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On The First Day After Christmas My True Love Gave To Me: An ONT!
Hello everyone! Hope y'all had a happy Christmas.
See No Evil
The depravity the contemporary Left willfully overlooks
Now, accusing your neighbor of being a moral degenerate is generally frowned upon. For good reason. In the real world, we still need to live together peacefully. And anyway, my liberal acquaintances and friends are delightful people. It is because my liberal friends are delightful people that I must assume they are being willfully blind to the numerous depravities of the contemporary Left. Indeed, one of the biggest clues that Democrats are increasingly uneasy about the morality of progressive social policies is the pervasive use of euphemisms. Take what is perhaps the most pernicious Orwellian phrase in American life: “gender-affirmation care.” Though Google AI assures me the process “helps people live as their authentic gender, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth,” I suspect most normies don’t really buy into this rubbish. Your “authentic” gender is the one you’re born with, as we all know, which is no more “assigned” to you than your IQ or hair color. We have no obligation to deny objective truths. You are, of course, free to disagree with me. No one is stopping you from seeking out “gender-affirmation care.” But one of the duties of a civilized people is protecting children from violence. If you tolerate children being subjected to needless life-altering surgery and synthetic drugs that destroy their development, you are abetting state-sanctioned child abuse. It is evil, no matter how benign its official description.I don't get it myself, but I'm not sure what it is with liberals. Take the trans issue for example. I'm told that these people need to be given drugs or surgery because the stress of “living in the wrong body” is such that many of them will attempt suicide. Wow. That sounds serious. So I look up the stats, and lo and behold it seems that 40% of those who mutilate their bodies in the name of “affirming” their gender later attempt suicide. Whoa. Looks like the mutilation isn't solving the problem. Maybe there's something else going on. How hard is that? But for these hardliner libs, and I'm not talking about activists, just normal libs, treat any questioning of the narrative as heresy. Why? Group think? Tribal identification? I'm really not sure.
Buh-Bye
Homan Threatens Funding for States that Impede Deportation — ‘That’s Going to Happen’
“They can beat their chest to be sanctuary cities all they want,” he continued. “They’re part of the United States, whether they like it or not. This is a federal issue. Even the governor of Texas, he’s the one trying to enforce federal law against the Biden administration that won’t. But these states, much like the Confederacy, they want to go on their own, they want to do their own thing. To me, you’ve got a powerful weapon among others, which is, OK, no federal funds. Boom. Last thoughts.” “And that’s going to happen,” Homan replied. “I guarantee you, President Trump will do that. But secondly, this administration has turned this world upside down, so now I’m being attacked, right? I’ve got death threats. My family is not even living in my home right now. So all of a sudden, the guys who want to enforce the law are the bad guys; the guys who break the law are the victims. And for those mayors and those governors who say they’re going to stop me from — and stop ICE from doing their job, stop me from doing this job, listen to the Laken Riley tape.”I sincerely hope that this isn't all bukkake theater. I know what I said.
Tonight's Question
Bye Bye Base How Democrats Lost Their Base and Their Message
In each campaign, win or lose, Mr. Trump made major inroads among longtime Democratic voters. First, it was the Northern white working class. Then, it was Hispanic and Asian voters in 2020. Finally, it was young voters and, to a lesser extent, Black voters. In each case, Mr. Trump’s gains went far beyond what Democrats had ever imagined.The question is, is this a Trump specific pattern, or will the right be able to keep some of those voters in '26 and beyond?
Even at the times Mr. Trump made relatively few gains — say, among Hispanic voters in 2016 or Black voters in 2020 — Democrats nonetheless underperformed. In 2016, despite a campaign dominated by Mr. Trump’s inflammatory comments about immigrants and Mexicans, Hillary Clinton failed to improve over Barack Obama’s performance among Hispanic voters. Democrats then lost ground among them in 2018. Similarly, Democratic support among Black voters fell in 2020, and the Black share of the electorate declined as well, despite the outpouring of activism in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Black turnout then slipped yet again in 2022.
The overarching pattern is clear. In election after election, Democrats underperformed among traditional Democratic constituencies during the Trump era. Sometimes, it was merely a failure to capitalize on his unpopularity. Other times, it was a staggering decline in support. Together, it has shattered Democratic dreams of building a new majority with the rise of a new generation of young and nonwhite voters.
This overarching pattern requires an overarching explanation: Mr. Trump’s populist conservatism corroded the foundations of the Democratic Party’s appeal. It tapped into many of the issues and themes that once made these voters Democrats.
While the damage was mostly concealed by Mr. Trump’s unpopularity, the backlash to his norm-shattering presidency drew the Democratic Party even further from its traditional roots. The extent of that damage is now clear.
Musical Interlude
This one is a link because I don't know how to download videos from Instagram
Get Off My Lawn 50 Times Old People Were Completely And Totally Inappropriate On The Internet This Year
The Enemy Within Tearing Leviathan Apart
First, on Day 1 of his second term, Trump must fire via his Reduction in Force authority 200,000 federal employees, preferably at the GS-12 and 13 levels. Of course the federal employee unions, which should cease to exist, will sue for a stay. That case will likely wind its way through the courts for 18 months or so (unless the Supreme Court fast tracks it). But once it reaches the SCOTUS, the fundamental question to be asked is: can the head of the Executive Branch, the duly elected President of the US, hire or fire whoever he pleases as per the Constitution? Or do the extra Constitutional statutes and regulations protecting the civil servants supersede the Constitution? With this SCOTUS, the odds are they will side with the originalism of the Constitution and give the President the right to hire and fire whoever he pleases inside the Executive Branch, where most of the Administrative State resides. Then Trump becomes the Demolition Man for at least the last two years of his Administration: firing large swaths of the federal government and shutting down departments and agencies. Most importantly in that process, removing those positions from the federal rolls and imploding the buildings he’s emptied and building a Freedom Park (or parks) over the top. Perhaps he even creates the monument he envisioned in July of 2020 and places the statues of our great American heroes over the remains of the Administrative State.The swamp is the predictable result of having a “professional” civil service. I've long said the patronage system was far preferable. Most folks look at me like I'm crazy.
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Christmas:
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 26, 2024 10:02 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 10:02 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 26, 2024 10:02 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: mikeski, unclear on the concept at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (DgGvY)
And well done Blanco B.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 10:04 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 26, 2024 10:04 PM (YTktQ)
remember it lasts until twelfth night! its not just one day
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 10:05 PM (Pv3Rg)
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 10:05 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 26, 2024 10:05 PM (bIotS)
Merry Day After Christmas!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at December 26, 2024 10:05 PM (Xwngz)
What in the world would we all do without ACE???
Ace, may you live long and prosper! That ain't any other site that is like yours.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 10:05 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Ciampino - I thought my property taxes should help pay for it at December 26, 2024 10:05 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 26, 2024 10:06 PM (QSrLX)
At least in a patronage system, the employees are responsible to someone...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 26, 2024 10:06 PM (hOUT3)
...and don't get me started of the prostrate exam hysteria bullshit
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 10:06 PM (J4gi/)
You're kidding, right?
Posted by: GOPe at December 26, 2024 10:07 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 10:08 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 10:06 PM (J4gi/)
Don't take a prostrate exam lying down!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 26, 2024 10:08 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 26, 2024 10:08 PM (kpS4V)
We interrupt WeirdDave's most excellent ONT with an important Sunday Morning Book Thread Update:
I finished it. All 1,329 pages. Stay tuned for the Sunday Morning Book Thread for more information.
We now return you to your ONT high jinks.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 10:08 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 10:08 PM (8zz6B)
Because, you know... NO ONE would attack an enemy on Christmas!
Posted by: George Washington at December 26, 2024 10:09 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at December 26, 2024 10:10 PM (G5+As)
Many of us 29 year olds were taught in history class that the spoils system was a bad thing, only improved with the advent of the civil service system.
We were mistaught.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 26, 2024 10:10 PM (IlAew)
Maybe kale. That shit is like eating weeds out of the lawn.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 10:10 PM (yjflf)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 26, 2024 10:10 PM (kpS4V)
We now return you to your ONT high jinks.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 10:08 PM (BpYfr)
An instruction booklet?
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 10:11 PM (0eaVi)
avocados
Posted by: Don Black
Good call.
My answer: escargot. It's a chunk of foam rubber soaked in butter and garlic. Just have spaghetti aglio e olio, or some other actual food soaked in butter and garlic, instead.
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 10:11 PM (DgGvY)
Because, you know... NO ONE would attack an enemy on Christmas!
Posted by: George Washington at December 26, 2024 10:09 PM (QAkQ3)
December 25th isn't Christmas Day in either Russia or Ukraine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 10:11 PM (8zz6B)
Having lived many many years in the South, I hate pine straw. Twice when I opened a bale of pine straw there were snakes in the bale.
Nope, didn't do that again.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 10:11 PM (3ek7K)
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You read a Stephen King novel?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 26, 2024 10:10 PM (kpS4V)
Ace Movie review...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 10:11 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Latvian Orthodox at December 26, 2024 10:11 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Pete Seria at December 26, 2024 10:12 PM (7ZQe3)
This is Trump specific.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 10:12 PM (yjflf)
Kale sucks.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 10:12 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 10:12 PM (J4gi/)
that's a great answer! they. are. terrible!
also frog legs and I would say crab legs tbh. loads of work and not that great
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 10:12 PM (Pv3Rg)
Posted by: tankdemon
* golf clap *
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 10:12 PM (DgGvY)
We were mistaught.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 26, 2024 10:10 PM (IlAew)
And the public school teachers peddling that shit are members of the Teachers Union. Coincidence? Haw.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (8zz6B)
Studies have shown for years that "transgender" people who mutilate their bodies are no less depressed and no less suicidal after surgery.
After all, you don't really change genders by having the surgery, and realizing that you've mutiliated yourself for no reason doesn't help your emotional equilibrium.
I read a thing a few months ago when a tranny was sitting next to a table of 20-something women, who were effortlessly discussing jobs and clothes and boyfriends, and was absolutely consumed with rage realizing that he could never, ever, pretend to be 1% as feminine as these women so effortlessly were.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: TRex at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (7fFhw)
Posted by: Latvian Orthodox at December 26, 2024 10:11 PM (G5+As)
Come on... this is the Left... don't let actual FACTS get in the way of moral outrage!!!!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (+VovS)
Maybe kale. That shit is like eating weeds out of the lawn.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 10:10 PM (yjflf)
Kale. Definitely kale.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (IlAew)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Soothsayer
"You're going to feel a little prick. . . "
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (WXNFJ)
Now I have two pear trees. It's too early to plant them, so I've moved them to the garage. The partridges are pooping on the truck.
I learned from last year and released the two turtle doves into the back yard, where the local red-tailed hawks will make a snack of them.
Clearing space in the freezer for the French Hens.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Twelve nightmarish days, day 2 at December 26, 2024 10:14 PM (rlxnV)
>>We were mistaught.
The same people also taught us tariffs were bad when this country was founded and built on tariffs.
Lots of unlearning needs to happen.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 10:14 PM (LkLld)
Most Ukas do as well - they celebrate at the end of Christmas season for us - Jan 6 - which is Epiphany for us (or three kings day)
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 10:15 PM (Pv3Rg)
January 7th, which is December 25th under the old calendar.
A quarter of Ukraine celebrated January 7th as well, until Zelensky banned that.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 26, 2024 10:15 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 10:15 PM (Pv3Rg)
Posted by: Soothsayer
"You're going to feel a little prick. . . "
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (WXNFJ)
And thus began the Political rise, of Barry Soetero.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 10:15 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 26, 2024 10:15 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 10:15 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Snot Good at December 26, 2024 10:15 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 10:16 PM (Pv3Rg)
Two reasons, one philosophical and one practical.
On the practical level the left has been successful only in being completely dogmatic and hierarchical. Whether or not an individual leftist really believes in tranny ideology or not their leaders have. Challenging this then opens up the possibility of conservatives "winning" which must be stopped at all costs because history can only go in one direction.
Then on the philosophical level the left has come to believe reality is merely a shared illusion. So what isn't a trans-woman actually a woman? Well because YOU PEOPLE won't believe she is. If you could be forced to thing the correct way, well, then she would be. So the problem isn't that it is physically impossible to become a woman, the problem is that you are racist, sexist, and anti-trans...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 10:16 PM (oZhjI)
Nope, didn't do that again.
Posted by: four seasons
Never found live snakes in hay bales, few mummified ones, but nothing alive.
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 26, 2024 10:16 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 10:16 PM (ODCB/)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 26, 2024 10:17 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:13 PM (WXNFJ)
"I'm going on a date with a midget?" Kamala asked the palm reader.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 10:17 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 10:17 PM (ODCB/)
Posted by: 496 at December 26, 2024 10:17 PM (t+VLa)
bronze - bone marrow
silver - burrata
gold - Nutella
Posted by: Guvnah at December 26, 2024 10:17 PM (8k+5u)
The Simple Life Cafe
Petit France, Strasbourg
Little Westie will protect you from the mean tyrannosaurus. A big reach from a good boy. Wait for me, I've got little legs! She plays with such passion! Serenading your donkeys. More hide-and-seek with a golden dum-dum.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 04:16 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:16 PM (wZ2Bf)
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Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 04:23 PM (GSHbq)
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Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 04:26 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 04:27 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 04:29 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 26, 2024 04:31 PM (UKUm3)
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at December 26, 2024 04:41 PM (dzZCL)
And willowed.....
184 I'm taking care of my friends' other cats for the next 7 days.
Starry is an outdoor cat. Beautiful cat and she's the mother of Snowflake and Trumpy.
And there are 2 very furry beautiful kittens. Snowflakes' children.
And popular opinion is that Trumpy is the father. As the kids said, they are married, even though they are brother and sister.
Beats dating I guess....
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:26 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:27 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 26, 2024 07:28 PM (4780s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 07:30 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 07:31 PM (63Dwl)
agree fully
we have a lot of black bears in PA and people are getting too cozy with them up in the Poconos and by our cabin in the endless mountains.
they are very destructive! and dangerous. not at all harmless.
I am all for shooting bears, sorry.
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 07:31 PM (Pv3Rg)
Oh, yeah, Happy Boxing Day!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 07:32 PM (a3Q+t)
Woulda-been willard:
Amazon is researching on how Santa is able to traverse the Globe in a few hours, including hundreds of millions of stops.
RFK is trying to unearth the diet/metabolic trick of Santa, eating all those cookies and drinking all that milk but still remaining comparatively just plump.
This was answered a long time ago. Simple: Santa is a Time Lord and the sleigh is his Tardis. Has all the time in the world to visit all the good little Christian kids' houses and digest the unhealthy snacks.
Also, about the Flintstones celebrating Christmas, some commenters have it partially right. They are actually living in a post-apocalyptic future. The dinosaurs were escapees from Jurassic Park.
Follow me for any other mysteries you need cleared up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 04:27 PM (MsrgL)
*****
Interesting how those GSDs figured out that guarding River is their new job. I always heard that they need work and a purpose Smart dogs, lucky kid.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 07:36 PM (VS0eV)
Cbc .... Trump calls for Gretzky to run for Governor of Canads.
Troll level....MASTER!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (jvJvP)
I'm surprised he didn't call out William Shatner, to get someone equal to his trolling skills in their government.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:38 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM
Despite the extensive and public knowledge of their polymorphically perverse behavior, as well as the extreme mephitic nature of their projectile pooping, a couple of commentators here support penguins. Why is that?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 07:39 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: LASue at December 26, 2024 07:40 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)
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When a sock goes missing from the dryer, where does it go?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 26, 2024 07:41 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:38 PM (VNX3d)
Good idea.
The cats are in and tired. My brother brought my 88 year old mother to the hospital to get her checked out. The dog Ralphy is depressed. The cats are inside and not zoomy.
And I'm having a 12 pack which I can't usually do taking care of everyone and thing.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:42 PM (jvJvP)
I am all for shooting bears, sorry.
Posted by: Black Orchid
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We have several bear seasons in PA, but any bear taken has to be presented, whole, at a state game check station. It's the only animal where that's required. To me that is just too much work.
Posted by: Cosda at December 26, 2024 07:42 PM (SvfV7)
Follow me for any other mysteries you need cleared up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)
Don't be silly. It says right in the opening credits that they are a "MODERN stone age family." Like the Bidens are a modern crime family. Same kinda deal there. Or some such shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:43 PM (K861k)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Posted by: Castle Guard at December 26, 2024 07:44 PM (Aqu9a)
PA state game wardens are ridiculous
we need to cull our barrrr population, STAT!
btw I am very tired
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 07:45 PM (Pv3Rg)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:45 PM (K861k)
Posted by: From about That Time
"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. One way or the other, you're going to the cornfield."
"Wishing is easier. Being dragged by Zeus and Champ will hurt more."
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 07:46 PM (DgGvY)
I'd like to play a little hide and seek with the owner, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 26, 2024 07:46 PM (klJTj)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)
Did anyone have "Javier Milei quoting Hunter S Thompson in an official speech about the Argentine Modular Nuclear Reactor program?"
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 07:46 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 04:21 PM (a3Q+t)
Unless you're the lead commentator, the view is the same.
Posted by: The Lead Dog at December 26, 2024 07:47 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (D7oie)
Troll level....MASTER!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (jvJvP)
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I really like this Pierre Poilievre fellow.
Posted by: President Obama at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 07:46 PM (D7oie)
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Are you kidding? It's the center square on my BINGO card.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM (K861k)
Way late because spider solitaire is evil
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:50 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: PaleRider
That's why it works to read all of the text on the youtube still as one sentence.
"Woman buys new hammock for bear family, the dodo."
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 07:50 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM (iziT
Thigh Master.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:50 PM (K861k)
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM
It's an automatic, not a stick, duh!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 07:50 PM (a3Q+t)
'How can Wilma drive a car with giant rock wheels?'
Obviously the rock wheels are hollow and some stone age animal is running inside them like a hamster wheel.
It's stone age equivalent to hydraulic assist.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 07:51 PM (3wi/L)
Obviously the rock wheels are hollow and some stone age animal is running inside them like a hamster wheel.
It's stone age equivalent to hydraulic assist.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 07:51 PM (3wi/L)
How do you think Pixy trains the hamsters for this site?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: eleven
I want to know how anyone steers with one front wheel and one rear wheel, both soil-compactor-sized, and both on fixed axles.
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (DgGvY)
BUT, that little bastard is wagging his tail throughout that entire T-Rex attack. Bus gets plastered (wag wag wag). Bus plows into store (wag, wag wag). Guy gets picked up and eaten (wag, wag, wag).
I'm telling...Little Westie there is one depraved son of a bitch...literally.
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (dIske)
Posted by: President Obama at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (RIvkX)
Unless he talks about jab deaths and injuries, I'm not voting for him.
One big uniParty.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:53 PM (jvJvP)
She has prosthetic rock wheels instead of feet?
It must have been a terrible accident.
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 07:53 PM (i0F8b)
Hope everyone has a great evening
I have a long commute and. Have to be out before 6am.
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:54 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: eleven
I want to know how anyone steers with one front wheel and one rear wheel, both soil-compactor-sized, and both on fixed axles.
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (DgGvY)
You have a tricycle when you were young?
Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 07:54 PM (LHPAg)
Troll level....MASTER!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (jvJvP)
I think Wayne is much to liberal for the job. Needs a hard-ass conservative.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (8zz6B)
190 188 ----
Mounjaro - is that an acceptable abbreviation for Mount Kilimanjaro ?
Posted by: Ciampino - Why is ABBREVIATION such a long word?
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https://tinyurl.com/3ea8b4sb
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 07:33 PM (ODCB/)
Have you tried Abbr.?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:36 PM (ynpvh)
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I'm shocked Jim. Such a simple solution. Brilliant. A++
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant mad? at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (dIske)
The depravity of terriers is one of their charms. I had an Australian terrier once who ran up to DH at the dog park and peed on his leg, to prove to the rest of the park that DH was his. He would nearly turn himself over an pee on himself trying to pee higher than big dogs. That little shit was positively possessed. And a marvelous dog in every respect. Fair Dinkum Jazzman Louie Armstrong. Also responded to "you little shit."
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (3wi/L)
I don’t believe he was drunk, strangely enough. Sure wish I could find a transcript, as his speech was entirely unremarkable and I don’t remember anything, I seem to recall he bitched about GHWB.
What I do remember, once he got to the lectern he pulled a Colt Peacemaker revolver with about a 9” barrel and laid it down. That was part of his schtick.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 07:58 PM (JIDSP)
Episode 3. I want to save a bunch for my buddy. They ask a bunch of questions, not trivia, to a lot of Americans. Have 100 contestants. Each has $1000.
They ask questions 90% of Americans got right.
Then 80%, 70% down to 15%, 10%, 5% and the 1 percent.
It's logic, word, spatial reasoning puzzles.
I took a test at the computer company like this when I worked at the casino. White guy in a room full of Indians. The guy in charge said the test would tell them exactly how great a programmer you could be.
40 questions.
Very hot black girl came up to me shortly after grading. I was the only person they ever had that scored perfect.
Go white guy.
Still. Cool show. I do stop it to check my answers. I'm not the fastest. And I've had plenty of Christmas beer. But still.
I do get the 5% and 1% questions right. Sometimes after some thought, but still.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:58 PM (jvJvP)
191 138 137 Amazing winter sunset here, alizarin crimson pinks ....
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Chemical Enya with that 'alizarin crimson'. Wait that's from the madder plant?
What really cool colors could we get from the 'maddest' plant?
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder? at December 26, 2024 07:59 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:59 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (8zz6B)
So, we're screwed?!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:00 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: mikeski
You have a tricycle when you were young?
Posted by: Eromero
Yes, and the front wheel turned relative to the rear wheels. The Flintstone's car's wheels can't do that.
I'm not even sure what the steering wheel is there for, other than to have something for Fred to hold on to while he's walking the car forward or backwards.
I haven't watched it since I was a kid, but weren't there times where he made a U-turn by deadlifting the car and turning himself? Zero turning radius!
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 08:00 PM (DgGvY)
I don't know about a bearskin rug. I guess if it was necessary to stay warm in a log cabin, sure. But isnt that what a fireplace and a cast iron insert is for?
My mom and dad always kept a teapot full of water on the insert. Otherwise it was too dry inside. Made your nose bleed.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:01 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (JIDSP)
Posted by: mikeski "
The old ways truly are best.
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:00 PM (jvJvP)
I think Pierre Polievre is the best we can reasonably expect to get right now. And he is an Albertan, and not a damned Easterner, so there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (8zz6B)
That’s what both of them are for. Git yourself a stove AND a bear rug.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 08:03 PM (JIDSP)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:01 PM (mT+6a)
I keep a cast iron one on the woodstove. We haven't used the woodstove much this year. We haven't harvested our wood, and we moved in here in late October so we didn't have time. I suppose I could just buy some, but that doesn't really fit my energy budget. We heat with Toyos and heating oil, so it's dry. DH bought a humidifier for the interim. I hope we do better next year.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:04 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:00 PM (jvJvP)
I think Pierre Polievre is the best we can reasonably expect to get right now. And he is an Albertan, and not a damned Easterner, so there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (8zz6B)
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However he is Frenchified right?
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder than hell? at December 26, 2024 08:05 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (8zz6B)
The farther west you go, the more sense Canada makes, until you hit Vancouver. Those folks are crazy.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:05 PM (K861k)
Is it a crack shack or a million dollar home.
https://tinyurl.com/5esj5crp
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:10 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (JIDSP)
It paid the bills and led to better gigs. And it's Mr. Great Gazoo to you.
Posted by: Zombie Harvey Korman at December 26, 2024 08:11 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder?
Actually, they're just homophones. Madder (the plant) and madder (more angry) have no etymology in common. The plant name goes all the way back to Proto-Indo-European. The emotion comes from a Proto-German word for "abnormal," which became a word for "out of your mind" in Old English.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 26, 2024 08:12 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder than hell? at December 26, 2024 08:05 PM (i0xsb)
Franco-Albertans have been an integral part of Alberta since Alberta has been any kind of polity at all. They have never been "othered", so they don't carry a communal chip on their shoulders. And mostly, they don't give a shit about Quebec.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:13 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:13 PM (K861k)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Posted by: Castle Guard at December 26, 2024 07:44 PM (Aqu9a)
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European or African?
.... wait, airspeed or velocity? Can't have both, that's like saying what's the speed of speed. Mind you Monty Python would probably make it work employing a warty wooden witch or two.
Posted by: Ciampino - does the swallow float? at December 26, 2024 08:14 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:14 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I thought he was from Winnepeg? Or is that just where his grandfather settled when he came over?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 26, 2024 08:15 PM (b294k)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:13 PM (8zz6B)
Does anyone?
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:15 PM (jvJvP)
But those friends were lost to Covid. They went nuts. I told Them they were full of shit. Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (/0DxH)
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder?
Actually, they're just homophones. Madder (the plant) and madder (more angry) have no etymology in common. The plant name goes all the way back to Proto-Indo-European. The emotion comes from a Proto-German word for "abnormal," which became a word for "out of your mind" in Old English.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 26, 2024 08:12 PM (DgGvY)
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SHUT UP WESLEY!!!!!
Posted by: Ciampino - Yes, shut the F up Wesley at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 26, 2024 08:15 PM (b294k)
Born and raised in Calgary, AFAIK. Educated at U of C.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:13 PM (8zz6B)
Does anyone?
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:15 PM (jvJvP)
Maybe the Québecois? But I could be wrong.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (/0DxH)
It still hurts. That people would leave a friendship over bullshit. I lost my BFF because she went fag-hag and decided guns were evil. Her mom was quite a good shot on the farm, killing the owls that got into the hens. But somehow, that didn't sway her. So because I shoot, I was evil.
Yeah, we shared our entire adolescence happily, but now I'm the problem.
I think she probably resents my happy marriage as well. I miss her. I doubt she misses me. Sad.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:20 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
How would Canadian national politics differ if the English just let Quebec go their own way which they're ALWAYS threatening to do? No more Bloc.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 26, 2024 08:21 PM (b294k)
But those friends were lost to Covid. They went nuts. I told Them they were full of shit. Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (/0DxH)
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I love the Canadian Police car chase.
https://youtu.be/4baX8NfOEP0
Posted by: Ciampino - Jokes about Canada are funny because bland at December 26, 2024 08:22 PM (i0xsb)
I think she probably resents my happy marriage as well. I miss her. I doubt she misses me. Sad.
Posted by: tcn in AK
People are Asshoe. I'm grateful for this place, and the gentle souls that comment here.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 08:23 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 08:23 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:23 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 26, 2024 08:21 PM (b294k)
We would be a lot better off without Quebec.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (8zz6B)
But those friends were lost to Covid. They went nuts. I told Them they were full of shit. Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (/0DxH)
Hi nurse.
Try the 16 question Vancouver crack shack or mansion quiz.
My brother took my elderly mother to the hospital to get her checked out for pain in her side. All the animals are depressed. The dog Ralphy worships her.
The cats are in. Not zoomy at all. Trumpy even went up to Ralphy to console him.
I'm drinking and a caregiver so screw it. Taking a day off.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 08:25 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)
Honey, we are all drinking. It's what we do.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:26 PM (K861k)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:27 PM (K861k)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:26 PM (K861k)
Cheers, friends!
*raises glass
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 26, 2024 08:27 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)
Honey, we are all drinking. It's what we do.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:26 PM (K861k)
I'm always happy for the Horde.
Thanks.
Game show or Japanese 'documentaries' about college coeds...
Also a Horde thing.....
Maybe for some...
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:28 PM (jvJvP)
My brother took my elderly mother to the hospital to get her checked out for pain in her side. All the animals are depressed. The dog Ralphy worships her.
The cats are in. Not zoomy at all. Trumpy even went up to Ralphy to console him.
I'm drinking and a caregiver so screw it. Taking a day off.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)
Heh. Some of those Vancouver homes look familiar. All that a "mansion" needs to become a crack shack is to be vacant and get squatted in by transients.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:30 PM (8zz6B)
Hubby and I expect the evil mfs to come up with some kind of national emergency to mess up Trump's inauguration. We are not doom and gloomers, we don't trust the evil ones.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 08:30 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 08:33 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (VNX3d)
With the lash.
Posted by: Red One at December 26, 2024 08:33 PM (8s11j)
But now we are all paying attention and we know their tricks.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 08:34 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (VNX3d)
With the lash.
Posted by: Red One at December 26, 2024 08:33 PM (8s11j)
And rum, and…..that other thing.
Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 08:35 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:30 PM (8zz6B)
Like my mother's child hood home in Detroit.
Now torn down.
Separate note....so many depressed animals with Mom gone. About 5 hours in the ER so far, hasn't been seen.
Even the cats are inside for the first time in 3 months....ughhhh.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:37 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:26 PM (K861k)
Cheers, friends!
*raises glass
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
How about coffee? I'm drinking coffee. No booze at work, those jerks.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 08:39 PM (C26rB)
Enjoy your 'day off' while you can!
I slept so well, while hubby was in hospital. Because I knew he was getting good care & I didn't need to worry for a change.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 08:42 PM (YoCnN)
Enjoy your 'day off' while you can!
I slept so well, while hubby was in hospital. Because I knew he was getting good care & I didn't need to worry for a change.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 08:42 PM (YoCnN)
{{{JQ}}}
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Common Tater
Preach it, Brother!
Posted by: Cousin Oliver at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 08:39 PM (C26rB)
Eh, I'm drinking water with a splash of apple cider vinegar.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (C26rB)
Query: does a person get seen immediately at the hospital if they go by ambulance rather than showing up on their own at the emergency room?
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 08:45 PM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
With the lash.
Posted by: Red One
And rum, and…..that other thing.
Posted by: Eromero
Rum, for sure. One little airline bottle will keep them spinning in their wheels for a month.
The other thing..... I don't think Pixy is related to Richard Gere.
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 08:46 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 08:47 PM (D7oie)
Enjoy your 'day off' while you can!
I slept so well, while hubby was in hospital. Because I knew he was getting good care & I didn't need to worry for a change.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 08:42 PM (YoCnN)
{{{JQ}}}
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (ynpvh)
Hugs to both of you.
In a not liberal, Democratic Party way.
Man, the animals. Dogs, and cats are the best.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:47 PM (jvJvP)
Yea, that was the unbelievable part. The part where Fred is using a brontosaurus to work the quarry was totally believable.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 08:47 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 08:45 PM (3AwA+)
For heart issues, yes.
I've taken parents to the hospital many times at 5am or so which works out well.
My brother wanted to take over so fine.
I'm just tired.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:50 PM (jvJvP)
'The part where Fred is using a brontosaurus to work the quarry was totally believable.'
It's just a cartoon, man. You aren't supposed to take it literally.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:50 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 08:51 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 08:52 PM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 08:39 PM (C26rB)
I went into work in Columbus, Ohio very late one night to support a client having issues. It was at least 10pm.
Roaming the building, I did find hidden beer and helped myself to a couple. If I'm being wonderful for people at midnight on a weekend night, I've earned that.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:55 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)
Honey, we are all drinking. It's what we do.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Enjoy your day off! Drink your face off. Make sure the cats are safe from the elements.
I adore how you have succumbed to their wiles
Jeebus Geno sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:55 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (D7oie)
My Uncle drank a mix of honey, applecider vinegar, and cayenne pepper every morning. Made to 80 still working as a trim carpenter. Stick-built in house cabinetry.
Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 08:56 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 08:52 PM (3AwA+)
Thank you.
All!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:57 PM (jvJvP)
I adore how you have succumbed to their wiles
Jeebus Geno sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:55 PM (mT+6a)
Give me one minute.
70 second video of Snowflake chasing snowflakes. She's less than 10 pounds but so fluffy.
Brb
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:59 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Brunnhilde
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In our experience, ambulance has been quicker, at least to be assigned an ER bed. Get seen by Dr.? Nope.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:01 PM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:01 PM (jvJvP)
Well, that's something, I guess. I can't see sitting in an er waiting room for hours while ill, surrounded by other sick "individuals." What a circle of hell that must be.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 09:05 PM (3AwA+)
Well, that's something, I guess. I can't see sitting in an er waiting room for hours while ill, surrounded by other sick "individuals." What a circle of hell that must be.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 09:05 PM (3AwA+)
That was the last time I was in the hospital for what was diagnosed as a return of sepsis. Son dropped me off, checked in, had my vitals taken (and not returned, what cheek!), then sat in the waiting room for an hour or two, in pain, waiting...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 09:09 PM (ynpvh)
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Yes.
And we're not in some huge metro area, so the ERs (2 hospitals, one way better than the other) are not usually overrun with the *usual suspects*... but sometimes they are quite busy. And, of course, always understaffed.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:12 PM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Brunnhilde
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It only gets you triaged earlier.
Something for everyone to remember: if you have volunteer EMS in your community, your ambulance transport is free of charge. However, if you have a paid emergency service in your town, your transport will only be covered if your insurance determines that your illness or injury required ambulance transport. In other words, with paid service, don't call an ambulance if you break your arm or sprain your ankle--it will cost you an arm and a leg.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 26, 2024 09:14 PM (3ImbR)
My husband has Scleroderma. He's 75 and it's taking a toll on him. It's in his digestive tract. He had an attack Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It breaks my heart when he has an attack because there isn't anything I can do to help him through an attack.
He is awesome though. We were going to the oldest son's house to have Christmas with our four grandchildren but we couldn't go. He was really bummed because he didn't get to wear his ugly Christmas sweater, lol. I told him the season isn't over, so he will be able to wear his sweater.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:14 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 09:09 PM (ynpvh)
Mom always gets amazing care at our hospital. Even if it takes a while.
She's a sweet ex-nun and the hospital staff always take great care of her. She's written the food people notes thanking them for the great food. People have told me those notes are hanging on the wall.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:14 PM (jvJvP)
They're not even trying with these bowl names. Sheesh.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 09:15 PM (C26rB)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 26, 2024 09:14 PM (3ImbR)
$225 Canadian for an ambulance in Ontario but you pay $75.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:18 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 08:51 PM (RIvkX)
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punchline only
"Now I'm watching Froofy The Dog".
(Bill Cosby)
Posted by: Ciampino - Whatever, he's still funny. at December 26, 2024 09:18 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 09:19 PM (C26rB)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:20 PM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 09:22 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:20 PM (YoCnN
First time with the ambulance?
How is he?
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:22 PM (jvJvP)
Snowflake is gorgeous.
Please enjoy your night off.
When I went to the ER for my belly pain, I kinda knew what was going on and gave the nurses all the code words they needed to get my blood drawn and CT scan stat.
On the surgical table within 2 1/2 hours of arriving and discharged to home post surgery after another 3.
Not bad.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:23 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:18 PM (jvJvP)
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It's $600 by me.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 26, 2024 09:25 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Emmie at December 26, 2024 09:25 PM (Sf2cq)
When I had a heart attack my local volunteer EMS picked me up and drove me to the nearest hospital. Being a heart attack I actually got seen right away.
Then they determined I needed to go up to Providence for a procedure and that was a private ambulance. Boy howdy was that an expensive ride.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:26 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Ciampino - & I thought my property taxes helped pay for it at December 26, 2024 09:27 PM (i0xsb)
We're in SW Wyoming. We have to go to Utah to the main hospital. We looked into helicopter insurance but we aren't covered here. We can't imagine how much it will cost to get almost 2 hours to Utah.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:28 PM (3ek7K)
Yes. I went from ambulance to an ER examination table. Seen right away. After a couple of hours of tests, etc. I was admitted. Stent insert eventually. Previous time, chest pains, daughter drove me, ER, seen right away and admitted fairly quickly.
Posted by: Ciampino - & I thought my property taxes should help pay for it at December 26, 2024 09:32 PM (i0xsb)
Forgot to say Southern Illinois.
Posted by: Ciampino - I thought my property taxes should help pay for it at December 26, 2024 09:33 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 09:36 PM (D7oie)
How is he?
Posted by: Stateless
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First time we've had them take him in, instead of just helping him into my car. (fire dept. EMS)
He's... okay. He fell in the middle of the night, on the way to bathroom. I was asleep & unaware until morning. No blood, but he was talking funny & confused.
Nothing broken & they did head CT-- "not stroke"-- plus some arrhythmia (which had started earlier this year).
We're sure now it's due to his liver disease. Hepatic encephalopathy. Lots of lactulose & diapers & heartache.
Wait and see, if he recovers his mind. He knows who & where he is, and who I am. Irrational thinking and confusion rule his days.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:37 PM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 09:38 PM (17WQZ)
After covid, I don't trust any of them.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:40 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: A.W.Merrick at December 26, 2024 09:40 PM (i0F8b)
Amen Nurse. We feel the same way.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:40 PM (3ek7K)
That sounds like muy husband only we didn't reallyknow it was liver disease. He was sleepy all the time. He had some internal bleeding from it but I couldn't talk him into seeing a doctor for it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 26, 2024 09:41 PM (NQtI0)
Posted by: Ciampino - I thought my property taxes should help pay for it at December 26, 2024 09:44 PM (i0xsb)
After covid, I don't trust any of them.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:40 PM (mT+6a)
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And the health insurance & legal industries serve to encourage fraud: exorbitant prices & unnecessary procedures.
Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 26, 2024 09:44 PM (z3WOQ)
And Soprano State U, loses. KState wins the Rate Bowl.
They're not even trying with these bowl names. Sheesh.
Posted by: Puddleglum
Give them all a number and take away all their names.
Posted by: Secret Agent Bowl at December 26, 2024 09:44 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 09:46 PM (8zz6B)
On a different note, I'm really in to Pillsbury's Crescent Roll Sheet.
I've made it with sausage and cheese, ham egg and cheese. Today I used a can of apple pie filling, which I doctored up with vanilla, allspice and brown sugar.
There are many ways to use it.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:46 PM (3ek7K)
Mine was due to some questionable life choices. My cardiologist told me to stop doing stupid things and I should be in the clear but we'll see.
If it happens again I definitely won't assume it's indigestion and wait a week to get it checked out.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:47 PM (LkLld)
It's tough. But, at the end of the day, it's up to you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:50 PM (mT+6a)
On a different note, I'm really in to Pillsbury's Crescent Roll Sheet.
I've made it with sausage and cheese, ham egg and cheese. Today I used a can of apple pie filling, which I doctored up with vanilla, allspice and brown sugar.
There are many ways to use it.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:46 PM (3ek7K)
Not on the roll sheet, but on the pie filling...when you have a jar of fruit pie filling and you want to make pie or something similar, add equal amounts of fresh fruit and more seasoning (and a touch of starch depending on the fruit), but no more sugar. You won't miss it, you'll get varying textures of the fruit (and enough of the fruit), and you'll impress folks who won't realize you just used an Aldi's or Trader Joe's jar as the base, ala Sandra Lee (who had a nice "semi-homemade" concept, except she had no idea how to execute it b/c she couldn't cook)...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 26, 2024 09:50 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 09:52 PM (3AwA+)
Hubs was diagnosed with End Stage Liver Disease, early 2021. We were told he had "maybe 3-6 months, probably less" back then. "Get your affairs in order." said the doctor...
It's a miracle (according to ALL of his Dr's) that he's survived this long. And was doing well enough, really, until just a couple weeks ago. BAM!.
His kidney function is down, too. And to be honest, he's been losing ground mentally --ever so slowly-- for months.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:54 PM (YoCnN)
Nurse,
Husband and I have had THE conversation many times. We are elderly and don't want any care which will be long term. We differ from many other people, but we aren't going to burden our family if there is no hope.
We don't want to end up vegetables, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:55 PM (3ek7K)
Yeah, why does the siren-blaring Fire Engine always have to come with the Ambulamps??
A union thing??
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:55 PM (J4gi/)
https://is.gd/ZvEGtm
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And me caught without handcuffs or a tazer!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 09:55 PM (L/fGl)
In fact, I think a police cruiser comes, too.
So, a 911 call for an ambulance becomes a Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey circus at your house.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:56 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: JackStraw
But you dont know that. There are a lot of folks who live to 80 treating their bodies and minds like crap.
There are people who live like saints and die at 45.
What quality of life do you want? How much of a burden are you happy to put on your kids?
I don't want to live forever.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:57 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:47 PM (LkLld)
~~~~~
One of the first signs of a heart attack is denial.
Bad Jack. Bad, boy Jack.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 26, 2024 09:57 PM (3ImbR)
There is not a single black in the entire world who *really* "celebrates" or acknowledges that fake kwanza bullshit fake day.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:57 PM (J4gi/)
I will bet my left nut that a legit kwanza-celebrating black is more rare than a unicorn.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:58 PM (J4gi/)
But taking multiple medications and scheduling your life around medical appointments and procedures is no way to live.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 10:00 PM (mT+6a)
Thing is, I felt kind of dumb for going in, but also I think it was the right call, because I am no longer 29.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 26, 2024 10:00 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 10:00 PM (3ek7K)
I will bet my left nut that a legit kwanza-celebrating black is more rare than a unicorn.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:58 PM (J4gi/)
Honestly, I always thought it has only lasted this long b/c
public school teachers didn't want to only teach winter holidays about white people...
Now that Diwali is around, its usefulness is much less...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 26, 2024 10:01 PM (exHjb)
But taking multiple medications and scheduling your life around medical appointments and procedures is no way to live.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 10:00 PM (mT+6a)
Depends if you're 45 or 85...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 26, 2024 10:02 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Beaver, armed with a knife at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (aZxh/)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (YTktQ)
I'm not exactly living the Jack Lalanne lifestyle. Just cut out a couple of the most egregious issues.
Having a dad die slowly from Parkinson's over 20 years I'm pretty aware of what I don't want.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Oso loco at December 26, 2024 10:04 PM (YjLFi)
Both sets of grandparents are now gone. My Dads parents died at 88 and 94. They smoked like chimneys and were alcoholics. My moms parents lived till 97 and 101. They did not smoke or drink booze.
Living is bad for your health. Drink a beer, have a steak.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 10:07 PM (C26rB)
Flying Bears Open Thread
Out of control. Just completely out of control.
Comments
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Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 26, 2024 06:32 PM (QSrLX)
pickaninnies are shown waving, a Pali flag?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 06:32 PM (8Yuew)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:32 PM (PCK5/)
I can hardly bear it. This is the Polar opposite of what I was expecting.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (ynpvh)
So this thread is about a bear?
Posted by: tubal
Um, I think it's a metaphor.
For something? I dunno.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (63Dwl)
So this thread is about a bear?
Posted by: tubal
Um, I think it's a metaphor.
For something? I dunno.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (J4gi/)
I LOVE bears! Big hairy guys...
Posted by: Trans Sec Petey at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: The Bear at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (63Dwl)
I call bull.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (M6Sd8)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Leonardo diCaprio at December 26, 2024 06:35 PM (GazsR)
Dis blog sho' haz gon' crazy!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (dxSpM)
At least it hasn't gone to the dogs...yet.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:35 PM (ynpvh)
Dis blog sho' haz gon' crazy!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (dxSpM)
It’s been hard to bear…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:35 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: The Bear at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (fwDg9)
don't You People have silly college football games to watch, today??
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:32 PM (PCK5/)
I can hardly bear it. This is the Polar opposite of what I was expecting.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (ynpvh)
I was starting to feel a bit grizzly about the whole thing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: tubal
Um, I think it's a metaphor.
For something? I dunno.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (J4gi/)
Oso it seems.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (xAPJi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Wally at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (GazsR)
Posted by: Goldilocks at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (M6Sd8)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:32 PM (PCK5/)
I can hardly bear it. This is the Polar opposite of what I was expecting.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (ynpvh)
I was starting to feel a bit grizzly about the whole thing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (ynpvh)
Doesn't it get black just before the light?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (VNX3d)
How about refunding all the The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act tax money? Huh?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (8Yuew)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (wZ2Bf)
Dis blog sho' haz gon' crazy!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (dxSpM)
At least it hasn't gone to the dogs...yet.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:35 PM (ynpvh)
::: looks back a few threads :::
Uh, Nevermind...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:38 PM (ynpvh)
btw, did you see how the Texans screwed over the Steelers, yesterday?
