swallows them. The packaging is simply evil but flavor has some benefit if you don’t lick your fingers during or after installing one…
Posted by: epador at April 12, 2026 03:42 PM (1TB0b) 108
Ms Now ..... Hungary. Orban sp? Concedes defeat.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 03:42 PM (Sco7b) 109
Friend of mine gave me a Gerber folding chefs knife one year. Any material that touched its edge yielded without protest. The blade locked with a satisfying ring. I do have a nice collection of various pocket knives that I mostly use to notch my cigars, but I do miss that Gerber...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 03:43 PM (nbLIj) Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 03:44 PM (2TPZH) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 03:44 PM (Kt19C) 112
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NPR is complaining that women have long hair and wear pretty dresses. Apparently that’s MAGA coded. --- Stockings with straight seems up the back? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 03:44 PM (4qjYs) 113
Most problems like this are process problems.
You just don't understand the process. Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at April 12, 2026 03:45 PM (uNwvV) 114
But at least he doesn't have to try to open these edibles from Ontario's pot shops.
It's a drug test designed as packaging. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 03:45 PM (Sco7b) 115
I have been seeing $500+ tactical knives on sale recently.
I don't understand the purpose of a $500 knife. If I am going into some "no gun" zone where I think it is likely that I am going to get into a knife fight, I would rather spend the money on a "mouse" gun. That way the OTHER guy is bringing a knife to a gun fight. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 03:45 PM (HlyYF) 116
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:08 PM (ndZc7)
Bet he's got a Unicorn somewhere now. Posted by: Eromero -- Up his butt. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 03:46 PM (4qjYs) 117
Oops. Victor Orban lost. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 12, 2026 03:47 PM (n7rxJ) 118
I came out of a hyper-masculine environment…etc etc
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:08 PM (ndZc7) I am fairly confident you can be hyper masculine and NOT an anti-Semite, racist piece of garbage. In fact, I would proffer someone who is hyper masculine and NOT an anti-Semite, racist piece of garbage is exactly what most women swoon over. Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 03:48 PM (Wmg4n) 119
NPR National Propaganda Radio can shovd their Culture Marxists veirs up their ass
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 03:49 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 03:50 PM (ExV1e) 121
Like putting them on a high shelf. Yeah...that's a complex operation, but I managed to do it!
To be fair, only because you (figuratively) stand on the shoulders of giants. Someone had to design and build those shelves, you know. Of course, as a CoB, you have VIP access to one of the galaxy's premier shelving design and construction consultants. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 03:50 PM (0sNs1) 122
115 I have been seeing $500+ tactical knives on sale recently.
I don't understand the purpose of a $500 knife. If I am going into some "no gun" zone where I think it is likely that I am going to get into a knife fight, I would rather spend the money on a "mouse" gun. That way the OTHER guy is bringing a knife to a gun fight. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 03:45 PM (HlyYF) Very tactical of you, PI. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:50 PM (LHPAg) 123
Too bad one tie rod is apparently seized and I can't get it off without turning the whole axel.
Pissing me off. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 03:40 PM I have been amazed at the efficacy of a blow-torch application to seized threads lately. (Assuming no flammable liquids or plastic in the area.) Recently couldn't get the steel wheel off of my F-150. Started warming it up with the torch. Four minutes later, heard a huge "whaaaang", and it was then free as a bird. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 03:51 PM (HlyYF) 124
My very possible FWP until November is this -
Trump says oil and gas prices could be 'a little bit higher' or 'around the same' ahead of midterms https://tinyurl.com/4sjzjhrc This sucks. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 03:52 PM (abIsI) 125
Too bad one tie rod is apparently seized and I can't get it off without turning the whole axel.
Pissing me off. Posted by: Martini Farmer PB Blaster dousing. If that doesn't work put fire to it. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 03:54 PM (abIsI) 126
124 My very possible FWP until November is this -
Trump says oil and gas prices could be 'a little bit higher' or 'around the same' ahead of midterms https://tinyurl.com/4sjzjhrc This sucks. Posted by: Maj. Healey --- Did he mention that this is putting the screws to China? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 03:54 PM (4qjYs) 127
That way the OTHER guy is bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 03:45 PM Very tactical of you, PI. Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:50 PM I am only "mostly" an Idiot! Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 03:54 PM (HlyYF) 128
See no point in a $500 knife
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 03:57 PM (Ia/+0) 129
126 124 My very possible FWP until November is this -
Trump says oil and gas prices could be 'a little bit higher' or 'around the same' ahead of midterms https://tinyurl.com/4sjzjhrc This sucks. Posted by: Maj. Healey --- Did he mention that this is putting the screws to China? Posted by: Braenyard Did not mention this in the article. It's costing me 36 x $6.39 = $230 to fill up on fuel. It's not sustainable. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 03:58 PM (abIsI) 130
Question for AOP and the rest of our smart "fixer" Morons.
How long is the "working time" when you spray penetrating oil on seized parts. Do you spray it and wait an hour before putting the wrench to it again? Do you let it sit overnight? How many times do you try with penetrating oil, before you put fire to it? Or potentially damaging torque to it? Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 03:59 PM (HlyYF) 131
Get cleaned up and upstairs
FOOD NOOD Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0) 132
130 Question for AOP and the rest of our smart "fixer" Morons.
How long is the "working time" when you spray penetrating oil on seized parts. Do you spray it and wait an hour before putting the wrench to it again? Do you let it sit overnight? How many times do you try with penetrating oil, before you put fire to it? Or potentially damaging torque to it? Posted by: Pillage Idiot I leave the PB Blaster on for 1 hour, then hit it again and wait an hour. Can you get an impact wrench on the nut/bolt? Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 04:01 PM (abIsI) 133
I have some vehicles need topping off. Subaru needs 10 gal, 18 F150 needs 20 gal, 91 F150 needs 13 gal, 92 F150 needs 20 gal I think. Sending units are kinda skeevy when it's two tanks get down a quarter.. Regardless that's a pile of money with gas at 3.45.
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 04:01 PM (LHPAg) 134
> Too bad one tie rod is apparently seized and I can't get it off without turning the whole axel.
Pissing me off. Posted by: Martini Farmer PB Blaster dousing. If that doesn't work put fire to it. ------------ I hit it with WD-40 yesterday. On my morning return to it and my first tugs on a wrench.... I threw my back out. The pain is.... annoying and constant. It's going to any shop that'll take it half done. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 04:01 PM (AkEZC) 135
I have been amazed at the efficacy of a blow-torch application to seized threads lately.
------ Referred to, in these parts, as 'the blue wrench'. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 04:03 PM (XeU6L) 136
Radical anti-ICE protesters gathered Saturday afternoon in Broadview, Illinois, outside a federal immigration detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, turned their protest, featuring hundreds of colorful dildos into a bizarre, X-rated carnival.
Part of a coördinated national “F*ck ICE” day, dubbed “Operation Dildo Blitz,” left-wing activists across the country weaponized sex toys in a desperate bid to disrupt President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts. In a First of First World Problems, an unhinged cohort of the leftists hurled dildoes over the barricades at law enforcement, prompting the protest organizers to desperately yell, “Do not throw the c-cks!” as the projectiles flew. Sadly, WNBA players were unavailable for color commentary. Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 12, 2026 04:03 PM (0sNs1) 137
I bought a "page" of these batteries and it takes more than a minute to free an single battery. This is nonsense and I will avoid doing business with that company/brand again.
@130 Waiting for WD-40 to work depends on a lot of factors. I recently sprayed bolts twice over about 45 minutes before removing them with a hex nut driver. I have had to spray lug nuts on a wheel multiple times and wait overnight to loosen the nuts. I don't know of a hard and fast rule. Spray, test and spray again until it loosens. Posted by: WarEagle82 at April 12, 2026 04:04 PM (YcfMX) 138
It's costing me 36 x $6.39 = $230 to fill up on fuel.
It's not sustainable. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 03:58 PM Remember when we had beater cars (or trucks) in our youth to make it to our first summer job, or mow lawns, etc. The young people in my city do not appear to be able to afford cars on those types of jobs now. I see a lot of them in work clothes using electric bikes/scooters/etc. Low up-front cost, no insurance, and great "MPG" certainly help out on their tight transportation budgets. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 04:04 PM (HlyYF) 139
Question for AOP and the rest of our smart "fixer" Morons.
How long is the "working time" when you spray penetrating oil on seized parts. Do you spray it and wait an hour before putting the wrench to it again? Do you let it sit overnight? How many times do you try with penetrating oil, before you put fire to it? Or potentially damaging torque to it? Posted by: Pillage Idiot Before i sold my '54 3100 pickup, i'd spray a bolt and let it sit overnight, then spray it again before i tried to break it loose. If that didn't work, torch for a few minutes, spray it again while hot, let it sit for an hoir or so, the try again. No joy? It cannot stay siezed if it's melted. Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 04:05 PM (QVmho) 140
Wound up buying a titanium utility knife to open those darn packages. However: Seinfeld - All old people steal. That's right. That's why we stopped carrying batteries. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 12, 2026 04:05 PM (NFX2v) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 04:05 PM (4qjYs) 142
How long is the "working time" when you spray penetrating oil on seized parts.
Do you spray it and wait an hour before putting the wrench to it again? Do you let it sit overnight? How many times do you try with penetrating oil, before you put fire to it? Or potentially damaging torque to it? Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 03:59 PM (HlyYF) Depends upon how tightly the part is seized. If you heat to it, and burn the penetrating oil off, you need to reapply. Hopefully, that heat has opened up some porosity in the rust bond, and allowed the oil to penetrate. Repeated heat/cool cycles, with or without added penetrant, work wonders. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 04:06 PM (utfVc) 143
Packaging nowadays is formidable. It will slice open your skin or spill everything in the package onto the floor. Here's where gravity kicks my ass everyday.
I stay away from box cutters and have acquired more scissors because plastic wrapping will fuck you up. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 04:07 PM (Fbc0I) 144
141 Always wanted a knife with a marlin-spike.
Never had a reason to buy one. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 04:05 PM Never had a reason to buy one ... so far! Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 04:07 PM (HlyYF) 145
I hit it with WD-40 yesterday. On my morning return to it and my first tugs on a wrench.... I threw my back out. The pain is.... annoying and constant. It's going to any shop that'll take it half done.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 04:01 PM (AkEZC) Exactly what part of which vehicle? I can't visualize how wrenching on a tie rod can turn the whole axle. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 04:08 PM (utfVc) 146
Before i sold my '54 3100 pickup, i'd spray a bolt and let it sit overnight, then spray it again before i tried to break it loose. If that didn't work, torch for a few minutes, spray it again while hot, let it sit for an hoir or so, the try again. No joy? It cannot stay siezed if it's melted.
Posted by: BifBewalski ---- If you can replace the nut could you drill one or more small holes in it and crack it? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 04:08 PM (4qjYs) 147
I find it interesting that fuel prices vary so much around the country. Tax differences account for much of that, transportation costs, of course. But I suspect that the sellers increase things to what the local market can bear. Prices at resort communities always seem higher.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 04:09 PM (XeU6L) 148
141 Always wanted a knife with a marlin-spike.
Never had a reason to buy one. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others I bought a Kabar rigging knife at the PX when I was in CG Basic training. Never really used it as I was in engineering and not a deck ape. Still have it. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 12, 2026 04:10 PM (abIsI) 149
Thanks for all of the penetrating oil advice.
I am basically doing now what the wiser Morons are already doing. Plus, using a cheater pipe. Even though I am no longer a scrawny kid, the 'ol cheater pipe still can be a big help to fat, old guys. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 04:14 PM (HlyYF) 150
I find it interesting that fuel prices vary so much around the country. Tax differences account for much of that, transportation costs, of course. But I suspect that the sellers increase things to what the local market can bear. Prices at resort communities always seem higher.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 04:09 PM (XeU6L) I think Healey is in one of the Peoples' Republics of the Pacific Coast, where idiot Dem state governments have vastly increased the gas taxes. He is blaming on Trump what is mostly caused by his governor and legislature. Based on my recent trip up through that area, gas is a buck a gallon or more higher than in sane States. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 04:19 PM (utfVc) 151
And I am going to go get in some shop time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 04:19 PM (utfVc) 152
87 If you can be stabbed to death with a sharpened toothbrush handle, what kind of "knife" might one have for EDC when you want one that makes it through metal detection at stadiums and concerts, the kind of places you might go to and forget about the no knives thing.
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 03:25 PM (KiBMU) Not ceramic. I once tested a ceramic kitchen knife, and found that while it had a thin metal core that showed up faintly in the x-ray, it was not enough to set off the metal detector. If you forgot it in your pocket and remembered everything else, then you would probably get away with it -- but not if you forgot it in your bag, and not if you forgot something else that set the metal detector off and got you patted down. That's too much remembering required for it be suitable as a workaround for forgetfulness. Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 05:22 PM (Sy6m/) 153
Braenyard
Couple of weeks ago I went through the attic pulling out excess knives to sell (found about a hundred). Liked that 3” Kershaw very much. Always wanted a backup, so would buy an extra now and then. Found I had accumulated seven of them. Posted by: French Jeton at April 12, 2026 05:50 PM (j0T5y) 154
1. I bought batteries with that packaging
2. After an epic struggle, I defeated the evil packaging, 3. I bought the wrong size battery. Sigh. Posted by: Solutus at April 12, 2026 05:50 PM (Ds9EH) Posted by: Marooned at April 12, 2026 06:43 PM (+Yx0S) 156
I get that the company is trying keep kids from eating batteries, or maybe keep adults from eating batteries! But how about a little bit of personal responsibility?
****** Take it up with the lawyers. Posted by: EFG at April 12, 2026 07:43 PM (zZ+Sw) 157
Welcome to the nanny state world. I have been using hearing aids for about 50 years, starting in 2024 the packaging of small air-zinc or old style standard alkaline button cells are now completely sealed in plastic and cardboard. As you have discovered, completely unable to be opened without sharp scissors plus the use of a sharp blade. I use box cutter type blade to cut open the entire 6 or 8 packs then insert them into a purchased (another 14 bucks) small dispenser that looks exactly like the packaging that used to exist for batteries at the pharmacy before the rules change, flip tab or rotary to an open cell in order to get at one battery. So, utter inconvenience for the majority of the users who are older and hence less dexterous with opening such blister packs. All because some parents are incapable of making sure their children do not ingest objects found in the house. Tell me where said children are found in households where the occupants are mostly past age 60, yep, we are the ones that trained our kids and grands to NOT ingest batteries, but we get to suffer. Reducing government regulation cannot happen fast enough.
Posted by: Terrapod at April 12, 2026 08:30 PM (WPWIk) 158
To open these kinds of packages, take a sharp knife and 'shave off' the plastic bubble below the battery, leaving the cardboard fully intact.
Posted by: Chainsaw at April 13, 2026 01:01 PM (p7g/X) 159
jackknife so handy.
Posted by: cmeat at April 13, 2026 02:11 PM (R11M+) This Might Be Better Than A Flying Car, Especially In TrafficUS Army's next-gen combat vehicle adds autonomy, 50 mm cannon power At the center of the XM30's capabilities is an unmanned turret equipped with a 50 mm XM913 Bushmaster autocannon. This weapon offers greater range and firepower than the 25 mm cannon on the Bradley, improving effectiveness against modern armored threats. The unmanned turret allows the vehicle to operate with a two-person crew. Both crew members remain inside the hull, enhancing protection by removing the need for a traditional manned turret position.Here's the video! Yes, it's an advertisement, but it looks like just the thing for commuting into our blue cities. I saw a video of one of our Bradleys we gave to Ukraine absolutely knocking the snot out of a Russian tank. And the Bradley carries a 25mm gun. A 50mm chain gun will be a game changer...maybe. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Good afternoon everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Cow Demon at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (hJH5n) 3
The unmanned turret allows the vehicle to operate with a two-person crew.
—————— Unmanned with a two person crew? Hmmm Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (u73oe) 4
I can visit Detroit again!!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (Sco7b) 5
Begs a great business opportunity for someone who can make a vehicle (or a hand carried) EMP device.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:03 PM (2WIwB) 6
'Unmanned turret'. Placing a great deal of faith in automation in what may be a high-risk environment. (Nephew & niece aren't here yet).
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 12:04 PM (NcvvS) 7
A announcing new and improved armored vehicle now is like announcing a new and improved saddle for the cavalry in 1916.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 12, 2026 12:04 PM (TR4+2) 8
2 men and a AI turret, fantastic.
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:06 PM (Ia/+0) 9
Would like to see a 50mm auto-cannon in operation
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:07 PM (Ia/+0) 10
Remember when we desperately needed a replacement for the jeep so they came up with the HMVEE? Bigger, faster, stronger, more versatile, could carry a bunch in a C-130 oor C-17. Real mobility! then the bad guys started laying mines and IEDs. Suddenly they weren't very survivable, so Congress (in their infinite wisdom) said to armor them up. So instead of carrying 7-8 in a C-130 you got 2. And not as fast, not as mobile, and all the Iranians did was modify the IED they gave to the bad guys.
I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB) 11
Coming to a local law enforcement agency near you (in about 10 years) under the 1033 program.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Y1sOo) 12
Sorry...news dump if antone cares.
FoxNews - no deal. Trump blockade of Strait. Trump said everything was good except Iran's desire for nukes. I wonder why they want those. MSNow - Velshi. No Iran deal. And his tits are still in a bunch over Trump's destroying civilization remarks. New reason to be upset ..... blocking the strait!!! CNN- Iran blockade. Also 2028 and Swalwell because the knives are out. GatewayPundit thinks there may have been a threeway. CBC - Canadian politics. Blockade now.... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Sco7b) Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:09 PM (2WIwB) 14
*5 Begs a great business opportunity for someone who can make a vehicle (or a hand carried) EMP device.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:03 PM* From Saving Private Ryan: Capt. Miller: Well, we could make a sticky bomb. Corp. Henderson: Are, are you making that up, sir? Capt. Miller: No, it's in the field manual. Pvt. Ryan: Well, we seem to be out of field manuals, sir. Perhaps you can "enlighten" us. Capt. Miller: You take a standard G.I. sock, cram it with as much Comp[osition] B as it can hold, rig up a simple fuse, then coat the whole thing with axle grease. Now when you throw it, it should stick. It's a bomb that sticks, a "sticky bomb." Think of a better way to knock out the tracks off a tank, 'm all ears. Posted by: But it's NOT a movie thread! at April 12, 2026 12:12 PM (2Ez/1) 15
It's too heavy to forward deploy by air tactically or airdrop. You can bring them in with very heavy airlift like a c-5 maybe c-17 if you control the lz and have a modern prepared infrastructure ready.
Something less than 25ton and 100" x 90" would be better. Or flying battle mechs piloted by big tt anime girls which is actually preferable all around. Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 12:13 PM (3uBP9) 16
In other .mil nooz, the US Navy is going to be stopping any freighters that paid Iran's toll.
Sodomy and the lash for all! Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 12:14 PM (gKWVE) 17
Lovely, electric hybrid engine
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:14 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:15 PM (Sco7b) 19
Put a Cummins in it. Electric garbage.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:15 PM (emWLT) 20
Imagine if the turret had a 50mm gun instead of a 5mm one.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 12:16 PM (u5xQp) 21
Aaahkkctchually Detroit has been making quite a comeback. Started in the mid 2010s after bankruptcy. Definitely not the Detroit of the 80s and 90s anymore.They shifted the economic focus away from cars and the city is doing relatively well. Lots of neighborhoods brought back from the brink, through gentrification. Downtown is walkable.
It’s by no means 100% revitalization and there still are several no go zones, etc. But a lot of it has turned positive. Posted by: Heroq at April 12, 2026 12:16 PM (UuB1r) 22
There's a YouTuber, Sal Mercogliano who does videos called "What's Going On With Shipping" and had a presentation about the current situation. It's not strictly from a commercial shipping perspective, but it's not a military one either.
He discusses the situation with the purported mining of the Hormuz done by Iran/IRGC and the changes Iran implemented to the shipping channels. Worth a look if interested it the situation from a non-military POV exclusively or filled with politics. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 12:17 PM (AkEZC) Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 12:17 PM (ynpvh) 24
OT:
Things are looking promising in the Hungarian elections. Like a lot of countries, Hungary has a City Party and a County Party - historically, Budapest has generally hated Orban, while the rest of Hungary has generally supported Orban. Turnout is running very high in rural areas and small towns in Hungary, which is good for Fidesz and Orban. Eurocrats and open-border advocates hardest hit. Fingers crossed... Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:18 PM (n1OCj) Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:19 PM (0N4FZ) 26
50mm, a Bradley has a 25mm auto-cannon
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:20 PM (Ia/+0) 27
Didn't you mean a 5cm chain gun?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:19 PM (0N4FZ) No. 50mm. Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:20 PM (emWLT) 28
I, for one, would take a 5mm chain gun. My current 4.7mm stuff is fun to shoot!
Posted by: ballistic at April 12, 2026 12:21 PM (oqH4h) 29
A silly millimeter longer...
Posted by: 6mm chain gun at April 12, 2026 12:21 PM (2Ez/1) 30
Posted by: Heroq at April 12, 2026 12:15 PM (YTjJV
My Mom grew up there. The family fled during Coleman Young's reign. May he rot in hell. I still wouldn't want to travel there. From Grok. Violent Crime Ranking (Latest Available Data) Based on 2024–2025 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data and analyses: Detroit often places in the top 5–10 for violent crime rate per 100,000 residents among major U.S. cities (population 100,000+ or 200,000+). In one 2026 compilation of top dangerous cities using recent FBI figures, Detroit ranked #3 with a violent crime rate of approximately 2,059 per 100,000 (behind Memphis at ~2,437 and St. Louis at ~2,082). U.S. News & World Report's 2025–2026 "Most Dangerous Places" ranking placed Detroit at #5. Other sources (e.g., MoneyGeek, NeighborhoodScout) rank it in the bottom 1–5% safest for violent crime nationally, with rates several times the U.S. average (~359–400 violent crimes per 100,000). Detroit's violent crime rate (including murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) was reported around 1,781–2,059 per 100,000 in recent FBI snapshots, compared to the national average of roughly 359. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:21 PM (Sco7b) 31
Proper cannons are measured in inches, not silly millimeters!
Posted by: My Big Ten Inch at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (oftw2) 32
Just finished watching the video, where do the actual Infantry guys go? There does not appear to be any room for an infantry squad/section to ride in the vehicle.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (0N4FZ) 33
The Paolo, he no impressed.
Posted by: The Paolo at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (55eRG) 34
31 Proper cannons are measured in inches, not silly millimeters!
Posted by: My Big Ten Inch at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (oftw2) Millimeters makes it seem longer. Posted by: Euroweenie Vienna Sausage at April 12, 2026 12:24 PM (ynpvh) 35
I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB) it looks like it is supposed to be the ISV, which does look like an upscale ATV that sits 6 based on a Chevy truck frame Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:24 PM (rbvCR) Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 12:24 PM (NcvvS) 37
32 Just finished watching the video, where do the actual Infantry guys go? There does not appear to be any room for an infantry squad/section to ride in the vehicle.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (0N4FZ) They are the put between the baterries. Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:24 PM (emWLT) 38
If Orban loses that’s the last bastion of Europe that falls. Budapest will be 50% Muslim within a decade.
In Germany, France, UK this happened stealthily. No politicians there expressly said we’re going to turn your country Muslim. They just did it behind the scenes. So you can sorta kinda excuse voters for letting it happen. They were conned to a certain extent. In Hungary the leftists are outright saying yes we will open the borders and you will someday be a minority in your own country. Hungary has had a decade witnessing what happened in the UK, France and Germany. And even so, there is a chance they may win. There is no excuse this time. A sizable percentage of Europeans hate themselves to the point they will vote for self extermination. Posted by: Heroq at April 12, 2026 12:25 PM (UuB1r) 39
16 In other .mil nooz, the US Navy is going to be stopping any freighters that paid Iran's toll.
Sodomy and the lash for all! Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 12:14 PM (gKWVE) ------- I'm here, once again, to flaunt my ignorance... is this a good idea? It seems one thing if Iran wants to hold the world hostage but quite another to hold ships and say "Fuck you - pay me" to the world. Would other countries be likely to say this is an act of aggression against them? Posted by: 496 at April 12, 2026 12:25 PM (TV54s) 40
The Three Stooges were on artillery crew and shot the Admirals flagship from a shore gun emplacement.
Posted by: Ready! Fire! Aim! at April 12, 2026 12:26 PM (oftw2) 41
>>Didn't you mean a 5cm chain gun?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:19 PM (0N4FZ) No. 50mm. Um, granted we are metric-disgusted, but... Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 12:26 PM (NcvvS) 42
I lived in a house with a turret in Brooklyn in the 60s.
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at April 12, 2026 12:27 PM (oftw2) 43
I can't be the only one wondering how far a tank can go on a full charge.
I'm wondering if my idea of 100 mile extension cords is suddenly viable. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:27 PM (Sco7b) 44
More money down the pentagon shitter.
We don't fight wars anymore to win so why do we need a 50mm autocannon, it just gets in the way of the pizza oven and the PlayStation. Posted by: Roy Munson at April 12, 2026 12:28 PM (onPc6) 45
I think I have Turret's Syndrome because I keep going off.
Posted by: No Self Control at April 12, 2026 12:28 PM (oftw2) 46
42 I lived in a house with a turret in Brooklyn in the 60s.
I lived in one in the Spring Garden area of Philly! went back to show the building to the kids and they tore it down and put an ugly lego-box modernist "townhome" there the turreted house on the corner across Green was still there tho Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 12, 2026 12:28 PM (j+aD2) 47
I know a lot of you don't like X but it's been really fun lately with the auto-translation going on
I'm having a BLAST! some really interesting Italian and Japanese peeps and we can talk directly now. it's really cool Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 12, 2026 12:29 PM (j+aD2) 48
Put a Cummins in it. Electric garbage.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:15 PM (emWLT) I see a Diesel-electric drive as advantageous for tracked vehicles. One or more engines, driving one or more generators. Small battery bank (optional) for surge power. Electric motor on each track. No huge torque converters. No massive and expensive reduction gears. Each track independently controlled, so you could run one forward, and the other in reverse to pivot-steer. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 12:32 PM (utfVc) 49
I won't stand for this denigration of the metric system. I will not stand for it!!!
Posted by: Lincoln Chafee at April 12, 2026 12:32 PM (Ucgf4) Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 12:32 PM (XuXeR) 51
I’d love to drive one of those downtown Seattle. During the next No Kings protest.
Flying a ginormous American Flag. And blasting rock and roll. Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 12:33 PM (qKTd3) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 12:34 PM (tgvbd) 53
I got a trailer with a generator on it. Get out and clean the mud out of your recepticle plug it in. You'll be charged in a few hours. I'm going to PMCS my eyelids. Insure they function properly.
G-night. Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 12:34 PM (emWLT) Posted by: Operator Error at April 12, 2026 12:35 PM (wsxbk) Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 12:35 PM (XuXeR) 56
In Hungary the leftists are outright saying yes we will open the borders and you will someday be a minority in your own country.
The pro-EU sex pervert druggie running against Orban claims that he will be even tougher on immigration than Orban. And if you believe that, I have several bridges across the Danube to sell you. This is a really important election. Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:36 PM (n1OCj) 57
Another tired phrase - "game changer"
(Just because it has been used so bloody much) Posted by: Cow Demon at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (hJH5n) "pasttime metamorphasis" is now in play, people! Be the first on your block to use it!!! Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 12:37 PM (iJfKG) Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 12:37 PM (NcvvS) 59
I'm here, once again, to flaunt my ignorance... is this a good idea? It seems one thing if Iran wants to hold the world hostage but quite another to hold ships and say "Fuck you - pay me" to the world. Would other countries be likely to say this is an act of aggression against them?
Posted by: 496 at April 12, 2026 12:25 PM (TV54s) Trump just flipped the script. The mob on the street decided to shake down shop owners to keep them from burning down the stores, so the other mob burned down the stores for paying protection money. The Euros have put themselves in a position where they need oil from the gulf, AND if the recent revelations are true, then the Iranians are laundering their money through Lloyd's Bank and Banco Santander UK. This means the Euros were in a position to bring a lot of pressure to allow Iran to levy "protection" from their own piracy and also skim the fees for processing the banking transactions. As well as hiking the insurance up and requiring any insured shipping to pay the protection money. Both ends of this will profit the UK and Euro banks. And Trump said "howabout no" Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR) 60
This is the Armoured Vehicle thread
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:38 PM (Ia/+0) 61
In Hungary the leftists are outright saying yes we will open the borders and you will someday be a minority in your own country.
Tell me you don't know how to read the room without telling me you don't know how to read the room. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:38 PM (Riz8t) Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 12:38 PM (XuXeR) 63
In Hungary the leftists are outright saying yes we will open the borders and you will someday be a minority in your own country.
One factor in Hungary that's not true in most of Europe is that Hungary was ruled by the Ottoman Empire for a couple of centuries. They didn't like it. Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:39 PM (n1OCj) 64
Tell me you don't know how to read the room without telling me you don't know how to read the room.
That's why the Leftists in Hungary are lying about their intentions, of course. "Open borders? Who, us?" Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:40 PM (n1OCj) 65
I like Armoured Hot Dogs!
Posted by: No Ketchup! at April 12, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2) 66
> The XM30 will probably be paired with one of the "drone" like machines being developed for ground warfare. I think a couple/several are in the works. Both wheeled and tracked with different mission sets.
Like one sort for recon work, another for anti-personnel another one for anti-armor, etc. Some remote controlled, others not. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 12:42 PM (AkEZC) Posted by: Tough Kids, Sissy Kids.... at April 12, 2026 12:42 PM (oftw2) 68
Armour Hot Dogs?
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 12:38 PM (XuXeR) ------- Rumor has it that they're the dogs kids love to bite. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 12:43 PM (mtevP) 69
Think Metric! Posted by: Great Bumper Stickers of The Smithsonian at April 12, 2026 12:45 PM (2Ez/1) 70
We prefer large caliber.
Posted by: Flying battlemechs piloted by big tt anime girls at April 12, 2026 12:45 PM (3uBP9) 71
Meanwhile, in Ukraine:
1. There is a 36-hour Easter truce going on at the moment. Both sides have suspended their drone campaigns until Monday. In the past few weeks, Ukraine has stepped up their cross-border drone attacks. If you are a stationary fuel tank on either side of the border, it sucks to be you. 2. The front lines remain pretty much where they have been for a couple of months. The Russian attacks on some cities are stalled, while a few villages and potato fields swap hands multiple times. 3. The Russians are waiting for the Ukrainians to collapse, while the Ukrainians wait for a better option to appear. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 12, 2026 12:46 PM (TR4+2) Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 12:46 PM (QVmho) 73
What about us?
Posted by: Fat kids and skinny kids at April 12, 2026 12:46 PM (2Ez/1) 74
The video for the Lynx shows that Anduril is part of the development team. Isn't Anduril the company that basically said they needed to sign off on any actions in which their software is used? If so, I think Anduril needs to be barred from future contracting for some period of time, and told if they ever pull something like that again, the bar becomes permanent. You don't make policy.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t) 75
The front lines remain pretty much where they have been for a couple of months. The Russian attacks on some cities are stalled, while a few villages and potato fields swap hands multiple times.
Mud season. Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:49 PM (n1OCj) 76
>>> The video for the Lynx shows that Anduril is part of the development team. Isn't Anduril the company that basically said they needed to sign off on any actions in which their software is used? If so, I think Anduril needs to be barred from future contracting for some period of time, and told if they ever pull something like that again, the bar becomes permanent. You don't make policy.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t) No the anduril guy seems pretty based. You might be thinking about anthropic who are dirty shit libs. Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 12:50 PM (3uBP9) Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (ynpvh) Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB) 79
74 The video for the Lynx shows that Anduril is part of the development team. Isn't Anduril the company that basically said they needed to sign off on any actions in which their software is used? If so, I think Anduril needs to be barred from future contracting for some period of time, and told if they ever pull something like that again, the bar becomes permanent. You don't make policy.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t) This is Anthropic, not Anduril. Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (hcocR) 80
> The video for the Lynx shows that Anduril is part of the development team. Isn't Anduril the company that basically said they needed to sign off on any actions in which their software is used?
--------- I think it's Anthropic... an AI company that's behind the one called "Claude." IIRC. Used by the DoW to plan the Maduro snatch and grab. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 12:52 PM (AkEZC) 81
No the anduril guy seems pretty based. You might be thinking about anthropic who are dirty shit libs.
This is Anthropic, not Anduril. Ah, you are correct! Thanks. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t) 82
Isn't "Anduril" some place or person from Lord of the Rings?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (utfVc) 83
78 Strike Hard! 50mm
Bring it! 120mm *smiles* 155mm Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB) Laughs! 5mm Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (ynpvh) 84
I know a lot of you don't like X but it's been really fun lately with the auto-translation going on
I'm having a BLAST! some really interesting Italian and Japanese peeps and we can talk directly now. it's really cool Are you recreating the Axis? *glances nervously at Germany* Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t) 85
It's a mystery (that might be cleared up some day) why we didn't institute a de facto quarantine on Iranian export revenues from day one. Easily done, given our forces in the region. No Iranian ability to interfere (intercept ships well outside the range of Iran's generally ineffective weapons). USN lacks ship numbers overall, but this is an easy task, given limited geography involved.
Continuation of what we have already been doing - Venezuelan or Iranian oil gets to the world market, preventing further impact on prices, while not one $ gets to the regime. Goes to escrow accounts - some of which already exist and have been used for this purpose. The "toll" thing is not big $ for the regime and won't last. We can stop it in one day by mining the alternative routes Iran is forcing ships to use - again, Iran has no workarounds or capability to deal with this. In any case 93% chance general offensive operations resume soon. Regime hasn't changed despite Trump's amusing assertions, there's a lot more work to do, and we're moving even more assets into range. Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 12:55 PM (U/Byj) 86
How would you like to be in one of those when the LI battery gets a .50cal round through it?
You look at the stuff before the enviroweinies at the EPA dug their shitty little hand into the now Department of War. The ground vehicles could run on damn near anything. Kerosene to JP8 to used motor oil if need be. That was very intentional. This electric bullshit needs to go away. Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:56 PM (emWLT) 87
Isn't "Anduril" some place or person from Lord of the Rings?
Aragorn's sword. Much backstory to it which I imagine you're not that interested in. Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 12:56 PM (vTZFs) Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:57 PM (Sco7b) 89
82 Isn't "Anduril" some place or person from Lord of the Rings?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (utfVc) Several of these companies are named for references to LOTR. Anduril is one. Palantir is another. Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 12, 2026 12:59 PM (hcocR) 90
Isn't "Anduril" some place or person from Lord of the Rings?
Aragorn's sword. Much backstory to it which I imagine you're not that interested in. Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 12:56 PM (vTZFs) Long story short... Tom Bombadil created the sword, Anduril, from ivy, and berries and bumble bee honey! Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 01:00 PM (iJfKG) 91
Everything is free - Marxism's goal
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 01:02 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 01:02 PM (Cqx++) 93
81 No the anduril guy seems pretty based. You might be thinking about anthropic who are dirty shit libs.
This is Anthropic, not Anduril. Ah, you are correct! Thanks. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t) No the anduril guy seems pretty based. You might be thinking about anthropic who are dirty shit libs. Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 12:50 PM (3uBP9) Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril, was famously fired from Facebook for supporting Donald Trump. Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 12, 2026 01:03 PM (hcocR) 94
And if anyone has forgotten, one of our ruling communist party black robed politburo in Cali ordered the Pentagon to ignore orange-man-bad, concede to all Anthropic demands post haste, and surrender all decision making to their betters in "the court" from now on. About two weeks ago that happened.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 01:03 PM (3uBP9) 95
> The "toll" thing is not big $ for the regime and won't last. We can stop it in one day by mining the alternative routes Iran is forcing ships to use - again, Iran has no workarounds or capability to deal with this.
----------- What's wild is that the Iranians / IRGC moved the shipping channels that were being used to new ones that are entirely in Iranian territorial waters. The reason. They claimed they mined the original ones and couldn't provide "security" for commercial vessels. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 01:05 PM (AkEZC) 96
*smiles* 155mm
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB) mounted 105mm in AC 130 during Nam very effective Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 12, 2026 01:06 PM (P4Pk9) 97
banana dream - sounds like a Coup D'etat to.me
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0) 98
Heh.
The two man crew won't be fixing a thrown track in any kind of hurry. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:07 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 12, 2026 01:08 PM (n7rxJ) 100
Sometimes I run across a bit of lapidary prose that I wish I could replicate. This from Roger Kimball is an example.
Oh, oh, oh! Can you believe it? He just threatened to destroy the storied civilization of Persia, Cyrus the Great, Darius, and the Achaemenid Empire! The collective knickers of the anti-Trump establishment were twisted tight. He’s an “unhinged madman,” skirled some. “Apply the 25th Amendment and remove him from office,” burped others. Bill Kristol, the smarmy Yoda of the NeverTrump coven, urged top military leaders to disobey any such orders the president might issue. The frenzied knot of moralizing mouthpieces competed mightily to show the world how lustrous their consciences were. This shoddy bit of holier-than-thou performance art would have been simply funny were it not also such a ghastly symptom of insanity. https://tinyurl.com/468nem6h Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 01:09 PM (Riz8t) 101
The ground vehicles could run on damn near anything. Kerosene to JP8 to used motor oil if need be. That was very intentional.
This electric bullshit needs to go away. Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:56 PM (emWLT) Well, I am not talking about all-electric. You want a multi-fuel Diesel that drives a generator. Generator supplies current to electric motors to drive the tracks. That's how those giant mining trucks work. If you want, have a small lithium battery pack to provide surge power, or to enable "silent" operation for a short distance. A small battery pack could be spread out in a thin layer as part of the belly armor. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:10 PM (utfVc) 102
Heh.
The two man crew won't be fixing a thrown track in any kind of hurry. Probably not, but here's an honest question. On a modern battlefield, is that really going to be an option anymore? I doubt the vehicle would survive long enough. Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t) 103
Did somebody say thrown track?
Okay. I need this thing unplugged I got an appointment at... um yeah, an appointment at JAG. Yeah JAG. LT knows all about it. See yah. Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (emWLT) 104
96 *smiles* 155mm
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB) mounted 105mm in AC 130 during Nam very effective Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 12, 2026 01:06 PM (P4Pk9) *** Spooky? Yes. Very much so. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (2WIwB) 105
That's the sound of the men... firing off the chain gun...
Posted by: Sam Cooke at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (2Ez/1) 106
*smiles* 155mm
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB) ----------- 175mm *folds arms* Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 01:12 PM (mtevP) 107
POTUS is live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_QhhV00Yqw Posted by: BifBewalski ============= "So we're gonna have to do it the hard way -- which is the easy way." Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 12, 2026 01:12 PM (n7rxJ) 108
>>> banana dream - sounds like a Coup D'etat to.me
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0) Judge Rita Lin. If you looked in your F&Ws for a picture of what a chicom spy looks like it would be that. Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 01:12 PM (3uBP9) 109
Did somebody say thrown track?
Okay. I need this thing unplugged I got an appointment at... um yeah, an appointment at JAG. Yeah JAG. LT knows all about it. See yah. Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (emWLT) Haa! The E-4 mafia strikes again! Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB) 110
I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this.
Posted by: Diogenes ********** Infinity goes both directions. Posted by: muldoon at April 12, 2026 01:13 PM (qgHp7) 111
I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this.
Posted by: Diogenes ********** Is this about me? Posted by: The Zumwalt class destroyer at April 12, 2026 01:15 PM (2Ez/1) 112
>>> Infinity goes both directions.
Posted by: muldoon at April 12, 2026 01:13 PM (qgHp7) I manage to be stupid across the complex plane. Very dumb but even with imaginary stuff. Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 01:15 PM (3uBP9) 113
Probably not, but here's an honest question. On a modern battlefield, is that really going to be an option anymore? I doubt the vehicle would survive long enough.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t) Oh I think they will. Drones would scare the hell out of me, but counter-drone capabilities are coming along. We've gone to wheeled systems over the last 20 years...it looks like a return to tracks is next. The ebb and flow of military doctrine and contracting. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:16 PM (2WIwB) 114
Zerohedge...the ship to nowhere...
The U.S. Navy has finally thrown in the towel on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764). After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet. The decision comes as the Navy shifts focus to Virginia- and Columbia-class construction, yet one has to wonder why those same priorities could not have been acted on years earlier while Boise gathered dust and the rest of the submarine force picked up the slack Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 01:17 PM (Sco7b) 115
Autonomous tanks? Yes, please! What a great watchdog for the property.
Posted by: t-bird at April 12, 2026 01:17 PM (i14TE) 116
I want a car with a peroscope
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 01:18 PM (fE6HJ) 117
We can also be very helpful during your morning & afternoon commute!
Posted by: Flying battlemechs piloted by big tt anime girls at April 12, 2026 01:18 PM (3uBP9) Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 01:18 PM (Sco7b) 119
11 Coming to a local law enforcement agency near you (in about 10 years) under the 1033 program.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Y1sOo) Arkansas State Troopers will be their #1 consumer. Posted by: He didn't signal! KRABOOOM!!! at April 12, 2026 01:19 PM (TbWk/) 120
175mm
*folds arms* Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 01:12 PM (mtevP) 8 inch. FTW!!! (My first assignment) Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:20 PM (2WIwB) 121
The U.S. Navy has finally thrown in the towel on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764). After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet.
We thank you very much! Posted by: Somali Boat Company, Inc. at April 12, 2026 01:20 PM (onPc6) 122
Remember when we desperately needed a replacement for the jeep so they came up with the HMVEE? Bigger, faster, stronger, more versatile, could carry a bunch in a C-130 oor C-17. Real mobility! then the bad guys started laying mines and IEDs. Suddenly they weren't very survivable, so Congress (in their infinite wisdom) said to armor them up. So instead of carrying 7-8 in a C-130 you got 2. And not as fast, not as mobile, and all the Iranians did was modify the IED they gave to the bad guys. I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB) The Humvee's problem was that the sooper genius Army and Marine brass decided to use the equivalent of a WWII jeep to do a Bradley or LAV's job. Because you could quickly move a shitload of unarmored Humvees into theater, rather than using the weapons systems that were actually designed for those jobs. Combine that with enemies using modern antitank weapons (even shitty weapons made by drunken Slavs), and crude IEDs made out of obsolete artillery ammo, a blasting cap and a 9v battery, and the Humvees got hammered. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 12, 2026 01:21 PM (JoTi8) 123
We just had a 5 minute hailstorm. Itty bitty hailstones.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 01:22 PM (RIvkX) 124
After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet. ____________ After Coral Sea, we repaired Yorktown in three days. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 01:22 PM (tgvbd) 125
AOP. My comment wasn't directed at yours. I see your point.
I used to work on mining trucks. 60, 45 and 30 ton. They are all diesel. In my opinion the diesel electric is not nearly robust enough for combat conditions. It's great for something like hauling 400+ tons of rock around in circles or straight down a track but drive it off a cliff or through a river... Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 01:22 PM (emWLT) Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:23 PM (2WIwB) 127
After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet.
Stop making us look bad! The Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring holds the record for the longest recent repair, having spent over 3,000 days (more than 9 years) out of service for refits and the Power Improvement Project, exceeding its initial construction time. It is expected to return to the fleet in late 2026. Longest Recent Royal Navy Repairs HMS Daring (Type 45 Destroyer): Withdrawn in 2017, this vessel has undergone over 3,000 days of refit/regeneration (as of Aug 2025), exceeding the 2,307 days it took to build her. HMS Prince of Wales (Aircraft Carrier): Experienced over 411 days of repairs, including 193 days for severe engine room flooding, representing nearly 33% of its service time since Dec 2019. Posted by: The Royal Navy at April 12, 2026 01:25 PM (Riz8t) 128
> Sodomy and the lash for all!
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 12:14 PM (gKWVE) They stole that idea from us. Notice that we haven't done shit since we got rid of the daily rum ration. Posted by: The Royal Navy at April 12, 2026 01:25 PM (IG3/x) 129
I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this. Posted by: Diogenes ********** Is this about me? Posted by: The Zumwalt class destroyer at April 12, 2026 01:15 PM (2Ez/1) Could be worse... Posted by: M247 Sergeant York at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (JoTi8) 130
> After Coral Sea, we repaired Yorktown in three days.
------------ American shipyards were able to turn out dozens of "Liberty Ships" a week and escort destroyers at about the same rate. I think some "light" carrier types were pushed out the doors in a month or so. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (AkEZC) 131
Did somebody say thrown track? Okay. I need this thing unplugged I got an appointment at... um yeah, an appointment at JAG. Yeah JAG. LT knows all about it. See yah. Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint ==== Haa! The E-4 mafia strikes again! Posted by: Diogenes Chief Bif: why the fook is sp4 Reforger's track still deadlined. Lt Diogenes: he had to go JAG off. Chief Bif: well Lt, you & I ain't mounting it. *shouts* "motor sgt? Ambush that little shit when he comes back to Top's 1600 formation, and roadmarch his narrow ass back here so the LT & I can watch him and his squadies fix that track overnight." Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (QVmho) Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (IG3/x) 133
Bob Packwood
Barney Frank Wilbur Mills Wayne Hays Too perverted for Congress. Eric Swalwell? Just perverted enough for Congress. *thumbs up* Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 01:31 PM (RIvkX) 134
All Wilbur Mills did was run around with an Argentine stripper. If that is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:34 PM (utfVc) 135
> Barney Frank
Now, now. Who among us hasn't been blindsided by the fact that a roommate was running a gay whorehouse out of our shared apartment? Could happen to anyone. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 01:34 PM (IG3/x) 136
Well, in anticipation of the Food Thread, which will be upon us presently, I am going to attempt the construction of a Ham and Cheese Omelet. Wish me luck!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:36 PM (utfVc) 137
You morons are quite forgiving.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 01:36 PM (RIvkX) 138
You mean a 5cm chain gun? 50mm was the cannon fitted to the Me 262A-1a/U4 Kannonvogel.
How about an EM-50? Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 01:39 PM (KfXOG) 139
AOP flip egg as soon as you can, then fill
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 01:39 PM (Ia/+0) 140
Well, I am not talking about all-electric. You want a multi-fuel Diesel that drives a generator. Generator supplies current to electric motors to drive the tracks. That's how those giant mining trucks work. If you want, have a small lithium battery pack to provide surge power, or to enable "silent" operation for a short distance. A small battery pack could be spread out in a thin layer as part of the belly armor.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon ------ Process is well developed. Same principle as diesel electric locomotives. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv) 141
To 'repair' Yorktown required a lot of 'close enough' fixes and practically every yard worker in Pearl during those three days.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 01:43 PM (KfXOG) 142
How about an EM-50?
Posted by: Anna Puma ======= Bill Murray is a bit old and Harold Ramis plus John Candy are mort. Don't think Warren is still around either but we still have John Larroquette. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:44 PM (E4rtv) 143
You can't park there.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 01:45 PM (Kt19C) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 01:45 PM (KfXOG) 145
All Wilbur Mills did was run around with an Argentine stripper. If that is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon ------ For the record: Fanne Foxe Jumping into the Tidal Basin to evade the cops was the icing on the cake. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L) 146
145 Whig
Sean Young is still around. Posted by: Anna Puma ====== I forget, did she man the autocannon on the EM 50 or was it PJ Soles? I think you are correct that Sean ran it. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:47 PM (E4rtv) 147
Archaic, I know, but I still would like to have an Ontos parked in my driveway.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 01:48 PM (XeU6L) 148
Instead of guns, we ought to be giving the Iranian citizens Bradleys
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 01:50 PM (KiBMU) 149
I still want a flying car, though.
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 01:54 PM (OoFl2) 150
Hybrid? What happens if the battery gets hit? Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 12, 2026 01:54 PM (QOQ9u) 151
A 50mm cannon means less ammo can be carried for the main gun than if it were a 25mm cannon. Unless ammo storage volume is commensurately increased. Making the vehicle larger than if equipped with a 25mm, 30mm, or 35mm. It is interesting the Army skipped-over 30mm and 35mm for the cannon, calibers that are somewhat popular in Europe. So, commonality with some NATO weapons is out. Surely the Army has thought through all the pros and cons, though. Surely.
(I boastfully nominate commensurately as the Word Of The Week) Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2026 01:54 PM (5rh/l) 152
Ambush that little shit when he comes back to Top's 1600 formation, and roadmarch his narrow ass back here so the LT & I can watch him and his squadies fix that track overnight."
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (QVmho) You guys have fun with that. As you know I already report for 1400 to Batalion for extra duty. Watcha gonna do? Kick me out? Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 01:55 PM (emWLT) 153
Bif,
Flashback!!! Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:55 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 01:56 PM (eiAiG) 155
114 Zerohedge...the ship to nowhere...
The U.S. Navy has finally thrown in the towel on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764). After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet. Posted by: Stateless ======= Part of this problem is because our shipyards cannot turn out enough warships at a reasonable cost. So US Navy, desperate to keep enough ships afloat to do its job, tried to do cheap refurb and got dragged into a moneypit from sunk costs--they also kept delaying routine maintenance due to budget reasons which is why the Boise was in such bad shape to begin with. Skilled workforce on shipbuilding has shrank and went away to China, Japan, and S. Korea while the dockyards in the US and Merrie Olde England barely function. Add politicians and voila a thorough going mess. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv) 156
You guys have fun with that. As you know I already report for 1400 to Batalion for extra duty. Watcha gonna do? Kick me out?
Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 01:55 PM (emWLT) Cbief, I'll grab the Platoon Sergeant and squad leader and tell them not to make plans for Saturday. Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:59 PM (2WIwB) 157
So, commonality with some NATO weapons is out. Surely the Army has thought through all the pros and cons, though. Surely.
(I boastfully nominate commensurately as the Word Of The Week) Posted by: Gref NATO is walking dead. Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv) 158
How I got out with my E4 is one for the books. I was a better shithouse lawyer than I was a soldier and I was a damn good soldier. I was just a little to "me" for them.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 02:00 PM (emWLT) 159
1ST WORLD NOOD
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0) 160
NATO is walking dead.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv) ==== Turkey will wear it like a skinsuit. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (RIvkX) 161
Rheinmetall has an attractive clip but an Allison transmissionn (good) coupled with an ELECTRIC motor.
I missed the part about where the electric motor received its energy. Solar plates? Batteries? Auxiliary diesel genset? No mention of how energy was generated or stored. Curious, No? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:03 PM (4qjYs) 162
I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this.
Posted by: Diogenes ---- This green machine is not a replacement for the Humvee. The replacement is a light tactical vehicle built by GM, of course, using the Chevrolet Colorado as the progenitor. Except It is powered by a blown 4 cylinder Duramax diesel engine that they sell in every country of the world except here. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:09 PM (4qjYs) 163
Instead of guns, we ought to be giving the Iranian citizens Bradleys Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 01:50 PM (KiBMU) Nah. Airdrop a bunch of Gorilla Kits all over Teheran, Qom and Isfahan. Glock 19 with two extra mags, 100 rds of 9mm, concealment holster, 1 lb block of C4 with detonator kit (modern, miniature version of the dynamite detonators from Where Eagles Dare), 15 ft of det cord and a random back issue of Hustler or Penthouse. The whole thing fits into a tube the size of a Quaker Oats container. The pron mag is to entice men into moving heaven and earth to find the kits on the rooftops. Trying to issue out and register guerilla warfare guns like it's California is a really stupid idea that could only come from a CIA Ivy League pinko. Pistols and a single block of C4 isn't enough ordnance to bring earth-shattering chaos into the region, but it's enough to give the Persian people a fighting chance against the mohammedan thugs. Plus, it's small enough to be hidden until needed. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 12, 2026 02:14 PM (JoTi8) 164
This Might Be Better Than A Flying Car, Especially In Traffic
Want!!! Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 01:56 PM (eiAiG) If you had a flying car, why would you get into traffic in the first place? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:23 PM (utfVc) 165
(I boastfully nominate commensurately as the Word Of The Week)
Posted by: Gref --- I'm still recovering from Ace's use of 'gobemouche'. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 02:26 PM (XeU6L) 166
Part of this problem is because our shipyards cannot turn out enough warships at a reasonable cost. So US Navy, desperate to keep enough ships afloat to do its job, tried to do cheap refurb and got dragged into a moneypit from sunk costs
Sunk costs takes on a whole new meaning in this context. Posted by: Quite literally. Or is that litorally? at April 12, 2026 02:37 PM (TbWk/) 167
It has to be a 1WP that have correct passwords , cretit card is fine yet they want more security confirmation
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:53 PM (Ia/+0) 168
Recommend it for commuters in Charlotte, NC
Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at April 12, 2026 03:35 PM (2Qqm3) 169
I think side skirts would be a big addition or sloping armor on the sides….