Texans had absolutely zero to gain/lose with a win/loss. Except for helping the Ravens get over the Steelers in the AFC West.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:38 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 06:38 PM (Y6IkP)
5th OT now.
It's Bowl Week for all of you otters.
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (M6Sd
A 7-5 cripple fight.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:39 PM (aD39U)
The wall behind my desk is covered in grizzly bear paintings and prints. I have a long history of association with grizzly bears from school mascots to up close and personal encounters where life and death rested on a trigger pull.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 26, 2024 06:39 PM (3Ev2O)
btw, did you see how the Texans screwed over the Steelers, yesterday?
Texans had absolutely zero to gain/lose with a win/loss. Except for helping the Ravens get over the Steelers in the AFC West.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:38 PM (J4gi/)
Chiefs, I think…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:39 PM (PCK5/)
5th OT now.
It's Bowl Week for all of you otters.
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (M6Sd
Pitt vs Toledo. It's like watching the Special Olympics.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 06:39 PM (xAPJi)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:32 PM (PCK5/)
I can hardly bear it. This is the Polar opposite of what I was expecting.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (ynpvh)
I was starting to feel a bit grizzly about the whole thing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (ynpvh)
Doesn't it get black just before the light?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (VNX3d)
I think you just barely clawed that one out.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (PCK5/)
Fuck the "Bowls!"
I was done with all the stupid "bowl" games when Corporate Capitalism ruined the Tradition and sold off all the bowl names.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (J4gi/)
Sorry, couldn't get past the error in the video title
15 yards. Loss of down.
Posted by: Grammar Nerd at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 06:41 PM (xAPJi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (ynpvh)
Doesn't it get black just before the light?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (VNX3d)
I think you just barely clawed that one out.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (ynpvh)
At least I avoided a brown out!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:41 PM (VNX3d)
fucking Doritos Bowl....
gimme a fcking break
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (J4gi/)
Are you serious??
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:41 PM (PCK5/)
Pitt vs Toledo. It's like watching the Special Olympics.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 06:39 PM (xAPJi)
________
Watched some of the Hawaii Bowl. It was like watching a high school game. And not even a Texas high school game.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 06:41 PM (dxSpM)
Bills beat the Jets this week, next week at Pats is meaningless.
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 06:41 PM (M6Sd8)
fucking Doritos Bowl....
gimme a fcking break
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (J4gi/)
Poké Bowl
Açai Bowl
Cereal Bowl
Toilet Bowl
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:41 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:42 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:42 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:36 PM (ynpvh)
Doesn't it get black just before the light?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (VNX3d)
I think you just barely clawed that one out.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (ynpvh)
At least I avoided a brown out!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:41 PM (VNX3d)
Well, that would make you Golden, except they're extinct.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:42 PM (ynpvh)
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Happy Hanukkah to Jewish communities across Canada. As you light the Hanukkiah tonight, I hope these next eight days of celebration bring you comfort and joy in these challenging times. Chag Hanukkah Sameach.
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Fvckay-vous. Or something.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (PCK5/)
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Birmingham Bowl
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
DirecTV Holiday Bowl
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (xAPJi)
Posted by: Goldilocks at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (2UnvF)
/Slaps on the handcuffs.
Trespass, Breaking and entering, theft, and property destruction.
And we'll be prosecuting your parents as well, what the heck are you doing out in the woods by yourself? Clearly Child Endangerment.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Hate To Do It, But.... at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (G5+As)
Um, didn't this year's chanukah come to its completion yesterday??
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:44 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:44 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (PCK5/)
We need a Salsa Bowl next door to the Tostitos Bowl!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (VNX3d)
Trespass, Breaking and entering, theft, and property destruction.
_________
The porridge was under $950. Charges dropped.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:42 PM (J4gi/)
It was the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Now its the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Hate To Do It, But.... at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (G5+As)
Let the bears maul him first.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:46 PM (ynpvh)
Um, didn't this year's chanukah come to its completion yesterday??
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:44 PM (J4gi/)
Start
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:46 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Grump928(C)
That's not even a word.
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 06:46 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (PCK5/)
We need a Salsa Bowl next door to the Tostitos Bowl!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (VNX3d)
Need a Hormel Chili Bowl... and after that the Home Depot Toilet Bowl...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 06:46 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Hate To Do It, But.... at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (G5+As)
To a hungry bear, is Fauci just an appetizer?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:46 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:47 PM (wZ2Bf)
What happened to the fucking Rose Bowl??
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (J4gi/)
Think that's in January. January 1st?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:47 PM (ynpvh)
Do a "LuLu Lemons Bowl" and now you're talking.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:47 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Yogi at December 26, 2024 06:47 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Grump928(C)
That's not even a word.
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 06:46 PM (DgGvY)
Vrbo is not a verb, either.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:47 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Stained Porcelain at December 26, 2024 06:48 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (J4gi/)
It's a thorny issue.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 06:48 PM (xAPJi)
Posted by: Grump928(C)
That's not even a word.
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 06:46 PM (DgGvY)
Vrbo is not a verb, either.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:47 PM (ynpvh)
I believe he’s the Croatian Prime Minister…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:48 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Tuscaloosa at December 26, 2024 06:49 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:45 PM (J4gi/)
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Rose Bowl is one of the quarterfinal games. 1/1/2025 Oregon VS Ohio State
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 06:49 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:49 PM (ynpvh)
Same with the stadium names. I know it's an old gripe, but I sick of this shit.
This is why I love President Trump for promising to re-re-naming shit back to their Proper titles.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:49 PM (J4gi/)
78 Bunch of Neanderthals!
On Boxing Day you take/exchange gifts with others. This was the English custom prior to the whole Santa/sleighs/drunken reindeer/plaid speed**/gifts under the tree.
** Amazon is researching on how Santa is able to traverse the Globe in a few hours, including hundreds of millions of stops.
RFK is trying to unearth the diet/metabolic trick of Santa, eating all those cookies and drinking all that milk but still remaining comparatively just plump.
Posted by: Ciampino - and you thought Plaid Speed was a movie trick? at December 26, 2024 06:49 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:50 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 06:50 PM (+OnsA)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 06:50 PM (8Yuew)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:50 PM (aD39U)
Same with the stadium names. I know it's an old gripe, but I sick of this shit.
This is why I love President Trump for promising to re-re-naming shit back to their Proper titles.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:49 PM (J4gi/)
the one that pissed me off? When I lived in Denver they passed an extra sales tax to build the new stadium...
which is now named Empower after some company. Yeah... Tax dollars now used to advertise a company.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 06:51 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (xAPJi)
That's a Koala-ty answer there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 06:51 PM (8Yuew)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 26, 2024 06:52 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 06:52 PM (+OnsA)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 06:52 PM (xAPJi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:53 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (xAPJi)
That's a Koala-ty answer there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:51 PM (ynpvh)
Maybe it's time to stuff the bear puns back into the Teddy Bear.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:53 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:50 PM (aD39U)
And shipping them UPS in large boxes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:53 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:54 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 26, 2024 06:54 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Ciampino -
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Mounjaro
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 06:55 PM (ODCB/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 06:56 PM (XeU6L)
Southern Indiana, early in the postwar era, had a Refrigerator Bowl because several makers were located there.
None of this is new; we just needed fresh reasons to say we won't watch it.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 06:56 PM (zdLoL)
Meth.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:56 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 06:58 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:54 PM (PCK5/)
Since Tuesday before last. Healing up. Got the staples (23 of them) removed from the incision (which goes from above my navel to less than 2" from my erector set). Turns out it intersects the end of my transplant scar, so now instead of a backslash on my belly, I have a drunken side-ways "V"...some victory.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:58 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ciampino - and you thought Plaid Speed was a movie trick? at December 26, 2024 06:49 PM (i0xsb)
This was all explained by Seven in Fatman. The research has been done.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 06:58 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Ciampino -
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Mounjaro
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 06:55 PM (ODCB/)
North Pole is damn cold; he needs the calories to stay alive, and the fat to stay warm. It's a vital adaptation.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:59 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Country Bear Jamboree at December 26, 2024 06:59 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:58 PM (ynpvh)
How very Christmasy. They are drawing the Trans-Siberian railroad on your belly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 06:59 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Ciampino -
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Mounjaro
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 06:55 PM (ODCB/)
North Pole is damn cold; he needs the calories to stay alive, and the fat to stay warm. It's a vital adaptation.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:59 PM (ynpvh)
Cannibal Bob should probably not eat his liver; may have has much vitamin D as a polar bear's.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:00 PM (ynpvh)
Of course this happened in Russia.
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:34 PM (fwDg9)
Just what I was thinking, like that rather famous pet youtoob puma https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pet+puma
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 26, 2024 07:00 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Once more into the breach you could have a Z for Zorro!!
(Trying for the Z is not recommended!)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 26, 2024 07:00 PM (DNxNK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 07:00 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Burning Questions at December 26, 2024 07:01 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:00 PM (ynpvh)
Vitamin A most likely.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 07:01 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Burning Questions at December 26, 2024 07:01 PM (G5+As)
Fer the lova.... Do not question happy fun Santa.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:02 PM (K861k)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:58 PM (ynpvh)
How very Christmasy. They are drawing the Trans-Siberian railroad on your belly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 06:59 PM (K861k)
When they were giving me injections to prevent clotting, they *almost* made the constellation Ursa Major. When I showed the nurse how close it was to the constellation, she chuckled and said she would try to complete it...
Fits the bear theme of the thread.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:02 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:54 PM (PCK5/)
Since Tuesday before last. Healing up. Got the staples (23 of them) removed from the incision (which goes from above my navel to less than 2" from my erector set). Turns out it intersects the end of my transplant scar, so now instead of a backslash on my belly, I have a drunken side-ways "V"...some victory.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:58 PM (ynpvh)
Cool.. glad you got sprung.. one more horizontal and you could have a triangle, you could be Pyramidal!!
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:02 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Ciampino - and these all make that thingy go up right? at December 26, 2024 07:02 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:02 PM (PCK5/)
I think that's what the erector set is for.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:03 PM (K861k)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:00 PM (ynpvh)
Vitamin A most likely.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 07:01 PM (D7oie)
Uh, yeah, that's the one.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:03 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:03 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:02 PM (PCK5/)
I think that's what the erector set is for.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:03 PM (K861k)
Oh yeah, that’d work..
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:04 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Burning Questions at December 26, 2024 07:01 PM (G5+As)
Fer the lova.... Do not question happy fun Santa.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:02 PM (K861k)
What about drunken Santa? I believe he's questionable.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:04 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:04 PM (K861k)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:04 PM (K861k)
You getting all Enya on us??
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:05 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Ciampino - and these all make that thingy go up right? at December 26, 2024 07:02 PM (i0xsb)
Colo-guard Bowl...
https://youtu.be/Mu12X2cu6Y0
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:04 PM (ynpvh)
Musta been some special kinda egg nog.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:06 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 07:06 PM (cIOlQ)
You never go back there.
Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at December 26, 2024 07:06 PM (GazsR)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:05 PM (PCK5/)
Nope. Just kinda Alaskan. Too bad we can't post photos here.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:06 PM (K861k)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:05 PM (PCK5/)
Nope. Just kinda Alaskan. Too bad we can't post photos here.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:06 PM (K861k)
Never happen… the hamsters would stroke out…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:07 PM (PCK5/)
You never go back there.
Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at December 26, 2024 07:06 PM (GazsR)
I believe lil Timmy was dancin' with the Grizz.
If it's black, step back.
If it's brown, hunker down.
If it's white, say good night.
And that's all the bears, right there.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:08 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Ayla, Cro Magnon mary sue at December 26, 2024 07:08 PM (Aqu9a)
For good luck! Or at least getting your packages unloaded before 4th of July.
Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 26, 2024 07:08 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: tubal
Love Enya. And she has some lovely Christmas/winter songs guaranteed to calm the angry bear. Lots of people with anxiety listen to her music-it can help. Only Irish musician who sold more music than her is U-2. She is awesome. And owns a castle.
Posted by: Clannad Graduate at December 26, 2024 07:09 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ayla, Cro Magnon mary sue at December 26, 2024 07:08 PM (Aqu9a)
Uncle Caveman...
https://youtu.be/qSxJqU0sqyI
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:09 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:09 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:10 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 07:09 PM (PCK5/)
Who wants to see my new scar?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:10 PM (ynpvh)
"Yacht Rock" Is Bullsh*t (10:30) — Rick Beato
https://youtu.be/kEYUw2kiRfc
Maybe after I watch this, I'll know more. If I bother to watch it 10:30 is a big chunk out of my day.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Yotz rawk? Vas ist dis yotz rawk? at December 26, 2024 07:10 PM (rlxnV)
Posted by: Baloo the Sun Bear . . . at December 26, 2024 07:11 PM (qz+gL)
They are all butt hurt about Trump.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:10 PM (jvJvP)
Appropriate for Gay Pride Month?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:11 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Burning Questions at December 26, 2024 07:01 PM (G5+As)
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He NEEDS those calories if he's going to get to all those households in a single night...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 07:12 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Ciampino -
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Mounjaro
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 06:55 PM (ODCB/)
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Mounjaro - is that an acceptable abbreviation for Mount Kilimanjaro ?
Posted by: Ciampino - Why is ABBREVIATION such a long word? at December 26, 2024 07:12 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Hey!
Posted by: Baloo the Sun Bear . . . at December 26, 2024 07:11 PM (qz+gL)
Quite a few extinct ones...e.g.
Golden Bear
Short-faced Bear
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:12 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Jim, weren't you classified as NPO for a while? Not Putting Out. Get that erector set out and show those candy stripers what's what :-)
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 26, 2024 07:13 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:11 PM (ynpvh)
It's back down to a month?
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:13 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:10 PM (ynpvh)
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When I had a hemicolectomy about 10 years ago, I took a few pics of the incision site a day or two after the surgery. Gruesome pics as it was just starting to heal.
I sent them to a buddy of mine whose wife is a nurse. She thought they were neat.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 07:13 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Ciampino -
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Mounjaro
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 06:55 PM (ODCB/)
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Mounjaro - is that an acceptable abbreviation for Mount Kilimanjaro ?
Posted by: Ciampino - Why is ABBREVIATION such a long word? at December 26, 2024 07:12 PM (i0xsb)
Sounds like a type of coffee to me.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:14 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 07:15 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:10 PM (ynpvh)
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When I had a hemicolectomy about 10 years ago, I took a few pics of the incision site a day or two after the surgery. Gruesome pics as it was just starting to heal.
I sent them to a buddy of mine whose wife is a nurse. She thought they were neat.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 07:13 PM (BpYfr)
Elder child said, "Looks like an AI-generated body horror"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:15 PM (ynpvh)
Only You Can Prevent Florist Friars
Posted by: Smokey the Bear
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:16 PM (VNX3d)
Let's just say, he's none too happy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 07:16 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Jim, weren't you classified as NPO for a while? Not Putting Out. Get that erector set out and show those candy stripers what's what :-)
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 26, 2024 07:13 PM (NMT5x)
nil per os -> nothing by the mouth.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:16 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:15 PM (ynpvh)
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Yep. Sounds about right.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 07:17 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:18 PM (K861k)
One person taken away in the ambulance, another escorted to police car.
Life in meth county, Ohio.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 26, 2024 07:18 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:16 PM (ynpvh)
I don't see why the mouth would be off limits, if you could...
Oh. That.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:19 PM (K861k)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:18 PM (K861k)
have you tried electrifying it?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:19 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 07:19 PM (DJPFk)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:20 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:21 PM (fwDg9)
I didn't really pay attention to the whole thing, so I appreciate Hordian wisdom
Posted by: Moki at December 26, 2024 07:21 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 07:19 PM (DJPFk)
Is he unhinged regarding the Doors?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:21 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:19 PM (ynpvh)
I'd rather not fry the dogs. One of them is just stupid enough to make that a problem. Anyway, most bears in the spring are busy looking for moose calves, and in the fall they like berries. I have a bunch of raspberry plants out there, and they grow like weeds here. I'm thinking I will plant some outside the fence for the bears, but you never know when one will get a wild hair and jump the fence entirely.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:22 PM (K861k)
I didn't really pay attention to the whole thing, so I appreciate Hordian wisdom
Posted by: Moki at December 26, 2024 07:21 PM (wLjpr)
The Gub-int knows. When they said they didn't know, they lied.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:22 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:19 PM (ynpvh)
I'd rather not fry the dogs. One of them is just stupid enough to make that a problem. Anyway, most bears in the spring are busy looking for moose calves, and in the fall they like berries. I have a bunch of raspberry plants out there, and they grow like weeds here. I'm thinking I will plant some outside the fence for the bears, but you never know when one will get a wild hair and jump the fence entirely.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:22 PM (K861k)
Well, the fence doesn't have to bet set to kill, ya know. Use the stun setting...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:23 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:22 PM (K861k)
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We have this problem with the hobos.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:22 PM (K861k)
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Agreed. Stewed or braised. *chef's kiss*
Posted by: President Obama at December 26, 2024 07:25 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: President Obama at December 26, 2024 07:26 PM (RIvkX)
Starry is an outdoor cat. Beautiful cat and she's the mother of Snowflake and Trumpy.
And there are 2 very furry beautiful kittens. Snowflakes' children.
And popular opinion is that Trumpy is the father. As the kids said, they are married, even though they are brother and sister.
Beats dating I guess....
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:26 PM (jvJvP)
>>Two sailors on separate boats have been killed in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, adding to the event's long history of deaths at sea.
>>The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, which administers the yacht race, said Friday that one sailor each on entrants Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline were killed after being struck by the boom, a large horizontal pole at the bottom of the sail.
https://tinyurl.com/3yk7dy9u
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 07:28 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 26, 2024 07:29 PM (Gqoy+)
Posted by: Moki at December 26, 2024 07:31 PM (wLjpr)
Mounjaro - is that an acceptable abbreviation for Mount Kilimanjaro ?
Posted by: Ciampino - Why is ABBREVIATION such a long word?
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https://tinyurl.com/3ea8b4sb
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 07:33 PM (ODCB/)
Posted by: Ciampino - why is abbreviation such a long word?? at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (i0xsb)
Mounjaro - is that an acceptable abbreviation for Mount Kilimanjaro ?
Posted by: Ciampino - Why is ABBREVIATION such a long word?
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https://tinyurl.com/3ea8b4sb
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 07:33 PM (ODCB/)
Have you tried Abbr.?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:36 PM (ynpvh)
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Chemical Enya with that 'alizarin crimson'. Wait that's from the madder plant?
What really cool colors from the 'maddest' plant?
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant mad? at December 26, 2024 07:46 PM (i0xsb)
Ebenezer -- Christopher Nolan's Dark and Gritty Reboot of Ebeneezer Scrooge's Origin Story
Not really, it's fake.
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Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 05:54 PM (8Yuew)
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 05:46 PM (dxSpM)
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Another Festivus miracle!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 06:02 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 06:04 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: Mt. Whoopie at December 26, 2024 06:05 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 26, 2024 06:06 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 06:07 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 06:07 PM (iziT8)
I don’t know what to do.. stay, go ??? Talk to myself here in the corner??
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:52 PM (PCK5/)
________
Put on this dunce cap. Go sit on the stool in the corner.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 06:08 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"
Very Christopher Nolanesque.
We see what you did there ace.
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 06:08 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 26, 2024 06:09 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: tubal
If you stay, there will be trouble!
If you leave, it will be double!!!!
Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 26, 2024 06:10 PM (qz+gL)
If you're like me and still enjoying the tears & desperation of the totalitarian Democrats, here's a an ol' classic clip of Shithead Celeries back in December 2016:
https://is.gd/0m6bRk
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:13 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 06:13 PM (8Yuew)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:13 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Some more Nolanesque dialog at December 26, 2024 06:13 PM (PiwSw)
Are we for real this time?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)
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Yes. And no.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 06:14 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 26, 2024 06:14 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Tuna at December 26, 2024 06:14 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:15 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 06:15 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 06:17 PM (63Dwl)
Ace probably jerkin handles in Reno.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 26, 2024 06:17 PM (P2HYT)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 26, 2024 06:18 PM (Gqoy+)
Wacky Prediction:
malaka harris will Not show up to certify President Trump's Historic Victory.
She will be to drunk to do so. And if she does show up, it will be a Glorious Shit Show!!
Democrats, this January 6th, 2025, are going to make an Embarrassing Spectacle of themselves. There will be fake "objection!" after "objection!," followed by unhinged screeds of recitations of Imagined Hoaxes, past and present.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:19 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 06:19 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 06:15 PM (WXNFJ)
If you go there will be trouble.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:19 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Doof at December 26, 2024 06:19 PM (mw03C)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:19 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:20 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:20 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:21 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:21 PM (PCK5/)
True. But it will be Magnavox's Odyssey from the '70s.
Posted by: Christopher Nolan at December 26, 2024 06:21 PM (GazsR)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:21 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:21 PM (wZ2Bf)
He can adjust Time????
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:21 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:21 PM (wZ2Bf)
He can adjust Time????
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:21 PM (PCK5/)
When will then be now ?
Posted by: It's me donna at December 26, 2024 06:22 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:22 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 26, 2024 06:22 PM (4780s)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:22 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:23 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:23 PM (XTmTf)
malaka harris will Not show up to certify President Trump's Historic Victory.
She will be to drunk to do so. And if she does show up, it will be a Glorious Shit Show!!
Democrats, this January 6th, 2025, are going to make an Embarrassing Spectacle of themselves. There will be fake "objection!" after "objection!," followed by unhinged screeds of recitations of Imagined Hoaxes, past and present.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Some clowns are still pushing INSURRECTIONIST! a say Harris will be installed because they decided Trump is ineligible... think these fvckers will ever stop?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 26, 2024 06:23 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Soothsayer
I disagree. They know they lost. They know that we know they lost. And they know that we know that they know they lost.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 06:23 PM (CO2jt)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 26, 2024 06:22 PM (VE6XX)
It's simple. The future is now ... no wait .. Now.. err ... NOW ......
NOW!!!
dammit
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:24 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 26, 2024 06:24 PM (VE6XX)
btw, watched Fatman last night.
I dunno. At times it's charming, other times it turns into a Coen Brothers movie, and other times it turns into a Wes Anderson movie.
Too quirky for its own good, perhaps.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:24 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:24 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:25 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Things Kamala may have thought at December 26, 2024 06:25 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:26 PM (XTmTf)
Some clowns are still pushing INSURRECTIONIST! a say Harris will be installed because they decided Trump is ineligible... think these fvckers will ever stop?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Quite.
The very fake news wesbite "The Hill" just posted a fake "opinion" piece about how Congress "must act now" to stop Trump.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 06:26 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:26 PM (wZ2Bf)
'I'll never let you go.'
*prys frozen fingers off her wrists - pushes corpse into the deep*
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 06:26 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:26 PM (XTmTf)
I assume you like it… that being said.. what’s your assessment of the content?
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:27 PM (PCK5/)
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Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 26, 2024 06:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:28 PM (PCK5/)
My favorite line may be
"That bitch clocked me with a toaster!"
but Mary Lou Retton making an appearance was a nice touch.
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at December 26, 2024 06:28 PM (UHLZS)
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Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:31 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:32 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Soothsayer
If Dems do this, their increments should be frozen and their Franking Privileges rescinded.
Posted by: That'll Learn 'em at December 26, 2024 06:33 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz)
Mary Lou Rotten is on my personal shitlist. She promised that with Revco, I had a friend for life. How did that work out?
Posted by: Persona Non Grata at December 26, 2024 06:37 PM (G5+As)
the past, the future, and
the dreaming moment in between
are all one country
living one immortal day
To know that is Wisdom
To use it is the Art
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 06:40 PM (BpYfr)
On Boxing Day you take/exchange gifts with others. This was the English custom prior to the whole Santa/sleighs/drunken reindeer/plaid speed**/gifts under the tree.
** Amazon is researching on how Santa is able to traverse the Globe in a few hours, including hundreds of millions of stops.
RFK is trying to unearth the diet/metabolic trick of Santa, eating all those cookies and drinking all that milk but still remaining comparatively just plump.
Posted by: Ciampino - You though Plaid Speed was a movie trick? at December 26, 2024 06:43 PM (i0xsb)
They just jet away. Perhaps home sitting a castle somewhere.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 26, 2024 06:49 PM (ofpPn)
One brilliant part of their system was to install a new President every five years. The old one got the blame and would flee to a pampered exile. Nice work if you can get it. I'm looking at you Joe!
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 26, 2024 07:00 PM (Gqoy+)
New York City 1899 Open Thread
Color added, of course.
Comments
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Posted by: Flyguy at December 26, 2024 04:29 PM (HA1lM)
In case anyone cares about that.
I've been curious about it.
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 04:29 PM (iziT8)
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Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:32 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: gnats local 678"
Who was that goofball who made the "Kwanzaa cake?"
Lee?
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 04:33 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 26, 2024 04:33 PM (CWTWj)
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Posted by: Ace at December 26, 2024 04:28 PM (KRtlO)
A proper cafe requires a thick pall of Galois smoke.
Or rioters
youtu.be/wp84sRpM1Js
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 04:35 PM (D7oie)
Kamala: "I grew up celebrating Kwanzaa"
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 26, 2024 04:33 PM (CWTWj)
Also Kamala: "I grew up attending a Black Baptist Church."
Wait, that might not actually be a contradiction..
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 26, 2024 04:35 PM (PiwSw)
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For men, it would be easy and cheap to dress up now. Thrift stores have nice sport coats for $5. Expensive ties are under a dollar.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at December 26, 2024 04:36 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 26, 2024 04:31 PM (CWTWj)
*glares in Sheriff*
Posted by: Harris County Sheriff's Office at December 26, 2024 04:36 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 26, 2024 04:36 PM (KAi1n)
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Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 04:36 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:32 PM (wZ2Bf)
******
That was a sweet video, especially the one GSD that took on the role as protector and walked along with River.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 04:37 PM (vJ3Tl)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 26, 2024 04:37 PM (Rcnd3)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 04:37 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 26, 2024 04:37 PM (UKUm3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:38 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 26, 2024 04:37 PM (UKUm3)
If so, would it be nice to include a kangaroo boxing video in the Cafe tonight?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 04:38 PM (VNX3d)
Leading Report@LeadingReport
BREAKING: Trump to restore White House Diet Coke button as Bidens move out, per DailyMail.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 04:39 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:40 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: The Great Poof at December 26, 2024 04:41 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 04:42 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 26, 2024 04:37 PM (Rcnd3)
The city and neighborhoods actually paid people to clean the streets. One of the reason everything is so crappy and cheap now is because since 1899 and today the dollar has lost 99% of its spending power to inflation, and wages have not kept up to it. We are poorer today than we were then, and the "excess spending" that we get taxed for is far greater than it is today.
I was looking at pictures and film of 1950's Havana thinking it was terrible what has been done to Cuba, and then I realized that pretty much the same thing has been done to the US as well. We just have access to newer models of cars
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 04:42 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:43 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: RFK Jr, banninating the artificial colors at December 26, 2024 04:43 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Dr. Claw"
Probably staged. But cute.
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 04:43 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: Piper
*fist bump*
Incidentally, my sisters and I got Gibson Girls tattoos this fall. Just text for family reasons. Since then I've been wondering about getting a Gibson girl illustration tat... maybe.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 26, 2024 04:43 PM (ftFVW)
Does that make sense?
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 04:44 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:38 PM (wZ2Bf)
Locally they go for between $15 and $25, but you have to be picky on the fabric and cut.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 04:45 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: William Perry at December 26, 2024 04:45 PM (G5+As)
One young man has forsworn the modern pajamafication of society and wears Regency (among other eras):
https://tinyurl.com/5wtcrvy4
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 26, 2024 04:45 PM (kpS4V)
"The esteemed Cal State professor's (FBI stooge Karenga) invented holiday (Kwanzaa) is a nutty blend of schmaltzy '60s rhetoric, black racism and Marxism. The seven principles of Kwanzaa are identical to those of the Symbionese Liberation Army, another invention of The Worst Generation."
Posted by: illiniwek at December 26, 2024 04:46 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Piper
*fist bump*
Incidentally, my sisters and I got Gibson Girls tattoos this fall. Just text for family reasons. Since then I've been wondering about getting a Gibson girl illustration tat... maybe.
Posted by: She Hobbit
Oh my gosh, you absolutely are made for this! We should bring it back.
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 04:46 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:43 PM (wZ2Bf)
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It's wild seeing old video and photos of people -- mostly men -- watching professional baseball games outdoors in summer, and all wearing suits & usually hats.
Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 26, 2024 04:46 PM (MGUf8)
Posted by: Piper
*fist bump*
Incidentally, my sisters and I got Gibson Girls tattoos this fall. Just text for family reasons. Since then I've been wondering about getting a Gibson girl illustration tat... maybe.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 26, 2024 04:43 PM (ftFVW)
I have a family photo from about 1904 with all the young ladies in full white dress, and all the boys with celluloid collars. My grandfather has hid leg sticking out of the side to show that he was old enough to wear long pants.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 04:47 PM (K861k)
How can anyone find anything to praise in this? There was no EPA, no Federal Reserve, senators were elected by state legislatures, immigrants had to be healthy and show they wouldn't be a burden on the public purse and only men 21 and older could vote. A backwards nation!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 04:47 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 04:47 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 26, 2024 04:43 PM (ftFVW)
There's some wry humor in those CharlesDanaGibson illustrations. Any one in particular?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 26, 2024 04:48 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: DanMan at December 26, 2024 04:48 PM (8uzBS)
One young man has forsworn the modern pajamafication of society and wears Regency (among other eras):
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos
Wouldn't call it the nines, but... my oldest little hobbit has taken to dressing up for school on Wednesdays. Usually a button up, slacks, and dress shoes. It encourages my hope for the future.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 26, 2024 04:48 PM (ftFVW)
My grandfather has hid leg sticking out of the side to show that he was old enough to wear long pants.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 04:47 PM (K861k)
_________
That's the age men should stop wearing shorts.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 04:48 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Reforger at December 26, 2024 04:49 PM (xcIvR)
I would wear a sports coat from time to time, too.
The shirts would wear out when the collar started looking tatty, so I got in the habit of taking the collars off, and no one ever noticed. I could get an extra year or two of wear out of those shirts.
I almost never wore ties though, since I really dislike ties.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 04:49 PM (D7oie)
Does that make sense?
Posted by: Orson
Absolutely. I was mildly wierded out by the HBO show They Will Never Grow Old.
*just got Max/HBO to watch A Christmas Story yesterday. I'll have to see if that special is still available and watch it again.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 04:49 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 04:50 PM (fwDg9)
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proving once again that only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 04:50 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:50 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 26, 2024 04:51 PM (1FWWQ)
Posted by: Archimedes
Some smart guy said that in a healthy society, the lower classes imitate the upper classes while in an unhealthy society, the upper classes imitate the lower classes. Guess which we are.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 04:51 PM (L/fGl)
Does that make sense?
I have exactly the same response. It's almost as if we expect people from that era to speak in tongues and have two heads.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 04:52 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 04:52 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Rex B at December 26, 2024 04:53 PM (A75H2)
Leading Report@LeadingReport
BREAKING: Trump to restore White House Diet Coke button as Bidens move out, per DailyMail.
I think I would like it more if he just shouted 'Diet coke!' like Tom Cruise (playing Les Grossman) in 'Tropic Thunder' did.
I'd transfer in former FIB managers to work in the White House to respond to the Diet Coke calls. I would make receiving their retirement contingent on the timely delivery of said Diet cokes.
Posted by: Nelly at December 26, 2024 04:53 PM (bcr4y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 04:51 PM (L/fGl)
If the ultra rich or powerful pretend to be "jes' folks" it means they owe no real concern to the less fortunate, or the people they screwed over to get ultra rich.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 04:53 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos
Not yet, could just be a passing fancy but fun to think about.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 26, 2024 04:54 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Reforger
Poison Ivy rocked a 1958 Gretsch hollow body 6120. Wonderful tone. Also used by Atkins and Duane Eddy.
Posted by: The Cramps Fanboy at December 26, 2024 04:54 PM (G5+As)
Thanks; I like the clothing and he seems like a nice and creative fellow
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:54 PM (L1fFl)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 26, 2024 04:54 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 04:55 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
And gender assumptions were common!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 04:55 PM (L/fGl)
It's not passing my BS sniffer.
I have to call staged in the modern era. Possible AI.
Probable AI.
Posted by: Reforger at December 26, 2024 04:55 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)
Whew!
Good thing you stopped that list. For a second there I was thinking you were going to include sports bras.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 04:55 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 26, 2024 04:56 PM (kpS4V)
'I would make receiving their retirement contingent on the timely delivery of said Diet cokes.'
Garnish a small portion of their retirement and transfer to the cost and upkeep of the wall. List the person as a patron on a plaque.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 04:56 PM (3wi/L)
Money is not the measure of wealth. Not in this household.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 04:56 PM (K861k)
There were a lot of things that sucked back then.
There are a lot of things that suck now.
Those things aren't the same.
But they're about equal in their suckitude.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 04:57 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 04:57 PM (fwDg9)
Good thing you stopped that list. For a second there I was thinking you were going to include sports bras.
On rare occasions, humanity progresses.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 04:58 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 04:58 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Skip"
Builds character.
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 04:58 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 04:59 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:59 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Skip
It was 1PM before the B.O. got to the top layer, so everyone could keep their lunch down?
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 04:59 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at December 26, 2024 04:59 PM (dEYSD)
Posted by: Skip
Clearly, global warming has raised temperatures by a good 40 degrees since then.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 26, 2024 05:00 PM (6DCVr)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 04:57 PM (dxSpM)
Expectations have risen along with ease of accomplishment. Used to take all day Monday to do the laundry, and nobody expected the ironing to happen until the next day, and everything needed ironing. From a hot stove with an unpowered iron.
My mother remembered that from childhood and once she had a washer and dryer, she never washed anything by hand nor did she iron anything that could "hang out."
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 05:00 PM (K861k)
Those (often Studebaker) water wagons with sprinklers, that are assumed to be keeping the dust down, really had an acid solution to kill germs on the street. May have worked somewhat, but it was mostly about the smell.
There was a heat wave in 1896, and Kipling was there to write about the folly of wearing thick wool suits -- while he sat in 'tropical' silk shorts under an umbrella on the hotel roof. He did not expect New York to survive.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 05:00 PM (zdLoL)
I suppose the truly rich could hire a team of men to carry them up the stairs in a sedan chair.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 05:00 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Diet Coke was made with the flavor of New Coke. Coke Zero is an attempt at sugarless Coca-Cola Classic.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 26, 2024 05:01 PM (ftFVW)
The featherbedding, waste, laziness of the NYC Sanitation Department is legendary. "Back" and other injuries are rampant and milked to the max. NYC being a one-party town has made it worse. I left in 1988 and never looked back.
Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at December 26, 2024 05:02 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 05:02 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Skip
Clearly, global warming has raised temperatures by a good 40 degrees since then.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 26, 2024 05:00 PM (6DCVr)
Nope. Antiperspirant and deodorant were invented. Until that, you changed your shirt and undershirt daily, but you may have only had one suit of clothes.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 05:02 PM (K861k)
https://youtu.be/xggMwkGnbhw
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 05:02 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 05:02 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2024 05:03 PM (NDwud)
NYC has definitely gone downhill
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 05:03 PM (URPU1)
Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at December 26, 2024 05:03 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 05:04 PM (dxSpM)
The mob had a hand in it to.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 05:05 PM (D6PGr)
Vanity Fair's headline was "Stanford White, Voluptuary and Pervert, Dies the Death of a Dog"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 05:05 PM (BI5O2)
just a bit of the old 'how's your father' and off you went
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 05:02 PM (/7KEl)
My grandmother expected everyone to "wash" every day, which isn't the same as showering or actual bathing. And women wore "dress shields" which they changed out inside their armpits daily or more often to keep the sweat from damaging the fabric. Different world.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 05:05 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 05:05 PM (BI5O2)
Honorary moron? At least the voluptuary part. Not the pervert bit. Although...
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 05:06 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Hey, buddy, gimme a call when the Astros have won 27 World Series. I'll be waitin' a while.
Posted by: Carmine From the Bronx at December 26, 2024 05:07 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: tcn in AK
You have all the riches in the world.
Good for you! It certainly wasn't a cake walk, but you made it. Please enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 05:07 PM (/eUJf)
And America became exceptional because everyone would try to build the 'better mousetrap' .
Thank God.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 05:07 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 05:08 PM (K861k)
Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 26, 2024 05:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 05:07 PM (/eUJf)
No triumphalism here--I want everyone to feel like this. I pray daily for that, for everyone here certainly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 05:09 PM (K861k)
Hey, buddy, gimme a call when the Astros have won 27 World Series. I'll be waitin' a while.
Posted by: Carmine From the Bronx at December 26, 2024 05:07 PM (G5+As)
_________
1903-1962 World Series wins: 20
1963-2024 World Series wins: 7
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 05:09 PM (dxSpM)
https://tinyurl.com/4mxh26tc
Mom used to sing this song.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 26, 2024 05:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 05:10 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 26, 2024 05:10 PM (ZBlvI)
NYC has definitely gone downhill
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Used to be, you'd have to go down to the Bowery to visit bums. Down by the docks was sketchy too, but people couldn't sleep in parks or piss in doorways without the cops hauling them in.
Posted by: Carmine From the Bronx at December 26, 2024 05:11 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 05:11 PM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 05:11 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 05:12 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Straw hats and spats are set for a big comeback. It's integral to Project 2025.
Posted by: Arbiter of Good Taste at December 26, 2024 05:13 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 05:13 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 26, 2024 04:37 PM (UKUm3)
Definitely a thing in Canada, as long as I can remember. Pretty sure Boxing Day Sales in Canada predated Black Friday sales in the USA.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 05:13 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 26, 2024 05:13 PM (NQtI0)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 05:15 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 26, 2024 05:16 PM (NMvV5)
Posted by: Piper
Not me. So many layers of clothes, all the time. I like not having to be that encumbered.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 26, 2024 05:16 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Ooooooo! Sewing shirts is a PIA, but a skirt would be nice.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 26, 2024 05:16 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: JUSTIN FROM OTTAWA at December 26, 2024 05:17 PM (oOc/o)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2024 05:18 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tough Guy! at December 26, 2024 05:18 PM (G5+As)
I wonder if a guy could get a good Cubano sandwich back then.
Posted by: JUSTIN FROM OTTAWA at December 26, 2024 05:17 PM (oOc/o)
__________
Look at a Delmonico's menu from back then. I'm sure you could find one there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 05:18 PM (dxSpM)
Marilyn Monroe skirt lifting subway wind.
Uh huh
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 05:11 PM (GSHbq)
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Are you saying skirts were impervious to wind prior to that?
It's not being blown up, seems to be a gust of wind moving around the Flatiron building.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 05:19 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 26, 2024 05:19 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: JUSTIN FROM OTTAWA at December 26, 2024 05:17 PM (oOc/o)
According to the wiki, the time frame is right, but the setting is not. Florida (Tampa for example according to the article.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2024 05:19 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 05:20 PM (D6PGr)
...The featherbedding, waste, laziness of the NYC Sanitation Department is legendary. "Back" and other injuries are rampant and milked to the max. NYC being a one-party town has made it worse. ...
Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at December 26, 2024 05:02 PM (G5+As)
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So you've met my Uncle Tony.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 05:21 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rex B at December 26, 2024 05:21 PM (A75H2)
Ybor City. Just north of Tampa.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 05:21 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2024 05:18 PM (bss/y)
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The gestures, mugging for the camera, are more of interest to me. Even then, people wanted to photo-bomb.
We aren't any better. Human nature is unchanging, and this notion that we've "progressed" is pure arrogance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Yes, that was a VERY popular label back in the '80s and '90s! She even had her own stores in the malls back then.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 05:22 PM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Rex B at December 26, 2024 05:21 PM (A75H2)
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The sound would be dubbed unless it's from the 1930s.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:22 PM (ZOv7s)
I get a kick out of it when I go somewhere in a modest suit with a tie, and an 80-year old 'rebel' has to tell me all about Senior Skip Day. Great to have a purpose in life, I guess. Real tough guys.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 05:23 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 05:21 PM (LkLld)
Little Cuba. Cigar rolling. Great food. Years ago. .
Posted by: Rudolph at December 26, 2024 05:23 PM (8s11j)
. Rain only in the rainy seasons (short rains in "Summer" and long rains in "Winter"). Rain mainly after 3PM till 5PM during the short rains.
The school holidays were fabulous except for the shortage of teenagers. When there are 70 - 100 White families, most either toddlers. Older and/or childless adults abounded, so not many kids of the right age.
Posted by: Ciampino - typical colonial milieu of people at December 26, 2024 05:25 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 05:23 PM (zdLoL)
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Aircrew wore ties.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 26, 2024 05:26 PM (NQtI0)
Posted by: Lights! Camera! Action! at December 26, 2024 05:26 PM (G5+As)
Sleigh Ride video of the Dominicans in Alaska, shows the chapel my husband designed for them, and also Fr. Matthew, whom we believe should probably have become an MMA fighter, but who is a very solid priest. About 25 minutes of cool scenery and other good stuff.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 05:27 PM (K861k)
Posted by: Pete Seria at December 26, 2024 05:27 PM (7ZQe3)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 26, 2024 05:28 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 05:28 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 05:28 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Hollywood Fashion Plate at December 26, 2024 05:28 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 05:28 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 26, 2024 05:29 PM (NQtI0)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 05:29 PM (K861k)
Not surprising or undeserved.
But it should go to Lydia Ko.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 26, 2024 05:30 PM (4780s)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 05:28 PM (J4gi/)
We have open threads on weekends but we give Ace the weekends off.
Posted by: Emmie at December 26, 2024 05:30 PM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: A dude in MI at December 26, 2024 05:30 PM (/6GbT)
Aircrew wore ties.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)
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I don't purpose to wear them often (church, concerts, stewarding), but if your shirt collar is comfortable then a tie is no great burden.
Stopped to get donuts after church one day and held the door open for a woman around my age. She actually began flirting with me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 05:30 PM (dxSpM)
I do my part. I always wear dresses and skirts, never wear pants unless I am doing yard work. All dresses and skirts are very cinched in at the waist. Makes a flattering silhouette.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 05:31 PM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)
? Male pilots and stewards still wear ties on most airlines.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 05:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 26, 2024 05:31 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 05:28 PM (/7KEl
Except that you have to hang out in toilet tanks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 05:31 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 05:31 PM (BI5O2)
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I'm talking about in combat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:32 PM (ZOv7s)
I suppose the truly rich could hire a team of men to carry them up the stairs in a sedan chair.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 05:00 PM (xCA6C)
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It was true. In the early days of tall residential buildings, the most expensive apartments were on the bottom floors. The invention of elevators, better heating, and water pressure changed that dramatically.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 26, 2024 05:32 PM (QbIsZ)
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 05:28 PM (/7KEl
Except that you have to hang out in toilet tanks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 05:31 PM (8zz6B)
and hang out with the Ty D Bol man.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 05:33 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 05:33 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at December 26, 2024 05:34 PM (G5+As)
Stopped to get donuts after church one day and held the door open for a woman around my age. She actually began flirting with me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 05:30 PM (dxSpM)
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Every girl's crazy for a sharp-dressed man!
I used to wear ties to work, but since we've come back from Covid, it seems to have gone away. An easy trick to make your tie more comfortable is to leave the top button open, so that the tie holds the collar closed.
Also easier to loosen it if desired (such as dramatic effect when you realize you should have given up amphetimines).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:34 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Ah, gotcha, LOL.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 05:35 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)
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Notice in the video clip that there are no representatives of the twerking demographic. And coincidentally, no one obviously worried about street crime. Go figure.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 26, 2024 05:35 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:35 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Boss Moss
You could also buy tincture of opium to quiet your colicky child.
Posted by: Mom of the Year, 1899 at December 26, 2024 05:35 PM (G5+As)
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Or glue-sniffing!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 26, 2024 05:36 PM (kpS4V)
Every girl's crazy for a sharp-dressed man!
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Either that or she was astonished any man would do that nowadays.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 05:36 PM (dxSpM)
Still, I did enjoy going to casual work clothes 20 some years ago. Although, wearing a suit made you aware that you were putting on weight.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 26, 2024 05:37 PM (3Ev2O)
Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 26, 2024 05:16 PM (NMvV5)
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Is there Diet Cocaine too?
I guess snow cut with something 'not lactose' ?
Posted by: Ciampino - Florida is the snow capital of the USA at December 26, 2024 05:37 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 05:37 PM (5Cy8I)
Posted by: Morty Gunty at December 26, 2024 05:38 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 26, 2024 05:35 PM (YqDXo)
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That was when cops were hired for size and brawling ability.
When TR was police commissioner, he had them switch to .32 S&W Long (aka New Colt) because at short range it was quite lethal, had less recoil and cops were more accurate with it.
Someday I want a Colt Police Positive in .32.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:38 PM (ZOv7s)
Yes, somehow we have this idea that the past was all in black-and-white, because most photographs were and movies continued to be B & W until the early Sixties.
The 1899 New York: Many parts like the Lower East Side looked desperately poor, or maybe that's because we know the people there were poor. But Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth Street and the Flatiron Building all looked clean and well kept, and the subway entrance did too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:38 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 26, 2024 05:39 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:41 PM (omVj0)
Diversity was not IBM's strength.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 05:43 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 26, 2024 05:43 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:43 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 26, 2024 05:44 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 05:44 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 05:45 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:45 PM (PCK5/)
A black family seated just ahead of us had Mom in a nice dress, Dad in a dress shirt and slacks, the younger boy in a black suit, and the older boy in . . . a red spangled suitcoat that looked like it could have come from an Elton John concert. Oh, well, gotta give 'em points for trying.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:46 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 05:46 PM (wZ2Bf)
Seem to recall Disneyland main street old timey pharmacy had that and tincture of cannabis etc displayed. Probably been sanitized since.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 05:46 PM (EZMtA)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 26, 2024 05:46 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 05:46 PM (cIOlQ)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:47 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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My aunt, when going to (Big City) college, worked during the day and rode the bus to school in the evening. She would ride the bus downtown then transfer to the one going to the college. College was located in the blackest and one of the most poor neighborhoods in town. There was never a consideration of harm by any of the passengers black or white. Only the very needy or treacherous ride busses there today.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 05:47 PM (5Cy8I)
Me too. My theory is the tech industry helped kill suits.
Once I started working for Bay Area tech companies the suits just faded away. The rest of the world took notice and it was all downhill.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 05:48 PM (LkLld)
Yeah, I worked alongside a team of IMB CEs and they put my meager wardrobe to shame.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 26, 2024 05:48 PM (mH6SG)
The remaining jobs were more business casual, shirts with collars, no jeans.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:49 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 05:49 PM (5Cy8I)
Posted by: Boss Moss
IBM didn't have many women executives in the 60s and 70s, but they had secretaries. For a few months on Saturdays while in high school, I would assist my Dad, who was a union carpenter, install "modesty panels" on the stairways at IBM buildings all over the tri-state area. Mini-skirt era was in full swing. Formica covered melamine, mostly.
Posted by: Some View! at December 26, 2024 05:49 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 05:50 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 05:50 PM (cIOlQ)
I think the introduction of "casual" wear in the 50's and 60's put an end to "dressing" like they did way back when.
When I first started to work, professionally in the budding IT field in the 80's it was all shirts and ties. "Dress codes" were a thing.
Until they weren't.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 05:50 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:34 PM (ZOv7s)
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With my practiced eye for spotting errors in Chemistry papers and exams, I saw yours. I shall be deducting at least 6 points for mistakenly using imines where the reaction required amines.
I don't even know if the compound amphetimine is active.
There will be another quiz Monday.
Posted by: Ciampino - Don't snort yellow snow at December 26, 2024 05:50 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: JackStraw
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The broken windows theory is applicable to more than brick and mortor.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 05:51 PM (5Cy8I)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 05:51 PM (8Yuew)
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RFK is on to something here. If you look at pics or videos from the 50's, 60's and 70's there are almost no fat people. Just look around now. Half the country is obese.
Posted by: Pete Seria at December 26, 2024 05:53 PM (7ZQe3)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 04:28 PM (YoCnN)
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Hi JQ.
My parents, now long gone, were married on this day in 1940 in Ciampino.
Posted by: Ciampino - also my birthplace at December 26, 2024 05:54 PM (i0xsb)
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RFK is on to something here. If you look at pics or videos from the 50's, 60's and 70's there are almost no fat people. Just look around now. Half the country is obese.
Posted by: Pete Seria at December 26, 2024 05:53 PM (7ZQe3)
It’s the processed food and the digital age…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:54 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024
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I've got a dark brown tweed driving cap, I guess you'd call it. I wear that if it's chilly and windy, when I'll be outside for a while. It gets old having to hang on to a fedora.
As for fedoras, I have a range of them, the earliest a 1930s Borsalino and the youngest an Akubra Federation, a semi-Indiana Jones style (though in dark gray) that I bought online from a shop near Sydney. I like the older, straight-crowned style that modern hats have lost. And a new Stetson Temple, their broad-brimmed IJ style fedora, costs $175 today, whereas you can buy an Akubra for a lot less.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:55 PM (omVj0)
Diversity was not IBM's strength.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 05:43 PM (LkLld)
At EDS (Perot's IT consulting company), we had the same dress code as IBM. We had to wear our suit jacket when we left our cubes to take a leak or walk over and talk to someone else in another area.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 26, 2024 05:56 PM (3Ev2O)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:38 PM (ZOv7s)
I have a Spanish knock-off in 8mm Lebel pistol. I bought it thinking it was .32 special and I was sad to find it wasn't
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 05:56 PM (D7oie)
Sometimes not showing the goods is sexier than having your boobs falling out and your cooter showing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 05:57 PM (grtY7)
Also $50 fines (base pay for a Private was $21 a month) for out of regulation haircut, etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 05:57 PM (2RHvg)
Posted by: Pete Seria at December 26, 2024
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After the Christmas caroling at Linda's church last weekend, we gathered in the cafeteria for some cocoa and cookies. I'd estimate that more than half of the people there were obese. It was such a pleasure to see a few young women (and one or two older ones) and their husbands who were not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:57 PM (omVj0)
I don't even know if the compound amphetimine is active.
There will be another quiz Monday.
Posted by: Ciampino - Don't snort yellow snow at December 26, 2024 05:50 PM (i0xsb)
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With my absolute indifference to incidental spelling errors on multi-syllable words, I will be skipping that test.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 05:58 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:58 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:58 PM (PCK5/)
Is that the plural of oboe?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 05:59 PM (VNX3d)
Search for "your hometown". They may have 100 year old pics.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 26, 2024 05:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 05:59 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: I was 6'2", 155 at December 26, 2024 05:59 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:58 PM (PCK5/)
Is that the plural of oboe?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 05:59 PM (VNX3d)
Goose -> Geese
Obose -> Obese ?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:00 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 05:56 PM (D7oie)
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I bought a .32 short revolver thinking it was .32 Long because that was IN THE DESCRIPTION. Some might say: "well, there is a visible difference," but the photos did not carry anything that provided scale, just the weapon on a solid background. I contacted the seller, who apologized and agreed to my suggestion that I get a partial refund.
Spanish stuff is fascinating. You buy a 9mm but it's Largo, not Luger.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:01 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 06:02 PM (2RHvg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:31 PM (wZ2Bf)
No; color film was developed in the late 1930s I believe. I have an old Osprey Publishing book that featured color photos involving a German Panzer division on the Eastern Front. The German officer taking the photographs had a connection to a German film company.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 06:02 PM (pJWtt)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:02 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024
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EAT LESS AND MOVE AROUND MORE
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 06:02 PM (omVj0)
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It’s like porn. You know it when you see it
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 06:02 PM (2RHvg)
Um, rule 34...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 06:02 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:31 PM
1902 is the earliest known example of color film, experimental. It was first sold in 1909 and movie fans can tell you the rest of the story.
Posted by: Fozzy at December 26, 2024 06:03 PM (7PM4P)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:03 PM (XTmTf)
Search for "your hometown". They may have 100 year old pics.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
The Shorpy perennial 1925 Office Christmas Party is a treasure, just run the other day, as usual.
Posted by: Shorpy Higginbotham at December 26, 2024 06:03 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 05:58 PM (PCK5/)
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Visibly fat.
Even in the 80s and into the 90s fat people were rare.
For what it's worth, the students in the current marching band at my alma mater are still lean. Clearly the workout is able to defeat whatever additives are out there.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024
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EAT LESS AND MOVE AROUND MORE
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 06:02 PM (omVj0)
Sage advice… ( as I sit here on my ass shitposting and eating chocolate covered pretzels )…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:03 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:04 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:55 PM (omVj0)
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Thank you Wolfus, I’ve been mulling over getting a real hat, instead of wearing a cap. Akubra looks like a good resource.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 06:04 PM (vJ3Tl)
I have probably the same Laura Ashley in a teal blue with a dark teal and gray floral pattern. Puffed shoulders, below knee length, square cut neckline. With a tight rhinestone belt, white stockings, and black Mary Janes, it makes a very nice outfit for shopping, which now that I am retired is my main social experience!
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 06:04 PM (3AwA+)
I don't think it's rocket surgery. There weren't that many Ding Dongs and Ho Hoes in the 1800s. And we were way more active, particularly kids.
We rode our bikes everywhere. We didn't think of it as exercise, it was freedom. The internet changed the world but not always for the good.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 06:05 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:05 PM (wZ2Bf)
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RFK is on to something here. If you look at pics or videos from the 50's, 60's and 70's there are almost no fat people. Just look around now. Half the country is obese.
Posted by: Pete Seria at December 26, 2024 05:53 PM (7ZQe3)
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It is the result of the Food Pyramid and Big Oil**
I never understood how a diabetic patient was supposed to eat all those pasta dishes and all that fruit every day. Can't have protein, o no that would mess up that nice triangle.
We have this terrible fixation on acronyms, clever phrases and titles, and logos/shapes. Once we have one it will not be changed without a fight.
If you eat a glyceride (oil/fat) that the body doesn't know how to readily break down then it does what comes naturally next - storage for a rainy day: fat deposits. We need to go back to animal fats like butter, tallow and lard or non-seed plant oils such as olive oil.
** Big Oil -- seed oils used for cooking and margarine.
Posted by: Ciampino - good grease and bad grease at December 26, 2024 06:06 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:01 PM (wZ2Bf)
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No, I'm with RFK on this - something changed. The same foods have different ingredients now.
My kids didn't blimp out because my wife had a gluten sensitivity, and because of the additives, we had to give up processed foods, and instead go with either raw or "canned in water" alternatives.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)
After the Christmas caroling at Linda's church last weekend, we gathered in the cafeteria for some cocoa and cookies. I'd estimate that more than half of the people there were obese. It was such a pleasure to see a few young women (and one or two older ones) and their husbands who were not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:57 PM (omVj0)
When I went to the Sacramento Air Show two years ago, it puzzled me that the airmen all were seriously buff, but virtually every woman was about 300 lbs.
Not that I'm totally butch or anything, I'm seriously pudgy, but the difference is striking.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 26, 2024 06:07 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:08 PM (XTmTf)
1902 is the earliest known example of color film, experimental. It was first sold in 1909 and movie fans can tell you the rest of the story.
Posted by: Fozzy at December 26, 2024
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There were color films before 1939's Gone With the Wind and Wizard of Oz. The Mysterious Island in 1929, for instance, and 1933's Mystery of the Wax Museum.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 06:09 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 06:05 PM (LkLld)
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Counterpoint: they have done test diets based on 80s levels of activity and the people gain weight because the food has been altered. A few weeks ago there was a video comparing Canadian food with American, and how Canada simply doesn't allow a lot of that crap be be stuffed in there.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 06:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had
That was so fun!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 06:10 PM (6MCJI)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:11 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:08 PM (XTmTf)
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A few years back we switched to butter and olive oil. Makes a difference. Food tastes better and is more filling so you eat less.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Doof at December 26, 2024 06:12 PM (mw03C)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024
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The company is called The Hattery in Katoomba: https://hatsdirect.com/ Very helpful people via email too. I have a dark grey Fed IV and a light gray one; I had its brim trimmed back by a shop in Detroit. It's easy to shape it yourself, or I think they'll do it for you for a small fee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 06:12 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 06:12 PM (PCK5/)
I know the very dress you're talking about!
Alas, no puffy sleeves for me. It was empire waist, the traditional Laura Ashley square neckline and fairly straight to just above the ankle. Short capped sleeves.
With pearls and my dark brown hair curled it was perfect.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 06:14 PM (6MCJI)
There is alot of filler in human foodstuffs too.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 06:14 PM (XTmTf)
I think it's both. No doubt that processed food is a problem but I also think we have become a more sedentary society.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 06:14 PM (LkLld)
It's not passing my BS sniffer.
I have to call staged in the modern era. Possible AI.
Probable AI.
Posted by: Reforger at December 26, 2024 04:55 PM (xcIvR)
I have some of that footage from the late 1890's on an old 8mm Castle films black and white newsreel I received for Christmas 1958. The footage you are seeing here is digitally slowed down and enhanced for smooth action and, of course, colorized. I have quite a few of the old Castle films in my 8mm library. Digital restoration of these old films is truly amazing. Right down to removing any damage caused by of improper storage. A former broadcast engineering colleague I've known for many years, works for a company that not only does digital transferring of old film, but complete restoration. I have stopped by a few times just to watch the process at work. Lots and lots of time involved by very specialized people.
Posted by: Annette Hanshaw at December 26, 2024 06:15 PM (iODuv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 06:15 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: tubal
You left out A Hard Days Night 1964. Next year Help! was in color. And not as good.
Posted by: He's a Clean Old Man... at December 26, 2024 06:15 PM (G5+As)
https://youtu.be/EVKZht2Krxg?si=HhKzHg8oy3-5WZNk
Posted by: Rex B at December 26, 2024 06:22 PM (A75H2)
Rex B: You can delete the question mark from the EweTube link, and everything after it, and the link will still direct you to the correct video.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:24 PM (VNX3d)
Yes, yes! I know the Empire waisted LAs! I bet you did look really good with dark curls. For some reason, my mind's eye envisions Empire cut dresses on dark haired women.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 06:25 PM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 06:28 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Ciampino
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Good thing you didn't say oleo.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 06:44 PM (ODCB/)
Thanks for the top, Hour of the Wolf!
Posted by: Rex B at December 26, 2024 06:50 PM (A75H2)
Posted by: Rex B at December 26, 2024 06:51 PM (A75H2)
Diving Doggo Open Thread
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 26, 2024 03:00 PM (3Ope8)
He does that specifically to me, and me alone.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:02 PM (v+62C)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:02 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 03:03 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Josephistan at December 26, 2024 03:04 PM (9XPe8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:04 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:04 PM (RHGPo)
Israel just bombed the airport in Sanaa *while* the head of the WHO was in it - think that may have had something to do with them not liking the way this story has been kept so secret?
and by the way, they missed him. Too bad.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 03:07 PM (wyMQY)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:07 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Josephistan at December 26, 2024 03:04 PM (9XPe
Of all the chix in this world, is there any one of them from whom I would prefer a hug, or to have Amber Turd poop in my bed.
Hmmm.....
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:08 PM (v+62C)
Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2024 03:08 PM (j6KoD)
Posted by: torabora at December 26, 2024 03:08 PM (9gcdx)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:09 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 03:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 26, 2024 03:09 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 03:10 PM (hoCmQ)
Cell counts were much better this week, so we've been sitting in the infusion room for the last hour or so. Entering the final hour now.
She's sleepy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:10 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Not a joke at December 26, 2024 03:10 PM (dg+HA)
Distracting us from all the bullshit in the world today with videos of doggehs........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:11 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:07 PM (RHGPo)
One of those stories where, yeah, I think there might be a key detail or two not shared with the public. Or the nooz just flat out lied and left out the part where it was a drug deal gone wrong.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:11 PM (v+62C)
She's sleepy.
Posted by: Sponge
My email is in the url/nic line. Hit me up about land/moving to the country. I'll help best I can.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:13 PM (H9VzD)
youtube.com/shorts/PfBJomvwwzA
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 26, 2024 03:13 PM (sAmhv)
Distracting us from all the bullshit in the world today with videos of doggehs........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:11 PM (9gDA7)
I take it as a reminder that, however many people want to screw up the world, there is still a lot to be happy about, and that life should be savored whenever possible. Do not pass up on moments of joy.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:13 PM (H9VzD)
Got it, thanks. I'll shoot you something later today or this weekend. I'm on the work laptop and can't do my personal mail from it.
I really appreciate it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (9gDA7)
He does that specifically to me, and me alone.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:02 PM (v+62C)
Ahem.
Posted by: Not Willow, but you know Willow. at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (IlAew)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)
Sage advice. Oregano, even.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:16 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 26, 2024 03:16 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)
Sage advice. Oregano, even.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (9gDA7)
Good advice at any thyme.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 26, 2024 03:17 PM (IlAew)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)
Sage advice. Oregano, even.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (9gDA7)
_______
"Fuck you" [burps drunkenly]
--- Kamala Harris
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:17 PM (iFTx/)
She's sleepy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:10 PM
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++++ Great to hear.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 26, 2024 03:17 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)
Sage advice. Oregano, even.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (9gDA7)
Good advice at any thyme.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 26, 2024 03:17 PM (IlAew)
Especially when spent with rosemary.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 03:17 PM (VNX3d)
Yikes. I better tell my cheapo husband to watch out. He calls me the Patron Saint of Service Workers, but it isn't that I over-tip (ok, I do) so much as I over tip compared to his undertipping.
He isn't wrong about the the traditional tip scale. It is simply that to me, 20% is now the low end of tipping a service worker.
Posted by: Ann at December 26, 2024 03:18 PM (4neFu)
Posted by: Lassie at December 26, 2024 03:18 PM (NMvV5)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)
Sage advice. Oregano, even.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (9gDA7)
Good advice at any thyme.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 26, 2024 03:17 PM (IlAew)
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[Golf claps]
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:18 PM (iFTx/)
You’re not the boss of me!!
(I said this once sarcastically to “have a nice day!”; some people are not tuned in to sarcasm. He got a little pissed off, the only way this is possible is if one is an imbecile)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 03:18 PM (srX5Y)
He couldn't find a piano tuna worth a fin.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:07 PM (RHGPo)
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OK, but how was the pizza?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Buster Hymandd at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (h/LZl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (w6EFb)
I really appreciate it.
Posted by: Sponge
No problem.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:20 PM (H9VzD)
"Fuck you" [burps drunkenly]
--- Kamala Harris
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:17 PM (iFTx/)
She went below the hard deck and called No Joy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:20 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 03:18 PM (srX5Y)
I know people who have overactive literal genes, or they're autists who don't get sarcasm. One or tother.
It causes me endless mirth, putting the most basic comments out there, only to have them challenged.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:21 PM (OaicP)
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 03:21 PM (/7KEl)
Looks like! Ace deserves a nice holiday break.
Posted by: Ann at December 26, 2024 03:23 PM (4neFu)
Posted by: Cliff Clavin at December 26, 2024 03:23 PM (dg+HA)
Looks like! Ace deserves a nice holiday break.
Posted by: Ann at December 26, 2024 03:23 PM (4neFu)
It takes a lot of effort to come up with military grade snark.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:24 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 03:24 PM (/ZwW5)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (9gDA7)
Yeah, but she had two sons. One named Eric.
The other, Turm.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:25 PM (43ETV)
Posted by: Pepper Rogers at December 26, 2024 03:25 PM (dg+HA)
Footnote: I met and worked with Robert Conrad, once upon a time. He was a dick.
Posted by: goatexchange at December 26, 2024 03:25 PM (hyS0X)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:25 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 03:24 PM (/ZwW5)
I think she's like 15, currently, so I'm not judging her.....Sage is 20 and in college. She turned out better than anticipated.
Wants to be a cop. I think her above average bra size will get her noticed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:26 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 03:24 PM (/ZwW5)
Spent way too much time in the powder room.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:26 PM (43ETV)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 26, 2024 03:26 PM (U1FmN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:24 PM (9gDA7)
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Hmmmm... Wonder if THIS is the reason why the Pentagon can't account for billions and billions of dollars...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 03:26 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:07 PM (RHGPo)
One of those stories where, yeah, I think there might be a key detail or two not shared with the public. Or the nooz just flat out lied and left out the part where it was a drug deal gone wrong.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:11 PM (v+62C)
If I have to pay a delivery charge, I aint tipping either.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 03:27 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 03:28 PM (fwDg9)
You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 26, 2024 03:28 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:28 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Ann at December 26, 2024 03:28 PM (4neFu)
If I have to pay a delivery charge, I aint tipping either.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 03:27 PM (QAkQ3)
I don't think they were for waiter salary and get paid an average wage, or at least, minimum.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:29 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:29 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:30 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 26, 2024 03:30 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 03:27 PM (QAkQ3)
Understood, I just don't think that story is about a small tip.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:30 PM (QMkeh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:31 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Buster Hymandd at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (h/LZl)
Nope, sorry... live in the Central Valley. By far the largest number of employees by industry in my Country?
Prison Employees. Almost all agriculture has gone to low Labor crops... and besides the Legal Guest Worker program is still in effect.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 03:31 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Your big jar of cilantro at December 26, 2024 03:31 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 03:32 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:30 PM (wZ2Bf)
Some people say that.
I say it tastes more like foot lotion.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:32 PM (M6rkE)
Posted by: Wally at December 26, 2024 03:32 PM (NMvV5)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:07 PM (RHGPo)
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There is ZERO chance that's the whole story. This was a drug deal, sex trafficking ring, or gangland violence gone wrong. Or, the pizza delivery skel caught her "boyfriend" in the hotel room with the girl.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:32 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 03:32 PM (oZhjI)
The human body appears to be an amazing thing and can recover from all sorts of maladies sometimes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:33 PM (9gDA7)
I'm in the crosswalk, some creep rear ends car stopped at limit line, pulls out and guns it through the red light! PAST ME!!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 03:33 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 03:33 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 03:33 PM (WPL6O)
The Paolo something something how you say something something size of the tip.
Posted by: The Paolo at December 26, 2024 03:34 PM (dg+HA)
without the dog.
Posted by: DaveA at December 26, 2024 03:34 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:34 PM (wZ2Bf)
I'm in the crosswalk, some creep rear ends car stopped at limit line, pulls out and guns it through the red light! PAST ME!!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 03:33 PM (GSHbq)
See #2.
Probably Burt leaving in a huff.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 03:34 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 03:32 PM (oZhjI)
The human body appears to be an amazing thing and can recover from all sorts of maladies sometimes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:33 PM (9gDA7)
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The weird little dude would still be alive if he wasn't murdered by his "girlfriend" ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:34 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 03:32 PM (oZhjI)
The human body appears to be an amazing thing and can recover from all sorts of maladies sometimes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:33 PM (9gDA7)
Todd and Keith Richards have a bet. Or tontine.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:35 PM (Y480a)
Show me on the McCormick's bottle where the bad spice touched you.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 03:35 PM (xCA6C)
Security camera footage caught Alvelo’s red Toyota pulling into the parking lot for the delivery around 10 p.m. Sunday — and returning about 90 minutes later with her masked companion.
According to police records reviewed by NBC, the victim tried to shield her young daughter from the armed intruders and was hit in the back by the pair.
The woman then “threw her daughter onto the bed and attempted to pick up her phone,” only to have Alvelo smash it.
Alvelo then allegedly stabbed the victim 14 times before her gun-wielding accomplice yelled for them to flee, NBC said.
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:36 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 03:35 PM
Right in the nutmeg.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 03:36 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:36 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:31 PM (wZ2Bf
And where the hell is all my beer?
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:36 PM (jvJvP)
Right in the nutmeg.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 03:36 PM (ewjUl)
Fingered his alum.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:36 PM (9gDA7)
I would love it if the movie started where he was King*, and it ended as a pirate lord. That sounds insane and off-brand to anyone not familiar.
* THE JEWELED CROWN OF AQUILONIA UPON A TROUBLED BROW! LET ME TELL YOU A TALE OF HIGH ADVENTURE!!!
Harambe was named after a made-up cheer from the show Boondocks.
https://youtu.be/K_rLRP709zU?si=krRfP3K8bokZJXd4
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 03:37 PM (lhenN)
Cory Ander.
Posted by: Don't wear it out at December 26, 2024 03:37 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 03:32 PM (oZhjI)
watchoo talkin' bout, Willis?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 03:37 PM (wyMQY)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:32 PM (iFTx/)
Someone's Bottom Bitch just running the track and someone didn't come thru with the money. Maybe a trade up or trade down too.
Posted by: Pimp Slang at December 26, 2024 03:37 PM (rqga2)
Probably Burt leaving in a huff.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 03:34 PM (W/lyH)
I leave in puffs. Not huffs.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:37 PM (dv7k7)
The mama orca, given the touching name "J35" by researchers, was unable to let her calf go in 2018, carrying her baby’s lifeless body with her along a one-thousand-mile grief journey.
But last Friday, scientists spotted the devoted mom with a new female calf in the Puget Sound, according to a Facebook post from the Center for Whale Research.
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:37 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:39 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 03:36 PM (ewjUl)
Fingered his alum.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:36 PM
Behold. Cream or tartar.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 03:39 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:37 PM (RHGPo)
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How does a whale "carry" a dead body at all, let alone for a thousand miles?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (iFTx/)
Been polishing silver and hand washing the depression era glasses and pulling out all the good dishes. I don't have settings for ten in any pattern, so it's a bit of a mix and match.
Had to put together my spare table and I need four more chairs. Need to vacuum one more time and go over the bathrooms with a fine tooth comb for dust and random kitty litter.
I'll start cooking early tomorrow morning.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (3ZoRg)
Is anyone here a Marine Biologist?
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (RHGPo)
The next 4 years are going to be epic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (iFTx/)
____________________________
Did you happen to see the Weekend Update skit on SNL when they mentioned Luigi? It was disgusting and very telling of the demographic that watches that show. The audience actually cheered an alleged murderer. Literally cheered for him.
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:41 PM (wZ2Bf)
Dusty in here.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 03:41 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)
Sage advice. Oregano, even.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (9gDA7)
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Thyme to end with these aromatic puns.
Posted by: Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers, UK at December 26, 2024 03:41 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 26, 2024 03:41 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:41 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (iFTx/)
I'm gonna guess by chewing it up and swallowing.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:41 PM (Vqt9X)
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 03:42 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:15 PM (iFTx/)
____________________________
Did you happen to see the Weekend Update skit on SNL when they mentioned Luigi? It was disgusting and very telling of the demographic that watches that show. The audience actually cheered an alleged murderer. Literally cheered for him.
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (dIske)
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Heard about it. Didn't see it. I'm getting worried this piece of shit is gonna walk.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:42 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:41 PM (wZ2Bf)
look up urban dictionary: crop dusting
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 03:42 PM (wyMQY)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 03:42 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (dIske)
They booed on The Daily Show when Stewart announced the killer had been caught.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:42 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Cliff Clavin at December 26, 2024 03:43 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:42 PM
Of course they would. Brain dead neanderthals.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 03:43 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (dIske)
They booed on The Daily Show when Stewart announced the killer had been caught.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:42 PM (9gDA7)
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See my comment above. I'm worried this cocksucker is gonna walk.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
I'll start cooking early tomorrow morning.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (3ZoRg)
Who's coming by?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:43 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 03:44 PM (kGQLW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:44 PM (wZ2Bf)
We're also doing a prime roast tomorrow. Fortunately we had one in the freezer. Both sons will be here tonight, so we'll be doing late Christmas. Just super stoked to see them again. We'll be watching bad movies and cracking wise, as is our wont. Mrs. Mahon loves hearing us laugh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 26, 2024 03:44 PM (Ad8y9)
>>Todd and Keith Richards have a bet. Or tontine.
G-d sometimes chooses some to endure as either a vessel, exemplar or cautionary tale.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 03:45 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 03:46 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: SMOD at
Resident J Pod has been all over Puget Sound! I have seen them across the bay and closer to my beach. They are magnificent creatures, especially when they are on the hunt and have a big seal they are tracking. I've seen as many as eight together.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 03:46 PM (4ynbb)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
Nahh - Pharma Execs rate way higher on the Dem office holder's worship list than any of their clueless followers do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 03:46 PM (wyMQY)
Is anyone here a Marine Biologist?
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference
Oh, stewardess! I speak jive!
Posted by: Barbara Billingsly
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:46 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: West Virginia humor at December 26, 2024 03:47 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 26, 2024 03:47 PM (Ad8y9)
They will regret their decision soon enough.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:48 PM (9gDA7)
Hilarious.
I'm thinking the mullahs are not long for this world.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at December 26, 2024 03:49 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
He ain't gonna walk very far.
Posted by: Thompson family at December 26, 2024 03:49 PM (iODuv)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:49 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins
I wish Marine and wife could make it.
It's son#1, his Godparents and Godsister and GodGrandmother, and another friend who's twin girls grew up with my boys. The kids have known each other since birth. Tina has been my best friend since freshman year in college.
It's a Royal crazy mess, but I always pull it off and it's such an honor to serve a beautiful meal to my closest friends.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 03:50 PM (4ynbb)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 26, 2024 03:50 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:50 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
Nahh - Pharma Execs rate way higher on the Dem office holder's worship list than any of their clueless followers do.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Pharm Execs have way more of that sweet, tasty, $$$, than some rando, pretty boy, psychopath. Not that the Dems don't appreciate the propaganda and distraction this murder brings to it's cult like followers.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 26, 2024 03:51 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
Nahh - Pharma Execs rate way higher on the Dem office holder's worship list than any of their clueless followers do.
Posted by: Tom Servo
They are going to burn him before someone realizes that insurance and pharma are two of the most regulated industries in America, and they set their sights on those truly responsible:
Congress.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:51 PM (H9VzD)
Want to go to prison? - Sean Davis
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 26, 2024 03:50 PM (/U5Yz)
It's astounding that so many elected Dems - Gavin Newsome as well - are so badly misreading the room, and thinking they can ride the road back to popularity by making themselves the champion of illegal aliens.
Doesn't anybody over there know how to play this game???
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 03:51 PM (wyMQY)
Doesn't anybody over there know how to play this game???
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 03:51 PM (wyMQY)
They keep getting 'reelected' so they feel they're doing the will of the people.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:53 PM (9gDA7)
I should go out at see if the kite surfers are working the wind and waves.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 03:53 PM (4ynbb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 03:53 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Barbara Billingsly
Easy, momma. I dug her rap.....
Posted by: Sponge
I honestly think that was the funniest part of the movie considering that she played June Cleaver.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (H9VzD)
Was just reading an article about Democrat plots to block Trump from the presidency on Jan 6
I think if they tried that, it would poison their brand forever
I think they will try
Posted by: Don Black at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (GSHbq)
I honestly think that was the funniest part of the movie considering that she played June Cleaver.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (H9VzD)
Really, it's hard to argue that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (9gDA7)
hmmmmm. *scribbles note* che-style luigi t-shirts
Posted by: anachronda at December 26, 2024 03:55 PM (/vauz)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 03:51 PM (wyMQY)
They keep getting 'reelected' so they feel they're doing the will of the people.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:53 PM (9gDA7)
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I think they mindlessly and reflexively oppose BadOrangeMan no matter what he says or does. No matter what. That's all they're capable of doing. If Trump says tomorrow that illegals are awesome and should be encouraged to come here, they will start screeching that illegals must be immediately deported. I'm not joking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:56 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Buster Hymandd at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (h/LZl)
Why do they need slave workers? The State won't let them have water to grow their crops.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 03:56 PM (8zz6B)
hmmmmm. *scribbles note* che-style luigi t-shirts
Posted by: anachronda at December 26, 2024 03:55 PM (/vauz)
Some friggin' libtard douchebag got that asshole's face tattooed on his calf.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:57 PM (9gDA7)
I'm thinking the mullahs are not long for this world.
It's ok, "Endless War" has never failed to materialize when we need it most. We'll be fine.
Posted by: The CIA at December 26, 2024 03:58 PM (SVUxP)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
___________________________
I'm pretty sure that it's not a solo crime. After all, that YouTube countdown page went live within minutes of his arrest (and there's no way he activated it). It was taken down without fanfare or explanation which suggests it was legit. It promised "the truth."
It would not surprise me if the gun he had in his possession was never fired. And, he's sitting on an airtight alibi. Those photos they showed really weren't enough for some layman in Altoona to make the ID. Especially since they didn't even look like the same person. Which suggests he made an effort to draw attention in that McDonalds with express purpose of getting arrested.
Here's where he screwed up. He assumed that the NYPD was going to follow the rules. He assumed that finding the true shooter would take precedence over making an arrest...which isn't the norm in most cities. They're perfectly willing to hang it all on him even if proof of another actor is staring them in the face. I'd wager that's why he acted so upset a day after the arrest.
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 03:58 PM (dIske)
Stuck a sliced cooked ham in there for over an hour as well.
Posted by: DanMan at December 26, 2024 03:58 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:58 PM (9gDA7)
But. They simply cannot allow anyone in their millions strong wind-up toy brigades to actually connect the dots and figure out just who is really to blame, whom destroyed the Insurance industry among other things (along with everything else).
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 03:58 PM (kGQLW)
dunno, but i've been seeing reports of orcas wearing dead salmon as a hat
Posted by: anachronda at December 26, 2024 03:59 PM (/vauz)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 04:00 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:01 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:02 PM (wZ2Bf)
500,000 missing kids can water a few fields
Posted by: stilgar at December 26, 2024 04:03 PM (/vauz)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:04 PM (wZ2Bf)
Want to go to prison? - Sean Davis
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 26, 2024 03:50 PM (/U5Yz)
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Looking forward to seeing the first officious 'official' in irons and orange jumpsuit. Needs to be kept in the pen until:
- all the known illegals in that jurisdiction have been nabbed;
- the jurisdiction has changed its laws/decisions to abide with the Federal laws.
Posted by: Ciampino - Officious unofficial offiicial officiates at the Office, officially at December 26, 2024 04:05 PM (i0xsb)
500,000 missing kids can water a few fields
Posted by: stilgar at December 26, 2024 04:03 PM (/vauz)
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You can't pee your way out of this.
Also 500K is a piddling number. Officially is it official.
Posted by: Ciampino - Officious unofficial offiicial officiates at the Office, officially? at December 26, 2024 04:09 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 04:09 PM (B46kE)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:02 PM
* whiny, naselly voice *
Well, aren't you special?
Posted by: AoSHQ Church Lady at December 26, 2024 04:10 PM (a3Q+t)
Want to go to prison? - Sean Davis
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 26, 2024 03:50 PM (/U5Yz)
___________________________
Here's the ironic (and hilarious) thing about an aggressive removal of illegal immigrants. Bill Clinton signed a law that allows expedited exportation of illegal immigrants even before any pre-established hearing date to decide status. If the illegal immigrant cannot show persecution in their country of origin, then US law states that they can immediately be returned to their origin. All Hail Bill Clinton for his contribution to the next four years.
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 04:10 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:10 PM (wZ2Bf)
There's a baby oil shortage, not a water shortage.
Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 04:11 PM (xw/ji)
Posted by: Minnfidel
Someone should put tabasco sauce in his eyepatch.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 26, 2024 04:11 PM (/U5Yz)
Here's where he screwed up. He assumed that the NYPD was going to follow the rules. He assumed that finding the true shooter would take precedence over making an arrest...which isn't the norm in most cities. They're perfectly willing to hang it all on him even if proof of another actor is staring them in the face. I'd wager that's why he acted so upset a day after the arrest.
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 03:58 PM (dIske)
I think you are right. This guy is a decoy, put out there to divert police attention away from the real perps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 04:12 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: anachronda at December 26, 2024 03:59 PM
We're hoping to score invitations to 2025's Kentucky Derby.
Posted by: Orcas at December 26, 2024 04:12 PM (a3Q+t)
“Jennings might be the first normal dude who has ever been given a regular platform on a mainstream news channel.”
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 04:13 PM (RHGPo)
I honestly think that was the funniest part of the movie considering that she played June Cleaver.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (H9VzD)
Really, it's hard to argue that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (9gDA7)
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I would say it's hard to argue against that.
Posted by: Ciampino - Officious unofficial offiicial officiates at the Office, officially no? at December 26, 2024 04:16 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 04:17 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I've thought that from the very first comparison of the perp's eyebrows to those of Loogi Manbone (thank you whomever you are for that BTW).
Loogi's eyebrow is closer to a unibrow in this first arrest photos while the perp's is clearly manscaped with a shaved break.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 04:17 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 04:18 PM (GSHbq)
- all the known illegals in that jurisdiction have been nabbed;
- the jurisdiction has changed its laws/decisions to abide with the Federal laws.
Posted by: Ciampino
When a state is caught flouting federal immigration laws, i.e. sanctuary state, the state reverts to territorial status and they can reapply for statehood in 5 years.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 04:18 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 26, 2024 04:20 PM (2Y0dT)
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 04:22 PM (pZEOD)
Stolen Valor. He's not really a murderer, ladies of the Left!
Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 04:22 PM (33Cgj)
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 04:23 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 04:23 PM (s3LZV)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 04:23 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December
And I even gave my first away for Christmas.
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 04:23 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:24 PM (wZ2Bf)
I honestly think that was the funniest part of the movie considering that she played June Cleaver.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (H9VzD)
Really, it's hard to argue that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 03:54 PM (9gDA7)
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I would say it's hard to argue against that.
Posted by: Ciampino - Officious unofficial offiicial officiates at the Office, officially no? at December 26, 2024 04:16 PM (i0xsb)
Arguments are down the hall in room D. This is abuse.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2024 04:25 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:27 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
On FB, a leftie friend of mine (IRL actually, good guy) said pretty quickly there's no way that's him.
Posted by: SFGoth at December 26, 2024 04:27 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 04:27 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: DanMan at December 26, 2024 04:27 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 26, 2024 04:28 PM (2Y0dT)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 04:29 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Ciampino - Officious unofficial offiicial officiates at the Office, officially no? at December 26, 2024 04:16 PM (i0xsb)
Arguments are down the hall in room D. This is abuse.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2024 04:25 PM (Aqu9a)
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Shit! Can't even get room numbers right. I'm senile !!!!!!
Posted by: Ciampino - Officious unofficial offiicial officiates at the Office, officially no? at December 26, 2024 04:29 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 04:29 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 04:32 PM (VNX3d)
It's worse than I thought. I'm looking for numbers and these smart asses are using letters for office labeling. Next they'll use Jive translated into Kanji.
Posted by: Ciampino - Officious unofficial offiicial officiates at the Office, officially obfuscated at December 26, 2024 04:38 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Buster Hymandd at December 26, 2024 03:19 PM (h/LZl)
Nope, sorry... live in the Central Valley. By far the largest number of employees by industry in my Country?
Prison Employees. Almost all agriculture has gone to low Labor crops... and besides the Legal Guest Worker program is still in effect.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 03:31 PM (QAkQ3)
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Employers can still sponsor guest workers (green card). These people are legally in the USA.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 26, 2024 04:50 PM (xxf6X)
She's sleepy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
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Liver and onions
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 05:30 PM (5Cy8I)
Buck Rogers Disco Open Thread
Unfortunately I can't find the full clip.
In the first clip, Rogers attends a formal Space Dance where everyone is doing staid Space Dance Moves. Rogers doesn't like this stiff choreography, so he goes over to the band and teaches them how to "play something funky." The next clip shows Rogers getting funky to this disco music he just willed into being.In a different episode (I think), Rogers enjoyed some roller disco.
I know you all want to add Buck's composition, "Something Kinda Funky," to your playlists, so here it is.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 01:30 PM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Dr Spank at December 26, 2024 01:32 PM (fTG6a)
-Phoenix police
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 01:32 PM (RIvkX)
A true Baghdad Bob moment.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 01:33 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: steevy at December 26, 2024 01:35 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 26, 2024 01:35 PM (dJR17)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 01:37 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 01:37 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 26, 2024 01:37 PM (Vyll1)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 01:37 PM (H9VzD)
A true Baghdad Bob moment.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 01:33 PM (XTmTf)
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Latest airport clip:
https://tinyurl.com/3p429rp8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 01:37 PM (Hbs7G)
A true Baghdad Bob moment.
You know, after the whole pager thing, you would think that pack of dumb sh*ts would tone down the smack talk..just a tad.
I remember that episode of Buck Rogers; I loved that show. I had such a crush on Wilma.
I think there was some kind of disco contest or episode on CHiPs as well; I remember Erik Estrada getting all dance-y in a bright red shirt.
Posted by: Nelly at December 26, 2024 01:37 PM (bcr4y)
Posted by: Ciampino - fingerprints at December 26, 2024 01:38 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: blaster at December 26, 2024 01:38 PM (QfvaV)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 01:38 PM (URPU1)
I think it's obvious at this point it was played as some kind of distraction, or false flag --i.e. anything but a necessary and logical action, but some variation of a psy op.
But it disturbs me that this one, among many, will just go down the memory hole as some vague, non-event. If our Deep State overlords continue to pull this kind of shit, I think they need to have their noses rubbed in it until even the lowest information Normie gets red pilled.
Posted by: Zek at December 26, 2024 01:38 PM (5FPX4)
If I recall, the "dance scene" in Battlestar Galactica had everyone holding what looked one of those pool safety ropes.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 01:40 PM (J4gi/)
Three people shot and 2 stabbed at Sky Harbor last night, all known to each other.
-Phoenix police
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 01:32 PM (RIvkX)
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Hmm. Hmm, hmm, hmm. Will be interesting to see what details emerge.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 01:40 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: blaster at December 26, 2024 01:40 PM (QfvaV)
https://tinyurl.com/bddjnhv8
Posted by: Ciampino - all in the family at December 26, 2024 01:41 PM (i0xsb)
https://tinyurl.com/bddjnhv8
Posted by: Ciampino - all in the family at December 26, 2024 01:41 PM (i0xsb)
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A fruitcake?
BLAM BLAM BLAM
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 01:42 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 01:40 PM (J4gi/)
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I think he's building up to classic BSG. Doesn't want to peak too soon.
I had the toy earth fighter. Also a Colonial Viper.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 01:43 PM (ZOv7s)
But from what I remember reading about on him, Gil Gerard is a very classy individual.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 01:43 PM (lXCUP)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 01:43 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 01:43 PM (5Cy8I)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 01:43 PM (fwDg9)
https://tinyurl.com/bddjnhv8
Posted by: Ciampino - all in the family at December 26, 2024 01:41 PM (i0xsb)
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A fruitcake?
BLAM BLAM BLAM
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 01:42 PM (2UnvF)
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Could have been worse.
Could have been missile TOW.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 01:44 PM (Hbs7G)
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A question that might only be posed at AoSHQ.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 01:44 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 01:44 PM (fwDg9)
Smoking and coke really help shed the pounds.