Posted by: TG Sam at April 12, 2026 04:09 PM (ud9p9) 170
How many infantry will be carried in it? If it does not allow for that then it just another failed attempt at a modern light tank.
Posted by: LKP at April 12, 2026 07:45 PM (ylpKQ) 171
Man, that XM30 is really gonna help our enemies the next time we have a Democrat who abandons a bunch of them on the battlefield!
Posted by: malaking baboy at April 12, 2026 08:21 PM (qxznd) 172
"A 50mm chain gun will be a game changer...maybe."
Irrelevant to the current game. Like saying Montana class BBs are a game changer. Posted by: comradearthur at April 13, 2026 08:15 AM (9+e8q) Book Thread: 04/12/2026 [MP4]![]() ![]() (and no, not the song by the Coasters) Arrival in India and varied experiences there. Gama arrives in India. Ludicrous mistake of the Portuguese when they see images of Hindoo deities. Gama makes a big bluff in talking to the Indian king and is treated with great contempt.”Now, doesn’t that make you want to find out just what Gama said and what happened to him? And as for Van Doren, he was a master storyteller; his view of Lincoln’s assassination and escape, told through Booth’s eyes, was just the sort of thing to appeal to a young child fascinated by history. But there was another thing, too. ‘There is no frigate like a book,’ Emily Dickinson wrote. That’s the power of a great book: it can lift you out of your own world and immerse you in another, whether it be the Shire, Wonderland or even a 1920s summer house in England. I keep returning to Discoverers and Lincoln because they transform me. I’m not the sour, unhappy man looking at the world through the bottom of a glass; I’m at Columbus’ side when he hears the glad cry of ‘Land!’ I’m shivering as I watch Booth climb to the Presidential box, derringer in hand. I am, for a moment, that child curled up in a chair eagerly turning pages. What about you? Did you have any books you loved, lost and found? Or ones that you’ve lost and never found again? What is it about some books (and tell me your faves) that makes them timeless? Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:00 AM (Ia/+0) 2
Booken morgen horden!
Yay mp4! Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 09:01 AM (LmPA0) 3
Morning, Book Folken!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:02 AM (wzUl9) 4
Morning, all. It's a sunny day shining outside the window. I hope it's sunny where you are.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (qRla/) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX) 6
And thanks for letting me host, CBD.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (qRla/) 7
I read a very fun book by my fave writing team Ilona Andrews : This Kingdom Not Kill Me
Really enjoyed this. The basic premise is that 26 year old Maggie wakes up in the world of her favorite fantasy book series. She's a fantasy fan, she's very aware of the tropes, but she has no idea why she's there. One annoying thing, and I am guessing Tor made them shoehorn this in, they have a very minor character appear who is basically intersex and when introduced, said he can be referred to as he/him. 🙄 However, joke's on Transmafia in Tor, as this type of nongender seems cleary inborn, and there was no concept of magically turning a man into a woman or vice versa, which in fantasy would be possible. In a fantasy world with rideable flying dinosaurs, a nongender birth defect is trivial, imo. Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (LmPA0) 8
already spilt the coffee this AM. quality learing, here.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 09:04 AM (NVRsf) Posted by: dantesed at April 12, 2026 09:04 AM (Oy/m2) 10
Very pretty outfit in the photo
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 09:04 AM (LmPA0) 11
I would like that titled book on Discovers
But now still reading Reasoned Examination of the Properties of the Three Arms Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery by Gen Nicolai Okunev. A Russian Napoleonic era officer. A note his name is spelled many different ways Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:04 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:05 AM (q3u5l) 13
g'mornin' again, 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at April 12, 2026 09:05 AM (2/MrR) 14
I've almost finished Richard Blum's American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood and the Crime of the Century. It's about the 1910 bombing of the LA Times and the search for the bombers.
The book weaves three stories - the search for the killers, Clarence Darrow's defense and DW Griffith's move to Hollywood. Very nicely written, if you like this sort of thing. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/) 15
Good to see MP4 at the helm again! (See what I did there . . . frigates/books . . .)
This week I've been finishing an Elmore Leonard, one of his last Westerns I think (1979, when he'd already shifted mostly to crime stories): Gunsights. Set in the late 1880s, it focuses on two men, Dana Moon and Bren Early, their partnership and friendship, and -- even when they are nominally on opposite sides in a land war -- they band together to stop a murderous gunman who is out to revenge himself on them. Solid stuff. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9) 16
I think the first book that really took me out of this world was Emphyrio by Jack Vance. He is a good world-builder.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX) 17
I have recently found it's much harder to write a book than it is to read one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (1Ff7Z) 18
When I was a child, my grandmother bought me a hardback copy of The Ship by Bjorn Lanstrom. It is full of detailed color drawings of ships through history. I still have it, which is fortunate, as a used copy would not be cheap.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:07 AM (0U5gm) 19
gKWVE - your hash is different. Either we have a doppelgänger, folks, or a router has been reset.
Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2026 09:07 AM (8sD0/) Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:08 AM (bXbFr) 21
They wouldnt blow up a news paper now what would be the ooint
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:08 AM (bXbFr) 22
Morning, Horde....
Thanks for the Sunday Morning Book Thread, MP4! You always ask great questions... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:08 AM (gnNyN) 23
Good Sunday morning, horde.
Thanks, MP4. Now I will always be looking for The World's Discoverers. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX) 24
“Bigger Bombs For a Brighter Tomorrow”, have been on a Cold War and general CIA spook deep dive of the seemingly placid or boring 1950s Eisenhower years, and the later Bay of Pigs debacle leading up to JFK in Dallas. Context, as they say, is everything.
I’m really starting to get a mancrush on James Angleton (no homo!). All the right people hated him. He is sometimes derided as “paranoid”, convinced there was a mole at CIA, but he wasn’t wrong. The question whether Nosenko was a double agent is interesting. He’s since been declared as a bona fide defector, but I tend to believe Angleton was right. They fired him, naturally. Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:10 AM (P6llz) 25
Thanks, MP4. Now I will always be looking for The World's Discoverers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX) You won't be sorry. It's also a good book for kids - a nice antidote to the slop fed them in 'social studies.' Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:11 AM (qRla/) 26
no, I'm in a coffee shop. they gave me a fresh one rather than making me lick it up the floor.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 09:11 AM (NVRsf) 27
Favorites . . .? Well, as a kid many of my favorites were from the Whitman line of Authorized TV Adventures for Young Readers: Roy Rogers, Bat Masterson, Bret Maverick, and Gene Autry. ONe in particular, The Ghost of Mystery Rancho, really caught my imagination. Roy, a Texas Ranger in this one, battles a murderous bandit chief on the Mexican border, the Ghost, who wears a skeleton mask and costume, so that not even his own men know who he really is. I found it again as an adult on eBay.
Yes, the plot has holes you could ride Trigger through . . . but the narrative drive is amazing. It's a "closed mystery," in that you do not know the identity of the Ghost until the last chapter (as opposed to all those Cannon episodes where you watch the crime committed, and the suspense becomes how will Frank trap the criminal). Ghost fired up my youthful interest in the classic detective story, and is still readable for a grownup. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:11 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 09:11 AM (eiAiG) 29
The books I remember most from childhood were things like Roy Chapman Andrews' books on dinosaurs, a couple of Roy Gallant's kids books on astronomy (with those Chesley Bonestell pictures), a few book club children's classics (All the Mowgli Stories, etc), and a book of b&w photos called Around the World in 2000 Pictures. And Classics Illustrated Comics.
Haven't seen any of those editions in a LONG time. Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (q3u5l) 30
He was a brilliant fellow maybe he waa unnerved by philbys discovery but i doubt it, golitsyn was more right than wrong but the 7th floor didnt want to admit it
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (bXbFr) 31
I read and reread "The Mad Scientists' Club" constantly during grade school. I bought a collection of that book and its sequel online about 15 years ago but have yet to crack it, probably because I have the original stories firmly in memory. I can still list the members.
Why did that book have such appeal? Because of the way they pulled off their stunts, using current (1960s) technology. A modern MSC would probably be all hackers, and I'd want them locked up. If not worse. Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (ckmbv) 32
He was pro israel unlike much of the company whose roots were very pro arab
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (bXbFr) 33
“Bigger Bombs For a Brighter Tomorrow”, have been on a Cold War and general CIA spook deep dive of the seemingly placid or boring 1950s Eisenhower years, and the later Bay of Pigs debacle leading up to JFK in Dallas. Context, as they say, is everything.
If you're doing the Ike years, let me recommend K Blows Top by Peter Carlson, which looks (very humorously) at Khrushchev's 1959 tour of the US. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (qRla/) 34
Yay book thread! I'm working my way through Tolkien's letters, which (in the case of Tom Bombadil) answer some of the "lore" questions but also fill out the man as a whole.
There's a great one he wrote to his son Michael about the differences between men and women, the purpose of marriage, the dangers of friendship between the sexes and the purpose of life that is about the most based thing imaginable. Guy just dishes out truth with a shovel, and it's clear that while I kept the romance in his stories mostly off-camera, he did so not out of naivete but as part of the style, though in his unpublished works he goes into relationship dysfunction, which he probably saw plenty of throughout his life. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s) 35
While most people first encounter Narnia in C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, my personal favorite story in the series is The Magician's Nephew. This is the origin story of the series, though written much later by Lewis.
Digory Kirke and his new friend Polly sneak into his Uncle Andrew's locked study and discover some magic rings. Polly touches a red one and disappears, and Digory must follow with a green one if he is to rescue her. They are transported to a transit zone between worlds, and instead of returning home, they jump to a different world. When Digory rings a bell there in a ruined tower, he awakens Jadis, an evil witch. They try to escape home, but end up in a new world called Narnia. This is an allegory of the Adam and Eve story; in this one Digory awakens evil and brings it into this new world. Along the way, foreshadowing of events to come are left for the reader that tie into the main series storyline. I especially like that a portion of a London street lamp is dropped on the ground in Narnia, and it grows into the lamp that Lucy finds in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (0U5gm) 36
17 I have recently found it's much harder to write a book than it is to read one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (1Ff7Z) Indeed! I would not even try, so good on ya! Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (h7ZuX) 37
Hey dere MP4!
just in here quickly to thank whoever (sometime early last week) linked First Contact over at Royal Road ... lol, what fun reading! and what, 500 chapters? even if they are short. okay, off to run errands, bbl ... Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (MIIRH) 38
Good morning MP4 and Horde.
As a kid my favorite escapes were giant art and history books like "Discovery and Exploration", "The Ship", "Matthew Brady: Historian With a Camera", "Pictorial History of the World", and of course collections of Wyeth, Dylan, Rackham, and other greats of the golden age of illustration. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (kpS4V) 39
Another favorite only became a favorite when I reread it as an adult. Roy Rogers and the Enchanted Canyon, also from Whitman, kind of bored me for some reason when I was nine or so. When I found it again on AbeBooks, I was amazed to see that it features *atmosphere* as well as a certain amount of action. The viewpoint character is a young boy on a ranch in the Four Corners area, and as a kid I identified with adult characters like Roy; and atmosphere did not mean much to me then. I think it's a fine book now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (wzUl9) 40
I should add that the retreat center near here hosted a weekend discussion a while back and it focused on three of Tolkien's letters, and I bet that was one of them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (ZOv7s) 41
I'm still working through F. Paul Wilson's Secret History of the World in chronological order of when the events take place.
Currently on a hiatus from the Repairman Jack stories and reading The Touch, which is part of the Adversary Cycle that concludes with Nightworld. I'll have more to say about my reading in next Sunday's Book Thread. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:15 AM (gnNyN) 42
As for my own writing -
The IRA is an important plot point in the new book, but I had been having trouble weaving them in without the reader guessing it chapters ahead of time. I've done that (mostly) and am now sketching out a scene where the lead LA investigator is dropping the case entirely, but Theda Bara decides to go on despite being warned off. I'm getting so close to the end, though I have several chapters to go, that I wish I were able to go away for a week to some isolated cabin with no TV or internet so that I could finish the book in one long burst of writing. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:16 AM (qRla/) 43
How many of you think your kids/grandkids would recognize the names John and Lorena Bobbitt? S.H. Kress? Zenith?
That's how I'm feeling with "The IPCRESS File," the 1962 debut novel of the recently deceased Len Deighton. This introduced his "nameless spy," a British agent who went on to appear in four more books. Three of the books were adapted for movies that starred Michael Caine. Our Hero is investigating the disappearances of several boffins. He relates the story in first-person past, tossing in contemporary references, and those are throwing me. Dang, I just realized that this came out before the Profumo affair. That's the only name from that era that I recognize. Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 09:17 AM (ckmbv) 44
best Royal Road story I've read was Hard Luck Hermit. Trigger warning for the antireligion bias. The main character was brought up in a cult before being abducted into a space opera.
I reckon Insomniac should read it. Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 09:17 AM (NVRsf) 45
Yeah, that’s the impression I got. Just a little too cute by half - convenient. Right after JFK whacked, here comes this guy, as predicted, who just happens to be “the guy” in charge of the Oswald file.
I doubt the Soviets were stupid enough to try and whack JFK, but Castro certainly was crazy enough. And he had good reason, they we’re definitely trying to kill him, and said so. “A cruel and shocking act” dives into the so-called “Warren Commission” members and staffers, and gets into the details of how and why Johnson, FBI and CIA both wanted all this stuff to go away. Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:18 AM (P6llz) 46
My youthful reading went from Dr. Seuss to The Flying Tigers pretty quickly. Times being what they were, my mother abhorred the idea of me studying military history, much less enlisting, but my father and grandparents were more lenient.
I liked the Bantam books because I could imagine life as a tank commander or fighter pilot, which seemed a lot more meaningful and interesting than being moved all over the place due to parental divorces, remarriages, and career changes. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:18 AM (ZOv7s) 47
Magician's Nephew proves that Lewis can write postapocalyptic dark fantasy with the best of 'em. Charn scared the shit out of me
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 09:19 AM (NVRsf) 48
I reckon Insomniac should read it.
There's a name from the past. I wonder whatever happened to him? Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:19 AM (qRla/) 49
This week I also finished Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome, which as she says is about the *position* and job of the emperor, not specifically about the men who held it -- though there are plenty of anecdotes about them. She deals with the first thirty emperors, from Augustus through Alexander Severus in the 200s. After that, she says, the way the Romans thought of their emperor was different; and then Diocletian, when he finally won out, changed the role and the relationship the emperor had with his people. Good stuff, though.
Current book is The Spartans by Paul Cartledge, an examination of how Spartan society worked and why. Should be intriguing. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:20 AM (wzUl9) 50
One nice thing about having kids is you get to re-read all your childhood favorites. I made sure to track down a copy of _Carry On, Mr. Bowditch_ for my kids to read. American history, astronomy, voyages to exotic lands -- that book's got it all!
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:20 AM (78a2H) 51
I doubt the Soviets were stupid enough to try and whack JFK, but Castro certainly was crazy enough. And he had good reason, they we’re definitely trying to kill him, and said so.
IIRC, Castro was hot and horny to launch the missiles the Soviets had placed in Cuba, and Khrushchev had to forbid it. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:21 AM (qRla/) Posted by: dantesed at April 12, 2026 09:21 AM (Oy/m2) 53
I especially like that a portion of a London street lamp is dropped on the ground in Narnia, and it grows into the lamp that Lucy finds in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (0U5gm) ---- I loved when a bag of toffees is dropped and a tree laden with juicy toffee fruits grows. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:22 AM (kpS4V) 54
I don't know. "Six Frigates" is a great book.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 09:22 AM (qFwJc) 55
I read The Flying Tigers and Pursuit about the hunt for the Bismarck as a child, and plenty of other WWII books. There was a great one on American submarine warfare in the Pacific, but I cannot remember the title.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:22 AM (0U5gm) 56
Other bookish news: as part of a massive household-wide spring cleaning, the books are getting moved around, and I'm purging the library of stuff I read and thought "meh" or stuff I've not bothered to read and never will. The DVDs are also getting worked over hard. My wife has decided to purge all of Stephen King's books, which makes me very happy. More shelf space for good stuff!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:23 AM (ZOv7s) 57
Thanks! I just downloaded the Carlson book on Kruschev
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (P6llz) 58
Also on the TBR pile, an alternate-history SF novel by S.M. Stirling, The Sky People, first in a trilogy, I think. His 1980s solar system is more like Burroughs' vision of it: Venus is habitable, a jungle planet like the world we saw in Heinlein's "Logic of Empire," but with, get this, sabertooths and dinosaurs as well as native *human* life. And the scientists are puzzled as to why Venus's fauna are not only similar to Earth's, but in some cases identical to it.
High adventure, I'm hoping! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (wzUl9) 59
>>I reckon Insomniac should read it.
There's a name from the past. I wonder whatever happened to him? Think he said that he was taking a break from the blog. This was over a year ago. Posted by: Mons Veneris at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (NcvvS) 60
"Tape a piece of paper over the warning light and proceed." -- Soviet ground control instruction to Cosmonaut Volkov aboard Soyuz when the hatch wouldn't pressurize
From "The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned" by John Strausbaugh Our Germans may have been better than their Germans, but the Russkies kept beating us to the punch, helped by their casual attitude about safety. Khrushchev heard we were sending up two men into space, so Mother Russia had to send up three! In the Voskhod I mission, three (short) cosmonauts were crammed into a capsule designed for one person. This was strictly a propaganda move to surpass the US Gemini program. The crew flew without spacesuits because there was no room for them. No spacesuits! There were several incidents of the cosmonauts overshooting the landing mark by hundreds of kilometers due to "ballistic re-entry", landing in the woods (filled with hungry wolves and bears) or scarier still, in a frozen lake. Thank goodness for helpful peasants. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (kpS4V) 61
Did you have any books you loved, lost and found?
Pretty much only one. It's been discussed on these very book thread pages: Fun Fare. A collection of older jokes and stories from the early 20th century collected by Reader's Digest mid-century. Found people and writers I'd never heard of before. Grandparents had a copy and it disappeared decades ago. A neighbor was getting rid of all her books in preparation for a move and she let me go through them. Imagine my joy when I found she had a copy. Picked some other books, but that one was the most important to me. Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (1Ff7Z) 62
Let us raise a glass of Stoly to the engineers who were pushed to perform miracles by their Commie bosses, and to those brave pilots who punched the face of a nonexistent god in kludged together space vehicles.
Za zdorovye! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (kpS4V) 63
Am revisiting a couple of novels and short stories by Thomas Tessier, who passed away at the end of March. Valancourt Books reissued three of his novels over the last couple of years (The Nightwalker, Rapture, and Finishing Touches).
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (q3u5l) 64
Thanks for the Book Thread, MP4!
Great sprint outfit featured here. Very 1920s looking, yet timeless. One of my favorite books was Charlotte's Web. Must have read that book too many times to count. It was a regular feature in my stack of library books. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (vrNzf) 65
I love that book cover on top! I had to look it ip immediately to find the year, and not surprised at all to find it was 1900. There was a golden age of design in the Beaux Arts era (late 19th century til WW1) that is instantly recognizable, and that cover reflects it.
My most loved book at an early age was Richard Halliburton’s Book of Marvels (1937). He was an early travel adventurer, in that book he visited the sites of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World and visited the sites of each one. Alas, only the great Pyramid still exists. He also journeyed into places like Petra, with photos, long before anyone else in the west knew they existed. He had a wonderful breezy writing style, very informative yet conversational, and died mysteriously on an adventure near China in 1939. I read that book over and over, dreaming of the past and also of what it would be to travel there now, as he did. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 09:25 AM (tgZLi) 66
But there was another thing, too. ‘There is no frigate like a book,’ Emily Dickinson wrote. That’s the power of a great book: it can lift you out of your own world and immerse you in another
I'm going to have to stop you right there. A book makes a terrible watercraft. Sure, it's made of wood, but it gets all soggy, and then the pages start to fall out. Furthermore, it's way too small to support you, never mind any cargo or cannons. Think of its tiny displacement. There are much better choices. Posted by: Archimedes, taking things way too literally at April 12, 2026 09:25 AM (Riz8t) 67
Two other books I picked up this week were The Blood Countess by Shelley Puhak and England in the Age of Dickens by Jeremy Black.
The first is a look into the legend and reality of Elisabeth Bathory: specifically, was she really a crazed killer who tortured and murdered over 600 women and girls or was it all a political frame-up? The second is what it says - a look at London from 1812-1870 through Dickens' writing. This might be one I'll offer up to the Horde when I am finished. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:25 AM (qRla/) 68
Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.
A bit late to the thread this morning. The coffee maker (me) was moving a bit slow. Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 09:26 AM (yTvNw) 69
The ruler of France has placed a relative on the throne of Spain. Great Brittain has taken exception to this abuse of power, and has sent an army to rectify the situation. Operating out of bases in allied Portugal, the English army makes a series of sorties into Spain.
Is that the Peninsular War during the Napoleonic Era? The setting for a Richard Sharpe novel? Yes. But it's also a major theater in The War of Spanish Succession from 1701-1715 (ish). Obviously the names of the generals were different, but there were a few places that saw major battle in both wars. Infuriatingly, the English made it to Madrid twice during the WoSS, but failed both times to unseat the King. The grandson of Louis XIV was a much more popular King than the brother of Napoleon, and both the Spanish people and nobles kept rallying back to support him. Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:26 AM (Lhaco) 70
Several years ago I purchased The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. That was one of my favorite series of books when I was a child.
Still holds up surprisingly well, reading them as an adult. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:26 AM (gnNyN) 71
>>There was a great one on American submarine warfare in the Pacific, but I cannot remember the title.
Remember reading Up Periscope around age ten. Saw the James Garner movie adaptation and, while Garner was perfect in the lead, the changes were just wrong. Posted by: Mons Veneris at April 12, 2026 09:27 AM (NcvvS) 72
/off, salacious sock.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 09:27 AM (NcvvS) 73
Our Germans may have been better than their Germans, but the Russkies kept beating us to the punch, helped by their casual attitude about safety.
Hence all the (urban legend?) stories about cosmonauts being lost in space, orbiting endlessly around the planet. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (qRla/) 74
I dosed off a bit this morning and woke up thinking about Carla Emery's Encyclopedia of Country Living. My husband bought me a replacement copy as my original fell apart. The original was memographed pages. Carla started writing and would mail new chapters as they were finished. She took some of her kids with her, to sell the book at local fairs. She was raised on a farm and knewwhat she was talking about. It all eventually lead to tv interviews and the book being published as a regular edition. She and her husband started a school for homesteaders, but the marriage finally fell apart.
There was so much knowledge of old ways that people tried to recover and save in the 60s and 70s. Yet here we are, with young homesteaders throwing it away for Instragram influencers. It's a shame. Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (gQ15S) 75
I'm on the last story in a collection of horror stories titled The Atlas of Hell (also put out by another publisher under the title of Wounds) by Nathan Ballingrud. All the stories in some way relate to deviltry or diabolism. The standout being The Visible Filth, I think. He has a fairly unique set of worldbuilding myths throughout that I'd like to see expanded more. He writes well too. Recommended if you like supernatural horror.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (lZt8q) 76
I actually have writings news. I'm 5,000 words into Battle Officer Wolf 2: Electric Boogaloo. The plot is taking more effort, since I have 50 years to fill (the poem just skips it), so that means creating more characters and situations to fill the void, which was why I stopped the first book after the situation at Heorot (Hard Station) had been resolved.
Progress is also slow because I haven't done any fiction since The Vampires of Michigan, way back in 2019. Very rusty. I used to count a successful session as at least 1,000 words, but I'm lucky to get 500 in right now. Still, I seem to be picking up speed, though I deliberately did not even try to write tomorrow. Sometimes one needs a pause for the brain to do its work. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s) 77
It's been discussed on these very book thread pages: Fun Fare.
I have that! If you like that sort of thing, look for a copy of Bennett Cerf's Bumper Crop, which is an omnibus collection of several of his joke books. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:29 AM (qRla/) 78
>>Did you have any books you loved, lost and found?
Irritating are the books lent and never returned. Lost 2 copies of The Straight Dope that way, and 1 of The Book of Stupid Questions - which was much funnier than it should have been. Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS) 79
My dad had both “The Occident” and “The Orient” Halliburton books and I enjoyed them. I think he wrote “Seven League Boots” as well. I was crestfallen when I later learned Halliburton was homosexual. One of those jet-setting types back in the day.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:31 AM (P6llz) 80
I finished reading "The War of the Spanish Succession" by James Falkner. It started out pretty dry, but got better as it went. Although that might have just been because I finally got used to the style. Or because more interesting things happened later in the book. Or I finally started to recognize some of the generals as recurring 'characters' rather than just names thrown on the page. Or, maybe it was simply because I just forced myself to push through, and thus stopped caring about how dry the account was...
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:31 AM (Lhaco) 81
I don't know. "Six Frigates" is a great book.
Posted by: no one of any consequence If you liked that, you may enjoy Knights of the Sea. It is the story of the battle between the HMS Boxer and the Enterprise in the war of 1813. It covers the lead up to the war as well as the battle, and was a turning point in the prestige of the fledgling US navy. Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:31 AM (0U5gm) 82
I tried a couple of Len Deighton's novels -- Funeral in Berlin I think was one. They left me adrift, wondering at various times what exactly was going on. I suppose that is how the nameless spy in the stories feels too, but somehow he seemed to understand all the plot machinations around him, while I didn't.
It was like the movie version of McCarthy's The Group, or the book of Faulkner's Sanctuary: All the characters had some unspoken, central assumption they shared, never talked about or explained, but acted on in their various ways. I was lost. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9) 83
Or perhaps the war of 1812.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:32 AM (0U5gm) 84
One book I recall from childhood and would like to recover: Worlds Beyond the Horizon. Like MP4's fave The World's Discoverers, it was a history of exploration. Translation from German, I think -- the author's name was Joachim Leithauser or Leythauser. In retrospect, I suspect he just cribbed a lot from Hakluyt but he had a nice vivid style. Unsurprisingly, he gave a lot of attention to people like Humboldt and Carl Peters, but also lots about Byrd and Amundsen. That book was the one that made me understand how suicidally optimistic Scott was.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:32 AM (78a2H) 85
Indeed! I would not even try, so good on ya!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (h7ZuX) It's not even so much the writing of it - although there are times you have figure out where you're going with the story - but, as an Indie author, you have to make all the decisions as to everything involved in getting it into print. So many things to keep track of, and once you notice you did something wrong.... Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (1Ff7Z) 86
I reckon Insomniac should read it.
There's a name from the past. I wonder whatever happened to him? Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:19 AM (qRla/) --- I'm in touch with him. He's okay. He lurks from time to time. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s) 87
Very rusty. I used to count a successful session as at least 1,000 words, but I'm lucky to get 500 in right now.
I give myself a goal of at least one handwritten page a day. If I go over, that's fine, but I need to have one page. Still, I seem to be picking up speed, though I deliberately did not even try to write tomorrow. Sometimes one needs a pause for the brain to do its work. I know that feeling. I had to stop editing the other day because I was forcing myself to go on and my mind was locked down. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (qRla/) 88
Walked by the TV my wife watches to see NBC'c Kristen Welker fellating Cuban Prez Diaz. Throwing nerf ball questions and smiling rapturously. Find someone who loves you this much. Posted by: Auspex at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (Y8DZL) 89
"The Magician's Nephew" has a deliciously sinister vibe and displays a tonal shift from the rest of the series, I think. It's why I wouldn't recommend reading the series in chronological order if it's your first time in Narnia; it's more impactful to encounter the worlds later on. The dead city of Charn under a dying red sun was so unsettling to me as a young reader, and Uncle Digory was such a Dickensian villain, vicious and cowardly.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:34 AM (kpS4V) 90
Today is Ft Sumter Day and Lincoln’s Assassination Day only a few days away. April a bad month or a good month for Civil War. And what will the enemies of our State come up with this year?
Posted by: epador at April 12, 2026 09:34 AM (Xm3XH) 91
>>There was a great one on American submarine warfare in the Pacific, but I cannot remember the title.
*** Run Silent, Run Deep? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9) 92
This week read The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. The first half of the book is grim and disturbing, the second half a Robinson Crusoe fairy story.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1074 Posted by: 13times at April 12, 2026 09:34 AM (uB2D/) 93
Books from my childhood which I adored ... and fortunately, still have, although in somewhat battered condition: The Little House series. The hardback version with illustrations, which are all inscribed on the flyleaf by my mother, with the date that they were a birthday or Christmas present to me. (I recall sitting down with most of them and reading from cover to cover within a day or so after receipt.)
I did a long day with my own books for sale at Folkfest yesterday, on the grounds of the Heritage Village in New Braunfels. I was part of the children's scavenger hunt as "The Author" - with other stops for kids at the broom-making, woodcraft, tatting-lace, classic yard games, sausage-stuffing, and German-language stops. (Collect a check on the list for taking a lesson, practicing a craft, or listening to a talk about books - complete the round and get a souvenir pin or a candy) Most of the kids were enthralled with my own novel series about a pioneer family in the wild west, and their parents were thrilled to hear that I had modeled the Kettering Family series after the Little House books. There was a very real concern about what their kids are reading now. Posted by: Sgt. Mom at April 12, 2026 09:35 AM (Ew3fm) 94
Lost 2 copies of The Straight Dope that way
I have all the Straight Dope books. IMO, only the first one is worth having. The last two were filled out with excerpts from the "Straight Dope Message Board," which was very irritating. The first one catches the spirit of "Cecil Adams" better than any of the others. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:36 AM (qRla/) 95
“A cruel and shocking act” dives into the so-called “Warren Commission” members and staffers, and gets into the details of how and why Johnson, FBI and CIA both wanted all this stuff to go away.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:18 AM (P6llz) Johnson wanted his job, and Onassis wanted his wife. Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:37 AM (1Ff7Z) 96
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)
Glad to hear Insomniac's OK. He was my brother in depression. Let him know I said hello. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (qRla/) 97
For all my reading on Russian history, haven't gotten past anything after Stalin.
Seems to me that was the hight of Communism, everything kind of rotted to the core and it showed. Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (Ia/+0) 98
I can't say I had any childhood books that I 'lost' and then tried to search for. There was a movie based on a book that I had vague memories of and then later sought out (Secret of NIMH/Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH), but I never lost track of a book.
Granted, I no longer have my childhood collection of Pern, Redwall, or Jim Kjellgard novels, but those were sold/given away when I left for college (or before), and I never forgot them and I know just what they ware if I ever choose to revisit them... ...I guess I did spend a lot of time with an atlas-book as child, and I'm sure that's been lost to time. But I don't have any burning desire to find that particular (now horribly-out-of-date) publication. Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (Lhaco) 99
I've never read any Agatha Christie. In fact, I'm not even sure I know how to spell Agatha Christie.
But at the prompting of some here on this illustrious literary book thread and Smart Military Blog™ I decided to stick my toe into unknown waters with "Passenger To Frankfurt" via audiobook. I guess it's an acquired taste. I've stuck it out until about the 3/4 mark and do plan to finish. But I've found much of it tedious and tiresome. So much fluffy filler and British idiosyncrasies. Perhaps she writes for a female audience, and it has its place like Harlequin romances, Hallmark movies and Downton Abbey. But no, I shant consume another. I simply shannot. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1) 100
“Smoky” by Will James. Sometimes titled “Smoky The Cowhorse”, I looked at this book a lot when visiting my Grandparents as a very young kid being more interested in the pictures than the text.
Wish I could find a hard copy of this. Posted by: Buzzy Krumhunger at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (Fwvoq) 101
Ok, gotta question for the horde writers. Do you publish as your own name, or have you made yourself an imprint? If so, does your jurisdiction require you to create a fictitious business statement, and do you need to get a business license to publish under the imprint?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:39 AM (1Ff7Z) 102
When I think back about early reading, I usually focus on the reading I did after discovering mass market paperback science fiction. Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, Bradbury, etc. And a lot of the Hitchcock anthologies which were sorta kinda sf-adjacent, including stories by Bradbury, Matheson, and others.
And I remember all the stuff on the racks that I ignored for a decade or more because I was reading only sf. Singer, Simenon, William Goldman, Irwin Shaw, Don Robertson, Westlake, MacDonald (Ross and John D.), and a bunch more. Annoying. Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:39 AM (q3u5l) 103
There are many books I reread and they can sometimes make me remember what I felt the first time I read them. But three fit MP4's qualifications.
- Treasure Island - I've mentioned many times about how it influenced me and that young wonder has never gone away. - Hound of the Baskervilles - First read it in 4th grade and, as it happens, on a dark stormy night. I still prefer to read it during a thunder storm. - LOTR - Even after six decades I can still feel some of the excitement of that first reading where every new page promised wonder and excitement. There are many others, of course, but those are the big three. Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 09:40 AM (yTvNw) 104
But no, I shant consume another. I simply shannot.
That reminds me of something that always attracted me to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - the way Carroll spelled "shan't" as "sha'n't." That Victorian quirk has stayed with me. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:41 AM (qRla/) 105
(cont. from above) It's been one thing to read various things on-line about kid-lit, and how much of what is available is unsuitably sexual, woke and unappealing ... it was quite another for me to hear it over and over again, from the parents who stopped at my table. Many of them absolutely lit up when I told them that I had modeled my series about the Kettering family after the Ingallses in the Little House series. They want wholesome, engaging reads for their school-age children and who can blame them, looking at the dreck that the current mainstream publishing world shovels out for consumption. As an aside, there were lots of families at Folkfest yesterday - young families with many children and babies.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at April 12, 2026 09:41 AM (Ew3fm) 106
Khrushchev heard we were sending up two men into space, so Mother Russia had to send up three! ... No spacesuits!
------ Hindsight is 20/20, but this is a great example of why the Space Race, to me, was a key indicator of the USSR's core weakness, and should have made it obvious to us that something was very, very wrong behind the facade. That's exemplary of Soviet psychology - "whatever they do in space, we must do bigger and better, period! Even if it kills our best and brightest!" And yet, once we launched the Apollo program, they made some efforts to launch unmanned probes beyond LEO, and then... just gave up. Never sent a man into "real space," even as a desultory status signal. If they didn't pursue their premier propaganda goal, which was also directly tied to their absolutely crucial military deterrence, it wasn't from lack of desire, or because we'd already beaten them to the proximate goal - they lacked the wherewithal. I like to think if I'd been a leader then, I'd have turned to the others and said "guys, I think they've been having us on. I think they're full of shit. They don't really have what it takes to play in our league." Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2026 09:41 AM (BI5O2) 107
But no, I shant consume another. I simply shannot.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1) I've read one Agatha Christie, a couple of years ago, and I don't even remember what it was. Not a fan. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:42 AM (h7ZuX) 108
dosed off a bit this morning and woke up thinking about Carla Emery's Encyclopedia of Country Living
_-_ I just dug that book out for my wife yesterday afternoon. She remembered that it had useful instruction on sprouting broccoli, which she was about to do. We have a whole section of that type of book, but I am embarrassed to say there was a big chair in front of that section of books. Not a big house for a big family, and many of our walls are bookcase-covered. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 09:42 AM (2TPZH) 109
I know that feeling. I had to stop editing the other day because I was forcing myself to go on and my mind was locked down.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (qRla/) --- Fiction is just so different from non-fiction in how one approaches writing, and that is what is throwing me off. With non-fiction, you do the research, lots of it, make notes, build your outline, figure out how the information fits together and then it's off to the races. Long Live Men shattered every record I had for speed with ease. I think I wrote the first draft in three weeks, which is nuts. Now editing was a serious pain, but that's history for ya. You can force nonfiction, but can't really do it with a novel. (I've tried, and result is always slop that I end up deleting.) I find a quick walk helps, so the weather improving will facilitate this. That's also going to cause me to switch from whiskey to gin, and the original book was in fact fueled by gin, so that's appropriate. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s) 110
The whole matter with the mines reminded of mask of dimitrious which was loosely based on the life of real life scoundrel zahiroffs early days dimitrious was a smuggler assassin middlemen for spies
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:43 AM (bXbFr) 111
It shouldn't really be a surprise that the Spanish rallied to King Phillip V. The whole war started as a gigantic FU by King Charles II to the other powers of Europe because they wanted to carve up Spain's empire to preserve the balance of power, no matter what Charles thought of the idea.
That's not how you talk to Spaniards, kings or otherwise. I expect one reason the nobles and peasants rallied to Phillip, even if he was a Bourbon, was that he was willing to fight. Back in those days, anyway, they preferred to go down swinging. Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:43 AM (78a2H) 112
But at the prompting of some here on this illustrious literary book thread and Smart Military Blog™ I decided to stick my toe into unknown waters with "Passenger To Frankfurt" via audiobook.
I guess it's an acquired taste. I've stuck it out until about the 3/4 mark and do plan to finish. But I've found much of it tedious and tiresome. So much fluffy filler and British idiosyncrasies. Perhaps she writes for a female audience, and it has its place like Harlequin romances, Hallmark movies and Downton Abbey. But no, I shant consume another. I simply shannot. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 *** You can blame me. I mentioned PtF a couple of weeks ago. It's a spy story, an international conspiracy story -- very different from her usual puzzle mysteries. If you're still willing to try again, look for any of the ones with Miss Marple as the detective, or Hercule Poirot. Ellery Queen was a far better plot builder and mystery dazzler. He/they have been almost forgotten except for the magazine, while you can still find Christie's stuff in print. She was better at characterization than I thought when I was younger , though. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9) 113
Finished A.H. Lloyd's Man of Destiny series. Definitely better than the Star Wars prequels, although it's easy to see the source material in the story.
Started the Bound and Broken fantasy series recommended by Linduh last week. First part of the first book felt like a retread of Wheel of Time and Eragon, but by the end of it stuff was happening that I hadn't expected. I just started the second novel last night, so no opinion on that yet. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (lFFaq) 114
The darker tone of The Magician’s Nephew is in part from the autobiographical elements that Lewis included in the story. The young protagonist is driven in part by a desire to find a cure for his dying mother; CS Lewis lost his own mother to cancer when he was 9 years old, the most traumatic event in his young life.
I believe parts of the story stem from a fantasy of what he wished he could have done. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (tgZLi) 115
Glad to hear Insomniac's OK. He was my brother in depression. Let him know I said hello.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (qRla/) --- I will. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s) 116
This week I finished Nostromo and I think it is a great book. Highly recommended. If you read Conrad’s introduction you can see how he took a rather pedestrian Caribbean pirate story and turned into art. I started Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. 3 short chapters in and I will say I’m not impressed, but it’s early. I remember when he was a big deal but he seems to be an unknown these days. I don’t think I’ve ever seen his name on the book thread. I’m also reading The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Eagan. This is a quick depressing read about what we’ve done to the lakes.
Posted by: Who Knew at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (0QMbS) 117
Dad had a thick copy of a Reader's Digest treasury of humor. Jokes and funny essays. I revisited that tome many more times than Dad did. I always went for the humor sections first in RD.
Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (ckmbv) 118
Who in the 30 was working for the italian goverment through s greek cut out
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:45 AM (bXbFr) 119
One nice thing about having kids is you get to re-read all your childhood favorites. I made sure to track down a copy of _Carry On, Mr. Bowditch_ for my kids to read. American history, astronomy, voyages to exotic lands -- that book's got it all!
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:20 AM (78a2H) --- Reading them to grandkids is a hoot. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s) 120
I am sorry to report that an audit of recent pant-wearing logs for the consumers of this Thread shows an alarming rise in non-compliance. Results have been forwarded to the Executives of this blog for further action, up to, and including, notations in Permanent Records.
#BeBetter Posted by: Bob from NSA at April 12, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1) 121
I read a recently-published Solomon Kane novella: "The Lair of the Mari Lwyd" by Shawn Hamil. I purchased three such stories, by various authors, but wanted to read this one first, to get it out of the way. Hamil had also written a full-length Solomon Kane novel, and the youtuber Razorfist had some very unkind things to say about it, so I wanted to read this story while my expectations were properly lowered.
The plot was that Solomon Kane (a puritan swordsman of the early 1600's) encounters a Welsh fold-tale that has come true, but turned out evil. The adventure aspect is okay, but the author has a few ticks that would send up red flags. He seemed to have a very modern take on backstories, and what makes characters tick. This felt only slight odd in this story (like a Welshmen needing an explanation of what a Puritan was/felt/believed) but I could easily see this completely ruining a longer/more character-focused story. Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:46 AM (Lhaco) 122
I read and reread "The Mad Scientists' Club" constantly during grade school. I bought a collection of that book and its sequel online about 15 years ago but have yet to crack it, probably because I have the original stories firmly in memory. I can still list the members.
Why did that book have such appeal? Because of the way they pulled off their stunts, using current (1960s) technology. A modern MSC would probably be all hackers, and I'd want them locked up. If not worse. I loved the Mad Scientists as a kid. Back when boys could be boys and society didn't medicate them. Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (ckmbv Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 09:46 AM (eiAiG) 123
There was a great one on American submarine warfare in the Pacific, but I cannot remember the title.
*** Run Silent, Run Deep? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius I keep looking in vain. It may have been Sink 'Em All. Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:46 AM (0U5gm) 124
I've read one Agatha Christie, a couple of years ago, and I don't even remember what it was. Not a fan. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 *** Ellery Queen, as I said, and John Dickson Carr were far better at constructing puzzles and providing baffling clues. They've been forgotten by all but true mystery fans, while Christie's work keeps getting filmed and reprinted. The novels she wrote as "Mary Westmacott" are not Harlequin-type romances; they are real dramas. Look for those. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9) 125
Well...that was an odd post. More covfefe needed.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 09:47 AM (eiAiG) 126
MP4,
The cover of that book at the top looks very familiar. If so, I'm remembering it as a library book I read maybe 1960. Don't ask what I had for lunch yesterday but some book covers have stayed in mind for over sixty years. BTW, The World's Discoverers has been republished at least twice in the last 20 years and they aren't cheap. Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 09:47 AM (yTvNw) 127
Only lost then found book I read then bought decades later was Hell in a Very Small Place about Dien Bien Phu. Read it in Jr High from library, so 8th or 9th grade. Maybe 5 years ago actually bought a copy and read it again. Was quite surprised how much of it I remembered.
Maybe another not so.long missing is V. Clauswitz On War, owned it when around 20yo but no idea what happened to it. I have History of 2nd World War periodicals from when I started collecting at 13yo still. Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:48 AM (Ia/+0) 128
#BeBetter
Posted by: Bob from NSA at April 12, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1) ==== What about sweatpants? Asking for a friend. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX) 129
I enjoyed this audio collection of short stories, The Mysterious Mr. Quin - Agatha Christie, twice.
Posted by: Berwyn Mutt - Home of Svengoolie at April 12, 2026 09:49 AM (HcbZb) 130
. . . I started Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. 3 short chapters in and I will say I’m not impressed, but it’s early. I remember when he was a big deal but he seems to be an unknown these days. I don’t think I’ve ever seen his name on the book thread. . . .
Posted by: Who Knew at April 12, 2026 *** I really like Maugham's work. Bondage is okay, though I love the portrait of Mildred, the sociopathic waitress. But his The Razor's Edge, The Moon and Sixpence, and Cakes and Ale are very good, and he wrote some solid short stories like "The Letter" and "Rain." He'd been a playwright before turning to serious novels -- so he knew how to construct a story. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9) 131
Quarter Twenty--
"Passenger to Frankfurt" is not representative of Agatha Christie's work. Like several other books written later in her life, it's murky and very repetitive. It's also one of her attempts at thrillers which, most Christie fans acknowledge, are not very good. A better choice for a first Christie would be "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," the book that really put her on the map. Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (FEVMW) 132
110 The whole matter with the mines reminded of mask of dimitrious which was loosely based on the life of real life scoundrel zahiroffs early days dimitrious was a smuggler assassin middlemen for spies
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:43 AM (bXbFr) Although this more properly belongs in a movie thread, the Mask of Dimitrios is a marvelous film to look up, one that I think few remember now. A Sidney Greenstreet/Peter Lorre masterpiece. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (tgZLi) 133
Speaking of stories about Russian leaders I've always thought Yeltsin and the grocery store is really interesting:
https://tinyurl.com/3avkww2x Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1) 134
7 I read a very fun book by my fave writing team Ilona Andrews : This Kingdom Not Kill Me
Really enjoyed this. The basic premise is that 26 year old Maggie wakes up in the world of her favorite fantasy book series. She's a fantasy fan, she's very aware of the tropes, but she has no idea why she's there. Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (LmPA0) Knowing about anime has ruined me. I read that and immediately thought 'oh, she got isekie-ed.' But I suppose that is quicker than thinking 'oh, she got a-Connecticut-Yankee-in-King-Arthur's-court-ed.' Although 'she got Wizard-of-Oz-ed' also rolls off the tongue fairly quickly... Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (Lhaco) 135
I think it's better to watch Agatha Christie on TV/film rather than reading but that's just me.
Posted by: dantesed at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2) 136
BTW, The World's Discoverers has been republished at least twice in the last 20 years and they aren't cheap.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 09:47 AM (yTvNw) --- Fortunately, it's in the public domain, so there are alternatives... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (gnNyN) 137
But no, I shant consume another. I simply shannot.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1) I've read one Agatha Christie, a couple of years ago, and I don't even remember what it was. Not a fan. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Maybe give Dorothy Sayers' mysteries with Peter Wimsey a try. Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:51 AM (0U5gm) 138
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at April 12, 2026 09:35 AM (Ew3fm)
The Laura Ingalls Wilder series was required reading. And I loved the Garth Williams illustrations. He also illustrated "The Gingerbread Rabbit" and Margery Sharpe's wonderful Miss Bianca series. Truly one of the greats. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:51 AM (kpS4V) 139
If you like that sort of thing, look for a copy of Bennett Cerf's Bumper Crop, which is an omnibus collection of several of his joke books.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:29 AM (qRla/) Definitely like that sort of thing. If anyone ever asked me to do a book thread, I'd fill it with Bennett Cerf! He wrote at least one children's book himself that we had, and I've read some of his other stuff. YT has the Bennett Cerf Archives that has a lot of videos of interviews with him. He may have been a liberal type, but he gets points for publishing Rand to the horror of his friends. Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:51 AM (1Ff7Z) 140
The darker tone of The Magician’s Nephew is in part from the autobiographical elements that Lewis included in the story. The young protagonist is driven in part by a desire to find a cure for his dying mother; CS Lewis lost his own mother to cancer when he was 9 years old, the most traumatic event in his young life.
I believe parts of the story stem from a fantasy of what he wished he could have done. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 *** I'm going to look for that one. My copy of The Screwtape Letters, annotated, is still waiting for me to dip into it, too. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:52 AM (wzUl9) 141
Drug-out an old (out-of-ptint, I think) copy of Lorenzo the Magnificent for the new guy at work. Had to re-read it myself first, though...
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 09:52 AM (2TPZH) 142
I'm just throwing this out there for anyone:
McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris. From 1899, it's the story of McTeague (we never learn his first name), a SF dentist who marries his best friend's cousin and how the marriage ends in poverty and violence as a result of greed, jealousy and anger. Erich von Stroheim adapted it into his butchered masterpiece movie Greed in 1924.* It's not a happy read, though there are funny and touching moments in it, but if you like Conrad, London or other writers of the era, you might like Norris. *I might set a Theda Bara novel during the filming, perhaps, some day. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:52 AM (qRla/) 143
Favorite books of childhood - two pop up to the top of the list.
"The Phantom Brakeman and Other Railroad Stories" by Freeman Hubbard. Being enamored with all things trains, I read this book till it fell apart. "The Sea Chest: Stories of Adventure at Sea" by Frank Knight. A mix of sea stories of the past and present, featuring young midshipmen and officers in a variety of perils and situations. Another one I read and re-read many times. Posted by: George V at April 12, 2026 09:52 AM (HUbHH) 144
>>I have all the Straight Dope books. IMO, only the first one is worth having.
Not sure why I never got around to replacing the first one; have 3 of the others and haven't re-read them in a long time - probably for the same reason as you. Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 09:53 AM (NcvvS) Posted by: P. J. Ama at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (2TPZH) 146
I'd never heard of Passenger to Frankfurt. If you're going to sample Christie, go for her best. The stuff that made her reputation: And Then There Were None (or whatever the hell we're calling it this week), or Murder on the Orient Express, or The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, etc.
At her peak she had a perfect understanding of how mystery story readers approached a mystery story, and she ruthlessly exploited their assumptions and expectations. Sayers's mysteries are better novels, but Christie was the queen of beating the reader at the "figure it out" game. Meanwhile Raymond Chandler thought the whole genre was ridiculous, and said so. Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (78a2H) 147
Maybe give Dorothy Sayers' mysteries with Peter Wimsey a try.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 *** They were contemporary with Christie. Strong Poison is quite good, and her first, Whose Body? Sayers tried hard to infuse elements of the "real" novel with the detective story, and sometimes it worked. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9) 148
The Russians still use the R-7 booster as a Soyuz launcher, almost the same as Yuri's Vostok, a military ICBM in origin. When Korolev died the whole program went to shit. It was always propaganda. Posted by: Auspex at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (Y8DZL) 149
Speaking of stories about Russian leaders I've always thought Yeltsin and the grocery store is really interesting:
https://tinyurl.com/3avkww2x Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1) ===== The irony is that Vice President Nixon and Kruschev had a very similar encounter called the Kitchen Debate years prior to that in 1959. But that is somehow lost to history. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX) 150
I know that feeling. I had to stop editing the other day because I was forcing myself to go on and my mind was locked down.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (qRla/) I know a good editor - and Wolfus can back me up on it - if any horde writers need a pro. She's not very expensive either. Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:56 AM (1Ff7Z) 151
I find Maugham at his best at short length, and Everyman's Library has a nice one-volume selection of his stories. A lot of the essays aren't too dusty either.
A Traveller in Romance gathers a bunch of uncollected writings, one of which was a piece he wrote on turning 90 and deciding that he was done with everything. He notes that he has written everything that was in him to write and put aside his pen. He closes: "And so, when my obituary notice at last appears in The Times and they say: 'What! I thought he died years ago', my ghost will gently chuckle." Gotta admit, I like that guy. Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:57 AM (q3u5l) 152
"The Sea Chest: Stories of Adventure at Sea" by Frank Knight. A mix of sea stories of the past and present, featuring young midshipmen and officers in a variety of perils and situations. Another one I read and re-read many times.
Don't know where you could find it, but I would recommend 1980s Fifty True Mysteries of The Sea, edited by John Canning. I get seasick flushing a toilet, but I do love to read about lost ships. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:58 AM (qRla/) 153
I read a book called “We Were There at the Battle of Gettysburg” when I was in junior high. I’ve since lost it… but in retrospect that book was the start of my fascination with the civil war.
Two young kids who happen to live in Gettysburg provide an account of those three days through their innocent eyes. They just happen to run into some of the famous characters from the battle, like RE Lee Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 12, 2026 09:58 AM (xT8gx) 154
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at April 12, 2026 09:35 AM (Ew3fm)
Thanks for responding to my call for help with Sarah last week! Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:59 AM (1Ff7Z) 155
Finished A.H. Lloyd's Man of Destiny series. Definitely better than the Star Wars prequels, although it's easy to see the source material in the story.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (lFFaq) --- One of the guys in my unit read it and when asked, his review was simply: "Lloyd fixed Star Wars." The plot summary was written over a single weekend, around 20,000 words. I'd been thinking about it for years, and when my wife convinced me to write it in a slightly different setting, it all came out at once. Of course, that got modified a lot in the years that came after, and I waited until the last book's draft was finished before publishing the first book. I didn't want to run out of gas and leave people hanging like some authors. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s) 156
What John Dickson Carr did better than anyone else in the "puzzle mystery" was to give us atmosphere. By which I mean: His stories were frequently "impossible crimes," locked rooms or crimes that seemed almost supernatural, and so a creepy atmosphere -- dispelled quite logically, mind you -- was almost required. Dorothy Sayers herself said that "Mr. Carr can *write*," and added that he could spin up an atmosphere with just one adjective.
He also has surprising bits of humor here and there, as when he describes his Chestertonian detective, Dr.Fell, who walks with two canes, as standing and "swaying like a tethered elephant." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9) 157
Christie was the queen of beating the reader at the "figure it out" game.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (78a2H) Well, yeah...because what reader would actually figure out that the killer rigged a shotgun with a string through a hole in the window, that he then pulled from outside, making it appear that a man shot himself in a locked room? It was so preposterous that I couldn't pick up another. Life is short. I do have a Lord Peter Wimsey in one of my bedside stacks. One day... Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 10:01 AM (h7ZuX) Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1) 159
70 Several years ago I purchased The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. That was one of my favorite series of books when I was a child.