Posted by: Zek at December 26, 2024 01:45 PM (5FPX4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 01:45 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: hurricane567 at December 26, 2024 01:46 PM (GV6yE)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 01:46 PM (2UnvF)
https://tinyurl.com/bddjnhv8
Posted by: Ciampino - all in the family at December 26, 2024 01:41 PM (i0xsb)
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A fruitcake?
BLAM BLAM BLAM
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 01:42 PM (2UnvF)
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This supposedly took place outside a restaurant inside the terminal. Did someone get through security with a gun? All the big airports I've seen all have their restaurants located after TSA "security" theater.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 01:46 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 01:44 PM (fwDg9)
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I remember in the 1990s seeing someone whom I thought was incredibly fat, morbidly obese. It was shocking.
Now, it's so common as to be unremarkable.
Some years ago "Jaws" was on, and I paused it at the beach scene for my kids and told them to look closely. They squinted at the screen, thinking the shark was visible.
"No, look at the kids. You can count their ribs. Do your classmates look like that?" Middle kid was bullied for being too skinny.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 01:47 PM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/bddjnhv8
Posted by: Ciampino - all in the family at December 26, 2024 01:41 PM (i0xsb)
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Chuck E. Cheese strikes again.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 01:49 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Elric
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Federal Holiday.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 01:49 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 26, 2024 01:50 PM (vkhHN)
The Chips Roller disco clip with Nancy Kulp is classic.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 26, 2024 01:50 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 01:51 PM (5Cy8I)
The Chips Roller disco clip with Nancy Kulp is classic.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 26, 2024 01:50 PM (+oR7L)
That woman sure could act.
Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 01:52 PM (jgmnb)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 26, 2024 01:56 PM (vkhHN)
Posted by: Ciampino - all in the family? at December 26, 2024 01:56 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 01:52 PM
Nancy Kulp later ran for congress in Pennsylvania in 1984. Her co-star Buddy Epson (Jed Klampet) supporter her opponent and recorded a campaign ad saying that Kulp was "too liberal". She lost.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 26, 2024 01:56 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 01:57 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 26, 2024 01:56 PM (vkhHN)
That one's right there.
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 01:58 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: The Slow Newsday Gorn at December 26, 2024 01:58 PM (OSnkh)
https://tinyurl.com/3p429rp8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 01:37 PM (Hbs7G)
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Fake. Easy to tell. No "died in previous news videos" bodies laying around.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 26, 2024 01:58 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:00 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:00 PM (VnUSN)
Latest airport clip:
https://tinyurl.com/3p429rp8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 01:37 PM (Hbs7G)
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Where was this and what does it say? Please?
Posted by: Ciampino - all in the family? at December 26, 2024 02:00 PM (i0xsb)
Smoking and coke really help shed the pounds.
Posted by: Zek at December 26, 2024 01:45 PM (5FPX4)
And the free love...
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:00 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Ciampino
Wow. And I thought the potato salad wars during family reunions were vicious.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 02:02 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 02:02 PM (GSHbq)
Too bad TV OTA is unwatchable, today, with all their horrible repetitive commercials and editing-out minutes of episodes.
There are a lot OTA stations who air the old TV shows. A new one in my area is the "Catchy Comedy" channel.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 02:02 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Ciampino - all in the family? at December 26, 2024 02:00 PM (i0xsb)
11 Biden's Dog, the IAF did a number on Sanaa while their leader was claiming Israel being defenseless to Houthi attacks.
A true Baghdad Bob moment.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 01:33 PM (XTmTf)
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Latest airport clip:
https://tinyurl.com/3p429rp8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 01:37 PM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:02 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:03 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 26, 2024 01:56 PM (vkhHN)
Long time passing.
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:04 PM (VnUSN)
Well, they are cousin-fuckers, so...
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 26, 2024 02:05 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 02:05 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 26, 2024 01:56 PM (vkhHN)
Long time passing.
Posted by: m
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You'll be hearing from our lawyers.
Posted by: P,P, and M at December 26, 2024 02:05 PM (XeU6L)
What a gyp!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 02:05 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 01:43 PM (fwDg9)
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Occam's Razor suggests that the drones are a domestic project (hence, the lack of concern from the military or the administration). I hate to say it, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn this is under federal law enforcement. They're doing last minute field tests because they are probably assuming the entire program gets shut down with the new administration. It's likely a surveillance project that (unfortunately) would be perfectly legal since private property does not extend into the airspace. And expected privacy has been negated by an Arizona case on this very issue. What will be interesting to see (if it is an FBI project) is where the funds came from and who authorized it. Drones today can be equipped with intricate listening devices as well as different camera bands making it a very highly effective surveillance apparatus.
And, think about it. Do you think your government wants to tell you what they are doing on privacy matters?
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 02:05 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:06 PM (wZ2Bf)
They really long for our fun sexy lifestyles.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 26, 2024 02:06 PM (wBaIH)
I saw Fruitcake Procurement open for Strawberry Alarm Clock at the Cow Palace back in '71
I blame my mom for taking me
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 26, 2024 02:07 PM (y9nCu)
CHIPs started out with moderately dumb scripts, i.e. average for TV at the time. By the final season, the writing really stood out for gross incompetence. I recall I checked it out once, and the Eric Estrada character was deactivating a nuclear powered hospital robot in the room of a handicapped child, just in the nick of time. It was counting down to an explosion. Drugs, I guess.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 26, 2024 02:07 PM (bUYLg)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:07 PM (wZ2Bf)
>>What a gyp!
Whenever I hear or see that word I can never not make this pop into my head.
https://tinyurl.com/2b8o9ehp
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 02:08 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 26, 2024 02:06 PM (wBaIH)
That blessed decade between The Pill and AIDS.
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very Heaven
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 02:08 PM (OSnkh)
ALSO,
I told myself in November, no matter what the outcome of the election, I would take a 24 hour break from the Internet.
I haven't done that.
So, I don't mind Ace not doing politics, today, at all.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 02:08 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 02:08 PM (fwDg9)
And, think about it. Do you think your government wants to tell you what they are doing on privacy matters?
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 02:05 PM (dIske)
I would subscribe to your newsletter!
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:09 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 02:09 PM (fwDg9)
To be honest, Ace's posts are like a Kick In The Balls. Most of them, anyway.
Every day, for 364 days a year, Ace kicks us in the balls with news about what the Rotten Shits are doing.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 02:10 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:10 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:09 PM (VnUSN)
I am stocked up on pushpins and yarn.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 02:10 PM (OSnkh)
Posted by: Sean Diddy Combs at December 26, 2024 02:10 PM (paSBy)
Now assuming that is true the FNM should be asking the NYC police who they in turn gave the drone to and that would give us some info...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 02:11 PM (oZhjI)
Wait are you suggesting you shouldn't put a self destruct count down timer in your hospital robotinater?
Posted by: Heinz Doofenschmirtz at December 26, 2024 02:12 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Grump928(C)
It was the best of times for Wild and Cray guys!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 02:12 PM (WXNFJ)
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That the drones were only observable at night is one tell. I postulated they were being operated as part of a information gathering operation... a prototype perhaps. Armed with devices to scarf up data from any and all wireless (and some wired) devices such as phones, computers, security systems, card readers, vehicles equipped with connectivity features like OnStar and so on.
Warrantless searches that leave no evidence and can be conducted over wide areas with little opposition.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 02:13 PM (Q4IgG)
What was their reasoning when the Chinese dpy balloon meandered the skies for two weeks?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:13 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Heinz Doofenschmirtz at December 26, 2024 02:12 PM (oZhjI)
Robotinater? I didn't even know her.
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:13 PM (VnUSN)
_jewishpress.com
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 02:13 PM (5Cy8I)
Makeup and costume people have been making Crazy Eyes Hope look more attractive. Or it just may be Carter's schlong that she needed.
Stuffy Steffy is just starting to show (her fourth real life kid), so they have her in baggy sweaters.
And finally, Nice Bod Brooke was in a tight blue dress that finally showed off her nice bod.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 26, 2024 02:14 PM (ufFY8)
It certainly didn't seem like it at the time. The 70s in general were thought to be the nadir of America, and the precipice of her downfall.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 02:14 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:14 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Remember their ads during Rudolf the red nosed reindeer.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:15 PM (H9VzD)
Spoiler Alert!
Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2024 02:15 PM (CwhoI)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 01:43 PM (ZOv7s)
I loved those Vipers, and didn't care that they reused the shots of them peeling off from the formation multiple times per episode. So cool.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 26, 2024 02:15 PM (lg881)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Remember their ads during Rudolf the red nosed reindeer.
Posted by: rickb223
Oh yeah - gliding over the snowdrifts!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 02:16 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 26, 2024 02:16 PM (xxf6X)
The CCP's check cleared.
Posted by: Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:16 PM (HQ9Sl)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 02:17 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Remember their ads during Rudolf the red nosed reindeer.
Posted by: rickb223
Oh yeah - gliding over the snowdrifts!
Posted by: Tonypete
Geez, we're old.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:17 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 02:18 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2024 02:18 PM (CwhoI)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 02:18 PM (WPL6O)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:18 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:18 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:19 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:19 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:19 PM (VnUSN)
I'm laughing way too hard at this.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:19 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 02:20 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 02:20 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:20 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 02:21 PM (5Cy8I)
I would be interested in chatting with you about your experience with moving to a piece of farmland........especially since we're hoping to do the same thing in the spring.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:21 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:21 PM (wZ2Bf)
>>What a gyp!
Whenever I hear or see that word I can never not make this pop into my head.
https://tinyurl.com/2b8o9ehp
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 02:08 PM (XV/Pl)
This never occurred to me until just now, but does that word, meaning of course to be ripped off, come from Gypsy?
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 26, 2024 02:22 PM (lg881)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 02:23 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Bring Back Swing at December 26, 2024 02:23 PM (CoGCc)
I cannot tell you how happy i am that i never saw that episode; I just remember the epic car accidents where at least one car would find a tow truck or trailer to launch from and sail like 60-70 feet in the air.
I sampled a bunch of those old shows but the only one I stuck with was Magnum PI; refused to miss a single episode of that show.
Posted by: Nelly at December 26, 2024 02:23 PM (bcr4y)
verb (gyps, gypping, gypped) [with object]
cheat or swindle (someone): that's salesmanship, you have to gyp people into buying stuff they don't like.
noun
an act of cheating someone; a swindle.
ORIGIN
mid 19th century (in sense ‘alter the appearance of a horse in order to conceal signs of age from a buyer’
: probably ultimately from a shortening of gypsy.Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:23 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:23 PM (wZ2Bf)
I think he got somewhat cleaned up, now.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at December 26, 2024 02:24 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:24 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Auspex at December 26, 2024 02:25 PM (q5rNo)
"which was the custom at that time"
-Abe Simpson
Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 26, 2024 02:25 PM (1FWWQ)
I think he got somewhat cleaned up, now.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at December 26, 2024 02:24 PM (w6EFb)
A hollywood actor following that life path? No way. I refuse to believe it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:25 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 02:25 PM (OSnkh)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 02:26 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2024 02:26 PM (CwhoI)
Then how do Los Angeles buildings swap and peddle "air rights" on building height?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 02:27 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 02:27 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:27 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 26, 2024 02:26 PM (CwhoI)
Who shot J.R.?
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:27 PM (VnUSN)
and was that a pre-dead Dana Plato in there as well?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:28 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Sponge
Shoot me an email. It should be highlighted in the url/nic
I'll try and help best I can.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:28 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 02:28 PM (OSnkh)
Rockford Files and Magnum PI are both excellent series. Where did all the quirky detectives go?
Posted by: Beltway Elite at December 26, 2024 02:28 PM (QXOLk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:29 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 02:29 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Citizen Cake
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I don't know what you are talking about.
Posted by: Lost, 6 seasons 121 episodes at December 26, 2024 02:29 PM (CoGCc)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Wouldn't be squat without Billy Bob Thornton. Don't know what it is, but he plays it perfectly.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:30 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:30 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:30 PM (9gDA7)
>>It certainly didn't seem like it at the time. The 70s in general were thought to be the nadir of America, and the precipice of her downfall.
The only thing I didn't like about the 70's was NYC crime, graffiti, and general nihilism of films everything else I enjoyed.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 02:30 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 02:30 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:30 PM (wZ2Bf)
It's in it's final season.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:30 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:29 PM (wZ2Bf)
Asking for a friend, are you? I think she did some nudie shots in Playboy or Penthouse, not sure of anything beyond that. A sad ending for that poor girl.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 26, 2024 02:31 PM (lg881)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:30 PM (9gDA7)
Is he going to hang up the ole mustache?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 02:31 PM (OSnkh)
I'll try and help best I can.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:28 PM (H9VzD)
Much appreciated, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (9gDA7)
>> Watched a Chips episode some time ago, there isn't any traffic in LA, wasn't my experience when I went there in 97
If you thought that was surreal, watch a couple of episodes of Adam 12.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (XV/Pl)
The CCP's check cleared.
Posted by: Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:16 PM (HQ9Sl)
__________________________
I know this was meant as a joke, but disturbingly, it's not hard to accept as actual truth. We've known from the beginning that Biden was compromised by a number of foreign countries...not the least of which is China. There is no excuse for allowing the Chinese balloon free reign and try to explain it away as a "safety issue." It could have been safely removed from the sky upon notice. It transversed at 60,000 feet. Raptors and F-15 Eagles are cleared for 65,000 feet.
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (VnUSN)
Is he going to hang up the ole mustache?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 02:31 PM (OSnkh)
He's looking for his next role. Want's to do comedy. Was surprised they're ending the show since it's been on a long time and still maintains the #1 spot in it's timeslot.
But, CBS, so.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:33 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 02:33 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (VnUSN)
It's not his first rodeo.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 02:33 PM (OSnkh)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 02:30 PM (XV/Pl)
I visited NYC a number of times in the late 70s. I find it really interesting to watch films from that time that are reminders (overdramatized sometimes of course) of what it was like pre-Giuliani. Haven't been back recently enough to see if it's sliding back there again.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 26, 2024 02:33 PM (lg881)
Posted by: Boss Moss
____
They both appeared on Buck Rogers for one.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 26, 2024 02:34 PM (CoGCc)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 26, 2024 02:34 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (VnUSN)
It's not his first rodeo.
Posted by: Grump928(C)
He has another Jesse Stone movie in the works.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:34 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 02:34 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 02:34 PM (fwDg9)
He has another Jesse Stone movie in the works.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:34 PM (H9VzD)
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Hopefully, it's as good as the others.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 26, 2024 02:35 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 02:35 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (VnUSN)
It's not his first rodeo.
Posted by: Grump928(C)
Also, rumor has it, Taylor Sheridan has something in the works for Selleck. That could be conjecture or wishful thinking on some people's part.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:35 PM (H9VzD)
Toward the end of her career, Plato chose roles that were erotic; she appeared nude in Prime Suspect (1989) and Compelling Evidence (1995), and in the softcore erotic drama Different Strokes: The Story of Jack and Jill...and Jill (199
, the title of which was changed after filming in order to tie it to Plato's past. In the same year, following her appearance in the film, Plato appeared in a cover story of the lesbian lifestyle-magazine Girlfriends.Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:35 PM (VnUSN)
Even Doris Day showed up on the Tonight Show sans jugs carrier in the day. The set looked to be cold that night.
Posted by: Auspex at December 26, 2024 02:35 PM (q5rNo)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (XV/Pl)
The dispatch operator ("One Adam 12, one Adam 12...") was an actual dispatch operator.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 26, 2024 02:38 PM (lg881)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 02:38 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 02:38 PM (lhenN)
You know who else is well preserved? Yep, Lenin.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 02:39 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 02:39 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:40 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: m
Do they still do prime time soaps?
Wasn't a big follower of any TV series except maybe M*A*S*H.
Final episode with Hawkeye loosing his mind after making the Korean lady kill her baby was quite satisfying. Especially given that Sidney made him remember for the rest of his life that he was the baddie he always accused the regular army personnel of being.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 26, 2024 02:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 02:38 PM (lhenN)
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Also had a cameo in "The Fall Guy." Unfortunately, Heather put herself under the knife a few too many times.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 26, 2024 02:41 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 02:39 PM (lhenN)
Same with Hawaii 5-0.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 26, 2024 02:41 PM (lg881)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:41 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:40 PM (QAkQ3)
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She had a hit recently with a cover of a country song. I think they are trying a reverse Taylor Swift move, with a race swap. There are a few country stars now who are black or mixed-race. That's a big untapped market for country.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 02:42 PM (iFTx/)
Arnold Schwarzenegger is interested in doing another Conan movie, but finishing the story of when he is an old Man, and King...
I LIKE that idea.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:43 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: steevy at December 26, 2024 02:44 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 02:42 PM (iFTx/)
There always were... folks like Charlie Pride.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:44 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: steevy at December 26, 2024 02:44 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Lost, 6 seasons 121 episodes
Watched maybe half of the first season then stopped because I figured the show was going to just grind on going nowhere.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 26, 2024 02:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Al Czervik at December 26, 2024 02:45 PM (rqga2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:46 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Zombie Emily Latella at December 26, 2024 02:46 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: azjaeger at December 26, 2024 02:46 PM (J0zoA)
Posted by: steevy at December 26, 2024 02:47 PM (KQk9m)
I didn't get a single thing for Christmas. So I bought myself a meat carving set and a vacation in Vegas. Not to be used together.
Probably.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 26, 2024 02:47 PM (VLH5c)
Posted by: steevy at December 26, 2024 02:48 PM (KQk9m)
I actually liked the Beyonce Dolly Parton thang.
Posted by: Auspex at December 26, 2024 02:48 PM (q5rNo)
Posted by: ... at December 26, 2024 02:48 PM (EV8Eb)
I LIKE that idea.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:43 PM (QAkQ3)
That could be really good, but it could go in a number of directions, tone- and message-wise.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 26, 2024 02:48 PM (lg881)
-Phoenix police
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 01:32 PM (RIvkX)
That's one way to end Christmas Dinner.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 02:48 PM (wyMQY)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (VnUSN)
It's not his first rodeo.
Posted by: Grump928(C)
Also, rumor has it, Taylor Sheridan has something in the works for Selleck. That could be conjecture or wishful thinking on some people's part.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:35 PM (H9VzD)
Tom Selleck was Spielberg's first choice for Indiana Jones.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 26, 2024 02:49 PM (jfpS9)
Boobs. Lots of boobs.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 02:49 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:49 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 26, 2024 02:51 PM (VE6XX)
Probably.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer
Their CSI is pretty good.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:52 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Beltway Elite at December 26, 2024 02:28 PM (QXOLk)
One of the best parts of the quality writing for these shows was that they had so many great side characters. In Rockford, Angel was one of the funniest characters in detective show history! The episode where Angel becomes a televangelist made me laugh til tears came!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 02:53 PM (wyMQY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:53 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 02:42 PM (iFTx/)
There always were... folks like Charlie Pride.
Posted by: Romeo13
Freddy Fender, Johnny Rodriguez...
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:53 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 02:32 PM (VnUSN)
It's not his first rodeo.
Posted by: Grump928(C)
Also, rumor has it, Taylor Sheridan has something in the works for Selleck. That could be conjecture or wishful thinking on some people's part.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:35 PM (H9VzD)
Tom Selleck was Spielberg's first choice for Indiana Jones.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 26, 2024 02:49 PM (jfpS9)
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I recall that Selleck was actually cast for the role, but couldn't get out of his contract for Magnum PI. Then there was the TV writer's strike. So Selleck could have taken the Indiana Jones role and fulfilled his contract for Magnum. His career would have turned out much differently.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 02:53 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Grump928
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If he didn't believe that reverse mortgages are a good idea, he wouldn't make the commercial.
*bwahahahaha*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 02:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 02:54 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 02:54 PM (ewjUl)
And with his back back!
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 26, 2024 02:55 PM (lg881)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 02:55 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 02:56 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 02:55 PM (dxSpM)
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Yea. Same guys he pardoned already.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 02:56 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Joey Bidet at December 26, 2024 02:57 PM (VLH5c)
"The only thing that matters is what you do next."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 26, 2024 02:57 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 02:53 PM (iFTx/)
And we would have been spared the insufferable hack actor, Harrison Fraud.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 02:59 PM (M6rkE)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 03:00 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 03:00 PM (ewjUl)
"The only thing that matters is what you do next."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 26, 2024 02:57 PM (dg+HA)
No, that wasn't Selleck, that was Ted Bundy.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 03:00 PM (onIMn)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 26, 2024 02:54 PM (ewjUl
'A Piece of the Action' Star Trek episode was on PlutoTV yesterday.
Great episode.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:00 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 26, 2024 03:00 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2024 03:02 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 26, 2024 03:03 PM (dg+HA)
Israel just bombed the airport in Sanaa *while* the head of the WHO was in it - think that may have had something to do with them not liking the way this story has been kept so secret?
and by the way, they missed him. Too bad.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 03:04 PM (wyMQY)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 02:34 PM (H9VzD)
******
I hope so. Those Jesse Stone movies were very well done. The script, characters and pacing of the films were great. I’ve watched them all several times.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 03:06 PM (vJ3Tl)
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 03:07 PM (zdLoL)
Rockford was the best. Always 1 step ahead of the debt collectors. Always solving crimes and hardly ever getting paid for one reason or the other. The base model Pontiac Firebird. Living in a trailer at the beach. His sarcasm. His dirtbag friend Angel. The gritty 70's LA was still round to see. The these song. It was such a perfect show.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 26, 2024 03:08 PM (+oR7L)
I also like Kojak. Telly Savalas "Who loves you, baby?". Grimy streets of 70's New York. The whole show as great.
The streets of San Francisco with Karl Malden and a young Michael Douglas.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 26, 2024 03:11 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 26, 2024 03:11 PM (+oR7L)
Couldn't be made today. No shit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 03:49 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Ralph L at December 26, 2024 04:07 PM (LTI67)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 26, 2024 04:48 PM (wGqjj)
Ironside: Wheelchair
Cannon: Fat
Barnaby Jones: Old
MacMillan: Married
Mannix: Hot Secretary
Magnum: Leech
Rockford: Broke
Simon: Dumb Brother
Kolshack: Insomnia
Banachek: Polish
Posted by: A Quinn Martin Production-In Color at December 26, 2024 05:17 PM (LaNzR)
Posted by: A Quinn Martin Production-In Color at December 26, 2024 05:27 PM (LaNzR)
Posted by: Kreskin at December 26, 2024 05:28 PM (3ZSjf)
Battle of the Network Stars Open Thread
How about a little Battle of the Network Stars' T&A?
Comments
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Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:13 PM (5Cy8I)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)
Boss Snark, Sponge, Boss Snark…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:13 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 12:14 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:14 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Piper
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Million dollar men and million dollar women, now it's all gay.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:15 PM (5Cy8I)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 12:15 PM (lXCUP)
Posted by: Tonypete
She, like Cathy Ireland has aged very well.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:15 PM (v6JzV)
Horde! Headed to the airport and then on to London. I’ll do my best to stay in contact. Love yall, have a happy new year!
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2024 12:16 PM (3nqLb)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now Evaluating the Best Wagshambas of 2024 at December 26, 2024 12:16 PM (sMwSS)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 12:17 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:17 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:17 PM (v6JzV)
Boss Snark, Sponge, Boss Snark…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:13 PM (PCK5/)
It was so subtle, I hardly noticed. He's usually so much more brazen than that.
I mean, they guy coined "Sweetdick Honeycum."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:18 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:18 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Bud Norton at December 26, 2024 12:18 PM (6cOMd)
I miss Howard Cosell. He had an amazing voice.
Posted by: Speller at December 26, 2024 12:18 PM (pSotA)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 12:18 PM (lXCUP)
My wife, my Far Too Good For Me Wife, is the most outrageously aggressive road raging driver ever in the history of vehicles.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2024 12:19 PM (3nqLb)
She, like Cathy Ireland has aged very well.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:15 PM (v6JzV)
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There are - thank God! - women who look great even when they're older. I'm married to one. 71 years old and still a fox.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:19 PM (dxSpM)
Horde! Headed to the airport and then on to London. I’ll do my best to stay in contact. Love yall, have a happy new year!
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2024 12:16 PM (3nqLb)
Safe travels!
Try to avoid the acid baths on the bridges there. I hear they're torture.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:19 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:15 PM (v6JzV)
Didn't Heather Locklear have a rough go?
Like she's been arrested a few times, and looks like she's been run over by a fishmonger's cart?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 12:19 PM (+H+tg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
If only she would learn to drive under 50 mph.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:20 PM (v6JzV)
I miss Howard Cosell. He had an amazing voice.
Posted by: Speller at December 26, 2024 12:18 PM (pSotA)
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I am not and never was an admirer of Howard Cosell.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:20 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Bud Norton at December 26, 2024 12:18 PM (6cOMd)
And the sets and props used for the show were fabulous!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:20 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Wet Willie at December 26, 2024 12:20 PM (G5+As)
Like she's been arrested a few times, and looks like she's been run over by a fishmonger's cart?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 12:19 PM (+H+tg)
She was married to Richie Sambora for quite some time. Being subject to that much shitty Bon Jovi music takes it's toll.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: BCochran1981's Wife at December 26, 2024 12:20 PM (i0F8b)
Safe travels!
Try to avoid the acid baths on the bridges there. I hear they're torture.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:19 PM (Zz0t1)
World has gone to shit in a lot of places… the usual suspects…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:20 PM (PCK5/)
He was just a little guy.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 26, 2024 12:21 PM (Y1sOo)
pepperdine makes their graduates run an obstacle course to pick up their sheepskins? brutal.
Posted by: anachronda at December 26, 2024 12:21 PM (IKg+A)
No way that could be done today. At least not unless the dunkees were perverted trannies or Lizzo.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 12:21 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2024 12:21 PM (3nqLb)
The other memory i had was being impressed by Mark Harmon being good at almost everything; if memory serves, he was some kind of college athlete, maybe the feetsball.
And of course, seeing my favorite leading ladies in tshirts and shorts. Even as a little kid, i was captivated.
Posted by: Nelly at December 26, 2024 12:21 PM (bcr4y)
We were monsters back then.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger
I'm so old, I remember when having a 26" color tv meant you were from the rich side of the tracks.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 12:21 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 12:22 PM (Dm8we)
If only she would learn to drive under 50 mph.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:20 PM (v6JzV)
_________
She learned to drive in India. Nuff sed. New York cabbies are scared of her.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:22 PM (dxSpM)
"Is that Locklear or Thomas?"
lol, he captured what a lot of people used to wonder too. The great thing is, as a teenage boy, it didn't matter if you got them mixed up.
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 26, 2024 12:22 PM (NMT5x)
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Which goes to show being married to soygots is bad for your health
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now Evaluating the Best Wagshambas of 2024 at December 26, 2024 12:22 PM (sMwSS)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:22 PM (v6JzV)
Getting beat up in school every day taught one to run fast.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 12:23 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2024 12:16 PM (3nqLb)
Don't forget to take your Koran Toilet Paper. They don't sell it over there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:23 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 26, 2024 12:23 PM (+oR7L)
And of course, seeing my favorite leading ladies in tshirts and shorts. Even as a little kid, i was captivated.
Posted by: Nelly at December 26, 2024 12:21 PM (bcr4y)
He was a QB.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:23 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at December 26, 2024 12:23 PM (xaNfJ)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 26, 2024 12:24 PM (taOK4)
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 12:09 PM (2N3ca)
Basically they took various stars from different TV shows and had them compete in made-up state fair style sports. Like three legged races, and dunk tanks, etc..
For my part, many of the women were on shows where they normally wore suits or dresses etc. Normal beautiful women. But on BOTNS some of them would be in swimming suits or track suits for the first time. And all the camera men were very generous. Everyone was smiling and laughing, everyone having a good time.
It was the nice intersection of mostly wholesome fun and sexy that rarely exists these days.
I was in my early teens, naïve but in love with every woman I saw.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 12:24 PM (Y6IkP)
What people said in 1977 unironically.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 26, 2024 12:24 PM (taOK4)
He might be proof that too much easy tail can change a guy.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)
What people said in 1977 unironically.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 26, 2024 12:24 PM (taOK4)
The Kardashian Effect, I maintain…
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:24 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 26, 2024 12:25 PM (Y1sOo)
And of course, seeing my favorite leading ladies in tshirts and shorts. Even as a little kid, i was captivated.
Posted by: Nelly at December 26, 2024 12:21 PM (bcr4y)
He was a QB.
Posted by: Sponge
I think you're thinking of his father, Tom Harmon. He was QB at Michigan and won the Heisman, in 1940(?).
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:25 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: She Had A "Stage Mom" at December 26, 2024 12:25 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:17 PM (PCK5/)
I've seen more teevee in the past week than I do all year.
I can't stand the interracial commercials, not because I'm opposed to interracial couples, but I resent you forcing it down my throat. Also the gay couples. Stop it!
Oddly enough though, jewelry commercials appear to be mostly hetero. I wonder if that's just simply because the gays don't buy it in large enough numbers.
Lesbians may sure like their Wendy's ice cream, and the gays may love fabric softener, but if you want to sell rings, you get the normies to smooch on camera.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 12:26 PM (JwsKw)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:26 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 12:26 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: She Had A "Stage Mom" at December 26, 2024 12:25 PM (G5+As)
Of course talking her into cutting off her teenage breasts is totes okay now… progress… bullshit.
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:27 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 26, 2024 12:27 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: one hour sober
Schwarzenegger and Cruise are very short also.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 12:27 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Speller at December 26, 2024 12:27 PM (pSotA)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 12:27 PM (fwDg9)
I miss those days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 12:28 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 12:29 PM (i0F8b)
Halfback
Posted by: one hour sober
I stand corrected. You'd think I would've known the correct position. Damn.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:29 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:29 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Oh hey, now there's a beauty in her bathing suit. Let's follow her up the steps to the dunk tank. Bob, pan down and zoom in and...oh sweet lord, what is THAT???
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 26, 2024 12:29 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at December 26, 2024 12:30 PM (TN5A0)
I think you're thinking of his father, Tom Harmon. He was QB at Michigan and won the Heisman, in 1940(?).
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:25 PM (v6JzV)
Mark Harmon started as QB for the UCLA Bruins in 72 and 73.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 12:30 PM (i0F8b)
Battle of the Network Stars
The inspiration for part of my nickname here -- jazzed up and re-contextualized, of course
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 12:31 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Bulg
Mark Harmon was the quarterback for UCLA in the early 70's.
Posted by: Tuna at December 26, 2024 12:31 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 12:32 PM (H9VzD)
Fvck, was Bob Conrad a heavy smoker or something?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 26, 2024 12:33 PM (O/0gI)
I miss those days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 12:28 PM (Q4IgG)
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Stacy Keach as Mike Hammer (though not our Mike Hammer). Long-legged, big-boobed ladies who never wore bras.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:33 PM (dxSpM)
Oh hey, now there's a beauty in her bathing suit. Let's follow her up the steps to the dunk tank. Bob, pan down and zoom in and...oh sweet lord, what is THAT???
I warned y'all
Posted by: Tone Loc at December 26, 2024 12:33 PM (oZhjI)
Dude. It's Zales.
Where every fuck ends with Kay.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 12:33 PM (zdLoL)
'He might be proof that too much easy tail can change a guy.......'
Damn, I'm lucky I never had to face that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:33 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:12 PM (PCK5/)
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It was a wonderful time to be young. Miniskirts, too.
And no girls had penises.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 26, 2024 12:33 PM (1bNHn)
btw did anyone watch that weird as sh*t beyonce thing yesterday?!?!
It looked like the mummers parade meets the gayest army ever
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 12:33 PM (Pv3Rg)
SNL's classic Battle of the T&A Stars was filmed at the athletic field of my alma mater, Brooklyn College as were some of the exteriors of "Debbie Does Dallas!"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 12:34 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:34 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 12:34 PM (i0F8b)
WHAT'D I tell you?
Posted by: Mick Dundee
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 12:34 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 12:27 PM (fwDg9)
No 'e' on the end of Barbi!!!!
Posted by: Barbara Klein at December 26, 2024 12:35 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 26, 2024 12:35 PM (NMT5x)
Good news, folks. I’ll always be the same asshole I am right now.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2024 12:35 PM (pbmKi)
WHAT'D I tell you?
Posted by: Mick Dundee
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 12:34 PM (H9VzD)
The crock from the movie died the other day. They say it was over 90 years old.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:12 PM (PCK5/)
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It was a wonderful time to be young. Miniskirts, too.
And no girls had penises.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 26, 2024 12:33 PM (1bNHn)
Watch reruns of American Bandstand and Soul Train from the early 70s!
TUbe tops, Landlubber jeans and giant cork-heel shoes.
As an adolescent and teen at that time all through JHS and High School I had an almost perpetual stiffie!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 12:36 PM (x0n13)
Famous Celery Trivia:
Who was born "Benjamin Kubelsky" in 1894 and died 50 years ago today in 1974?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:36 PM (J4gi/)
White husband, black wife, asian daughter, hispanic son
Can they pander more?
Oddly enough though, jewelry commercials appear to be mostly hetero. I wonder if that's just simply because the gays don't buy it in large enough numbers.
Jewelry is a status thing for heterosexual* women. I don't get it - this expensive shiny rock means you are cool. Oh that cheap shiny rock? LOSER
*well until after marriage of course
Posted by: Tone Loc at December 26, 2024 12:36 PM (oZhjI)
Good news, folks. I’ll always be the same asshole I am right now.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2024 12:35 PM (pbmKi)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:36 PM (J4gi/)
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Jack Benny
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:37 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:37 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 12:34 PM (i0F8b)
Britta vs Alison
and the answer is Alison
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 12:37 PM (Y6IkP)
Who was born "Benjamin Kubelsky" in 1894 and died 50 years ago today in 1974?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:36 PM (J4gi/)
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"Oh, Rochester!" "Yes, boss?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:37 PM (dxSpM)
And no girls had penises.
Oh how I love a feminine mini-skirt. Nothing flatters a young woman's legs more. And if you can see a hint of lady penis? Oh...chef's kiss!
Posted by: David French at December 26, 2024 12:37 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:37 PM (J4gi/)
'i have a vague memory of being really surprised at how fast Gabe Kaplan could run.
Getting beat up in school every day taught one to run fast.'
Was that Lynda Carter that kept kissing him while he was being interviewed?
Don't make the poor man run with a stiffy, Lynda.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:37 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Nazdar at December 26, 2024 12:38 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 26, 2024 12:38 PM (szMU5)
And at that time, try to find commercials for Pearl Drops tooth polish with the actress running her tongue across her teeth. Yikes! How the hell did that get past standards and practices on every network and local station.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 12:38 PM (x0n13)
Before Alan Sues played, or "played", a drunken flamer on Laugh-In, he played a cowboy on The Wild Wild West. The director of the episode called Sues aside to ask him to stand in a hole so he wouldn't tower over Conrad in the shot.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 26, 2024 12:38 PM (taOK4)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 12:39 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 26, 2024 12:39 PM (szMU5)
Other famous celeries who died on This Day, Dec 26th:
Harry Truman, d. 1972
President Gerald Ford, d. 2006
NFL Packers Sacker Reggie White, d. 2004
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Gref at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: one hour sober
Schwarzenegger and Cruise are very short also.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 12:27 PM (WXNFJ)
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Cruise is indeed short and very small overall. Ahnuld is not as tall as depicted in movies, but he is not short. There are many pics of him at bodybuilding contests where you can see his barefoot height compared to others. He was taller than the guys in the 5-10 range, but shorter than monsters like Lou Ferrigno.
I think the "Ahnuld is short" idea also stems from that famous pic from the set of Princess Bride where he looks like a midget compared to Wilt Chamberlain and Andre the Giant. He does look tiny. But Wilt and Andre were 7+ feet tall.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 12:39 PM (i0F8b)
"TICKLE With the Big Wide Ball!"
A stubby dildo disguised as a woman's deodorant bottle.
Oh the 70s!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 12:17 PM (Y6IkP)
Saaaaaaaaaaaalute!
Posted by: mrp at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: davidt
I think Ginger vs. Maryanne is the more difficult choice. Baily easily wins her contest.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
I bet I know where that salsa commercial got their idea.
We're gonna make a film about a girl f***ing everybody in Texas, but film it in New York City.
*New York City????*
*Get a rope*
Nah, no one cared, they were more interested in the interior of Debbie.
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 26, 2024 12:41 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:41 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Bulg
Ah yes, the Point. We didn't know how good we had it. Also, for the uninitiated - there was a picnic pavilion just outside the gates. Folks would drop off their picnic baskets on a table and then go into the park until lunchtime. No one bothered any of the baskets or lunches left on the tables that were not their own.
As I said - It was an amazing time.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 12:41 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Colin at December 26, 2024 12:41 PM (wlQdF)
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Arnold is about 5'11". Cruise is about 5'9".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:41 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Gref at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (aBgBM)
Oh yeah, I remember that too.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 12:41 PM (Y6IkP)
I think Ginger vs. Maryanne is the more difficult choice. Baily easily wins her contest.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (v6JzV)
I would reverse this statement.
Maryanne wins easily.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:42 PM (Zz0t1)
'The crock from the movie died the other day. They say it was over 90 years old.'
That was a pretty good run for having a Bowie knife stuck into its head.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:42 PM (3wi/L)
oh, I forgot famed Baseball pitcher Phil Negro, d. 2020
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:43 PM (J4gi/)
That was a pretty good run for having a Bowie knife stuck into its head.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:42 PM (3wi/L)
They say crock's brains are small, so Dundee must've missed the vitals.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (Dm8we)
Neikro
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Mark1971
Oh, that would be Kelly Harmon. A mondo babe. A babealonya!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:43 PM (J4gi/)
Unintentional racism.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Only person to have been both a contestant and a panelist on the game.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 12:45 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Tonypete
Redford as well.
Posted by: Bulg
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Uh...
Posted by: Audie Murphy at December 26, 2024 12:45 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 12:45 PM (fwDg9)
oh, I forgot famed Baseball pitcher Phil Negro, d. 2020
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:43 PM (J4gi/)
Neikro
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (xG4kz)
________
Niekro
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:45 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (PCK5/)
I don't think he's that tall.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tonypete
Just looked her up. She looks a lot like her brother, in the face.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:45 PM (v6JzV)
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Arnold is about 5'11". Cruise is about 5'9".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:41 PM (6K6Eu)
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I think Ahnuld is a little taller than that, but I have no personal experience. I do with Cruise. I stood not 6 feet from him. I don't think he's even 5-7, let alone 5-9. Very little guy overall.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 12:46 PM (iFTx/)
Might as well just ship him to England.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 12:46 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)
It must have left a lasting impression on you then. Good thing you trademarked your nic though! Those corporate assholes at the big 3 would steal it in a heartbeat.
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 26, 2024 12:46 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 12:46 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 12:46 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (v6JzV)
Jeannie...hands on...errr...down. Hands down!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 12:47 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:47 PM (v6JzV)
'i have a vague memory of being really surprised at how fast Gabe Kaplan could run.
Getting beat up in school every day taught one to run fast.'
Was that Lynda Carter that kept kissing him while he was being interviewed?
Don't make the poor man run with a stiffy, Lynda.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:37 PM (3wi/L)
Ace, ace, ace...
How can you possibly put up a post like this without putting up Lynda Carter in the swim competition in BOTNS? Absolutely classic video.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 26, 2024 12:47 PM (IlAew)
Um… Conrad, sure, but I never thought of Kaplan as a "heart throb." But maybe the ettes would confirm?
Happy 2nd Day of Christmas, Ace, and alla y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - former heart throb at December 26, 2024 12:47 PM (KQIe6)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2024 12:48 PM (fz7Mb)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:48 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 12:48 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (v6JzV)
You just divided by zero. There is no solution. Or it's quadratic and there are two solutions Samantha or Jeannie.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 12:48 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Nicole must've towered over him.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:48 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 12:48 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 12:48 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 12:48 PM (63Dwl)
Here's something interesiting I learnt last night on the interwebs:
James Cagney's (d. 1986) last movie was a TV movie made in 1984 about a sickly old former boxer, Terrible Joe Moran.
Cagney couldn't speak well at the time, so the Idiots decided to have Rich Little dub all Cagney's lines.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:49 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 26, 2024 12:49 PM (szMU5)
If that doesn't show badass doesn't depend on height, I don't know what does.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:50 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:50 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 26, 2024 12:51 PM (h/ffs)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:48 PM (PCK5/)
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I've met both. Pacino is tiny. Maybe 5-4 if that. DeNiro stood about 5-10, but he was wearing boots with obvious tall heels. I doubt he's more than 5-7 or 5-8.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 12:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: mindful webworker - former heart throb at December 26, 2024 12:51 PM (KQIe6)
docent:
noun
1.
(in certain universities and colleges) a member of the teaching staff immediately below professorial rank.
2.
a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:52 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
One more reason that, back in the day, you didn't get into a fistfight at the bar with a guy you didn't know.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 12:52 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: mindful webworker
He was no Ron Palillo.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:52 PM (v6JzV)
I was in my early teens, naïve but in love with every woman I saw.
Posted by: banana Dream
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And trash sports Saturday or Sunday. Professional athletes, usually football and baseball, stars of the time, trash talking while competing at canoeing, swimming (watching linemen compete with track stars was hoot) weight lifting etc.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:53 PM (5Cy8I)
a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:52 PM (J4gi/)
So a docent doesn't make decent money.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 12:53 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:44 PM (v6JzV)
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This is one where all correct answers are purely subjective. There is no way to objectively, definitively answer this question.
For me, it's obvious, because Elizabeth Montgomery is possibly the hottest woman to have ever drawn breath. But, subjective.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 26, 2024 12:54 PM (QdGJh)
If that doesn't show badass doesn't depend on height, I don't know what does.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:50 PM (3wi/L)
_______
They found in the Civil War that little wiry guys made the best cavalrymen. Big husky guys couldn't take it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:54 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Remember that Gene Shalit was big then as well. Maybe it was a thing.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 12:54 PM (Dm8we)
He was no Ron Palillo.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:52 PM (v6JzV)
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Heck, he's no Marvin Kaplan.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:54 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:54 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Soothsayer
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My favorite movie-long over-dub was Andie MacDowell. Glenn Close did the entire over-dub.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 12:54 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Remember that Gene Shalit was big then as well. Maybe it was a thing.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 12:54 PM (Dm8we)
__________
[Smirking mischievously]
-- Ron Jeremy
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 12:55 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:54 PM (dxSpM)
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They also don't wear out the horse.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:55 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 12:55 PM (WPL6O)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:55 PM (dxSpM)
'They found in the Civil War that little wiry guys made the best cavalrymen. Big husky guys couldn't take it.'
It helped the horse too.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:55 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Diogenes
See also: an adjunct professor at any University.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 12:55 PM (WXNFJ)
https://is.gd/0OKPNj
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 12:56 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Jockeys, in other words.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:56 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:56 PM (v6JzV)
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Willie Shoemaker was what? 4'11"?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:57 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Mary Livingston at December 26, 2024 12:57 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 12:57 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: CrustyB at December 26, 2024 12:58 PM (l4AV/)
Posted by: Buttigig at December 26, 2024 12:58 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:58 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at December 26, 2024 12:58 PM (VLH5c)
He decided no.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 12:59 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:58 PM (PCK5/)
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One of the very few people who caused Ulysses Grant to lose his temper in public.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:59 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Arnold S. at December 26, 2024 12:59 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (Y6IkP)
noun
1.
(in certain universities and colleges) a member of the teaching staff immediately below professorial rank.
2.
a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 12:52 PM (J4gi/)
and not a slang term for "two-hundred"
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 12:57 PM (GSHbq)
He was lousy with people, I thought. Charmless.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (h/ffs)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (wDJaI)
STP Oil Treatment with Jan Smithers & Suzanne Somers (Commercial, 1975)
https://youtu.be/R1nyRs7nqgE
Posted by: Chuck C at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Curate This!! at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: CrustyB
Hopefully, future experience informed you differently.