Still holds up surprisingly well, reading them as an adult. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:26 AM (gnNyN) Never read those as a kid, but I knew of them because of The Black Caldron movie (infamous at the time as the only Disney animated movie to have never (yet) been released from the vault). Read the series ten-ish years ago. I was shocked at how book-accurate movie-Gurgi was. And I wished more of the movie was book-accurate. Like making Gurgi develop into a ranger/archer, including a giant war-cat into the crew... Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 10:02 AM (Lhaco) 160
>>I read a book called “We Were There at the Battle of Gettysburg” when I was in junior high.
There were a bunch of 'We Were There' books. Remember reading the Normandy invasion & the Battle of the Bulge ones from 4th-5th grade, or thereabouts. Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 10:02 AM (NcvvS) Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:03 AM (kpS4V) 162
He also has surprising bits of humor here and there, as when he describes his Chestertonian detective, Dr.Fell, who walks with two canes, as standing and "swaying like a tethered elephant."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius I think one of the keys to a successful book series is to have idiosyncracies in the recurring characters. Most of those we keep mentioning feature this. It lends a familiarity to the readers without impeding the plots. Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 10:04 AM (0U5gm) 163
Read (Listen) of the week was 'Napoleon' by Andrew Roberts. A very good "definitive bio" and good intro for later reading.
The unexpected tangents include a desire to read one of Voltaire's histories. Charles of Sweden or Peter of Russia?? Surprisingly I don't believe any English translations in over 100 years, but Project Gutenberg has both. Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at April 12, 2026 10:04 AM (KaHlS) 164
The story goes that Somerset Maugham wa seated next to Dorothy Parker at a dinner party. Dottie was no fan of queer guys, and WSM was known, quietly, to be one of them. So when he asked her to write a poem for him, she whipped out with:
"Higgledy-piggledy, my white hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen." Maugham said, "I've always liked those lines." Dottie gave a thin cool smile and added, "You cannot persuade her with gun or lariat/ To come across for the proletariat." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:04 AM (wzUl9) 165
Did you have any books you loved, lost and found?
-- A book I remembered parts of as a kid, then hunted down as an adult: Vance's Marune: Alastor 933. Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 10:05 AM (fE6HJ) 166
I think one of the keys to a successful book series is to have idiosyncracies in the recurring characters. Most of those we keep mentioning feature this. It lends a familiarity to the readers without impeding the plots.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 10:04 AM (0U5gm) --- That goes for both heroes and villains. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 10:05 AM (gnNyN) 167
Khrushchev heard we were sending up two men into space, so Mother Russia had to send up three!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (kpS4V) --- The same dynamic is in play with China. People look at stuff like ship production, missile inventories, claimed test results but don't understand that it's all for show. Xi says "Built a ship every month," and so they do, but they use garbage materials and cut corners. Training is all about marching and looking competent, not actually performing in battlefield conditions. It's telling that when China sent a frigate and a cutter against a Filipino motorboat, they came out on the losing side. And of course all the fancy hypersonic missiles they sold Iran have yet to scratch the paint of a single US warship. The conclusion of Walls of Men just keeps looking better and better. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:05 AM (ZOv7s) 168
It's been a busy week for chores so not as much reading. But one I have trouble putting down, except to make a LOT of notes, is Martin Shaw's "Liturgies of the Wild". It is, put way too simply, an examination of the importance of myth in culture and to the individual, its creation and the ongoing need for myths. Along the way Shaw makes me see resonances with Tolkien, Lewis, Homer, the Romantic poets and others. Not always a direct connection but a world outlook that they all touched on.
However, the book is a struggle. I want to race through it getting to each new page. But I also want to reflect on the writing, on many levels, and make notes on the ideas Shaw is generating. It's a delicious but annoying dilemma. Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 10:06 AM (yTvNw) 169
That goes for both heroes and villains.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 10:05 AM (gnNyN) --- It helps if you use real people as the model. That's why I always say "write what you know," because that's how the best one did it. Go out and live, THEN write. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:07 AM (ZOv7s) 170
My Side Of The Mountain...
Fun book. Somerset Maugham was seated next to Dorothy Parker at a dinner party" Not at the Somerset Maugham suite? / Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:07 AM (XuXeR) 171
Well, yeah...because what reader would actually figure out that the killer rigged a shotgun with a string through a hole in the window, that he then pulled from outside, making it appear that a man shot himself in a locked room?
It would take me most of the day to track it down, but I believe a variation of that was an actual crime in late 19th or early 20th century America (NYC, if my memory serves). I'll have to look around my shelves this week and see if I can find it. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 10:07 AM (qRla/) 172
It's telling that when China sent a frigate and a cutter against a Filipino motorboat, they came out on the losing side.
-- 👍🏼 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 10:07 AM (fE6HJ) 173
Well, yeah...because what reader would actually figure out that the killer rigged a shotgun with a string through a hole in the window, that he then pulled from outside, making it appear that a man shot himself in a locked room?
It was so preposterous that I couldn't pick up another. Life is short. I do have a Lord Peter Wimsey in one of my bedside stacks. One day... Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 *** It's supposed to be somewhat preposterous -- a grand game between reader and writer, not "realistic." Carr the locked-room champ himself, when he was critiquing books, mentioned that. "For me to complain about unrealistic elements in someone else's book is like St. Vitus complaining about the Twist." Chandler and Hammett and their disciples, those are the "realistic" guys. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:08 AM (wzUl9) 174
For me the defining trait of the Chinese army is white gloves. Their soldiers wear white gloves.
That's a parade army, not a fighting army. For the past several centuries the only enemies the Chinese army has managed to defeat has been Chinese civilians. I'm not saying we shouldn't take them seriously as a rival, but there's a lot of ridiculous doomer talk which reminds me very strongly of how we were told the Soviets were invincible back in 1982. In many cases it's the same people saying it, too. Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:08 AM (78a2H) 175
"My Side Of The Mountain" by Jean Craighead George.
Read it many times as a youngster. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1) --- People of a certain age will recall when The Education of Little Tree was all the rage. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s) 176
I hate to leave, folks, but the day awaits. Thanks for dropping by and thanks to CBD for letting me host yet again. Unless some other topic grabs my attention, my next thread will be about the TBR pile and the problems associated with it.
Hope you all have a lovely day. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 10:09 AM (qRla/) 177
Speaking of childhood books. I’m pretty sure Andre Norton’s The Time Traders was the first science fiction I ever read. I’m rereading now and amazed that I had no idea how immersed in the Cold War the plot was
Posted by: Who Knew at April 12, 2026 10:09 AM (0QMbS) Posted by: Just the punchline at April 12, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1) 179
Reading Shots Fired in Anger: A Rifleman's View of the Battle of Guadalcanal. Tried reading it on one of bezos' e-readers, but just now ordered the book. Paper is the way to go. Oddly, they changed the subtitle on the electronic version, replacing the word 'Battle' with 'Activities'. Weird.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 10:10 AM (2TPZH) 180
In before the Tolkien nerds...Damn it!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 10:11 AM (Fbc0I) 181
but there's a lot of ridiculous doomer talk"
This. "Japan Inc. will crush us", "beware the Emerald Tiger" (yeah, Ireland was gonna be it), "the EU will dominate world trade" How did those work out again? Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:11 AM (XuXeR) 182
It's supposed to be somewhat preposterous -- a grand game between reader and writer, not "realistic."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:08 AM (wzUl9) I get that; I just don't enjoy it much. I am much more a fan of more realistic detective fiction. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 10:12 AM (h7ZuX) 183
For me the defining trait of the Chinese army is white gloves. Their soldiers wear white gloves.
That's a parade army, not a fighting army. For the past several centuries the only enemies the Chinese army has managed to defeat has been Chinese civilians. I'm not saying we shouldn't take them seriously as a rival, but there's a lot of ridiculous doomer talk which reminds me very strongly of how we were told the Soviets were invincible back in 1982. In many cases it's the same people saying it, too. Posted by: Trimegistus And for the same reasons. My view is that they wear gloves so as not to cause rust on the pot metal weapons. Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 10:13 AM (0U5gm) 184
"Chandler and Hammett and their disciples, those are the "realistic" guys.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius" ### Speaking of that, I have a shiny new grandson whose first name is Dashiell. Kinda badass. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1) 185
In the early days of the Ellery stories, two things the Queen cousins did that nobody else was trying were the surreal murder scene, and murder in an unusual locale.
See the bodies with heads chopped off and fastened to signposts, to form a kind of "T," in The Egyptian Cross Mystery. Or the body found with all its clothing reversed (well, not the shoes) and all the furnishings in the room reversed as well, in Chinese Orange. And their early books moved out of the Christie library to a Broadway theater, a department store, a hospital, and an indoor rodeo in Manhattan. Suspects by the carload! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9) 186
MP4- Would love to read the "Discoverers" book.
I am sure it is a straightforward account of the explorers, and is not laced with Western civilization guilt. Continuing to read Ron Chernow's excellent biography on U.S. Grant, as recommended by a few of the readers here. Posted by: Joemarine at April 12, 2026 10:14 AM (y171U) 187
Tolkien is always in the chamber...
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:14 AM (kpS4V) Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:14 AM (XuXeR) 189
I'm not saying we shouldn't take them seriously as a rival, but there's a lot of ridiculous doomer talk which reminds me very strongly of how we were told the Soviets were invincible back in 1982. In many cases it's the same people saying it, too.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:08 AM (78a2H) --- Netizens in China are a great source of inside information. After the big WW II parade in September, they filmed the troops going home on the trains and they all had sunburns or tan lines. In China. In September. Did they practice indoors? Some folks threw shade at our US Army anniversary parade, but those were actual troops, not a drill team (the actual Old Guard guys are awesome, because that's what they do). Oh, and one of their new nuclear submarines sank at the dock and its reactor melted down. We know because we caught it on a satellite picture and the radiation plume showed up in the South China Sea. Top men. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:15 AM (ZOv7s) 190
*I am much more a fan of more realistic detective fiction.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 10:12 AM* Hello, sweetheart. Posted by: Yours truly, Johnny Dollar at April 12, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1) 191
Plus one of the best of the early Ellerys is The Siamese Twin Mystery, which turns the "suspects snowed in" trope on its head. Ellery and his father are trapped by a forest fire that is working its way up the mountain toward the home where the murders happen. There is built-in suspense, not only about the twists and turns of the puzzle -- dying message clues and several false solutions before the true one -- but as to how they are going to survive this!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9) 192
Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Aesop. It's a 5MB .mobi ebook file which means there are a lot of images to enjoy along the way.
Project Gutenberg. Standard Ebooks is another source. "The truth is, of course, that Aesop's Fables are not Aesop's fables, any more than Grimm's Fairy Tales were ever Grimm's fairy tales. But the fable and the fairy tale are things utterly distinct. There are many elements of difference; but the plainest is plain enough. There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them." - G. K. Chesterton Posted by: 13times at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (uB2D/) 193
I enjoy the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries as well. My personal favorite is "Murder Must Advertise." Not the best of her mysteries; one of the subplots is tedious and pretty unbelievable. The reason I like it so much is that it captures the atmosphere at an advertising agency in 1920s England.
That's not surprising since Sayers herself worked at an ad agency for several years. She's credited with some of the most enduring Guinness campaigns and reputedly created the Guinness toucan. Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (FEVMW) 194
About the time I read We Were There at the Battle of Gettysburg, my parents had Bruce Catton’s Potomac trilogy on the book shelf. I didn’t read it as a lad, but the titles stuck in my mind. I still think to this day that A Stillness at Appomattox is probably the best title to any history book ever…. I think that title is why I circled back and eventually read the trilogy as a young adult. Titles are underrated…. Gotta have a good title
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (xT8gx) 195
Many of Carr's mysteries, and also Christie's, were written as part of a trend of the time where the goal was to provide some clues, but to make the story so that it was nearly impossible to solve the mystery prior to the last chapter. It is an interesting pursuit, but sometimes it sacrifices credulity.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (0U5gm) 196
Fair lady in rich setting with diaphanous Spring dress, white shoes, white gloves, white purse, white parasol, and upside-down flower pot for a hat. Must be a Poppins book thread.😏
Hey, MP4, maybe think about subbing for Piper some evening?😏😏 Hello and happy Bookday, everydobby. Posted by: mindful webworker - here we are as a species with bright shining... um... at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (C2uPD) 197
This. "Japan Inc. will crush us",
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:11 AM (XuXeR) --- Though the conclusion was flawed, Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers was a really good book. His summary of global politics from 1500 into the 20th Century was masterful. Really fired my imagination. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s) 198
Speaking of that, I have a shiny new grandson whose first name is Dashiell.
Kinda badass. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1) I love that! There won't be a dozen of those in his class full of Graysons, Wyatts, and Jaxxs. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 10:18 AM (h7ZuX) 199
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host. Posted by: Just the punchline at April 12, 2026 *** Part of the reason Dottie is still read and still in print today. Many of her short stories are incomparable, too -- the kind of thing Hemingway and Lardner did, but always with her trademark cynicism. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:19 AM (wzUl9) 200
Almost done with the fourth book in Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Children of . . ." series, which is called "Children of Strife." Pretty good, but honestly books 2 through 4 haven't captured the drama or creativity that the first book did (Children of Time), with this final book being hindered by the fact that almost all the human characters are reprehensible assholes.
I think I definitely like his "Final Architecture" trilogy much more. YMMV, of course. Hey, Book Nerdz!! Posted by: Sharkman at April 12, 2026 10:19 AM (/RHNq) 201
>>Speaking of childhood books. I’m pretty sure Andre Norton’s The Time Traders was the first science fiction I ever read.
One of her's, Victory on Janus, was the first SF I remember reading (7th grade), but there's a story I saw a lot earlier (2nd grade, I think) set in kind of a post-apocalyptic Quebec. Pretty sure it was originally in French (realised this a lot later) because I caught references to Mount Royal and I thought it was silly to change the name. Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 10:20 AM (NcvvS) 202
I'll say this now. The first volume of Malcolm Guite's Arthuriad epic poem comes out on the 20th. The title is "Galahad and the Grail" and I've been waiting for over two years for it to be published, following his progress. When it is FINALLY in my hands, all my other reading will stop until I finish it. If it is only half as good as the brief parts I've heard it will be magnificent, on a par with Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" and other epic poems.
This feels a bit like a little kid the week before Christmas: impatience and anticipation. Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 10:23 AM (yTvNw) 203
Our Germans may have been better than their Germans, but the Russkies kept beating us to the punch, helped by their casual attitude about safety.
Hence all the (urban legend?) stories about cosmonauts being lost in space, orbiting endlessly around the planet. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (qRla/) ====== I think of the Cold War space programs as forms of military campaigns - military (or former) officers, both programs evolved from ballistic missile research. Flag-planting on the lunar surface. Add to that each country's military philosophies and doctrines, and for me, how things panned out was a simple progression from the moment the last German soldat marched into a POW pen. Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 10:25 AM (rj6Yv) 204
The problem at the time, Russia or USSR was a huge country, like 9 time zones or whatever. Completely closed society.
Intelligence was scant on what they were up to. There was no way to know, for sure. The “missile gap” turned out to be nonsense - but they didn’t know at the time. And politicians who knew better, didn’t fail to paint Republicans as weak and in effectual against the Red Menace. That’s why the U-2 and later, satellites loomed large. When Sputnik launched, American scientists thought somebody dropped a decimal in the translation. 18.4 pounds maybe. 184 pounds? Uh-oh. That means they have heavy lift capability. Maybe they can’t make toasters or washing machines, but they can make rockets that could drop nukes on the USA. America hadn’t felt so vulnerable to attack since 1812 Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 10:25 AM (o55mS) 205
In before the Tolkien nerds...Damn it!"
I'm here... Finished all 4 books and am now starting Silmarillion Posted by: It's me donna at April 12, 2026 10:26 AM (YFxAC) 206
I read and reread "The Mad Scientists' Club" constantly during grade school
The Mad Scientists Club and The Three Investigators were my childhood favorites. Those kids did things! Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2026 10:26 AM (7zz0n) 207
The book weaves three stories - the search for the killers, Clarence Darrow's defense and DW Griffith's move to Hollywood.
- Speaking of three intertwined story, over Easter weekend PBS (first clue) had a new interpretation of the passion that was, get this, heretical. The basic theory is that Jesus, Herod, and Tiberius' right hand man Sejanus were jockeying for power. But then Sejanus fell from power and Jesus became a liability to Herod so whereas he had earlier ignored Jesus attacking the money changers, now he is a threat. Pirate also feared Tiberius' revenge on Sejanus' friends so plays along. Also, Jesus didn't enter Jerusalem on Palm Sunday but six months earlier and was imprisoned for that time as Herod and Pilate waited to see how the Sejanus debacle fell out. It was interesting but reduces Jesus and religion itself to mere political skulduggery. I was disappointed by the Naked Archaeologist, Simcha Jacobovici, whom I always liked, participation in this and he has written a book explaining this theory. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7) 208
Reading Shots Fired in Anger: A Rifleman's View of the Battle of Guadalcanal. Tried reading it on one of bezos' e-readers, but just now ordered the book. Paper is the way to go. Oddly, they changed the subtitle on the electronic version, replacing the word 'Battle' with 'Activities'. Weird.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 10:10 AM (2TPZH) ===== A must read. Does your copy include George's service in Burma with Merrill's Marauders? Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 10:28 AM (rj6Yv) 209
I think I definitely like his "Final Architecture" trilogy much more. YMMV, of course.
Hey, Book Nerdz!! Posted by: Sharkman at April 12, 2026 10:19 AM (/RHNq) Children of Ruin is my favorite. All of his 'series' books explore how we communicate with alien intelligences and the attendant pitfalls. Posted by: 13times at April 12, 2026 10:28 AM (uB2D/) 210
First Maugham I can remember reading was The Razor's Edge. I was in high school and it was required for some class or other; as it wasn't sf I raced through it as quickly as I could and didn't give it the attention I should have. It was at least 20 years before I picked up Maugham again, probably after running across recommendations from other writers.
Robert Silverberg did a collection of stories called First Person Singular, spinning off Maugham's Six Stories in the First Person Singular, and he discussed some of Maugham's techniques in the intro to that collection. Worth a look. Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 10:28 AM (q3u5l) 211
The best of the great puzzle mysteries always feature a motivation for the murderer to do what he did. In the EQ case of the corpse with the reversed clothing, it was to conceal the corpse's identity, which if known would have led right to his killer. And in the best of Carr's stories, the murderer did not *set out* to create an impossible crime; nobody would do that. Circumstances changed as he was in the middle of the murder, and the "impossible" appearance came about by chance.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 10:33 AM (qFwJc) 213
maugham reappears in one of the latter bernard gunther tales, when the former is living in the south of france,
the backstory is about the supposed mole in MI 5, Roger Hollis, who had dodgy ties, Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:33 AM (bXbFr) 214
I would read Andrew Robert's Napoleon have number of bolks on him. Yet probably won't ever get to it as looking more like a microscope into the period.
And for a Napoleonic era buff, I am not a Francophile Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 10:34 AM (Ia/+0) 215
actually the U2 showed us, there was no missile gap, but the deep state, wanted a play against eisenhower, and nixon,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:35 AM (bXbFr) 216
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I'm here... Finished all 4 books and am now starting Silmarillion Posted by: It's me donna at April 12, 2026 10:26 AM (YFxAC) That's been sitting on my shelf for ages, unread. (Shame on me. How can call myself a nerd?) Since I just finished my current prose read, which was a history book...The Silmarillion should probably jump to the top of my reading list. Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 10:35 AM (Lhaco) 217
The basic theory is that Jesus, Herod, and Tiberius' right hand man Sejanus were jockeying for power. But then Sejanus fell from power and Jesus became a liability to Herod so whereas he had earlier ignored Jesus attacking the money changers, now he is a threat. Pirate also feared Tiberius' revenge on Sejanus' friends so plays along. Also, Jesus didn't enter Jerusalem on Palm Sunday but six months earlier and was imprisoned for that time as Herod and Pilate waited to see how the Sejanus debacle fell out. . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 *** It doesn't really fit as far as timeline. Jesus was probably born in what we call 4 BC, so he'd have been 33 in AD 29; and Sejanus did not fall from power and die until AD 31. But I gotta admit, the theory is ingenious. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:36 AM (wzUl9) 218
A must read. Does your copy include George's service in Burma with Merrill's Marauders?
_-_ Don't know how much, there is a brief mention later in the book (only read to page 52 so far). Good writer, though, so I will seek that out. Thanks for the tip. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 10:36 AM (2TPZH) 219
the twist about Poirot, was not so much who did it, but why and how he discerned the motive
that is the draw of a drawing room mystery, that was satirized in the movie clue, Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:36 AM (bXbFr) 220
does sejanus fall come later, that is what we saw in I Claudius, which was influenced by Tacitus account,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:38 AM (bXbFr) 221
One of the amazing things about the early space race era is satellite reconaissance. Specifically, how the Russians -- the most spy-crazy nation in history, which literally invented putting satellites in orbit -- didn't even think of the idea until the Americans were photographing their whole country acre by acre from space.
That points up a really key element of the Soviet space program, and a lot of Communist projects in general: the focus is entirely on doing a thing so you can brag about having done the thing. Nobody seems to ask "what can we do with this thing now?" Imagine if they'd been the first ones to build weather satellites, so that people all over the world would look to Glorious Russia for warnings of hurricanes and such. Or if they -- as Clarke even warned us about! -- had built the first comsats, giving them a way to Sovietize global culture. Nope. They put the trophy in the case and that was that. The most astonishing example is Gagarin bailing out of his Vostok capsule because they hadn't developed a landing system -- and then the Soviet state kept that a secret for 40 years because they were afraid it might not qualify for the official record books! Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:38 AM (78a2H) 222
The Bee: Here's What Each Of The 73 Letters In Canada's New LGBT Acronym Stands For
https://tinyurl.com/4n7de47c JOU: James O'Keefe Undercover 😆 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:39 AM (kpS4V) 223
Read Asquith, by Roy Jenkins, a biography of H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of Britain between 1906 and 1916. We think of Edwardian Britain as palaces. idyllic garden parties and discrete adultery. But the country was in ferment. Labor turmoil, women's suffrage (quite violent), naval rearmament, budgets, conflicts with the House of Lords, Ireland and, ridiculously, Welsh disestablishment caused great difficulty for the ruling Liberals. Asquith's prewar strengths - solidity, patience and a willingness to wait events out - served him well in this time. At war, these became weaknesses. He was pushed first into coalition government then out of office altogether. Neither he nor the Liberal Party ever recovered. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 10:39 AM (tgvbd) 224
Speaking of Roy Chapman Andrews, he had Indiana Jones league adventures that I wouldn't believe except he brought back dinosaur eggs. Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expedition is a *great* book. Finding dinosaurs is amazing enough but he also did it in the middle of the collapse of China. Great stories about how one deals with bandit warlords, policemen performing summary decapitations on his car bumper, and knowing he *had* to get as many specimens out as possible because civil war would make it impossible to go back.
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at April 12, 2026 10:40 AM (riU3n) 225
Many of Carr's mysteries, and also Christie's, were written as part of a trend of the time where the goal was to provide some clues, but to make the story so that it was nearly impossible to solve the mystery prior to the last chapter. It is an interesting pursuit, but sometimes it sacrifices credulity.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 *** The Queen cousins prided themselves on always providing all the clues. (Didn't mean they didn't conceal them in some fashion, putting up blinds so you didn't realize they *were* clues.) The logic of the best Ellery stories is excellent and allows only one solution. Of course, as the cousins themselves said, "We are fair to the reader only if he is a genius." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9) 226
Clearly I was wrong about Maugham being a forgotten man. I’ll take some of those recommendations to heart and try some more (eventually) after finishing Of Human Bondage
Posted by: Who Knew at April 12, 2026 10:40 AM (0QMbS) 227
gKWVE: I spilt my coffee too, but I was at home and had to clean it up myself!
There was a series of books I liked a lot as a kid by William (I think) Altsheler. Didn't discover until late in adulthood that my twin brother loved them too and collected them. His widow was kind enough to send them on to me. They cover the French and Indian war. I was young enough not to realize that was an actual event and not made up by the author. Posted by: Wenda at April 12, 2026 10:41 AM (JhlRS) 228
I didn't come up with a favorite childhood book, then thought of the great, fat Webster's Unabridged Dictionary that resided in the upstairs hallway on its own stand. Referenced that, and sometimes just thumbed through it, so many times.
Like so much else, it disappeared after the folks divorced and the old house was sold while I was sent away, miserably, to summer camp. (That experience was like a bad SF story where I was transported from my happy childhood home to an alternate and crappier dimension.) Often wondered what became of all the books we had, like the nearly complete original Hardy Boys set, or Dad's hardbound collections of cartoons by Addams, VIP, Mauldin, et al. Posted by: mindful webworker - books in another world at April 12, 2026 10:41 AM (C2uPD) 229
My other favorite reading was a collection of Vogue magazines from the 1940's, given me by a woman in our church, I've no idea why, she had daughters of her own.
They used to print the menus of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's dinner parties. Posted by: Wenda at April 12, 2026 10:43 AM (JhlRS) 230
My parent's library had "50 True Tales of Terror" and "50 True Ghost Stories", also edited by John Canning. I remember those well. Lots of fairly goofy stuff, but some tales absolutely chilling.
As far as childhood favorites, two stand out: 1) "Mystery of the Witch's Bridge" by Barbee Oliver Carlton. I got this in IIRC 3rd grade, from Scholastic Book Services. Young orphan Dan Pride is sent to live with his rather remote uncle at the family estate in York, Maine. Decades-old mysteries, a reputed mad hermit who lives on an island in the marsh, and a menacing dog named Caliban all fit into the story. I always found it incredibly evocative of the setting. It vanished long ago and I found an apparently never-read copy in the original printing on Amazon about 20 years ago. Enjoyed reading it just as much the 2nd time. 2) "Quest For the Snow Leopard" by Roy Chapman Andrews. A fictionalized account of some of his travels in China and Tibet. My evil twin absconded with it, so I got a copy of the original. To this day, I can't see a cardinal in winter without thinking of "The Great Gorge of the Yangtze River", one of chapters in the book. Posted by: Disillusionist at April 12, 2026 10:43 AM (VZ4lb) 231
the twist about Poirot, was not so much who did it, but why and how he discerned the motive
that is the draw of a drawing room mystery, that was satirized in the movie clue, Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 *** And viewers/readers still love a good puzzle, if it's not too complicated. See the Knives Out films. At least the first one qualifies as a Queen/Christie-level mystery. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9) 232
Don't know how much, there is a brief mention later in the book (only read to page 52 so far). Good writer, though, so I will seek that out. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 10:36 AM (2TPZH) ====== My copy is the NRA 2nd edition that appends his account of his service in Burma. It's like a second book. It provides an insight into the US's first RCT-level campaign with indigenous forces (the Kachins) in the 20th century. The Brits, of course, had a lot of experience in the practice (including Burma, of course). A sort of a passing of the baton. Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 10:44 AM (rj6Yv) 233
Gotta have a good title
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (xT8gx) --- Absolutely. My worst selling book (Scorpion's Pass) has a crappy title and one of my goals this year is to do an audio book/revision and retitle it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:45 AM (ZOv7s) 234
Roy Chapman Andrews originally went to Asia to study marine life. In particular he was investigating a Japanese account of something described as a giant whale, or kujira.
That's right. He was looking for Godzilla. Then risked his life to get into China to recover dinosaur eggs. Hmm . . . Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:45 AM (78a2H) 235
What a beautiful dress pron photo!
It says Easter in New Orleans to me. Somewhere in a box I have a beautiful hat from Yvonne LaFleur, and somewhere in the back of the closet is the dress it was made for. And maybe in ten years or so, grandgirl will wear both and look lovely <3 Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 10:46 AM (enw9G) 236
Good luck Donna. It was all I could do to finish that one.
Read the other 4 twice in my lifetime Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 10:47 AM (Ia/+0) 237
Speaking of three intertwined story, over Easter weekend PBS (first clue) had a new interpretation of the passion that was, get this, heretical.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7) --- "Oh look, it's Easter, so let blaspheme and insult people who will generally ignore us." "Oh, it's Eid, everyone remember to say nice things about Muslims!" Do they get that insulting Jesus also insults Muslims? Anyone remember when some school (Oberlin?) was going to do a production of "Corpus Christi" with the gay Jesus and got threatened with fatal diversity, upon which they decided cultural sensitivity was better than transgression? That was a hoot. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:48 AM (ZOv7s) 238
Well, time for Mass. Thanks to MPPP and everyone. Happy reading!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:48 AM (ZOv7s) 239
My aunt found a set of books by Albert Payson Terhine, who wrote books about heroic collies. He was really a hack writer but I loved those books as a child. My own dog was a mutt, but she spent many hours lying next to me while I was reading about Lad or Lochinvar Bobby rescuing theit owners.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at April 12, 2026 10:50 AM (Ecjv8) 240
Wow, Iran totally punked Trump! lol Iran stands for the world.
Posted by: Sid at April 12, 2026 10:50 AM (Be2jp) 241
My aunt found a set of books by Albert Payson Terhine, who wrote books about heroic collies. He was really a hack writer but I loved those books as a child. My own dog was a mutt, but she spent many hours lying next to me while I was reading about Lad or Lochinvar Bobby rescuing theit owners.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at April 12, 2026 *** I remember his Lochinvar Luck as a boy. And there were the Whitman Authorized TV novels about Lassie, at least two with Jeff Miller and one or two with Timmy. (No wells were ever involved.) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:52 AM (wzUl9) 242
"What a beautiful dress pron photo!
It says Easter in New Orleans to me." Yes. It brought back fond memories of Oregon Muse. Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2026 10:52 AM (lJ0H4) 243
With the Lassie Whitman books, I see three or four were written by Western writer Steve Frazee. I never read those. They might be fun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:54 AM (wzUl9) 244
It doesn't really fit as far as timeline. Jesus was probably born in what we call 4 BC, so he'd have been 33 in AD 29; and Sejanus did not fall from power and die until AD 31. But I gotta admit, the theory is ingenious.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere does sejanus fall come later, that is what we saw in I Claudius, which was influenced by Tacitus account, Posted by: miguel cervantes Details, mere details. They developed a theory based upon pure speculation. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7) 245
This is funny. Out of the blue, the lovely and artistic Mrs naturalfake, used her AI programs to make a cover for my upcoming novel. She did a great job! Very professional looking. Anywho, she said the cover was to be a spur for me to get off my butt, and finish the novel.... Yes, ma'am!!! Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 10:55 AM (iJfKG) 246
Looking through the second volume of my old 1930's dictionary set.
Dumb me, I just learned that "yokel" is Northern English for "plow boy", duh, thence a country bumpkin. I love dictionary surfing, which is why, as much as I use on-line lookups, I still have dead trees versions. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:56 AM (kpS4V) 247
Nope. They put the trophy in the case and that was that.
The most astonishing example is Gagarin bailing out of his Vostok capsule because they hadn't developed a landing system -- and then the Soviet state kept that a secret for 40 years because they were afraid it might not qualify for the official record books! Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:38 AM (78a2H) ==== The Bolsheviks persecuted their most brilliant engineers and physicists. They imprisoned most of them, men like Sakharov, and fed and sheltered them like radioactive lab rats. Solzhenitsyn spells it out in his novel "The First Circle". My parents visited Kazakhstan and Pavlodar as part of a IESC program in the 90s. Dad had spent some years working at the Redstone Arsenal in the 50s. His description of the Soviet-era factories left in Kazakhstan was one of slap-dash and make-do in response to a doomed central command-and-control economy. Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 10:56 AM (rj6Yv) 248
37 just in here quickly to thank whoever (sometime early last week) linked First Contact over at Royal Road ... lol, what fun reading! and what, 500 chapters? even if they are short.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (MIIRH) You're welcome! I mostly read LitRPG on Royal Road, but they also gave asylum to some sci-fi refugees from the HFY subreddit when there was some e-drama. I forget the details, just a vague recollection of Reddit changing the terms of service to arguably own the rights to everything posted. This, naturally, rustled many jimmies, especially on such a writer-focused sub. Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 10:57 AM (Sy6m/) 249
no they are pretty stupid on that score,
although the though of issa and jesus are not remotely alike Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:58 AM (bXbFr) 250
I was thinking of Oregon Muse the other day.
I bet he'd be glad how the book thread goes on welll Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 10:58 AM (enw9G) 251
"The conclusion of Walls of Men just keeps looking better and better."
Just added to my TBR pile. Posted by: Disillusionist at April 12, 2026 10:58 AM (VZ4lb) 252
Speaking of Judas . . .
Swalwell’s congressional & campaign senior staff are out with a new stmt “We’re horrified by the recent reporting in the San Francisco Chronicle and by CNN” “The behavior detailed in these reports is abhorrent, beneath the dignity of those serving in public office and betrays the trust of all Californians,” they write. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7) 253
yes cosmonauts were disposable,
one recalls that CNN series where they painted Jesus like the sicari, who he was at odds with, this was ehrman foolishness, Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 11:02 AM (bXbFr) 254
"The World's Discoverers" by William Henry Johnson is on archive.org.
Posted by: microcosme at April 12, 2026 11:03 AM (tIOA7) 255
The Bolsheviks persecuted their most brilliant engineers and physicists. ___________ I always say the Catholic Church should apologize for Galileo when the commies apologize for killing Vavilov for challenging the dogmas of Lysenko. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:03 AM (tgvbd) 256
Like so much else, it disappeared after the folks divorced and the old house was sold while I was sent away, miserably, to summer camp. (That experience was like a bad SF story where I was transported from my happy childhood home to an alternate and crappier dimension.) Often wondered what became of all the books we had, like the nearly complete original Hardy Boys set, or Dad's hardbound collections of cartoons by Addams, VIP, Mauldin, et al.
Posted by: mindful webworker - books in another world at April 12, 2026 10:41 AM (C2uPD) Am I reading this right? Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 11:04 AM (emWLT) 257
I love dictionary surfing, which is why, as much as I use on-line lookups, I still have dead trees versions.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:56 AM (kpS4V) Use old ones. We have a two-volume set of The Century Dictionary. It shows a plate of world flags and Germany is red with some funny icon in the middle. Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 11:04 AM (1Ff7Z) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:05 AM (tgvbd) 259
Who would have sent dick pics back in the day?
Tycho Brahe Rousseau Marquis de Sade William S. Burroughs Charles Bukowski for sure Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:05 AM (kpS4V) 260
...Century Dictionary. It shows a plate of world flags and Germany is red with some funny icon in the middle.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 11:04 AM (1Ff7Z) ---- That's the set I have! I love it. Got it at a library sale. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:06 AM (kpS4V) 261
Like so much else, it disappeared after the folks divorced and the old house was sold while I was sent away, miserably, to summer camp. (That experience was like a bad SF story where I was transported from my happy childhood home to an alternate and crappier dimension.) ____________ Kids are resilient, he said dismissively. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:08 AM (tgvbd) 262
Grandgirl is going to be 8 soon, and reads and writes very well (learning cursive, she proudly told me last month!), and I found a gorgeous hardback Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass, with a bookmark ribbon in the spine, and all the original Tenniel illustrations, for one of her gifts from Granny.
That was and remains one of my favorite books from way back when (along with all A A Milne, whose When We Were Very Young/Now We are Six introduced me to poetry--"What IS the matter with Mary Jane?"). I hope she enjoys it, and plan to reread with her if she likes. I feel like she needs to be challenged a bit, in order to start mastering complex reading, which it seems almost no one can do anymore. There's a delicate balance in introducing things at the right time (hence all the Dickens wars, etc that crop up), and I hope this is the right time for her to start loving what's down that rabbit hole. Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 11:10 AM (enw9G) 263
That's the set I have! I love it. Got it at a library sale.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:06 AM (kpS4V) They were always used as booster seats.... Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 11:10 AM (1Ff7Z) 264
p.s. to mindful web, re Addams cartoons: Just passed to grandgirl my husband's hardback Addams book--she has discovered Wednesday Addams, and lately every Wednesday she wears braids and black jeans and tee to school. "On Wednesday we wear black", she grins!
Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 11:12 AM (enw9G) 265
Good morning all.
Stopping by briefly as I am completely immersed in the news this morning. I love the dress up top MP4 but the gloves would have to go. The handbag too. Shoes are good. I finished First Sign of Danger, Kelley Armstrong's ewes Haven Rock book. This is a terrific series placing a small community of people escaping the law but for good reason set in the Yukon wilderness. Murder, intrigue follows them and it is up to the wilderness raised sheriff and his former detective wife to figure out what is going on. Men are men and women are women. Well done. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 12, 2026 11:14 AM (t/2Uw) 266
NRA 2nd edition
interesting...might have to actually stop in the visitors center next time at the Whittington Center ..bet they have quite a few books of interest there. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 11:17 AM (2TPZH) 267
Barbarausa, I loved the old Addams Family cartoons as a kid too.
(Mortician and Gomez looking through the window at a bleak stormy sky) Gomez: "Are you unhappy, my dear?" Morticia: "Oh yes, Darling, yes!" Or the neighborhood doing spring cleaning up and down the block and there's Uncle Fester sharpening the spikes on the iron fence. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:18 AM (kpS4V) 268
10 minute YT about 10 books you should never read.
https://tinyurl.com/2rnj5tm2 I couldn't tell if this was a put on or not. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:18 AM (ndZc7) 269
And small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri are real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri!
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 11:19 AM (78a2H) 270
Suddenly, I was soaring, high above the clouds. The sun warmed my back and the wind was water for me to swim through. I shrugged my wings and lifted up higher, higher, to where the air was thin and the sun didn't warm so much. More of a strain to get more altitude.
I turned my gaze to the ground. Below the thinning clouds, I saw their world. Clearly, I saw civilization overlaid on a vast landscape. Mountains and forests, rivers and lakes, and near the horizon an ocean, all familiar, all utterly strange. No mountains on Earth look like those peaks. And no human city looks like the wide-spread crystalline structures that were scattered near the mountaintops. I folded my wings behind my back and fell, like a meteor, toward a mountaintop. The roar of air! The brush of wind against my eyes and breastfeathers! The incredible rush of gravity's acceleration! The mountaintop city rushed up at me. Details I could see before more clearly than my normal vision but now I began to pick out individuals, what appeared to be vehicles gliding through the air, shimmering, gossamer ribbons connecting the cities and surrounding developments. … Posted by: mindful webworker - Invulnerable at April 12, 2026 11:20 AM (C2uPD) Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 11:22 AM (IG3/x) 272
And getting back to MP4's topic question, collections of cartoons were a BIG part of my immersive reading growing up, especially Charles Addams and Gahan Wilson.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:22 AM (kpS4V) 273
Encyclopedia Brown doesn't get any love around here... Is that series just too simple, for super young people? because I always thought the stories were clever....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:23 AM (dmDsy) 274
Eris, we all ran home from the school bus to catch the beginning of Dark Shadows, followed by Addams Family.
John Astin remains such a great Gomez! Raul Julia pretty much owns it now, but I always see John Astin in my mind--I thought Morticia was so lucky! One of the thrills of my teenage life was when a guy I had a huge crush on kissed my hand, and then up my arm. (He got to the shoulder and stopped, and we both laughed because we were embarrassed. I kind of wish we hadn't been, lol!) Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 11:24 AM (enw9G) 275
How's your Latin?
Hakeem Jeffries Claims DEI Is Explicitly Written Into Constitution “Let’s just check the record. The motto of this great country, ‘E pluribus unum,’ that’s the motto of this great country, ‘Out of many, one.’ That’s diversity,” Jeffries continued. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:24 AM (ndZc7) 276
(Mortician and Gomez looking through the window at a bleak stormy sky)
Gomez: "Are you unhappy, my dear?" Morticia: "Oh yes, Darling, yes!" Or the neighborhood doing spring cleaning up and down the block and there's Uncle Fester sharpening the spikes on the iron fence. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 *** The first movie in the 1990s really captured the spirit of all that. Morticia to Gomez: "Last night, you were unhinged. You were like some desperate howling demon. You frightened me. . . . Do it again." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:26 AM (wzUl9) 277
Upthread a bit Sabrina Chase suggested the book Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expedition.
It's under copyright, but I've a sneaking suspicion that that book is a compilation of his original books: Project Gutenberg. "Camps and Trails in China" by Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews is an adventure narrative written in the early 20th century. The work chronicles the Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition conducted by the American Museum of Natural History in China between 1916 and 1917." "Across Mongolian Plains" by Roy Chapman Andrews is a naturalist's account written in the early 20th century. The narrative follows Andrews and his companions on their Second Asiatic Expedition, where they embark on a journey across Mongolia and Northern China." Posted by: 13times at April 12, 2026 11:26 AM (uB2D/) 278
Good morning from a soggy Left Coast, where we were teased by Spring through the month of March and early April and are now back to rain and winter.
Off topic from MP4's suggestion. Hubs and I have been watching "Dark Winds," AMC's adaptation of the novels by Tony Hillerman. I've only read one novel in the series, but I noticed some radical changes in the characters and their arcs. Since I'm not invested in the novels' characters, I don't mind the changes in the series. In fact, the writers have done a good job writing compelling stories and the actors are outstanding. But would I feel this way if I had invested more time in the novels before watching the series? I'm not sure. I notice I am often able to separate novels from their adaptations and appreciate the story (if well done) in their respective media even if they don't "match" exactly. And sometimes the adaptation ruins the story AND the characters. How about the rest of y'all? Posted by: March Hare at April 12, 2026 11:27 AM (O/GSq) 279
Weird crossover:
Rudd Weatherwax, the trainer of the various TV and movie "Lassies", was the uncle of Ken Weatherwax, who played Pugsley in the old Addams Family TV series. Mmm... Carolyn Jones...Mmmmmm... Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 11:27 AM (IG3/x) 280
Way back when, you could find mass market paperbacks of Charles Addams and Gahan Wilson on most of the racks in my neighborhood. Wilson had a cartoon in nearly every issue of the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction for a while and even if the issue had a story by one of my favorites, it was Wilson's cartoon I went to first. Wilson also had a lot of cartoons in Playboy for some years; if I ran across an issue I looked for Wilson's cartoon before anything else -- which should tell you just how much I liked Gahan Wilson's stuff.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:30 AM (q3u5l) 281
I have the Penguin edition of Hayklut's Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation which excerpts into one volume the 10 volume series.
I had the chance to buy the whole series in a used bookstore, but it would have been about a thousand dollars . I regret missing that less than missing the Hoover translation of Agricola's De Re Metalica[i/] Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 11:30 AM (rbvCR) 282
I'm not sure. I notice I am often able to separate novels from their adaptations and appreciate the story (if well done) in their respective media even if they don't "match" exactly. And sometimes the adaptation ruins the story AND the characters.
How about the rest of y'all? Posted by: March Hare at April 12, 2026 *** I'm a big Man From U.N.C.L.E. fan and have been since the show was new. Yet I liked the 2015 movie quite a bit. It was true to the *spirit* of the show's best episodes -- real danger, with brave heroes dealing with it and displaying insouciant courage at the right moments. Henry Cavill's Solo was exactly like Robert Vaughn's, and Armie Hammer was quite a bit different from David McCallum. But it all worked. I'd have felt differently if Guy Ritchie had made fun of the original material and made it a goofy comedy. Or if they'd cast a blond actor as Solo and a dark one as Illya. But I was quite pleased with it. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:32 AM (wzUl9) 283
273 Encyclopedia Brown doesn't get any love around here... Is that series just too simple, for super young people? because I always thought the stories were clever....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:23 AM (dmDsy) I read 'em. I even remember a few moments from them. (A fake witness mentioned a squirrel backing down a tree in shock/fear, proving he was lying because squirrels don't climb backwards. A witness unwilling to admit to being a witness answered all test questions in palindrome, suggesting that the culprit was Bob.) But they were all really short, so there just isn't much to discuss. Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 11:33 AM (Lhaco) 284
re #16, yes Jack Vance was a great world builder. He could do more and better world building in three paragraphs and a footnote than many current authors can do in a seven volume epic.
If you have not already read it, I strongly recommend his autobiography "This Is Me, Jack Vance!: Or, More Properly, This Is "I"" Among other interesting details it reveals why aunts in Vance's stories are so often sinister figures. Posted by: John F. MacMichael at April 12, 2026 11:33 AM (aYnHS) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 11:34 AM (Kt19C) 286
Jimmy Kimmel is like the Amazing Kreskin!
Jimmy Kimmel Claims Melania Trump “Must Really Hate” Donald Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7) 287
I'm not sure. I notice I am often able to separate novels from their adaptations and appreciate the story (if well done) in their respective media even if they don't "match" exactly. And sometimes the adaptation ruins the story AND the characters.
How about the rest of y'all? Posted by: March Hare at April 12, 2026 *** The 1975 TV Ellery Queen came close to doing up the original stories quite well. Jim Hutton and David Wayne were excellent, and each story was a real puzzle. (Yeah, they relied on dying message clues too much.) So much better it was than that 1971 adaptation with Peer Lawford as Ellery! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:34 AM (wzUl9) 288
*Peter* Lawford. Sheesh.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:35 AM (wzUl9) 289
Want to see an adaptation of an old series that basically wads up the original like wastepaper and tosses it into the dumpster? Check out the Eddie Murphy/Owen Wilson butchery of I Spy.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:35 AM (q3u5l) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7) 291
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 11:34 AM (Kt19C)
Commissar, you're missing a noun! Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 11:37 AM (NcvvS) 292
As for books from childhood that I keep returning to: the "Alice" stories by Lewis Carroll. I have several editions, both electronic and printed. I don't often re-read the stories, but I do refer to them. I'm annoyed when the adaptation puts the characters into the wrong story, e.g., the Red Queen is NOT the same as the Queen of Hearts. The Red Queen and the White Queen are chess pieces. Tweedledee and Tweedledum appear in "Through the Looking Glass," not "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
My mother had a 1930's edition of "Peter Pan" with illustrations by Roy Best that she loved and the six of us kids read until it fell apart. I found a copy online that I bought for her many, many years later. I now own it and plan to share it with my grandkids. The illustrations are Maxfield Parish-ish. Tinkerbell looks more like Disney's Blue Fairy than Marilyn Monroe. Peter looks more like an innocent young boy. I also wish I had her third-grade reader which had wonderful short stories, poems, and illustrations, but that disappeared many, many years ago! (Probably also read to its demise.) Posted by: March Hare at April 12, 2026 11:39 AM (O/GSq) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:39 AM (ndZc7) 294
Want to see an adaptation of an old series that basically wads up the original like wastepaper and tosses it into the dumpster? Check out the Eddie Murphy/Owen Wilson butchery of I Spy.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 *** Exactly why I was afraid that the U.N.C.L.E. film would be the same. It wasn't. I don't think I even finished watching that so-called I Spy movie. Most big-screen adaptations of beloved TV series fail to get it right. I don't get it. If you love the original material enough to mount a major film version of it, why change everything that we loved? Though I suppose the producers are in there fiddling. We've had good luck with Addams Family and U.N.C.L.E.; I guess we can forget Wild, Wild West and 21 Jump Street. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:40 AM (wzUl9) 295
It's interesting to hear praise for Jack Vance. I'm only familiar with his Dying Earth books. The original collection of short stories, I liked. The novels, I hated them. Haven't read anything by him since.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2026 11:42 AM (28AwC) 296
Soon I shall need to do some chores. A Stolen Life w/ Bette Davis is on Movies at 1:30 my time, and I want to sit down and watch it without having to deal with household matters.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:43 AM (wzUl9) 297
I think it was William Goldman who said the best you can hope for in adaptations of books to movies is that the film will be faithful in spirit to the original. To squeeze a novel into two hours of screen time requires that things be cut or events be put into different sequences. Sam Raimi's film of Scott Smith's A Simple Plan is a nice example -- some major plot changes there, but the film is faithful in spirit to the book. Scorsese's film of Walter Tevis's The Color of Money throws out a LOT of the book, and IIRC the Tom Cruise character does not exist in Tevis's novel, but it begins with Eddie Felson out of the pool game for years and getting back into it at the finish -- so, sorta faithful in spirit to the character.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:43 AM (q3u5l) 298
It's interesting to hear praise for Jack Vance. I'm only familiar with his Dying Earth books. The original collection of short stories, I liked. The novels, I hated them. Haven't read anything by him since.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2026 *** I think it was Vance who had a Hugo-winning novella in the '50s called "The Dragonmasters." I no longer have the Hugo Awards paperback volume it was in. I should look for a copy. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:44 AM (wzUl9) 299
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:23 AM (dmDsy)
I read 'em. I even remember a few moments from them. (A fake witness mentioned a squirrel backing down a tree in shock/fear, proving he was lying because squirrels don't climb backwards.]/b] A witness unwilling to admit to being a witness answered all test questions in palindrome, suggesting that the culprit was Bob.) But they were all really short, so there just isn't much to discuss. Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 11:33 AM (Lhaco) That's amazing! That's one of the clues I remember! It was Spike, (or whoever the main antagonist was) testified the squirrel "got scared so quickly backed down the tree"... So random! Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:45 AM (dmDsy) 300
When I was much younger, I read a lot of Martin Caidin books. He was an aviation writer. One of his books was turned in to The Six Million Dollar Man. The book was more believable. Another book spawned the movie Marooned.
There are two books of his that I owned in paperback but I can no longer find. Almost Midnight was a thriller about stolen nuclear weapons. The ending of the book always gave me chills when I read it. Everything but the Flak was a non fiction book. When they made the movie The War Lover, they needed B-17s in flying condition. The book is about the man who located the planes, restored them and then flew them from the US to the UK. Several times when they landed at airports in the US, things came to a stop as veterans had very emotional reactions to the planes. The story about landing in Portugal after crossing the Atlantic was funny. Posted by: David from Oklahoma at April 12, 2026 11:45 AM (q+tdq) 301
Such great text manipulation!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:46 AM (dmDsy) 302
Maybe it's a sign I'm in my second childhood, but I enjoyed Hugh Lofting's Doctor Doolittle books. I don't know if I could find the same ones again. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:46 AM (tgvbd) Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:48 AM (dmDsy) 304
I think it was William Goldman who said the best you can hope for in adaptations of books to movies is that the film will be faithful in spirit to the original. To squeeze a novel into two hours of screen time requires that things be cut or events be put into different sequences. . . .
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 *** And Goldman knew what he was talking about, having adapted others' books -- and his own -- to film. Then you have somebody like Ira Levin, whose stuff is set up so that, if you take one card out of the house, the whole thing falls down. We got good adaptations of Rosemary's Baby and the original of The Stepford Wives (script by Goldman). And Levin's Deathtrap had been a play, so that was well-constructed from the get-go. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:48 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:49 AM (tgvbd) 306
Think I read somewhere that the film of Rosemary's Baby was Polanski's first Hollywood project and he didn't realize that he could, like so many directors, fiddle with the scripts and "make the movie his own." So he did what other directors had told Bradbury they wanted to do with his adaptations -- tear the pages out of the book and stuff them into the camera. It's one of the more faithful adaptations we'll ever see.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:51 AM (q3u5l) 307
And on that happy note, I'm off to create more chaos here at Casa Some Guy.
MP4, thanks for the thread. Have a good one, gang. Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:55 AM (q3u5l) 308
I think it was William Goldman who said the best you can hope for in adaptations of books to movies is that the film will be faithful in spirit to the original. ___________ I think that happens one time in a hundred. Authors are somewhere below Best Boy in the Hollywood hierarchy. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:55 AM (tgvbd) 309
Thanks, MP4 & Horde, for a delightful Book Thread. Got to go help nephew & his wife with their taxes. Again sometime!
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 11:57 AM (NcvvS) 310
Another book spawned the movie Marooned.