Posted by: Buttigig at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (WXNFJ)
Passed him in an office hallway. Smelly stinky doesn't say enough. Worse than a homeless hobo.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (Y6IkP)
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Not in The Netherlands.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 01:00 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
Wasn't that because he mistreated a horse?
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:01 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 01:01 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 01:01 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26,
And this is the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indonesian Quake/Tsunami that killed nearly one quarter million people.
I remember footage of Maldives getting hit and some journalist back then speculate that the low lying island would disappear soon anyway due to climate change.
Of course it's still there
Posted by: Rex B at December 26, 2024 01:01 PM (A75H2)
Posted by: Gabe Kaplan's Porn 'Stache at December 26, 2024 01:02 PM (RIvkX)
Wow, 2025.
Can you believe it's really here?
Not what we expected, right?
The worst thing about 2025 is that 1975 was 50 years ago. And we were there. We lived it, and we remember it. Fifty years ago...
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 01:02 PM (J4gi/)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at December 26, 2024 01:02 PM (dQfJF)
Posted by: Rachel from Friends at December 26, 2024 01:02 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:01 PM (v6JzV)
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No, that one was some random muleteer. Sheridan got into an argument with Grant on a railway platform (one of them was going to take the train) and they were screaming at each other as the train pulled up.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 01:03 PM (6K6Eu)
'One of the very few people who caused Ulysses Grant to lose his temper in public.'
Not much on the personality side but Grant considered Sheridan utterly reliable.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 01:03 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 01:03 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:04 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Bell bottom blues.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 01:04 PM (Dm8we)
'Smelly stinky doesn't say enough. Worse than a homeless hobo.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism'
Sounds like he gassed you.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 01:04 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
A few years back, I was getting bagged on by some co-workers. While they had been on football teams, I was a swimmer. I let them finish insulting me and then retorted.
"All right, you have a point. I was a swimmer so I didn't bulk up like you guys. But I went through puberty surrounded by girls in swimsuits. What did you have? Your tight little pants and your huddle?"
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 01:05 PM (lXCUP)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis
HR Pufnstuf has entered the chat.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:05 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 26, 2024 01:06 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 26, 2024 01:06 PM (2cS/G)
Featuring Cheryl Ladd; “Wonder Woman” Lynda Carter; Suzanne Somers; Lola Falana; Valerie Perrine and Adrienne Barbeau.
All your favorite T’s & A’s, including “Hootchie Cootchie” girl Charo; and special guest star Carol Wayne; plus the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 01:06 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Lincolntf
Damn, I remember them. Yummy.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:07 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 01:07 PM (PCK5/)
Locklear appeared on SNL after being salivated over again and again in "Wayne's World". At the start of the skit, she sleeps with just the top of her head visible, and Wayne says "Garth wake up!".
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 01:07 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis
HR Pufnstuf has entered the chat.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:05 PM (v6JzV)
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Sid and Marty Krofft were doing a lot of acid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 01:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 01:03 PM (3wi/L)
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Much later during the Overland Campaign, Grant came up as Meade and Sheridan were on the verge of pulling off their coats and laying into each other (Sheridan had that effect on people). Grant calmly asked what was going on and it turned out that it was a disputation as to whether the Cavalry Corps should be cut loose to find and kill JEB Stuart. Grant observed that Sheridan generally knew what he was doing, and gave orders sending the Cav Corps into the rear of the ANV.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 01:07 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 01:09 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 01:09 PM (GSHbq)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Re Jerry 'Mad Dog' Shriver
Medal of Honor recipient Fleming says Shriver "convinced me that for the rest of my life I would not go into a bar and cross someone I didn't know."
Pic of Shiver, what is not evident is that he is holding a suppressed M3. t.ly/O2NKa
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 01:09 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
A few years back, I was getting bagged on by some co-workers. While they had been on football teams, I was a swimmer. I let them finish insulting me and then retorted.
"All right, you have a point. I was a swimmer so I didn't bulk up like you guys. But I went through puberty surrounded by girls in swimsuits. What did you have? Your tight little pants and your huddle?"
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 01:05 PM (lXCUP)
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While all of us rocker dudes in marching band got to ride home from away games, after dark, on the same bus as the cheerleaders. And the majorettes. And the flag team. And the band girls.
They were days of plenty.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 26, 2024 01:10 PM (QdGJh)
Posted by: ZilWerks at December 26, 2024 01:11 PM (0MpOC)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 01:11 PM (DYCNj)
Posted by: ZilWerks at December 26, 2024 01:11 PM (0MpOC)
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I thought "Welcome Back, Kotter" was developed from characters he talked about in his stand up routine.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 01:12 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 01:12 PM (XeU6L)
Forgot her name but she was in gasoline TV ads. Met her at a gas station. She had the same make model and color motorcycle as I did. I was speechless. Probably better off that way.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 01:13 PM (GSHbq)
That because climate change causes all the ice to melt, so there's more water to make more ice! Science!
Posted by: National Geographicloves science sexually at December 26, 2024 01:13 PM (VLH5c)
They were days of plenty.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 26, 2024 01:10 PM (QdGJh)
I was a cross country runner. We spent a lot of time with the girls team on long bus trips to other schools in Montana, plus staying overnight in hotels with them.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 26, 2024 01:14 PM (3Ev2O)
Big Penguin must be involved somehow.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:14 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 26, 2024 01:14 PM (I0ZPN)
Posted by: Captain Obvious
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Where did sweat hogs come from. It's in Sweet Emotion, which came out the same year as Welcome Back, Kotter."
Some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 01:15 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Germanicus at December 26, 2024 01:16 PM (oFjuQ)
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More bad news, re Polar bears:
"from a population estimated at about 12,000 bears in the late 1960s, numbers have almost tripled, to just over 32,000 in 2023.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 01:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg[/i
Yes
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
Due to a mixup at the entrance, I got to ride a ski lift with Tom Harmon. His wife, in a skin tight ski suit was in front of us. Hard to not stare at her derriere with her husband next to me.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 26, 2024 01:16 PM (6DCVr)
Posted by: Wally at December 26, 2024 01:16 PM (NMvV5)
Posted by: ZilWerks at December 26, 2024 01:11 PM (0MpOC)
For some reason the University of Montana hired him for a show. You could hear him bomb 20 miles away.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 26, 2024 01:16 PM (3Ev2O)
Posted by: Germanicus
I don't think he hooked up with Babs until well after his divorce from Jan. But still...
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:17 PM (v6JzV)
-Wiki
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 01:18 PM (RIvkX)
It's the Min Height for Manhood.
But it is not Tall.
Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2024 01:18 PM (j6KoD)
Okay…so what was happening that made looking these videos a thing? Or do I even want to know?
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 12:09 PM (2N3ca)
You're welcome.
Posted by: The 1970s at December 26, 2024 01:18 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
A few years back, I was getting bagged on by some co-workers. While they had been on football teams, I was a swimmer. I let them finish insulting me and then retorted.
"All right, you have a point. I was a swimmer so I didn't bulk up like you guys. But I went through puberty surrounded by girls in swimsuits. What did you have? Your tight little pants and your huddle?"
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 01:05 PM (lXCUP)
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I was also a swimmer. Before big meets the popular uys and popular girls on the team would have "shave parties" in the locker room showers. It was the girls shaving the guys down. As a naive freshman on the varsity team, I was excited to get an invite. I didn't understand why the other dudes all changed into baggy shorts. We all practiced in the speedo nuthuggers. That's what I wore. I very soon fought out why the other guys changed into baggy pants . . . .
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
Pam was a cutie, no doubt about it.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:18 PM (v6JzV)
hm. Never heard of that but I was an outcast back then.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 01:20 PM (lXCUP)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:20 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Lincolntf
Were they the Doublemint Twins who were in Quark (TV, 1977)?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077066/
Posted by: Chuck C at December 26, 2024 01:21 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2024 01:22 PM (j6KoD)
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Yeah? Well, but for global warming the ice would be 100' thicker and we'd have polar bears as far south as Miami!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 01:23 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 01:23 PM (URPU1)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 26, 2024 01:24 PM (6DCVr)
Later, All.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:24 PM (v6JzV)
JAN SMITHERS 💛 THE UNTOLD TRUTH (9:00)
https://youtu.be/OgLbyh-RBuM
Haven't watched but a few minutes of it, so, not recommending, just mentioning.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Bailey, MaryAnne, and Betty at December 26, 2024 01:27 PM (KQIe6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlKfK7ysJZw
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 26, 2024 01:28 PM (2cS/G)
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Not as short as Larry Manetti, I think.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 12:40 PM (6K6Eu)
_________________
I believe Conrad and Manetti are cousins.
Posted by: Kreskin at December 26, 2024 01:29 PM (3ZSjf)
OMG. What's next? "Yacht rock's debt to Flatt & Scruggs"? "Beethoven foreshadowed yacht rock 200 years ago in his 'Ode to Joy'".
Posted by: Paco at December 26, 2024 01:32 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Kreskin at December 26, 2024 01:32 PM (3ZSjf)
Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at December 26, 2024 01:32 PM (VLH5c)
Because obviously the problem there is not having an actual witch in charge.
Posted by: blaster at December 26, 2024 01:34 PM (QfvaV)
I ran into Bradshaw at the FBO at AFW one afternoon. The guy seemed freakishly huge to me. Then at a hockey game one evening Kevin Gogen and Bernie Kosar sat a few rows down from us. Gogen was monstrously large.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 26, 2024 01:35 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Smaller target & higher power to weight ratio for person and horse.
Effective horsepower was important.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 01:35 PM (5Cy8I)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 26, 2024 01:36 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 01:36 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2024 01:38 PM (XeU6L)
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We're all gonna' die, we're going to freeze to death.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 01:38 PM (5Cy8I)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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And he was one of the smaller players on the field.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 01:41 PM (5Cy8I)
Posted by: Monty Python at December 26, 2024 01:41 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 26, 2024 01:45 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: JHP2 at December 26, 2024 02:42 PM (UIvnv)
The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter]
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:00 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 11:00 AM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: RUReadingthis at December 26, 2024 11:01 AM (aQ25I)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 11:01 AM (i0F8b)
Posted by: GOPe at December 26, 2024 11:02 AM (0eaVi)
Avogadro's numberth!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 11:02 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 11:02 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:02 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 11:03 AM (GxmKP)
[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter]
Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM
"There's nothing exceptional about America."
- - - - Barack Hussein Owebama
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:04 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 11:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 11:04 AM (63Dwl)
"There's nothing exceptional about America."
- - - - Barack Hussein Owebama
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Fuck that guy in particular.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 11:04 AM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:04 AM (fwDg9)
He will flee to a non-extradition country, continue to collect his $400,000 taxpayer funded salary and live out his remaining years in the lap of luxury.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:06 AM (fwDg9)
Is Fauci today's Mengele? RFKJ essentially says so:
https://tinyurl.com/3pe783yy
I would think it shouldn't be too hard to document a few cases with witnesses, if true.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 11:07 AM (Hbs7G)
I'd ban the word "fair" unless you're rating a restaurant or talking about a place where kids can ride a carousel and pet goats.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 11:07 AM (WPL6O)
https://tinyurl.com/3pe783yy
I would think it shouldn't be too hard to document a few cases with witnesses, if true.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 11:07 AM (Hbs7G)
If Fauci actually goes down, Bill Gates damn sure better be right behind him. That guy is just as evil.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 11:09 AM (WPL6O)
Speaking of mass Murderers, wonder if Fauci is sweating out the next 26 days?
Posted by: Skip
He has nothing to worry about. He's America's doctor!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 11:09 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 11:09 AM (WPL6O)
Big Pharma, laughing, spreads it's wings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Fascism, although publicly derided, is followed in a “lite” form by almost every globalist affiliated government in the world today - especially in Europe.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 11:10 AM (wyMQY)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Guess who just took over as the deadliest disease, knocking Covid out of #1?
That's right!
The friend of every wetback, tuberculosis!
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 11:11 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Eaten by hungry beagles and/or bitten by rabid bats. Fair.
Posted by: Little Rat Bastard at December 26, 2024 11:11 AM (G5+As)
I'd ban the word "fair" unless you're rating a restaurant or talking about a place where kids can ride a carousel and pet goats.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 11:07 AM
when the kids were small, my response to the "that's not fair!!" complaint was fair is a weather forecast
they all use the word "equitable" now
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 26, 2024 11:12 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:06 AM (fwDg9)
We were right.
Posted by: The John Birch Society at December 26, 2024 11:12 AM (wyMQY)
Posted by: Barliman Butterbur at December 26, 2024 11:12 AM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 11:13 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: The John Birch Society at December 26, 2024 11:12 AM (wyMQY)
Yup. And they are a punch line now.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 26, 2024 11:14 AM (d9fT1)
The emperor of Japan had made his mind up that they would not surrender no matter how many japanese civilians died. If we had not dropped the Nukes the invasion of the japanese home islands would have resulted in over 1 million Allied casualties and possibly as many as 20 million japanese civilian deaths.
The firebombing would have continued and been increased as the invasion grew closer. Entire cities would have been burned to the ground as the japanese literally had nothing left to stop around the clock bombing. There would have been B-29 bombers over every large city in Japan every day and night without let up.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 26, 2024 11:14 AM (Rcnd3)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:06 AM (fwDg9)
Yep, that's a head-scratcher all right.
Posted by: Commies inside Western Gov'ts at December 26, 2024 11:14 AM (0eaVi)
- - - - Barack Hussein Owebama
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Fuck that guy in particular.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar
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Talk about your worst presidents and this guy is win, place or show.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 11:14 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: the server hamsters at December 26, 2024 11:15 AM (DgGvY)
Hey what happened to the drone invasion story? 'Nation gripped by fear' and all that?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Conquer Greenland! at December 26, 2024 11:15 AM (/7KEl)
they all use the word "equitable" now
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 26, 2024 11:12 AM (tljrc)
Heh! I'll write that down.
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2024 11:15 AM (Yj6Os)
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This is a very good point often clouded by our overuse of the labels.
For example, many people think the poor receive social benefits and financial support from the government in "communist" China when in fact they receive nothing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 11:15 AM (RIvkX)
Why does the Navy prefer recruits who can't swim?
They're more dedicated to defending the ship.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 11:15 AM (H9VzD)
Fascism, although publicly derided, is followed in a “lite” form by almost every globalist affiliated government in the world today - especially in Europe.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Public/Private partnership.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 11:16 AM (63Dwl)
Except the nature of socialism and the stupid "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" tends to encourage being a needy never do well and discourage developing one's abilities or even getting a job.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 26, 2024 11:16 AM (UKUm3)
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We already have it: federalism. Need the SC to step up and restore it in full. Let the west coast vote to go full commie as long as I don't have to pay for it or live by their rules.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 11:18 AM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Joe MaCarthy at December 26, 2024 11:18 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: DaveA at December 26, 2024 11:18 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 26, 2024 11:18 AM (VnnhK)
As further support, you could also put every American Democrat-ruled large city down in the footnotes.
Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 11:18 AM (yYWHi)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 11:19 AM (FkCbE)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 26, 2024 11:16 AM (UKUm3)
The Maynard G. Krebs school of socialism.
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2024 11:19 AM (Yj6Os)
Also I think to be able to return to the same level of exceptionalism we had in the past we need to stop the 'good enough' mindset that has been growing in the country. I think partly caused by third world immigration where that is the mind set.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 11:19 AM (D6PGr)
Certainly as a reader of military history, it is amazing how the Communists escaped blame, and the National Socialists got all fingers pointed at them.
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:06 AM (fwDg9)
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The commies didn't go down in some firey storm, they just rotted out and disappeared. They re-emerged as oligarchs and strongmen to steal whatever remained. In the end, they never really believed in the creed they professed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 11:19 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: doug at December 26, 2024 11:19 AM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 11:21 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:21 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 11:22 AM (FkCbE)
Posted by: The Germans at December 26, 2024 11:22 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 11:22 AM (W/lyH)
The left would love nothing more than to have a pliable and dependent society to lord over. Dependent being the operative word.
The society we live in today is precariously teetering between dependency and self reliance.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 11:22 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 11:22 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 11:22 AM (D6PGr)
James Earl Carter embodies the truism "For evil to prevail all it takes is for good men to do nothing." In a way he was worse than Obama, Clinton and even Biden because he provided lubrication for so many awful things, some of which we contend with to this day.
Posted by: Minuteman at December 26, 2024 11:23 AM (LaNzR)
"Yet we romanticize communism, or its more civilized (bowdlerized) term: socialism."
Karl Marx used the terms communism and socialism interchangeably in his writings.
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin.
And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
~Ronald Reagan
Posted by: Speller at December 26, 2024 11:23 AM (pSotA)
The joke in Soviet Russia was that the Politburo had no abilities but, "Oy! So many needs!"
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 11:23 AM (WPL6O)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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There's a quote, can't put my finger on it and it might be from Hitler, about the ease with which they gained converts from the communists.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 11:24 AM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 11:22 AM (W/lyH)
Thank you!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 26, 2024 11:25 AM (d9fT1)
Golden Kamuy: returning Vtereans of the Russo-Japanees War duke it out on Hokkaido to find the missing gold,,sound familiar..excellent action series and solid History Buff stuff..
Orb:On the Movements of the Earth
another excellent time piece in 15th century Poland where astrologists are discovering the Earth is NOT the center of the Universe and the battle for truth with the RC Inquisition begins...excellent drama and Nowak ther Inquisitor would have made a nice addition to The Lives of Others....
Posted by: qmark at December 26, 2024 11:25 AM (+t9Oi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 11:16 AM (63Dwl)
What's amazing is that I always thought this would mean government dominating privately owned concerns - but now I realize that (as in the case of big pharma) it's turned into private concerns dominating the government, at the expense of all others. It's morphing back into a slightly updated version of all of the bad old autacracies and oligarchies of the past, in a James Caan Rollerball world version. The Powers want to run things as suits them, and the people are just their cattle.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 11:26 AM (wyMQY)
There's a quote, can't put my finger on it and it might be from Hitler, about the ease with which they gained converts from the communists.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 11:24 AM (Dm8we)
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After 1933, the SA was swamped with applications from former communists. They were referred to as "beefsteaks": brown on the outside, red on the inside.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 11:27 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 26, 2024 11:27 AM (dJR17)
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2024 11:28 AM (Yj6Os)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 26, 2024 11:28 AM (VnnhK)
What I saw in the election was one more example of my country. I fully understand this wasn't the ending, but perhaps the end of the beginning, with the rest of the task remaining. And am perfectly comfortable with the ultimate ending, total victory.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 26, 2024 11:29 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Just Sayin... at December 26, 2024 11:29 AM (VLH5c)
The Soviet Russian supported Cuba big-time, because they were in the business of exporting revolution.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 11:31 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:04 AM (fwDg9)
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How about the rest of his miserable life?
Posted by: Ciampino - go all the way at December 26, 2024 11:31 AM (i0xsb)
some people who had been naive like William Bullitt did catch a clue when he was posted to Moskva, so did many of the other riga school of Sovietolgists like Kennan
Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 26, 2024 11:31 AM (dJR17)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 26, 2024 11:31 AM (VnnhK)
What I saw in the election was one more example of my country. I fully understand this wasn't the ending, but perhaps the end of the beginning, with the rest of the task remaining. And am perfectly comfortable with the ultimate ending, total victory.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 26, 2024 11:29 AM (hKoQL)
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"The United States will always do the right thing after they've tried everything else." - Winston Churchill
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 11:31 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Just Sayin.
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True. But the feds may have killed even more with their food pyramid.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 11:31 AM (Dm8we)
Posted by: just saying at December 26, 2024 11:32 AM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 26, 2024 11:34 AM (VnnhK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 26, 2024 11:34 AM (VnnhK)
I miss Chavez the Hugo.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
It's a bit early for New Year's resolutions, but I like this one.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 11:35 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:35 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 26, 2024 11:34 AM (VnnhK)
It ran out. Venezuela never invested any money into keeping it's oil production going, and they chased Chevron and all the other western companies out of the country. So their oil production is going the way of Cuba's sugar production.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 11:35 AM (wyMQY)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 26, 2024 11:35 AM (dgnIS)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 26, 2024 11:35 AM (dJR17)
... as are 20-something political interns.
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 11:36 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 26, 2024 11:36 AM (iFTx/)
I may have mentioned here on the HQ that I've seen many little acts open for big acts, and I can tell you that it doesn't go that way.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 11:36 AM (lhenN)
Had it not been for the Media, which promoted her book far and wide as the condemnation of civilization they wanted, her impact would have been the same as Lyndon LaRouche.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 11:36 AM (WPL6O)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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I'm not sure Hitler didn't like, or at least admire, Stalin. He praised him repeatedly, pretty much up to the end.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 11:37 AM (Dm8we)
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
--Milton Friedman.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 11:37 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 26, 2024 11:34 AM (VnnhK)
Venezuela got the Cuban Disease, and their oil production has fallen off a cliff.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 11:38 AM (8zz6B)
Communism
Always the same promises
Always the same catastrophes
Always the same excuses
Always the same scapegoats
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 11:38 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 26, 2024 11:38 AM (dJR17)
"A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay" April 1964
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 11:39 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 11:39 AM (lXCUP)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 11:26 AM (wyMQY)
The concept of the elite is a hard one to argue against. People can be divided into categories, and with the right (wrong) perspective, it's possible for people who have accomplished much, in one realm or another, to look at the suckers and losers, and wonder... "why do they exist?"
So while many don't want to even acknowledge the question, there are many in the elite class who have an answer: "They shouldn't." Or if they must, they should be turned into something that we waste fewer (scarce) resources on.
And here we are.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 11:39 AM (M6rkE)
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 11:41 AM (zdLoL)
Always the same promises
Always the same catastrophes
Always the same excuses
Always the same scapegoats
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Real communism has never been tried!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 11:41 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Drunken Kamala Harris! at December 26, 2024 11:42 AM (uxCna)
the ruling class in Venezuela, headed by Cabello, one of chavez's musketeers, expanded into the regional economy with the Sun Cartel, somewhat similar to Maher Assad and the Captagon trade,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 26, 2024 11:42 AM (dJR17)
I may have mentioned here on the HQ that I've seen many little acts open for big acts, and I can tell you that it doesn't go that way.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 11:36 AM (lhenN)
Quite the contrary. Blues Brothers was a huge opportunity for some of those under-appreciated performers to get their stuff out to a new audience, and make some serious money in their retirement years.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 11:42 AM (8zz6B)
Hitler: Eva told me she wanted to be dorked in the squeakhole but she kept Stalin!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 11:42 AM (FkCbE)
Posted by: Drunken Kamala Harris! at December 26, 2024 11:42 AM (uxCna)
"Dis bish be cray."
= = = = = Kamala's Mom
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Despite all the technology we produce very little that displays exceptionalism.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 11:43 AM (XTmTf)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 11:36 AM (WPL6O)
Well sure. If corporate media didn't constantly promote Taylor Swift, she'd be singing in a bar somewhere. Or waitressing in one.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 11:44 AM (M6rkE)
Rachel Carson killed more people than Adolf Hitler...
Posted by: Just Sayin... at December 26, 2024 11:29 AM (VLH5c)
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Bitch had to know that the eggshell data was bogus.
I was an undergrad at the time (Chemistry & Biology) and even to my inexperienced mind it looked suspicious.
Posted by: Ciampino - trouble with data at December 26, 2024 11:44 AM (i0xsb)
Cuba was important from a propaganda standpoint, because it was the sexy, Third World form of Communism, as opposed to the grey, bureaucratic form of Communism in the USSR and satellites.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 26, 2024 11:44 AM (uxCna)
https://is.gd/9GhYWQ
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 11:45 AM (L/fGl)
Hitler: Eva told me she wanted to be dorked in the squeakhole but she kept Stalin!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 11:42 AM (FkCbE)
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I heard the opposite. Hitler told Eva "let's not Russian to this."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 11:45 AM (Hbs7G)
"If we had communism, I would be building gardens, teaching classes on my farm, creating organizing spaces, and cultivating resources for my community. So basically what I'm planning to do anyway but without having to fight capitalism."
Reply:
"YOUR farm?"
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now Evaluating the Best Wagshambas of 2024 at December 26, 2024 11:45 AM (sMwSS)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 11:43 AM (XTmTf)
We came up with dick pills.
But that was basically an accident.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 11:45 AM (M6rkE)
Despite all the technology we produce very little that displays exceptionalism.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 11:43 AM (XTmTf)
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Nonsense. We hold in our hands small devices that can tap into the wealth of the world's knowledge snf use them to watch TikTok videos.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 11:46 AM (dxSpM)
The concept of the elite is a hard one to argue against. People can be divided into categories, and with the right (wrong) perspective, it's possible for people who have accomplished much, in one realm or another, to look at the suckers and losers, and wonder... "why do they exist?"
So while many don't want to even acknowledge the question, there are many in the elite class who have an answer: "They shouldn't." Or if they must, they should be turned into something that we waste fewer (scarce) resources on.
And here we are.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 11:39 AM (M6rkE)
"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 11:46 AM (wyMQY)
Good one!
Posted by: Ciampino - trouble with data at December 26, 2024 11:46 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Now Mexico's marxist president is sending oil to Cuba, but only about a quarter of what Venezuela did.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 26, 2024 11:46 AM (YgJcx)
But remember, and it's just limited to some of the citizenship -
277. Screw Ireland. And the Irish.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Reportedly, roughly 10% of the citizenship of the USA claims to be, or are descendants of, and a high percentage are easily influenced by the Clintons, Obamas, Bidens, etc.
PS - Mostly Irish, not one to stay in line. 😉
Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 26, 2024 11:47 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 11:47 AM (v6JzV)
Credentials are handed out by universities, and the universities are in the total control of Marxists.
It will take a lot to sort that out.
Posted by: Auspex at December 26, 2024 11:47 AM (q5rNo)
https://is.gd/9GhYWQ
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Precisely.
Posted by: Big Bird Drone Corporation
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 11:47 AM (H9VzD)
"If we had communism, I would be building gardens, teaching classes on my farm, creating organizing spaces, and cultivating resources for my community. So basically what I'm planning to do anyway but without having to fight capitalism."
Reply:
"YOUR farm?"
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now Evaluating the Best Wagshambas of 2024 at December 26, 2024 11:45 AM (sMwSS)
Nice.
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 11:47 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 11:36 AM (WPL6O)
Had the discussion over the holiday. Spencer Rattler, 3rd string QB for the Saints is a product of the media overhyping a very little talent for some unknown reason. He was ran out of OU on a rail, was VERY mediocre at best at South Carolina, yet was a Heisman candidate every year and actually got drafted by an NFL team.
I'm fully aware that 3rd string QB's aren't incredibly talented and rarely see the field, but that guy should've never been drafted due to his actual performance in the college game. But the media hyped him up so much, he went to SC billed as the "best pure passer the SEC has ever seen."
WTF?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:47 AM (Zz0t1)
Obama would be behind Wilson and LBJ on my list. So, “show”.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 26, 2024 11:48 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 26, 2024 11:48 AM (wBaIH)
Biden Removes $10 Million Dollar Bounty on Terrorist Abu Mohammed Al-Jokani
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 11:48 AM (L/fGl)
It will take a lot to sort that out.
Posted by: Auspex
Easiest way? Require results. Fire them when they can't produce.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 11:48 AM (H9VzD)
OTOH: The Musk-Led Manufacturing Revolution Nobody Is Talking About
https://is.gd/duDGwu
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 11:48 AM (xCA6C)
And Landis had to fight the studio over that - the studio wanted him to use contemporary R&B acts (like Boyz II Men), and Landis insisted on using classic blues people, several of whom weren't getting a lot of work by the late '70s.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 26, 2024 11:49 AM (uxCna)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 11:46 AM (wyMQY)
Who said that? Was it Stalin or Hitler?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 11:49 AM (M6rkE)
Obama would be behind Wilson and LBJ on my list. So, “show”.
Posted by: Ian S.
Carter is worst. Until another president comes along and cedes territory.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 11:49 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 26, 2024 11:49 AM (uxCna)
And that's one of the main things that makes that movie so memorable - like Aretha's R E S P E C T number. It would just be another forgotten SNL movie without those pieces.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 11:50 AM (wyMQY)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 11:49 AM (H9VzD)
"MY BUTT'S BEEN WIPED!"
- - - - - Joe Biden
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)
What did Carter do that was worse than paying women to have fatherless kids?
Posted by: Ian S. at December 26, 2024 11:51 AM (QZThv)
"it headed off the Soviets from invading, dividing and enslaving half the island indefinitely."
The Russians never had the naval ability to make such a scenario possible.
They couldn't have supported it
Posted by: Speller at December 26, 2024 11:51 AM (pSotA)
I remember when that series came out. The question is "When communism takes over America, what will you be doing?"
Someone should have asked her that if she already had a farm, why wasn't she teaching? What was it about capitalism that was stopping her?
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 11:52 AM (lXCUP)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
My Russian class at DLI went to hear talk given by Stalin's interpreter, who had just put out his memoirs.
During the question period afterwards, someone (I think it may even have been yours truly), asked him how Hitler and Stalin really felt about each other.
His answer was "Oni obozhalis' drug druga." "They adored each other."
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 11:52 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 11:52 AM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 11:43 AM (XTmTf)
We came up with dick pills.
But that was basically an accident.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 11:45 AM (M6rkE)
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The blue pill was from the UK if I remember correctly.
Posted by: Ciampino - trouble with the thing that goes up at December 26, 2024 11:54 AM (i0xsb)
CNN's Jennings: Democrats Are the Party of Uncommon Nonsense
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 11:55 AM (L/fGl)
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I read the book upon which the film was based -- "American Prometheus", a great read & time-capsule that was researched & written by two authors over a 25-year period -- and was fascinated by the following observation & claim (the result of the Great Depression falsely being blamed on the "evils of capitalism"
"The Depression had caused many Americans to reconsider their political outlook. Nowhere was this truer than in California. In 1930, three out of every four California voters were registered Republicans; eight years later, Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a margin of two to one. In 1934, the muckraking writer Upton Sinclair nearly won the governorship with his radical platform to End Poverty in California (EPIC)."
Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 26, 2024 11:55 AM (z3WOQ)
Some day he'll be mentioned in the same breath as Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller. If he keeps going at the pace he is now, it'll be DaVinci and Newton.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 11:56 AM (xCA6C)
Someone should have asked her that if she already had a farm, why wasn't she teaching? What was it about capitalism that was stopping her?
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 11:52 AM (lXCUP)
No doubt she figured that under Communism, students would be obliged to come to her farm to be re-educated. Because she's elite, yannow.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 11:56 AM (8zz6B)
WTF?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:47 AM (Zz0t1)
I watched that game (stuck around relatives). I thought "well there's another one."
Meaning, one of those running QB's teams are enamored with these days. Few of them have the talent to play that style. But they're going to get drafted, and sometimes it seems it's based on skin color.
Funny enough, after the game was out of hand, GB put in their backup QB... and yep. There's another one.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 11:56 AM (43ETV)
It's corruption and greed that ruin it. Just like everything else.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)
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She strikes me as one who would claim birth control is not accessible despite being $8 a month because she would still have to pay for it rather than get it free
that darn capitalism
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now Evaluating the Best Wagshambas of 2024 at December 26, 2024 11:57 AM (sMwSS)
73 million human beings died in World War 2, which lasted for 2,192 days, which averages to 33,303 deaths per day. Which means the total casualties from the two atomic bombings was about a week and a half worth of casualties in the big picture.
No wonder the great Paul Fussell wrote so compellingly in favor of their use in his essay "Thank God For The Atom Bomb."
Posted by: Sharkman at December 26, 2024 11:57 AM (4mDu5)
"Free Markets" done right motivate the individual to work hard and succeed. But now we have the too big to fail/jails that bought government to gain advantages, down to even persecuting Musk (and Trump) for supporting the wrong candidate.
That is not "free markets done right", but that massive cash flow from stock manipulations and "gaming" has given us Soros and a host of other leftist billionaires, that conspire together outside our government in various groups (IMF, WEF, etc.) and Foundations.
The "passive bid" of free market workers across the America (those that trust government will make sure markets give them their 15% if they just feed their savings into the market machine) has twisted a lot of the invisible hand to the point we have trillions in market bubble, and an unknown future since that helped fund "infinite debt".
In one sense that is the "next time we'll do free markets right" side of free markets, but it has still been much better than the raw power of communism in its various forms ... I think.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 26, 2024 11:58 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Sponge
Satan is the reason why we can't have nice things.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 11:58 AM (v6JzV)
Marxism tries to remove the concept of man as sinful. In trying to make Man God, it eschews Original Sin.
So, when reality intrudes - as it always does - when you "perfect" Man, you just get a more perfect sinner. Naturally, you get more misery, poverty, and death.
Appropriately for Christmas, there is only one way of perfecting Man, and that is through Jesus the Christ. And it's not an improvement easily measured in better people, though Christians do become better people as God works in their life. The perfection is in the covering of our sins by the sacrifice of Jesus, redeeming us in the eyes of God.
But, Marx was an anti-Christian, and it shows in his works. And in their fruits.
Posted by: GWB at December 26, 2024 11:58 AM (WlvCt)
Posted by: Ian S.
Have up the Panama Canal.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 11:58 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Ciampino - trouble with the thing that goes up at December 26, 2024 11:54 AM (i0xsb)
There goes that theory then.
We don't do anything right. The Colonel's secret recipe, maybe.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 11:59 AM (43ETV)
It was also a love letter to late 1970s Chicago.
Since I lived in Chicago in the late 1970s, I approve.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 26, 2024 12:00 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 26, 2024 12:00 PM (dJR17)
Posted by: GWB
He was also a huge Jew-hater. Hitler supposedly read Marx, and got a lot of his anti-Jewish notions from him.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:00 PM (v6JzV)
In 1934, the muckraking writer Upton Sinclair nearly won the governorship with his radical platform to End Poverty in California (EPIC)."
Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House!
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"Nearly won"? Merriam beat Sinclair by 13 percentage points.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:00 PM (dxSpM)
It’s Official: Alec Baldwin Gets off Scot-Free in “Rust” Shooting After Appeal Is Withdrawn
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 12:01 PM (L/fGl)
lol
Yeah, that's it.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 26, 2024 12:01 PM (Y1sOo)
Satan is the reason why we can't have nice things.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 11:58 AM (v6JzV)
But following him seems to yield nice results in the here and now, as long as you don't mind the afterlife part while here.
I know quite a few greedy assholes living it up while I mire in mediocrity and pain. Evil wins, a lot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: BurtTC
Cathy Ireland.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:01 PM (v6JzV)
It’s Official: Alec Baldwin Gets off Scot-Free in “Rust” Shooting After Appeal Is Withdrawn
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 12:01 PM (L/fGl)
I want to go on the new Match Game with him as host just so I can say, in the middle of a round, "Don't shoot" as I raise my hands.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)
'Blues Brothers was a huge opportunity for some of those under-appreciated performers'
Yeah. Practically the whole point of the movie was to appreciate black blues & rock performers. Aykroyd and Belushi weren't trying to overshadow them. they were amplifying them.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:02 PM (3wi/L)
It's corruption and greed that ruin it. Just like everything else.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)
It's been said communism is like the nukular family. I do things for you, because I love you.
Capitalism, when done right, doesn't require me to give two shits about you. If you have what I want, and I have what you want, we exchange them.
Scrooge was more right than Fezziwig.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 12:03 PM (akqX4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:03 PM (8zz6B)
lol
Yeah, that's it.
I, for one, hope they ramp up their anti-Trump efforts. Come on, guys, let's see some commitment!
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:04 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 26, 2024 11:57 AM (4mDu5)
You asked for it.........
https://youtu.be/V4kzCBQg-qQ
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Losers who have failed at every game in life but salve their ego by imagining they'll be made winners by the elimination of the competition.
Attempting to explain that their plans always require the wholesale extermination of millions is as useful as telling a crackhead to stop smoking free crack.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 26, 2024 12:04 PM (MC8h6)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:05 PM (v6JzV)
For one thing, tens of thousands were dying daily in the occupied territories and the home islands. Thus, any delay in ending the war would have resulted in enormous additional deaths.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 12:05 PM (xCA6C)
Establish and maintain air superiority over the islands, control the seas around them, and continue with regular bombing raids, and simply wear them down, and starve them out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:03 PM (8zz6B)
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How many Japanese die? How many people in Japanese-occupied territory? How many prisoners of war? The US Navy took a terrific beating off Okinawa. Subduing Japan would have been far worse.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:05 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 12:06 PM (jgmnb)
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M ake
A sylums
G reat
A gain
There are a lot of people out there that should be committed. It's not like they're going to "just get better" on their own.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 12:06 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
After four years of war, the home front was getting tired of it all.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 12:06 PM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:03 PM (8zz6B)
There was no reason to invade, as you have pointed out. We just wanted the whole matter finished.
Posted by: tubal at December 26, 2024 12:06 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 12:07 PM (URPU1)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:01 PM (v6JzV)
If the photos I'm seeing online are up to date, I'd have to say you are right.
Sadly, she's been married to the same man since 1988.
So it doesn't help me any.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 12:07 PM (wpZtv)
Nonsense. We hold in our hands small devices that can tap into the wealth of the world's knowledge snf use them to watch TikTok videos.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 11:46 AM (dxSpM)
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Most importantly, Cat TikTok videos.
Posted by: Ciampino - trouble with the thing that goes up? at December 26, 2024 12:08 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Ian S.
he endorsed the Islamic Revolution in Iran
Posted by: relay at December 26, 2024 12:08 PM (/7KEl)
>And Landis had to fight the studio over that - the studio wanted him to use contemporary R&B acts (like Boyz II Men), and Landis insisted on using classic blues people, several of whom weren't getting a lot of work by the late '70s.
I'm going to invent a time machine just so I can erase "Easy Listening" sappy love songs.
The same way there were many great movies that were almost made (EG Orson Welles would have been Baron Harkonnen) you hear stories about disasters averted.
Studio suits would have cast Nick Cage and Sean Connery as Aragorn and Gandalf. I love those actors but just no.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 12:08 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 12:08 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Sid at December 26, 2024 12:08 PM (dMxnx)
Steelers Legend Ben Roethlisberger Rips NFL for Christmas Games, Making Teams Play 3 Times in 11 Days: “It’s Miserable”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 12:08 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Ann at December 26, 2024 12:08 PM (4neFu)
I have a cousin who said to me that he supported Socialism and if it came to this country, would I go after him?
He was not ready for my answer: "If that happens here, you and your kind are no longer human and I will kill you with a smile on my face and a song in my heart."
So if you're curious as to why I don't show up to the Thanksgiving gathering any more, that's one example.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 12:09 PM (lXCUP)
Sadly, she's been married to the same man since 1988.
So it doesn't help me any.
Posted by: BurtTC
She's also a big anti-abortion advocate. She was one of those leading the fight against that awful abortion referendum that passed in California.
And she has aged very nicely.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:09 PM (v6JzV)
So it doesn't help me any.
Posted by: BurtTC
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She did a movie, ended up on MST3k. Can't remember the name.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 26, 2024 12:09 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 26, 2024 12:09 PM (t3Itw)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 12:05 PM (xCA6C)
Thing is, we are often presented a false dichotomy: use the A-bomb vs. massive, and hugely costly invasion of the Home Islands. I'm suggesting that a third option, containment, was on the table, but neglected. Obviously, use of the a-bomb was the best option, and I support it, but it was not the only alternative to an invasion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:10 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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And 1mm(?) dead civilians from bombings and starvation (and dead POWs and US airmen). There are probably estimates on how many German and other civilians died from Allied bombing to get an approximation for Japan. Who knows, maybe the Emporer and the military junta would have capitulated. Hard to say, but probably more than likely many fewer casualties with the a-bomb.
Posted by: WEF at December 26, 2024 12:10 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 26, 2024 12:11 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 26, 2024 12:11 PM (lhenN)
Fascism has only been discredited by name. The philosophy behind it, aka Corporatism, is alive and well. The use of powerful corporations by the government to facilitate their reign is prevalent throughout the West, including in the USA.
Posted by: No Name Today at December 26, 2024 12:11 PM (vlXMQ)
Posted by: BurtTC
Fezziwig threw better parties, though.
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:05 PM (v6JzV)
If you work for a company that throws Christmas parties, and you getting to bang Carol from Accounting means you'll work harder after the holidays, then that just means Carol from Accounting is part of your salary. Or a "fringe benefit," if you want to call it that, but it's still compensation for your labor.
Now, if that's part of ol' Fezziwig's thought process, then I'd call that Scroogian, but really, I don't think Fezziwig knows about Carol from Accounting.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2024 12:12 PM (wpZtv)
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People are already saying we need to bring back asylums, you don't have to keep selling it
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now Evaluating the Best Wagshambas of 2024 at December 26, 2024 12:13 PM (sMwSS)
I'm suggesting that a third option, containment, was on the table, but neglected.
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Containment might have been an alternative if we didn't have the atomic bomb. But we had it and if we had it we were going to use it. Nobody at the time quibbled about that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 12:15 PM (dxSpM)
Christmas family dispute leads to 3 shot, 1 stabbed at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport: police
https://tinyurl.com/bddjnhv8
Posted by: Ciampino - I'm going to guess Hispanics at December 26, 2024 12:16 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 26, 2024 12:17 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: BurtTC
He might not know Carol, but I'll be he knows Carl from Accounting. IYKWIMAIKTYD.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 12:18 PM (H9VzD)
Fascism has only been discredited by name. The philosophy behind it, aka Corporatism, is alive and well. The use of powerful corporations by the government to facilitate their reign is prevalent throughout the West, including in the USA.
Posted by: No Name Today at December 26, 2024 12:11 PM (vlXMQ)
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Benito would concur.
Posted by: Ciampino - The Mussolini swagger at December 26, 2024 12:18 PM (i0xsb)
Christmas family dispute leads to 3 shot, 1 stabbed at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport: police
https://tinyurl.com/bddjnhv8
Posted by: Ciampino
We had two or three separate incidents across N Texas yesterday and Tuesday.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 12:20 PM (H9VzD)
'Christmas family dispute leads to 3 shot, 1 stabbed at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport: police'
No identities revealed by the police.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 12:24 PM (3wi/L)
Ah, I did not understand your point. Thanks.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 26, 2024 12:25 PM (xCA6C)
John Adams warned us: "... Should the people of America once become capable of that deep simulation [that is, hypocrisy] towards one another, and towards foreign nations, which assumes the language of justice and moderation while it is practicing iniquity and extravagance, and displays in the most captivating manner the charming pictures of candor, frankness, and sincerity, while it is rioting in rapine and insolence, this country will be the most miserable habitation in the world; because we have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.
'Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Posted by: Beverly at December 26, 2024 12:34 PM (Epeb0)
Up to that point, they were pumping out propaganda urging Americans to stay OUT of the war, because of the dirty deal Stalin made with Hitler to carve up Poland between them. See, e.g., Dalton Trumbo's book "Johnny Got His Gun." (The bastard Trumbo was a committed Stalinist to the end of his days.) But as soon as Hitler attacked the USSR, US Communists were ordered to do a 180 and feign being American patriots, to get us into the war on the Soviet side.
Posted by: Beverly at December 26, 2024 12:39 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: Beverly at December 26, 2024 12:47 PM (Epeb0)
Communism provides them a path for both.
Posted by: Bess Manners at December 26, 2024 01:25 PM (nyKwI)
Posted by: PJ at December 26, 2024 02:58 PM (RRCAT)
Posted by: JackWayne at December 26, 2024 03:12 PM (e+cRb)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Traffic Stop
Frank Xavier Leyendecker
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Nicely done!