Can't find a copy anywhere. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:49 AM (tgvbd) Lost somewhere, is it? Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 11:57 AM (1Ff7Z) 311
I think that happens one time in a hundred. Authors are somewhere below Best Boy in the Hollywood hierarchy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:55 AM (tgvbd) I think Rita Mae Brown said something like, "In publishing, the writer is a god ( lower case g ); in the theater, the writer is a king or queen; in Hollywood, the writer is the hired help." Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 12, 2026 11:57 AM (Ucgf4) 312
Think I read somewhere that the film of Rosemary's Baby was Polanski's first Hollywood project and he didn't realize that he could, like so many directors, fiddle with the scripts and "make the movie his own." So he did what other directors had told Bradbury they wanted to do with his adaptations -- tear the pages out of the book and stuff them into the camera. It's one of the more faithful adaptations we'll ever see.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 *** Yes; Stephen King tells that story in Danse Macabre. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:58 AM (wzUl9) 313
522 moves
Spider solitaire is evil Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 11:58 AM (Ia/+0) 314
@66 "No Frigate like A Book" --Dickinson
I'm going to have to stop you right there. A book makes a terrible watercraft. --Archimedes. Right there's your problem: wrong class of book. Try these: https://tinyurl.com/2v2avswt Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 12, 2026 11:59 AM (zdLoL) 315
A tip of the chapeau to MP4 for a good Book Thread discussion topic, and to all of you for making Sunday morning sing!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:59 AM (wzUl9) 316
A tip of the chapeau to MP4 for a good Book Thread discussion topic, and to all of you for making Sunday morning sing!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:59 AM (wzUl9) Oh, so now it's a music thread. Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 12:00 PM (1Ff7Z) 317
Hakeem Jeffries Claims DEI Is Explicitly Written Into Constitution
“Let’s just check the record. The motto of this great country, ‘E pluribus unum,’ that’s the motto of this great country, ‘Out of many, one.’ That’s diversity,” Jeffries continued. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn That's the opposite, it's about assimilation. What a dumb shit Jeffries is. Posted by: From about That Time at April 12, 2026 12:01 PM (sl73Y) 318
yes I thought it was quite on point,
Guy Ritchies has a talent for that, see rules of war, with Jason Stathem, Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 12:01 PM (bXbFr) Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0) 320
NOOD
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0) (wipes away tear) So long, Book Thread. (insert crying emoji here) Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (1Ff7Z) 321
I was watching deathtrap, a levin play, that was pretty well adapted by sidney lumet
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 12:06 PM (bXbFr) 322
294 ..."Most big-screen adaptations of beloved TV series fail to get it right. I don't get it. If you love the original material enough to mount a major film version of it, why change everything that we loved?"
The best description of movie people screwing up the original material was "They like the taste better after they pissed in the soup." Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 12:12 PM (yTvNw) 323
I loved the Wizard of Oz books as a kid though they were out of print, but I think I saw them on archive.org so I could return to them some day, though I have so much to read it’s just stupid. At least Brandon Sanderson’s off my list since he signaled his agreement w/ wokeness, so that leaves a lot of time.
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at April 12, 2026 12:16 PM (eHQKA) 324
[323] I also have an intention of looking at the Oz books on archive.org, I read all of them but remember nothing.
Posted by: microcosme at April 12, 2026 12:25 PM (tIOA7) 325
re #295, Jack Vance wrote a lot more than his Dying Earth stories. Myself I think his original series of stories (collected in "The Dying Earth
I would recommend Vance's Tschai (AKA The Planet of Adventure) series. Also his Demon Princes series. Posted by: John F. MacMichael at April 12, 2026 01:25 PM (aYnHS) 326
Jack Vance's Alastor books have good worldbuilding
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 01:34 PM (fE6HJ) 327
Wolfus; Vance's "The Dragon Masters" was first published in Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine (with a Gaughan cover illustration) in 1962 (I still have my copy somewhere in the basement) before its book publication in 1963. Pretty much a complete run of Galaxy through, at least, the 1980s is available on the Internet Archive.
Norrin Radd & microcosme; I'm normally a big fan of the Internet Archive, Gutenberg, etc as a source of free books, but as Baum is both somewhat popular & now out of copyright, complete collections of his books are available for very cheap as kindles-I got a complete Oz collection the other day for @ $.50. Posted by: Pope John 20th at April 12, 2026 01:57 PM (7ZRgl) 328
@273 --
I enjoyed Encyclopedia Brown stories, but so many of them were adaptations of the author's Two-Minute Mysteries series, I already knew the EB solutions. I loved the Two-Minute Mysteries. Dr. Haledjian was the first unusual name I came across in fiction. Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 02:00 PM (p/isN) 329
I am reading Spirit House by Chroistopher G. Moore....very good detective novel ....takes place in Bangkok....book one in a series ....so I have a bit of good future reading.... Yay !! Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at April 12, 2026 02:03 PM (OfrY1) Daily Tech News 12 April 2026Top Story
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Anime is Suicide Squad Isekai, the recent anime adaptation of Marvel's Suicide Squad. Song is Go Getters by Hololive's own Grim Rapper, Mori Calliope. Not an AMV, exactly. The studio hired Calli to perform the ending theme for the show. Disclaimer: Pfft. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:38 AM (H1EjZ) 2
w00t
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:39 AM (fNISR) 3
Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 12, 2026 04:41 AM (gcUgZ) 4
Lots of tech stuff! Thanks, Pixy!
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:41 AM (fNISR) 5
An anime adaptation of Suicide Squad??? Definitely not nuked enough.
Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:42 AM (H1EjZ) 6
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 12, 2026 04:43 AM (bQ4nt) 7
Oh, good morning early risers and insomniacs.
Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:43 AM (H1EjZ) 8
ProPublica journalists walk off the job in first U.S. newsroom strike over AI
ProPublica- WE'RE GOING ON STRIKE!!! Normal People - Who? Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 12, 2026 04:46 AM (gcUgZ) 9
ProPublica journalists walk off the job in the first US newsroom strike over AI. (NiemanLab) another link to that: https://archive.is/b9usI Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:47 AM (fNISR) 10
Up and at em! Good morning everyone.
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 04:47 AM (WlUfk) 11
You have to be a bit of a conman to sell the benefits of AI to the public.
Posted by: PG at April 12, 2026 04:51 AM (QaaYA) 12
Can the Apollo code resolve a problem in the clogged shitter? What is wrong with NASA, and why are we footing the bill for this idiocy? A million dollar commode is a million dollars too much.
Where are the auditors? Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 04:52 AM (Fbc0I) 13
Rejoinder: **censored**
Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:55 AM (H1EjZ) 14
from the strike article:
The ProPublica Guild’s strike vote is just the latest example of a newsroom collective bargaining agreement becoming a battleground for debates over AI adoption in journalism. As of September 2025, 43 contracts negotiated by units of the NewsGuild-CWA, the largest union for journalists in the U.S., included language that referenced AI in some form. Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:58 AM (fNISR) 15
12 Can the Apollo code resolve a problem in the clogged shitter?
Well, they didn't have that problem during the Apollo missions. Not that problem. Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 12, 2026 04:58 AM (BLOW1) Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:01 AM (fNISR) 17
Morning, Tech Peeps
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 05:05 AM (AN2gy) 18
16 a more recent (April 9th) article about the ProPublica strike:
https://archive.is/IJbWn Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:01 AM (fNISR) That's the one Pixy posted! I got the other one from HackerNews. Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (fNISR) 19
covfefe
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (fNISR) 20
Expensive shitter? I read where a plastic bag taped to your bottom also works, sort of, like the million dollar one. The Japanese are the best at making shitters. Automation all the way from a combination bidet to warm auto hands doing the wiping, with the internet thrown in for entertainment. Maybe Biden had one?
Posted by: Colin at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (e8qy3) 21
The deer showed up just as I was finishing with the bird feeders. I put out extra cracked corn.
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 05:07 AM (AN2gy) 22
20 Expensive shitter? I read where a plastic bag taped to your bottom also works, sort of, like the million dollar one.
Posted by: Colin at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (e8qy3) related (from the ONT): 320 Another funny space toilet thing from splashdown night. I watched it live on NASA's stream, but then watched the re-run's of FOX's coverage. From Laura to Hannidiot, they had quite a few astronauts on as guests. Hannity managed to get Charlie Duke (who is 90) on. The toilet thing came up, and Charlie told a story of when he splashed back down after Apollo 16. They got them all back on the carrier and he was able to shower and shave and clean up and all that. By the time he was all cleaned up and feeling fresh, they had hoisted the capsule into the hangar deck, and he went back inside to fetch some of his stuff. He said the smell was so bad he gagged and he could hardly stay in there. Hannity didn't understand why it would stink, asking was it a "burned smell" for the heat. Charlie explained, no it was us.... Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb) Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:10 AM (fNISR) 23
Well, they didn't have that problem during the Apollo missions.
Not that problem. Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 12, 2026 04:58 AM (BLOW1 Actually they had the same problem. Just a decidedly more low tech solution. And likely messy. Which may be where we are today. Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 05:13 AM (WlUfk) 24
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at April 12, 2026 05:19 AM (2/MrR) 25
G'Day everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:25 AM (Ia/+0) 26
OMG fawning over the plushy story; writer reminds me of a coworker in distant past, who fortunately just remained a coworker.
Posted by: epador at April 12, 2026 05:36 AM (Fv2tt) 27
Think I would have loaded that capsule with ballast and tosswd it over the side of the ship
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:36 AM (Ia/+0) 28
Butt plugs tethered to a vacuum system, with a high fiber diet and plenty of H2O. Some sacrifices must be made. Morons.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 05:40 AM (Fbc0I) 29
37 now, barely getting to 60s today. 80s rest of week
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:55 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 06:10 AM (mtevP) 31
G'morning, all!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 12, 2026 06:12 AM (iMotb) 32
The deer showed up just as I was finishing with the bird feeders. I put out extra cracked corn.
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 05:07 AM (AN2gy) Who cares? Posted by: Jimmy at April 12, 2026 06:12 AM (1Ff7Z) 33
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at April 12, 2026 06:16 AM (2Ez/1) 34
Pixy I'm wondering if you've discovered Skyebrows.
youtube.com/watch?v=3_e8bQ6i43o Nobody comes close with either video or audio. Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 12, 2026 06:19 AM (IhL8c) 35
>>>Who cares?
Posted by: Jimmy >Everybody who puts a post up here for prayers or their dead pet. You just a mean son of a bitch. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 06:19 AM (Fbc0I) 36
Is it really morning? Oh. Sunday. Not bad, then.
Evening and morning, adherents of The Greatest Smart Military Blog! I actually slept later than usual; no rude awakenings from a huge black cat. Howz about you? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9) 37
The deer plushie "article" . . . my gosh. Schizophrenia runs rampant on the 'Net. Not sure about the writer herself, but the corner of the Internet she describes sounds like the case histories I used to read in abnormal psych textbooks.
(Wait. Burt Reynolds is *dead*? Nobody told me!) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (AN2gy) 39
And who the *hell* is "Mitski"???
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9) 40
I am seeing trailers for the next English dubbed Gundam: Hathaway movie which drops on US theaters in May.
And I am NOT impressed. Compared to the likes of The Witch of Mercury, Thunderbolts, or Unicorn the color palette is very washed out and drab. Then there is the lack of details compared to those previous shows. For a movie, it very much looks cheap. Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 06:28 AM (2GVsD) 41
38 >>> You just a mean son of a bitch.
I believe he was being punny Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (AN2gy) Jimmy? I am SURE he was being punny. Crackin' corn and crackin' wise. Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 06:32 AM (fNISR) Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 12, 2026 06:44 AM (zdLoL) 43
You just a mean son of a bitch. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone Be kind. His master's gone away. He died and the jury they wondered why. The verdict was the blue tail fly. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 06:46 AM (xG4kz) 44
34 Pixy I'm wondering if you've discovered Skyebrows.
youtube.com/watch?v=3_e8bQ6i43o Nobody comes close with either video or audio. Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus Yes, I posted this one as my musical interlude a few months ago: youtu.be/6eF5540jGiE I like that and his "Home Stallone 2" video. I watch a lot of the vtubers he references, like Kirsche and Smug Alana in this one. Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 12, 2026 06:50 AM (BLOW1) 45
We have peak internet.
Everything after this is for evil. Posted by: Accomack at April 12, 2026 06:52 AM (6jy2V) 46
I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter And don't you forget it! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 06:52 AM (xG4kz) 47
Munya for the foxus!
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 06:54 AM (2GVsD) Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 06:56 AM (xG4kz) 49
37GB of memory just to load a page? Wow.
Of course, it takes something like 37MB to load most web pages - even ones that are mostly text - nowadays. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 06:57 AM (XZoNw) 50
That ain't working.
That's the way you do it. Posted by: D. Straits at April 12, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1) 51
49 37GB of memory just to load a page? Wow.
Of course, it takes something like 37MB to load most web pages - even ones that are mostly text - nowadays. Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 06:57 AM (XZoNw) Maybe it's mining bitcoin? Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 06:58 AM (fNISR) 52
You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 07:04 AM (xG4kz) 53
https://www.space.com/a house size asteroid is heading toward earth tonight heres what you need to know
https://tinyurl.com/y45p8ars Missing us by that ( ) close Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:07 AM (Ia/+0) 54
https://www.space.com/a house size asteroid is heading toward earth tonight heres what you need to know
https://tinyurl.com/y45p8ars Missing us by that ( ) close Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:07 AM (Ia/+0) ---- Sorry, Artemis II crew....You're gonna have to go right back out there to deflect this threat to Earth. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 07:09 AM (gnNyN) Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:10 AM (LmPA0) 56
Has anyone drawn a connection between Jar Jar Binks' vocalizations and the young Vietnamese whore in "Full Metal Jacket"? Mesa culled Jar Jar Binks. Mesa your humble servant. Me so horny. And there you have it! "Full Metal Jacket" was the first and only prequel to "Star Wars". You're welcome. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 07:13 AM (xG4kz) 57
Floppy the Bunny was a plushie Who preferred her food soft and mushy To finish it off, She guzzled Smirnoff. Her friends, they knew, she was a lushie. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 07:18 AM (xG4kz) 58
Oh no, We failed to gain The IRGC 's trust in the negotiations.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:23 AM (yAteE) 59
Good morning everyone.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 12, 2026 07:25 AM (Y1VpI) 60
Hell, there were troops who could go on a 2 week field training exercise (FTX) and not take a shit the entire time.
The motor pool latrines on the day we came back was a preview of hell, however. Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 07:25 AM (u5xQp) 61
The solution to manned spacecraft shitters is probably some kind of poop neutralizing bacteria
No way that could possibly go wrong Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:25 AM (fE6HJ) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX) 63
Yet news is getting as bad as Haaretz and CNN
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:29 AM (yAteE) 64
Ynet
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:29 AM (yAteE) 65
My sloth in not putting the gator tire back on yesterday turned out to be for the best. The new tire is not holding air
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:33 AM (yAteE) 66
62 Is Tehran Burning?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX) John McCain, is that you? Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 07:35 AM (fNISR) 67
I put out a mix of cracked corn and goat feed for the local deer here. They get into these crazy fights over it. Every so often the turkeys will get in on the action, which makes it even more hilarious.
Yes, I amuse myself by instigating chaos among the local fauna. Posted by: Halfhand at April 12, 2026 07:39 AM (Ysav4) 68
55 Was gonna read the plushie story but The Verge said subscribers only
Any tl:dr summary? Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:10 AM (LmPA0) Maybe this will work: https://archive.is/RmjPO Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 07:41 AM (fNISR) 69
My sloth in not putting the gator tire back on yesterday turned out to be for the best. The new tire is not holding air Posted by: Ben Had Good morning! At least you don't have to do it twice, now. Time for me to drag out the obd2 device and check the new truck, it whined about a 'stabilisation system needs service' last thursday and illuminated the check engine light. If my reset doesn't stick, it'll spend the week at the dealer's while i'm in grand prairie instead of socializing in the long term parking lot. At least it's under warranty and will only cost an inconvience frustration instead of $ Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 07:42 AM (QVmho) 70
G'mornin' everyone!
"Nobody ever expects the Butlerian Jihad." it's funny Pixy, I was just thinking that the other day ... Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 07:44 AM (MIIRH) 71
Has anyone drawn a connection between Jar Jar Binks' vocalizations and the young Vietnamese whore in "Full Metal Jacket"? Mesa culled Jar Jar Binks. Mesa your humble servant. Me so horny. And there you have it! "Full Metal Jacket" was the first and only prequel to "Star Wars". You're welcome. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot Dude. That's just sick and wrongity wrong wrong wrong. Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 07:45 AM (QVmho) 72
I would like to see Dr. Jill and Joe Biden do a round table discussion and let everyone know how the war in Iran is affecting Niger and Nigeria and the war against the Christians there and in other places of Africa.
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at April 12, 2026 07:45 AM (QCEpb) Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1) 74
65 My sloth in not putting the gator tire back on yesterday turned out to be for the best. The new tire is not holding air
Posted by: Ben Had Slime FTW! Posted by: Slimy Sid at April 12, 2026 07:47 AM (oftw2) 75
I had sealer put in at the tire shop. Hopefully there is nothing wrong with the rim.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:49 AM (yAteE) 76
Maybe this will work:
https://archive.is/RmjPO Posted by: m -- Shades pf the deasd and unholy spirits! I had to stop reading after a few paras The ppl behind AI are either evil or tools of evil. Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:53 AM (LmPA0) Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 07:59 AM (qFwJc) 78
76 Maybe this will work:
https://archive.is/RmjPO Posted by: m -- Shades pf the deasd and unholy spirits! I had to stop reading after a few paras The ppl behind AI are either evil or tools of evil. Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:53 AM (LmPA0) I'd bet that author gets paid by the word. Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:00 AM (fNISR) 79
The ppl behind AI are either evil or tools of evil.
The feedstock for the AI output is the web. We already know how wonderful the totality of the web is. For a long time, the web contained the output of humans; the evil you see is the evil that is within those willing to write about it and place those writings for all to see. IMO, anyways. Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 08:04 AM (u5xQp) 80
I could use some of that tire sealer-in my pants!
Posted by: Leaky Joe at April 12, 2026 08:09 AM (oftw2) 81
from the plushie article:
"furry" occurs twice; and then: I’ve conversed with many an AI companion. So many of Coral’s texts In many ways, In my many, many experiments with AI companions Many of our exchanges Many children ran up to pet Coral. Many Gen Z tweens freaked out the tension many people feel toward AI relationships Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:11 AM (fNISR) 82
IMO, anyways.
Posted by: Richard Cranium You are not wrong Human sin, concentrated and magnified back into the minds of the innocent through AI Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 08:15 AM (LmPA0) 83
The money spent on the war on Iran doesn't concern me as much as the money and time wasted on this absurd peace negotiation summit in Pakistan.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 12, 2026 08:16 AM (t+TFX) 84
83 The money spent on the war on Iran doesn't concern me as much as the money and time wasted on this absurd peace negotiation summit in Pakistan.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 12, 2026 08:16 AM (t+TFX) I think we had to attend in good faith. but yes it is bullshit Posted by: r hennigantx at April 12, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur) 85
I have yet to find any good insights into what the hell this Islamabad thing really was.
Vance made it sound like a good-faith attempt. Again. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX) 86
Open questions
Is there "regime change?" Is Hormuz "open?" Who wields power in Iran? Will Sheila ever overcome the heartbreak of psoriasis? Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 12, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ) 88
I’ve conversed with many an AI companion.
So many of Coral’s texts In many ways, In my many, many experiments with AI companions Many of our exchanges Many children ran up to pet Coral. Many Gen Z tweens freaked out the tension many people feel toward AI relationships Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 *** I *wondered* why I felt as if I were being tapped on the skull repeatedly with a ball peen hammer as I read it! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 08:23 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 12, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ) 90
I'm back from workout and shower. Breakfast is some peppermint chocolate yogurt with honey, and a slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter. No way I want anything heavy right now.
We can haz Book Thread soon? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 08:25 AM (wzUl9) 91
Super belated BOING!
Back from the firing range. No one else showed up today so I had a private instructor. Shot 150 rounds. Learned more basics. It was great! Now to exercise. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 08:28 AM (5UTWB) 92
Brennan Leach
Replying to @brennanleach Swalwell senior staff adds that “Any decision of staff members to remain in their roles in the interim should not be viewed as support for Eric Swalwell.” 2:42 PM · Apr 11, 2026 ===== Stunning and brave. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX) 93
Yay, Horde!
90 I'm back from workout Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 08:25 AM (wzUl9) 91 Now to exercise. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 08:28 AM (5UTWB) Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:31 AM (fNISR) 94
May you enjoying your refund.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 12, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ) Refund?! Refund? What's that? Posted by: dantesed at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (Oy/m2) 95
We can haz Book Thread soon?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius No. Allergic to musty, dusty, old books. Pants at cleaners. No dice. Posted by: One Hour Martinizing at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2) 96
Oh no, We failed to gain The IRGC 's trust in the negotiations.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:23 AM (yAteE) I shall spend the day contemplating my life choices. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e) 97
I think the whole koran is about not trusting and scamming non Muslims
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 08:33 AM (Ia/+0) 98
Pay your taxes, Skinflints! We have much work to do in our community!
Posted by: Somali Learing Centre at April 12, 2026 08:33 AM (oftw2) 99
Swalwell senior staff adds that “Any decision of staff members to remain in their roles in the interim should not be viewed as support for Eric Swalwell.”
**** Meaning: "We're just here for the grift and graft and hope his replacement keeps paying us." Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 08:34 AM (H1EjZ) 100
@34/Taq: { Skyebrows video }
Ugh, the repeating switches between smooth and pulses of interlaced video are painful to try to watch. I just can't. Why would they do that? Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 12, 2026 08:35 AM (O7YUW) 101
"96 Oh no, We failed to gain The IRGC 's trust in the negotiations.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:23 AM (yAteE) I shall spend the day contemplating my life choices. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e) " contemplate the prospect of two enemies of America (igrc and state department) left alone to conspire and collude in our destruction. Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (MIIRH) 102
What's with these reports that the Iranians placed mimes in the Strait of Hormuz? Some of them are just floating on the surface and they can't even call out for help because, well, they are mimes. That's terrible!
Posted by: Emily Litella at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (Y1sOo) 103
Swalwell is a latecomer to the drugging, dosing young women for sport game. I've been doing it since 1969!
Posted by: Dr. Huxtable at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2) 104
Deer AI plushie article: The cat knows what's going on. Good kitty.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (O7YUW) 105
99 Swalwell senior staff
Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 08:34 AM (H1EjZ) "Swalwell" and "staff" in the same sentence? I dunno.... Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:38 AM (fNISR) 106
Ace is 112 across, LATimes x-word
Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt) Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 08:40 AM (ZxPkt) 108
The left has been going after Trump for 10 years and he's still smacking them upside the head. It took the left 10 minutes to completely wreck Swalwell's life.
They knew all along Swalwell was a scumbag but they didn't do squat as long as he was somewhat useful. Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 08:40 AM (viF8m) 109
The Straits of Hormuz have been getting WAY too much press and publicity. We are jealous!
Posted by: The Islets of Langerhans at April 12, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2) 110
“If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.” Psalm 130:3-4 Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2026 08:42 AM (TbL5I) 111
"104 Deer AI plushie article: The cat knows what's going on. Good kitty.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (O7YUW) " yeah, that was my takeaway, too. well, the printable one, anyway. Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:42 AM (MIIRH) Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:44 AM (MIIRH) 113
>>The Straits of Hormuz have been getting WAY too much press and publicity. We are jealous!
Posted by: The Islets of Langerhans at April 12, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2) What about me?! Posted by: Mons Veneris at April 12, 2026 08:44 AM (NcvvS) 114
The Islets of Langerhans Vs the Cul de Sac of Douglas. Punchline to a joke at the OB/GYN convention.
Posted by: Uncle Slayton at April 12, 2026 08:44 AM (3ZF+m) Posted by: Dad In "Breaking Away" at April 12, 2026 08:45 AM (QCEpb) 116
That Atlantic article at the top link is a very richly detailed account of how things became what they are now. At the root of all of this discussion is "Safety".
Where in the hell did all this money come from? These guys talk like a billion dollars is pocket change. BTW I can't imagine anything more French than France adopting Linux as it's national computing platform. Posted by: pawn at April 12, 2026 08:45 AM (jstR0) 117
As I understand it, CENTCOM has been putting the assets in place to secure the Hormuz Strait and more. The leadership of Iran reminds me of what I mother called "unreconstructed rebels."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc) 118
My baby deer plushie told me that Mitski's dad is a CIA operative"
Well, it's nice that so many in the world can survive without adding anything useful to society... Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR) 119
cool! big blotch of red and yellow coming this way on the NWS radar!
I'm'a make another cuppa coffee and go out on the deck! Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:49 AM (MIIRH) 120
big blotch of red and yellow coming this way on the NWS radar!"
Some rain yesterday, moar today! Well, it's good for the grass. Or something. Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR) 121
85 I have yet to find any good insights into what the hell this Islamabad thing really was. Vance made it sound like a good-faith attempt. Again. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX) I have no doubt it was a good faith effort on the part of the US; however a good faith effort does not require you to compromise on your goals,and clearly we did not. I suspect there was a need for an operational pause to rest and rearm driving the temporary halt uo hostilities. Now it’s time to see if there is truly a plan to reopen the straits. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 08:52 AM (tgZLi) 122
We need the rain to wash the salt off the roads.
Posted by: davidt at April 12, 2026 08:52 AM (Q+gd/) 123
How many straits are there in Hormuz, anyway?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 12, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1) 124
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 47 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. A clear blue sky and a high of nearly 60 predicted. My little pup is outside barking at everyone who walks by and I'm waiting for the kettle to boil so I can have tea for the Book Thread.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 08:53 AM (qRla/) 125
We need the rain to wash the salt off the roads."
Roads? Why waste salt there instead of on a Margarita glass? Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR) 126
How many straits are there in Hormuz, anyway?"
Depends. How many Dutch sailors are there... there? Oh, you didn't say "straights"? Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR) 127
Where we're going we don't NEED roads.
Posted by: Doc Brown at April 12, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR) 129
>>I have no doubt it was a good faith effort on the part of the US; however a good faith effort does not require you to compromise on your goals,and clearly we did not.
I'd bet they put about a 10% chance would accept a deal and even less that they would honor any deal. It did give the war planners a chance to rest, rearm and assess the next steps including the best way to open the Strait and protect it and now Trump can say he gave Iran every opportunity to end the war but they chose otherwise. Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m) 130
And there it is.
>>@EricLDaugh >>🚨 BREAKING: President Trump announces NAVAL BLOCKADE on the Strait of Hormuz after the Iranians failed during negotiations... >>...and the Navy will interdict EVERY SINGLE VESSEL in international waters that paid a toll to Iran. >>TRUMP IS TAKING THE STRAIT 🔥 Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m) 131
Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK THREAD IS NOOD Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR) 133
117 As I understand it, CENTCOM has been putting the assets in place to secure the Hormuz Strait and more. The leadership of Iran reminds me of what I mother called "unreconstructed rebels."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc) I won't be reconstructed I'm better now than then Posted by: I'm a Good Ol' Rebel at April 12, 2026 09:02 AM (lZt8q) 134
It did use 37GB of RAM just to load the start page.
Bwahahaha! I remember the old days when you only had 640K of executable space, and your drivers had to use it, so you loaded all your drivers contiguously in the high area of memory...so that your other programs would have the most available space to run... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 09:07 AM (ynpvh) 135
133 117 As I understand it, CENTCOM has been putting the assets in place to secure the Hormuz Strait and more. The leadership of Iran reminds me of what I mother called "unreconstructed rebels."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc) I won't be reconstructed I'm better now than then Posted by: I'm a Good Ol' Rebel at April 12, 2026 09:02 AM (lZt8q) So you're antireconstructionist? Doesn't quite flow off the tongue like antidisestablishmentarianism. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 09:08 AM (ynpvh) 136
Glad to be kicking it on a Sunday.
Here was Saturday: 1.) Woke up and performed my ritualistic payment of tribute to my inbred Somali master class. BMWs and size-16 ball caps all around. Enjoy them, Ilhan, and send my regards to whatever warlord I'm subsidizing. 2.) Light fixture in dining room went kaput a little while ago, so I was up on a ladder wrangling the expensive and stupidly designed new one into place. 2 minutes after completion, the whole house loses power. Uh oh! I start freaking out for several minutes before ascertaining that this is a totally coincidental massive power outage. 3.) Elderly, recently widowed aunt is staying with my parents until she can get her house sold and buy a new one out here. So we went over and I moved her truckload of disgustingly heavy furniture down the bumpy slope into their basement. Productive day, but glad it's over. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (BI5O2) 137
I won't be reconstructed
I'm better now than then He won't be reconstructed was the sentence he constructed later using than then then. He was properly instructed because a sentence well-constructed would never use then then than. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (2TPZH) 138
BTW I can't imagine anything more French than France adopting Linux as it's national computing platform.
Odd. My primary OS is based off the linux kernel versus the bullshit coming out of Redmond, WA. My primary machine lost its windows partition a while back and I haven't bothered to replace/fix it. My favorite Linux distribution is handled by a guy in Minnesota (he's a native versus a Somali) who has doing that since ~1993. I don't know his political leanings, but he is extremely conservative about what goes into his distribution. Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (u5xQp) 139
nood, BTW.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 09:47 AM (u5xQp) Saturday Night Club ONT - April 11, 2026 [The Double Bogeys]![]() From The Masters on X "Call" and "dial" mean the same. But a "booty call" and a "butt dial"? Yeah...not the same thing at all. --------- John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, between the legs of me wife!" That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night! He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the best toast of the night." She said, "Aye, did ye now? And what was your toast?" John said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, sitting in church beside me wife." "Oh, that is very nice indeed, John!" Mary said. The next day, Mary ran into one of John's drinking buddies on the street corner. The man chuckled and said, "John won the prize the other night at the pub with a toast about you, Mary." She said, "Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised myself. You know, he's only been in there twice in the last four years. Once I had to pull him by the ears to make him come, and the other time he fell asleep." ![]() ![]() In 2019, Pizza Hut brought back its 1974 logo, banking on its nostalgic appeal. I figured that would be the end of it, just a simple marketing tactic soon forgotten. There were no plans announced to bring back the logo in stores, much less redesign the restaurants to look like old Pizza Huts from the chain's heyday. But with no fanfare whatsoever, that's exactly what’s been happening. Pizza Hut has been taking legacy stores and converting them into "Classics." The formula includes: 1) The old logo is used in pole signage as well as at the top of the (usually but not always) red-roofed restaurant. The pole sign features the addition of the word "Classic." 2) The interior features cozy red booths and old-school Pizza Hut lamps. 3) Stickers featuring the long-discarded character Pizza Hut Pete are found on the door. 4) Posters feature classic photos from Pizza Huts of yore. 5) A plaque displays a quote from Pizza Hut co-founder Dan Carney, explaining the concept as a celebration of the brand's heritage. ![]() ![]()
The Club ONT Jukebox Something else we brought back from last year - an hour of Master's Theme Music on repeat with a visual tour of scenes from around the course: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (QVmho) 2
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (vl6og) 3
Yeah baby
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (QVmho) 4
Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (cYBz/) 5
I just got to the movies. Damnit....
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (vl6og) 6
Y'know what's great about Sundays like today? After the pet thread, I can skip the hobby and movie threads and get some things done before the ONT.😉
Posted by: mindful webworker - directly at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (C2uPD) 7
Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX) 8
That cocktail sounds pretty good simple enough for me to actually make.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX) 9
6 Y'know what's great about Sundays like today? After the pet thread, I can skip the hobby and movie threads and get some things done before the ONT.😉
Posted by: mindful webworker - directly at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM *** Ouch. Posted by: TRex - hobbying dino at April 11, 2026 10:04 PM (cCn4/) 10
Double Bogeys? Ok, The Maltese Falcon and The Caine Mutiny.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 11, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z) 11
Evenin'
I love Augusta National! Looks like the rest of the field caught up to Rory. He's tied with Cameron Young, who won The Players Championship this year. Should be a good final round tomorrow. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:04 PM (gcUgZ) 12
Whatever you do please don't try to make an Azalea with equal parts vodka and grenadine, good lord.
1.5oz vodka 4-5oz TART lemonade, not the cloyingly sweet kind .25oz grenadine Otherwise you are drinking an absolute sugar bomb. Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 10:05 PM (oqH4h) 13
Rory did not choke today. He was just average while everybody else that mattered was below average. McElroy is no Tiger Woods in his prime. On the plus side Rory is a much better driver than Tiger at any time. Round four could easily be one of the great Augusta Masters.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:05 PM (glnUu) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX) 15
Do you have a Classic Pizza Hut in your neighborhood?
Not in my part of Babylon DC, but there probably is in the region. No idea where. My hometown had one, but like everything else there, it shut down. Rust Belt blues. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:07 PM (gcUgZ) 16
Any cocktail with grenadine Imma adding lots of grenadine.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX) 17
Rory is a much better driver than Tiger at any time. Round four could easily be one of the great Augusta Masters.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:05 PM (glnUu) ------ Rory ranked dead last among all players who made the cut in driving accuracy today. He spent more time in the woods than sasquatch. If he can find fairways and stop pulling every approach left tomorrow he will walk away with it. Otherwise he's toast. Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 10:08 PM (oqH4h) Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:09 PM (7D3Aa) 19
Weekend update. Over 500 miles in two days on the Multistrada, 38mpg overall. Good road bike, got the horsepower to get out of a jam (19mpg according to the instantaneous right now mpg by the way). I glanced down and was doing 138mph. Fuck me, felt like 80mph. Went to the Alabama science and engineering fair and got to judge 9 finalists in the 9th-to-12th grade engineering division. These kids are humblingly smart. I have faith in our future. I also have GAINZZZZZ. Now under 210 pounds on my way to 200. Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 11, 2026 10:09 PM (QVmho) 20
My sister met Jack Russell, of Great White. She was not impressed. Bit of a douche, he was.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 10:09 PM (0aYVJ) 21
Yesterday, Ace posted this "SciManDan" clip having fun with a flat-earther named "CC from Westchester NY", who told us the SLS rocket was just big balloon, a bouncy house type of thing. I hadn't seen him before, but he takes the cake. Anyway, looking at some of his stuff, I stumbled across this. I won't spoil it too much, but he's starting up one of his demonstrations and rants in his kitchen, and then his wife comes in. And he left the clip up on his channel: https://is.gd/L4H9eY Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 10:10 PM (w6EFb) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:10 PM (vl6og) 23
16 Any cocktail with grenadine Imma adding lots of grenadine.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX) ----- I made an Azalea today and my lemonade wasn't acidic enough, and I used a splash of grenadine. It was way too sweet. If wildly sweet and unbalanced cocktails are your jam, you do you, but not for me. Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 10:12 PM (oqH4h) 24
Nyah!
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD) Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 10:13 PM (vrNzf) 26
25 Thanks for the Master-ful Club ONT, The Double Bogeys!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 10:13 PM *** You're welcome! Good evening to you! Posted by: TRex - par dino at April 11, 2026 10:15 PM (cCn4/) 27
I proudly paid my Somali masters today. Those size-16 hats won't buy themselves.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 10:15 PM (BI5O2) 28
Quite a Saturday night. Iran has chosen violence and Swalwell is being demolished by his own team.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m) 29
Thanks for capturing CBD's colored text phases. I was late to that party and missed it. That yellow was absolutely unreadable!
Spam Flattery - I think we can all agree he was the best Bond. Posted by: mindful webworker - indirectly at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (C2uPD) Posted by: davidt at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/) 31
Double Bogeys? Ok, The Maltese Falcon and The Caine Mutiny.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 11, 2026 *** High Sierra and The Petrified Forest. No, make that The Harder They Fall. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9) Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (XuXeR) 33
I made an Azalea today and my lemonade wasn't acidic enough, and I used a splash of grenadine. It was way too sweet. If wildly sweet and unbalanced cocktails are your jam, you do you, but not for me.
Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 10:12 PM (oqH4h) ==== My palate was ruined by Manischewitz. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX) 34
I know of no Classic Pizza Huts around me. There are the to-go places, but none of the old red-roofed locations. They've all been repurposed into some other kind of restaurant.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:18 PM (wzUl9) 35
Double Bogeys - The Caine Mutiny and Action in the North Atlantic
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:19 PM (S/Y4j) 36
Quite a Saturday night. Iran has chosen violence
- The current negotiators are those who survived round one. Perhaps the survivors of round 2 will prove wiser. Posted by: Methos at April 11, 2026 10:19 PM (vSvIl) 37
Great White, Montrose, 38 Special… ??
Hmm. Once again, I'm just not seeing the pattern here. Long-haired boys?😁 Posted by: mindful webworker - omnidirectionally at April 11, 2026 10:19 PM (C2uPD) 38
We used to have a Pizza Hut here in our small town. Oldest grandson, when he was 8 said "the people who work here are nasty." Not long after they closed down, lol. Posted by: four seasons at April 11, 2026 10:19 PM (3ek7K) 39
No deal in Iran. My shocked shows me not surprised. The Iranian regime has had 47 years to metastasize into malignant cancer. It's going to take more than a few bombs to cut that loose.
As a point of comparison, getting complete regime change in Japan and Germany at the end of World War II took something approximating the complete destruction of both countries. It may require making Tehran as flat as Berlin or Tokyo at the end of World War II plus American troops on the streets of Tehran to make sure there is no doubt about Iranian unconditional surrender. I hope the surrender negotiations go better tomorrow, but how do you negotiate with a snake without cutting its head off and making its skin into boots? Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:20 PM (glnUu) 40
Quite a Saturday night. Iran has chosen violence and Swalwell is being demolished by his own team.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m) The Chinese are crapping on Swalwell? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:20 PM (S/Y4j) 41
Back in our late 20s a group of us went out bar hopping in ugly bridesmaid dresses.
It was an absolute riot. We never paid for a drink and danced our asses off. Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (A5RD0) 42
Quite a Saturday night. Iran has chosen violence and Swalwell is being demolished by his own team.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m) ====== Laissez les bons temp rouler! Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX) 43
Double Bogeys - The Caine Mutiny and Action in the North Atlantic
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 *** What was the spy story, set partly aboard a cruise ship or a cargo ship, with Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet? They visit the Panama Canal. That wasn't AitNA, was it? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (wzUl9) Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (XuXeR) Posted by: four seasons at April 11, 2026 10:22 PM (3ek7K) 46
Evening, Disco and Dino, and ONT Horde! Somehow I managed to goober up the brakes on my '88 Chevy pickup today. Started out innocently enough: right front tire was flat. Took it off, aired it up, put it in water tank, found tiny sidewall leak. Decided new(er) tires would be a good idea, as this set is dated 2013. While wheel was off, noticed that brake pads were well worn. Not worn past the wear indicator, but getting there. Self: "Hey, don't I have a good used set of brake pads?" Well, yes, I sure did. Might as well swap 'em out, so I did. Greased the ball joints and steering linkage, too. Aired up the rear tires, washed the windows, too. I felt so virtuous. Time to go to town, get fuel into it. Well, I made less than a quarter mile before the front brakes locked up. Got it back to the yard, front brakes both smoking hot. Think I must have over-stroked the master cylinder getting the caliper pistons back in place. Hoping a good bleeding job will fix it, or else more work will be needed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:22 PM (utfVc) 47
"Rory ranked dead last among all players who made the cut in driving accuracy today. He spent more time in the woods than sasquatch"
I was referring to automobiles and not golf clubs. I apologize for not being more clear. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:22 PM (glnUu) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX) 49
RE: 43: Across the Pacific. Made in '42, but set in Dec. 1941 before the Pearl Harbor attack.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:23 PM (wzUl9) 50
Swalwell is a nasty looking dude. He looks like he could use a good scrubbing. I guess he thinks that scraggly beard makes him look tough. Democrats will vote for anything. They don't care that he hooked up with a Chinese spy.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 11, 2026 10:23 PM (Lo97M) 51
Las Cruces has a Pizza Hut. I've lived here 9 years. I'm still afraid to go into it. On the plus side, we have an actual pizza place runway former New Yorkers. The pizza there is divine.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:24 PM (glnUu) 52
There's a couple of buildings around here that have distinctly former Pizza Hut roofs. They'll save remodel expense if they just buy them back.🍕
Pizza Hut was okay in its day, but the world has moved on. (See also: Blockbuster.)📼 Posted by: mindful webworker - wth is Pizza Hut Pete?? at April 11, 2026 10:24 PM (C2uPD) 53
I kinda think some of those girls do have a place to wear "that." And it's a dimly lit street corner a couple of blocks off of downtown.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 10:25 PM (vTZFs) 54
Virtue is its own reward, AOP. Breathe deeply. Think positive things about your brakes and/or master cylinder.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:25 PM (7D3Aa) 55
The pizza there is divine."
Pizza in S/SE Texas is awful. Really, it's bad. Fortunately, not a big pizza fan. Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (XuXeR) 56
High Sierra and The Petrified Forest. No, make that The Harder They Fall.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9) Left Hand of God and We're No Angels. Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z) 57
Back in the day there were actual pizza deserts but you youngsters wouldn't know about that. Back then, you might have been happy to see the Hut.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX) 58
Virtue is its own reward, AOP. Breathe deeply. Think positive things about your brakes and/or master cylinder.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:25 PM (7D3Aa) I probably pushed some crud into the relief port in the master cylinder or crudded up the shuttle valve that controls the brake system warning lamp, which is not lit. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:30 PM (utfVc) 59
Back in the day there were actual pizza deserts but you youngsters wouldn't know about that. Back then, you might have been happy to see the Hut.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX) Puttin' on my Straw Hat here. Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 11, 2026 10:31 PM (1Ff7Z) Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/) 61
Did Swallowell reallly say he only wants to "date" women who are 10s?
Posted by: four seasons at April 11, 2026 10:22 PM (3ek7K) He seems to be willing to "rent" women who are 7s or 8s Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 10:31 PM (rbvCR) 62
I kicked off a purge cycle on the house today as part of my spring cleaning tasks. My only regret is it's going to take a bit longer than I anticipated since I am limited to a single trash bin per week for the disposed items. Still it feels good to have that lingering stone on my chest disappearing.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:33 PM (glnUu) 63
Pizza in S/SE Texas is awful. Really, it's bad.
Fortunately, not a big pizza fan. Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (XuXeR) Had a real good pizza in Vancouver last week. Olympia pizza on West Broadway. Been there for years. It was THE go-to place to order pizza delivered to campus when I was at UBC, lo these many years ago. Still run by the same Greek family. Greeks make the best pizza. This is known. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:33 PM (utfVc) Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:34 PM (XuXeR) 65
AOP, if the flexible lines are old.. you know what happens..
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:34 PM (rdVOm) 66
AOP's story reminds me I need to air up the Buick's tires. With the (relatively) cool, or maybe just less hot, weather recently, they are all down to about 33 -- right at the psi recommended on the door jamb plate. But I like to run them about 1-2 psi above, for a little better gas mileage (very little, really, unless it's on the highway). Handling is a fraction improved as well. The trade-off is the slightly firmer ride over the cracked broken streets here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:34 PM (wzUl9) 67
A similar vodka-grenadine drink that Ive been enjoying lately is the Grand Duchess. 3 parts vodka, two parts lime juice, one part white rum and one part grenadine. Shaken with ice and strained into a cocktail glass.This is especially good with Pueblo chile vodka such as from Spirits of the Wasatch.
Posted by: George Enoch Jetson at April 11, 2026 10:35 PM (EXyHK) Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:35 PM (XuXeR) 69
Ohhhhh! We started with fireworks comments! And I missed the opening ceremony. Boooooo!
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:35 PM (Wmg4n) 70
The local Pizza Hut turned into an A&W, then was a standard local burger joint, and is now a dying Chinese restaurant that seems to survive on the bar and the poker machines.
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 10:35 PM (rbvCR) 71
Yesterday, Ace posted this "SciManDan" clip having fun with a flat-earther named "CC from Westchester NY"...
I rarely make it all the way through a SciManDan vid because he takes his subjects (like CC) way more seriously than they deserve when he "debunks" them. At some point, more facts or the same facts repeated 50 times ceases to be effective and ridicule is the appropriate response. Although that linked short from CC makes me wonder if he's in on the gag. Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 10:36 PM (vTZFs) 72
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 *** "Gloria Mundy barfed on the bus" Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:36 PM (wzUl9) 73
April Wine - I Like to Rock
https://youtu.be/YlcY_enzwmI Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 11, 2026 10:36 PM (syz1S) Posted by: Case at April 11, 2026 10:37 PM (pvf3X) 75
AOP, if the flexible lines are old.. you know what happens.."
Yeah. Probably need to blow some air thru the lines and fittings, then new fluid... Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:37 PM (XuXeR) 76
Had a real good pizza in Vancouver last week. Olympia pizza on West Broadway. Been there for years. It was THE go-to place to order pizza delivered to campus when I was at UBC, lo these many years ago. Still run by the same Greek family. Greeks make the best pizza. This is known.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon I know that place. It was great!. Glad to hear it still is. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:37 PM (glnUu) 77
Gettin' close to bedtime here. I plan to work out tomorrow morning early. No need to run to the grocery or go out to eat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:38 PM (wzUl9) 78
Wait. Please disregard my ridiculous comment not recognizing the comments of the week versus actual comments of today. This is what happens when you come rushing in late, carrying 85 shopping bags and try to quickly shove them under a table before Doof might suspect his credit was used again.
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:38 PM (Wmg4n) 79
I was a delivery driver for Pizza Hut, back in the day, while going to school to be a drafter. Made decent money. Boss asked me if I wanted to move to the pizza building side. I told him, naw, would not like the pay cut. He did not blame me.
Tips were good, and I was out of the store most of the time. Listening to Savatage, Megadeth, and Slayer on my car stereo. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ) 80
Good evening AOP. Best wishes with your project. Just throw some Studebaker parts at it and all will be well.
Posted by: TRex - mechanic dino at April 11, 2026 10:38 PM (P7Hra) 81
Do you like mediums or smalls any better?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/) Millie Small, maybe? https://youtu.be/KerSRYaMrIA Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:39 PM (utfVc) 82
Ghalibaf and Arachi should ask for asylum in Phakistan. If the US missile does not find them, his own IRGC people certainly will. How dare they shake the hand of the Americans responsible for killing Supreme Nacho and other important burritos !!
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:39 PM (GD0B3) 83
>>Yeah. Probably need to blow some air thru the lines and fittings, then new fluid...
Posted by: man -------- I'd say replace the rubber/flex lines. They *do* go bad and cause lock-ups. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:39 PM (rdVOm) 84
>> Although that linked short from CC makes me wonder if he's in on the gag.
You do wonder why he would leave that up on his own channel, so embarrassing it is for him. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb) 85
Did Swallowell reallly say he only wants to "date" women who are 10s?
I doubt he can count that high. Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2026 10:40 PM (Riz8t) Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (rdVOm) 87
No Rock me Amadeus? I am disappointed on behalf of Falco.
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (ftFVW) 88
85 Did Swallowell reallly say he only wants to "date" women who are 10s?
I doubt he can count that high. Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2026 His poor wife and their kids. Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (Wmg4n) 89
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (bss/y) Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (XuXeR) 91
Howdy, Club patrons!
Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX) 93
I have one question for Dan Carney...
Did you pay your mother back her $600? Well, did you? Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:42 PM (5nH6u) 94
What was the spy story, set partly aboard a cruise ship or a cargo ship, with Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet? They visit the Panama Canal. That wasn't AitNA, was it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (wzUl9) AitNA had Bogey as the first mate of a freighter, New York to Murmansk. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (S/Y4j) 95
I saw a pic of Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes.
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (GD0B3) 96
AOP, if the flexible lines are old.. you know what happens..
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:34 PM (rdVOm) Yes, I am well aware of that. But for both to fail, at the same time, and to the exact same degree, is pretty unlikely. Disturbed crud in the master is a common cause for both sides, and likely a result of my having done the work. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (utfVc) Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (rdVOm) 98
91 Howdy, Club patrons!
Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026 10:41 Whew! I beat you in. I mean, hi Doof! Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:44 PM (Wmg4n) Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:44 PM (S/Y4j) 100
Didn't one of the Carney brothers give up and sell out to the other? Maybe some other pizza joint.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:45 PM (7D3Aa) 101
95 I saw a pic of Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes.
How much glitter was there? Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2026 10:45 PM (Riz8t) 102
Milli Vanilli > most pizza
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (XuXeR) Millie Small was a real cutie, back in the day. Sadly, she died of a stroke in 2020. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:45 PM (utfVc) 103
man - well, if all the pizza around you is bad, then it's no surprise you're not a big pizza fan - you've never had the good stuff. Of course, what "the good stuff is" depends on who you ask... and where... and when... and "true Chicago style" is only pizza-adjacent, they're actually more like pies made of pizza-stuffs.
And even 'so-so' pizza can be pretty decent the next morning for breakfast. Posted by: RandomDave at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY) Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (GD0B3) 105
Yes, I am well aware of that. But for both to fail, at the same time, and to the exact same degree, is pretty unlikely. Disturbed crud in the master is a common cause for both sides, and likely a result of my having done the work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon -------- Of course. (It's always the first question: "What did you do to it, right before the problem started?" Heh.) But also-- there's no rule what says *you only get ONE problem at a time*. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm) 106
Thank you for the ONT, boys.
We haven't eaten at Pizza Hut for over 30yrs as my sons & husband got food poisoning from the buffet. Hours later we arrived at the farm & went swimming in the pool. Youngest got out and went soaking wet upstairs,passing his grandparents without a word,& got sick. Other son, who never hit the toilet when harfing, did the same, at least made it to the bathroom. Husband was delayed a bit. I had them all in my former bedroom, now a ward, after the urgent care meds. Would dose 'em up, give them fluids & they'd hear me swimming laps for half our vacation. I should get the logo for them for Christmas.I was smart enough not to get anything from that buffet in Meridian, MS. We saw the WORST movie on earth tonight, & have seen some bad ones. Fondly remembering the cowboy ride to nowhere with no dialogue. We kept watching because we laughed as it was so stupid: Thrash on Netflix. Like a really bad, pathetic attempt at Jaws and Twister all rolled into pathetic insanity. If it was supposed to be serious we missed the plot completely and laughed for most of it. Highly recommend and wonder who in their right mind thought this was any good. Really bad cinema. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (WONhk) Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (A5RD0) 108
Relieved (but just slightly, didn't expect anything different) that the negotiations went nowhere. We might get accurate details at some point, not certain, but plausible claims about the Iranian positions confirm these people are truly unhinged. After having their substantial military inferiority, to the point of helplessness, confirmed by devastating attacks that have already ravaged much of their vital assets - they propose to control (close at will) the world's single most economically important international waterway.
WTF? Anyway, fun to ponder what's next. Trump can reiterate his "civilization" ultimatum, with the same requirement (open Strait), with a different deadline. One way would be to make it a practical test. Escort the 5 (I believe) US-flagged ships trapped in the Gulf out. Any attempt to mess with them - blammo. I think Adm. Cooper is familiar with the "big blue blanket" the USN used in the last year+ of WWII against Japan. Some parallels here, in terms of suppressing anti-ship nonsense from Iran mainland. Posted by: rhomboid at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (U/Byj) Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:47 PM (7D3Aa) 110
95 I saw a pic of Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes. Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM -------- I wonder who took the picture. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 11, 2026 10:49 PM (zzfWy) Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (XuXeR) 112
Wait, it's a video of Swalwell, not pic. Not safe for sensitive viewers.
https://tinyurl.com/bdzbm3b2 Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (GD0B3) 113
Howdy, Doof!
Thanks to you & the Dino for tonight's ONT! Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (rdVOm) YW! Tired of making azaleas yet?? Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (QMAsf) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (vl6og) 115
52 There's a couple of buildings around here that have distinctly former Pizza Hut roofs. They'll save remodel expense if they just buy them back.🍕 It’s amusing to see what they’ve been turned into. Best I’ve seen was in Navasota, Texas; it’s now a chapel and funeral parlor. I envision a special - 2 free pizzas with every burial! Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (txiLK) 116
Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes."
B*tch set him up? Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (XuXeR) 117
I didn't know Swallwell was married. Probably a 'convenience marriage'. She'll stay married to him until his usefulness ceases. That is happening at a rapid pace. The vultures are eyeing up his carcass.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (gcUgZ) 118
Oh... I had a moment of speculation today, on a company eschewing putting all sorts of warnings on all their products. Particularly since they are almost all the same:
Don't use internally. Don't mix electricity and water. Don't run your cords through the middle of the floor. Don't lick the outlet. Don't play with fire. I thought I could put almost all of the regular ones on a single page and post it on the company website for download, along with a simple warning on all the boxes: "If you don't know enough to not stick a fork in an outlet or use a hair dryer while still in the shower, then you're too dumb to use our products. This is the only warning you'll get. (Go to our website to download all of the standard warnings.) 1/x Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (5nH6u) Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (rbvCR) 120
Let the retching begin!
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (GD0B3) 121
Whew! I beat you in. I mean, hi Doof!
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:44 PM (Wmg4n) But you haven't noticed the fashion content yet Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (QMAsf) 122
42 Quite a Saturday night. Iran has chosen violence and Swalwell is being demolished by his own team.
Posted by: JackStraw --- THey are going to throw him out of the House? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (vl6og) 123
I don't know who took it, seems there are other parties in the room.