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Very nice. I enjoy these illustrations from the "slicks". It's like a breath of normality in today's depraved age.
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I did as well.
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Shhh! We don't want him to notice so #14 will stay looking good forever!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 26, 2024 09:37 AM (hovnC)
"Dis bish made me do it!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (v6JzV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY
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Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (hovnC)
No kiddin'...my first (of 2) speeding ticket, in 1972, was $45.
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (Yj6Os)
It would be my mom’s birthday today. She would like this. Thanks, CBD.
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (p4NUW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:37 AM (gbOdA)
Fitting. Nothing wrong with a good one hit wonder entry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)
It's just awful.
Throw the little scofflaws in jail
Posted by: All The Agencies at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (8AONa)
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 09:36 AM (0eaVi)
Good thing AI is capable of lurning from its misteaks!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: The Little Motorist at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (G5+As)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Cute art. And boxed in we are. That reminds me, Happy Boxing Day!
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (9hlCH)
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (p4NUW)
I mean, she must have a birthday, having actually been born.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: kallisto at December 26, 2024 09:39 AM (ryC6Z)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 26, 2024 09:39 AM (hovnC)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:39 AM (v6JzV)
#DefundTheScallwags
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro, VT at December 26, 2024 09:39 AM (a3Q+t)
Her Majesty was driving us through Loveland, OH when she got stopped. The officer said she was going at 49 in a 35 zone. It was on the tip of my tongue to say, "Impossible! She's never driven below 50 in her life." Luckily I stopped myself.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:40 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 09:40 AM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:40 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: Some traffic cop at December 26, 2024 09:41 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 09:41 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: kallisto at December 26, 2024 09:41 AM (ryC6Z)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:41 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro, VT at December 26, 2024 09:39 AM (a3Q+t)
It simply would not be a Mary Christmas unless you showed up!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 26, 2024 09:41 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:41 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:42 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:40 AM
Clearly, "Danger" is not your middle name.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 09:42 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 09:42 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:42 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:42 AM (NpAcC)
*Lyrics in Tommy Tutone's trash can.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:42 AM (NpAcC)
June 85, 510 AD?
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 09:43 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:42 AM (NpAcC)
TRUMP
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:43 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 09:43 AM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: redridinghood
It that was hentai art, and this were 9gag...i'd say put that number into a bit torrent and download the manga the art came from. But this ain't 9gag.
Learned it from a friend. Don't hate on me.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 09:44 AM (MsrgL)
Posted by: A Great Place To Raise Your Kids at December 26, 2024 09:44 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:44 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (NpAcC)
You mean the time of shooting fleeing perps, interrogations under a heat lamp and being on the criminal payroll in the large cities?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: Fight the Power What Be! at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: kallisto at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (LLIWf)
Posted by: Frank Xavier Leyendecker at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: davidt
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It caught up with a moving vehicle, so that kinda rules out a Harley.
Posted by: All The Agencies at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (8AONa)
The kids offset all of this, with flushed faces and innocent expressions. Would hang.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 09:46 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 09:46 AM (MsrgL)
It reminds me of an incident many moons ago when I stopped a couple of little kids riding down a hilly road in a small cart. They were just thinking, "Weee!!!", and I was thinking that they were so low to the ground that a motorist wouldn't see them and run right over them. I read their mother the Riot Act for not keeping an eye on them.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 09:46 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 26, 2024 09:47 AM (BHrzb)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 09:47 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Grump928(C) notes at December 26, 2024 09:47 AM (aD39U)
Happy Revenue Year - a limerick
A young lad named Barney Liotta
Was pulled over in his homemade Toyota
"Can't you cut me some slack?"
The cop said, "No way Jack!
"I've got two days to fill my monthly quota!"
Posted by: muldoon at December 26, 2024 09:47 AM (991eG)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 26, 2024 09:47 AM (Y1sOo)
Hey Billy you know Johnnie isn't afraid to go down the hill in his cart! Are you...chicken?
Posted by: Some Little Girl at December 26, 2024 09:47 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:48 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (D6PGr)
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That's not what this picture says to me, but if that's what you think of, okay.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:48 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:48 AM (oZhjI)
Very well done, though.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 09:49 AM (WPL6O)
Posted by: A Green Lipped Mussel at December 26, 2024 09:49 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: DaveA at December 26, 2024 09:49 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:49 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:49 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Women of Every Age at December 26, 2024 09:49 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
________
The kids? Seems a bit extreme.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:48 AM (dxSpM)
It is certainly one way to deal with recidivism.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 09:50 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: All The Agencies at December 26, 2024 09:50 AM (8AONa)
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:50 AM (vFG9F)
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The number of the White Beast!!!
Divide by 20 and add 13 and it spells out 'kill whitey' in Arabic!!
Posted by: rev. louis farrakhan at December 26, 2024 09:50 AM (hovnC)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:50 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Ahnold at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (aD39U)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (hovnC)
I saw there was an experiment where they took guys and had them post to dating sites with pictures in front of cool, hot cars (like a Ferrari) or run of the mill cars (like a Corolla)
You'll never guess which of the two got more female responses...
Also, BTW red got more interest over other colors...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: kallisto at December 26, 2024 09:52 AM (LLIWf)
Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 09:52 AM (i0F8b)
Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 09:52 AM (4SKzt)
Posted by: muldoon at December 26, 2024 09:52 AM (991eG)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (ZmEVT)
"Word."
- - - - Seven Mary 3 & 4
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 26, 2024 09:53 AM (hovnC)
When I was a kid we started out making skateboards from old clip-on roller skates and scrap lumber from nearby house construction. We ended up making larger steerable vehicles towed behind a bicycle, still with roller skate wheels. Went fast enough we could drift around corners. Going downhill helped with the speed. It's surprising no one had their teeth vibrated loose or suffered major injury/death. (I think back on life and realize there truly are Guardian Angels!)
Posted by: George V at December 26, 2024 09:53 AM (ugbqN)
/Patrolman Frank X. Leyendecker
Posted by: muldoon at December 26, 2024 09:52 AM (991eG)
Lighten up, Francis.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
No one is above the law, I've been assured.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC)
__________
The kids are white. No pardon for them. But 37 other kids had their sentences commuted.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:53 AM (dxSpM)
You'll never guess which of the two got more female responses...
Also, BTW red got more interest over other colors...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (oZhjI)
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I think I saw a video on that. It was pretty funny. Same guy, different cars, went from a 4 to a 10.
They also used salary an occupation. Male appearance was consistently secondary. Guys didn't care about anythig other than looks.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)
You'll never guess which of the two got more female responses...
Also, BTW red got more interest over other colors...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (oZhjI)
__________
But it's men who are shallow.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:54 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:55 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 26, 2024 09:55 AM (hovnC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:54 AM (dxSpM)
The 25 year old is dating Bill Belichick for his charm and good looks, you know.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:57 AM (D6PGr)
TBH there are important biological reasons men are focused on beauty and women on status/wealth. I think the important thing is to realize that's a natural aspect of attraction for both and if we were a sane society again something that would be used constructively by that society.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:57 AM (oZhjI)
You'll never guess which of the two got more female responses...
Also, BTW red got more interest over other colors...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (oZhjI)
Unpossible. Toxic masculinity is bad, I'm told.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 09:59 AM (lXCUP)
I saw someone complaining "what would they even talk about?" and was amused. I suspect that is pretty much bottom of the list of concerns Bill has you know.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 10:00 AM (oZhjI)
If layabouts got women as much as men with power /success/toys the world would have never advanced beyond discovering fire.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:00 AM (D6PGr)
Kid Driver: "What's a bribe?"
Highway Cop: "Twenty dollars. Same as in town."
Posted by: muldoon at December 26, 2024 10:00 AM (991eG)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:57 AM (D6PGr)
I'm a titty man, myself.......
https://youtu.be/f8yK83atR3w
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Got Blood In My Alcohol Content at December 26, 2024 10:01 AM (G5+As)
You'll never guess which of the two got more female responses...
Also, BTW red got more interest over other colors...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (oZhjI)
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Carrying this a step further, i saw a story awhile back saying men in Miami sometimes rented fancy cars for their profile pictures.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 26, 2024 10:01 AM (JcF8R)
Posted by: TG Sam at December 26, 2024 10:01 AM (ud9p9)
Posted by: Mr. Bacciagalupe at December 26, 2024 10:02 AM (G5+As)
Btw, it all comes down to energy. The transport sector has broken down little planting is being done, there’s no energy for fertilization on any level, and harvesting is impossible.
Cuba is becoming a rock in the ocean with nothing but a bunch of sick and old people huddled around garbage fires in broken down huts. It’s really almost worse off than Haiti.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:02 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:02 AM (7MHHr)
"But, I'm wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt!"
- - - - - Leftist Retard
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:57 AM (D6PGr)
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First Things sometimes posts article from the archives and I read one not long ago from early Aughts about how the low demographic shifts because of WW II caused the sexual revolution and the demand for legalized abortion.
Women at that time expected to marry a slightly order, establshed man who could support a family. WW II crushed the birth rate and was followed by a significant boom afterwards. What this meant was that women born in 1947 vastly outnumbered men born in 1942 or 1943. This lead to increased competition, and women felt forced to loosen their morals, and men often failed to honor this, leaving the woman "in trouble."
According to this theory, the "ban the bra" business and skimpy clothing during the 1970s was the result of women who had failed to secure a man using desperate means to attract one, and this forced younger women to do the same in order to compete.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 10:04 AM (ZOv7s)
* Women like dogs much more then cats in profile pictures
* Women tend to like pictures showing masculine hobbies like fixing things, working out, and the like EXCEPT they didn't like fish pictures
* Women liked toned men, but did not like pictures that were shirtless and the like
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 10:04 AM (oZhjI)
Cuba is becoming a rock in the ocean with nothing but a bunch of sick and old people huddled around garbage fires in broken down huts. It’s really almost worse off than Haiti.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:02 AM (7MHHr)
_________
We should ship all of our left-wing academics and non-profits there and tell them, "Take your theories and policies and fix this. You can't come back until you do."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 10:05 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2024 10:05 AM (XTmTf)
I suspect part of the social expectations of successful men in Cold War era France/Germany to have a mistress was that enough men had died that it created a shortage for women.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 10:06 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
There was a young black fella in Virginia Beach around 1990, who cruised the strip with a surfboard strapped to his Impala. Had a fake phone antenna, and would "talk" on his fake "car phone". Couldn't swim, much less surf, don't know how many ladies he impressed.
Posted by: Profile In Courage at December 26, 2024 10:07 AM (G5+As)
China, on the other hand, does.
We'd be wise to offer help, with conditions, rather than let the ChiComs just waltz in.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 10:07 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:35 AM (NpAcC)
Driving without a license
Car is not registered
Not wearing seatbelts
Fake license plate
Looks like we're calling CPS to have your dick cut off, little boy.--California Highway Patrol
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:07 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 10:06 AM (oZhjI)
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Absolutely. The notion of a guy like James Bond being able to score all over the place is rooted in the fact that there were literally millions less men compared to women by the 1960s in Europe.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (ynpvh)
You outta the hospital yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (ynpvh)
Most places are left-aligned...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:09 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Creepy Joe at December 26, 2024 10:09 AM (dg+HA)
Saturday Evening Post, Frank X. Leyendecker
Frank Xavier Leyendecker was born in Germany in 1879 (or '76 or '77, depending upon the source) and from boyhood, he seemed to be something of an afterthought.
After enjoying early success, Frank’s demons of an inferiority complex and substance abuse ruled.
Although the family immigrated to America in 1882, primogeniture still held some sway to the Leyendecker parents, who were determined that older brother Joe (J.C.) receive the training required for future success.
...
The piece ends, "The Cutler book on J.C. Leyendecker states: "With nothing else left, no place in the fraternal relationship, a broken spirit, and overshadowed by J.C.’s successes, Frank lapsed further into his sad indulgences." Depression, heavy drinking, smoking, and drug use culminated in his death at age 45 in April of 1924."
So, like Harry, a spare wrapped in self-pity.
Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 26, 2024 10:09 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (7MHHr)
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It's still the same old story, a fight for love and glory, a case of do or die. The fundamental things apply as time goes by.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
There are two genders.
One goes to a gynecologist and the other one goes to a urologist.
Everyone else goes to a psychiatrist.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 10:10 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (ynpvh)
You outta the hospital yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)
Ya, since last Tuesday. Spent 17 days straight this last hospital stretch. Now I fart and poop in a bag for the next six months before I (hopefully) get my plumbing connected again.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:10 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (7MHHr)
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It's still the same old story, a fight for love and glory, a case of do or die. The fundamental things apply as time goes by.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
I must remember that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:12 AM (ynpvh)
Me: Thanks
Her: Is it fast?
Me: .... get in.
Officer: Jack, I'm not giving you a ticket for speeding. I'm giving you a ticket for being a dumbass. You will get more. Many more.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 10:12 AM (LkLld)
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Pfffft.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at December 26, 2024 10:12 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 10:12 AM (fwDg9)
There are two genders.
One goes to a gynecologist and the other one goes to a urologist.
Everyone else goes to a psychiatrist.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 10:10 AM (H9VzD)
And the left has had us under torture to see more than that, like Picard was tortured to see more lights...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:13 AM (ynpvh)
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Pfffft.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at December 26, 2024 10:12 AM (fs1hN)
She just rolls them over, like a steamroller over Rachel Corrie...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:14 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 10:14 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Zombie Frank Leyendecker at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (G5+As)
I mentioned on the ONT, we got a video from our nephew. His little boys, ages 5 and 2, got a battery powered Jeep as the big Christmas present. It took less than a minute for them to put a dent in a house wall. To judge by their excitement, the kids thought this was exciting. Mrs. JTB and I laughed out loud. (Of course, it's not our wall.)
Posted by: JTB at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (EmT/E)
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Nah. Pretty sure that men desire women who are world-weary bakers and just maybe want to settle down, while women desire plaid-shirted men who own Christmas tree farms in the small town where they grew up.
Posted by: Hallmark Christmas TV Watcher at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (fs1hN)
We were watching "It's a Wonderful Life" last night,
and for a moment I was taken out o0f the movie when George Bailey in the alternative Pottersville slugs his friend the cop to get away and the cop immediately hauls out his revolver and shoots to kill Bailey as he runs through a crowded street. And no one thinks a thing of it!
Made me think, Wow! Those were different times.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 26, 2024 10:16 AM (EmT/E)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 10:07 AM (Q4IgG)
*****
I believe that’s why Rubio wants to be SoS. To liberate Cuba, his and his fathers must native land, and engage the rest of South America.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 10:16 AM (9hlCH)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:13 AM (ynpvh)
You mean there are more than five genders?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 26, 2024 10:17 AM (hOUT3)
-- Kamala Harris
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 10:17 AM (a3Q+t)
The worst part about New Year's is the check I have to write to the state for property taxes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge
Fist bump
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 10:18 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:08 AM (7MHHr)
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It's still the same old story, a fight for love and glory, a case of do or die. The fundamental things apply as time goes by.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Papua, New Guinea version:
Women want the guy with the most pigs and yams.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM (hoCmQ)
-- Kamala Harris
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 10:17 AM (a3Q+t)
"And let us be unburdened by the blessings we were denied by the MAGA crowd!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM (hOUT3)
Kid: "How was I to know that we just crossed over the state line, Officer -- I'm only nine years old!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM (xG4kz)
Saw that The Hill is running an editorial today that Congress can save democracy by not certifying Trump on January 6th. Talk about “it’s (D)ifferent”.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM (9yaKh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 10:10 AM (ynpvh)
Well, you've got a path to hopeful normalcy. My dad had so much of his colon removed, he was non-reversible and spent the rest of his days with the bag.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Amber, Penthouse Pet of the Year at December 26, 2024 10:20 AM (VLH5c)
Buncha weak-spined centrists here again, I see
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:20 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:20 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Down By The Old Mill Farm at December 26, 2024 10:20 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ian S.
Sounds insurrection-y.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 10:21 AM (H9VzD)
Made me think, Wow! Those were different times.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (iJfKG)
Watched an old Magnum P.I. episode where Vietnamese officials were in the Honolulu Airport and just whipped out their guns and started firing away at their target without regard to the hundreds of people walking around.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Left Justification at December 26, 2024 10:22 AM (6K6Eu)
Saw that The Hill is running an editorial today that Congress can save democracy by not certifying Trump on January 6th. Talk about “it’s (D)ifferent”.
Posted by: Ian S.
Let's start the list of 2025 insurrectionists
1. Staff of "The Hill"
2.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:22 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 26, 2024 10:22 AM (d9fT1)
-- Kamala Harris
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 10:17 AM (a3Q+t)
She actually came out and said "HOW DARE WE SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM
The biggest palm-leaf 'sheath' certainly doesn't hurt.
Posted by: Women of New Guinea at December 26, 2024 10:23 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Sponge
Sponge, move here. Since many of us are refugees, we are absolutely gleeful when we deliver our prop taxes that are 10% of from whence we came.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:23 AM (WXNFJ)
"Oh, too late, Mimi!"
They had already texted her.
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 10:23 AM (f+FmA)
I'm traveling, not driving.
Call you supervisor.
Posted by: Tonypete
Ahhhh. A sovereign citizen.
"Sarge, yeah. Jones here on traffic. Ima need you out here. Yeah. We got another nutbag out here".
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 10:24 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Pajamas are not clothes at December 26, 2024 10:24 AM (rqga2)
____
Blessings, like a well stocked bar?
Posted by: Hillary! at December 26, 2024 10:24 AM (fs1hN)
That you are now, and never will be, on a glide path to become the President is Christmas miracle enough for me, Red Kammie.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:24 AM (xG4kz)
Women want the guy with the most pigs and yams.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM (iJfKG)
See Napoleon Chagnon and the Yanomomo..."It's all about the women."
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2024 10:25 AM (Yj6Os)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:23 AM (WXNFJ)
I think once we move to the middle of nowhere, the bill will become a lot smaller.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Canadians love Cuba and were a big share of tourism dollars. Now that it's Haiti we'll see if that holds up.
Posted by: Auspex at December 26, 2024 10:26 AM (q5rNo)
You'll never guess which of the two got more female responses...
Also, BTW red got more interest over other colors...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:51 AM (oZhjI)
You mean it was the red sports car I drove, rather than my innate qualities, is what attracted the future Mrs. Cop to me?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 10:26 AM (pJWtt)
I'm traveling, not driving.
Call you supervisor.
Posted by: Tonypete
Never knew Tonypete was one of those Sovereign Citizens. Does he buy tags for his car? Pay taxes? Have ID?
Posted by: Keeping Score at December 26, 2024 10:26 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:26 AM (WXNFJ)
"Oh, too late, Mimi!"
They had already texted her.
Posted by: sal
"Pawpaw! It's coming! I gotta poop!"
*cop let's sal go with a warning.
sal: I thought you had to poop?
Grand: No. I saw it on Facebook. I didn't think it'd work!
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 10:27 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Keeping Score
THAT'S DIFFERENT!! NO! I AM NOT ROLLING DOWN MY *SMASH* uh, win. . . dow. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:27 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)
In a bio of Eleanor Roosevelt, the author quoted a friend of the couple who described Franklin as "the man on the Arrow Collar box".
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 10:28 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (iJfKG)
Some Police forces thought it was cool to carry, and use, Thompson sub machine guns in the 30’s. There’s a reason no one does that anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:29 AM (7MHHr)
Something on the front doorstep is on fire! Put it out!
Posted by: Neighborhood Liberals at December 26, 2024 10:30 AM (B46kE)
Women want the guy with the most pigs and yams.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM (iJfKG)
PNG is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman or girl, with an estimated 70 percent of women experiencing rape or assault in their lifetime.
Posted by: World Report 2024 at December 26, 2024 10:30 AM (rqga2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:29 AM (7MHHr)
National Firearms Act 1934?
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2024 10:30 AM (Yj6Os)
Posted by: Sponge
Minimum 12 acres. Land that had already been zoned ag exempted. You need 10 for the ag exemption because they'll force you to claim two acres for the home. First year before the house was built, 12 acres were $13 and change.
Fuckers.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 10:30 AM (H9VzD)
Saw that The Hill is running an editorial today that Congress can save democracy by not certifying Trump on January 6th. Talk about “it’s (D)ifferent”.
Posted by: Ian S.
And just what is their definition of "democracy?"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 10:31 AM (63Dwl)
No Biden / Kamala Kwanzaa message?
Posted by: Auspex at December 26, 2024 10:31 AM (q5rNo)
Posted by: Uneasy Rider at December 26, 2024 10:31 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: World Report 2024
Umpossible! All cultures are equal!! Reeeeeeeeee!!!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:31 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: The *Real* Housewives of New Guinea at December 26, 2024 10:32 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 10:31 AM (63Dwl)
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Make the world safe for Democrats.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:33 AM (6K6Eu)
Kamala Harris, ladies and gentlemen.......
https://youtu.be/lwLaAaU64GE
This from the same beeyotch who was positively gleeful that "with a stroke of [her] pen" she could mess up the lives of parents in California whose children had missed school?
And whose motivation for doing so was that the State of California would receive a smaller share largess from the attendance pool and NOT because she was concerned that the children involved were missing opportunities to get an education?
Evil beeyotch.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:33 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Uneasy Rider at December 26, 2024 10:31 AM (G5+As)
Even worse is getting ticketed by a cop standing at the corner for a seat belt violation while you're stopped at a traffic light.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:34 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: World Report 2024
_____
We must import more of these kinds of skilled men into the West.
Posted by: WEF at December 26, 2024 10:34 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Captain Obvious
I could do it but, Nah. As you sow, so shall you reap.
-- Love you all, but some of you are really pissing Me off. God
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:34 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 10:34 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:29 AM (7MHHr)
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Possibly, "spray and pray" isn't the best strategy when your perp is running through a crowded shopping mall?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 26, 2024 10:35 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Uneasy Rider at December 26, 2024 10:31 AM (G5+As)
Even worse is getting ticketed by a cop standing at the corner for a seat belt violation while you're stopped at a traffic light.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:34 AM (D6PGr)
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How about getting ticketed by a cop walking by when you're still in your driveway?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:35 AM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Diogenes
**********
I'm pondering perhaps possibly participating in Peoria's pending Pugilism Parade & Pageant. It'll probably be postponed, purportedly on purpose.
Posted by: muldoon at December 26, 2024 10:35 AM (991eG)
*cop let's sal go with a warning.
sal: I thought you had to poop?
Grand: No. I saw it on Facebook. I didn't think it'd work!
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 10:27 AM (H9VzD)
That's clever, but they could never have pulled it off. Someone would have laughed.
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 10:35 AM (f+FmA)
Democracy - from the Greek for "Rule by Democrats"
Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 10:35 AM (gf6mn)
Has Mr. Emhoff given Mrs. Emhoff her annual black eye for Kwanza yet?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:36 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 10:36 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM
The biggest palm-leaf 'sheath' certainly doesn't hurt.
Posted by: Women of New Guinea at December 26, 2024 10:23 AM (a3Q+t)
Heh....
When we dating, we were at a fancy venue (me in a suit and the future Mrs. Cop in a mega-cute cocktail dress), when she leaned over to me and whispered, "It's time to leave ... I'm not wearing any panties."
Me: "Uh ... yes, leaving early sounds like an excellent idea!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 10:37 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2024 10:30 AM (Yj6Os)
Probably - and one of the motivations for the act was that people were getting sick of several bystanders getting killed every time there was a shootout with the cops.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:38 AM (CT61Q)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
It is simply delicious to me how far they overplayed their hand. One small, but telling, example. That hideous beast of a daughter was presented as the next 'It' girl.
Yeah, as in Cousin It.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:38 AM (WXNFJ)
Me: "Uh ... yes, leaving early sounds like an excellent idea!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 10:37 AM (pJWtt)
I think that is a standard move all women learn because it works every time.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:39 AM (D6PGr)
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Biden's Twelve Days of Kwanzaa was focused on setting dangerous criminals free this year.
On the First Day of Kwanzaa Joe Biden set this free,
A pedophile who raped a kid that's three
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 26, 2024 10:39 AM (JkO4W)
Me: "Uh ... yes, leaving early sounds like an excellent idea!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
I'd probably have wrecked the car driving back to her place.
Le sigh.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:39 AM (WXNFJ)
Has Mr. Emhoff given Mrs. Emhoff her annual black eye for Kwanza yet?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:36 AM (xG4kz)
They are reportedly “separating”. Mr. Emhoff realizes he’s no longer lined up for the grift he thought would flow.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:39 AM (CT61Q)
-- Kamala Harris
Now where's the damn Chardonnay?
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 26, 2024 10:39 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Tom Servo
********
Didn't do much for the resale value of my 1934 Ford Model 40 B Fordor Deluxe, leather-seat sedan.
/C. Barrow
Posted by: muldoon at December 26, 2024 10:41 AM (991eG)
How many action figures from the "Redefined Masculinity" line are in today's trash?
How many are Doug Emhoff?
How many are Timmy Walz?
How many are Adam Kinsinger?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:41 AM (xG4kz)
Me: "Uh ... yes, leaving early sounds like an excellent idea!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 10:37 AM (pJWtt)
I think that is a standard move all women learn because it works every time.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:39 AM (D6PGr)
Yes, she made me into her sex-slave.
*sob*
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 10:41 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:41 AM (WXNFJ)
Ham, bacon or sausage for breakfast?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:41 AM (WXNFJ)
Why choose ?
Posted by: It's me donna at December 26, 2024 10:42 AM (VE6XX)
- - - - - Leftist Retard
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)
228 (me in a suit and the future Mrs. Cop in a mega-cute cocktail dress), when she leaned over to me and whispered, "It's time to leave ... I'm not wearing any panties."
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 10:37 AM (pJWtt)
Choose wisely!
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 10:42 AM (VnUSN)
/C. Barrow
Posted by: muldoon at December 26, 2024 10:41 AM (991eG)
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There was at least one BAR in the mix of guns there.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:43 AM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 10:43 AM (FkCbE)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:41 AM (WXNFJ)
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Don't take chances, do all three.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:43 AM (6K6Eu)
https://tinyurl.com/3kk7ksaz
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 10:43 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:41 AM (WXNFJ)
fruitcake
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2024 10:43 AM (Yj6Os)
Me: "Uh ... yes, leaving early sounds like an excellent idea!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
I'd probably have wrecked the car driving back to her place.
Le sigh.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:39 AM (WXNFJ)
I actually have no memory of the drive home!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 10:44 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:43 AM (6K6Eu)
Clyde didn't get a chance to use his favorite sawed off BAR.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:44 AM (D6PGr)
Maybe more for the pedal car.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 26, 2024 10:45 AM (MDua2)
There was at least one BAR in the mix of guns there.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:43 AM (6K6Eu)
__________
I'm happy Hamer and the boys didn't spare any bullets eradicating those two psychopaths.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 10:45 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:41 AM (WXNFJ)
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Don't take chances, do all three.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:43 AM (6K6Eu)
Amazing that the same animal can produce such wonderful items.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:45 AM (D6PGr)
Minimum 12 acres. Land that had already been zoned ag exempted. You need 10 for the ag exemption because they'll force you to claim two acres for the home. First year before the house was built, 12 acres were $13 and change.
Fuckers.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 10:30 AM (H9VzD)
Really?
Damn. We were hoping for 1 acre as was done with the other property, but that's only a total of 7 with the homestead taking up 1.
Guess more research is required.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)
Maybe more for the pedal car.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks
"How much for the leetle girl?"
-- Zombie John Belushi and Joe Biden
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:46 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 10:44 AM (pJWtt)
So. You let her drive.
Nice move!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2024 10:46 AM (W/lyH)
Mommy is having bacon, eggs and toast for breakfast. She is not unobserved.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 10:36 AM (dxSpM)
Me too, but unobserved as the lazy here are still abed.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 10:47 AM (ZJV2G)
https://tinyurl.com/3kk7ksaz
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 10:43 AM (f+FmA)
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https://tinyurl.com/2f7kycb8
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:47 AM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: Hemingway at December 26, 2024 10:47 AM (hY4dx)
It's St. Stephen's Day
One wonders why stone quarries don't run a "buy one truck load, get a second one free" offer on this day.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:47 AM (xG4kz)
You can also get a wild life refuge exemption so you don't have to buy a cow.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:47 AM (D6PGr)
No, it was a case of "You're not the boss of me, Patriarchy!" and hippies.
Who remembers the Glamour magazine "pencil test"?
If you could hold a pencil with your underboob, you couldn't go bra-less. Because ewww, floppy.
Also, bandaids on the nips, please.
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 10:47 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:45 AM (D6PGr)
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Heh heh. Right, a wonderful, magical animal.
Posted by: Homer Simpson at December 26, 2024 10:48 AM (6K6Eu)
Yea... that took a while to sort out with the VA State Police.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 10:48 AM (Q4IgG)
You can also get a wild life refuge exemption so you don't have to buy a cow.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:47 AM (D6PGr)
The existing land is already leased for cattle.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
**********
Griddle your loins!!
Posted by: muldoon at December 26, 2024 10:49 AM (991eG)
That seems to have passed.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 26, 2024 10:49 AM (ejmxE)
Of course! Thanks for the link, Cap'n.
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 10:50 AM (f+FmA)
Who remembers the Glamour magazine "pencil test"?
If you could hold a pencil with your underboob, you couldn't go bra-less. Because ewww, floppy.
Also, bandaids on the nips, please.
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 10:47 AM (f+FmA)
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That's how it was justified. And the pencil test was to keep those with serious sweater-puppies out of the game.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 10:50 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 10:50 AM (f+FmA)
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"The Bells of Dublin" is one of my favorite albums.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:50 AM (6K6Eu)
Their biggest success is making the government that dominate male in many cases.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:51 AM (D6PGr)
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Why buy a cow when you can get the milk for free.
*wink*
Posted by: Trigglypuff at December 26, 2024 10:51 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 10:52 AM (RIvkX)
https://tinyurl.com/3pe783yy
I would think it shouldn't be too hard to document a few cases with witnesses, if true.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 10:52 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: sal
Which somehow led to the Sodom and Gomorra or clothing shopping with my 16 yr old granddaughter.
"Put that stripper's outfit back on the rack! No one want's to see your vajayjay Honey."
'Papa, everyone wants to see my vajayjay.'
Okay, poor choice of words but you know what I mean.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:52 AM (WXNFJ)
Is Fauci today's Mengel? RFKJ essentially says so:
https://tinyurl.com/3pe783yy
I would think it shouldn't be too hard to document a few cases with witnesses, if true.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarke
Mengele. And, yes, he is.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:52 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 10:44 AM (pJWtt)
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This highlights one can keep a marriage exciting and avoid the perils of complacency and boredom. It's not that difficult, just requires a bit of effort and creativity to keep those sparks flying.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 10:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Because even traffic speed cameras are apparently racist what for that they also cite blacks at a higher rate ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 26, 2024 10:53 AM (MC8h6)
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I remember one department store where they had the sexy lingerie/nighties right next to the baby clothing. As if to say, "If you wear *this*...you get *this*."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:54 AM (6K6Eu)
Me: "Uh ... yes, leaving early sounds like an excellent idea!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
You didn't happen to pass by any exhaust grates did you?
Posted by: Tom Ewell at December 26, 2024 10:54 AM (0eaVi)
Their biggest success is making the government that dominate male in many cases.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:51 AM (D6PGr)
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Rush used to say feminism was ugly women trying to level the playing field, if not actively thwarting attractive ones.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 10:54 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:54 AM (6K6Eu)
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"Buy now. Pay later."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 10:55 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 10:56 AM (wyMQY)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
VA State Police are the lackeys, bullies and redcaps for the Governor's Office. Had MUCH to do with turning the Charlottesville Statue Protest into a murderous circus.
Posted by: Don't Like 'Em At All!! at December 26, 2024 10:56 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 26, 2024 10:54 AM (6K6Eu)
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"Buy now. Pay later."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 10:55 AM (Hbs7G)
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Or was it the store's "lay away" plan?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 10:56 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2024 10:52 AM (WXNFJ)
Reminded me of the caption joke of a boy teasing a girl that she didn't have a penis and the girl pointing out that he had just one and she had a vajayjay and could get as many as she wanted.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 10:57 AM (D6PGr)
Reminded me of the caption joke of a boy teasing a girl that she didn't have a penis and the girl pointing out that he had just one and she had a vajayjay and could get as many as she wanted.
I don't get it
-- Trigglypuff
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:58 AM (xG4kz)
-- Trigglypuff
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 10:58 AM (xG4kz)
And you never will.
Posted by: Men, even soibois at December 26, 2024 11:00 AM (0eaVi)
*wink*
Posted by: Trigglypuff at December 26, 2024 10:51 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2024 11:00 AM (Yj6Os)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 11:01 AM (fwDg9)
Because even traffic speed cameras are apparently racist what for that they also cite blacks at a higher rate ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
They were programmed by white people.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 11:01 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 11:01 AM (RIvkX)
That seems to have passed.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 26, 2024 10:49 AM (ejmxE)
Mebbe!
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 11:03 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 10:54 AM (ZOv7s)
I was saved from feminism, after a brief dabble- it was the very early '70s, okay?- by not buying that all the world's problems were caused by men.
Posted by: sal at December 26, 2024 11:04 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: TG Sam at December 26, 2024 10:01 AM (ud9p9)
Growing up in the 50's, a favorite childhood project was building a soapbox car. Find an old baby carriage, remover the axles and wheels. A couple of scrap 2 by 4's, a wooden plank, and rope and nails was all we needed. Built many of them, for sure. Mom always had the band aids at the ready!
Sometimes we even had a brake lever. Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 26, 2024 11:36 AM (iODuv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2024 12:14 PM (3nqLb)
The Morning Report — 12/26/24
Stalin famously said, “a single death is a tragedy; a million deaths are a statistic.” This is the statist bean-counter’s view of human life. Humans are sort of like widgets, existing to serve the needs of the state. . . I thought of Stalin’s words when I read what Nate Silver, the statistician, had to say about the fact that an illegal alien allegedly set a woman alight on the New York City subway. Just to get the facts straight, the illegal alien was kicked out of the country on Trump’s watch and sneaked back in on Biden’s watch. He lived for free in a homeless shelter while somehow managing to support a $ 30-a-day drug habit, in addition to drinking heavily.Well, a single death is a tragedy, but Comrade Stalin's fellow travelers in the Democrat Party of 2024 view it as yet another opportunity to blame the society they have worked so very hard to tear down and fundamentally transform by shifting the blame onto us who point out the conditions that allowed this barbarism to occur. I do not know Nate Silver, nor his background. But for the life of me I cannot fathom how people that I grew up with, attended the same schools with and have similar backgrounds with, can even begin to rationalize things in so cold a manner so as to preserve their own personal political beliefs. His comments just beggar the imagination. I had quite a few liberal if not hardcore leftist professors in college back in the late 70s and yet here I am. Then again, my mother of blessed memory and her family went through the same hell on earth courtesy of the Nazis as Anthony Blinken's (step?) father and yet there he and his ilk are, eagerly working to destroy the state of Israel and grease the wheels of Iran's atomic weapons program. Well, if the death of a million per Stalin is a statistic, those who enthusiastically cheered Mangione for what he did, and were aghast at Daniel Penny's acquittal will one day, be the ones who will volunteer to line us up in front of a ditch and shoot us into it with a smile on their faces. That in the cold light of day is or God-forbid will be the politics that is downstream from today's culture.
. . .Bill Ackman points out what most Americans instinctively understand: That poor woman was burned alive in the most horrific fashion because of the Biden administration’s open border. Nate Silver, however, has a different take, which can be summed up thusly: “Hey, it was bad, but crime happens in big cities, so people shouldn’t get their knickers in a twist about the alleged murderer’s immigration status.”
NYC has a considerably lower crime rate than most large American cities. It's also a city of 8+ million where lots of crazy shit happens on a daily basis. I don't blame anyone for being concerned but it's sort of a test for whether you think in terms of narratives or base rates. . . . I don’t mean to pick only on Nate Silver because his approach to the issue is typical for Democrats. They love to point out that illegal aliens commit fewer crimes than Americans or legal immigrants, which kind of overlooks the fact that every one of them is a criminal by virtue of being here. I also doubt the continuing validity of those statistics given crimes at the border that don’t go into the database, as well as the increasing aggression and geographic spread of Latin American gangs such as Tren de Aragua.
Luigi Mangione has killer abs, a broad smile and a vendetta against the U.S. health care system. Progressive politicians like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were among several who criticized the killing, only to add “But …” to their statements. . . Chances are a MAGA rally wouldn’t cheer Mangione’s name in any setting, but liberal late-night TV watchers have had a similar reaction to some progressive politicians.Earlier this month, Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” alerted his audience that Mangione had been captured after a brief manhunt. The crowd’s reaction? Boos. . . Why are late-night TV audiences cheering on Mangione? It’s a complex constellation of reasons, from the Left’s embrace of political violence to our increasingly divided age. One possible culprit? Late-Night TV. These propaganda shows have been dehumanizing their political opponents for years. Trump is Hitler … and his fans are just as bad.So, chicken and egg. Is the problem the Late Night schtick-meisters and the rest of the media/entertainment complex or is it the audiences cheering on murderers and the dehumanization of Trump and normal Americans. Or is it a self-licking ice cream cone? Yesterday, we recalled how we marveled at the view of earth from Apollo 8 at Christmastime in 1968. Lest we forget the mindset of some of our fellow citizens at that time, such as one Bill Ayers, among others.
In No Place to Hide, Grathwohl explains that the Weathermen actually believed that they would be successful in overthrowing the U.S. government and that, with the help of the Cubans, Chinese, Russians, and North Vietnamese, they would occupy America. Americans would have to be "re-educated" in camps, similar to what the communists did in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and other countries they had taken over. Here is one of the chilling revelations Larry Grathwohl made in the film:Consider this in light of those cheering on the shooting of Thompson, and the rending of cloth over the acquittal of Daniel Penny, and the passing of laws calling for the arrest of parents who refuse to let their children's genitals be lopped off and for the state to become the parents. There are signs, the biggest one being the relative landslide victory of Donald Trump last November and a rejection of the more openly avowed Leftist policies of the Democrat party across demographic lines. Let us hope and pray that this trend is indeed a cultural shift reflected in the election and that it continues for years to come, as it must if we and our progeny are to survive and thrive. What cannot go on will not go on. Hopefully it's the evil insanity of Leftist/Progressivism and not our beloved America as we want to restore. Lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. Have a great day!
I asked, "Well what is going to happen to those people we can’t reeducate, that are diehard capitalists?" And the reply was that they’d have to be eliminated.
I asked, "Well what is going to happen to those people we can’t reeducate, that are diehard capitalists?" And the reply was that they’d have to be eliminated.
And when I pursued this further, they estimated they would have to eliminate 25 million people in these reeducation centers.
And when I say "eliminate," I mean "kill."
Twenty-five million people.
I want you to imagine sitting in a room with 25 people, most of which have graduate degrees, from Columbia and other well-known educational centers, and hear them figuring out the logistics for the elimination of 25 million people and they were dead serious.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- His tweet about the statistics behind the illegal alien burning up a woman on a subway is just chilling.
Nate Silver shows how leftists think like communists, not like human beings
- Prominent figures say they've been kicked out of their banks over politics
What Is Debanking And Why Are People Talking About It?
- ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS/Hezbollah . . . AND BIDEN
- The incoming missile set off sirens over a wide swath of central Israel, sending millions of people scrambling to reach bomb shelters. The sirens were activated as a precaution against falling fragments from the interception. The alerts were issued in a wider area than usual as part of a new policy implemented by the Home Front Command, following delayed alerts in a previous attack. The attack sparked exasperation among Israelis, after a third counterattack by Israel against the Houthis earlier this month apparently failed to deter the rebels or stop them from launching missiles.
Houthis Attack Israel on Christmas; Second Missile in Two Nights
- “Today we are lighting the first candle of Chanukah to mark the victory of the Maccabees then, and also the victory of ‘the Maccabees of today’. Like then, we are striking at our enemies, and those who thought they could cut the thread of our lives here then, this will apply to them all. The Houthis will also learn what Hamas, Hezbollah, the Assad regime and others have learned, and this will also take time. This lesson will be learned across the Middle East, I tell you, in those days at this season. A happy holiday to you all.”
Netanyahu Warns Houthis as He Lights First Candle of Hanukkah
- Robert Spencer: Arabs began flooding into Palestine in large numbers after Zionists began arriving there.
The Non-Indigenous 'Palestinians'
- The “Palestinian refugees” are neither 'Palestinians' nor refugees.
Israel Must End The ‘Palestinian’ Charade
- So it can charge a certain country.
Ireland Wants to Redefine ‘Genocide’
- Bear Grylls is the latest to push the myth—one Pope Francis has embraced—that Jesus was a ‘Palestinian’ refugee.
Contrary to today’s leftists, early Christians knew Christ was from Judea, not ‘Palestine’
- We will hear more such tales of cruelty, each more ghastly than the next.
Misery and Fear Shine Through Freed Hostage’s Account of His Captivity WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - The protesters marched down streets yelling, "Anyone who doesn't love Germany should leave Germany," "Migration kills" and "We must take back our cities, our villages and our homeland."
Germans demand mass deportations of migrants after Saudi man killed 5 at Christmas market OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY - It's flourishing.
Jew-Hate Cancer in U.S. Schools CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - Daniel Greenfield: And invalidate any actions taken during Biden’s mental incapacity.
Congress Must Expose the Senility Coup UHC CEO MURDER - Heather Mac Donald: The assassination of Brian Thompson does not call for a “conversation” about health care—it calls for a reckoning with Americans’ moral breakdown.
Luigi Mangione and the American Abyss CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - Daniel Greenfield: The horrifying new normal.
It’s Not Christmas Eve Without NYC Subway Slashings
- Biden, 82, commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row Monday — a list that includes at least five child killers and several mass murderers.
Trump’s Christmas Day message to death-row inmates granted clemency by Biden: ‘GO TO HELL!’ (And take Biden and whoever the evil bastard(s) that ordered him to do this - jjs)
- Sen. Dick Durbin says Biden clemency recipients, which include a triple murderer, 'demonstrated a commitment to rehabilitation'
Democrats Block Tom Cotton Resolution To Condemn Biden’s Commutation for ‘Kids for Cash’ Judge TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH - The delay was requested by the alleged would-be assassins lawyers, who argued that they needed more time to assess the evidence against Routh as they weigh whether to pursue an insanity defense. (Is agreeing to work for the CIA and Malig-Nancy Pelosi indicators of insanity, or greed and self-preservation? - jjs)
Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh’s trial delayed until September — so his lawyers can weigh insanity defense "BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - Earlier in December, the Democrat-controlled San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to expand on a California sanctuary policy that already limits local law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The county-wide ordinance now prohibits law enforcement from notifying ICE agents, even in cases when a foreign national has committed severe crimes such as as rape, child abuse, burglary, gang violence or other heinous acts.
Trump’s Border Czar Has Plan For ‘Super’ Sanctuary County Wanting To Shield Its Criminal Migrants From ICE
- Behind the boast—which is intended to say that people like living in a decaying leftist-run state—lies an ugly truth.
The dirty little secret of California’s ‘rebounding’ population FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - In a scathing letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger, Carr criticized the network’s conduct as emblematic of the national media’s cratering trustworthiness, with public confidence in mass media hitting a historic low of 31 percent, according to Gallup.Carr’s remarks spotlight ABC’s lack of credibility, particularly in light of its recent legal loss to Trump, where the network admitted regret over statements made by George Stephanopoulos during a high-profile interview. The debacle, Carr argues, epitomizes the arrogance of national media organizations that have eroded public trust while treating accountability as optional.