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:52 PM (GD0B3) 124
Best I’ve seen was in Navasota, Texas; it’s now a chapel and funeral parlor."
Cracked up the 1st time we drove by it. Mrs was "no, that can't be" Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:52 PM (XuXeR) 125
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95 I saw a pic of Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes. Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM -------- I wonder who took the picture. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug His wife. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:53 PM (gcUgZ) Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:53 PM (GD0B3) 127
I feel your pain, AOP.
Sucks when you've spent the whole day doing stuff that needed doing, plus other great stuff! And you figure All Is Right With The World... ...and then WHAMMO! There's a freaking big problem and you *know* it's because of all the Good Stuff you did. Sorta takes the wind outta yer sails. Bleh. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:54 PM (rdVOm) 128
Well, night y'all!
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:54 PM (XuXeR) 129
Cont....
Of course, the pdf would have all the warnings in snarky, insulting terms, like... "Electricity and water don't mix. Not at any voltage. If it's connected via cord (and even some battery-operated items) to electricity, don't take it into the tub nd you probably shouldn't lean over the sink with it. But you do you, boo." "If you're old enough to read and don't yet know not to play with fire, then, honestly you should look at suing your parents. Or you can learn the hard way." Etc. 2/x Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:54 PM (5nH6u) 130
The Dems will throw Swalwell out and THEN use the event to allege their "standards", just like the Repubs.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:55 PM (7D3Aa) 131
Tired of making azaleas yet??
Posted by: Doof ---------- Grrr. Getting ready to start garnishing with REAL azalea flowers... Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:55 PM (rdVOm) Posted by: Leonard Pinth-Garnell at April 11, 2026 10:55 PM (Riz8t) 133
The already slim chance that CA would not have a Dem on the ballot in November is now reduced to essentially zero by Swalwell's timely demise. Which means the chances of a non-Dem winning go down to 1%. And he will be replaced by someone equally absurd and toxic to the country in his district.
I get the excitement over his destruction, as he's a stupid, vile POS (like most Dems are or have become, incredibly). But nothing of importance likely to change. Posted by: rhomboid at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (U/Byj) 134
Cont....
Well, then I thought, "How hard can it be to translate that so I could post one for as many languages as possible?" Then I thought how hard it would be to get across the snark and insult in those translations. I know idioms often don't travel well, linguisitcally. So, I thought, "Oh! Let's ask Grok!" So I did. "into how many languages could you translate a warning pamphlet (electricity, fire, etc.) and retain the sense of American snark and idioms?" Grok came back with: "Dozens—realistically 30–50+ where I can keep the American snark mostly alive." 3/x Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (5nH6u) 135
Next step is to show evidence that Dems knew all of it and covered it up.
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (GD0B3) 136
Apparently both Swallwell and the girls he fooled around with were posting videos of themselves on SnapChat, which gives you an idea of the maturity level and intelligence of everyone involved.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (txiLK) 137
Grok, cont.
"Why that range? Core competency languages (excellent snark retention): English → Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian especially), Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic (MSA + some dialects), Persian/Farsi, Hindi, Indonesian/Malay, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Taiwanese, etc. In these, I can swap American idioms for culturally equivalent zingers while keeping the original bite, rhythm, and "don't be a dumbass" energy. Solid but slightly softer snark (20–30 more): Languages with less direct overlap in casual sarcasm (e.g., Finnish, Estonian, Icelandic, Swahili, Zulu, Tagalog, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Amharic, etc.). The warnings stay clear and warning-y, but the pure American wiseass flavor gets adapted into the closest local equivalent." 4/x Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (5nH6u) 138
Swalwell is on his second wife. You can't find the identity of the first wife. I've looked. It's very mysterious.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 11, 2026 10:57 PM (CNl8/) 139
ChristyBlinkyTheGreat, I like horror movies, which is good, because really bad horror movies are a lot of fun.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 10:57 PM (0Htd1) 140
Grok, cont.
"The real challenge with safety pamphlets Electricity/fire warnings are already serious ("Danger: High Voltage – Touch this and become a very expensive sparkler"). American snark adds lines like: "If you lick this outlet, Darwin will smile." "This panel isn't for decoration, genius." "Water + electricity = nature's way of saying 'you're an idiot.'" I can translate that tone by: Finding parallel local idioms ("toast" → German "Brötchen" equivalent, Spanish "churrasco humano", Japanese "yaki-kawa" style burn jokes, etc.) Preserving rhythm and condescension level Keeping it legally responsible while still funny" 5/x Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:57 PM (5nH6u) 141
121 Whew! I beat you in. I mean, hi Doof!
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:44 PM (Wmg4n) But you haven't noticed the fashion content yet Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026 I think the nowhere to wear this idea is great. Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (Wmg4n) 142
Back in the '80s, Pizza Hut had a buffet item called "The Mexican Salad." I've heard it described as "looking like a hairy Mexican tossed it by throwing it against his chest." Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (81lGU) 143
Apparently both Swallwell and the girls he fooled around with were posting videos of themselves on SnapChat, which gives you an idea of the maturity level and intelligence of everyone involved.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (txiLK) He didn't have his own OnlyFans channel? I'm surprised; he seems vain enough. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (S/Y4j) 144
Grok, wrapping up:
"Limits Beyond ~50–60 languages it gets dicey: extremely low-resource languages, certain Indigenous ones, or very formal/hierarchical cultures where overt sarcasm reads as rude or confusing rather than helpful. The safety message always survives. The "bless your heart" American snark level drops. Want proof? Drop the actual pamphlet text (or a sample section) and pick target languages. I'll translate a few right now and you can judge how much of the original asshole-American charm survives. How many do you actually need? I can handle a surprising number at once." 6/6 Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (5nH6u) 145
135 Next step is to show evidence that Dems knew all of it and covered it up.
Posted by: runner Which is fine and all but "Nothing is going to happen". Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (gcUgZ) 146
95 I saw a pic of Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes.
How much glitter was there? Posted by: Archimedes Is it not more relevant to know how many Chicom renminbis were tucked into his panties. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (glnUu) 147
If I can phrase all my requests that intelligently, I might come to appreciate Grok.
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (5nH6u) 148
Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes."
Are we sure she's a genuine woman. I still think Swallowwell looks gay. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1) 149
138 Swalwell is on his second wife. You can't find the identity of the first wife. I've looked. It's very mysterious.
Posted by: Mark1971 Awiens.... Posted by: Cute Fuzzy Kitten at April 11, 2026 11:00 PM (gcUgZ) 150
Back in the '80s, Pizza Hut had a buffet item called "The Mexican Salad." I've heard it described as "looking like a hairy Mexican tossed it by throwing it against his chest."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug It has been my experience that anything called "Mexican (fill in the blank of your favorite food)" usually involves excessive amounts of sour cream and black olives. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:00 PM (glnUu) 151
Sorry I'm late, I was waiting on Disinformation Expert Ace to call for a consultation.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 11, 2026 11:00 PM (hCAty) 152
70 The local Pizza Hut turned into an A&W, then was a standard local burger joint, and is now a dying Chinese restaurant that seems to survive on the bar and the poker machines.
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi Posted by: Kindltot --- I miss Der Wienerschnitzel . Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:01 PM (vl6og) 153
The Vice President: "[The Iranians] have seen our best and final offer."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:01 PM (RIvkX) 154
52 There's a couple of buildings around here that have distinctly former Pizza Hut roofs. They'll save remodel expense if they just buy them back.🍕
It’s amusing to see what they’ve been turned into. Best I’ve seen was in Navasota, Texas; it’s now a chapel and funeral parlor. I envision a special - 2 free pizzas with every burial! Posted by: Tom Servo Saw a meme of a former Pizza Hut with the roof painted blue, and a Domino's Pizza sign on it. The meme text was something about wearing the skull of your enemy as a hat..... Posted by: mikeski hopes the manager was named Conan at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov) 155
Penalty! You juuuust missed the movie thread.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:47 PM (7D3Aa) Are there drinks? I was watching the movie during the movie thread. The dialogue was mostly the F word. There was one part that nearly killed me laughing, and I might as well spoil it for everyone as nobody with any sense would watch it. Set in the South, Hurricane with the potential of a CAT 6 a' comin'. Other stuff going on that I won't get into, but 3 plots. The town has really dumb people from what I could tell. Some redneck kids were in a foster home with mean, redneck foster parents. Sharks somehow get meaner during this hurricane vs doing whatever they normally do and show up big time everywhere. The levee breaks. Mean foster parents get eaten. The 3 kids are on a table in the kitchen trying to survive and, I guess, to raise their spirits, say F Mr. Whatever and laugh. Mr. Whatever then pops up out of the flood without an arm asking for help and I cracked up. They later get revenge. It was insane. Really, really bad. Even a part of stolen script from Gone With the Wind birth hysteria written in. Instead of Atlanta burning the floods a' comin' with sharks. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (WONhk) 156
The video clip of swallwell & bimbo on the bed also has another man on the bed
It's on posobiec's x feed Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (Wx316) Posted by: 18-1 at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (sKqQm) 158
I haven't seen anything about this, so I'll ask the great minds here. Has the US Navy started putting out RFPs for minesweepers?
My understanding is that we trusted the UK with that role, and they flubbed it to simplify their defense budget. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (S/Y4j) 159
I think the nowhere to wear this idea is great.
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (Wmg4n) Heck, Id' take any of those ladies out in almost all of those outfits (excepting the jumper, the costume of... something, and the last one - maybe that one would work on a cruise for ugly Hawaiian shirt night) to somewhere. They looked pretty dang good. Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 11:03 PM (5nH6u) 160
I watched the "pronouncing the silent letters" video. He makes some good and funny points. SUB-t'l. Ka-nock on the door, use your ka-nife to cut your buff-ett food. Et cetera.
Silent Letter Day: Wed-nezz-day! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 11:03 PM (wzUl9) Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (jrgJz) 162
Aw, geez. I have "On Patrol: Live" on tv. They just nabbed a woman who was in a portapotty doing
god only knows what with some guy. Oh, and she has glitter on her. Portapotties are the most disgusting places on earth. Geez, lady, have some dignity. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (0Htd1) 163
The video clip of swallwell & bimbo on the bed also has another man on the bed
It's on posobiec's x feed Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (Wx316) I've seen some people say that the other guy resembles his friend Senator Ruben Gallego. Posted by: Mark1971 at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (CNl8/) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (vl6og) 165
It’s amusing to see what they’ve been turned into. Best I’ve seen was in Navasota, Texas; it’s now a chapel and funeral parlor.
Do they offer cremation services? Thin crust or pan? Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 11:05 PM (vTZFs) 166
It’s amusing to see what they’ve been turned into. Best I’ve seen was in Navasota, Texas; it’s now a chapel and funeral parlor.
Do they offer cremation services? Thin crust or pan? Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 11:05 PM (vTZFs) Cremation would have to be stuffed crust. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (S/Y4j) 167
@156 the one I posted earlier? yeah, it's all over the place now
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (GD0B3) 168
Isn't a rule that all former Pizza Huts, Denny's, IHops, and other iconic American restaurants with weirdly iconic architecture are now Chicom buffets that regularly fail all health inspections?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (glnUu) 169
Time to hit the pillow, all. Enjoy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (wzUl9) 170
Apparently both Swallwell and the girls he fooled around with were posting videos of themselves on SnapChat, which gives you an idea of the maturity level and intelligence of everyone involved.
Posted by: Tom Servo He didn't have his own OnlyFans channel? I'm surprised; he seems vain enough. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf Oh, great, another way to launder money to politicians. $100, private session $5000, choose my vote $10000, I'll sponsor your legislation $25000, I'll introduce your legislation Posted by: mikeski figures they're about that cheap at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (VHUov) 171
Christy, you have successfully convinced me to never see that movie. Whatever it was called.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (txiLK) 172
I think they should keep him in the house. He should fight to stay in the House!
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 11:07 PM (GD0B3) 173
The last IHOP in San Francisco turned into a gold and coin dealer.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX) 175
>>His poor wife and their kids.
Swalwell was removed from the House Intelligence Committee because even Kevin McCarthy wouldn't cover up his corruption with China. He sold all of us out not just his poor wife and kids. I care as much about his wife and kids as he cared about us. It's way past time we fought as ruthlessly as they do. Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m) 176
I just saw a YT video about how NASA will colonize the moon, and the cover picture looked like two cylinders with a central airlock.
That got me thinking. Let's do it American style. Send up sealed single- or double-wide trailers, with an airlock. The residential area would look like a trailer park. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (S/Y4j) 177
156 The video clip of swallwell & bimbo on the bed also has another man on the bed
It's on posobiec's x feed Posted by: vmom deport deport deport Okay, now that makes sense. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1) 178
It's been a great Masters tourney. Has had everything. Tomorrow is anyone's game. More sports threads!
Posted by: Lex at April 11, 2026 11:10 PM (y4H1r) 179
When the kids were little they would take me to that IHOP for Father's Day.
I used to love IHOP. There was one near the bars on Merrick Blvd we would go after drinking. Now IHOP sucks. Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX) 180
Few people know that there is a Pizza Hut in Marrakech Morocco.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:11 PM (JkO4W) 181
"Magic 8 Ball, does Eric's Swalwell well have a bright future owning and only fans channel?"
"It is certain." Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:11 PM (glnUu) 182
Iran said they prefer to fight
Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 11, 2026 11:11 PM (P4Pk9) 183
It's way past time we fought as ruthlessly as they do. Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 Having sympathy for innocents doesn’t diminish my disgust for him. Being cheated on hurts. Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 11:11 PM (Wmg4n) 184
Great White, Montrose, 38 Special… Okay, just listened to all three, and now I see the pattern: deep, meaningful ballad lyrics.
Posted by: mindful webworker - rock rocky rocket rocking chair at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (C2uPD) 185
Greetings to the Horde, where all men are handsome and all women are beautiful.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (CHHv1) 186
171 Christy, you have successfully convinced me to never see that movie. Whatever it was called.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (txiLK) We never know what we are getting into. This surpassed all expectations and we laughed through most of it. I do not know what anyone was thinking making it as it was so very bad by someone on bad acid. Thrash is the title, which is also awful. Should be Flush. Or maybe Sharks Run Through It. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (WONhk) 187
182 Iran said they prefer to fight
---------- "I'll decide when you can stop punching me in the face, and it's not yet." Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (JkO4W) 188
It's been a great Masters tourney. Has had everything. Tomorrow is anyone's game. More sports threads!
Posted by: Lex It has been a great Masters so far. I'm hoping it goes down to the final putt on the 18th green and then ends up in a three-way extra holes playoff." Heck, let's go for quad extra holes. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:13 PM (glnUu) 189
Iran needs to be Irún, and Swalwell needs to be yeated into the sun.
And I need to go to bed. Sleep well everyone! Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 11:14 PM (OoFl2) 190
The Artemis II videos seem to have pulled some songs related to space flight up to the home page. This one is by Julie Ecklar, her version from 1991. "The Phoenix"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAyKBwyA1fs Posted by: Lirio100 at April 11, 2026 11:14 PM (ky7/T) 191
Swalwell is on his second wife. You can't find the identity of the first wife. I've looked. It's very mysterious.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 11, 2026 10:57 PM (CNl8/) Is composting mentioned anywhere? That seems to be something environmentally conscious Dems and commies do. Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 11:15 PM (5nH6u) 192
Do they offer cremation services? Thin crust or pan?
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 11:05 PM (vTZFs) Cremation would have to be stuffed crust. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (S/Y4j) ....................... This is why I show up. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow. The IRGC decision does not surprise me. They think they are winning. Someone should make a movie of the inner workings and brains of the IRGC's situation room with goats. With the cardbord eye-a-tolla starring from his bed. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:16 PM (WONhk) 193
It's cool that the Artemis got some great images of the Far Side. I mean, I own Larsen's hardbound two volume set, but, hey, we can always use more Far Side, yes?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1) 194
Thrash is the title, which is also awful. Should be Flush. Or maybe Sharks Run Through It.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (WONhk) Actually that should be “And a Shark runs through it.” Or maybe “The Sharks of Madison County.” Ok “Dances with Sharks.” Yeah, I’ll be here all night, tip your waiter! Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:16 PM (txiLK) 195
My son is routing for a four-way playoff! Anyone with in 4 or 5 of the lead is in this.
I own property in suburban Boston. One property has a former Pizza Hut on it. It's been a series of other restaurants over the years, but most people still call it the old Pizza Hut because of the distinctive exterior. Posted by: Lex at April 11, 2026 11:17 PM (y4H1r) 196
I don’t care what they do to their stores, bring back the 1970s logo …. OK great. But. Your pizza still sucks…. Maybe work on that before going all retro? File this under “Not Clear On The Concept”.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 11:17 PM (T+M0K) 197
Goodnight all good folks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 11:18 PM (CHHv1) 198
Having sympathy for innocents doesn’t diminish my disgust for him. Being cheated on hurts.
Posted by: Piper It must hurt worse when everyone knows you've been cheated on. I've known a couple of women whose husbands had affairs at work and were caught. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 11:18 PM (0Htd1) 199
Sucks when you've spent the whole day doing stuff that needed doing, plus other great stuff! And you figure All Is Right With The World...
...and then WHAMMO! There's a freaking big problem and you *know* it's because of all the Good Stuff you did. Sorta takes the wind outta yer sails. Bleh. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:54 PM (rdVOm) Well, I ordered two new flex lines from Amazon. Grrr! They had passenger side at a decent price, but no driver side. Upon further inspection, it seems the only difference between the two is the orientation of the middle hanger bracket, which can be changed with a small effort. So I ordered two pass. side. Hoses are old enough that simply changing for reason of age is reasonable. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 11:19 PM (utfVc) 200
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If they are not throwing Swallwell out of the House it is a sham. Posted by: Braenyard Prepare for 'sham'. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 11:19 PM (gcUgZ) 201
Human Hydraulic Press
https://tinyurl.com/yc468fpu Posted by: Kindltot Knew those must be good for something…🫨 Posted by: mindful webworker - botormoatin at April 11, 2026 11:19 PM (C2uPD) 202
That got me thinking. Let's do it American style. Send up sealed single- or double-wide trailers, with an airlock. The residential area would look like a trailer park.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (S/Y4j) That's essentially one of Elon's plans. Fly his space trucks (Starship) to the moon, land them, then tip them over and use them as housing. I think that's his plan for Mars, too. I keep imagining them up on cinder blocks.... Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 11:20 PM (5nH6u) 203
>>Having sympathy for innocents doesn’t diminish my disgust for him. Being cheated on hurts.
We've all been cheated on by our government. And they didn't give a damn about our innocents. The Democrat Party has become a party of demonic, power hungry scumbags who flooded this country with lunatics who killed hundreds if not thousands of innocents, stole identities, jobs, lives. It's becoming obvious Swalwell's actions were well known in DC and they didn't give a damn as long as he was useful sliming innocents on our side. They didn't just discover he was a scumbag today and got outraged. He was going to hurt the vote for governor in CA so his own party crushed him. This is war and they declared it. I don't care about their innocents. I care about ours. Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 11:21 PM (viF8m) 204
If Pizza Hut brought back the PIZZA from those times, they would make a fucking killing. But that ain't happenin.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 11:21 PM (vE0+H) 205
No Rock me Amadeus? I am disappointed on behalf of Falco.
Posted by: She Hobbit OK. https://youtu.be/cVikZ8Oe_XA Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov) 206
Common Tater
Hunger is the best Pizza Hut enhancer. I spent a day caving in the Ozarks, with some bouldering on walls over a big stream, and turning the lights out to use a Day-Glo Frisbee in a big cave chamber with no sinkholes in the floor. We didn't pack food. There was a Pizza Hut on the way home; the first restaurant we saw. Had my first Deep Dish pizza, and it was sooo good. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (u82oZ) 207
If Pizza Hut brought back the PIZZA from those times, they would make a fucking killing. But that ain't happenin.
Posted by: ... How many of the ingredients would be banned in California? Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX) 209
How many of the ingredients would be banned in California?
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov) I can only imagine. BTW I saw your followup to me last night - love the opsec advantage of your handle. Obviously. Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 11:23 PM (vE0+H) 210
Yeah, I’ll be here all night, tip your waiter!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:16 PM (txiLK) We knew it was going to be bad when they discussed a CAT 6 hurricane. I spent the first 20yrs of my life with hurricane winds 120mi inland now a few summers. Another 30yrs on a barrier island in FL. We know what to do in FL. The people of this town were retarded, and the sharks somehow knew it and arrived. Possibly all the sharks in the Atlantic. I don't know where sharks go for hurricanes, but we never had them come in with the storm surge. No one but Geraldo died in our hurricanes. If Jim Cantore goes anywhere we always figure that's where it won't hit (we've been out of town for a few). Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:24 PM (WONhk) 211
In 1988 I don't think there was a place in the world I wanted to be more than Pizza Hut. Granted I was like 10 but still. Damn that pizza rocked.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 11:25 PM (vE0+H) 212
It must hurt worse when everyone knows you've been cheated on. I've known a couple of women whose husbands had affairs at work and were caught.
Posted by: nerdygirl --------- That freaking sucks. And it's *even worse* when you find out that: not only has he been cheating, and everyone knew (except you) --- that no one let you know, day after day after day, as they looked you in the eye and had conversations with you. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:25 PM (rdVOm) 213
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If they are not throwing Swallwell out of the House it is a sham. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (vl6og) About ten years ago, my Congress critter got hit with insider trading charges. Why him and not the fifty other Congress Crooks doing the same thing? His campaign was being knee capped by the State Dem Party ahead of redistricting. Swallwell is getting knee capped, and his best defense is to get out of the Cali Gov race. It's all among the Marxists, real greaseball shit. Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 11, 2026 11:25 PM (w/O5Q) 214
I don't know who took it, seems there are other parties in the room.
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:52 PM (GD0B3) It's one big happy Fizzies Party! Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 11:25 PM (utfVc) 215
Hunger won’t fix a shitty pie.
Pizza Hut was OK at one time. And their big draw was they delivered. I don’t know what they did, but their product quality such as it was died a long, long time ago. They cheaped out on something (or maybe everything). The crust is not even close to correct. Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 11:27 PM (T+M0K) 216
If they are not throwing Swallwell out of the House it is a sham.
------ Swallwell is getting knee capped, and his best defense is to get out of the Cali Gov race. Hmmm, I bet he's just petty and short-sighted enough to burn some bridges on his way out. That could be fun. Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 11:29 PM (vTZFs) 217
Pizza Hut was OK at one time. And their big draw was they delivered. I don’t know what they did, but their product quality such as it was died a long, long time ago. They cheaped out on something (or maybe everything). The crust is not even close to correct. Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 11:27 PM (T+M0K) I can't remember when I last ate Pizza Hut pizza. There are plenty of good independent pizza joints out there to choose from. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 11:30 PM (utfVc) 218
208 https://tinyurl.com/yc468fpu
Why does she hate baked goods? Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX) Looks like you found Sugar Tits origin story. That would be an awesome advert for laundry detergent. Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 11, 2026 11:31 PM (w/O5Q) 219
Prepare for 'sham'. Posted by: Puddleglum --- Sam agrees. it's a sham youtube.com/watch?v=Pv5cXss5cPg Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (vl6og) 220
Additional musical stuff.
https://youtu.be/hbPfPCz3GRA Enough golf -- Let's rock! https://youtu.be/0tqh0IaMCPo https://youtu.be/f0etXeLBvBw https://youtu.be/s7UmCEhx26Y Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov) 221
I loved the Pizza Hut hot Italian sub they had in the 70's.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (V4IXI) 222
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 11:19 PM
--------- Nice that Azon has parts you can use. If I lived near, I'd help you re-bleed the system! (yeah, and now you're gonna tell me you've got the tool for that, right?) *high 5* Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm) 223
Greetings to the Horde, where all men are handsome and all women are beautiful.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm Not me. Really. I just look this way because of filters. Posted by: mindful webworker - Cary Granted at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (C2uPD) 224
Didn’t Pizza Hut used to have a pizza buffet lunch special? I know ours did, that was a good way to pig out cheap.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (txiLK) 225
I can't remember when I had pizza from Pizza Hut. I stopped getting there because that last one I had made me sick. I 'memba the Pizza Hut in my hometown. It was damn good pizza and I kind of miss the place. It had a 'vibe'. This was in the 70s&80s though.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 11:33 PM (gcUgZ) 226
RE: Pizza Hut
Fast food restaurants can make pretty solid food, but over the decades corporate pressures have destroyed that. The counter example is In-N-Out which refuses to compromise their personal integrity and the professional integrity. Every time you go to those restaurants they are spot clean, the employees are engaged and polite, and the food is spot on good. It is not impossible in modern America to run businesses at a level which we used to experience 50 years ago. The failure to do so is a choice. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:33 PM (glnUu) 227
Frozen pizzas are pretty good these days and really good when you add some extra toppings on your own.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:34 PM (V4IXI) 228
Well, I've been skimming comments after watching "Evil Dead Rise" - 2023. Great movie. Very messed up. Speaking of which..
It seems redundant to see how things are going with Iran. As good as we all thought, I'll have to check news. Snowflake came in. Maybe her, the dog Ralphy and I can squeeze in one more horror movie. They sleep together on the bed. Cat snuggled up to dog. Everyone have a great night. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:34 PM (Sco7b) 229
>>>About ten years ago, my Congress critter got hit with insider trading charges. Why him and not the fifty other Congress Crooks doing the same thing? His campaign was being knee capped by the State Dem Party ahead of redistricting.
Swallwell is getting knee capped, and his best defense is to get out of the Cali Gov race. It's all among the Marxists, real greaseball shit. Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' --- Yep, CA has jungle primary and the Machine wants K-tee? and he's screwing up the odds. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:35 PM (vl6og) Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:35 PM (Sco7b) Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb) 232
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:33 PM (glnUu)
Chick-fil-A has the same rep but unfortunately I don't find their offerings that good. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:37 PM (V4IXI) 233
Send up sealed single- or double-wide trailers, with an airlock. The residential area would look like a trailer park.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf Do you want tornadoes on the Moon? Because, this is how you get tornadoes on the Moon!🌪️ Posted by: mindful webworker - Twistering the night away at April 11, 2026 11:37 PM (C2uPD) 234
>>Frozen pizzas are pretty good these days and really good when you add some extra toppings on your own.
-------- Oh, yeah! I'm too lazy to make pizza crust. Buy the cheapo Totino's or whatever on sale, keep in the freezer until whenever... Always add toppings! Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm) 235
I know that I don't look as good as I think I do. I still feel like I'm 35 so that's how I think I look. Denial ain't all bad.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (V4IXI) 236
227 Frozen pizzas are pretty good these days and really good when you add some extra toppings on your own.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:34 PM (V4IXI) I tried the sausage and Pepperoni thin crust Screaming Sicilian one a couple days ago. Pretty good. Their sauce is usually a bit too heavy, but the cheese is always good. Note: their sauce is actually pretty good- there's just too much of it. Portion affects taste. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (bss/y) 237
I went to my local pub tonight. While chatting with one of my favorite servers, an early 20-something woman, she told me that she has a new part-time job as a welder and more in a custom fabrication shop.
I immediately ordered her a custom button that says, " Yeah, I'm a Welder. Booyah!" I'm feeling like I did something great today. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (glnUu) 238
Note: their sauce is actually pretty good- there's just too much of it. Portion affects taste.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Possible solution: Moar toppings! To balance it out, ya know... Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:41 PM (rdVOm) 239
Okay, I'm caught up.
Talks with Iran went as well as we all thought. 21 hours 'negotiating.' I hope Vance brought rubner earplugs. That's a lot of Iranian shrieking and uluating. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:42 PM (Sco7b) 240
I can't remember when I last ate Pizza Hut pizza. There are plenty of good independent pizza joints out there to choose from.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 11:30 PM (utfVc) Last week, eat-in. Right before Maundy Thursday service. It was as good as ever. Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 11:42 PM (5nH6u) 241
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (bss/y)
I had a Paul Newman's thin crust supreme last week because they were on sale for half price. Definitely worth the half price. Full price ? Almost but not quite. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:44 PM (V4IXI) 242
Send up sealed single- or double-wide trailers, with an airlock. The residential area would look like a trailer park.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf Do you want tornadoes on the Moon? Because, this is how you get tornadoes on the Moon!🌪️ Posted by: mindful webworker - Twistering the night away at April 11, 2026 11:37 PM (C2uPD) If that's all it takes to get a usable, breathable at,osphere on the moon, I'm ok with the trade-off. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:45 PM (S/Y4j) 243
Tomorrow's lunch will be pot stickers. I thawed a dozen, to cook up & share with hubby. Dipping sauce made and ready to go.
Gainzzz. That's what my scale tells me, LOL. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm) 244
So in the poker game that is the Middle East, Iran has decided Trump is bluffing and called. Time for Trump to show his cards.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:45 PM (txiLK) 245
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:33 PM (glnUu)
Chick-fil-A has the same rep but unfortunately I don't find their offerings that good. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg I agree. I've been to Chick-fil-A twice in both times. Both times the visits were huge disappearingments though the service and the cleanliness of the restaurants were excellent. For In-N-Out I will drive out of my way to go to one if I near one. To date I have never been disappointed. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:46 PM (glnUu) 246
So in the poker game that is the Middle East, Iran has decided Trump is bluffing and called. Time for Trump to show his cards.
Posted by: Tom Servo Clarify this misconception by bombing Tehran until it looks like Tokyo in 1945. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:47 PM (glnUu) 247
Whoa. Just refreshed and there were no new comments.
If it's like that, guess I'll go to pretending to lurk mode. Not bad. Just drawn that way. https://youtu.be/4zRwze8_SGk G'nite, y'all. Posted by: mindful webworker - ''he makes me laugh'' at April 11, 2026 11:48 PM (C2uPD) 248
>> then tip them over and use them as housing.
I saw simulations of that -- different possible tip-over mechanisms. And they need to bury them under lunar regolith too -- radiation shielding. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 11:49 PM (w6EFb) Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:50 PM (S/Y4j) 250
235 I know that I don't look as good as I think I do. I still feel like I'm 35 so that's how I think I look. Denial ain't all bad.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (V4IXI) I know I’m surprised to see all my friends looking older, while I still look the same! Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:50 PM (txiLK) 251
I think we ran out of targets and had hoped for an uprising. I assume we have identified more targets during the break. #1 goal is to secure the Strait.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:50 PM (V4IXI) 252
His poor wife and their kids.
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (Wmg4n) The kids, perhaps. The spouses of politicians are no better than the politicians. They know they married degenerate scum, they did it for money and power and status, and they don't care that the spouses can't keep it in their pants, because they don't either. These sham marriages are just kept going so they can skim some of rakeoff the politician is stealing from me, in exchange for keep quiet about their degenerate scum lifestyles. All of them should be burned at the fucking stake. I'll try to dig up sympathy for Lady Swallwell on some day when I didn't literally just stuff her pockets with money that could have gone to *my* kids. Nevermind, scratch that, I never will. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 11:50 PM (BI5O2) 253
244 So in the poker game that is the Middle East, Iran has decided Trump is bluffing and called. Time for Trump to show his cards.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:45 PM (txiLK For Iran. Good luck with that. Zerohedge said Iran sent a 71 member delegation. Uhmm. Okay. It sounds like the Strait is being cleared out, 2 destroyers were reported to have sailed through so as long as that can be controlled, bombing can probably be outsourced after President Trump decides to leave. Guess we'll see what his plan is. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:51 PM (Sco7b) 254
I immediately ordered her a custom button that says, " Yeah, I'm a Welder. Booyah!"
I'm feeling like I did something great today. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (glnUu) I met a woman pipefitter who worked up in Portland who had a shirt on that read, "welding is just sewing with fire" Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 11:51 PM (rbvCR) 255
I saw a pic of Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes.
Posted by: runner ....... Damn dry cleaners. Posted by: wth at April 11, 2026 11:53 PM (BT3km) 256
I feel worse for Kristi Noem.
But his mental illness doesn't reflect on her. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:53 PM (Sco7b) 257
You're a fine wordsmith, YD! LoL!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 11:53 PM (gcUgZ) Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 11:53 PM (GD0B3) 259
256: I don't know. It would explain her resignation, but you never know. Politics is a cesspool.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 11:56 PM (gcUgZ) 260
I don't know. It would explain her resignation, but you never know. Politics is a cesspool.
Posted by: Puddleglum Hey!! Posted by: a cesspool at April 11, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov) 261
Heard today, and every day, while changing Lil Pooky (and yes, she does the actions):
A Pizza Hut A Pizza Hut A Kentucky Fried Chicken And a Pizza Hut A Pizza Hut A Pizza Hut A Kentucky Fried Chicken And a Pizza Hut McDooooonaaald's McDooooonaaald's A Kentucky Fried Chicken And a Pizza Hut! Posted by: pookysgirl hears a lot of warm-up songs at April 11, 2026 11:59 PM (Wt5PA) 262
>>Besides Netanyahu who else is happy that talks failed? $6.00 dollar gas anyone? Bueller?
Me. We've been getting played by these murderous scumbags for 50 years. It's past time to end this idiotic game where we always lose to 3rd world gangsters. The Strait was opened earlier today. I'll survive my gas being a bit more expensive for a few weeks. Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 11:59 PM (viF8m) 263
Opening the box before eating the pizza does not necessarily improve the taste. Ask me how I know...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 11:59 PM (nbLIj) 264
Direct talks between the two sides lasted some 21 hours in the first meeting of its kind since the war began. But there was no deal to end the war.
_.usatoday.c Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:00 AM (vl6og) Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 12, 2026 12:02 AM (glnUu) 266
90 Million Iranians, Saudi, the UAE and everyone from Bahrain to Lebanon are happy that the US did not get played like we did under obama, biden and the rest of dumbasses who ran our foreign policy. But we all knew that the talks were fake and gay anyway, we just needed the time.
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (GD0B3) 267
Last night I got woken up by an insistent "krinkle-krinkle" and though one of the cats had gotten under the bed and was playing under there. I finally got up and turned on the light, and found that my big tom, who is too big to get under the bed, had hooked out from under the bed one of the 2 lbs bags of cat treats I stashed down there and was eating from it through the hole that one of the kittens had chewed in the corner.
They both gave me the "I am guessing I shouldn't be doing this, should I" look and I just laughed and put the bag up. They have been skulking back there all day looking for treats they may have missed. Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR) 268
Hi clubters❣
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (A9n1A) 269
Opening the box before eating the pizza does not necessarily improve the taste. Ask me how I know...
Posted by: Joe Kidd Ok. How do you know? Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (glnUu) 270
The spouses of politicians are no better than the politicians. They know they married degenerate scum, they did it for money and power and status, and they don't care that the spouses can't keep it in their pants, because they don't either. These sham marriages are just kept going so they can skim some of rakeoff the politician is stealing from me, in exchange for keep quiet about their degenerate scum lifestyles.
All of them should be burned at the fucking stake. I'll try to dig up sympathy for Lady Swallwell on some day when I didn't literally just stuff her pockets with money that could have gone to *my* kids. Nevermind, scratch that, I never will. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice ---- youtube.com/watch?v=mQCWY5ynBaw Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:05 AM (vl6og) 271
"Exodus" troll is just another Stormfront shitmaggot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 12:05 AM (utfVc) 272
"Exodus" troll is just another Stormfront shitmaggot.
== well....maybe he learned something today ! Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 12:07 AM (GD0B3) 273
== well....maybe he learned something today ! Posted by: runner --- Shit for brains comes too often. We are his assignment. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:09 AM (vl6og) 274
No deal. Swoop in, destroy everything, and plant the Puerto Rican flag.
Posted by: wth at April 12, 2026 12:09 AM (BT3km) Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 12:09 AM (viF8m) 276
Opening the box before eating the pizza does not necessarily improve the taste. Ask me how I know...
Posted by: Joe Kidd Ok. How do you know? Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (glnUu) There might have been drinking involved. But the point was it was either the worst pizza or the best cardboard I ever had.. Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 12:10 AM (nbLIj) 277
It's way past time we fought as ruthlessly as they do. Posted by: JackStraw Wouldn't be prudent. Not at this juncture. Posted by: Gentlemanly GOPe at April 12, 2026 12:12 AM (Cqx++) 278
It's way past time we fought as ruthlessly as they do.
Posted by: JackStraw Wouldn't be prudent. Not at this juncture. Posted by: Gentlemanly GOPe That's not who we are! -- DC republicrats Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 12:14 AM (rdVOm) 279
Trump's negotiating and war planning, courtesy of Pratchett and Gaiman:
... an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won’t tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time If you think you've won, either you've lost, or rarely you managed a win/win where he got the bigger win. (Yes, yes, these are Trump Facts, like Chuck Norris Facts. They're truthy, though...) Posted by: RandomDave at April 12, 2026 12:15 AM (aJQbY) 280
As long as Trump is doing what he thinks should be done and not taking someone else's advice we're OK.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:18 AM (vl6og) 281
Iran is playing top level chess. Trump is playing Texas Hold'em.
The Iranians sent PhDs to negotiate with real estate developers and investment bankers Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR) 282
281 Iran is playing top level chess. Trump is playing Texas Hold'em.
The Iranians sent PhDs to negotiate with real estate developers and investment bankers Posted by: Kindltot ----------- youtube.com/watch?v=hM3oUl1n8ks _sharks Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:27 AM (vl6og) 283
I wouldn't call what Iran is doing chess. They're banking on just holding the line at terrible cost until the weak will of the Americans breaks.
It's worked for everyone else so far. It's more like watching a football team get beat in the exact same way by every team they play, so they're just running that playbook. Will it work with Trump in charge? We'll see. But it's been working for 75 years so far so I can't fault the strategy. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2026 12:28 AM (BI5O2) 284
Iran is playing top level chess. Trump is playing Texas Hold'em.
The Iranians sent PhDs to negotiate with real estate developers and investment bankers Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR) Then Marco Rubio turned to the Iranians and said, "Now yous can't leave"... Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 12:28 AM (nbLIj) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:28 AM (vl6og) 286
Will it work with Trump in charge? We'll see. But it's been working for 75 years so far so I can't fault the strategy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice --- Seventy three years are in their favor except they've never played the game with a Joker in the deck. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:31 AM (vl6og) 287
When I think of golf, I think of Paige Spiranac instructing me and schooling me on the perfect drive, and then coffee in the morning after. I'll cook anything she desires.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 12:34 AM (Fbc0I) 288
My opinion - first step, marines and other special forces need to occupy the islands in the straits of Hormuz that Iran uses as observation points and weapons platforms . Should not be hard, with their navy destroyed thru cannot reinforce.
If I was planning this I would not occupy Kharg. Although it has economic and political significance, it has little strategic or military value, and it’s very dangerous to send any troops to fight inside a refinery, that’s begging for casualties. Isolate it but do not invade it. And of course let the B-52’s do what B-52’s do. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 12:42 AM (txiLK) 289
REAKING: Pakistan is asking both sides to extend the ceasefire deadline
--- Say yes and obliterate them tomorrow. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:44 AM (vl6og) 290
>>I wouldn't call what Iran is doing chess. They're banking on just holding the line at terrible cost until the weak will of the Americans breaks.
Worked for nearly 50 years. All they had to do was not lose. Not going to work this time. Trump hates losing more than he like winning. Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 12:45 AM (viF8m) Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm) 292
@zerohedge
1h 'No Deal': Vance Leaves Islamabad As Iran Talks Stall Over Nukes; US Starts Mine-Clearing Hormuz --- Hope the mechanics have had time to get the F series and the A-10 fixed up. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:54 AM (vl6og) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:58 AM (vl6og) 294
I think the greater maintenance burden is from the airlift and tankers, but it'll get done. Pilots have had the first break in a long time (movements started well before Feb. 2
Typical and classic Israeli joke from last June, when Ben Gurion was shut down due to Iranian missile attacks: "For more than 40 years we had no flights to Tehran. Now, ALL of our flights go to Tehran." Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:00 AM (U/Byj) 295
Chatter online about possibility the vile idiot senator from AZ (well, the one with hair) may be collateral damage from the Swalwell sacrifice. Very close friends for a long time.
Guess anything is possible, but I don't think the Dems would open up a competitive seat for *any* reason. So, extremely unlikely, to me. Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:02 AM (U/Byj) 296
"We go back to the Us having not reached an agreement.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 01:03 AM (vl6og) 297
@Osint613 1h
At least 6 people were shot and 1 person was killed at a Chick-fil-A in Union Township, New Jersey, officials told RLS Media. -- Summer time, and the killin's easy. chumps are jumping all over the land. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 01:04 AM (vl6og) 298
And of course let the B-52’s do what B-52’s do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 12:42 AM (txiLK) And we all know what *that* is! Rock Lobster https://youtu.be/n4QSYx4wVQg Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 01:06 AM (Sy6m/) 299
They knew the answer would be no. Trump sent Vance, first, he is the number on person to speak for the president. Second, He can tell them to 'get fucked' in the most dominant, polite and sophisticated manner.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 01:08 AM (vl6og) 300
When I think of Pizza Hut, I think about being a kid and visiting my dad. We'd order a large - I think it was their "meat lovers" special - and each eat half. He worked construction and I was a boy with a bottomless stomach, so it was just about right. When I was in my early 20s, a large pizza was what I considered a single serving.
Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (8sD0/) 301
There is a perfectly serviceable golf course down the road from us, called Bishops Bay. We, of course, refer to it as Bushwood, as all normal people would.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (DwqWV) 302
289 REAKING: Pakistan is asking both sides to extend the ceasefire deadline
--- Say yes and obliterate them tomorrow. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:44 AM (vl6og) Honestly I figured the move was to threaten the power plants then hit every residence of every leader there is left. Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 12, 2026 01:14 AM (w/O5Q) 303
300 When I think of Pizza Hut, I think about being a kid and visiting my dad. We'd order a large - I think it was their "meat lovers" special - and each eat half. He worked construction and I was a boy with a bottomless stomach, so it was just about right. When I was in my early 20s, a large pizza was what I considered a single serving.
Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (8sD0/) There are so many ex-Pizza Huts here that it is kinda funny. Some are Pho joints, but one in particular is an "adult bookstore." Someone here suggested we call it the Pizza Smut. A true classic. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:14 AM (DwqWV) 304
There is a perfectly serviceable golf course down the road from us, called Bishops Bay. We, of course, refer to it as Bushwood, as all normal people would.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (DwqWV) The caribou moss greens are a nice touch. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:14 AM (utfVc) 305
304 There is a perfectly serviceable golf course down the road from us, called Bishops Bay. We, of course, refer to it as Bushwood, as all normal people would.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (DwqWV) The caribou moss greens are a nice touch. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:14 AM (utfVc) Course rules state you must wait for both bears and moose to clear the course before you tee off. That's a wise choice, I would say. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:18 AM (DwqWV) 306
There's a meme comparing repurposed Pizza Hut restaurants to transgenders. No matter what you call it now or how you try to change the exterior, you instantly know what it originally was.
Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2026 01:19 AM (8sD0/) Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 12, 2026 01:24 AM (mPiP0) 308
There's still a Pizza Hut here. Don't know if it's a "classic" one. I had lunch there a year or so ago, but only had some mozzarella bites (by whatever name they use) which were 'ok' I guess. Expensive, considering. But I was only waiting for an oil change, was hungry, and the place was nearby.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:24 AM (rdVOm) 309
If I was a citizen of Iran I would get the hell out of there. Trouble is nobody wants them in their country. Well nobody except the Democrats here. But Trump wouldn't let them in.
Posted by: Case at April 12, 2026 01:24 AM (pvf3X) 310
295 Chatter online about possibility the vile idiot senator from AZ (well, the one with hair) may be collateral damage from the Swalwell sacrifice. Very close friends for a long time.
Guess anything is possible, but I don't think the Dems would open up a competitive seat for *any* reason. So, extremely unlikely, to me. Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:02 AM (U/Byj) Maybe "the Dems" wouldn't, but Katie Porter comes across as a demi-tarded psychopath who would butcher her own mom alive, just to have a nice fresh femur to beat her opponents with. I rate the rumor "plausible," since *anything* is possible with that loose Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 01:25 AM (Sy6m/) 311
Trump's first post after Islamabad fizzle: our trump card is a naval blockade. Which has been an option all along. Including seizing sanctioned ships/cargoes, and depositing proceeds in escrow accounts, as we have done with Venezuela and Iran. For whatever reason, this option has been left unused so far.
An option with less risk of messiness (seize Chinese-flagged ships?) has also always been available - mine Iran's ports. Can be done in a day (by air, and in some cases submarine), they are helpless to counter it, and it would instantly end all seaborne trade for them. An ideal solution would be forcing the freedom of navigation issue, and then suppressing any Iranian effort to interfere. The Gulfies could participate in this to some extent, which would be a good prelude to a post-lunatic Iran era for the region. Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:25 AM (U/Byj) 312
If I was a citizen of Iran I would get the hell out of there. Trouble is nobody wants them in their country. Well nobody except the Democrats here. But Trump wouldn't let them in. Posted by: Case Dignity Act Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 01:27 AM (Cqx++) 313
SciVo in the glorious event that Swalwell doesn't drop out, yes, that repulsive psycho sack of lard might help out.
Apparently now there's a hilarious redneck-forensics effort to ID Gallegos as the guy in the video via the shoes. He's an athletic shoe geek (for "fashion", as he's clearly no athlete), and some think they see one of his favorite types in the video. It's like the Zapruder film, except nobody gets killed and everyone's retarded. Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:28 AM (U/Byj) 314
but one in particular is an "adult bookstore." Someone here suggested we call it the Pizza Smut.
Posted by: tcn in AK That's perfect! ..... Now I want to see a bunch of stores like that in repurposed Pizza Huts. Golf equipment sold at the pizza putt. Hairstyling done at the pizza cut. Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 01:29 AM (VHUov) 315
Saw a Der Wienerschnitzel re-purposed as a coffee place up in Costa Mesa last week. One often sees repurposed original Taco Hell places with their faux mission feel and adobe-colored brick. Usually Mexican.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:31 AM (U/Byj) 316
Now I want to see a bunch of stores like that in repurposed Pizza Huts. Golf equipment sold at the pizza putt. Hairstyling done at the pizza cut.
Posted by: mikeski ---------- Ooooh! I can hardly wait!.... Pizza Butt! Posted by: Mayo Pete Bootplug at April 12, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm) 317
Just stopping in for a quick night cap before bed.
Teresa, I am glad that you had fun at the concert. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 01:36 AM (0nHVk) 318
Now I want to see a bunch of stores like that in repurposed Pizza Huts. Golf equipment sold at the pizza putt. Hairstyling done at the pizza cut.
Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 01:29 AM (VHUov) Brothel at the Pizza Slut. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:36 AM (utfVc) Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm) 320
Another funny space toilet thing from splashdown night. I watched it live on NASA's stream, but then watched the re-run's of FOX's coverage. From Laura to Hannidiot, they had quite a few astronauts on as guests. Hannity managed to get Charlie Duke (who is 90) on. The toilet thing came up, and Charlie told a story of when he splashed back down after Apollo 16. They got them all back on the carrier and he was able to shower and shave and clean up and all that. By the time he was all cleaned up and feeling fresh, they had hoisted the capsule into the hangar deck, and he went back inside to fetch some of his stuff. He said the smell was so bad he gagged and he could hardly stay in there. Hannity didn't understand why it would stink, asking was it a "burned smell" for the heat. Charlie explained, no it was us.... Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb) Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 01:39 AM (Sy6m/) 322
Hi JQ, I didn't see you here. Cheers!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 01:40 AM (0nHVk) 323
One of the Pizza Hut Classic locations is in Hondo, Texas. Mr. TiFW's grandparents lived there and his father, aunts, and uncles all grew up there; we pass through the town on the way to visit his mother all the time.
Thing is, I am not sure that the restaurant was "retrofitted" - it has ALWAYS looked like that! 😂😂😂 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 12, 2026 01:42 AM (DKntB) 324
LOL, Debby-- I've just been reading along for quite a while...
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm) 325
Should the Pizza Nut be:
1. Psychotherapist 2. Massage parlor 3. Literally the food Posted by: SciVo ------ One-stop shop, with 3 different entrances/sections? Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm) 326
Everybody needs to be saved from themselves. It's called self-awareness. Think about it. Think about your family. Enjoy what is yours.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 01:46 AM (Fbc0I) Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm) 328
When we first moved to Fort Worth after college, the Pizza Hut in our neighborhood was an "elevated" one - the restaurant was on piers above a parking lot. It was a great place right by the TCU campus.
They eventually tore it down, but it was a fun place to go to eat while it was there! Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 12, 2026 01:47 AM (DKntB) 329
Well, getting close to midnight, and I am getting tired. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:48 AM (utfVc) 330
'Night, AOP
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm) 331
@312. Bertram Cabot, Jr.
"Dignity Act." To hell with that. Maybe they can make a deal with Mongolia. Posted by: Case at April 12, 2026 01:52 AM (pvf3X) 332
331 @312. Bertram Cabot, Jr.
"Dignity Act." To hell with that. Maybe they can make a deal with Mongolia. Posted by: Case at April 12, 2026 01:52 AM (pvf3X) Congress has no dignity, so how do they think they can pass a dignity act? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 01:57 AM (S/Y4j) 333
If Dolly Parton were a psychotic lesbian:
https://tinyurl.com/y4vuyjrn Trust me, honey, you don't need the green hair to make men stay away. Really. I promise. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 01:57 AM (IG3/x) 334
LOL, Rodrigo! Omg-- I would stay away, too! Don't even want to say "hello" to her, and I'm not a man. She's a mess. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm) 335
The Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas were pretty good, and avoided group arguments about what toppings to get.
If they really wanna do "classic", they need to bring back those hard transparent frosted red glasses. Me, I stopped eating there when a group of Pakis bought the local franchise decades ago... just didn't trust them to properly care for unclean meats like Canadian bacon and so on. Just seemed kinda weird, like Mormons buying a bar, or nuns buying a strip joint. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 02:02 AM (IG3/x) 336
Restaurant food of any kind is so expensive now. Never mind the fact that you never know who (or 'what') is handling your order!
There are few fast-food places I go, and rarely. Only for hubby, because the institutional crap at his nursing home is so BLEH! Their "cook" must have no conscience, or undeveloped tastebuds, or...? I'd fire the dietician if I could. Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm) 337
Their "marinara sauce" tastes like plain tomato sauce, straight from a can. Yuck.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm) 338
Sorry, I detoured onto George Strait highway for a while.
JQ, I am pretty sure that is their marinara sauce, it tastes awful, hubs pretty much only wanted to eat sandwiches. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 02:28 AM (0nHVk) 339
George Strait is some good listenin'!
How's your brother doing now, Debby? Hope he's adjusting to his new place. Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm) 340
He is doing okay JQ, it is nice to see him settling in to a routine. He is uncomplaining thus far and I think it is very good for him to be around other people, even those who are worse off than him.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 02:41 AM (0nHVk) Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 02:43 AM (fNISR) 342
Just peeking in
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:45 AM (Ia/+0) 343
Where the white font at?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 02:46 AM (Y+4g7) 344
They knew the answer would be no. Trump sent Vance, first, he is the number on person to speak for the president. Second, He can tell them to 'get fucked' in the most dominant, polite and sophisticated manner.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 01:08 AM (vl6og) - Or J.D. can tell them where to go just like his Mamaw used to. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 02:50 AM (Y+4g7) 345
>>He is uncomplaining thus far and I think it is very good for him to be around other people, even those who are worse off than him.
------- Glad to hear that, Debby! Hubby had a tough time at first, and kept trying to 'escape' so they put an ankle bracelet on him, to trigger door alarm. (which he cut off, using a butter knife-- so now he can't have one any more!) Then they put the device on his wheelchair instead. He still gets out sometimes, but they catch him right away, LOL. He just wants to go out for a cig. It *is* allowed, but only if he is supervised, and they will only do that at certain times. I take him out after lunch every day, and he usually smokes 2 at that time. Then I help him back into bed for tv and a nap. Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm) 346
Top American scientists are being assassinated, going missing, or dying. It looks like we have a five-alarm intelligence fire, and no one is answering the call.
******************************** Missing Nuclear Official Becomes TENTH Person Tied to US Secrets https://tinyurl.com/mnubhfcc Posted by: Sam Adams at April 12, 2026 02:57 AM (X+xvk) 347
Hubby has made a few friends. Trouble is, most of them get their "rehab" and then go home. Or, like his last 2 room mates, pass away.