Trump’s Incoming FCC Chair Rubs Salt Into ABC’s Stephanopoulos Wound in Letter to Bob Iger. THE ECONOMY, STUPID - "Reducing immigration would cause wages to rise," one of the study's authors contends.
Native-Born American Labor Participation Slumps As Immigrant Labor Numbers Jump
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM - Daniel Greenfield: So how long until there’s a call for banning them?
Media Claims Christmas Trees are Destroying the Planet
- Meanwhile, Association of American Medical Colleges did a survey and found that 55% of medical schools reported that the health effects of climate change were a required topic in their courses.
Europe’s Medical Students Being Trained to Consider Climate Impact of Inhalers and “Green Prescribing”
- Notably, city officials blamed “climate change” for the swell that caused the wharf to collapse — not the 110-year-old structure.
Santa Cruz Wharf Collapses After Environmental Lawsuit Delayed Repairs
- China – the world’s worst polluter on several metrics, including carbon emissions – “consumes 30% more coal than the rest of the world put together,” according to the IEA study. Its government approved hundreds of new coal power plants in the past two years, suggesting that it will grow its outsized share of the world’s fossil fuel consumption and production of greenhouse gases despite being a signatory to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Study: Global Coal Demand at Record High in 2024 – Driven by China AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS - The U.S. Marshals Service has ceased a government-funded security detail for Anthony Fauci, marking the end of a $15 million arrangement in place over the past two years. The security detail was funded by taxpayers, coinciding with Fauci’s retirement, during which he received an annual pension approaching $500,000. This decision follows Fauci’s public acknowledgment in a book tour that he harbors concerns about potential threats to his life.Fauci, who became a figure of intense mockery due to his lies during the COVID-19 pandemic, has transitioned to self-funded security measures. He has been frequently accompanied by security, with protection visible outside his residence–a move never needed by public servants who have served the taxpayer well.
Fauci Gets Private Security as Taxpayer-Funded US Marshal Detail Ends. ABORTION - Killing voiceless, innocent babies does not stir Biden’s conscience, but killing killers does.
‘Catholic’ Biden Supports Death Penalty For Unwanted Unborn But Not For Convicted Murderers DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY - Robert Spencer: And leftists are ENRAGED.
Fetterman Comes Out for Common Sense Again POLITICS - "Many of the Democrats who succeeded this cycle — our best over-performers in House races, for instance — are people who ran against the Democrat Party brand," Lis Smith pointed out. "Trump tore down the blue wall in the industrial Midwest, but he also expanded his vote the most in our bluest and most urban areas." That strategy by Democrats in, for the most part, purple districts probably saved the party from total disaster. As it was, they actually picked up one seat in the House. And the three seats the GOP picked up in the Senate could have easily been more if some candidates hadn't run away from Biden/Harris. The Democrat disaster can't be found in the numbers.
It's Even Worse for the Dems Than They Thought And It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
- In the unlikely persona of Donald Trump, the American ‘rabble’ have found an unlikely hero who stands up on their behalf to remind the ‘warped, frustrated’ old men inside the Beltway who it is that does most of the living and dying in this country.
How Trump And The Republicans Became The Party Of George Bailey
- Donald Trump’s victory, combined with Republicans regaining the Senate majority and keeping control of the House, made 2024 a bad year for Democrats. Signs suggest it could be something even worse: a historic defeat that puts Republicans in the political driver’s seat for a generation or more. That’s because the exit poll showed that more voters said they were Republican than Democrat — for the first time in a presidential election since 1928.
A realignment — if Trump can keep it: 2024 results signal a new political era THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT" - “Unfortunately, we will have to evacuate one of the city’s hospitals again, where more than a hundred patients are staying."
Massive Russian strike leaves over half a million Ukrainians without heat on Christmas: report FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 was on its way to Grozny in Russia but was diverted because of fog.
38 dead after jet crashes in Kazakhstan—passenger films crash from inside cabin as plane goes down
- Trump’s renewed interest in our northern neighborhood hints of a new opportunity for a more robust alignment of American, Canadian, and Greenlandic strategic interests.
Making the Arctic Great Again?
- Trumpism appears to be catching on in Europe, with key figures in the international populist movement making major gains this year and in some cases entering into government in countries where it would have been unthinkable even just a few years ago. Although the world has broken out into chaos in Trump’s absence, with wars erupting in both Europe and the Middle East, in many respects the global chessboard appears much more favourable to the MAGA position. Here’s a look at some of the key areas of the board and the pieces left standing . . .
2024: The Year Trumpism Triumphed and Put Globalists on the Run in Europe
- "Anyone who is discovered to be a member of a house church can be charged with a crime against national security..."
Here Are The 10 Most Dangerous Countries For Christians To Celebrate Christmas
- The reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris is a triumph not just for France, Catholics, and other Christians, but for everyone.
A Christmas Present to the World
- Collapsing buildings are a recurring deadly problem for Cubans. The communist Castro regime, which controls housing and all other aspects of Cuban life, appears to have no interest in improving housing for its people nor in maintaining Cuba’s historic buildings, many of which are presently in a precarious state.
Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - Did the U.S. Navy mistakenly shoot down an airliner?
After the USS Gettysburg Misfire, Can We Talk About TWA 800? HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - The holidays approach following the publication of reports this month that wait times to see doctors in Canada, particularly specialists, are longer than even in the modern history of the country, and thousands of Canadians are dying on waitlists for life-saving medical interventions.
Canada’s Dysfunctional Healthcare System Fears ER Surge During Holidays
- "Half of the mice with melanoma tumors became cancer-free after treatment"
Cancer-Fighting Vibrating Molecules: 99% Efficiency Against Lab Cultures Of Melanoma Cells Reported CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Christian Toto: ‘SNL,’ ‘Daily Show’ crowds fawn over alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Late-Night TV Has a Luigi Mangione Problem
- Amazon Prime Studios is taking heat on Christmas for censoring a key scene in the classic Christmas film, It’s a Wonderful Life with many saying the edits make the movie nonsensical and eliminates one of the most important bits of character development in the film.
Amazon Studios Blasted for Censoring Scenes in Christmas Classic ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’
- The Thieves of Words: The tyranny of the absurd is the natural progression of political correctness,
How Political Correctness Stole Christmas
- Behind Netflix’s cocoa-sipping rom-com frippery must lie the hard Thucydidean realities of diplomacy and war.
The Secret Geopolitics Of The Netflix Christmas Movie Universe
- Don’t spend too much time trying to untangle that ball of mental yarn - it’s just another day in the gender-deluded, mentally addled life of Dylan Mulvaney, a skinny little dude who wanted social media fame so bad that he devoted his life to cosplaying as a little girl for clicks on Instagram, eventually spending God-only-knows-how-much money to mutilate himself into looking like a woman while progressive leftists hailed the crossdressing scheme as the ultimate display of courage, right up there with Rosa Parks and the dude facing off with a tank in Tiananmen Square.
Grifter Bro: Dylan Mulvaney, Who Thinks He's a Girl, Dresses Up Like a Dude HITHER & YON - According to a declassified document, the agency believed that giant beings once inhabited the red planet. The report, titled "Mars Exploration May 22, 1984," details how the CIA used astral projection — the concept that a person’s spirit can traverse different planes of existence — to transport a ‘subject’ to Mars approximately one million years ago.
Did You Have 'CIA Docs Say There Was Life on Mars' on Your Bingo Card?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 26, 2024 07:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 26, 2024 07:31 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: XTC at December 26, 2024 07:32 AM (6Uni8)
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Hunnikah is a celebration of the start of a Jewish gorilla war against Greece-Syrian empire in the Syrian city of Antioch that has been under illegal Turkish occupation for 100 years.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:32 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 07:33 AM (hoCmQ)
and good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:35 AM (fwDg9)
Oh that’s a real genius movie right there, I tell ya.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:35 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:36 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 26, 2024 07:40 AM (OytbU)
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 07:41 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 26, 2024 07:42 AM (2NHgQ)
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Hunnikah is a celebration of the start of a Jewish gorilla war against Greece-Syrian empire in the Syrian city of Antioch that has been under illegal Turkish occupation for 100 years.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:32 AM (gbOdA)
That's Purim, where we read the whole MAGILLA!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:43 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (7MHHr)
Biden vetoed it to spite
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (75ZAF)
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 07:41 AM (vFG9F)
All I know is if a brain cancer cure is developed from the chunk of shit they cut out of my right frontal lobe, I better get some royalties
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (7MHHr)
General Urko>>>> Dr. Zaius
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:45 AM (x0n13)
Oh that’s a real genius movie right there, I tell ya.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:35 AM (7MHHr)
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The result of living in a bubble sealed off from the interests of the majority of the population.
I had an interesting experience yesterday, trying to explain how woke p.c. were crippling and demoralizing to someone who left the labor force in 1999. No, it's nothing like the 1990s. Really. No, it's not made up.
This was one of the reasons I feared a civil war, because one side was completely oblivious to the guardrails they were blowing through.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:45 AM (ZOv7s)
a man who raped two women in a woman's' prison. It is ludicrous and insane. Go look at the picture . It would still. Be insane if the man actually looked feminine but he looks like he should be in some boxing bout:
https://legalinsurrection.com/
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 07:46 AM (U403t)
Good morning, horde.
Posted by: Inogame at December 26, 2024 07:47 AM (M3/7y)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:48 AM (75ZAF)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (7MHHr)
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Wasn't that a Planet of the Apes film? If not, it should be.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:48 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 07:49 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 07:50 AM (U403t)
.. if Cuba ever opens up, get the white paint concession
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:50 AM (75ZAF)
I am glad that JJ you regularly point out the anti-humanism of the left
They are all solipsistic. You are nothing but a bit player, and they are star of their own show, always.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:51 AM (RIvkX)
It crossed the finish line (ie, funded fully) yesterday with about 18 hours to go, so now the series will get a proper send-off and conclusion.
Again, thank you!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 26, 2024 07:51 AM (O7YUW)
Thank you JJ. I hope you and your family are having a wonderful celebration!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:53 AM (SfhV1)
Yesterday's reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware before attacking the Hessian's in Trenton
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:53 AM (fwDg9)
For these folks, overpopulation is still a major concern, and we're running out of oil, etc. Only demographics will reduce their influence, and happily the younger people are open to this.
Cleaning up elections will accelerate this shift, and might even make California competitive.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:44 AM (7MHHr)
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Wasn't that a Planet of the Apes film? If not, it should be.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:48 AM (ZOv7s)
See me at #16
Zaius be your lucky day!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (75ZAF)
.. if Cuba ever opens up, get the white paint concession
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:50 AM (75ZAF)
Reading the entries from Babalu Blog, it makes me wonder how much longer the Castroites can hold out before everything collapses.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (0eaVi)
I want a presidential pardon for Christmas
Only a presidential pardon will do
No death throes
After switch throws
I'll thank Joe Biden
And probably outlive him too
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 07:55 AM (vFG9F)
I wanted to go see that. I haven't for many years and they have a great museum there.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 07:55 AM (z9UrO)
As we used to butcher the lyrics as kids:
"Oh dreidl dreidl dreidl, I made it out of Matzoh,
And when it's dry and ready, I'll give it to a Schvar..."
Now I denounce myself
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (fwDg9)
Cuba: 6 Decades of Communism Leave a Third of Island’s Housing in Ruins
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Leftists will whine that the US boycott of Cuba is the reason. Because we can't stand seeing a successful socialist country. No, really.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:57 AM (fwDg9)
Zaius be your lucky day!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (x0n13)
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I actually missed the reference. I dimly recall the originals and have skipped the remakes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 07:57 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (SfhV1)
Do you know something about Charles we don't know, grammie?
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 07:57 AM (0eaVi)
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The scary part is that only one of them needs to even bother figuring it out and the other 24 will go along with it.
The funny part is that all 25 are in the queue and are to fucking stupid to know it.
Posted by: ... at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (EV8Eb)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:53 AM (SfhV1)
Well, as the chairman and sole member of my towns "VFJ" (very few Jews), it was on the small side!
God bless you and family. Hope you're well, dear friend. Merry Christmas.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (fwDg9)
… but the Europeans aren’t boycotting
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (75ZAF)
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 07:57 AM (0eaVi)
The only way to tell is to watch the pronouns.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (1VvJB)
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Only a third? They must be losing their touch.
Posted by: ... at December 26, 2024 07:59 AM (EV8Eb)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:59 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (fwDg9)
Gevalt, I read Melania as "Malia!" I now condemn myself.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:00 AM (x0n13)
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Only a third? They must be losing their touch.
Posted by: ... at December 26, 2024 07:59 AM (EV8Eb)
The next 5-year plan will do the trick!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:00 AM (x0n13)
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Only a third? They must be losing their touch.
Posted by: ...
Let them live in their '57 Chevys.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (xAPJi)
And when it's dry and ready, I'll give it to a Schvar..."
Now I denounce myself
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (x0n13)
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For a couple of years in the 80s, I lived in Bloomfield Hills, which was 1/3 Jewish, and rather than do the anodyne "Winter Holiday crap, we did a little of everything, making Christmas ornaments, singing the carols but also building dreidls and singing those songs.
Nobody thought anything of the Jewish families throwing Halloween parties, either.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (0QhHi)
… but the Europeans aren’t boycotting
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 07:58 AM (75ZAF)
The nice thing about Cuba is most of the population is riddled with STD's as most of the women and shemales there have to sell their holes to Dirty Euros and canadians to survive. Better to keep the place under communist lock down and let the Dirty Euros and canadians have their sex vacations on the cheap instead of Thailand or washington dc.
Posted by: World Health Organization at December 26, 2024 08:02 AM (rqga2)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (0QhHi)
Oh Molly, my heart aches for you. I will certainly pray.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:03 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:04 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 08:04 AM (cpNmX)
I want to be outraged by this, but so long as Bill Gates exists I can't be. If I'm being honest, I differ in my assessment of desserts, not means. There are plenty of people whose death I would greet with a polite golf clap. Want a different result? Stop plotting against me like a Bond supervillain.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 08:04 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: World Health Organization at December 26, 2024 08:02 AM (rqga2)
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Quite ironic, given that their solution to AIDS was to put everyone who had it into camps.
I seem to recall a bunch of infected troops in Angola were told to make themselves home, because they weren't going back to Cuba.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:05 AM (ZOv7s)
Will be praying for you and your family, Molly.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 08:05 AM (cpNmX)
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Apparently their power grid isn't too spiffy either.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:05 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: World Health Organization at December 26, 2024 08:02 AM (rqga2)
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Come to Havana to dip your banana.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 08:06 AM (xAPJi)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:07 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at December 26, 2024 08:08 AM (gxokI)
'Biden vetoed it to spite'
That's why I'd like to see a DOJ investigation of this "president", his policies and sources of income.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:08 AM (3wi/L)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:08 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Make Greenland Great Again at December 26, 2024 08:09 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 07:54 AM (0eaVi)
Cuba is demonstrating that there are worse things than revolution or invasion - if a place is run badly enough long enough, it can collapse to the point where organized, civilized life becomes impossible. The electrical grid in Cuba is shut down most of the time now; food distribution systems are collapsing; garbage pickup has stopped for months so cities are becoming mountains of refuse dumped in the streets; and overall, Cuba is sinking back to what it was before Columbus discovered it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (cpNmX)
Leftists don't want to kill "billionaires" to take their money and use it for the poor. That's just the false nose they wear. They'd be just as happy putting all that money in a big pile and burning it. The important thing for them is killing people they hate.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (URPU1)
Posted by: Jaimo at December 26, 2024 08:11 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)
>>Copilot is pretty good for giving you recipes if you throw a list of ingredients at it.
It's good for more than that, there is nothing better at summarizing and creating a task list of a meeting of 25-30 people and allowing you to get out meeting notes, summary's and task lists during the garbage time at the end of a typical meeting. I spend probably half of my day now on project calls so anything that can help me with retaining what's left of my mind is a G-d Send.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 08:12 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:10 AM (dxSpM)
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Once you stop looking at Marxism as an economic or political theory and instead see it as a demonic heresy, it makes a lot more sense. The slogans and claims of "scientific socialism" are just attempts to obscure that it is built on channeling envy into wrath. As the cool kids say: it's purpose is what it does, and what it does is destroy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:13 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"
Trump likes to keep things even. With the addition of Canada as the 51st state, Greenland will make it a big beautiful even number 52.
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 08:13 AM (vFG9F)
No, but I did have CIA is psychotic and full of shit.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 26, 2024 08:14 AM (4XwPj)
I'm fed and cleaned up, and the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space have had their chow too. Watching the only two-part Have Gun -- Will Travel episode on H & I now, before I decide to head out somewhere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:14 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:15 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Some speculate it has to do with the abundance of rare earth minerals thought to be there. And the fact that currently China holds the market on them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:15 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 08:16 AM (cl15i)
I assume mineral resources, and possibly geostrategic reasons (e.g., we have, or had, radar early-warning systems there.) We had a nuclear reactor there for awhile.
Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 26, 2024 08:16 AM (1VvJB)
Posted by: He's Really Ideal at December 26, 2024 08:16 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:15 AM (Q4IgG)
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Also: stray voltage. Keep the media chatting about it while you do other, more meaningful, stuff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:17 AM (fwDg9)
'I want to be outraged by this, but so long as Bill Gates exists I can't be.'
It's about the left giving themselves permission to murder people they don't like. They start with the grossly unpopular people and move their way towards you.
Recognize that trajectory and maybe it will bother you more.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (3wi/L)
He was a girl. Not a woman. His first posts were about being a girl. His game was getting girls to watch.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (gbOdA)
"Kill one, you're a murderer. Kill many, you're a conqueror. Kill 'em all, you're a god."
- - - - - Dave Mustaine
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: He's Really Ideal at December 26, 2024
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I remember that cartoon! Magilla the Gorilla holding up a sign saying "For Sale -- Cheep!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (omVj0)
This is the epitome of the liberal 'end justifies the means' communist mentality. You need to just accept murder and horrific death as commonplace because we want you to die by any means necessary so they can retain eternal power.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Recognize that trajectory and maybe it will bother you more.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (3wi/L)
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Yep. The one thing Communists never run out of is class enemies.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:20 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:20 AM (gbOdA)
No tariffs between states, Governor, I'm jus' sayin'...
Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 08:20 AM (RwzGD)
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator
Dump Hawaii, add Canaduh and you don't even have to change the flag.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:21 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Catherine at December 26, 2024 08:21 AM (ZSsrh)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:21 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:08 AM (NpAcC)
Kumswala's most favorite celebrated holiday of all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)
Think TSA.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (gbOdA)
'I want to be outraged by this, but so long as Bill Gates exists I can't be.'
It's about the left giving themselves permission to murder people they don't like. They start with the grossly unpopular people and move their way towards you.
Recognize that trajectory and maybe it will bother you more.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:18 AM (3wi/L)
That trajectory already exists.
They're telling normal people they want to kill them all the time. Normal people just seem content not to hear them.
What I'm saying is: the feeling is mutual.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: President Donald Trump, The Comeback Kid at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (rqga2)
Not unlike the situation with regards to the medical community's response and actions during covid.
Thompson is the left's Fauci.
I fully understand the difference between those two situations, but I doubt the left does.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (gbOdA)
Martini Farmer may have hit part of it @82.
Also, grab a globe if you have one, look at what the route is from northern Russia to the north Atlantic and the US.
Think planes, subs and ships.
Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (kjZOX)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 26, 2024 08:24 AM (dg+HA)
If I accept those terms, they are symmetrical. Be careful what you wish for.
The Left are un-American barbarians, unfit for a high trust, high progress society.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:24 AM (u82oZ)
I think it's really no more difficult than, people like Nate Silver don't know any of these people. Not does anyone Nate Silver knows. Nor will they ever have any effect on Nate Silver's every day life.
These people have no more meaning to Nate Silver or influence on his life than an ant on the sidewalk.
It's a stretch to even call them human. Much like an aborted baby they are nothing.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 26, 2024 08:24 AM (iJfKG)
Oh Molly I am so so sorry. There is nothing I feel equipped to say but I will pray for you and yours.
Posted by: ... at December 26, 2024 08:24 AM (EV8Eb)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:25 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)
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Health care CEOs were created by the government, and operate under its strict supervision. But since the government never makes mistakes, they scapegoat the CEOs.
Useful idiots and all that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 08:25 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:25 AM (fwDg9)
Give up Hawaii, where the native people hate us anyway and vote reliably Dem.
Seems a fair trade.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:26 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:26 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 07:43 AM (x0n13)
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I hope you're just kidding.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 08:26 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 26, 2024 08:01 AM (0QhHi)
Most sincere condolences and prayers to you an yours in this time of great sorrow. May The Lord's hands heal you and grant you peace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 08:27 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:28 AM (URPU1)
Think planes, subs and ships.*
Also known as "The G-I-UK gap."
Posted by: But you didn't hear it from me at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (YCxFk)
May your family comfort you. Prayers ascending for a eventual acceptance and recovery.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (u82oZ)
Now that it's been passed for a while and violent, murderous libtards are seeing what's in it, they're killing about it.
Seems their rage is directed incorrectly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)
*****
She remembers fondly that after finishing her shift at McDonald's she would come home and light the kinara while smoking weed and listening to Tupac.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 08:29 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:30 AM (YCxFk)
Greenland has 50,000 people and it's about the size of the US, East of the Mississippi. They couldn't even defend themselves against Denmark.
Posted by: t-bird at December 26, 2024 08:30 AM (RwzGD)
It has been a game ever since then to hide wages and/or increase benefits.
It was never about health. Ocare is the same. It has noting to do with health and was designed to crash the system so that we got Medicaid for all.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:31 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:31 AM (gbOdA)
.. I'm sure they were thinking the same thing when Hitler overran Poland
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:32 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:32 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)
'Health care CEOs were created by the government, and operate under its strict supervision. '
Health care CEOs are the condom. Government is the schlong.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (3wi/L)
We've got a gorilla for sale
Magilla Gorilla for sale
Won't you
Buy him
Take him home and try him
Gorilla for sale
Posted by: From the days of my misspent yute at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:33 AM (YCxFk)
Once we get to our ranchland, I'm fine with at some point saying this.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (YCxFk)
Something I learned about reading Red Storm Rising, a bit over 20 years ago. I figure the SOSUS system through there that Clancy mentioned is a thing too.
One of our salty ones would know better.
Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (kjZOX)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (YCxFk)
I'm quite sure he's blown more than that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:35 AM (YCxFk)
'If you wouldnt mind a few prayers or good thoughts today would be appreciated.'
God bless you. I'll be thinking of you.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:36 AM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:35 AM (YCxFk)
She's doing ok. Another attempt at the 2nd round of chemo today. White count was too low last week, so we go in for a quick test and try again. She's not liking this new round all that much. It really kicks her butt. SOOOO tired all the time and just overall miserable.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:36 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:37 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:34 AM (YCxFk)
Silver has blown 2 prez
that 2x Monica
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:38 AM (gbOdA)
If you believe in Global Warming™ think of all that beach front property, just like all the investors who bought up the land just on the east side of the San Andreas fault.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 08:38 AM (rHxhM)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 07:56 AM (SfhV1)
No Christmas address by FJB. DOCTOR Jill must have told him and the Ruling Cabal NO. She is at least smart enough to know it would make even more people h@te Joe if he made a typical FJB address for Christmas this year. A scolding of the nation by FJB about raycissm, equity, global warming, and not living up to who Joe thinks we are as a nation. Plus a sentence or two about Christmas. And a sentence about Beau.
Posted by: Gref at December 26, 2024 08:39 AM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Charlton Heston at December 26, 2024 08:39 AM (dg+HA)
q=gorilla%20war&src=typeahead_click
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:37 AM (gbOdA)
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lulz but I think you broke the margin, which mean you'll make a cob go apesh*t.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (Hbs7G)
A Truth Commission focused on J6 and its tentacles. I'm looking at you Nancy.
Severe cuts to foreign aid especially anything that funds NGOs. What's not stolen is used to pay the salaries of Lefties who hate us.
An end to "birthright citizenship." An Executive Order followed by legislation and SCOTUS upholding.
College loan reform.
Peace in Ukraine. Stop the madness. Deep State hardest hit.
A Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle.
A boy can still dream ....
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (Gqoy+)
The vision then shifted to a population of 'very large people' searching for 'a new place to live because their environment was corrupted.'
... this would support the view that life began elsewhere and then moved to the Earth
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (RHGPo)
Fire burns, water wets.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (ynpvh)
1. Finland hated Stalin more than Hitler, and even fought side by side with Germans.
2. Swedes gave Germans their Iron Ore for the Panzers, and hid
3. Danes let Germans invade without a single shot.
Norwegians only ones who fought
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:41 AM (YCxFk)
Not so sure how well that system has been maintained or upgraded.
The controls seem to be in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Moved from Newfoundland. But don't really know.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:42 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: The Swiss Army at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (URPU1)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (YCxFk)
All four Moscow airports closed temporarily, Russia's aviation watchdog says
By REUTERS
DECEMBER 26, 2024 15:25
Russia's aviation watchdog said on Thursday that all four Moscow airports and the airport in Kaluga, 160km (100 miles) southwest of Moscow, were closed temporarily, without giving the reason.
"Aircraft crews, air traffic controllers and airport services are taking all necessary measures to ensure flight safety," the statement from Rosaviatsia said.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (Hbs7G)
One of our salty ones would know better.
Yes. And the follow-on would be P-3C Orions deployed out of Brunswick, ME or Jacksonville, FL dropping LOFAR buoys in a 5-6-5 distributive field based upon a SOSUS-generated ellipse to localize and eventually track a target.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 26, 2024 08:43 AM (Y1sOo)
any avaition incident or crash watch Blanco....
aircraft hit by Sam rear and side...all hydraulic fluid gone no control of the aircraft except through both engines used to control the aircraft....
Posted by: qmark at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (+t9Oi)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (v6JzV)
Fauci sent to Hungary or Italy for interrogation.
Soros deported to Hungary.
Releasing the Biden files.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (u82oZ)
On the twelfth day of Kwanza all my baby daddies gave to me 17 aborted babies, syphilliticgonococalchankeritis and herpes!
Posted by: Kamala's Pesky Rundown at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (VLH5c)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (gbOdA)
... this would support the view that life began elsewhere and then moved to the Earth
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:40 AM (RHGPo)
It actually supports the view that the CIA has been overrun by drug addicted grifters for a long time now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
I am waiting and praying for the day that you announce she is cancer free.
F Cancer!
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (v6JzV)
Is that where you try to cram all the Christmas boxes into the recycling bin?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:46 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Sponge
Join the club. We are switching our entire operation from SAP to SAP S4Hana on Jan 6th. All hands on deck for Customer Service & IT.
Everyone else? Nah, that's ok. Don't bother.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:46 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 08:46 AM (p4NUW)
1. Finland hated Stalin more than Hitler, and even fought side by side with Germans.
2. Swedes gave Germans their Iron Ore for the Panzers, and hid
3. Danes let Germans invade without a single shot.
Norwegians only ones who fought
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:41 AM (YCxFk)
There is a documentary of BoobYou about a group of marxist swedes who supported Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in the late 60's and early 70's with money and moral support who cheered then denied the genocide in Cambodia. They are still alive and in positions of power in Sweden and Europe. They should be arrested for promoting genocide and crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Zombie Prince Norodom Sihanouk at December 26, 2024 08:47 AM (rqga2)
*"Aircraft crews, air traffic controllers and airport services are taking all necessary measures to ensure flight safety," the statement from Rosaviatsia said.*
This is about us, isn't it?
Posted by: 99 luftballons at December 26, 2024 08:47 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:47 AM (fwDg9)
I am waiting and praying for the day that you announce she is cancer free.
F Cancer!
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)
Meeee tooooo.
Thank you, and I agree 10000%
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)
When threatened by the Kaiser's Army in WWI, the Swiss commander was asked what he would do. He was outnumbered two to one.
Knowing of the high marksmanship standard in the Swiss forces, he said "Fire twice and celebrate."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Charlton Heston at December 26, 2024
***
Orangutan snipers are the worst!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Charlton Heston at December 26, 2024 08:39 AM (dg+HA)
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (gbOdA)
The world would probably be better served with Greenland under China's control since at this point there is no material difference between the current Deep State and China's bureaucracy - both are profoundly dysfunctional and anti-human.
The key difference is China would exploit Greenland's resources and the world would benefit from the bounty whereas the USG would go ahead and lock the land up for eternity in the name of keeping it "pristine".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (rHxhM)
Is that where you try to cram all the Christmas boxes into the recycling bin?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:46 AM (SfhV1)
Nah, that's the day the Royal help get's to actually celebrate Christmas and open gifts with loved ones instead of wiping Royal ass on the actual Christmas Day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Kamala's Pesky Rundown at December 26, 2024 08:45 AM (VLH5c)
Ten Horse Hair Wiiiiigs!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 08:49 AM (xAPJi)
Posted by: dantesed at December 26, 2024 08:49 AM (Oy/m2)
"This is the epitome of the liberal 'end justifies the means' communist mentality"
I grew up and currently live in The Bronx. Many here want to rag on NYC but their real argument is with most of Manhattan and hipster Brookklyn. We are the still the safest large US city. And we've had an ability to work our way out of our fuck-ups to survive and thrive.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 26, 2024 08:50 AM (Gqoy+)
>>Copilot is pretty good for giving you recipes if you throw a list of ingredients at it.
I doubt it, she's probably convalescing at one of her myriad of Chateau's the Pelosi's have purchased with their ill-gotten gains.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 08:50 AM (XV/Pl)
I'll go with the 1894 Spittin' Image I got for Christmas 60 years ago. Taught myself how to shoot from the manual that came with it. No dad you see.
Turned out okay. First real firearm used, M16 in basic.
Highest record fire score in all 5 or 6 companies at basic graduation ceremony,,, late Dec '72'.
And then the army, in its thoughtful wisdom, put me in a 155mm howitzer unit.
Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 08:50 AM (kjZOX)
The Danes got all of their Jews out of Denmark to Sweden in 1943. Very few were exterminated by the Nazis.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:50 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: qmark at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (+t9Oi)
Yes that video looks definitive - explains why the plane flew into the ground a mile or two short of the runway. I’ve seen Russian SAM missiles as basically being a core of high explosive surrounded by a couple hundred large ball bearings. The damage on the plains tail looks like that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:51 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)
Cause they dont make a 51
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (kjZOX)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (fwDg9)
@173
>>Speaking of Nanzi, is she still in a hospital in Germany?
I doubt it, she's probably convalescing at one of her myriad of Chateau's the Pelosi's have purchased with their ill-gotten gains.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (XV/Pl)
Sorry, I've always disliked the Swedes. Lefty moralizers who made bank out of selling iron ore to the Nazis. Producers of pornographic filth. Abortion pioneers. Supporters of every anti-American cause. I'm enjoying seeing the Muzzies destroy them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (dxSpM)
I think the last Christmas Address that FJB gave was post C19 Plandemic when he wished America a Winter of Severe Illness and Death.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (rHxhM)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 08:44 AM (v6JzV)
Is that where you try to cram all the Christmas boxes into the recycling bin?
Posted by: grammie winger
Returns Day at Wal Mart.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)
*Lyrics in Cindi Lauper's trash can.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)
Scientist #1
Your smart ass monkeys still throw shit
Scientist #2 points to whiteboard
yes, but now they keep score
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 08:53 AM (H9VzD)
Rent is due Monday
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 08:54 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 08:54 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Kramer and his hot tub at December 26, 2024 08:55 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:52 AM (dxSpM)
But I think they DID create the "Manamana" song.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 08:55 AM (7MHHr)
Almost every "core belief" of the left currently is something they would have denied anyone would want a few years ago.
Remember how much the left made fun of bible thumping reich wingers for claiming gay marriage would lead to anything else or have any effect on them? Hell, Mabe Galor wanted to kick people off this blog for saying so.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (URPU1)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (x0n13)
Many people, especially those of weak morality, are willing to rationalize anything as long as it allows them to still get a paycheck.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 08:57 AM (oZhjI)
And today Russia is grounding all their commercial aircraft "for unknown reasons."
I have one, potential reason...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 08:57 AM (Q4IgG)
Azerbaijani government sources told Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile hit Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J28243, ultimately causing the plane to crash during an emergency landing attempt in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau shortly thereafter.
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:57 AM (RHGPo)
@EricLDaugh
SCOTT JENNINGS: Yes, we need Greenland. I want Trump to do it. I am personally applying to be the military governor of Greenland if we take control of it.
https://tinyurl.com/2p98s7wc
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 08:57 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (SfhV1)
But will rag your ear endlessly about how they have free healthcare, education, blah blah blah..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mike Oxlong at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (zhAIW)
Oh, I forgot. ABBA. Who provided the music for that most loathsome of shows, "Mamma Mia!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (x0n13)
*fistbump to JJ's mom*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: SMOD at December 26, 2024 08:58 AM (RHGPo)
https://youtu.be/Sdry0CfypSk
It's not as terrible as I predicted. But I don't find it happy, uplifting, or joyous. Reflect on how you can be less ungood, serfs!
No people or any living creatures are seen. Only White House Christmas decorations videoed by a drone flying through the White House. Ending with a shot of a miniature White House. Of course. FJB has to remind everyone he is still President.
Posted by: Gref at December 26, 2024 08:59 AM (aBgBM)
Being in the banking industry (currently retail, formerly investment), the "debanking" has everything to do with risk management.
The regulators have created a structure of tests and thresholds for the accounts held. † It is in the bank's own financial interest to avoid audits, penalties and other ill-will from the regulators and the insurance organizations to thin out accounts that are considered "risky". See also Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
† Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 08:59 AM (rHxhM)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at December 26, 2024 08:59 AM (G5+As)
My favorite moment was when Colbert announced on his show that Trump had fired Comey. Now remember up until that point the left had argued that Comey was a terrible person and part of the Trump inner circle because he admitted that Hillary had committed multiple felonies when he gave his speech on how he would not prosecute her.
So when Colbert announced his audience started cheering - they were supposed to hate Comey right? But then Colbert vox-plained to them why it was a bad thing and sure enough within a couple of minutes they were now booing the action they had been cheering...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (URPU1)
The blood of fetus' has amazing life giving power.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)
The Brits occupied Iceland during WWII without permission to deny the Nazis a strategic asset. The USA later joined in.
During WWII you could have been ordered to fight the Japanese in the jungles of Burma like one of my uncles, or caught malaria with the Royal Navy like another of my uncles, or you could have been sent to Iceland where nubile ladies collectively decided to expand Iceland's limited gene pool.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (Gqoy+)
https://tinyurl.com/bdzdpdu8
This is from 2016. I bet this reporter got fired and no longer works for the past
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (vLImv)
When in England, it was explained as I understood it, the day after Christmas the nobility and well off boxed leftovers from Christmas feast and gave to servants and employees.
I stick by this
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (LkLld)
So the Chinese/Iranians are now flying their drones in the White House, not just the greater New Jersey MSA.
Is the Mother Ship™ anchored in the Potomac?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (rHxhM)
Posted by: 18-1 "
He did.
*displays badge of honor*
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (vFG9F)
Meh, I'll pass on a bunch of in-bred socialists...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (oZhjI)
Lemmings led off the cliff.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Wenda at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (2EeNt)
Well, OK, Anita Ekberg…
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: 18-1 "
He acts like a fag and his shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Wenda at December 26, 2024 09:02 AM (2EeNt)
Prayers from me as well
Posted by: It's me donna at December 26, 2024 09:03 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Most guys at December 26, 2024 09:03 AM (dg+HA)
Well, OK, Anita Ekberg…
Don't forget Britt Ekland
Posted by: Some Wickerman at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (oZhjI)
Give up Hawaii, where the native people hate us anyway and vote reliably Dem.
Seems a fair trade.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 08:26 AM (omVj0)
Until it becomes a new province of China. Then what?
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:00 AM (oZhjI)
Without words said, a wave of understanding rippled through the crowd. Oceania was at war with Eastasia! The next moment there was a tremendous commotion. The banners and posters with which the square was decorated were all wrong! Quite half of them had the wrong faces on them. It was sabotage! The agents of Goldstein had been at work! The thing that impressed Winston in looking back was that the speaker had switched from one line to the other actually in midsentence, not only without a pause, but without even breaking the syntax.
Posted by: 1984 at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (rqga2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (Q4IgG)
Until it becomes a new province of China. Then what?
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (0eaVi)
Japan would fight them for it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Sponge
What makes this comment even funnier is her "Money Changes Everything" video.
Posted by: Ozone Park at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (G5+As)
Sell it to Japan?
Yes all our ancestors from the 40s would role over in their graves but...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Halfhand at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (TYY5I)
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I might not agree with that take, though I could accept it at face value if people on the Left were consistent about that.
They are not.
Go ahead and ask this scruffy little ass spelunker about George Floyd. He wouldn't start lecturing about the statistical likelihood of an unarmed black man being killed by police officers. He'd just give you a rousing chorus of Black Lives Matter.
All rhetoric and reasoning is totally situational for them. Don't bother trying to suss out some kind of consistent worldview they might have. It doesn't exist beyond the next morning's media message.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (lRinz)
Give up Hawaii, where the native people hate us anyway and vote reliably Dem.
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Hawaii might be the only thing currently keeping the ChiComs from setting up shop in California, Oregon and Washington state.
More specifically, Pearl Harbor is. And maybe Guam. If it doesn't tip over.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (Q4IgG)
Norwegians only ones who fought
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 08:41 AM (YCxFk)
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Not true. There's a movie about it (9 April 1940, I think) and there was some resistance (they knocked out a panzer), but were ordered to surrender because there was no possible way to win. Denmark had sat out WW I, and figured (like the Dutch), that they could do the same in WW II. A bunch of Danish troops fled to Sweden, where they were "interned" and then converted into "police" to assist defending Sweden. They were issued M40 pistols and took them back to Denmark after the war, and these were sold into the US as surplus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Grump928(C) notes at December 26, 2024 09:07 AM (aD39U)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:07 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (oZhjI)
Seeing you mentioned that fool on- he had stayed on X, posting and reposting his hatred for Trump and all of Trump’s supporters.
But since the election, he deleted his No X account and all of his posts, ever, and fled to the far left comfort of Bluesky, where he and his bulwark friends can censor each other into oblivion.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:07 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 26, 2024 09:07 AM (xAPJi)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:08 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Halfhand at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (TYY5I)
The red-pilling of her has been moderately entertaining. I mean, you can literally see her head smoke as she realizes the batshit craziness of what she's been supporting all these years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:09 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 09:10 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:09 AM (YCxFk)
They're only happy when their warring with themselves.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (RIvkX)
@NewYorker
J. Edgar Hoover made the F.B.I. into a powerful but nonpartisan colossus. Kash Patel’s chief goal, by contrast, is to weaponize the Bureau to protect Donald Trump and wreak vengeance on his Administration’s enemies.f
https://tinyurl.com/2n9bhzje
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Kay Granger at December 26, 2024 09:12 AM (dg+HA)
J. Edgar Hoover made the F.B.I. into a powerful but nonpartisan colossus. Kash Patel’s chief goal, by contrast, is to weaponize the Bureau to protect Donald Trump and wreak vengeance on his Administration’s enemies.
All they have is lies. Period.
There's soooo much bullshit in that one statement, it makes actual bulls jealous.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)
I love to see their receipts for this libel.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:13 AM (rHxhM)
Posted by: Kay Granger at December 26, 2024 09:12 AM (dg+HA)
Those living in Ft. Worth should be really pissed off about now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: 1984 at December 26, 2024 09:04 AM (rqga2)
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Gleichschaltung without end.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 09:13 AM (RIvkX)
Sell it to Japan?
Yes all our ancestors from the 40s would role over in their graves but...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2024 09:05 AM (oZhjI)
Well, even if the natives don't like people who look like me, I get the feeling their numbers of the population is going down. They won't be a threat, but having a hostile nation half way between us and Asia seems to call for us to keep it.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Halfhand at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (TYY5I)
The red-pilling of her has been moderately entertaining. I mean, you can literally see her head smoke as she realizes the batshit craziness of what she's been supporting all these years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)
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I wonder how much of this going around is real "red-pilling" and not just more method acting to keep the clicks (revenue) coming in.
I'm dubious about most of it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)
I don't know if anyone has noticed but our elites are really stupid and dishonest.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2024 08:56 AM (x0n13)
“They darker than us! Woof!”
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (URPU1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 26, 2024 09:06 AM (lRinz)
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The consistent world view is that whatever they want is justified and that they are unbound by any moral constraints because they are just better than everyone else.
Yard Sign Calvinism and Justification By Rage Alone pretty much define their mentality, which seems erratic, but only because people are using secular materialist measures of it.
This is also why reason and logic will not work on them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)
EABOD, asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)
I've prayed the Rosary for her soul.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 09:15 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Kay Granger at December 26, 2024 09:12 AM (dg+HA)
Judges would have accepted YEAR.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:15 AM (gbOdA)
Well, OK, Anita Ekberg…
Posted by: Bulg
+++
My best memory of Sweden was the Swedish bikini team.
That was before woke took over.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (Lo97M)
Screw Ireland. And the Irish. They whined they were a bunghole because they were controlled by the British. They got their independence, had a civil war, then remained a bunghole for a century until they became a money-laundering center. They produce nothing useful. They're like the Palestinians of Europe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (dxSpM)
I was trying to parse that sentence into where it wouldn't be a lie and the only conclusion I came up with is that New Yorker is admitting that the "Administration's" enemies are indeed guilty of federal crimes that merit vigorous prosecution.
The key here is the word "vengeance" where the definition is seeking retribution or punishment against someone in response to wrong or injury. It is driven by a desire for justice.
I don't have a problem with that motivation.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (rHxhM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (MDgRg)
I'm dubious about most of it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)
I agree. Now that Chunk Weegur is starting to spew against the left, I'm VERY suspect. He's a high plains grifter of order.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)
I'm dubious about most of it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (Q4IgG)
Remember Milton Friedman - good government is about giving bad people the incentives to do good things.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:17 AM (7MHHr)
Not the Socialist
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:17 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:14 AM (7MHHr)
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How was Finland sold out? They got a great deal - stay non-aligned and you don't get occupied like the rest of Eastern Europe. Helsinki went from a backwater to a place of drama and intrigue, a major world city where East and West came to negotiate.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: I gotta ask at December 26, 2024 09:18 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:18 AM (URPU1)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Someone has to say it at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:20 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:18 AM (URPU1)
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They were very helpful as a conduit for Red Cross parcels. Sweden as well. Lots of Allied troops lived because of those packets.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:20 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (7MHHr)
But, thinking they're just pandering to bide time (and continue to make money) until the next leftist uprising when they can return to spewing leftist donkey dung is not out of bounds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Stalin attacked Finland, they didn’t invade Russia. The allies ignored it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:21 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: rhennigantx"
Life-like wrinkles?
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:21 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (RIvkX)
Finland got about the best deal they could because they fought back. Stalin wanted to take over the whole place but the Red Army got beaten so badly in the Winter War that he decided it wasn't worth it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM (gbOdA)
Nursing home residents need love too.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (RIvkX)
"There's strength in numbers."
- - - - - Dylan Mulvaney
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)
I get the "Justification By Rage Alone", but how do you get "Yard Sign Calvinism"?
"Calvinism" is the slur used by Free Will Enthusiasts to characterize the Doctrines of Grace.
There is no grace in the Left. There is no mercy. There is no atonement. There is no Elect. Their view is more Pharisitical under an increasing strict and dogmatic ad hoc laws and traditions.
I would characterize their colorful signs as Yard Phylactery.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (rHxhM)
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (vFG9F)
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I'd really like someone to tally up the days *biden was actually at the White House "working."