He's smitten with the new, young CNA. She's bubbly and friendly, hasn't burned out yet. It's sweet, the way they interact. Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm) 348
Open box before eating pizza... damn, mankind is fucked.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 03:13 AM (snZF9) Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm) 350
My brother will be slow to make friends with other patients but he already likes some of the staff. I like the staff too, most of them seem very nice.
I think it is time for me to get horizontal. Sweet dreams Horde. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 03:17 AM (0nHVk) 351
'Night, Debby. Take care.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:18 AM (rdVOm) 352
All this talk of pizza, and now I'm hungry. There's nothing "snack-y" in the house! Woe is me...
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm) 353
Hi, Bers. How ya doing?
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm) Doing good. Jam session is over and was about to pour a night cap. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 03:28 AM (snZF9) 354
Still on a JD kick, Bers?
Thinkin' about digging up those roadside bottles? (That's a real hoot, btw.) Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm) 355
Still on a JD kick, Bers?
Thinkin' about digging up those roadside bottles? (That's a real hoot, btw.) Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm) yeah well the JD bottle only has a few shots out of it, so its going to be around for a while. I don't know where those bottles are buried. The 2 dudes that buried them are both dead and took the secret with them. Its better they stay buried anyway. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 03:38 AM (snZF9) Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm) 357
NASA is now dropping a few of the high resolution pictures from the lunar flyby. Here's one of earthset that's just cool: https://is.gd/CDkNJZ Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 03:45 AM (w6EFb) Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:46 AM (rdVOm) 359
My favorite George Strait song is probably Blue Clear Sky.
Posted by: RandomDave at April 12, 2026 04:14 AM (aJQbY) 360
Pixy's up at https://ai.mee.nu
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:34 AM (fNISR) 361
Pixy's up!
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:38 AM (fNISR) Saturday Evening Movie Thread [moviegique]:Halloween: 3, Moviegoers: 0 I kid the third entry in the Halloween series. Because it's awful. But as it's one of Darcy The Mail Girl's favorite movies, and she got to program Friday night for The Drive-In Jamboree, we all watched it together with director Tommy Lee Wallace and stars Tom Atkins and Stacey Nelkin on stage. Allowing for a little too dim a projection—the Jamboree had a lot of technical difficulties—it was basically the best possible circumstance to watch Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. Rather amusingly, Drive-In Producer Austin Jennings had prepared a supercut of all the times Joe Bob had trashed this movie, which was fun with everyone there and a pro-H3 audience. Did I say "all"? Apparently, it was a mere fraction of the times he had done it. Because, again, it's just not a very good movie. If we're being honest, the crowd was still just barely over 50/50 thumbs-up/thumbs-down, and that's with a strongly pro-Tommy Lee, pro-Tom Atkins, pro-Stacy Nelkin, pro-Darcy audience. "Hello, England? You remember that lintel from Stonehenge you were looking for? Yeah, it's here in California. I don't know how they got it here in three days! You'll never believe what they're doing with it!"
But let's go over the whole thing to see if we can't appreciate the whole thing, what works and what doesn't. There is a whole lot of good here, admittedly, and it's worth watching just for the good and fun parts. I don't think it makes up for the bad because the bad is pretty fundamental. For example, this is not, for the most part, a scary movie, not a spooky movie, not a very Halloween feeling movie. And that's hard to overcome when you're calling yourself Halloween 3. First, the best thing about Halloween 3 is the meta-premise: Rather than making the same movie over and over again, let's use the franchise to tell a new story every time. ("American Horror Story" uses this premise for its show and it sucks, but the premise of theming each season differently is something good about it. Heck, you could argue that Chris Guest's mockumentaries are along similar lines: Same kind of humor, same repertory company, different theme each time, and that works really well.) Second, the premise itself is...I don't know if it's good, but it's certainly bold. The idea that the world's children are imperiled? You're playing with fire; people don't want to see kids get hurt in their dumb Halloween movie. (Horror movies where children are injured or killed tend to be more "serious" and not very fun.) That said, Wallace does a really good job here. The harm to the children is obscured, implicitly horrifying without showing a lot of suffering. Third, it's all very competently executed. Dan O'Herlilhy is a standout as the big bad, but Atkins and Nelkin are charming and have good chemistry (which is ironic given how their first scene together was the sex scene, and they had not met prior). The camerawork, although reminiscent of a TV cop show, has some very nice moments. The effects are effective!![]() Director: "Stacey, Tom. Tom, Stacey. Get nekkid." ![]() I said "Television! Not cable! Who watches cable in 1981?" ![]() You know how they say television rots your brain? Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0) 2
OK, so, I was doing my taxes and suddenly looked at the clock to discover it was 4:33PM.
I actually have a review of "Project Hail Mary" that I hadn't put images in. And "The French Connection". What can I say? This had images. They all point to my site, of course. But maybe I can figure out how to fix that later. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (/d4WW) 3
Happy Halloween fellow kids!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (cWLG3) 4
Ahhhh. Taxes, fair enough.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 11, 2026 07:40 PM (cWLG3) 5
Look, it's practically Walpurgisnacht, or "Spring Halloween". This is totally legit.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:40 PM (/d4WW) 6
Movie sign!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:41 PM (kpS4V) 7
Movie Thread II: The Enwidening.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:42 PM (0aYVJ) 8
This thread had the David Lean look.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:43 PM (0aYVJ) 9
Oh, I blew the margins, too, didn't I.
Dammit. OK, I'm going to fix. Hopefully this won't nuke the comments. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:44 PM (/d4WW) 10
Okay, how did Joe Bob rate it on the Beasts/Breasts/Blood scale?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (kpS4V) 11
For as much as I think the original Halloween is a classic, 3 was bad IMO
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (NArJc) 13
Just had a double take this wasn't a old thread
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0) 14
10 Okay, how did Joe Bob rate it on the Beasts/Breasts/Blood scale?
Well, you get two breasts, IIRC. It's pretty dim lighting. A fair amount of blood. Stonehenge fu... Bug fu... Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:47 PM (/d4WW) 15
Thx moviegique .
Tom Atkins had one of the great lines in the B movie classic Night of the Creeps . "Ladies your boyfriends are back. And they're dead". As I recall Stacey Nelkin was involved with Woody Allen when she was underage. Pretty lady, when of age, of course Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 11, 2026 07:47 PM (BfZBZ) Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:48 PM (0aYVJ) 17
I like 16:9 Ace Of Spades
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 11, 2026 07:48 PM (CNl8/) 18
5 Look, it's practically Walpurgisnacht, or "Spring Halloween". This is totally legit.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:40 PM (/d4WW) ---- What movie would you sacrifice to appease the Horned God? I nominate "Prometheus" to be staked inside a clearing and smeared with theater popcorn butter. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:48 PM (kpS4V) 19
Oh right, I have to find envelops to mail my tax forms. Yup, I like to make the government work a bit extra, plus the feds won't let me e-file for free and I'm not going to pay for turbo-tax or similar just to get e-filing. They can pay someone to scan the forms or do data entry.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 11, 2026 07:49 PM (+89TD) 20
I nominate "Prometheus" to be staked inside a clearing and smeared with theater popcorn butter.
--- Perhaps we can cleanse the Earth of this troublesome film. OK, gonna try to fix everything. See you on the other side! Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (/d4WW) 21
I don't care for horror movies in general so perhaps I am not the best to ask about this but the idea of turning Halloween into a sort of anthology series of different Halloween-themed horror concepts vaguely connected by a few characters seems like a much better franchise than "ooh the same bad guy. Again. And again. And again"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (El6/E) 22
Bye bye comments.
Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (mhVc4) Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:53 PM (/d4WW) 24
Oh, they're back!
Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 07:53 PM (mhVc4) 25
it might've worked the way The Wicker Man works, which would be as good as a failure in the US market
---- Hey, I loved "The Wicker Man". I did my part! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:53 PM (kpS4V) 26
I love "The Wicker Man," too. Though the experience was different as a teen than as a nearly 29 year old.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:54 PM (/d4WW) 27
It's a little off topic but Roseanne had the best Halloween themed episodes.
Cracked me the freak up. Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 07:54 PM (mhVc4) 28
When I saw Wicker Man on video tape as a teenager, I appreciated Britt Eckland's breasts but not much else about a basically boring and slow movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 07:55 PM (El6/E) 29
Me too, Gique. It's a much more horrifying story for an adult.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:55 PM (kpS4V) 30
For me, been watching all foreign films that are available on Tubi while I have nothing else to watch.
A couple stand outs in last couple weeks. Warsaw 44 a Polish movie about the Home Polish Army uprising which get squashed by a German army and a Russian army who let the Germans destroy them. 1944 is a Estonian movie about Estonians on both sides, Germans and Russian. Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:56 PM (/d4WW) 32
Project Hail Mary is awesome. First movie I saw on the big screen in over a year
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 07:57 PM (gKWVE) Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:58 PM (kpS4V) 34
I don't care for horror movies in general so perhaps I am not the best to ask about this but the idea of turning Halloween into a sort of anthology series of different Halloween-themed horror concepts vaguely connected by a few characters seems like a much better franchise than "ooh the same bad guy. Again. And again. And again"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (El6/E) ---- With quality writing--and that's essential--I could see a Halloween franchise where each movie in the franchise explores different subgenres of horror, leading up to a final genre mashup like The Cabin in the Woods at the very end. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 07:59 PM (gnNyN) 35
Its not terrible i was never that keen on the halloween films to begin with
Tom atkins reaches full parody by night of the creeps Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 07:59 PM (bXbFr) 36
Saw " MartySupreme". It's similar to that other Safdie flick "Uncut Gems" in that it's a fascinating study of a driven and somewhat unlikable main character who is on a downward trajectory because he always chooses the hustle.
It begins in the 1950's and I was immediately taken out of the movie when Marty tells a coworker that his father's ambition "is in his DNA". Nobody said that phrase for a couple decades. This is what happens when young(ish) writers don't have old folks checking their dialog. Still, glad I stuck it out. After making many self-sabotaging decisions, he ultimately triumphs, especially in the final few minutes. Chalamet is a good actor. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:59 PM (kpS4V) 37
Rob Zombie's Halloween prequel was good. About as good a prequel as we can get for Michael Myers, with the understanding he didn't need one.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 08:00 PM (gKWVE) 38
Watching this evening, Soldier of Orange, a Dutch movie (.1977)with a young Rutger Hauer and Edward Fox.
Dubbed but has been pretty good Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0) 39
The supernatural twist (im not going to give it away) is different
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:00 PM (bXbFr) 40
It begins in the 1950's and I was immediately taken out of the movie when Marty tells a coworker that his father's ambition "is in his DNA". Nobody said that phrase for a couple decades. This is what happens when young(ish) writers don't have old folks checking their dialog.
--- I've been hearing stuff like that more often lately too, and reading it in books. Meanwhile I'm told readers/viewers are fanatical about the attention to historical detail. Not so much, I guess. I had to sacrifice when I rewrote "Lair of the White Worm". "Spelunking" is a strictly American term that rose in the mid-20th century and fell out of favor in the '90s. Can't use it in a book set in London in 1888. :'-( Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:03 PM (/d4WW) 41
I just finished my taxes. That was an awful experience.
Worst movie I ever saw were Pink Panther sequels. Posted by: Accomack at April 11, 2026 08:03 PM (m6Eem) 42
I wonder, are movies like Sinners and Hail Mary really that great or are they as great as the usual good stuff back in the day, but just stand out so much because of an ocean of crap?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (El6/E) 43
The mystery is interesting somewhat
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (bXbFr) 44
Soldier of Orange, a Dutch movie (.1977)
--- It's quite a journey from "Soldier of Orange" to "Showgirls", but Verhoeven managed. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (/d4WW) 45
Never saw H3. I do like Tom Atkins though. Solid character actor. He was in a LOT of films and TV shows. He was from Pittsburgh, so a bit biased on my part.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (gcUgZ) 46
I'm still waiting for Barbie Wick.
Posted by: wth at April 11, 2026 08:06 PM (UjdFS) 47
43 The mystery is interesting somewhat
--- But not scary. I think that's the #1 problem. It plays like a police procedural almost. And Tom Atkins is a doctor! lol --- 42 I wonder, are movies like Sinners and Hail Mary really that great or are they as great as the usual good stuff back in the day, but just stand out so much because of an ocean of crap? --- The latter. "Project Hail Mary" is good with some excellent parts, but it would be run-of-the-mill in the '80s-'90s. Still good, but what you'd expect as opposed to "OMG IT'S THE BEST MOVIE EVER." Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:06 PM (/d4WW) 48
I had to sacrifice when I rewrote "Lair of the White Worm". "Spelunking" is a strictly American term that rose in the mid-20th century and fell out of favor in the '90s. Can't use it in a book set in London in 1888.
One of my pet peeves are modernisms in period books. It is harder and harder as time goes on to remember what goes when, so for example I might drop one into a story set in the 1980s despite growing up then. Stories set in the distant past are easier to control terms in, but sometimes they slip in anyway. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:06 PM (El6/E) 49
Youtube pointed me to The Lost Empire 1984. Starring Raven De La Croix, her left sweater puppy, and the right one.
Apparently it was a Producers situation where everyone involved thought it was going to be a dog, so just ran with it, expecting the tax writeoff. But audiences liked it (well, liked watching it) enough that it got a theatrical release. Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 08:07 PM (gKWVE) 50
45 Never saw H3. I do like Tom Atkins though. Solid character actor. He was in a LOT of films and TV shows. He was from Pittsburgh, so a bit biased on my part.
--- He appeared in one of the Indie shorts they showed that year, based on the Polybius legend, and honestly he was great. 85+ and still had it. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:07 PM (/d4WW) Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:08 PM (bXbFr) 52
It's quite a journey from "Soldier of Orange" to "Showgirls", but Verhoeven managed.
I have seen some of Verhoven's early work and its... not my cup of tea, let us say. It looks super standard euro movie from the time period to me, with extra gay. I do have to give him Robocop, though. He was just the right guy for that project. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:09 PM (El6/E) 53
I had to sacrifice when I rewrote "Lair of the White Worm".
----- How. DARE. You sir! It is perfection as it is! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:10 PM (kpS4V) 54
I recently watched one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen. I watched it via RiffTrax, so being bad is a given, but the twist was just...next level idiocy.
The movie was "Beyond the Ring," about an MMA guy who needs money his kid's surgery. So, the guy's 'friend' convinces him to compete in an illegal underground fighting competition, and even provides a trainer to help him get back into condition. Then twist happens, when the 'friend' is revealed to be betting against the protagonist, and has instructed the trainer to condition him the wrong way. That might have been clever, if they hadn't already established that the guy the hero was fighting was an absolute beast, so dominant that fans were starting to get bored with him winning so much. The hero was already an underdog, and now he was undermined. the villain rigged the fight so he could bet on the odds-on favorite and win....probably not even enough to cover the expense of the saboteur/trainer. And the hero never realized he was betrayed. Some people just don't understand how movies are supposed to work... Posted by: Castle Guy at April 11, 2026 08:10 PM (Lhaco) 55
*looking it up again, it seems Henry Plitt the producer was planning the writeoff but failed to tell the writer and director, who then did the best they could with their, uh, assets.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 08:11 PM (gKWVE) 56
Stoker my apologies
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:11 PM (bXbFr) Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 08:12 PM (/+uur) 58
I love the original Wicker Man! Christopher Lee said he enjoyed filming that movie more than other he ever worked on.
I very much related to the way which the horror on that movie was subtle, yet pervasive. The greatest horror of all is suddenly realizing that everyone in your society - the men, the women, even the children are quietly united against you. Only when you realize that do you realize that you have no chance at all. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 08:13 PM (txiLK) 59
Yes wicker (the original) snd h3 have similar roots
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:15 PM (bXbFr) 60
49 Youtube pointed me to The Lost Empire 1984. Starring Raven De La Croix, her left sweater puppy, and the right one.
--- Jim "Popatopolis" Wynorski's debut feature. His sophomore effort was "Chopping Mall," which is something of a classic. He's directed over 100 movies since then, like "The Bare Wench Project," "Busty Cops" and "Busty Cops II", as well as "The House on Hooter Hill." Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:15 PM (/d4WW) Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:16 PM (/d4WW) 62
Nigel Kneale was a great writer--all the Quatermass movies are thoughtful and intelligent, none more so than "Five Million Years to Earth/Quatermass and the Pit."
The original H3 script was probably excellent. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 08:16 PM (CHHv1) 63
I actually saw The Bare Wench Project.
It... wasn't good. Although it's always nice to see Julia Strain. Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 08:16 PM (gKWVE) 64
I linked this hilarious clip in the tech thread a few days ago. It perfectly encapsulates the fake idiocy of modern television dramas, in this case "911".
The Wade Show With Wade, "Network TV Is a Parallel Universe": https://tinyurl.com/3r6b2hub Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:17 PM (kpS4V) 65
21 I don't care for horror movies in general so perhaps I am not the best to ask about this but the idea of turning Halloween into a sort of anthology series of different Halloween-themed horror concepts vaguely connected by a few characters seems like a much better franchise than "ooh the same bad guy. Again. And again. And again"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (El6/E) That may have been a good concept, if the first movie hadn't created one of the most iconic horror-movie-icons ever. (And I say that as someone who also doesn't enjoy the horror genre.) Fan expectations prevented the franchise from ever escaping the shadow of its signature character... Posted by: Castle Guy at April 11, 2026 08:18 PM (Lhaco) 66
"Lair of the White Worm" is Bram Stoker, yes. He wrote it after having one or two strokes. He was probably having transient ischemic attacks, as they call them, while he was writing it, leading to some...confusing elements.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:18 PM (/d4WW) 67
He's directed over 100 movies since then, like "The Bare Wench Project," "Busty Cops" and "Busty Cops II", as well as "The House on Hooter Hill."
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:15 PM (/d4WW) ---- Surely Ace has the Criterion Collection. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:19 PM (kpS4V) 68
20 I nominate "Prometheus" to be staked inside a clearing and smeared with theater popcorn butter.
--- Perhaps we can cleanse the Earth of this troublesome film I watched it last week and didn't think it was that bad. Aside from the chick forbidding guns when they explore the strange planet. Keep in mind, since Prometheus sci-fi has been woke Star Wars, Doctor Who and Star Trek. I saw Halloween 1 and it was pretty good for it's time. Just finished all of Romero's 'Night of the Dead' films. Liked those. 'Evil Dead' films were good. The 3 Campbell ones were fun. I have the second scary one to watch in a few minutes. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 08:19 PM (Sco7b) 69
Those are pure Samuel L. Bronkowitz!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:20 PM (kpS4V) 70
H3 probably lost all kinds of points with audiences simply because it wasn't a Michael Meyers slash-fest. That said -- it's not going to make anybody's top 10 list. And I'd like to see Nigel Kneale's original script too; no doubt it would have been better than what finally made it to the screen. But I found it watchable enough to add to the movie collection (on sale at 4.99, of course), I like Atkins and O'Herlihy, and given a choice between H3 and Terrifier I'll take H3 every time.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 08:20 PM (q3u5l) 71
I love the original Wicker Man! Christopher Lee said he enjoyed filming that movie more than other he ever worked on.
I very much related to the way which the horror on that movie was subtle, yet pervasive. The greatest horror of all is suddenly realizing that everyone in your society - the men, the women, even the children are quietly united against you. Only when you realize that do you realize that you have no chance at all. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 *** The dance scene with Britt Ekland would have been almost as sensual if she'd been clothed; the music alone was hypnotic. And I really thought Edward Woodward was a Scots actor; his dialect was so much better than you usually get in TV and movies. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:20 PM (wzUl9) 72
It... wasn't good. Although it's always nice to see Julia Strain.
--- The late, lamented. --- That may have been a good concept, if the first movie hadn't created one of the most iconic horror-movie-icons ever. (And I say that as someone who also doesn't enjoy the horror genre.) Fan expectations prevented the franchise from ever escaping the shadow of its signature character... --- Joe Bob Briggs' argument is that what was called "Halloween 2" should've been this movie, what we call "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch". The Michael Meyers film should've been something else, "Michael Meyers: First Halloween Part II" or something. That way you could keep the franchise going in both directions. My feeling is that the problem with H3 is that it sucks. If it didn't suck, it might have done better (maybe), and they could've branched anyway. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:21 PM (/d4WW) 73
58 I love the original Wicker Man! Christopher Lee said he enjoyed filming that movie more than other he ever worked on.
I very much related to the way which the horror on that movie was subtle, yet pervasive. The greatest horror of all is suddenly realizing that everyone in your society - the men, the women, even the children are quietly united against you. Only when you realize that do you realize that you have no chance at all. Posted by: Tom Servo Yep! It's a subtle, creepy, weird little movie. The entire movie is just a bit off but you can't quite figure out why until the end. I loved it! Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 08:22 PM (gcUgZ) 74
69 Those are pure Samuel L. Bronkowitz!
--- Catholic School Girls In Trouble! --- The dance scene with Britt Ekland would have been almost as sensual if she'd been clothed --- And it would've been HER if she was clothed. She got so tired of signing pictures of another actress ass, she finally just said she wished it WAS hers. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:23 PM (/d4WW) 75
42 I wonder, are movies like Sinners and Hail Mary really that great or are they as great as the usual good stuff back in the day, but just stand out so much because of an ocean of crap?” That’s similar to a theory I have about Sydney Sweeney. She appears to be one of the top talents now, but I think both in looks and ability she’d be very average for late 50’s / early 60’s Hollywood, she might have ended up doing Roger Corman movies. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 08:23 PM (txiLK) 76
THE BEEEEES
Posted by: Nicolas Cage at April 11, 2026 08:23 PM (gKWVE) 77
Speaking of movies from olden days, I recently saw Dr. Zhivago for the first time in many years. What a beautiful movie. A moving story, characters you care about, beautiful cinematography, and, if you're not careful, you just might learn something. And Julie Christie is hot Hot HOT!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 08:25 PM (ndZc7) 78
'Evil Dead' films were good. The 3 Campbell ones were fun. I have the second scary one to watch in a few minutes.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 08:19 PM (Sco7b) Be smart. Shop S-art. Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 08:26 PM (LHPAg) 79
Nigel Kneale was a great writer--all the Quatermass movies are thoughtful and intelligent, none more so than "Five Million Years to Earth/Quatermass and the Pit."
The original H3 script was probably excellent. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 *** Kneale had this superb ability to reach into your subconscious and tweak it. Quatermass and the Pit is dynamite stuff. IMDb mentions he also wrote or co-wrote dramas like Damn the Defiant!, Look Back in Anger, and The Entertainer w/ Laurence Olivier. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:27 PM (wzUl9) 80
Look, it's practically Walpurgisnacht, or "Spring Halloween". This is totally legit.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:40 PM (/d4WW) That would be "nearly Beltain" So we drive the cattle out between fires. Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 08:28 PM (rbvCR) 81
That’s similar to a theory I have about Sydney Sweeney. She appears to be one of the top talents now, but I think both in looks and ability she’d be very average for late 50’s / early 60’s Hollywood, she might have ended up doing Roger Corman movies.
Yeah I mean she's cute, but she's not stunning. but she's one of the few blonde* white girls who is just fine being a cute girl which makes her stand out these days. She'd be a TV movie girl in the 80s. *when asked if she was upset at being considered a blonde bimbo with big tits, she responded "that's ridiculous, I'm a brunette" Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:28 PM (El6/E) 82
My feeling is that the problem with H3 is that it sucks. If it didn't suck, it might have done better (maybe), and they could've branched anyway.
that is the flaw. I mean it would have been really poorly received either way, but would have had a better cult film reputation if it was better done. People wanted to see more of the immortal guy in a William Shatner mask carving people up, for whatever reason. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (El6/E) 83
77 Speaking of movies from olden days, I recently saw Dr. Zhivago for the first time in many years. What a beautiful movie. A moving story, characters you care about, beautiful cinematography, and, if you're not careful, you just might learn something. And Julie Christie is hot Hot HOT!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Yep. David Lean could do an epics very well. Except for 'Ryan's Daughter'. Beautiful movie, great cinematography, horrible story. It's frustrating in that way. Julie Christie was gorgeous. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (gcUgZ) 84
I found a Prometheus DVD on the cheap rack and because of all the discussion I bought it.
Movie puts me to sleep before the opening credits are run. I love it. Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (yAteE) 85
He's directed over 100 movies since then, like "The Bare Wench Project," "Busty Cops" and "Busty Cops II", as well as "The House on Hooter Hill."
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 *** The Bare Wench Project is a title worthy of Horde punnery. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (wzUl9) 86
There's a 6-episode series called Beasts that Kneale wrote; you should be able to find the whole thing on YouTube. Some of those were nice too. If memory serves he wrote an early television adaptation of Orwell's 1984 (might be the one with Peter Cushing?), and there's a pretty good short story collection from early in his career called Tomato Cain (out of print for a long time but reissued in hardcover and Kindle a few years ago).
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 08:32 PM (q3u5l) 87
Hard to say how well people age, especially famous women.
See hottest young ladies from say 80s go . Depends on lots of factors. Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 08:34 PM (Ia/+0) 88
My beef with "Prometheus" is that these top minds all act so stupidly. Like, teens in a horror movie stupid.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:34 PM (kpS4V) 89
Speaking of movies from olden days, I recently saw Dr. Zhivago for the first time in many years.
--- I saw it New Year's Eve, or Dec 30. It's amazing. --- Yeah I mean she's cute, but she's not stunning. but she's one of the few blonde* white girls who is just fine being a cute girl which makes her stand out these days. She'd be a TV movie girl in the 80s. --- Early Perry Mason featured three of her every episode. What she has that no other big-name starlet working today has is, you don't think she's going to tell you how awful you are for liking her looks. (Or at least I don't think so. She might to a heel turn at 38.) Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:34 PM (/d4WW) 90
"Meteor" (1979) I was actually expecting a plot twist where Warhawk General Martin Landau, once the orbiting Russian missiles are pointed away from Earth, hijacks the controls and prepares to launch the USA Hercules system to destroy the USSR, and then Sean Connery stops him at the last minute with a well-placed speargun gutshot. I still maintain that American International Pictures never fails to deliver quality entertainment. My fave scene has Natalie Wood drenched in gigagallons of NYC sewage.
youtube.com/watch?v=8WnjnBzgox0 "The Yards" (2000) This was before Marky Mark learned how to act, but it's still a tiny bit better than the 50% RT popcorn rating might suggest. Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:35 PM (N8ZBc) 91
Be smart. Shop S-art.
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 08:26 PM (LHPAg) Lol. The Sadness - 2023 - China - was a great zombie movie with an interesting twist. Great effects and characters. Crazy Old Lady - Argentina - 2025 - another nice horror movie and also kind of sad. HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN!!! - Damn that was a great movie. I saw it was filmed in Nova Scotia Canada and was sad. But dang, it turned into a nice messed up, bloody movie. And actually touching. 2011 Bone Tomahwak was supposed to be a horror - western. It was mainly a western. Townsfolk kidnapped, rescue party goes to find them. Fantastic characters. Very enjoyable movie. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 08:35 PM (Sco7b) 92
The notion that some high school classmates back in the day was the face huggers were at the bottom of the food chain on their world scott chose the silly engineers plot
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:36 PM (bXbFr) 93
I thought i was the only other person that saw meteor
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:37 PM (bXbFr) 94
The Bare Wench Project is a title worthy of Horde punnery.
--- Other titles in the Wynorski oeuvre: "Bigfoot or Bust", "Busty Coeds vs. Lusty Cheerleaders," "The Hills Have Thighs," "The Breastford Wives," "The Bare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless" and, lest you think Mr. W hasn't updated with the times, "Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl." Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:37 PM (/d4WW) 95
Space cowboys borrowed plot points from that one
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:38 PM (bXbFr) 96
Miguel, please consider punctuation and subject-verb-object.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:38 PM (kpS4V) 97
There is an indy game coming out where its just an old fashioned first person shooter against slow zombies, which is fresh and unusual in today's gaming market. They aren't trying to rewrite the world in realistic graphics either, its just "good enough" graphics which is ideal in my opinion.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:38 PM (El6/E) 98
Imagine the eldritch horrors yoi would find on the home planet
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr) 99
I remarked some time back that the ending of "Man on Fire" (2004) should have had Creasy blow up The Voice and his posse with one of the same assbombs he used to dispatch one of the other kidnappers under a bridge. I found this reel of deleted scenes today, and I am pleased to report that that ending was indeed filmed, though not used. There are also deleted scenes of him boning the sex-starved mom, etc.
youtube.com/watch?v=tCWU0iH3XZg Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:40 PM (N8ZBc) 100
84 I found a Prometheus DVD on the cheap rack and because of all the discussion I bought it.
Movie puts me to sleep before the opening credits are run. I love it. Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (yAteE I have Starfleet Academy on my DVR for the same reason. My beef with "Prometheus" is that these top minds all act so stupidly. Like, teens in a horror movie stupid. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:34 PM (kpS4V Yeah, agreed. On a planetary exploration mission, you'd like the crew to be professional and not a bunch of dickheads. The 'leave the guns here' thing though was priceless. But sadly, the best sci-fi show in the last 20 years or so for me was DisneyChannels "Gabby Duran and the Unsittables." They had cool takes on shapeshifters and telepaths. Kids show but it was fun with no messaging. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (Sco7b) 101
Not a movie but I've been binge watching Burn Notice. I forgot how good it was.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (V4IXI) 102
Oh right, I have to find envelops to mail my tax forms. Yup, I like to make the government work a bit extra, plus the feds won't let me e-file for free and I'm not going to pay for turbo-tax or similar just to get e-filing. They can pay someone to scan the forms or do data entry.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 11, 2026 07:49 PM (+89TD) FWIW, it used to be that Turbo Tax and the other online systems will file for you federally for free, but they require payment to file state taxes, which has led to a lot of heartache when the states send out those "Love Letters" for failure to file and the taxpayer was expecting a refund. (so get a screencap of the state form and make sure to mail that one in) Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (rbvCR) 103
90 "Meteor" (1979) I was actually expecting a plot twist
--- That was one of those movies where people were, like, "Yeah, the disaster thing is over." "The Swarm" (197 The actual death blow was the Paul Newman/Jacqueline Bisset volcano flick "When Time Ran Out." Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (/d4WW) 104
I like Sydney Sweeney 's attitude as much as her looks.
People say insulting things about her and she flips them off in a "who cares" way. Then goes on about her business making money. Posted by: Case at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (pvf3X) 105
I actually like Halloween 3.
It's good horror. Good horror shows you that it is NOT going to be all right. It shows how powerless logic and science are. I'm not saying there isn't cheese here, you can legitimately enjoy it as a 'so bad its good' movie but there is a core of conspiracy and secret cults that I find very pleasing. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 08:42 PM (xcxpd) 106
"Bone Tomahawk" recommended. Good dialogue.
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:42 PM (N8ZBc) 107
Well I paid my taxes. I felt a surge of patriotism knowing that I could help buy an illiterate, twelve-toed Somalian homunculus a new BMW.
Oh, wait, I said that wrong - I meant "murderous rage," not "patriotism." Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 08:43 PM (BI5O2) 108
That was also the problem with prometheus (but alien earth showed that weyland yutani was terminally unimaginative)
I know noah hawley is a misanthrope Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:43 PM (bXbFr) 109
I was leaning strongly toward getting a Burn Notice box set, that and White Collar were both really entertaining, if implausible. The last season of burn Notice was dumb and annoying but the rest is really solid. The main actor did such a good job, odd he isn't more prominent.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:43 PM (El6/E) 110
Movies! has the John Ford Shirley Temple vehicle Wee Willie Winkie from 1937. Victor McLaglen, the eternal Irish sergeant from Ford's Westerns, is a sergeant in this one too, this time in 19th century India.
I've never been a fan of Shirley's kid movies. Too cutesy. When she grew up and became a lovely teenager, that was different. But apparently the viewing public in the '40s-'50s didn't take to her as an adult actress for some reason. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:46 PM (wzUl9) 111
Well they were trying not to film in miami because the city council tried to extort them
Also weston was running out of good villains Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:46 PM (bXbFr) 112
"The Blacklist" (2013) 10-season TV series.
No sir, I don't like it. youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA Posted by: Mister Horse at April 11, 2026 08:46 PM (N8ZBc) 113
The first six seasons hold up
For someone who started out in the blair witch sequel, that was a thing jeffrey donovan did pretty well for himself Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:47 PM (bXbFr) 114
105 I actually like Halloween 3.
--- You're wrong! No, I mean, that is your prerogative, obviously, and it's definitely a "cult classic". And I can get behind magic, illogic, and the powerlessness of science. But the incredibly brilliant blue skies, the car chases, the lame "Also, we build androids!" plot...IDK, just dispels any possibility of horror for me. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:48 PM (/d4WW) 115
Including another shortlived series on usa as well as sicario 2
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:48 PM (bXbFr) 116
Burn Notice was a lot of fun, but I thought it fell off after a few seasons. But Bruce Campbell was always fun, ditto Gabrielle Anwar, and Jeffrey Donovan was okay in there too.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 08:49 PM (q3u5l) 117
As the dude might have said
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:49 PM (bXbFr) 118
FWIW, it used to be that Turbo Tax and the other online systems will file for you federally for free, but they require payment to file state taxes, which has led to a lot of heartache when the states send out those "Love Letters" for failure to file and the taxpayer was expecting a refund.
(so get a screencap of the state form and make sure to mail that one in) Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 *** My state tax is not due until 5/15, but I filled out the form and mailed it in early for my (miniscule) refund. If I'd owed them money, I'd have waited until 5/12 to send it. Until I checked the deductions section, I'd thought I was going to owe them about a thou. Fortunately, knowing this state does not tax SS, I dug into the form instructions and found what I needed. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:50 PM (wzUl9) 119
Svengoolie has tbe car, really the bottom of the barre
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:51 PM (bXbFr) 120
Bone Tomahawk" recommended. Good dialogue.
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:42 PM (N8ZBc) I like Bone Tomahawk but I always recommend The Missing over it. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 08:51 PM (V4IXI) 121
74 69 Those are pure Samuel L. Bronkowitz!
--- Catholic School Girls In Trouble! ---- Catholic School Girls Are Trouble! --- Confucious Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 11, 2026 08:51 PM (cWLG3) 122
If you were wondering then MI 6 eeally does turn out psychopath like chuck vance played in season 4
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:52 PM (bXbFr) 123
You're wrong!
No, I mean, that is your prerogative, obviously, and it's definitely a "cult classic". And I can get behind magic, illogic, and the powerlessness of science. But the incredibly brilliant blue skies, the car chases, the lame "Also, we build androids!" plot...IDK, just dispels any possibility of horror for me. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:48 PM (/d4WW) I liked the blue skies. For me its like...Halloween 3 is setting itself up to be some sort of detective movie with the manly hero but the deeper he digs, the weirder things get and he simply...can't stop the evil. Silver Shamrock wins and the bad guy does it all because he simply IS evil. No tortured backstory, he's not insane, he's not possessed. He's chosen evil. The movie has flaws but I get on its wavelength and I appreciate it. The whole is greater than the sum of its plotholes. And it doesn't have characters acting like idiots, ala Prometheus. God, I hate that movie. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 08:53 PM (xcxpd) 124
Bruce Campbell is a longtime favorite of mine, and I have to mention what I think is one of his best - Bubba Hotep. What I love most about that movie is that it does its best to look in every way like a cheesy drive in movie, and not until the end do you realize there’s a damn serious and touching message behind the story.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 08:53 PM (txiLK) 125
I started doing taxes today. Ugh. Fed govt wants me to login through id.me; I wasted an hour trying to jump through their hoops. Then I found out login.gov still works. This is the first time in decades I'm filling out the forms manually without using TurboTax. Ugh.
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:53 PM (N8ZBc) 126
I'm glad I don't have to file state taxes. It reduces my urge to bite a revenuer's nose off. Not so much that I wouldn't do it right this second if I had the opportunity. But some.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 08:54 PM (BI5O2) 127
122 If you were wondering then MI 6 eeally does turn out psychopath like chuck vance played in season 4
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:52 PM (bXbFr) Spy agencies recruit and create very morally bankrupt people. That's why they need to be dismantled. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 08:54 PM (xcxpd) 128
Svengoolie has tbe car, really the bottom of the barre
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 *** My local MeTV channel has pre-empted him for coverage of the rodeo in the Superdome. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:55 PM (wzUl9) 129
And it doesn't have characters acting like idiots, ala Prometheus. God, I hate that movie.
--- Doesn't it? Is there any point at which Tom Atkins actually seems like/acts like a doctor? He runs around investigating crimes in this small California town that strangely has a hospital like County General. But, look, I like "Dead People". So there's my answer to the whole "taste" thing. And "Carnival of Souls". Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:56 PM (/d4WW) 130
Catholic School Girls Are Trouble!
--- Confucious Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 11, 2026 *** I've dated several, and married one. Concur. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:56 PM (wzUl9) 131
That was why sam raimis marvel project was so dissapointinv
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:57 PM (bXbFr) 132
Because the plot needs to happen
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:58 PM (bXbFr) 133
Bruce Campbell is a longtime favorite of mine, and I have to mention what I think is one of his best - Bubba Hotep
--- That was day TWO of the Jamboree back in 2022. That's another flick with a great backstory. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:58 PM (/d4WW) 134
You gave away the twist
The thing is that sort of villainy (o herlihy isnt twisting mustaches) is refreshing Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:59 PM (bXbFr) 135
129 And it doesn't have characters acting like idiots, ala Prometheus. God, I hate that movie.
--- Doesn't it? Is there any point at which Tom Atkins actually seems like/acts like a doctor? He runs around investigating crimes in this small California town that strangely has a hospital like County General. But, look, I like "Dead People". So there's my answer to the whole "taste" thing. And "Carnival of Souls". Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:56 PM (/d4WW) I like Carnival of Souls too. Very moody and spooky. He doesn't act like a doctor, but he acts. He's more a detective and that's how I take him. It feels like the way he enters into the story is random but leaving aside his doctor duties, he discovers something really strange and it hooks him. (and it hooks me) He goes after it, working deeper. There's a real Lovecraftian vibe here where you might find a doctor doing an investigation, only we're in sunny California, not moody New England in the 1920's. So we don't expect to find monsters or magic, or druids. But we do and the deeper he goes, the less connection to the world of science and medicine. Again, I dig that. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 08:59 PM (xcxpd) 136
The thing is that sort of villainy (o herlihy isnt twisting mustaches) is refreshing
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:59 PM (bXbFr) This Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 09:00 PM (xcxpd) 137
Look, it's practically Walpurgisnacht, or "Spring Halloween". This is totally legit.
Posted by: moviegique Oh, is that what all the stupid "halfway to halloween" stuff is? Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 11, 2026 09:00 PM (C0Nlv) 138
Its the Old Gods who are most assuredly operating in this world
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 09:01 PM (bXbFr) 139
One of the fun things about Bubba Hotep us wondering (in the terms of the film) whether these two characters are really Elvis and JFK, or whether they’re just two old guys with dementia and we’re seeing the world through their eyes.
When you get to the end, you realize that it doesn’t matter at all which version you wish to believe; it doesn’t change the story as told either way. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 09:03 PM (txiLK) 140
Bone Tomahwak.
Going to bed. No nightmares, thank you. Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 09:03 PM (LHPAg) 141
Cesar Romero is in Wee Willie Winkie, playing a turbaned character named Khoda Khan, a "bandit prince."
John Ford hated working with child actors, but Shirley Temple won him over with her professionalism. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:03 PM (wzUl9) 142
But, look, I like "Dead People". So there's my answer to the whole "taste" thing. And "Carnival of Souls".
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:56 PM (/d4WW) ---- I love Carnival's waking dreamscape feeling. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:04 PM (kpS4V) 143
But plot wise, getting there is a slog
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 09:04 PM (bXbFr) 144
Shirley Temple Black was a Republican.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 09:04 PM (V4IXI) 145
Jose marti's grandson
Who nearly stole the original oceans 11 from the cast as wiley gangster duke santos Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 09:05 PM (bXbFr) 146
Bubba Ho Tep is a delight from first frame to last; Campbell and Ossie Davis were terrific in it.
Bubba Ho Tep is just one of a whole bunch of terrific stories by Joe Lansdale, who also gave us Hap & Leonard. Some of his stories have been adapted for series like Creepshow, Masters of Horror, and Love Death & Robots, and more of them should be. If you get a chance, check out four monster volumes of Lansdale's short fiction: Wet Juju, Cosmic Interruptions, Gothic Wounds, and Blood in the Gears. Tons of good reading in there, and enough to keep a Lansdale anthology series a la Bradbury Theater going for years. Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 09:06 PM (q3u5l) 147
I was due a small fed refund too -- about the same as the state one will be. For the first time in my life I told the feds to keep it and apply it to my taxes for 2026. I'm not having any withholding at present from my SS or other income, and so I've estimated what I'll owe next spring and am sending estimated quarterly tax payments -- also a first for me. This extra little bit will help.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:07 PM (wzUl9) 148
Spy agencies recruit and create very morally bankrupt people. That's why they need to be dismantled.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 08:54 PM (xcxpd) MAE, this cannot be true. I’ve never ever been approached. Posted by: RI Red at April 11, 2026 09:08 PM (iB8Z+) 149
Bubba Ho Tep is a delight from first frame to last; Campbell and Ossie Davis were terrific in it.
Bubba Ho Tep is just one of a whole bunch of terrific stories by Joe Lansdale, who also gave us Hap & Leonard. Some of his stories have been adapted for series like Creepshow, Masters of Horror, and Love Death & Robots, and more of them should be. If you get a chance, check out four monster volumes of Lansdale's short fiction: Wet Juju, Cosmic Interruptions, Gothic Wounds, and Blood in the Gears. Tons of good reading in there, and enough to keep a Lansdale anthology series a la Bradbury Theater going for years. Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 *** I've read a couple of the Hap & Leonard stories. I did not know Lansdale had short fiction collections out there. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:08 PM (wzUl9) 150
Spy agencies recruit and create very morally bankrupt people. That's why they need to be dismantled.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 08:54 PM (xcxpd) That would leave us at a huge disadvantage. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 09:13 PM (V4IXI) 151
And I have never seen Bubba Ho-Tep, and didn't know it was based on a Joe R. Lansdale story! Lookit all the stuff you learn here at AoSHQ!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:13 PM (wzUl9) 152
Speaking of movies from olden days, I recently saw Dr. Zhivago for the first time in many years. What a beautiful movie. A moving story, characters you care about, beautiful cinematography, and, if you're not careful, you just might learn something. And Julie Christie is hot Hot HOT!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 08:25 PM (ndZc7) --- I just finished this one, this afternoon, actually. I had never seen it. It was wonderful. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 09:15 PM (0aYVJ) 153
Wolfus,
Yep, Lansdale's got quite few collections out there. One of the more recent is The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale (which includes Bubba Ho Tep and a lot of nifty others). Worth a look. Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 09:15 PM (q3u5l) 154
The American Rite of Spring, where the people of this country pass beneath the yoke and pay tribute to the Acela class and their army of foreign occupiers as they sneer and spit.
*flag waves* *eagle keens* Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 09:16 PM (BI5O2) 155
At the time Joe Lansdale couldn't get Hollywood's attention, and he actually wrote this story as part of an Elvis retrospective, with the idea that "Nobody will be able to film this."
Along comes Don Coscarelli, of Phantasm/Beastmaster fame and... Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 09:16 PM (/d4WW) 156
Dr Zhivago, ah the joys of Communism
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 09:16 PM (Ia/+0) 157
NM is in hock to me for $300. I worked in TX, not in NM, but somehow I was charged NM state income tax.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 11, 2026 09:17 PM (hJH5n) 158
Look, it's practically Walpurgisnacht, or "Spring Halloween". This is totally legit.
Posted by: moviegique *** April 30/May 1, right? I can never remember the other three big nights in the witch world, after Halloween. I'd guess the other two are July 31/August 1, and Jan. 31/Feb. 1? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:19 PM (wzUl9) 159
That Elvis retrospective where Bubba Ho Tep was published was called The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post Mortem IIRC. I think Harlan Ellison had a story in there too ("The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon something something") and a Joyce Carol Oates which I haven't read but had - again IIRC - a wonderful title: Elvis Is Dead - Why Are You Alive?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 09:19 PM (q3u5l) 160
But apparently the viewing public in the '40s-'50s didn't take to her as an adult actress for some reason.
Shirley Temple did well when she got older (super pretty), "Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer" was popular and made good money. She just married a nice guy and decided she didn't want to act any more from what I understand. Good for her. When she was that itty girl with the dimples, some producer whipped out his dong and propositioned her, she giggled at him and ran away. Nobody needs to live in that sewage. And Bubba Ho-Tep is two thumbs up. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 09:21 PM (El6/E) 161
Lonsdale has written some enjoyable Steampunk/Weird West too, like "Zeppelins West".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:21 PM (kpS4V) 162
Saw "A Bridge Too Far" (1977) a coupla weeks ago, first time. Don't know how I ever missed seeing it before! I'll give it a 10 out of 10.
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 09:22 PM (N8ZBc) 163
That was why sam raimis marvel project was so dissapointing
Dr Strange MOM did the same thing to Sam as Spider-Man 3: producer notes buried his original vision, but even more so this time. You would have thought he had learned his lesson last time, but no he tried again. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 09:23 PM (El6/E) 164
Saw "A Bridge Too Far" (1977) a coupla weeks ago, first time.
Book's better! I know, cliche, but it really is. Still, great movie. These days it would be a heroic tale of a British officer trying to prevent the Americans from committing a war crime by destroying a bridge though. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 09:24 PM (El6/E) 165
April 30/May 1, right? I can never remember the other three big nights in the witch world, after Halloween. I'd guess the other two are July 31/August 1, and Jan. 31/Feb. 1?
--- April 30/May 1st, yes. I don't really know witchy stuff tbh. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 09:25 PM (/d4WW) 166
Well, the cat is demanding a) attention, b) food, c) my blood, or d) all of the above. So outta here for the evening. Thanks for the thread, moviegique.
Have a good one, gang. And lotsa thumbs up for Bridge Too Far and Dr Zhivago. Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 09:27 PM (q3u5l) 167
April 30/May 1, right? I can never remember the other three big nights in the witch world, after Halloween. I'd guess the other two are July 31/August 1, and Jan. 31/Feb. 1?
--- April 30/May 1st, yes. I don't really know witchy stuff tbh. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 *** Well, it was the original Gaelic stuff. Nowadays you only hear about it in connection with Wiccans. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:28 PM (wzUl9) 168
162 Saw "A Bridge Too Far" (1977) a coupla weeks ago, first time. Don't know how I ever missed seeing it before! I'll give it a 10 out of 10.
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 09:22 PM (N8ZBc) Great movie. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 11, 2026 09:29 PM (hJH5n) Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 09:29 PM (N8ZBc) 170
144 Shirley Temple Black was a Republican.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 09:04 PM ( And served as an Ambassador for Presidents Ford and Bush. Possibly Reagan. For Ford, she was Ambassador to Ghana. For Bush XLI she was Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 11, 2026 09:32 PM (hJH5n) 171
I better call it a night
Don't eat too much popcorn and have a good night Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 09:34 PM (Ia/+0) 172
Spy agencies recruit and create very morally bankrupt people. That's why they need to be dismantled.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 08:54 PM (xcxpd) If you expect affairs of state to be performed by saints, you are screwed. Posted by: Cow Demon at April 11, 2026 09:34 PM (hJH5n) 173
Speaking of movies that might not hold up from the 1980s, Netflix added BLUE THUNDER. I remember this as great when I was a kid, but upon rewatching it I was not that impressed. Okay but I think we loved it when it came out. Sgt. Hulka is Roy Scheider's captain.
Posted by: Lex at April 11, 2026 09:35 PM (y4H1r) 174
"Spy agencies recruit and create very morally bankrupt people."
The available labor pool of very morally bankrupt people is vast. Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 09:36 PM (N8ZBc) 175
Movies! has Bette Davis in 1946's A Stolen Life with Glenn Ford, tomorrow at 1:35 pm Central. In fact tomorrow, starting at 11 am my time, is Bette Davis Day. on the channel.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:36 PM (wzUl9) 176
People wanted to see more of the immortal guy in a William Shatner mask carving people up, for whatever reason.
People like familiar things, even (perhaps especially) in horror movies. That's the central concept of The Cabin in the Woods. Posted by: Ian S. at April 11, 2026 09:37 PM (UmGiD) 177
The problem with Blue Thunder is that an NTSB investigation should have shut down after the first training mishap.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2026 09:38 PM (XV/Pl) 178
Best Roy Schneider movie is, of course, "Sorcerer".
I never saw the French version of the novel on which it's based, "The Wages of Fear", but the 1960 American movie "Violent Road" is also good. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:39 PM (kpS4V) 179
I'm watching "The Car". Whatever makes a movie bad, this one has got it.
Posted by: fd at April 11, 2026 09:40 PM (vFG9F) 180
Spy agencies recruit and create very morally bankrupt people. That's why they need to be dismantled.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 08:54 PM (xcxpd) ------ This is a bit like saying Delta Force recruits and creates highly focused men who disregard the moral imperative most of us feel to not unflinchingly smoke-check the bad guys, therefore they should be dismantled. I'll pass. I'd rather have those guys out there. Intelligence gathering is an admittedly morally-ambiguous place that requires people to lie and deceive on behalf of (hopefully) their country, but that's part of warfighting. Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 09:41 PM (oqH4h) 181
The rodeo coverage is over and Svengoolie is back on MeTV. Not that The Car is anything special. I think James Brolin's son Josh is a much more effective actor than James ever was. I can't imagine James at the same age playing Tom Chaney in the 1969 True Grit, can you? Yet his son was an excellent TC in the 2010 remake.
I mainly remember James for his regular role in Marcus Welby M.D. beginning in '69. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:41 PM (wzUl9) 182
@179
>>I'm watching "The Car". Whatever makes a movie bad, this one has got it. I bet a Queen soundtrack could elevate it to at least passable. Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2026 09:42 PM (XV/Pl) 183
I remember this as great when I was a kid, but upon rewatching it I was not that impressed.
Some really great helicopter stunts in that though Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 09:44 PM (El6/E) 184
I'm watching the Connie Stevens/Troy Donahue flick "Susan Slade. San Francisco is charmingly poop-free.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:44 PM (kpS4V) 185
There's a car running around that when the wind comes up it starts running over people, so what does this lady do at night when it gets windy but stand in the middle of the road.
Posted by: fd at April 11, 2026 09:46 PM (vFG9F) 186
"I bet a Queen soundtrack could elevate it to at least passable.
Posted by: Thomas Bender" I'm not sure how "I'm I Love With My Car" would work in this movie. That song does have one of my all time favorite lyrics though. Told my girl I had to forget her Had to buy a new carb-u-reter Posted by: fd at April 11, 2026 09:49 PM (vFG9F) 187
I'm watching "The Car". Whatever makes a movie bad, this one has got it.
---/ That ineffable something that makes one movie stink and "Killdozer" a classic in the possessed car genre. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:50 PM (kpS4V) 188
I was doing a watchmaking with a streamer I watch. She was watching Pirates Of The Caribbean. The chat was trying to say a movie from 2003 is old, that it was a long time ago.
Dagnabbit, 2003 was NOT a long time ago, I tell you. It's just...not... Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 09:51 PM (11fyI) 189
Blue Thunder just doesn't move like a movie today. It takes almost twenty minutes or more to even get to what the plot will really be about. I think movies were more patient in other eras, which is better than what we have now, but Blue Thunder just slogs along. I don't remember it that way but maybe I'm wiser now. Maybe...
Posted by: Lex at April 11, 2026 09:54 PM (y4H1r) Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 09:54 PM (11fyI) 191
My little daughter loves The Car. "Let's watch the creepy car!" she says.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 09:55 PM (BI5O2) 192
I had a Blue Thunder poster in my room back in the day.
I thought it was a little disappointing. Posted by: moviegique (buy my books!) at April 11, 2026 09:57 PM (lpWi1) 193
Credits are rolling.
Posted by: mindful webworker - directly at April 11, 2026 09:58 PM (C2uPD) 194
My little daughter loves The Car. "Let's watch the creepy car!" she says. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice I would totes make one of those franken supercars my daily driver. The horn would be used excessively. Pinky swearsies. Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 11, 2026 09:58 PM (QVmho) 195
NOOD! Thanks, all!
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books!) at April 11, 2026 10:01 PM (lpWi1) 196
Thank you, Gique!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 10:02 PM (kpS4V) 197
NOOD! Thanks, all!
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books!) at April 11, 2026 10:01 PM (lpWi1) 'Night. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 10:05 PM (0aYVJ) 198
Well, if you liked "The Car", you'll probably enjoy the Futurama episode "The Honking".
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (/HDaX) 199
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That is the first time I frequented your web page and thus far? I amazed with the research you made to create this particular put up incredible. Wonderful job! Posted by: Garage Door Contractor Services near me at April 12, 2026 07:59 AM (QxsB8) Hobby Thread - April 11, 2026 [TRex] Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. It is that time of the year, a spin of the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) came up with paper folding as a theme for this Hobby Thread. Paper folding? Yes. Read further...Also me: Who wanted a stupid folded paper flower anyway? ![]() In the 7th century, Japan mastered the technique of paper-making and developed the recipe for washi paper, a thin but durable material that became one of the staples of Japanese art. It was used for calligraphy, woodblock printing, clothes making (proper washi is hard to tear and resistant to moisture), and even restoration and conservation. Thin pieces of washi paper are used to restore old books, artworks on paper, and paintings. During World War II, the Japanese forces used washi paper as the base material for balloon bombs. However, one of the most famous applications of washi paper is origami. Initially, origami existed in a much simpler form and was associated with specific ways of wrapping gifts or temple offerings in paper. It was used for religious ceremonies and decorations and was extremely expensive. At that time, washi paper production was slow and expensive thus, the material was scarce and treasured. Origami butterflies were often presented to newlywed couples as symbols of bride and groom. The rules of folding were less strict, and the final result supposedly looked a lot different from the origami we know now. Yoshizawa was a self-taught origami master. His skill was first noticed when he began implementing origami to teach geometry and draughtsmanship to factory employees. He used folded paper forms to explain the nuances of the draught-making process. In his book, he categorized and recorded the most common folds and actions used in origami and invented a symbol for each of them, thus making it easy to record and follow even the most complex multi-step processes. Yoshizawa is credited for reviving the origami practice and introducing it to new generations.
![]() ![]() ![]() Words of wisdom: "Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD). If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your own. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Welcome Hobbiests
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0) 2
Paper airplanes and balsa airplanes! That’s my childhood. I think I need to buy a balsa plane eight now. Thanks TRex!
Posted by: HappyFun at April 11, 2026 05:34 PM (CoQfd) 3
Had the balsa planes a few decades ago. Have origami paper in my craft supplies since I made paper flowers recently. I’m fairly certain what I bought from Amazon should not be used to make clothing. It was a fun project and what I made will be sold later this month at a church craft show.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 11, 2026 05:37 PM (YYEJo) 4
Happy trees!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2026 05:38 PM (Cqx++) 5
Balsa Airplanes were great. Until you got greedy winding the propeller and took a shot in the knuckle. Ok, that part was great too.
Posted by: Kratwurst at April 11, 2026 05:39 PM (CwUhY) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 05:40 PM (ndZc7) 7
The origami rose is amazing!. She makes it look easy, but I do not think I could do it. Also, the elephants are adorable.
Thanks, TRex. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 05:40 PM (ix8EF) 8
Had many balsa wood airplaines, seemed to split up in crashes eventually.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:41 PM (Ia/+0) 9
The closest I've come to origami are the paper airplanes I made as a kid. Most crashed on take off but a few actually worked.
Posted by: JTB at April 11, 2026 05:42 PM (yTvNw) 10
For kids Entertainment, origami can be fjn, did it sometimes as a kid. Its the folding directions thats the hard part, but then before internet.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0) 11
*Looks around*
Never made it to the Hobby Thread before. I used to love the balsawood planes, especially the ones with functioning landing gears. I learned all by myself on the sidewalk in front of my house that taking off into the wind was better than taking off against it. Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 11, 2026 05:44 PM (LxER7) 12
I cannot imagine folding paper and coming out with anything but a letter suitable to slip into an envelope. I guess I spent too many years in an office.
These origami things look fascinating, though, and if someone presented me with one as a decoration, I'd hang it or set on the mantel. I too remember balsa wood airplane kits, but I was always more interested in the styrene plastic ones you painted and cemented together. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:44 PM (wzUl9) 13
In case you thought "origami" was a deep and meaningful Japanese word:
折り紙 - origami 折り - ori: fold, pleat 紙 - kami: paper Nope, it literally means "folded paper." This has been your Japanese lesson for the day. Or for the hobby thread, anyway. Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 05:47 PM (VHUov) 14
BYU Engineering has both a Compliant Device and Robotics group and does Origami Mechanisms.
This is from devices as simple as extruded wrenches to foldable solar arrays, furniture, and surgical mechanisms youtu.be/CdPLzA4xIF0 Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 05:47 PM (rbvCR) 15
Rubber-band-powered airplanes were part of mikeski's childhood.
They never really lived up to the hype. Put a strong enough rubber band on them to make them really fly, and the band would bend the plane. Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 05:49 PM (VHUov) 16
Origami is cool
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 05:51 PM (LmPA0) 17
Pipe smoking this week: nothing new to report, either pipes or blends. The vintage Marxman pot-bowl I bought recently continues to impress, however.
I'll bring some supplies on my trip, though I'll probably be relegated to sitting outside somewhere to smoke my pipe, or do it while walking around the area where I'm staying. There's a real tobacconist down in Wichita -- but it's a ninety-minute interstate drive away, so we'll see if I have time for that. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:53 PM (wzUl9) 18
Bride of PI had a few OCD kids in one class that caused distractions when they had "idle hands".
She got a good kit of papers and instructions. Two of the kids became quite enraptured doing the origami and she would let them pick a project as a reward for good behavior. (It was also a reward for her, since it guaranteed 15 minutes of quiet with butts in their seats.) I would definitely recommend origami for anyone that has kids or grandkids that are slightly OCD. (It seems very enjoyable for them, and they eventually get very quick at making their favorite objects.) Also good for times when kids are told to take a break from electronics! Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 05:55 PM (HlyYF) 19
Ever so slowly working on a metal medallion project. Hopefully it will adorn this thread sometime soon
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:57 PM (Ia/+0) 20
11 *Looks around*
Never made it to the Hobby Thread before. Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 11, 2026 05:44 PM *** Welcome and thanks for looking in. Different theme each week. Big fun and games. Posted by: TRex - creased dino at April 11, 2026 05:57 PM (cCn4/) Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 05:58 PM (rdVOm) 22
I keep forgetting to shoot a pic or two of the watercolors I produced at the painting class about a month ago and send them in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:00 PM (wzUl9) 23
One of my fave activities in my math classes was teaching my 6th-12th grade students how to make a piece of three-sided paper for keeping exam notes on.
It was a simple example of a #flexagon Posted by: Wry Mouth at April 11, 2026 06:01 PM (8PgN2) 24
*Looks around*
Never made it to the Hobby Thread before. Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher Welcome and thanks for looking in. Different theme each week. Big fun and games. Posted by: TRex - creased dino Now next week's theme will be llama-related. Probably not butchery; I assume TRex eats them whole. Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 06:01 PM (VHUov) 25
Son of PI did get into the origami kit and started making paper throwing stars.
He then expanded capacity and sold them to all of the boys in his middle-school class, and a few of the girls. I think he was getting $2 a pop. The principal eventually confiscated them after a few near misses. Whereupon, my son sold another batch of "after-school" throwing stars. He is still an entrepreneur twenty years later ... and still slightly OCD. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 06:03 PM (HlyYF) 26
As it happens, I recently went to a wrench collectors' club meeting/auction thinking that it was a more general tool collectors' club. The variety and craftmanship of some of those old wrenches was amazing compared to modern tools.
Posted by: Mr. Ed, Esquire at April 11, 2026 06:07 PM (vTZFs) 27
11 *Looks around*
Never made it to the Hobby Thread before. Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 11, 2026 05:44 PM TRex is always looking for more content! If you have a hobby and want him to add your content to a thread, I suspect he would be happy to receive a note. (And the Moron Horde would like to learn from your experience.) If you are contemplating a new hobby, and want some more info before jumping in, shoot him a request. He is really quite a nice dino and may post your request in a future thread. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 06:07 PM (HlyYF) 28
25 Son of PI did get into the origami kit and started making paper throwing stars.
He then expanded capacity and sold them to all of the boys in his middle-school class, and a few of the girls. I think he was getting $2 a pop. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 06:03 PM *** Impressive. I remember making paper triangles to use as mini footballs. One person would flick them towards another that made a field goal with their fingers. At some point, the challenge was less about accuracy and more about distance and volume of fire. Posted by: TRex - paperweight dino at April 11, 2026 06:09 PM (cCn4/) 29
/horsey sock
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 06:09 PM (vTZFs) 30
"Origami" always sounds so... sexually fulfilling.
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 06:10 PM (5nH6u) 31
Paper airplane adjacent: anyone remember these balsa airplanes?
my favorite were biplanes. it'd buy two and make a triplane out of them. Posted by: anachronda at April 11, 2026 06:11 PM (edU/H) Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026 06:12 PM (jstR0) 33
I had a lot of those balsa fliers as a youth. I remember it was very easy to split the wings trying to insert them.
And origami is very fascinating. I have no experience with it but it always looks interesting. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 06:15 PM (CHHv1) 34
Interplanetary conquest could be a interesting hobby
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:16 PM (Ia/+0) 35
32 Can interplanetary conquest and domination be a hobby?
Asking for a friend. Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026 06:12 PM *** Pretty sure Skip does that every weekend. Or maybe that's just planetary rather than interplanetary at this point. Posted by: TRex - narf! dino at April 11, 2026 06:16 PM (cCn4/) 36
Can interplanetary conquest and domination be a hobby?
Asking for a friend. Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026 *** For somebody born in 2214 AD, sure! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:17 PM (wzUl9) 37
Those balsa planes were a challenge. Not to get them airborne but to assemble them without crushing the pieces putting them together. At least they were inexpensive. Turn in a few soda bottles and you could get one.
Probably the best lesson wasn't about flight but learning to be careful and deliberate handling them. Quite a lesson for a five or six year old. Posted by: JTB at April 11, 2026 06:19 PM (yTvNw) 38
Tried a balsa and covered in tissue paper glider model once, didn't come out well I remember
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0) 39
I used to make paper ninja stars. Used two standard 8x10 sheets without having to cut them. Got to where I'd just start folding during idle moments at work. Amused the hell out of one of my colleagues. Had quite a collection by the time I left...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 06:23 PM (nbLIj) 40
No hiking for me this weekend. I'm relatively waterproof, but most of my radio gear isn't.
I did finish converting my laptop to Linux Mint and downloaded the 73Linux suite of amateur radio programs. I think it installed correctly, but I need to test it all out. Posted by: PabloD at April 11, 2026 06:24 PM (8sD0/) 41
Other than reading, my only hobby is exploring the Mines of Moria in Lord of the Rings online.
You get to wander through massive, dwarven-carved hallways, galleries, and caverns, from the corpse of the Balrog slain by Gandalf at the top of Zirik-Zigil, to the foot of the Endless Stairs in the Nameless Depths. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 06:24 PM (gnNyN) 42
We used to put the balsa planes in the kids Easter baskets, for 5 kids we had about 15 planes just to ensure enough spare parts.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 11, 2026 06:25 PM (0nHVk) 43
I thought for sure someone among the Horde would comment to say they have an origami crane sitting on their desk or bookshelf or similar. Nobody?
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino at April 11, 2026 06:26 PM (cCn4/) 44
I thought for sure someone among the Horde would comment to say they have an origami crane sitting on their desk or bookshelf or similar. Nobody?
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino at April 11, 2026 06:26 PM (cCn4/) --- Sorry. I did get into origami a bit when I was in eighth grade. Never made it past the origami crane, though, as that's one of the easiest. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 06:29 PM (gnNyN) 45
I thought for sure someone among the Horde would comment to say they have an origami crane sitting on their desk or bookshelf or similar. Nobody?
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino at April 11, 2026 06:26 PM (cCn4/) --- Sorry. I did get into origami a bit when I was in eighth grade. Never made it past the origami crane, though, as that's one of the easiest. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 06:29 PM (gnNyN) Best I can do is a clay model of Perry the Platypus that Little had made a few years back... Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 06:33 PM (nbLIj) 46
Hadn't thought of this before but I wonder if simple origami would be helpful for grade school kids. The materials are inexpensive and it would teach kids how to visualize and follow directions and be precise with their hands. Might be better than finger painting and certainly less messy.
We have a great nephew who just turned seven. Think I'll send a note to his folks suggesting origami. If nothing else, it would be a great rainy day activity. And no sharp tools for his younger brothers to get their hands on. Posted by: JTB at April 11, 2026 06:33 PM (yTvNw) 47
44 I thought for sure someone among the Horde would comment to say they have an origami crane sitting on their desk or bookshelf or similar. Nobody?
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino at April 11, 2026 06:26 PM (cCn4/) My friends children have made several for my late Mother and I. I keep all their art. I see origami books at Walmart occasionally. Looks cute for kids. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b) 48
A few years ago in Big Lots we found a couple of boxes of those balsa airplanes, took them out to the local park & had all the kids running around like lunatics. Do it every year now.
Posted by: Bob at April 11, 2026 06:36 PM (cNhbl) 49
Not origami but I used to make one of those folding things that you fit on the fingers on one hand. Kind of like a flower. You'd ask for a number between 1-10 then do that number of finger flaps, then ask for another number and do that, and you'd unfold one of the petals and it would have something written on it. (Generally something witty or insulting.)
I can't even remember what they were called and I'm sure I'd be hopeless at making one now. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 06:36 PM (CHHv1) 50
I thought for sure someone among the Horde would comment to say they have an origami crane sitting on their desk or bookshelf or similar. Nobody?
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino ------------ I have one in my jewelry box. It's tiny, made of a $1 bill, given to me ~40 years ago. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 06:37 PM (rdVOm) 51
Trying to decide if I want to drive out to Barnes & Noble to shop for anything, or just to look at magazines (which cost as much as books *used to cost*). There used to be several antique/classic car magazines around; Hemmings offered one, aside from their catalog, I mean. Haven't seen them at B & N in a while.
I just know if I find one of the British classic car magazines, esp. their Mercedes Enthusiast, I'll wind up wanting another vintage or recent MB. Not a good plan for somebody who is not wealthy. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:39 PM (wzUl9) 52
Not origami but I used to make one of those folding things that you fit on the fingers on one hand. Kind of like a flower. You'd ask for a number between 1-10 then do that number of finger flaps, then ask for another number and do that, and you'd unfold one of the petals and it would have something written on it. (Generally something witty or insulting.)
I can't even remember what they were called and I'm sure I'd be hopeless at making one now. Posted by: BeckoningChasm I recall the girls making those in grade school and jr high. With "romantic" fortune telling messages in them. Go through the numbers, read a thing, look at one of the cute guys in the class, giggle, repeat. Posted by: mikeski, not one of the cute guys at April 11, 2026 06:42 PM (VHUov) 53
Thanks for the smashing Hobby Thread, T Rex! (Or, should I say, the folding Hobby Thread?)
I have a paper crane in red paper with an ornamental bead. It's one of my Christmas tree ornaments and I have taken good care of it over the years. That F-117 is way cool! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (vrNzf) 54
BC, we used to call them fortune tellers when we were growing up.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (0nHVk) 55
I guess I'll post this here, in case anyone is interested. A company called Weavettes started making pin looms, like the original Weave-Its, about twenty years ago. They also made little retamgular looms, in addition to the square ones. I also wished I'd gotten those. Found out today they have a half price closeout sale. It's the rectangular looms and a few odds and ends. The site is weavettes .com
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (gQ15S) 56
I've been writing a romance in spaaace. Worldbuilding as I go.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE) 57
Origami, like the paper cutting a few weeks ago, is fascinating and can produce some beautiful results. I have trouble (i. e., no ability) to visualize the final outcome from a flat object. Still, slowly following explicit directions might work even for me. That's how I learned to make joints, like dovetails and half laps, in wood working.
Posted by: JTB at April 11, 2026 06:45 PM (yTvNw) 58
Entire forests of virgin growth balsa were leveled so we could have those flimsy planes at $.15 per.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 06:46 PM (Gx2ed) 59
To my understanding, Balsa is considered hard wood as grais grow slowly and tight.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:48 PM (Ia/+0) 60
56 I've been writing a romance in spaaace. Worldbuilding as I go.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM *** Is that like Pigs in Spaaace on the Muppet Show? Posted by: TRex - swedish chef dino at April 11, 2026 06:49 PM (cCn4/) 61
That F-117 is way cool!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (vrNzf) --------- The Dazzle camouflage pattern probably enhances radar invisibility too. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 06:49 PM (Gx2ed) 62
I was just reading about the impending storm in telecommunications as the world transitions from legacy protocols like Signal System Seven that have been rock solid for 40 years that are that backbone of modern telecommunications.
The future does not look good especially when coupled with the growing expertise gap. Were talking massive outages affecting large areas that become unable to communicate with other areas effectively shutting down just about everything. It seems that one answer is local, personal communications systems. The day is coming where HAMs may become a big part of your life. Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026 06:49 PM (jstR0) 63
That F-117 is way cool!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (vrNzf) --------- The Dazzle camouflage pattern probably enhances radar invisibility too. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 06:49 PM (Gx2ed) * * * * The Dazzle is definitely attractive! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 06:53 PM (vrNzf) 64
I put up a new Amateur Radio antenna this week in the backyard. A 40M end fed halfwave using a 64:1 transformer up about 7ft from ground level near the house. I got the far end up in a maple tree by using the tried and true method of a half a filled water bottle at the end of a hank of real paracord. Underhand toss it up over a branch about 35ft up and watch is come down relatively safely. The antenna seems to be working quite well on 40, 20, 15 and 10 Meters. No tuner required. Already made a contact to Japan using the new piece of wire. Yay.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:55 PM (abIsI) 65
I had a rubber band airplane that I once coaxed over a 1/4 mile out of one day. It was a great flyer!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2026 06:58 PM (2WIwB) 66
64 Already made a contact to Japan using the new piece of wire. Yay.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:55 PM *** Have you asked them about origami yet? Posted by: TRex - ambassador dino at April 11, 2026 06:58 PM (cCn4/) 67
62 I was just reading about the impending storm in telecommunications as the world transitions from legacy protocols like Signal System Seven that have been rock solid for 40 years that are that backbone of modern telecommunications.
I was a network manager for a large telecom company when one of our STP quads failed. Let me tell you, heads rolled when it was determined that people were doing work on them outside the maintenance window with poorly tested software. Tens of millions of calls failed for hours. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:59 PM (abIsI) 68
I have an entire book, in Japanese, on the process behind animating a show. For those who like to read English, Chuck Jones Chuck Amuck is pretty good on giving an overview.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 06:59 PM (2GVsD) 69
Yes, I had an origami crane that sat proudly on my desk for years...made and gifted to me by one of my adolescent patients. I was proud because it was one of the only projects he started and actually finished. Lost track of it though, and hope it is pressed in a book in one the many boxes never unpacked after the last move....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 11, 2026 07:00 PM (cCn4/) 70
I just know if I find one of the British classic car magazines, esp. their Mercedes Enthusiast, I'll wind up wanting another vintage or recent MB. Not a good plan for somebody who is not wealthy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:39 PM (wzUl9) [nods sagely] See, what you do is look for a magazine on something inexpensive and compact, like Shot Glasses Quarterly. Then if you get excited about the subject, the damage is easy to minimize. Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 07:01 PM (Sy6m/) 71
66 64 Already made a contact to Japan using the new piece of wire. Yay.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:55 PM *** Have you asked them about origami yet? Posted by: TRex - ambassador dino a I should have. I should have asked them about shipping me some Sake soaked KitKat bars. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 07:02 PM (abIsI) 72
Is that like Pigs in Spaaace on the Muppet Show?
Posted by: TRex - swedish chef dino Well, BlueFishCake already did a femme space orc epic, so, yanno, gotta think of other aliens Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 07:04 PM (gKWVE) 73
Pigs in Space
Starring, Link Hogthrob. Man, non-Sesame Street Muppet Show was funny AF. My cynical Dad loved that show. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:09 PM (0aYVJ) 74
Dinos in space is where its at.
Posted by: TRex - astronaut dino at April 11, 2026 07:11 PM (cCn4/) 75
66 64 Already made a contact to Japan using the new piece of wire. Yay.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:55 PM *** Have you asked them about origami yet? Posted by: TRex - ambassador dino at April 11, 2026 06:58 PM Have you asked them about BBQ yet? Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 07:11 PM (HlyYF) 76
Beckoning Chasm haven't seen anything knew in awhile, still working on something?
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:12 PM (Ia/+0) 77
Must suck for women who don't origami.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 07:13 PM (V4IXI) 78
Pigs in Space
Starring, Link Hogthrob. Man, non-Sesame Street Muppet Show was funny AF. My cynical Dad loved that show. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:09 PM (0aYVJ) ---- Yep. The original Muppet Show was some of the funniest television ever made. They've tried to remake it a few times, but it's never been as good as the original. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 07:16 PM (gnNyN) 79
I should have. I should have asked them about shipping me some Sake soaked KitKat bars. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 *** Now I'm thinking about driving to World Market and buying some KitKats from China or Malaysia. Grrrr. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 07:19 PM (wzUl9) 80
Paper airlplane guy has comic book hair.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2026 07:22 PM (XV/Pl) 81
Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks for being here. New theme next week as the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) determines.
You're welcome to hang around and continue chatting for a while. Don't forget to stop by Club ONT later for more fun and games. Posted by: TRex - slightly wrinkled dino at April 11, 2026 07:23 PM (cCn4/) 82
Where did everyone go?
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0) 83
gKWVE, have you decided on a grittiness level? Cozy, bright, gritty, dark, grimdark? One tends to assume brighter, but technically romance can be found in any environment, just with more or less external conflict.
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 07:33 PM (Sy6m/) 84
82 Where did everyone go?
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:32 PM *** Dunno. I'm still here. Maybe "Dinos in Space" isn't such a compelling concept after all. Posted by: TRex - papermate dino at April 11, 2026 07:33 PM (cCn4/) 85
I'm having a hard time reconciling the balsa airplanes I used to know, with the thread earlier this week of the deforestration of the Amazon balsawood trees. Are they the same?
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 11, 2026 07:33 PM (QSaoA) 86
The four Disney artists were interesting.
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 07:34 PM (LHPAg) 87
74 Dinos in space is where its at.
Posted by: TRex - astronaut dino at April 11, 2026 07:11 PM (cCn4/) Bird In Space is where tits at. And boobies. Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 07:35 PM (Sy6m/) Posted by: TRex - prayerful dino at April 11, 2026 07:35 PM (cCn4/) 89
Dad built model airplanes from scratch, using patterns from various magazines or wherever... he had stocks of balsa wood. Flat, round, square. (And many sets of X-acto knives.)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:37 PM (rdVOm) 90
We have enough origami decorations to fill a 6 ft tree. When there was a Christmas tree in the barn it was kitty safe.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (yAteE) 91
Think I still remember how to fold my long distance paper glider. Lemme see:
Fold a standard 8.5x11 sheet of paper in half lengthwise. Bring the left and right top corners down to meet the center fold (insert fifth grade joke here) Your progress should resemble an A frame house. Now take the triangular "roof" and fold it down at its base so that the tip meets the center fold (I know, I know..). Crimp all of your folds tight. With the "roof" folded down, the whole thing kind of looks like an envelope at this point. Now you're going to bring the left and right top corners of this envelope to the center line. The corners should meet 1 - 2 inches above the tip of folded down "roof". Crimp your edges tight. Now take the protruding tip of the "roof" and fold it up over those corners. Pick up the glider and fold it along the center line in the opposite direction. Now fold down the wings, ensuring they share the same width and sweep. You are now ready for interplanetary conquest... Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (nbLIj) 92
WE HAZ A MOVIE MARQUE
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0) 93
I hate movies.
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:42 PM (LjEfn) Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:44 PM (rdVOm) 95
Hi, Ronster!
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:44 PM (rdVOm) 96
We have enough origami decorations to fill a 6 ft tree. When there was a Christmas tree in the barn it was kitty safe.
Posted by: Ben Had *********** That is rather brilliant! Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (cCn4/) 97
Hi, JQ.
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (LjEfn) 98
Waving to Ronster and JQ.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 07:47 PM (yAteE) 99
Hi, Ben Had! Your origami ornaments sound perfect for kitty-safe decor. Awesome.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:48 PM (rdVOm) 100
Back at you Ben Had.
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:49 PM (LjEfn) 101
Slight case of the vertigo today. Almost wrecked the walker.
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:53 PM (LjEfn) 102
Wondering what to do with some of Dad's finished planes. (No motors or hardware, fkr that broke in stole that stuff) There are 5 of them.
But they're otherwise intact. A couple were just gliders. Big, though. Hold your arms out to your sides: that's the wingspan of them! I don't have room. Sad. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:54 PM (rdVOm) 103
Oh no, Ronster! You ok?
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:54 PM (rdVOm) 104
Oh I'm fine. Thanks for asking.
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:57 PM (LjEfn) 105
JQ. that is a dilemma we face and it no easy task. Maybe the gliders could be hung from the ceiling?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 07:58 PM (yAteE) 106
Maybe the gliders could be hung from the ceiling?
Posted by: Ben Had ------- Haha, that's exactly where they are now. At Dad's house-- but they need to go. Ceiling here is too low. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:00 PM (rdVOm) 107
JQ, are there any local flying clubs or RC (radio controlled clubs) that you could donate them to? At least that way they'd be loved and appreciated.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 11, 2026 08:01 PM (cCn4/) 108
I'll figure something out. Maybe keep just one. Somehow, somewhere.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:01 PM (rdVOm) 109
JB, or a small local airport? Back in the day, Burbank Airport gladly accepted and displayed such donations.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 11, 2026 08:02 PM (cCn4/) 110
JQ, my next best suggestion is from a tree branch like a wind sock.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:02 PM (yAteE) Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:03 PM (rdVOm) 112
Thanks for the suggestions!
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (rdVOm) 113
I used to build those. Nothing that big. Was on a hill once flying one and could see little flashes of lightning hitting the plane. I landed and got the hell out of there.
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 08:08 PM (LjEfn) 114
A day care might take them as a decoration for the kids.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:12 PM (yAteE) 115
Good thinking, Ben Had!
The yellow one comes to mind for "day care" use. It's big and bright; nice details, but not a war-plane. Fun looking. Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:19 PM (rdVOm) 116
JQ, I hope they find a good home where they will be appreciated.
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 08:25 PM (LjEfn) 117
A day care might take them as a decoration for the kids.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:12 PM (yAteE) Bars and restaurants that decorate with "found" stuff might buy them, too. Or swap for a free meal. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 08:33 PM (utfVc) 118
Great ideas! Thank you all again!
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:42 PM (rdVOm) 119
My 4 year old autistic (maybe?) neighbor was just visiting and she showed me her homemade latest folding paper project.
It is a T-Rex that, when you raise his tail there's a poop that pops out the back. Very cute. Posted by: Nan G at April 13, 2026 12:27 AM (lV9qu) Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 11![]() Courtesy Jeannie Harris Culture and cats
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![]() This is Cali kitty trying to be intimidating. - fdI am almost petrified. The young grasshopper below (from New Mexico, I think) had better watch out. ![]() ![]() Lazy Sunday afternoon for my Easter BunBun. MileyA wonderful Easter photo showing some kitty personality. Thanks. Most of Sammy's fur is growing back now - the top of his head was a bloody mess. Here he is hanging out by the clematis, one of his favorite places. Miley ![]() Well, I joked that it looked like he was diving into badger holes. A nasty cat fight, I assume. Ears, above the eyes and top of his head. The end of his glorious 13" tail is still a bit ratty looking. He's been coming around often, appearing out of the darkness to jump onto the table here on the back porch. Sometimes sleeps in one of the porch chairs at night. BunBun has sort of accepted him. Mostly.Cats are not always predictable, are they? Sammy looks beautiful now. The clematis looks like it is going to be lovely, too. Encountered by Members of The Horde These are visiting orcas in Elliot Bay enjoying the rain on Wednesday afternoon. It is such a privilege to see them. nurse ratchedA thrilling sight! Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today. If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week! If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 4 I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Woof
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 03:38 PM (Kt19C) Posted by: one of the horde's cats at April 11, 2026 03:41 PM (VHUov) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 03:45 PM (PFs9e) 4
Happy Caturday everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0) 5
The dog in the ballpit looks like he's having the time of his life!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 03:51 PM (ESVrU) Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:53 PM (w6EFb) 7
At what point in the pestilence process does a grasshopper become a locust?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 03:54 PM (Gx2ed) 8
Meow.....
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 11, 2026 03:54 PM (sAmhv) 9
Back yard is still muddy. Opened the door for Daisy the Oklahoma Malinois to go out this morning. She looked, she sniffed, then she wheeled around and went back to bed. She was just at the groomer's, so maybe she didn't want to get mussed up.
Ony the grand old lady kitty, went out, though, and wandered around the yard for quite a bit. She's not as heavy as Daisy, though, so less inclined to get muddy. Posted by: mindful webworker - bark bark meow at April 11, 2026 03:54 PM (C2uPD) 10
The puppy in the ball pit is hilarious!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:55 PM (w6EFb) Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 03:55 PM (Gx2ed) 12
Oh, the cats are so cute...says the dog person.
Here's a YT 11 second video of my 14 year old dog Ralphy one week after falling out of bed. As ypu can see, full of life. His cat friend Snowflake is by the patio door ready to come back in. They were sleeping together on my bed as I was watching a horror movie. She snuggles up to him. https://tinyurl.com/ms2pnp59 Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 03:55 PM (Sco7b) 13
My sister visited Israel back in 2019. It was a church trip. She has LOTS of pictures of ancient and holy sites. The majority of them have a cat hanging around, somewhere. Lots of cats over there.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 11, 2026 03:59 PM (sAmhv) 14
Nice video of your adorable dog Ralphie, Stateless. Thanks for sending it in.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 03:59 PM (Nx5jP) 15
Hey guys,
Here's the update on our cats https://tinyurl.com/dg65258 A coworker of my sister has four newborn kittens he is trying to find homes for when they are ready. All beautiful girls. He asked if we wanted one because apparently my sister is known as the crazy cat lady at work. I think I would only take one if he couldn't find a home for it and he was going to take it to our county shelter. They're good people there and do try to get animals adopted even sending them to other cities, but they are not a no-kill shelter. They are already full of beautiful adult rescues. We have a lot of our own cats we've rescued from our yard and the Chili's parking lot or Marty who was thrown from a car in the Walmart parking lot as a kitten. It's expensive to feed them all and we don't get as many donations anymore. I don't think we can handle anymore unless dire circumstances. Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:00 PM (2F0/Y) 16
At what point in the pestilence process does a grasshopper become a locust?
Posted by: Cicero Right around chapter 10 in Exodus. Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 04:01 PM (VHUov) 17
All the kitties are adorable!
The dog in the ballpit looks like he's having the time of his life! Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 03:51 PM (ESVrU) Aldi's was selling a toddlers ballpit like that a few weeks ago. So many pet parents in the Aldi's FB group bought it for their ogs, cats and rabbits. It was a huge hit with the pets. Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:03 PM (2F0/Y) 18
That's not a grasshopper; it's a land mantis shrimp.
Posted by: wcgreen at April 11, 2026 04:05 PM (u5BVN) 19
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 03:55 PM (Sco7b)
What a cute pup! Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:07 PM (2F0/Y) 20
So question:
Reef just did a thing that I had seen Ajax do from time to time. Normally their appetites are pretty much on rails. But every now and then, they will not want to eat much for about 24 hours. Then they will take a big poop and be ravenous. Is this like colic? They are clearing a blockage before putting more pressure behind it? Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 11, 2026 04:08 PM (bss/y) 21
What a cute pup!
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:07 PM (2F0/Y) Thank you. Bless you for helping the cats.They aren't strays but my friends outdoor cats stay with me when it's really cold or they are away for extended vacations. Beautiful animals. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 04:10 PM (Sco7b) 22
The puppy in the ball pit is hilarious!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:55 PM (w6EFb) Until puppy decides to play mosh pit at 0230. Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at April 11, 2026 04:10 PM (4g8dN) 23
Love Ralphy! He looks full of life.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 04:10 PM (w6EFb) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 04:15 PM (Kt19C) 25
We be Hope's that Vance guy looks Presdent Obana with himself two talks to the Iran guys. They knows Vance is bee dummer tens durt and Presdent Obana ca nots bee tricked.
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 11, 2026 04:20 PM (5sL+U) 26
At what point in the pestilence process does a grasshopper become a locust?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 *** When he goes to get millions of his closest friends! Afternoon, Pet Folken. I'm here with big black Stirling on the living room floor, and Dagny, well, she goes her own way and will appear when she's ready. The definition of "kitten" is spot on. Maybe not always a "homicidal" muffin, but "pesticidal" or . . . No, "homicidal" is pretty darn close. I have never seen a grasshopper colored like that. It's as if he were painted by a Navaho artist for sale to a tourist. And I have to wonder if my cats would like a ball pit like that. . . . Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 04:21 PM (wzUl9) 27
We’re in Europe. Puppy/house sitter is with our 4 month old pup. She wondered why we increased her salary. After 4 days she understands. The lightbulb went off when she found a puppy tooth on the floor, she removed mulch from the pup’s mouth, cleaned up vomit compliments of the mulch eating and has been awakened every morning well before the hour she wanted. Life comes at you fast in our household.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 11, 2026 04:21 PM (YYEJo) Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 04:24 PM (XuXeR) 29
Patsy gallops through the house. She goes from the living room, into the converted garage and back. Makes mornings entertaining.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 11, 2026 04:26 PM (gQ15S) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 04:30 PM (Nx5jP) 31
Thank you Miley!
I mentioned a while back that Snowflake has some real tangles in her long hair. It is hair. She rests on my lap sometimes when I'm watching tv. I have managed to cut some of the smaller ones out with scissors. She has some bigger ones that I'm slowly working at. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 04:34 PM (Sco7b) 32
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 04:10 PM (Sco7b)
Aww, that's nice of you to keep them warm. Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:34 PM (2F0/Y) 33
Thank you KT! And I love Nurse's Orcas.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 11, 2026 04:35 PM (kj/CD) 34
The definition of "kitten" is spot on. Maybe not always a "homicidal" muffin, but "pesticidal" or . . . No, "homicidal" is pretty darn close.
I have never seen a grasshopper colored like that. It's as if he were painted by a Navaho artist for sale to a tourist. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius The judges would also have accepted "omnicidal muffin." A quick search says that's a "rainbow grasshopper," Dactylotum bicolor. Looks like more than two colors to me, though. Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 04:37 PM (VHUov) 35
And I have to wonder if my cats would like a ball pit like that. . . .
They would be indifferent at first. Then, at 0300, the Magic Kittuh Hour, they'd loudly play in it. It will sound like gladiators fighting in an arena. Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 11, 2026 04:39 PM (sAmhv) 36
Happy Caturday, everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2026 04:39 PM (A5RD0) 37
They would be indifferent at first. Then, at 0300, the Magic Kittuh Hour, they'd loudly play in it. It will sound like gladiators fighting in an arena.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 11, 2026 *** "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?" Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9) 38
Stateless, Ralphy doesn't look like he's 14 years old. Does he know he is? If not, don't tell him.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 04:48 PM (nz1sK) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 04:48 PM (Kt19C) 40
Daughters saw a cat jump out of the back of a pickup in a parking lot last weekend. They flagged down the owner, but he said it wasn't his cat.
They did manage to eventually lure the little kitty to safety with some wet food. It's tail was clearly broken completely through about 3-4 vertebrae from the spine, so it was scheduled for an amputation on Thursday. Vet was examining the tail, and noticed that the tip was still quite warm. Prognosis: kitty gets to keep her tail, but it will forever be floppy. They have already found a forever home for the kitty and she is putting on weight! Kitty got rescued, but is NOT living at MY house ... best possible outcome. (We currently have five rescues in the house.) Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 04:48 PM (HlyYF) 41
5 The dog in the ballpit looks like he's having the time of his life!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 03:51 PM I assume he was working on string theory, and periodically shouting "Bazinga!" Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 04:50 PM (HlyYF) 42
Coyotes were howling on the hill last night, so Chloe did not get to go out. She was not pleased but even a cat can't handle a coyote attack.
Posted by: Beverly at April 11, 2026 05:01 PM (reMys) 43
38 Stateless, Ralphy doesn't look like he's 14 years old. Does he know he is? If not, don't tell him.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 04:48 PM (nz1sK) Thanks. I'll let him know. And again, congratulations to your husband. I was so happy for both of you. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 05:02 PM (Sco7b) 44
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 04:48 PM (HlyYF)
So glad to hear it. Several years ago, mom and I went to the church down the street to vote. Outside was a black cat with his tail at the halfway point completely bent. Mom went back to the house for a carrier and we took him to the vet. Tail had to be amputated. Named him Felix and we took him home. Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 05:05 PM (2F0/Y) 45
So how DID Sammy's head get all bloodied?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 11, 2026 05:05 PM (O7YUW) 46
Thank you, Stateless. He is really excited about the new job.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 05:10 PM (nz1sK) 47
> 16 At what point in the pestilence process does a grasshopper become a locust?
Posted by: Cicero It is believed that this occurs when an abundance of vegetation causes a population explosion (usually after a period of drought). When the population density reaches a certain point, and the local food supply starts to run out, something gets switched on in their tiny grasshopper brains that causes them to band together into a mobile swarm. One of the two species of North American locusts is extinct and the other is now very rare, the only locusts for which that is true. One theory is that plowing destroyed the eggs, preventing the population from reaching swarming levels. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2026 05:12 PM (IG3/x) 48
insert video of an orca stealing a sailboat
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 11, 2026 05:16 PM (jrgJz) 49
Hi friends! Yay, pets! We went to the nature preserve today, it started out perfect but got pretty warm towards the end. We put the top down in my car on the way home, Saijo loves that, and we got a pup cup. He is now crashed on the bed with a kitty. The other kitty is in Saijo’s crate. I keep thinking I can take it down, Saijo no longer needs it, but everyone rotates in and out of it to sleep, so I guess it stays.
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 05:17 PM (Wmg4n) 50
What is it about cats that they like to get in your way when you are frustrated in a task?
I suppose they are trying to be supportive, but they just add to the frustration when they are in your way.... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 05:22 PM (gnNyN) 51
Outside was a black cat with his tail at the halfway point completely bent. Mom went back to the house for a carrier and we took him to the vet. Tail had to be amputated. Named him Felix and we took him home.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 05:05 PM Our neighbors have a cat that suffered the same fate. My youngest daughter cat sits for them when they go out of town. So she is used to a cat with just a "nub". That is why she was so surprised when the vet said this kitty could keep her tail! Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 05:22 PM (HlyYF) 52
Before we get a Nood, let me say that Cali Kitty and Sammy are both very good-looking. I'm partial to Sammy, of course, as my Stirling looks a lot like him -- but Cali has pretty markings.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9) 53
Cat
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 05:29 PM (El6/E) 54
Both Stirling and Dagny are up, awake, and present. Dinner is only half an hour away, so that explains the situation.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9) 55
HOBBIESTS NOOD
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0) 56
Noodus hobbyana
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:31 PM (wzUl9) 57
I think that grasshopper was in the Beatle movie Yellow Submarine.
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 06:32 PM (LHPAg) 58
I spent a lot of time visiting Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, etc. marveling at the ancient architecture and taking photos of kitties. Same in Turkey, although there everyone takes care of the street cats, feeds them, they have kitty houses, and they come up to you for some loving.
Posted by: Delilah at April 11, 2026 07:12 PM (n/m5m) Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, April 11![]() I caught our forsythias at peak, early last week.Forsythias just say "Spring"! And Tulips from the dump at Holland, MI after their Tulip Festival, courtesy of my nieces - these are my favorites because of the "flame" effect. They tend to get redder as they go. ![]() Edible Gardening/Putting Things By I planted 10 tomato plants in this raised bed last year - Terra Cotta, Black Strawberry and San Marzano. Here you see the volunteers - there are a lot of them. I think I'll just use these instead of planting seeds. Who knows - maybe I'll get some interesting hybrids! Miley ![]() ![]() New buds on existing plants: orange cannas, red and yellow flowering yucca and the water irises have popped out. Put in a red and a purple verbena, and a blue delphinium. Gotta get after the weeds and the sprouts from the bird feeders! Respectfully, ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker. I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
HELLO!
Posted by: Denny Crane - Does Anyone Else Miss Charlie Sheen? at April 11, 2026 02:22 PM (dmDsy) 2
I'm still not sure what happened to my first draft of this thread. It disappeared! We have a little content left over for next week.
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:23 PM (7vIsy) 3
Bring it on, KT!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 11, 2026 02:24 PM (dmDsy) 4
Greetings garden peeps. Enjoying the sun before the week o’ storms headed this way.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:25 PM (3Ope8) 5
I'm still not sure what happened to my first draft of this thread. It disappeared! We have a little content left over for next week.
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:23 PM (7vIsy) ---- That happened to me once with the Sunday Morning Book Thread. Very strange. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 02:26 PM (ESVrU) 6
I love those water features.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 02:28 PM (4NO2D) 7
Maybe the hamsters have been infiltrated
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 02:29 PM (fE6HJ) 8
Rain forecast overnight in van nuys
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 02:29 PM (Kt19C) 9
5 I'm still not sure what happened to my first draft of this thread. It disappeared! We have a little content left over for next week.
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:23 PM (7vIsy) ---- That happened to me once with the Sunday Morning Book Thread. Very strange. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 02:26 PM (ESVrU) I don't understand anything I don't understand. Posted by: Denny Crane- I Believe I Am Correct. at April 11, 2026 02:29 PM (dmDsy) 10
Beautiful sky now, mixed clouds
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 02:29 PM (Kt19C) 11
I have been adding fruit trees. I will not be buying anything else from Tractor Supply as I just discovered the prach has a sowbug infestation. I've been really happy with the ones from Raintree. My favorite fruit now is Asian pears and they have a good selection. I would really like to have a quince.
I did get started planting veggies. The local store is starting to get sets. The eggplant starts looked awful although the one I bought perked up inside. We have a forecast for freezing lows next weekend and it's just too early for this stuff,even though we have highs in the 80s next week. Strange weather. Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 11, 2026 02:30 PM (gQ15S) 12
Nice. It's a nice day in my part of Canada and I saw one person mowing the lawn. First one of 2026.
And so it begins. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 02:30 PM (Sco7b) 13
Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Found out need to replace a gas control on grill but doesn't look like that is a possibility Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:31 PM (Ia/+0) 14
We have a couple of wrens at the feeders now on a regular basis along with the blue jays, cardinals, sparrows, and white wing dove.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:32 PM (3Ope8) 15
Things were getting a little dry here in the NE corner of Land of the Red Man, but then we got a nice drenching day-before-last. Everything went really green. Yay.
The new fruit trees leafing out, the pears flowering, the oaks have lovely spring-green leaves, new azaleas around the front porch look healthy, various flowers and herbs on the South side of the house are thriving. The lawn was getting a little ragged but got a cut just before the rain. So, everything looking good. More rain due soon. Spring!! 💚 Posted by: mindful webworker - then there's the bugs..... at April 11, 2026 02:36 PM (C2uPD) 16
Gardening/Home/Nature thread is up
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:39 PM (Sy6m/) 17
OOps
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:39 PM (Sy6m/) 18
I grow strawberries. It started out as a novelty, and has grown into an infatuation. They, of course, are perennials, but after about 3 years, their fruit production craters, so you have to start new shoots.
So this year, I decided to plant same "Early Dawn" strawberry shoots a little early. I'd usually wait until the first week of May. The weather has been cool, but pretty consistent for the last few weeks. "Early Dawn" are early producers. So, I took a chance and put them out last week. The other night the temperature decided to dip down to 22 F. I ended up buying three boxes garbage bags to cover them, and it looks like that did the trick. But, we shall see. Posted by: Orson at April 11, 2026 02:43 PM (dIske) 19
And just got most of other replacement gas tubes. Putting ghem in found a gas control also is needed..
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:43 PM (Ia/+0) 20
Miley, I love getting freebie tomato plants like that. I like to think there's a Darwinian "survival of the fittest" thing making them stronger.
Oh, and I have Black Strawberry seedlings coming along nicely, thanks for the recommendation. In fact all my tomato and pepper seedlings are looking fabuloso. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:44 PM (kpS4V) 21
Got some portulaca and marigolds in this morning. All I have to do to finish the pond area is transplant a daylilly from the front.
Gotta rehab a couple of areas in the front, next. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:44 PM (3Ope8) 22
Absolutely gorgeous spring day here. Sat out on the back porch for the first time this year. The feral kitties kept staring at me waiting for that kibble.
I spotted a purple pansy on the hillside that must have been carried over by the flooding rains. I repatriated it to my flower garden. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:47 PM (kpS4V) 23
Seems like all the veggies I’ve tried to grow here get taken by critters and birds.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:49 PM (3Ope8) 24
I have some hosta tubers to plant but I'm feeling lazy after a day cleaning up my garden spaces. Maybe tomorrow after the rain.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:49 PM (kpS4V) 25
Dave K., I am covetous. I would hang out in that garden all day.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:51 PM (kpS4V) 26
5 I'm still not sure what happened to my first draft of this thread. It disappeared! We have a little content left over for next week.
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:23 PM (7vIsy) ---- That happened to me once with the Sunday Morning Book Thread. Very strange. ----- I remember that something similar happened to J.J. once, too. Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:51 PM (7vIsy) 27
What type of hostas, Eris?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:52 PM (3Ope8) 28
I have plenty of plant starts, but all indoors. There remains about a foot of snow over just about everything out there. It has been above freezing for a couple of weeks during the day, but there was a lot of snow to start with, so it will be a bit before the ground is warm enough to till and plant.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 11, 2026 02:54 PM (DwqWV) 29
23 Seems like all the veggies I’ve tried to grow here get taken by critters and birds.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:49 PM (3Ope _______________________ You can usually keep the rodents at bay by outlining your garden space with mint or lavender. Mint, especially, is a good choice because it will spread pretty fast for you, and comes up every year. Birds? You're on your own. It's a pain to put netting up. However, depending on what breed of bird is the biggest problems, you can sometimes set up a more appetizing alternative for them. I used to have Bluebirds picking my tomatos looking for worms....and it stopped when I put out a meal worm feeder across the field. Posted by: Orson at April 11, 2026 02:55 PM (dIske) 30
You know the quirky of this place is what gives it charm
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0) 31
Our hosta has started to come up
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:58 PM (Ia/+0) 32
What type of hostas, Eris?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:52 PM (3Ope ---- I can't remember -- they're in a box in the garage -- but it's a hosta collection from Breck's. With any luck some of last year's hostas will also return. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (kpS4V) 33
29>> I had several types of mint before I excavated the pond. That stuff was EVERYWHERE…. Out of. cfukin. control. Never again.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (3Ope8) 34
I just love all of the rocks in that garden. I got a thing for rocks, always have.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:06 PM (w6EFb) 35
Still only low 60s today and tomorrow, warmer next week they promise.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 03:06 PM (Ia/+0) 36
We have three hostas, two under the fig tree and one under the bedroom window by the climbing rose. They’re in the third year in the ground and seem to be fairly robust. It froze shortly after they emerged but they came through ok.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:07 PM (3Ope8) 37
From Boise area: Making the Top of the Report is even better than being First!
Lows 39-51 F, highs 64-72. Rain yesterday. Took a yard walk to catch what I've been missing - redbud is already dropping flowers and starting leaves, dogwood is flowering, crabapple has lovely scent and is showering petals like snow, oak is flowering, Tatarian maples are fully leafed, silver maples are starting to leaf, one of the older apple trees is heavily flowering and the other only lightly, the newer Golden Delicious has more flowers than the other 2 newer trees, the Seckel pear is blooming more than the Warren, the forsythia are faded now, wild roses leafing, and the 4 Annoying Sycamores are still ugly skeletons. The peony from last year is a foot high - tulips starting - lots of midget Johnny Jump-Ups by the shed - a few early buds on the lilies of the valley - the strawberries have a few flowers - we only have a few tiny asparagus stalks coming up (do we need to replant? give up? wait to see what happens when irrigation water comes on?). Indoors, I'm about to put the tomatoes out in the mini greenhouse, but will have to watch nighttime temperatures. Peppers stay inside for now. Posted by: Pat* at April 11, 2026 03:07 PM (thFLS) 38
taken by critters and birds.
_-_ Here, if you don't cage it, you don't own it. Even with my whole garden surrounded by hardware cloth (even under the raised beds) the mice get in and munch on sprouts. I found that a 5 gallon bucket with 4 inches of water in the bottom helps with the mice, though. Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 11, 2026 03:09 PM (2TPZH) 39
34>> That’s a ton of small Arizona cobble, moved by a wheelbarrow full at a time. It changes color when it rains or when the garden gets watered.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:11 PM (3Ope8) 40
Finally got asparagus established here. Harvested twice so far and another handful later today for supper.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 11, 2026 03:12 PM (2TPZH) 41
Miley, I love getting freebie tomato plants like that. I like to think there's a Darwinian "survival of the fittest" thing making them stronger.
Oh, and I have Black Strawberry seedlings coming along nicely, thanks for the recommendation. In fact all my tomato and pepper seedlings are looking fabuloso. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:44 PM (kpS4V) I'm really into Darwin-in-the-garden. Volunteers are almost holy to me. Last year I didn't plant tomatoes until very late, and they would not grow. They remained frozen at about 2 1/2" under the growlights and I was like WTAF. I ended up popping them into the raised bed and basically told them it was fight or die. Yes, I did water them occasionally. But I mostly ignored them until late summer. They became a tomato jungle because I didn't bother to pinch off new shoots. I ended up doing a harvest once a week (just tossed them into freezer bags after washing them). Got 24 lbs that still needs to be turned into marinara and canned. Anyway, I'm going to have to isolate 10 plants. I'm pretty sure the Black Strawberry plants have some purple on the stem. Can you confirm? Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:15 PM (w6EFb) 42
37>> I’m jealous …I’d like to have four seasons…..and be able to grow tulips and peonies.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:16 PM (3Ope8) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 03:19 PM (Kt19C) 44
We are having an amazingly fertile spring here in the East Tennessee Appalachian Mountains. Everything is coming up roses. My rose bush has branched out considerably, my white azalea is going crazy, my pink azaleas have put out a few shy balloons and now I have about a dozen volunteer cherry plum tree seedlings in the side yard and I don't know where they came from! If I let them just grow, they would be a virtual Grove about 15 by 15 ft. I'm thinking of saving one and cutting down the others. They're about 10 inches tall.
Posted by: Beverly at April 11, 2026 03:19 PM (reMys) 45
Miley, I just checked, and yes, the Black Strawberries have dark purple at the bottom of the stems. Never noticed that.
So do my Chocolate Miracles. Do all dark 'maters? Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 03:21 PM (kpS4V) 46
Hasn't rained enough and been too warm for my hyacinth patch in the front to bloom. Looks like weeds, the neighbors love it.
The kalanchoes are staying in they like it vs the vagaries of outside weather. One thing I learned they like a lot of water but like drunks when they've had their fill they lay down (propagating habit) then when they hit that happy spot all the stalks are up. Haven't successfully propagated the anglonemea yet. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 03:21 PM (vl6og) 47
Our hosta has started to come up
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:58 PM (Ia/+0) It's funny how they all come up at different times, even if it's the same kind and they're next to each other. My Blue Angels were like that. The Empress Wu was on the late side, and Paul's Glory was pretty quick. Fire and Ice was on the slow side, and Frances Williams is only now furling out. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:26 PM (w6EFb) Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 03:30 PM (RIvkX) 49
Rock garden rocks.
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 03:30 PM (LHPAg) 50
I love hostas and have killed several.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 03:32 PM (RIvkX) 51
39 34>> That’s a ton of small Arizona cobble, moved by a wheelbarrow full at a time. It changes color when it rains or when the garden gets watered.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:11 PM (3Ope My brother has been scavaging all of the rocks that are liftable (and a few that really aren't) from the edge of the woods where Publius and his daddy tossed them years ago. He wants to line our extensive borders with natural rock, but it seems we have run out. He got a few more from a friend down the road. They were a good size and had lots of lichen and moss on them. I'm looking at them right now. I've got a little gnome (Kristi Gnome) and a few crystals next to them. Then of course there are the bags of pea stone and whatnot that have been incorporated into the plan. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:34 PM (w6EFb) 52
Ours is the Green with white center kind
In front have Rhododendron of different colors, they don't come out exactly same time Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0) 53
I looked up Kristi Gnome thinking it was a kind of garden gnome.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 03:36 PM (RIvkX) 54
I use the rock I dig up as protection against the weedeater for the vines and the desert willow on the upper terrace. The cannas are pretty resilient. If I whack’em, they come right back.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:40 PM (3Ope8) 55
Miley, I just checked, and yes, the Black Strawberries have dark purple at the bottom of the stems. Never noticed that.
So do my Chocolate Miracles. Do all dark 'maters? Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 03:21 PM (kpS4V) I think so. Most purple vegetables like beans release the purple color when cooked, and turn dark green instead of bright green. Those dark colored tomatoes probably have some purple in their stems, and darker green leaves. But that's anecdotal only. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:44 PM (w6EFb) 56
I looked up Kristi Gnome thinking it was a kind of garden gnome.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 03:36 PM (RIvkX) If you search for "girl gnome" on Amazon, you'll see it. She's holding a leaf over her head. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:47 PM (w6EFb) 57
Afternoon all. Gorgeous day here in the DMV, breezy and just cool enough. Butexpecting 90 degrees next week! Weather has been really bizarre.
Everything starting to green up. The colors are just so vibrant this time of year. I think my azalea is recovering. It was so brown I thought it was gone but pink buds appearing and the ,eaves actually turning green.....well, some of them anyways. Planning a trip to Home Depot this week for basil and maybe some flowers. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 11, 2026 04:21 PM (t/2Uw) 58
I am still thinking it is too early to plant tomatoes, but I did get a second six-pack of cabbages. My wife wants lettuce, and I will probably get tomatoes next weekend to plant. What with all the fruit trees flowering or at least breaking bud it is too late for frost, or at least too late for the trees to worry about frost.
One of the cats decided to dig up a section of my onions, and I found one of the onions had been dislodged, but that was good since I could see the onions have about an inch shoot on them and they should emerge with another couple of days of good weather. My camas lilies ( a native wildflower) I seeded under the apple tree thicket have survived the winter, and by sake of being covered by some old branches they survived the neighbors' chickens, I might get some flowers this year, though I think next year is more probable. Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 05:33 PM (rbvCR) 59
I am still thinking it is too early to plant tomatoes, but I did get a second six-pack of cabbages. My wife wants lettuce, and I will probably get tomatoes next weekend to plant. What with all the fruit trees flowering or at least breaking bud it is too late for frost, or at least too late for the trees to worry about frost.
One of the cats decided to dig up a section of my onions, and I found one of the onions had been dislodged, but that was good since I could see the onions have about an inch shoot on them and they should emerge with another couple of days of good weather. My camas lilies ( a native wildflower) I seeded under the apple tree thicket have survived the winter, and by sake of being covered by some old branches they survived the neighbors' chickens, I might get some flowers this year, though I think next year is more probable. Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 05:36 PM (rbvCR) Old Civilizations, Wonderful Things![]()
Old Civilizations, Wonderful Things ABC quoting Trump on April 8:"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump wrote on his social media platform. At the same time, continuing a series of mixed messages, Trump said "maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen" now that the U.S. is dealing with "different, smarter, and less radicalized" leaders in Iran.Ace on April 8: Communist Dingbats Yesterday Until 7pm: Trump Is a Madman! He Will Nuke the World! Communist Dingbats at 7:01pm: TACO! Trump Is a Huge Pussy Too Afraid to Do What Is Needed and LET THE NUCLEAR BIRDS FLY!!!!An amazing collection of commentary on Trump's usual "chaos" step in his negotiation tactics. (Don't comment on old threads) I noticed that the government of Iran (or whoever is sort of running things) did not believe that Trump was going to kill everyone in the country. They sent women and children out to become human shields for dual use facilities which Trump said he was going to bomb. In other words, THEY were willing to kill everyone to win. But if you have to communicate with a reasonable sceptic, VDH may help, with By All Means, Let the War Crimes Trials Begin: The Left and some on the Right went crazy over a recent Trump tweet. He warned that if the Iranian regime did not cease blocking the international Strait of Hormuz, he would hit its dual military-civilian infrastructure. He promised that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” His wording may have been sloppy, but Trump obviously meant that the murderous civilization/culture of radical Iranian theocratic Islam would cease to exist and wouldn’t come back once power plants and transportation systems crucial to the regime’s survival were cut off. Why do we know that? Because, unlike in most prior American wars, Trump has never targeted dual-use infrastructure—not in bombing ISIS, not in removing the Venezuelan thug Nicolás Maduro, not in the 2025 bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, and not in the present war—with the exception of a key bridge central to the regime’s efforts to reposition missile assets to avoid air strikes. Ever since Trump announced that “help is on the way” to the Iranian people, the entire aim of the five-week war has been to selectively target the regime’s command and control and military assets. The goal was to diminish its threats abroad, while weakening and humiliating the mullahcracy at home—so that soon the Iranian people might at last be able to overthrow the odious theocracy. Trump’s critics knew all that. But they see political advantage in tagging Trump as a Strangelovian madman, no different from the Nazi criminals in the docket at Nuremberg. A few less unhinged people argue that his rhetoric nevertheless comes across as unpresidential. Perhaps. But it may be no accident that his Gen. Curtis LeMay-like bluster might have pressured the Iranians to reopen negotiations. On Monday, the Democrat Borg was declaring Trump a savage maniac.Continue with this video. VDH looks better, doesn't he? Among the many genius effects of Trump is that his crazy-man approach to dealing with our enemies only makes our enemies more insane and intransigent than before. I refer, of course, to the Democratic Party (and the mainstream media, but I repeat myself). It is a remarkable thing that Iran appears (at this writing—this could change before these pixels are dry) to be more reasonable than Democrats when it comes to Trump. I hope he keeps his laser-pointer fully-charged and holstered. Listening to Claire de Lune in a deeper way (video short) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kfq-Vx6p2YA Inspired by a poem There masque and bergamasque charmingly, Playing the lute and dancing and also Sad beneath their disguising fanchise. All are singing in a minor key Of conqueror love and life opportune, Yet seem to doubt their joyous revelry As their song melts in the light of the moon. In the calm moonlight, so lovely fair That makes the birds dream in the slender trees, While fountains dream among the statues there; Slim fountains sob in silver ecstasies. The story behind the New York Times’ 1903 claim that human flight was between one and ten million years away is even worse than it looks. Once you understand the backstory, you realize that the New York Times story is not really about flight at all but about how elites and credentialed “experts” mistake their own failures for the boundaries of possibility. The New York Times did not dismiss the possibility of powered flight at random. There was a very specific reason behind it. At the time, America’s most prominent scientific authority, Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Langley, had been showered with large amounts of taxpayer funding to build an aircraft, the Langley Aerodrome. Despite all the money, institutional backing, and elite prestige, Langley and his team could not get it to fly, culminating in a series of very public failures, the last on December 8, 1903. So when the New York Times declared that flight was millions of years away, what it was really saying was that if the most credentialed and well-funded “experts” cannot do it, then it cannot be done. A mere nine days later, the elites’ proclamation of impossibility lay in ruins. Two totally unknown bicycle mechanics from Ohio achieved the first powered flight using improvised parts, a few hundred dollars of their own money, and sheer persistence.Buzz Aldrin book for kids Shoot the Moon (book) Moonshot Misdirection (Landing Lunacy Theorists) All has not been sweetness and light at NASA. There have been whistleblowers claiming that the organization has been cavalier about risks to human life. Comments are closed on last week's thread, so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment. But don't try it anyway. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Good morning KT
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Ia/+0) 2
I love that meme
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 11:24 AM (LmPA0) 3
$126 Billion and nothing has much came for whats already been spent, what makes anyone think it won't be $252Billion in another couple years?
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:27 AM (Ia/+0) 4
The Trans-continental Railroad cost how much?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:28 AM (JkO4W) 5
Morning! Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:28 AM (n7rxJ) 6
A relief to see the astronauts made. Ho boy.
I bit my tongue, mostly, not superstitious but didn't want to jinx it. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:29 AM (y79kU) 7
$126 Billion and nothing has much came for whats already been spent, what makes anyone think it won't be $252Billion in another couple years?
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:27 AM Many Bolshevik wallets have been fattened. Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:30 AM (4NO2D) 8
Copilot says $60 million.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:31 AM (JkO4W) 9
The actual rendition of the moon base is in Musk's mind. Possibly meld NASA into Space Force and 'git out the way'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:32 AM (y79kU) 10
I don't know if anyone watches 60 Minutes anymore, but I'm glad if they're exposing Newsom's Train to Nowhere. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:32 AM (n7rxJ) 11
The California "train to nowhere" fraud will be dwarfed in comparison to the health care and real estate fraud in that state.
Plus all the other kinds of fraud rampant in CA. Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2026 11:33 AM (AkEZC) 12
The CPI inflation calculator says $60 million in 1869 is worth $1.45 billion in 2026.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:34 AM (JkO4W) 13
Trans-continental Railroad"
Wait a sec... "trans"? I think there's a new campaign for the choo choo! Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 11:34 AM (XuXeR) 14
Lawyers, Unions and their representatives, Green Socialists all made their life savings grow to high dividends
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:35 AM (Ia/+0) 15
High Speed Rail - see the Christmas picture of kitty with tinsel trailing out its butt. See the Train picture of Newsom with Benjamins trailing out his butt.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:36 AM (y79kU) 16
So the current price tag of CA's Bullet Train to Nowhere would have bought 86 Transcontinental Railroads, adjusting for inflation.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:36 AM (JkO4W) 17
I want to believe. But I also read that we're still woefully behind the Chinese on rare earths and processing of minerals like cobalt and lithium. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:38 AM (n7rxJ) 18
So the current price tag of CA's Bullet Train to Nowhere would have bought 86 Transcontinental Railroads, adjusting for inflation.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:36 AM All the coolies were sent home after finishing the TCR and digging the Grand Canyon. Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:38 AM (4NO2D) 19
I don't know, maybe I'm crazy, but when I look at how spaceX is doing things and how NASA is doing things its like watching the starship enterprise visiting a pre warp planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 11:39 AM (snZF9) 20
A better use of our money would be the Great Gulf/Baja Sealevel Dignity Kanal.
The labor would be mostly free. Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:39 AM (4NO2D) 21
Zerohedge reports that 2 US destroyers went through the Strait unharmed.
Some 'chick' on CNN just said that Iran has regained the upper hand. I've seen this before in movies. Allah has given all the dead the ability to gather all their body parts and blood together to reform. All is lost. Velshi led off his diatribes with Trump threatening to destroy a civilization. Panties in a bunch for something that happened 4 days ago. I hope Vance brought earplugs for the negotiations. I imagine their will be a lot of shrieking. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:41 AM (Sco7b) 22
Shifty Schiff throws his BFF Swalwell under the bus.
Adam Schiff @AdamSchiff I have read the San Francisco Chronicle’s account and I am deeply distressed by its allegations. This woman was brave to come forward, and we should take her story seriously. I am withdrawing my endorsement immediately, and believe that he should withdraw from the race. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 11:42 AM (ndZc7) 23
Whoa shit. Barney Frank is on NewsMax and I have to say, his anti-virals are failing. That guy will not be here in 2027.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:42 AM (4NO2D) 24
Been thinking 2 canals straight through that Peninsula would solve this, or turnkng Iran into a parking lot.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Ia/+0) 25
Seriously, I remember Frank looking normal just last year but now he looks like the Cryptkeeper. Gaunt and fleshless.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:45 AM (4NO2D) 26
>>>There have been whistleblowers claiming that the organization has been cavalier about risks to human life.
--- Blow me down, there was never a clue, one never suspected. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:45 AM (y79kU) 27
I must say my mid-day open thread have been met.
Posted by: Weasel at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM (qdktZ) 28
A leftist living in Portland, who grew up in Florida while his father was working for NASA, bewailed the fact that Space-X was doing so well, because he preferred the old system where NASA designed all the rockets.
The fact that NASA's rockets were designed by literal German Nazis escaped him. Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM (n1OCj) 29
Barney Frank matters, why?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1) 30
Willowed, or at least should be prayer thread.
Is it wrong to pray that Rory McIlroy has a really bad day today? Nothing against Rory, but I'd much rather spend two days watching competition than coronation. Just getting to not watch the announcers trying to top each other about how wonderful it is would be a blessing. Posted by: From about That Time at April 11, 2026 11:47 AM (sl73Y) 31
Did swalwell roofie his accuser? She states in both assaults she was black out drunk.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 11:47 AM (yAteE) 32
29 Barney Frank matters, why?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1) Cautionary example. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:48 AM (Sco7b) 33
I am withdrawing my endorsement immediately, and believe that he should withdraw from the race. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks =============== And you also want him to resign from Congress, right? RIGHT? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:48 AM (n7rxJ) 34
24 Been thinking 2 canals straight through that Peninsula would solve this, or turnkng Iran into a parking lot.
Posted by: Skip --- Clearcut Houthiland. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:48 AM (y79kU) 35
The fact that NASA's rockets were designed by literal German Nazis escaped him.
A read an account by a German who worked on the Saturn V project who noted that the Saturn V project was so big that they had to change the organizational structure that they had been using since Peenemünde. Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2026 11:49 AM (n1OCj) 36
Barney Frank matters, why?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM Apparently someone cares because he's flapping his Reverend Kane toothhole on TV. Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:50 AM (4NO2D) 37
That someone isn't me.
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 11:52 AM (2Ez/1) 38
Feel free to ignore my posts. Indeed, I encourage you to do so.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:52 AM (4NO2D) 39
Resign from Congress? The Congressional slush fund will.be paying his legal bills.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 11:52 AM (yAteE) 40
39 Resign from Congress? The Congressional slush fund will.be paying his legal bills.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 11:52 AM (yAteE) It's CA... His replacement will be just as bad... Maybe worse.... Posted by: It's me donna at April 11, 2026 11:54 AM (FtULh) 41
Watching Return of the King, there are physical reasons cavalry cant charge in 50 rank deep formatons
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:54 AM (Ia/+0) 42
FWP, I see that my MiL is paying AllState 2X what State Farm charges for nearly identical auto insurance. I swear, insurance companies prey on the aged and addled.
I am going to have to convince her to let me change her over. Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:55 AM (4NO2D) 43
K.T. it is always a joy to read your posts, so glad to get here on time today. Thank the tax man.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:56 AM (y79kU) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 11:57 AM (Kt19C) 45
Musk said that he could build an underground hyperloop between the two cities for something like 5% of that $126B
Posted by: banana Dream at April 11, 2026 11:58 AM (3uBP9) 46
Barney Frank is still alive??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 11, 2026 11:58 AM (7dc2a) 47
42 FWP, I see that my MiL is paying AllState 2X what State Farm charges for nearly identical auto insurance. I swear, insurance companies prey on the aged and addled.
I am going to have to convince her to let me change her over. Posted by: toby928(c) ---- May as well go with the cheapest, neither one is going to pay off. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:58 AM (y79kU) 48
2X for comp and collision which I can't imagine she actually needs for a 2011 Tuscan minivan. If I could convince her to switch to liability only, she would be paying SF a mere third of what she pays AllState.
All my vehicles are liability only since I buy them with cash. My four vehicles cost less per year to insure than her one van. Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D) 49
Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:56 AM
Thanks. Taxman. Hate this season. Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 12:04 PM (7vIsy) 50
Noon News roundup just because
FoxNews and MS Now - Iran talks charade. One station will be covering Swalwell. Guess which one? CNN - did Trump taco? It's nice that the intellectually challenged have a place to entertain 700,000 people. Mostly trapped in airports. CBC - Liberals By the way, smalldeadanimals has a story about a complaint filed. Trudeau was apparently watching kiddie stuff on his devices. RCMP knew because they monitor devices. Where is 'Nothing will happen' guy. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 12:05 PM (Sco7b) 51
>>>I swear, insurance companies prey on the aged and addled.
--- They'll prey on anyone who is not ready to take them to court and spread their malfeasance across all of social media. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 12:07 PM (y79kU) 52
Whoa shit. Barney Frank is on NewsMax and I have to say, his anti-virals are failing. That guy will not be here in 2027.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:42 AM (4NO2D) I remember when that one fella, Dick Armey?, called him Barney The Fag. Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at April 11, 2026 12:09 PM (QCEpb) 53
In my experience, no matter who you are or what insurance company you are with you have to switch or at least threaten to every couple of years or your rates jump drastically. Loyalty means nothing to them. Must be frustrating for the agents though.
Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at April 11, 2026 12:12 PM (VjfKz) 54
Leftists who fail and get removed or voted out get repacled by more hard core Leftists
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 12:13 PM (Ia/+0) 55
Oh great. Now they're going to give free flights away between LA and SF.
Posted by: torabora at April 11, 2026 12:15 PM (KtOUo) 56
You know when the Marxists take over the President position we all will be paying that $126B in taxes, its not their money they are
giving away Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 12:15 PM (Ia/+0) 57
When you read this:
"Lori Glaze's full title is acting associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate." You know bureaucracy is involved. Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2026 12:16 PM (2WIwB) 58
This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.
Serving your mid-day open thread needs I've always liked these sentences...but I don't know why. Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 11, 2026 12:16 PM (dmDsy) 59
Eh heh ...he said pussy.
Posted by: Butthead at April 11, 2026 12:18 PM (KtOUo) 60
am withdrawing my endorsement immediately, and believe that he should withdraw from the race.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks **** I read that as 'withdrawing from my face'. Posted by: Fang Fang at April 11, 2026 12:21 PM (KtOUo) 61
Guess we're all watching The Masters....
Posted by: Denny Crane - I AM The Master. at April 11, 2026 12:23 PM (dmDsy) 62
His wording may have been sloppy, but Trump obviously meant that the murderous civilization/culture of radical Iranian theocratic Islam would cease to exist...
VDH is spot on. And let me add, to American and some Western nations ears, it sounded awkward. But to Iranian ears, and when spoken in Farsi, it rang very true to their cultural and social cores. They knew what Trump meant. The democrats need to go back and read The Ugly American. Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2026 12:23 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++) 64
Failure is not an option (book)
-- This is an excellent book. I highly recommend to anyone interested in the subject. I've told this story before, but after I read my hardback of this book, I mailed to what what I thought was Gene Kranz's address and asked him if he would autograph it. Not only did I get it back signed by him, he also included some patches and trinkets for Jr. Black, who was grade school age at the time. Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2026 12:29 PM (qBdHI) Posted by: The Deputy Chief Assistant Associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Missio at April 11, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1) 66
There’s a guy on YouTube that mashes up classical composers, like Debussy and Chopin.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2026 12:33 PM (XV/Pl) Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 11, 2026 12:34 PM (jrgJz) 68
Claire de Lune has always been one of my favorite pieces. I was surprised to hear Debussy's version, and didn't like it anywhere near as much as the slower versions I normally listen to. LOVED the deep dive video.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 12:34 PM (w6EFb) 69
On the way back from my visit with the tax man looking for a traditional breakfast. Stopped at all the fast foods; Jack n the Box, Dairy Queen, McDonald's, and a couple of others.
Most didn't serve anything on a plate but either way they were so carb loaded to make a strong man dizzy. Just outside my neighborhood is a Quickstop with a food bar. Never tried it, always avoid Quickstop food. But, what the heck. It's Cuban food, with big high gloss menu in Spanish but I don't know any of the words because it's all Cuban food words, strange liquids offered, except coffee. The lady behind the counter does not speak English, or Spanglish, or TexMex. I point and ask, what that is, her response, is Cuban. Not going into the part about the people in line behind me were also Cuban and had no idea what 'sunny side up' meant. (is this gringo a faggot?) Anyway, I was served two eggs sunny side up, two strips of bacon and some interesting bread/toast at a very reasonable price. I'll be back. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 12:35 PM (y79kU) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 12:35 PM (y79kU) 71
61 Guess we're all watching The Masters....
Posted by: Denny Crane - I AM The Master. at April 11, 2026 12:23 PM (dmDsy) Perfect. And some Canadian Curling Championships are being advertised soon. That'll be even more boring. But THAT will get us ready for Fifa soccer. The comatose state can just slowly encompass us... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 12:36 PM (Sco7b) 72
"But, what the heck. It's Cuban food, with big high gloss menu in Spanish but I don't know any of the words because it's all Cuban food words, strange liquids offered, except coffee. The lady behind the counter does not speak English, or Spanglish, or TexMex."
*polite cough* Posted by: Waffle House at April 11, 2026 12:37 PM (2Ez/1) 73
What makes you say that?
Posted by: The Deputy Chief Assistant Associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Missio at April 11, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1) Because the senior intern to the second secretary to the assistant to the acting associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate for the International.Space Exploration Committee told me that. Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2026 12:39 PM (2WIwB) 74
Drink UP
A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in favor of the nonprofit Hobby Distillers Association and four of its 1,300 members. The ban was part of a law passed during Reconstruction in July 1868, in part to thwart liquor tax evasion, and subjected violators to up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 12:40 PM (/+uur) 75
(Don't comment on old threads)
I've long thought that it's a shame that there isn't someone in charge of the blog software who could change things so that instead of late-commenters being banned, comments would simply be closed on aged-out posts. 😏 🎶You may sa-ay I'm a dreamer… Posted by: mindful webworker - #twoweeks no doubt at April 11, 2026 12:41 PM (C2uPD) 76
Moonshine. It's what's for breakfast!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 12:42 PM (+HNx/) 77
Perfect.
And some Canadian Curling Championships are being advertised soon. That'll be even more boring. But THAT will get us ready for Fifa soccer. The comatose state can just slowly encompass us... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 12:36 PM (Sco7b) Oh, well, I apologize for my liking golf offends you! Posted by: Denny Crane - You Know Damned Well I Am Not. at April 11, 2026 12:45 PM (dmDsy) 78
126 Billion for a choo choo train. You know most of that goes directly to fraud right?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 11, 2026 12:52 PM (JJA/r) 79
"Two totally unknown bicycle mechanics from Ohio achieved the first powered flight using improvised parts, a few hundred dollars of their own money, and sheer persistence."
They did it with lots of painstaking research. They had to perfect their "glider" first. They went to Kitty Hawk because it had great wind. Posted by: Ignoramus at April 11, 2026 12:53 PM (dtajH) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 12:54 PM (y79kU) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 12:54 PM (Kt19C) 82
Been thinking 2 canals straight through that Peninsula would solve this, or turnkng Iran into a parking lot.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Ia/+0) Meh. Sweep for mines, clear them all. Destroy all Iranian port facilities on or adjacent to the Strait, and let them know the Strait is off-limits to any Iranian vessel at all, rowboats and kayaks included. Escort all ships transiting the Strait with destroyers equipped to deal with airborne threats, and charge the shipowners for the service. Make it clear to Iran that launch points of any airborne attacks on the Strait will be destroyed. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 12:55 PM (utfVc) 83
126 Billion for a choo choo train. You know most of that goes directly to fraud right?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 11, 2026 12:52 PM (JJA/r) Yes! Posted by: Somali Rock Island Line at April 11, 2026 12:56 PM (QCEpb) 84
64 Failure is not an option (book) …
I had some hardo lay that line on me, back in the day. This little pissant had an odd lot bond order that was only partially executed. He went off , and started screaming at the broker who took his order: FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION !!! Dude, you weren’t going to the moon, relax … we’ll eat the commission on the 2nd trade. Strange the things you remember … Posted by: browndog at the gym at April 11, 2026 12:56 PM (issKm) 85
Could we at least have a remote for the Universe that executes the MUTE function competently? Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 12:58 PM (xG4kz) 86
This has always amazed me:
…This 10-second excerpt from the French folksong "Au Clair de la Lune" made before the American Civil War was nothing less than the world's earliest sound recording. …recorded on a "phonautograph," a device that engraved sound waves onto a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp. …148 years would pass before scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory converted these scans into sound… france24.com article https://bit.ly/earliest-recording The recording https://youtu.be/ICVtdcIIsrc?t=148 Speed corrected (less clear, though) https://youtu.be/ICVtdcIIsrc?t=194 Posted by: mindful webworker - smokey song at April 11, 2026 01:00 PM (C2uPD) 87
Oh, well, I apologize for my liking golf offends you!
Posted by: Denny Crane - You Know Damned Well I Am Not. at April 11, 2026 12:45 PM (dmDsy) Oh, if you like golf great. There's been a lot of snark. Enjoy and I am sorry. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b) 88
Copperhead Democrats would be quivering blobs of Jell-O if they read the public missives of Bismarck.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (J1liw) 89
Billion for a choo choo train. You know most of that goes directly to fraud right? Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 11, 2026 12:52 PM (JJA/r) Yes! Posted by: Somali Rock Island Line Presently negotiating to have a Lerning Center car on each train, are we? Good to know! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (xG4kz) 90
Meh. Sweep for mines, clear them all. Destroy all Iranian port facilities on or adjacent to the Strait, and let them know the Strait is off-limits to any Iranian vessel at all, rowboats and kayaks included. Escort all ships transiting the Strait with destroyers equipped to deal with airborne threats, and charge the shipowners for the service. Make it clear to Iran that launch points of any airborne attacks on the Strait will be destroyed. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 12:55 PM (utfVc) Agreed.... I read the Iran "negotiators" threatened to shoot any American ships that go through and end negotiations... They were mad we sent some through today. No more talking more action... It's a farce anyway Posted by: It's me donna at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (bdGxt) 91
Could we at least have a remote for the Universe that executes the MUTE function competently?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 12:58 PM (xG4kz) ---- It would be sort of wild to have a "universal remote" that not only changed the channel, but shifted you into a parallel world--without you noticing until something just a bit odd happened to you. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 01:03 PM (ESVrU) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 01:05 PM (J1liw) 93
I should add, that if Iran wants to be dickish, and target third-party tankers, there is no reason at all for them to confine their hostilities to the Straits of Hormuz. They could just as easily launch missiles against vessels anywhere in the Persian Gulf, or the adjacent part of the Indian Ocean. Tankers tied up at docks, and taking on cargo at any of the Gulf ports would be sitting ducks for kamikaze minisubs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 01:06 PM (utfVc) 94
Madman with machete shot dead by NYPD. Three in hospital.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 01:07 PM (J1liw) 95
They did it with lots of painstaking research. They had to perfect their "glider" first. They went to Kitty Hawk because it had great wind.
Posted by: Ignoramus ----------- They asked Henry Ford to build their engine but Henry was busy. Their bicycle mechanic said he could do it and he did. He stayed with them until he retired. The brothers gave him an $800 a year which was hansom money at the time. He lived past WWII and died in poverty. After FDR and WWII $800 was nothing. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:07 PM (y79kU) 96
Oh, if you like golf great.
There's been a lot of snark. Enjoy and I am sorry. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b) Sal Goodman. *smiley face* Posted by: Denny Crane - He's A Professional Friend at April 11, 2026 01:07 PM (dmDsy) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:08 PM (y79kU) 98
>>There’s a guy on YouTube that mashes up classical composers, like Debussy and Chopin.
Debussy? https://tinyurl.com/j24e5nn5 Posted by: Family Guy at April 11, 2026 01:08 PM (Y1sOo) 99
"A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax."
Wait!! What?? There's such a thing in the books about, "An unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax."??? Posted by: davidt at April 11, 2026 01:12 PM (Q+gd/) 100
Anna Puma, Copperhead Democrats is the perfect name for all Democrats. It's a safe bet that over half of them will not make the historical connection, but their behavior is a nearly perfect match to the behavior of their 1860s namesakes. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:12 PM (xG4kz) 101
I noticed in the table of contents that the NASA whistleblower has specific ire for two people. “How Ronald Reagan **cked the space shuttle” and George HW Bush (who I despise as the creator of the deep state). His intro mentions his criticism of the human flight program.
I think it’s mostly self serving. I think he is a crab in a bucket. I have PhD in risk assessment. I know NASA became super conservative after shuttle. Elon was severely criticized for dropping risk levels for his engineering and we now have Starship and Starlink and maybe the moon and Mars. Artemis was a big show and it’s over now. The future in space belongs to those who dare. Not to Lawrence H Kuznetz PhD, Author and whistleblower. Posted by: DoctorMew at April 11, 2026 01:13 PM (XodLO) 102
Could we at least have a remote for the Universe that executes the MUTE function competently? Posted by: Krebs v Carnot ============== What I always wanted was an Undo button for real life. Spilled coffee on my keyboard -- Undo. Can't find something I set down 2 minutes ago -- press Undo until it's in my hand again. Coyotes are roaming in the night and the cat just got out -- Undo. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:14 PM (n7rxJ) 103
"Their bicycle mechanic said he could do it and he did."
Cheap aluminum was necessary to make the engine. It had been prohibitely expensive before cheap electricity was available to extract it from plentiful bauxite. The tip of the Washington Monument is five pounds of aluminum, once a rarity in its pure form. Posted by: Ignoramus at April 11, 2026 01:14 PM (dtajH) 104
95 They did it with lots of painstaking research. They had to perfect their "glider" first. They went to Kitty Hawk because it had great wind. Posted by: Ignoramus 'Tis a pity that they were not trying to perfect their flying machine today. Eric "Great Wind" Swallwell should become available shortly and would be of some assistance to them. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:16 PM (xG4kz) Posted by: Let's think big at April 11, 2026 01:16 PM (2Ez/1) 106
Could we at least have a remote for the Universe that executes the MUTE function competently?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot ============== What I always wanted was an Undo button for real life. Spilled coffee on my keyboard -- Undo. Can't find something I set down 2 minutes ago -- press Undo until it's in my hand again. Coyotes are roaming in the night and the cat just got out -- Undo. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:14 PM (n7rxJ) Like, maybe, a "Remote Control"? Posted by: Billy Madison, Wait, Adam Sandler. at April 11, 2026 01:17 PM (dmDsy) 107
If Claude were around today he would be playing a Rhodes with reverb or a B3. More probably both, one on either side with something modern in front of him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:17 PM (y79kU) 108
Madman with machete shot dead by NYPD. Three in hospital. Posted by: Anna Puma By his description, I can discern that he was Amish. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:19 PM (xG4kz) 109
Like, maybe, a "Remote Control"? Posted by: Billy Madison ============= The Rewind button in particular. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ) 110
B.O. gets reelected. Undo. Posted by: Let's think big ============ Heh! Yes, there would be an Enterprise version. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ) 111
It was a mostly peaceful machete.
Posted by: Old media at April 11, 2026 01:22 PM (2Ez/1) 112
So $100B will have been stolen before the first train is in operation. Nice work if you can get it.
Posted by: Heroq at April 11, 2026 01:23 PM (z0fc5) 113
It is to laugh to hear that Swalwell asserted that he'd bed nothing but "10s", because he's a damn sight far away from being one himself. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:23 PM (xG4kz) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:24 PM (vl6og) 115
"The two responding officers had been flagged down by a witness to the attack, according to the commissioner. Both officers ran to the 4/5/6 platform, where they confronted the armed man and made multiple commands to drop the knife. Tisch said the man ignored the officers' commands and advanced with the machete, prompting one officer to fire at the man. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital but did not survive his injuries." Or, as Dennis Miller would say: Police suspect fair play. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 11, 2026 01:25 PM (2Ez/1) 116
Can I put a 20 on Jihadist?
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 01:28 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:28 PM (vl6og) 118
Clearly, Iran is saying "Please sir, may I have another."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 01:29 PM (qFwJc) 119
"He was taken to Bellevue Hospital but did not survive his injuries." And thus the world was deprived of the cultural enrichment and melodious sounds of the newly emerged "Machete Rapper". Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:31 PM (xG4kz) 120
You can buy kits for distilling spirits. For home consumption. I knew about the lawsuit.
Nice to them win. Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 01:33 PM (qFwJc) 121
If the Iranians is starting WW3 so that Imam can crawl out of Hell there isn't much thst can be done to stop it.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 01:34 PM (Ia/+0) 122
I just erased part of my gardening post. See you in a few minutes.
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 01:35 PM (7vIsy) 123
Wikipedia has a page on the motor used at Kitty Hawk. One primitive piece of work.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:28 PM (vl6og) I looked it up. Pretty standard stuff for the era. High-tension magnetos, spark plugs, and proper carburetors were not exactly commonplace back in the day. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 01:35 PM (utfVc) 124
I just erased part of my gardening post. See you in a few minutes. Posted by: KT What are you varnishing? Do tell! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:37 PM (xG4kz) 125
But when lunar landings start again, with rovers and a planned permanent moon base, new technology will be contracted out to private firms.
The artist's rendition of a future moon base here reminds me of some of the torn-up landscape we passed this week from the probably-doomed high-speed rail project in California. I certainly hope that no one considers messing around with the moon. Considering we know the moon affects things on the planet, such as tides. Who knows what else it affects. And if we mess with the moon, that could badly affect those things. The 2002 movie "The Time Machine" comes to mind. When Guy Pearce travels to the future and the world is seemingly coming to an end and he's told it is because of the drilling on the moon and the moon breaking up because of it. I know it's just a movie, but we do know the moon affects the tides on this planet. And I wouldn't put it past people to go all "Jurassic Park" and "not stop and think if we should" and start drilling on the moon and end up creating issues no one foresaw. Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 01:39 PM (P5BPp) 126
78 126 Billion for a choo choo train. You know most of that goes directly to fraud right?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 11, 2026 12:52 PM (JJA/r) Even Mongo have a guy in Zurich Posted by: Mongo at April 11, 2026 01:39 PM (w/O5Q) 127
Morning, all!
Quick check in from the Island of Misfit Toys, enjoying springtime showers, which looks like 1-2 feet of the white stuff for the Sierra. A pain to deal with now, to be sure, but a boon for the snow pack. This high-speed train to nowhere BS reminds me of all the graft and corruption around The Big Dig (remember that?). But OK, just say the foolish project gets completed. Big whoop. You end up at your destination and you still don't have a decent last mile solution. You have to grab a taxi/Uber, or have someone fetch you at the station. That's fine for SF; public transportation here is pretty robust. But what about LA? The city is too big and spread out to make that work. That's the one hitch no one seems to care about. Posted by: Effie Perrine at April 11, 2026 01:40 PM (b77PF) 128
This is an excellent book. I highly recommend to anyone interested in the subject. I've told this story before, but after I read my hardback of this book, I mailed to what what I thought was Gene Kranz's address and asked him if he would autograph it. Not only did I get it back signed by him, he also included some patches and trinkets for Jr. Black, who was grade school age at the time.
Posted by: Lady in Black ====== Might also want to pick up "A Man Called Flight" (Chris Kraft's autobiography) if you are interested in NASA. Chris lays out the specific steps he and others took to create the Manned Flight Space Center flying by the seat of their pants. Chris actually started at NASA's predecessor--NACA after WWII. A lot of homage in the book to Robert Gilruth who was a legendary NASA division head and to some, not all, of the Mercury astronauts. Gilruth wrote one book which is out of print--1965-Making of an Astronaut and he died in 2000. I think Chris has passed on now as well. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv) 129
I cannot imagine Vance and company NOT walking out of the "talks" in Islamabad, if the islamist terrorist assholes are demanding agreement on ANY of those ten points we've seen. The sit-down must not have formally started yet.
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I know it's just a movie, but we do know the moon affects the tides on this planet. Posted by: Clyde Shelton =============== We also know the moon is made of green cheese. Moon settlers could be tempted to eat it, which would reduce the mass of the moon and wreak all kinds of galactic havoc. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:43 PM (n7rxJ) 131
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It is to laugh to hear that Swalwell asserted that he'd bed nothing but "10s", because he's a damn sight far away from being one himself. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: ====== The context caught on video was that he was demanding that a lobbyist provide him with 10's as a cost of doing business. Worse than it appears in a snippet. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:44 PM (E4rtv) 132
Wouldn't have touched Fang Fang
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 01:45 PM (Ia/+0) 133
High speed rail is the boondoggle that keeps on giving.
Who was the pinhead who came up with this idea and why are taxpayers dollars funding it? When it's completed we could call it 'The Pony Express'. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 01:45 PM (Fbc0I) 134
I certainly hope that no one considers messing around with the moon. Considering we know the moon affects things on the planet, such as tides. Who knows what else it affects. And if we mess with the moon, that could badly affect those things.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton ====== Too late, Moon is slowly leaving Earth's orbit by centimeters every year (3.8 more or less). But the good news is it will take 50 billion years on estimate and the sun will envelop Earth and the Moon in 5-6 billion years making it a moot point. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:47 PM (E4rtv) 135
132 Wouldn't have touched Fang Fang
Posted by: Skip ======== She was probably a freak in bed and trained to be so. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:48 PM (E4rtv) 136
Wait!! What?? There's such a thing in the books about, "An unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax."???
Posted by: davidt at April 11, 2026 01:12 PM (Q+gd/) Chief justice (spit) John Roberts hardest hit... Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 01:49 PM (nbLIj) 137
Colorado wants to build a train too
Pueblo or Colorado Springs to Ft Collins Polis is not thru butt-f***ing the people just yet Posted by: Don Black at April 11, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt) 138
Equal parts risk adverse and fool hardy.
Sending that shuttle up after the seals were exposed to past parameter temps was wrong. And those who caused it suffered nothing. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:54 PM (vl6og) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 01:54 PM (Kt19C) 140
>Too late, Moon is slowly leaving Earth's orbit by centimeters every year
---- total eclipses of the sun will be a thing of the past Posted by: Don Black at April 11, 2026 01:55 PM (ZxPkt) 141
133 High speed rail is the boondoggle that keeps on giving.
Who was the pinhead who came up with this idea and why are taxpayers dollars funding it? When it's completed we could call it 'The Pony Express'. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone The same people that are obsessed with putting in rail systems in urban areas. Lots of developer and manufacturing/construction grift who kickback some of the money to politicians. And later, a lot of the street level rail is quietly removed from service when they prove to be a traffic menace and under used. Subway systems end up crumbling and becoming unsafe as druggies/criminals/insane spend their time terrorizing ordinary citizens until the ridership drops to the desperate folks that cannot afford to run a car or get rideshares/taxis. Bus systems are the least preferred from the grifting system and again, ridership is mainly the economically desperate along with the criminals/druggies/insane. We cannot have fine things in this world because of leftists worship chaos because it makes things so bad in society that their putrid revolutions take place. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv) Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at April 11, 2026 01:57 PM (onPc6) 143
A well kept secret is that California is about to get a high speed rail line to Las Vegas. Price tag: $21B. I doubt Governor Hair Gel will attend the ribbon cutting ceremony. They should have a card board cut out prominently displayed...or maybe a pinata..
http://tiny.cc/zrp1101 Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 01:59 PM (nbLIj) 144
I looked it up. Pretty standard stuff for the era. High-tension magnetos, spark plugs, and proper carburetors were not exactly commonplace back in the day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon -- Bet Henry kicked himself in the butt more than once for not building that motor. On the ground In the air Ford motor is there _FoMoCo Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 02:00 PM (vl6og) 145
Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke If you gave away $126 billion to subsidize free flights between LA and San Francisco at current demand levels, you could fund roughly 150 to 200 years of travel before the money runs out. ===== And deal with SFO and LAX?? Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 02:01 PM (RIvkX) 146
I know it's just a movie, but we do know the moon affects the tides on this planet. And I wouldn't put it past people to go all "Jurassic Park" and "not stop and think if we should" and start drilling on the moon and end up creating issues no one foresaw.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 01:39 PM (P5BPp) I have the same thoughts with regards to AI. Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 11, 2026 02:04 PM (RQvuv) 147
Totally OT, but a question for fellow hockey fans: Was Jon Cooper always a whiny little bitch and I just never noticed until the Olympics, or is this a more recent thing?
Posted by: Wally at April 11, 2026 02:05 PM (zG4BR) 148
Morons! Be sure to ask the following of anyone demanding Eric Swalwell should end his gubernatorial campaign:
"So he should resign from Congress too right?" Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 02:06 PM (RIvkX) 149
143 A well kept secret is that California is about to get a high speed rail line to Las Vegas. Price tag: $21B. I doubt Governor Hair Gel will attend the ribbon cutting ceremony. They should have a card board cut out prominently displayed...or maybe a pinata..
http://tiny.cc/zrp1101 Posted by: Joe Kidd Easier to build track through desert but only about 1/3 or less of the actual funding has been secured. Again, the point of these exercises is not to actually create a train but to allow people with sticky fingers (politicians, construction, real estate developers, mfgs) to get all sorts of money out of the taxpayer and investor wallets. Vegas itself has been steadily remaking itself into a premium and exclusive resort by pricing into the stratosphere. I don't think they want the grubby day tripper penny ante gamblers from LA. If you apply Mel Brooks, 'The Producers' formula to public works nowadays, you realize the failure to actually do much of anything with gobs of money disappearing is the point. Same reward to interest groups and politicians involved whether the project fails or not. So the grift is the aim, not success and the rubes have to pay for it. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:07 PM (E4rtv) 150
Postscript to 143: The price tag and progress to the Las Vegas rail project is entirely due to it being privately funded and government participation was kept to the barest minimum..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 02:08 PM (nbLIj) 151
It will be tragic/comical when California gets hit by another massive earthquake and these rail lines are sheared into two separated by 8' along a new fault line. I'm sure we have that all figured out.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 02:09 PM (Fbc0I) 152
If you apply Mel Brooks, 'The Producers' formula to public works nowadays, you realize the failure to actually do much of anything with gobs of money disappearing is the point.
The Big Dig. Posted by: Barney Fag at April 11, 2026 02:10 PM (onPc6) 153
It will be tragic/comical when California gets hit by another massive earthquake and these rail lines are sheared into two separated by 8' along a new fault line. I'm sure we have that all figured out.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 02:09 PM (Fbc0I) ---- More opportunities for graft and corruption. They're counting on it. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 02:12 PM (ESVrU) 154
This high-speed train to nowhere BS reminds me of all the graft and corruption around The Big Dig (remember that?). But OK, just say the foolish project gets completed. Big whoop. You end up at your destination and you still don't have a decent last mile solution. You have to grab a taxi/Uber, or have someone fetch you at the station. That's fine for SF; public transportation here is pretty robust. But what about LA? The city is too big and spread out to make that work. That's the one hitch no one seems to care about.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at April 11, 2026 01:40 PM (b77PF) There is presumably a solution at the LAX airport, so they could put the rail terminus by the rental cars or something. Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:13 PM (Sy6m/) 155
I have the same thoughts with regards to AI.
Posted by: Chairborne I think saving old distributions of software WITHOUT AI might be wise along with the old computers to run it. The transition from old practice of skilled coders writing code to the crapwork from H1Bs turning into vibe coding is going to be rough. And the latest AI models from Claude appear quite capable of finding vulnerabilities in existing code faster than they can be patched. Quantum computers may make it even worse by destroying encryption as we know it. So mission critical machines need to go offline from the Net or have some secure Non Net way to communicate with other servers/machines doing the same thing. Think of it as deglobalizing important computers and their functions from the world. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:13 PM (E4rtv) 156
Big city put in trains. they are not cost effective and every track laid has ruined every neighborhood it passed through. Small shops and business that depended on traffic are gone. Homes gone.
Best thing about them is the destruction of property values allowing connected developers to come in and build multi story sustainable housing. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 02:14 PM (vl6og) 157
The Big Dig.
Posted by: Barney Fag ==== Tip O'Neill was the moneymaker for that looting of American taxpayers aided by Kerry and Kennedy on the Senate side. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv) 158
There is presumably a solution at the LAX airport, so they could put the rail terminus by the rental cars or something. Posted by: SciVo ============= The LA high-speed rail station is at Union Station, miiiiiiles from LAX. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 02:17 PM (n7rxJ) 159
Random Saturday Afternoon Thought.....
Posted by: Denny Crane - Does Anyone Else Miss Charlie Sheen? at April 11, 2026 02:17 PM (dmDsy) 160
Took the rail from downtown Cowtown over to AA arena to see game. Once. Had to deal with the crowds to get aon board, then deal with the urban camper who pissed himself. Never again. I’ll drive and pay to park.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:20 PM (3Ope8) 161
Re Vegas Train,
March 2026 LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Brightline West has confirmed to FOX5 that it is still waiting on a $6 billion federal loan needed to fund construction of its planned high-speed rail line connecting Las Vegas to Southern California. The company told investors it is simultaneously pursuing a $4 billion loan from a banking consortium. Brightline says surveying work has been completed along the entire route. Brightline did not provide additional updates on construction progress or a timeline when contacted by FOX5. And now the completion has slipped to 2029 and the cost is now estimated at 21 Billion. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:21 PM (E4rtv) 162
I know it's just a movie, but we do know the moon affects the tides on this planet. And I wouldn't put it past people to go all "Jurassic Park" and "not stop and think if we should" and start drilling on the moon and end up creating issues no one foresaw. Posted by: Clyde Shelton It'll be the Whalers on the Moon that'll mess us up* * "Futurama" -- https://youtu.be/U8V2U7vTys0 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 02:21 PM (xG4kz) 163
146 I know it's just a movie, but we do know the moon affects the tides on this planet. And I wouldn't put it past people to go all "Jurassic Park" and "not stop and think if we should" and start drilling on the moon and end up creating issues no one foresaw.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 01:39 PM (P5BPp) I have the same thoughts with regards to AI. Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 11, 2026 02:04 PM (RQvuv) GenAI flips that formulation on its head, where people don't stop to think if they *could*. It gives the illusion of ability. The second example that comes to mind is "vibe coding," where non-programmers don't know to insist on security, let alone how to vet it. But even setting the technical examples aside, what really sticks out for me is the Ghibli fad and how DHS stepped on its dick with a cutesy-fied image of an illegal alien thugette who ugly-cried when she was rightfully cuffed. Although we all deal with humans, doing Public Relations professionally still has elements of expertise that is not granted by the ability to generate an image. And that wasn't technical at all. Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:26 PM (Sy6m/) 164
Gardening/Home/Nature thread is up
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:39 PM (Sy6m/) 165
I was a witness at the Northridge earthquake when it hit. I was stopped at left turn light and when my vehicle went airborne I thought somebody plowed into me from behind. Then I saw the 6' swells rolling down the asphalt road in both directions.
Certainly an event where we have no control or contingency. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 02:41 PM (Fbc0I) 166
Madman with machete shot dead by NYPD. Three in hospital.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 01:07 PM Sounds like stabbings are popular this weekend. Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol A MASS ST*BBING EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE OVERNIGHT IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH NC. AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED WITH ST*B WOUNDS Please pray for the victims, we DO NOT have to keep living like this!!! 7:26 AM - Apr 11, 2026 X video: https://bit.ly/4tb33H2 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 02:43 PM (P5BPp) 167
But the good news is it will take 50 billion years on estimate and the sun will envelop Earth and the Moon in 5-6 billion years making it a moot point.
*********** 5-6 BILLION years? Whew! Thank goodness! At first glance I read that as 5-6 MILLION years, which had me worried. Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2026 02:55 PM (qgHp7) 168
I have the same thoughts with regards to AI.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 11, 2026 02:04 PM Watched this earlier this week. About threw up. Made me wish I was closer to death so I would not have to be around to see how AI destroys civilization. "AI Will Take Art, Then Jobs, Then Everything Else" - Tristan Harris YouTube: https://bit.ly/4tGK46T I am also a 50-year old white male engineer. Lowest on the totem pole when it comes to "diversity". Likely need to work for 15 more years before I can think about retiring. Considering they are already pushing use of AI in my workplace (auto industry, engineering), I have a feeling I will be screwed within the next 5 years. Then going to be shit out of luck trying to compete to get a job with fraudulent H-1Bs and offshoring to fraudulent cheap labor in third world countries. I already was screwed over due to that 2 years ago when I was 48. Stellantis cut 400 of us and replaced us with offshoring to retards in India with fraudulent degrees and CVs. I was lucky to get back in as contract for less salary, because I had people work to get me back in. But I can't count on that anywhere else. Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 02:57 PM (P5BPp) 169
Although we all deal with humans, doing Public Relations professionally still has elements of expertise that is not granted by the ability to generate an image. And that wasn't technical at all.
Posted by: SciVo ==== SciVo, figured out a possible career path to someone good with maths. Forensic accountant. And find a decent independent trial lawyer to work with and you can make bank with fraud. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (E4rtv) 170
Decline is a choice.
We don't have to live like this. Those who would force all the world's dysfunctions on us are no longer our countrymen. Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (Sy6m/) 171
5-6 BILLION years? Whew! Thank goodness! At first glance I read that as 5-6 MILLION years, which had me worried.
Posted by: muldoon ===== Cheer up, Earf may or may not be habitable or have a civilization by 5-6 million years for a variety of reasons--vulcanism, asteroid strike, nuclear war, or even the Sun burping etc. Far less if you believe the globull warming crowd--according to them twenty years ago or so, we are already dead. Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv) 172
I was a witness at the Northridge earthquake when it hit. I was stopped at left turn light and when my vehicle went airborne I thought somebody plowed into me from behind. Then I saw the 6' swells rolling down the asphalt road in both directions.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone I was in my office when the 6.8 2001 Nisqually earthquake hit. The hung ceiling came down on my head. Ran out into the cubical space and saw the line of cubicle walls undulating like I was on a boat. Scary stuff. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 03:02 PM (abIsI) 173
Far less if you believe the globull warming crowd--according to them twenty years ago or so, we are already dead.
Posted by: whig According to new NASA data, Erf has cooled .3C over the last two years. Prepare for global cooling again. Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 03:05 PM (abIsI) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 03:07 PM (vl6og) 175
SciVo, figured out a possible career path to someone good with maths. Forensic accountant. And find a decent independent trial lawyer to work with and you can make bank with fraud.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (E4rtv) Thanks! That sounds perfect. I always had an interest in forensic , since I love solving puzzles, and contested tasks against other humans are the hardest. As an aside, this is why I do not see actual synthetic cognition coming in this century, because LLMs cannot be iterated into something capable of seeing through active deception. But plenty of routine tasks can be automated. The safest, I think, will be professions with legal liability attached, where they will need a human to attest that something is correct so that someone can be held accountable if it isn't, and the intersection of accounting and justice more than fits the bill. Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 03:09 PM (Sy6m/) 176
Seen a few videos, watched 1, about protests in England and Scotland with proBritish ragd over illegals
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 03:11 PM (Ia/+0) 177
That was "an interest in forensic fill-in-the-blank," but I used diagonal brackets, and apparently anything remotely resembling a possible HTML tag is stripped. Good to know!
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 03:13 PM (Sy6m/) 178
5-6 BILLION years? Whew! Thank goodness! At first glance I read that as 5-6 MILLION years, which had me worried.
Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2026 02:55 PM Skipper Penguin: We should be up and running in 6 to 9 months. Alex the Lion: 69 months!?! Skipper Penguin. No. 6 TO 9 months. YouTube: https://bit.ly/41t3f8j Posted by: Madagascar 2 at April 11, 2026 03:16 PM (P5BPp) 179
Everyone knows what "Clair de Lune" is really about: robbing three Las Vegas casinos at once.
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I am also a 50-year old white male engineer. Lowest on the totem pole when it comes to "diversity". Likely need to work for 15 more years before I can think about retiring. Considering they are already pushing use of AI in my workplace (auto industry, engineering), I have a feeling I will be screwed within the next 5 years. Then going to be shit out of luck trying to compete to get a job with fraudulent H-1Bs and offshoring to fraudulent cheap labor in third world countries.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 02:57 PM (P5BPp) I think that "AI" (a meaningless marketing term that does not mean synthetic cognition) is not really capable of actual logic. It can do software engineering, because that comes in the form of text, and it has tons of examples to use of how characters should be assembled in different contexts. Plus, the programmers of the AI understand the task that they are programming it do, which is computer programming, since that's what they do themselves; so they can readily code improvements for how it uses its training. Any other engineering, I do not think it will really be capable of in this century, though it could fool a manager I guess. Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 03:23 PM (Sy6m/) 181
...I already was screwed over due to that 2 years ago when I was 48. Stellantis cut 400 of us and replaced us with offshoring to retards in India with fraudulent degrees and CVs. I was lucky to get back in as contract for less salary, because I had people work to get me back in. But I can't count on that anywhere else.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 02:57 PM (P5BPp) I'm sorry to hear that Clyde. Take heart, you're a good egg and that will be recognized wherever you end up. Or so I pray. I'm several multiples of 29 years old and retired from the Hi-tech defense industry over a decade ago, before any of this shit started to hit. Thankfully. In the long run I trust that nemesis will reward their hubris (hopefully without catastrophic collateral damage to normal people like us). Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 11, 2026 04:15 PM (1hAWw) 182
Reward their hubris good and hard, I meant to add.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 11, 2026 04:16 PM (1hAWw) 183
It's nice to see a lot of the defense shit I help create is still in service and kicking ass. Nothing but the best for our war fighters.
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