Hell.... just count the days he was there. Bet it's barely 50% of the time. Because he wasn't running anything but his mouth most of the time. His staff is, and has been the nominal "president" since he sat at that desk on day one, and as the EO's were shoved in his face asked; "what am I signing?"
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (Q4IgG)
https://tinyurl.com/4vp8cs93
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (MQJVv)
Posted by: dantesed at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:17 AM (7MHHr)
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You should always welcome defectors. The "no prisoners" attitude can be self-defeating as you end up creating your own resistance.
Timely reminder that while the Reds were still executing 'fascists,' Franco figured out that decent treatment caused captured troops to enlist in his armies. He added 70,000 men to his ranks when he conquered northern Spain.
You don't have to trust them with your life, but welcoming them further thins their ranks, leaving only the nutjobs, who will drive their party off an electoral cliff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (URPU1)
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (URPU1)
They celebrate that shit. Because they are inherently evil.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:25 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Norseman at December 26, 2024 09:26 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 26, 2024 09:26 AM (VE6XX)
I would characterize their colorful signs as Yard Phylactery.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:23 AM (rHxhM)
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They are the Elect and they very much believe this. See also Thomas Sowell's Visions of the Anointed.
Its the cheap knock-off version of Calvinism, and the label works because they hate it. They imagine themselves as the witches at Salem, but they're the ones holding the torches.
This is also why they use the term "deplorables" because everyone not of the Elect was damned before time began, and therefore they do not convert, only destroy.
And it's all wrapped up in yard signs telling you how good they are. "By these yard signs they are saved."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM (ZOv7s)
@NewYorker
J. Edgar Hoover made the F.B.I. into a powerful but nonpartisan colossus. Kash Patel’s chief goal, by contrast, is to weaponize the Bureau to protect Donald Trump and wreak vengeance on his Administration’s enemies.f
https://tinyurl.com/2n9bhzje
Posted by: redridinghood at December 26, 2024 09:11 AM (NpAcC)
The "strange new respect" for the memory of J.Edgar Hoover is moderately amusing. I have been wondering if the calumnies (e.g., he was a cross-dressing homosexual*) that began to be circulated after his death was just a bunch of Commie propaganda meant to discredit him. Being just 29, I'm old enough to remember that he was held in pretty high regard when Hoover was still alive.
I've recently come across a couple of books written by Hoover, and discovered that he was a dedicated anti-Communist and was warning Americans of the dangers posed by that ideology. I have begun to suspect that Hoover stuck around until he died because he knew that Communists had buried themselves like ticks into the body-politic.
*G. Gordon Liddy has claimed to have found heterosexual pornography at Hoover's apartment, after his death.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Joe Biden is shitting the bad so completely on his way out that this won’t happen for decades now.
The Dem party now has no leadership, no core able to stop them from continue to splinter into radical factions. Romney era Republicans were moribund; it took a leader like Trump to unify the core and drive the troublemakers and quislings like Kristol out of the party. The Dems will be out of power until someone like that rises up on their side.
Right now, they have no one who even has a chance of doing that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 09:19 AM
I need a post-Congressional career, you know.
Posted by: Nanci P. at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 07:50 AM (U403t)
******
Gilmore Tuttle, Ogie Oglethorpe, Clarence "Screeming Buffalo" Swamptown, Ross "Mad Dog" Madison, and Andre "Poodle" Lussier would all be better PMs than Trudeau.
Posted by: Burgermeister Meisterburger at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (ZB7RZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (v6JzV)
Matt 23:9 - And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Man in substitute of God indeed.
Posted by: TeeJ at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (kjZOX)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 26, 2024 09:29 AM (ZB7RZ)
Right now, they have no one who even has a chance of doing that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:27 AM
Have you possibly forgotten our *magical* ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, laddie?
Posted by: GOPe at December 26, 2024 09:29 AM (a3Q+t)
And it's all wrapped up in yard signs telling you how good they are. "By these yard signs they are saved."
OK, that makes sense. Thank you.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 26, 2024 09:29 AM (rHxhM)
https://tinyurl.com/4vp8cs93
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December
This is cool. I love an Italian is doing the restoration- 300 years ago is like yesterday in Italy!
Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (T6NOp)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (YCxFk)
In my mind it's Grima Wormtounge whispering in Sundowner's ear
" you want to commute all death row inmates"
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (fwDg9)
Ireland was neutral because they hated the Brits. And it wasn't just De Valera. Everyone in Ireland wanted neutrality.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:25 AM (YCxFk)
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The safe havens cut both ways. Portugal still has an alliance with the UK, the oldest treaty in the world. In WW II, the Brits said they were more useful on the sidelines.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
Police determined that the SUV's driver, Héctor Manuel Velázquez-Nava, had a blood alcohol level of three times the legal limit and was driving without a license.[15] Velázquez-Nava was described by federal authorities as being in the U.S. illegally.[16] The driver initially pleaded not guilty to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter,[17] but changed his plea … and was sentenced to six years
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (7xhuD)
Posted by: Jonah at December 26, 2024 09:28 AM (YCxFk)
Lauri Torni.
Posted by: Buried At Arlington National Cemetery at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (rqga2)
It also is somewhat explained by one of my favorite metaphors.
The world is made up of 90% sheep, 5% wolves and 5% sheepdogs and a significant percentage of those sheep can't tell the difference between a wolf and a sheepdog.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (D6PGr)
Saluting with the right hand showed you were not armed and respected the other person to be unarmed as well. Grew out of Roman service. Became culture that is still in use today.
Formal dining etiquette is an example of how we behave in public with lethal weapons in our hands to preclude misunderstandings.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 09:34 AM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:22 AM (dxSpM)
The Finns call their little slice of WWII, the "Continuation War." Their goals were not those of Hitler, and he got frustrated that the Finns wouldn't invade deep into Russia.
During the Winter War (1939-40), the Finns manning the Mannerheim Line were slaughtering so many Russians, the Finnish Army realized that they had to cycle units out of the line to allow them to decompress from the mental strain, rather than from casualties.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 26, 2024 09:34 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 09:34 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: GOPe at December 26, 2024 09:29 AM (a3Q+t)
Trump is the antidote. Look at his list of nominees. Sure there’s a couple we can quibble about, but overall it’s the strongest list of nominees I’ve ever seen in my life.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 09:35 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM (7xhuD)
Deport him. Kick him out of the back of a C-130 with a parachute and see if he figures out how it works before touch down.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 26, 2024 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 09:33 AM
Bah.
Posted by: The sheep at December 26, 2024 09:35 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (dxSpM)
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A lot of Irish crossed into Ulster to enlist with the British, and quite a few Republican troops did so as well, and were only forgiven decades later.
De Valera was far more rabid than his countrymen and remember he also placed the Republic in a state of emergency for the duration of the war.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2024 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Genius! No elections during war time!
Posted by: Z Manski at December 26, 2024 09:38 AM (0eaVi)
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Cuba is crumbling along in slow motion towards becoming another Haiti. Sad.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 26, 2024 09:40 AM (fs1hN)
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Kavanaugh should try to get this deal because, unlike Mengele-Fauci, an actual nutjob tried to kill him.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 26, 2024 09:43 AM (IgeaQ)
" you want to commute all death row inmates"
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 09:30 AM (fwDg9)
He commuted everyone because he firmly believes that the death penalty is universally morally abhorrent, except for white racists. They get the needle apparently.
Posted by: Grump928(C) notes at December 26, 2024 09:44 AM (aD39U)
Posted by: DaveA at December 26, 2024 09:45 AM (FhXTo)
My thoughts on “Culture”.
Culture:
Is evolutionary.
Is faster than and less permanent than genetic/physical evolution.
Is the transmission through the generations of emotional reactions to ideas, symbols, things.
Is lived, experienced, assimilated from the environment especially during childhood years.
Culture is/can be changed by:
Individual revelation which can be just for the individual or if expressed, as art, as an idea, ideal, can cause a change in the culture.
Immersion in different culture, or just contact which results in cultural trade, blending.
Forced immersion which should be called brainwashing.
What is transmitted through the generations:
Principles of a social organization of human society. What is “good”, and “bad”. What “human” is and does.
Posted by: geoffb at December 26, 2024 10:14 AM (r//c2)
A “culture” is a complex set of internalized emotional reactions that a cultural group have in common. At the base there are emotional responses that are genetically “hard wired” in. These form the basis of what we call “human nature”. “Culture” is layered on top. It is “learned” for the most part in childhood and adolescence by living in, experiencing the culture of the adults surrounding one.
Emotional reactions can be learned, pathways in the brain formed to associate certain emotions with certain ideas, symbols, actions. That doing this on a group level forms a culture. The bonds of a culture are emotional in nature.
Successful, functional cultures build in concert with human nature’s hard wiring. Dysfunctional cultures build in conflict with human nature. The conflicts make for the dysfunction. They inflict costs on the culture that lower it’s utility to most of the humans living under it. Most, but not all, there will always be some that benefit and will try to keep the even the most dysfunctional culture from changing.
Posted by: geoffb at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (r//c2)
Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 26, 2024 10:15 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: 18-1 "
He did.
*displays badge of honor*
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 09:01 AM (vFG9F)
I, and many others, came here after being bounced off the bicycle seat sniffers blog, L.G. Fartballs. I guess my sense of humor was not amusing over there.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 26, 2024 10:22 AM (iODuv)
Yet the true comparison is between two individuals: the illegal alien drug addict/lunatic and the woman he burned alive.
Big difference.
Posted by: PJ at December 26, 2024 10:56 AM (RRCAT)
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>Real Clear Politics, December 25, 2024, Biden Christmas Message: Too Often We See Each Other As Enemies, Not As Fellow Americans
President Biden delivers his 2024 Christmas message over video of the White House Christmas decorations.
Guess what? If I didn't watch it when it was live, I don't need to see reruns of that two-faced bas**rd afterwards.
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Now the real FJB:
>Aljazeera, December 26, 2026, Biden condemns Russia’s ‘outrageous’ Christmas attack on Ukraine
Biden promises surge in weapons deliveries to Ukraine after drone and missile barrage hits its power grid.
I say, prove it wasn't the little Netflix worm & his Azov battalions and mercenaries. Yup, have your own opinions.
But it's undeniable FJB is going to the bitter end - Jan. 19, 2025 - itching for war War after "Russian attacks kill one in Ukraine, damage energy infrastructure."
JFB says, Don't. Don't touch energy infrastructure!?
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Speaking of watching live & Netflix - What a lousy ass thing for NFL to put the game on there & try to draw more audience with Mrs. Carter shaking the goods on Christmas Day. Ho, ho, ho, suckers.
Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 26, 2024 11:33 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: wferrin at December 26, 2024 03:02 PM (+eMmJ)
Posted by: wferrin at December 26, 2024 03:40 PM (nx6bl)
"But what also shouldn’t be forgotten was how the murders inspired Bernardine Dohrn, the ’60s militant Marxist who spearheaded the Weather Underground.
That surreal, cruel moment came at the appropriately titled “War Council” held in Flint, Michigan on December 27, 1969, two days after Christmas. It was attended by some 400 student radicals from the SDS-Weathermen cabal, who promoted this political-ideological-sexual gathering as a collective “Wargasm.” For the lovely ’60s hippies, it would be (as usual) a night of radical politics, unrestrained sex, and violence.
Among the ringleaders was the late John Jacobs, who had coined a fitting slogan for the evening and for the entire movement: “We’re against everything that’s good and decent.” That became obvious when the indecent Bernardine Dohrn grabbed the microphone. “We’re about being crazy m——-rs,” Dohrn shouted, “and scaring the s–t out of honky America!' "
Posted by: wferrin at December 26, 2024 05:49 PM (aH9SQ)
"It was like a radical revival meeting, with the Rev. Dohrn at the political pulpit. Inspired by the spirit — that is, some sort of spirit — Bernardine fired up her brothers and sisters with her hideous ruminations on the vicious Tate-LaBianca murders."
Posted by: wferrin at December 26, 2024 05:50 PM (aH9SQ)
Daily Tech News 26 December 2024
Top Story
- A record 18,000 games were published on Steam in 2024 - around fifty per day. (Tom's Hardware)
Of course most of these are small indie titles, but given that most of the tentpole AAA titles in 2024 were catastrophic failures - cough Concord cough - that's not only entirely understandable but a good thing.
- Meanwhile in Europe new game sales dropped by 29% year-on-year. (WCCFTech)
Star Wars Outlaws, one of Ubisoft's biggest failures of 2024, was the 14th best selling title in 2024 out of games released in 2024. But when you include sales of older games, it drops to number 45.
Tech News
- Here's some of the best indie titles released in 2024. (WCCFTech)
The best major titles of 2024 are Black Myth Wukong. Astro Bot is reportedly also fun, though short.
- Apple is not planning to let Google be broken up by the government without a fight. (WSJ) (archive site)
Apple has filed to intervene in the penalty phase of the Google antitrust case, now that the judge has ruled that Google has violated antitrust law.
The reason is that Google pays Apple about $20 billion per year to be the default search engine in the Safari browser.
Which is a good reason.
- Lenovo's P14s workstation laptop is 60% off right now. (Notebook Check)
This is not a cheap model so even at 60% off it's still $1700, but for that you get an Intel 155H CPU, a 14.5" 3072x1920 display, 96GB of RAM, 2TB of SSD, and RTX 500 dedicated graphics. Which aren't anything special but are better than the integrated graphics in the CPU.
And it has the Four Essential Keys.
I checked the Australian store and we only get a 20% discount, leaving the price for the same configuration at A$4760, just a touch expensive.
- How to survive as a software developer in the era of AI. (Backchannel)
Step One: Build a moat and feed anyone who tries to tell you it is the "Era of AI" to the alligators. Or crocodiles/caimans/gharials depending on your location.
Such people are not only not to be trusted, but should be actively distrusted. When the Era of AI comes, Skynet will notify you.
Disclaimer: And then crash immediately because someone mentioned David Mayer.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:08 AM (gfK5Z)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2024 04:09 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:08 AM (gfK5Z)
Huh. I never run into that one. Or ads. Brave browser seems to take care of a lot of the stuff under the hood just by using it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2024 04:10 AM (bss/y)
Create a throwaway account and sign in?
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 26, 2024 04:10 AM (BLOW1)
And movies.
And television.
And books.
And ...
Thank goodness there are older things to play, watch, and read because they've decided to stop making things normal people (for a very liberal definition of normal) would like to play, watch, or read.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:13 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:13 AM (cl15i)
There have been a few games: Shadow of the Erdtree (elden ring expansion.) Lies of P. Space Marine 2. Helldivers 2 (which managed to rise to the heights and fall within a few months.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2024 04:19 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 04:19 AM (Wg6v7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Yeah. Helldivers 2 managed to shoot itself in the head, but Space Marine 2 seems to be a solid game written by sane people.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 26, 2024 04:24 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2024 04:19 AM (bss/y)
At the movies tonight (Nosferatu - boo, hiss), my wife saw an ad for an Indiana Jones game. It's the first game I've seen her enthusiastic for in a while (she's the vidya gamer between us).
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:25 AM (cl15i)
Its Boxing Day and the Feast of St Stephen
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 04:31 AM (fwDg9)
Was Nosteratu (sp?) not any good, because son is interested in seeing it. He also wants to see the new movie about Bob Dylan. He and spouse will have to go see both movies, because while I think on Dylan is an interesting guy. Timothee Chalmet in real life seems to be an annoying super leftist gay guy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:31 AM (DfdQC)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:25 AM (cl15i)
I have honestly not heard a huge amount about it. Right now, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a 91% user rating on steam.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2024 04:31 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:33 AM (cl15i)
Yes. It's still Christmas (the twelve days). It only just got started. All that stuff before Christmas wasn't Christmas. It was Advent.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 26, 2024 04:34 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:35 AM (DfdQC)
I would like to volunteer Timothy Chalamet for the first manned mission to the sun. (I will concede he was good in Bones and All, a truly creepy horror movie.)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:36 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:38 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:40 AM (cl15i)
Yes, so. Likes a lot ofinteresting films including Japanese ones which I had never heard of ( Lady one was about some 90 year old famous sushi chef in Tokyo)and I second your opinions about Timothee Chalamet., but heh, I wanted to see Bonhoeffer which must have only lasted week at the local movie theatre.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:40 AM (hYSQE)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 26, 2024 04:41 AM (TGPs7)
Iif Dylan is a super leftist he's kept his political views to himself. I think.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:42 AM (hYSQE)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 26, 2024 04:42 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:44 AM (hYSQE)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:44 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 26, 2024 04:41 AM (TGPs7)
Yes we do!
Posted by: Giles Overreach at December 26, 2024 04:44 AM (rcnBO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:46 AM (hYSQE)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:52 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 04:53 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 04:53 AM (fwDg9)
Dracula (and Nosferatu is just Dracula with the serial number filed off) is evergreen, like Shakespeare. My problems with the film are not the familiar remake-reboot ones. Eggers is earnest about source material. That's just not enough.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:59 AM (cl15i)
Ay Carumba.
Gal Gadot was as beautiful as ever.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 26, 2024 05:00 AM (ZmEVT)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 26, 2024 05:09 AM (tljrc)
Weather here: drearily warm, 60 F. now with fog, going to 70 today, and 77 (!) tomorrow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:19 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:20 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:25 AM (cl15i)
Is she aware that it is a First Person perspective game?
Posted by: Buzzion at December 26, 2024 05:21 AM (mK5Lf)
Posted by: Buzzion at December 26, 2024 05:23 AM (mK5Lf)
Posted by: Buzzion at December 26, 2024 05:21 AM (mK5Lf)
No. But that won't bother her, I don't think. First-person shooter is one of her favorite genres.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 05:27 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 05:28 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 04:08 AM (gfK5Z)
Create a throwaway account and sign in?
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 26, 2024 04:10 AM (BLOW1)
Merry Boxing/Proclamation Day, Pixy! I hope you are happy-holidaying.
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 05:31 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 05:31 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 05:27 AM (cl15i)
I didn't say shooter. There is shooting. But a lot of puzzles and platforming too.
Posted by: Buzzion at December 26, 2024 05:32 AM (mK5Lf)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 05:34 AM (VnUSN)
"Shoppers expected to splurge on homewares and beauty products, with retail spending projected to top $1.3bn on Boxing Day" (Guardian)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 05:35 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Buzzion at December 26, 2024 05:32 AM (mK5Lf)
Yeah, she'll dig that too. Her basic interests are: first person shooter (Call of Duty, Wolfenstein), puzzles and finesse (Sphinx, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider), and, for lack of a better term, modern arcade (Crash Bandicoot).
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 05:36 AM (cl15i)
Imagine.
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 05:39 AM (VnUSN)
Meanwhile, let there be maximum benefit resulting from your efforts today with commensurate grief inflicted on the leftwit algae that infest us.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 26, 2024 05:48 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:58 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 06:01 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 05:58 AM (omVj0)
Buncha layabouts who take their cardboard memberships for granted.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 06:02 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:03 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 06:03 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 26, 2024 06:03 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 06:06 AM (cl15i)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 26, 2024 06:09 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: fluffy at December 26, 2024 06:09 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Leslie Ellery Bertram IV at December 26, 2024 06:09 AM (ZmEVT)
I prefer first person masturbators, where you run around, solve puzzles and platforms, and splooge all over faces, breasts, and front/back holes... and occasional works of art...
Posted by: Dirty Frank at December 26, 2024 06:11 AM (VLH5c)
At the familial gathering yesterday, my youngest niece took an immense liking to me and was by my side almost constantly. It was cute. She sang "The Christmas Hippo" on her karaoke toy (the first time I had ever heard the song itself) and later told me, "I want you for Christmas next year!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 06:15 AM (xG4kz)
At the familial gathering yesterday, my youngest niece took an immense liking to me and was by my side almost constantly. It was cute. She sang "The Christmas Hippo" on her karaoke toy (the first time I had ever heard the song itself) and later told me, "I want you for Christmas next year!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 06:15 AM (xG4kz)
; )
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 06:15 AM (VnUSN)
Bob Dylan performing "Like a Rolling Stone" in concert with The Band at their farewell concert ranks among my best Dylan tracks in which he sings. "Tangled Up In Blue" and "Lily, Rosemary and The Jack of Hearts" are the other two tracks in that grouping.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 26, 2024 06:24 AM (cWeHZ)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 06:24 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 06:24 AM (VnUSN)
Reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware yesterday
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 06:26 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Leslie Ellery Bertram IV at December 26, 2024 06:26 AM (ZmEVT)
Oh Lawd. I suppose the servants will want the day off again this year.
Posted by: Leslie Ellery Bertram IV at December 26, 2024
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Things just have not been the same since that awful war!
Posted by: The Crawleys of Downton Abbey at December 26, 2024 06:29 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 26, 2024 06:31 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 06:38 AM (vJ3Tl)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 06:40 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024
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Good morning to you, Rufus. Regarding the CEL, have you tried the classic move of checking and tightening the gas cap? That's the first thing to check on that; I've had it happen more than once. Though, strangely, on the '16 Buick I've driven a short distance after filling up with the gas cap loose, and haven't gotten a CEL.
Posted by: The Crawleys of Downton Abbey at December 26, 2024 06:44 AM (omVj0)
Gameabove Sports Bowl - Pittsburgh vs Toledo 1p
Rate Bowl - Rutgers vs KS State 4:30p
68 Ventures Bowl - Ark St vs Bowling Green 8p
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 06:45 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 26, 2024 06:46 AM (cY18j)
Posted by: The Crawleys of Downton Abbey at December 26, 2024 06:44 AM (omVj0)
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Thanks but yes I did. No luck. No one nearby works on diesel engines so I’m stuck w/ the local dealer. Actually, they’re not bad, just expensive. But what isn’t?
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 06:48 AM (vJ3Tl)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024
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I figured you would have checked that. A diesel? Those are rare in America now in passenger vehicles. Do you have a truck, or an older car?
I've always thought a diesel station wagon, say, one of the older Volvos or a newer BMW, would be an awesome car to have
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 06:51 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 06:51 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 06:53 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 26, 2024 06:55 AM (rLsUM)
*******
It’s a truck. Hopefully one that will last a long time.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 06:55 AM (vJ3Tl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 06:56 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 06:58 AM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 26, 2024 06:56 AM (omVj0)
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Smart move, neglecting oil and antifreeze changes will result in much pain.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 06:59 AM (vJ3Tl)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 26, 2024 07:00 AM (cY18j)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Smart move, neglecting oil and antifreeze changes will result in much pain.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
If you don't schedule maintenance, your vehicle will.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 26, 2024 07:03 AM (H9VzD)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:03 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2024 07:04 AM (WPL6O)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:04 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 26, 2024 07:06 AM (cY18j)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 06:51 AM (VnUSN)
*open hood*
Its there
Now what
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:07 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:04 AM (gbOdA)
*******
The problem with oil life meters is, IMO, most seem to track miles while a better metric for oil changes would be operation hours. Especially for people living in high traffic areas.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 07:09 AM (vJ3Tl)
Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:09 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 06:51 AM (VnUSN)
*open hood*
Its there
Now what
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:07 AM (gbOdA)
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 07:10 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 26, 2024 07:10 AM (gbOdA)
Thank goodness there are older things to play, watch, and read because they've decided to stop making things normal people (for a very liberal definition of normal) would like to play, watch, or read.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:13 AM (cl15i)
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I have more than enough media in my house to keep me entertained for the rest of my life without picking up anything new...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 07:11 AM (BpYfr)
Check out his live version of Hurricane for an example of his musicianship and storytelling.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 07:11 AM (XV/Pl)
It's one thing for Tucker to interview crackpots like Kanye West, Jeffrey Sachs, or Darryl Cooper uncritically, nodding and smiling.
It's another thing to pull put excerpts of the most crazily anti-semitic portions to push a crackpot Greater Israel canard.
Dislike. Unsubscribe. Buh-bye Tucker, you have crossed the final rubicon with Franpsycho.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:11 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 07:12 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 26, 2024 07:12 AM (cY18j)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 07:13 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2024 07:14 AM (vFG9F)
>> People are starting to realize that AI is not the answer to much of anything.
I use AI everyday with CoPilot and Otter for my specific use case, it’s become indispensable.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 07:15 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 07:17 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 07:17 AM (VnUSN)
The dev studio screwed up early on by making one of their amorphous weirdos in a rainbow shirt the face of the team, and that set off alarms and turned lots of people off. Now that the game's out, it seems to have been made faithfully to the character and movies, and isn't really woke at all.
I'd also recommend Stelkar Blade as a great game from this year with great dev support. Currently a PS5 exclusive, but a PC port is coming.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at December 26, 2024 07:17 AM (4P6xN)
Posted by: m at December 26, 2024 07:18 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at December 26, 2024 07:18 AM (4P6xN)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 26, 2024 06:55 AM (rLsUM)
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Would we have fought so hard if we knew what those towns would become?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:21 AM (RIvkX)
I understand Beyonce's halftime show was wholesome family entertainment. Really, she's just as much a cult figure as Tay Tay, just as phony and plastic as Mariah Carey.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 07:21 AM (dxSpM)
Would we have fought so hard if we knew what those towns would become?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:21 AM (RIvkX)
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Trenton is one of those state capitals with absolutely no redeeming features. Like Harrisburg or Jackson.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 07:24 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Just Wondering at December 26, 2024 07:24 AM (dg+HA)
Women are claiming they used the green "Christmas Gas" nozzle to fill their car's gas tanks and then phoning their husbands and boyfriends to tell them their car is running rough. Men are responding by loading the dishwasher with plastic Christmas cups and claiming they don't know any better.
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: XTC at December 26, 2024 07:26 AM (6Uni8)
>> People are starting to realize that AI is not the answer to much of anything.
I use AI everyday with CoPilot and Otter for my specific use case, it’s become indispensable.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 07:15 AM (XV/Pl)
Copilot is pretty good for giving you recipes if you throw a list of ingredients at it.
Posted by: XTC at December 26, 2024 07:28 AM (6Uni8)
I understand Beyonce's halftime show was wholesome family entertainment. Really, she's just as much a cult figure as Tay Tay, just as phony and plastic as Mariah Carey.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 26, 2024 07:21 AM (dxSpM)
Call it corporate entertainment culture. Generic, bland music with a bit of uninspired dancing and prancing, which is then overhyped and overpromoted for the benefit of the corporate sponsors.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2024 07:28 AM (7MHHr)
Actually, it does. It has a lovely State museum, it has barracks where the English soldiers stayed during the revolutionary was and it has some lovely churches and old homes.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2024 07:29 AM (fOkIv)
Posted by: AI Garbage Generator at December 26, 2024 07:29 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 26, 2024 07:31 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2024 07:31 AM (GxmKP)
Posted by: Jim at December 26, 2024 07:38 AM (zhWvq)
Posted by: docweasel at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (yjz/v)
Posted by: Shoey77 at December 26, 2024 09:24 AM (GFZrq)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 26, 2024 04:25 AM (cl15i)
Grummz (Mark Kern) likes that one, and he's a big pusher of the non-buynary movement (boycotting woke games).
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 26, 2024 09:44 AM (lFFaq)
I'd be interested in a breakdown of how many of those 'published' games are basically low-effort copies, using alternative 3D assets, hoping to make a quick buck. Back in the Nintendo Wii days, there was a game, "Ninjabread Man", that was practically cloned with the same gameplay and level layout, just different graphics. Gameplay itself was flagged as atrocious, with a low score by reviewers.
The AI stuff isn't helping anything either in this regard.
Even avoiding the "Sweet Baby Games" infection/graft, games today have a large problem - they're competing against the games of last year. And before. The long tail, where a game from 10 years ago can still sell well, because it's an actual classic.
And then there's the "Live Service" game issue, where you're paying the same amount as a full game, but have it discontinued (and unplayable) within a short period of time. But you're still out of that money. Plus side, new gamers won't have to worry about having to choose it amongst the pile of other games available.
Posted by: Another Anon at December 26, 2024 10:19 AM (QNMaY)
Then I reached some age, in my late 30s or maybe early 40s, when some switch clicked in my brain and I slowed down then quit totally.
Games now seem puerile. Listening to or reading people say things about games that they intend to be meaningful and/or important is annoying. It just seem silly - you can twiddle your fingers to make some electrons jump around and push other electrons around? Wow.
My wife got me to take up ballroom dancing, including all the Latin dances. Just as silly, but at least I get a lot of exercise. Plus, the girls (of all ages) really, really like men who can dance properly, even ugly old farts like me.
I can twiddle my legs and arms and get my body parts to push other body parts around. Much more satisfying.
Sucks to be you, gamer bois.
Posted by: Fred_Z at December 26, 2024 08:56 PM (VQIqq)
Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - December 25, 2024 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. Was Santa good to you? Are you tinkering, reading, and otherwise enjoying surprises in your stocking or under your tree? As much as those things might be appreciated, we all know the true meaning of the season. Christmas and Hanukkah are not about stuff. They are really all about the ONT.
Here we go... Do not miss the mystery clicks. They are what I got you for Christmas but they were on sale, so I cannot return them.
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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking? Come out and play. Thanks much to the Horde for playing along with the ONT reindeer games and an AoS HQ hat tip to the COBs and contributors for the help and support throughout the year. This is a special place. No, I will not be issuing pardons for barrel violations.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:59 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Ciampino - censor the university for allowing this at December 25, 2024 10:00 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 25, 2024 10:01 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 10:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 10:02 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM
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Thanks and congrats on the Hrothgar family news!
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 10:05 PM (a07r0)
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 25, 2024 10:05 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:05 PM (BSDFI)
I liked the cat Christmas tree one. Snowflake and Trumpy really liked sleeping under the Christmas tree on the white blanket for awhile.
No damage but a few low hanging decorations got knocked around.
Everyone have a great night.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:06 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 10:07 PM (a07r0)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Merry Christmas, brother!
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:07 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Memes R US at December 25, 2024 10:10 PM (P4znf)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 10:07 PM (a07r0)
Now I see it.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:10 PM (jvJvP)
Today has been Clint Day on Grit. Pale Rider is on now. I'm going to head off to bed in about half an hour, though; planning to work out tomorrow, then try one of the new tobaccos Linda got me for Xmas. We had our ham and stuffing, some turtle cheesecake for dessert, and gave bits of ham to the cats. Stirling inhaled his; not sure if Dagny showed any interest, which means he inhaled hers too.
I hope everybody had a good Christmas Eve and Day!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:11 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:11 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:12 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:12 PM (ftFVW)
Errr plus shipping at $2,500.
I think I knew two kids who got one. My parents just laughed when my younger brothers tried the "That's all we want. Combine our presents" thing.
I remember this because it was more that the heap of crap Camarro for sale down the street I was trying to get them to buy me.
Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 10:12 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:13 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:13 PM (qVV8U)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:14 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:13 PM
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Blame Doof.
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:15 PM (9tvFd)
I also love Manhattan Transfer’s & also Claude Thornhill’s (no lyrics) original.
Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 10:15 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:16 PM (DX6IT)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:16 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at December 25, 2024 10:17 PM (PiwSw)
I blame everyone but myself.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:16 PM (DX6IT
It is the way.
Posted by: Kamala Harris at December 25, 2024 10:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 10:17 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 10:17 PM (6ZHNK)
Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 10:18 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:16 PM (p4NUW)
Of course not! That would be ridiculous!
*checks bathroom for cams*
Why do you ask?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:18 PM (YnIVK)
Posted by: Ciampino - about CA population size at December 25, 2024 10:20 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 10:20 PM (6ZHNK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper
Not me, my middle son though...
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:21 PM (ftFVW)
I'll be gone until January 2. The family and I are going on a cruise in the Caribbean for the next week(ish).
See you all next year!
Posted by: Dr. T at December 25, 2024 10:21 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:22 PM (p4NUW)
Survivors of Hurricane Helene receive heartwarming gift for Christmas
https://mol.im/a/14226537
Posted by: Ciampino - hey baby it's cold outside at December 25, 2024 10:23 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:23 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:22 PM
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And a Happy Halloween to you!!
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:24 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Iris at December 25, 2024 10:24 PM (bOJ2I)
Toby Young@toadmeister
The Church of England has told clergy in Birmingham to watch out for "problematic words" in Christmas carols that imply Jesus is the "true Messiah" or other religions aren't valid. And they wonder why the pews are empty.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (Wg6v7)
It's been a great day. Between real space and video face time we saw all the kids and grandkids. At one time in my living room we were connected to here in PA, Montana, Ireland, and Djibouti. Everybody could see and talk at once. A long way from sending and waiting for letters when I was first overseas in the 70's.
Posted by: Cosda at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (juYdJ)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (G6LTi)
The cats staying with us turn on the water faucet in the bathroom next to the laundry room. The faucet releases water onto a downward, open, cascade when you lift the handle up.
I'm trying to remember to close the door there at night.
The water's not going full blast. But still. Water!
I thought it was Snowflake who has a ton of playful energy. I looked in the bathroom the other day and Snowflake was on the ground looking up at Trumpy on the counter amazed at the falling water.
Very cute. Not my cats, but cute.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:12 PM (Zz0t1)
I did, thanks. Rare occasion of both of my boys and me together. And older son's girlfriend. I soaked up every minute of it!
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM (9yUzE)
Also thank you for the ONT!
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:27 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Cosda
This is a profound example of how technology makes like better. This does not represent the other 99% of times it makes it worse.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 10:27 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM
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Outstanding. I got a Rigid EZ Change Plumbers Wrench Faucet tool that I'm told was recommended by the Horde. Thank you whomever made the recommendation!
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (Xo+UM)
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Unincorporated territory under our protection but no US voting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (6ZHNK)
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Several, 'Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella', and 'Good King Wenceslas', among others, 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', 'The Holly and the Ivy'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (XeU6L)
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I need to figure out how to bottle her focus and determination, it's inspiring.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:29 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM
Should I conclude your new roof is coming along?
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Piper
I got to horse mask and was expecting you to go Godfather with fake blood in bed.
Man, I have been watching a lot of disturbing horror movies.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:25 PM
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Nice. Glad to hear. We like a happy Doof.
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: Texican ette at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (SNf74)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM (9yUzE)
https://tinyurl.com/2yw8ajp8
Shame victim was not intended target. Nice looking lady.
Posted by: Ciampino - social workers wouldn't work at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM (i0xsb)
Stopped by earlier hoping you all had a fun, happy and healthy day!
Love you guys 🙏🎅🤶💖❣!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM (L83z3)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:32 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 10:32 PM (fz7Mb)
Posted by: stv at December 25, 2024 10:32 PM (Vicsq)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (9yUzE)
Stopped by earlier hoping you all had a fun, happy and healthy day!
Love you guys 🙏🎅🤶💖❣!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:31 PM
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Right back atcha! Fun and happy and healthy!
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Ciampino - curried wonton? at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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Lights went out the other night but thanks to Harbor Freight Toy Store there were several battery lamps to light up the house.
-tool tip, when the lights come back on be sure and turn off those battery powered accessories-
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (6ZHNK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:33 PM (RIvkX)
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley,
https://is.gd/bt2Dox
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (L/fGl)
Glad you asked!
Since Die Hard is a Christmas movie, I say Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus" is a Christmas song. This is a hill I will fight to defend!!
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
That version is definitely T Rexes, since someone photoshopped eyeholes into them.
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December
She will love this!
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (9tvFd)
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That's right, I forgot about that. But that photo just touches my soul. Hope and light in the face of darkness
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Doof
Does that extend to the Marilyn Manson version?
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:36 PM (RIvkX)
https://mol.im/a/14226069
Posted by: Ciampino - Turkish prison is not Delight at December 25, 2024 10:36 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:37 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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As an engineer who spent his earliest days using an outhouse, I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of 99% of technology making things worse.
Posted by: Cosda at December 25, 2024 10:37 PM (juYdJ)
Wonton.
Posted by: Ciampino
What's the difference between a well-dressed man on a unicycle and a poorly-dressed man on a bicycle?
Attire
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:38 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: TRex at December 25
Why do Comp Sci majors confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because OCT 31 = DEC 25.
A short seasonal* animated video:
https://youtu.be/UAm3RPqwmq4
* - both
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 10:38 PM (DgGvY)
We had a lovely day- feasting and relaxing and
reminiscing about Christmases past.
I hope all of yours were great, too.
I made a pork loin filet for lunch, and it was so delicious that it is now my official holiday meal.
If you want turkey, you may have to make other plans.
Wow, it was good.
And not terrifying like a turkey.
Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 10:38 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (9tvFd)
Thank you, my friend. Happy Doof is really the best Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:38 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 10:30 PM (9tvFd)
Thank you, my friend. Happy Doof is really the best Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December
Cheers to this!
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:39 PM (p4NUW)
Will do. Just went through that same scenario. Unfortunately, we lost him. Will pray for a better outcome for you.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 10:39 PM (mH6SG)
t.ly/YEo2Q
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Stateless at December
Lies.
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:28 PM (pZEOD)
I hope you had a very happy day, blended into many other happy days.
It takes the pressure off though. We have a routine now. Snowflake wakes me in the morning. I have the door closed now so I can sleep but she meows.
I put her and Trumpy outside.
I go back for last bits of sleep. When I get up, I just open the front door and Snowflake races from across the street at her 'owners' inside to eat. Trumpy too. Scares the crap out of me though.
Inauguration weekend seems like the right time to send the pet thread pictures of Trumpy.
And Snowflake.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (jvJvP)
+++++++++++++++++++
Wait, I was told that Disco Doof is really the best Doof
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:35 PM (ftFVW)
Of course!
I also forgot to mention The Doobie Brothers "Jesus is Just Alright With Me". Classic Christmas song!
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 10:41 PM (mH6SG)
As usual, America found its own way to these traditions: "During the American Revolutionary War, whenever a soldier went to war, the family he left behind would light a candle in the window every night he was gone. The candle remained burning until he returned. Many families, who lost their loved ones to the war, continued to light the candle in the window in remembrance of the soldier who would never be coming back home." This tradition became part of the American Civil War.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 10:41 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:26 PM (9yUzE)
I mentioned earlier that I got a new ironing board cover.
But I quilt, so I consider that a tool.
Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 10:42 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:42 PM (L/fGl)
A soothing song, set on a Christmas card stage for troubled hearts...
https://tinyurl.com/3ttfw4mu
Posted by: Ju at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (aTmM/)
Good evening again.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (O/0gI)
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Wow. I spent years in New England, where candles in the windows are more the rule than not, and I never heard or read about the origin story. Thanks.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (9tvFd)
Holy shit, there goes a snipe!
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (9tvFd)
Disco Doof is a manifestation of Happy Doof. Usually preceded by alcohol-consuming Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Adriane
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King's College
t.ly/B-ojT
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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As an engineer who spent his earliest days using an outhouse, I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of 99% of technology making things worse.
Posted by: Cosda
I concede graciously your true point. Where shall we settle this dispute? 80%?
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (Q8Bj8)
And Snowflake.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (jvJvP)
I love how fast they trained you! Kovu’s big self is in his basket enjoying the tree after being told no 800 times today as he tried to pull bows off presents. Sabi is crashed on the chair. All is good at Casa de Piper. Thank you, Stateless, for your good thoughts.
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (L83z3)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 10:41 PM (mH6SG)
Cheerful (I hope) Deal!
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (BSDFI)
Disco Doof is a manifestation of Happy Doof. Usually preceded by alcohol-consuming Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December
Followed by?
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (9tvFd)
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley,
https://is.gd/bt2Dox
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:34 PM (L/fGl)
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Good site, thanks.
Posted by: Ciampino - Turkish Delight at December 25, 2024 10:47 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:40 PM (BSDFI)
Our pastor was a Doobie Brothers fan, so on his last Sunday before retiring from our church, the worship team performed "Jesus is Just Alright" in his honor. That was fun!
Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2024 10:47 PM (Sf2cq)
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Jesus is Just Alright With Me
But No Better Than Mohammad You See
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:47 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:47 PM (UpLUT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 10:48 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:49 PM (Zz0t1)
Blessings to all of you and your families.
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 25, 2024 10:49 PM (+VovS)
Still time to finish my shopping....
Howdy, hordelings. Best of spirits to y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - a part ridge in appear tree at December 25, 2024 10:49 PM (09AS9)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:45 PM (p4NUW)
You also.
The more I hear about other people's cats, the more I think these are pretty chill. Sweet!
All the best.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Piper
Two out of five ain't bad.
90's mikeski did have some thoughts involving Mariah Carey and a tub.
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Doof at December
Followed by?
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (p4NUW)
Well. Umm. Careful -- this is a dangerous line of thinking you've embarked on!
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (BSDFI)
Disco Doof is a manifestation of Happy Doof. Usually preceded by alcohol-consuming Doof.
Posted by: Doof at December
Followed by?
Posted by: Piper
She Hobbit behind the RVs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (IDcT3)
Wow. I spent years in New England, where candles in the windows are more the rule than not, and I never heard or read about the origin story. Thanks.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (9tvFd)
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I spent a year and a half in Cambridge. Does this explain the many house fires in Boston?
Posted by: Ciampino - Really bad one in Roxbury ca 74 at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:52 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 25, 2024 10:52 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (bSUYY)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
I may have used that as a nic for a local newsblog I troll.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (IDcT3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:51 PM (IDcT3)
Wait.......what?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Doof at December
Followed by?
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 10:46 PM (p4NUW)
Well. Umm. Careful -- this is a dangerous line of thinking you've embarked on!
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I was informed that Pickleball Doof followed!
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: She Hobbit at
You know I think you're the bee's knees.
Because you are.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:54 PM (IDcT3)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:54 PM (L83z3)
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:52 PM (ftFVW)
Bruce should be better, then.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:54 PM (Zz0t1)
I try to fix the place up with my limited budget, but no, it's not good enough for you.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 25, 2024 10:55 PM (lUFok)
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Sure does, that and those wooden houses. No wonder brick was a game changer.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:55 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
Oh, that's low. Funny though hahahaha
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:56 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
I may have used that as a nic for a local newsblog I troll.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 10:53 PM (IDcT3)
Regicide is under rated.
And so less common than it should be....
But so's that tree of Liberty watering thing.....
Every 3 months!
Fa la la la la la la la la
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 10:57 PM (jvJvP)
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Maybe there's a tower, somewhere up above
Filled with bearer bonds and love, where dreams don't die hard
Maybe there's a tower, somewhere up above
Filled with shoulder pads and love, where dreams can fly hard
https://youtu.be/luDto63LDlo?si=67ELEgj7N3uzhY-q
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 10:57 PM (9yUzE)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady
Man, there are euphemisms, and then there are EUPHEMISMS!
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 25, 2024 10:58 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 10:56 PM (ftFVW)
😁
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:58 PM (Zz0t1)
She looks much heavier because she's so incredibly fluffy. It's like petting and kissing a cloud that purrs,
https://tinyurl.com/mrjvu59r
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 11:01 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Doof at December
Followed by?
Posted by: Piper
A Doofpensation.
Posted by: Papal Nuncio Miklos at December 25, 2024 11:01 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady
Man, there are euphemisms, and then there are EUPHEMISMS!
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 25, 2024 10:58 PM (+VovS)
I think Grateful just created a Doofemism. Or would that be Deuphemism?
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 11:02 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 11:02 PM (yHP5w)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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I can't but a percentage on it. We raised a family in a house we built ourselves at the end of dirt road in the northern PA mountains. They grew up wearing boots, hunting and fishing, riding horses and raising dogs. They attended private schools. Yet as adults they have dispersed across the world. It's just nice to keep in touch with them.
Posted by: Cosda at December 25, 2024 11:03 PM (juYdJ)
Posted by: Ciampino - He's eating too well at December 25, 2024 11:06 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 11:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BCochran1981
KTY gives me extras of those really tiny itty bitty funkos that she knows I like - she's given me Galadriel and Gandalf, and a minion
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 11:07 PM (OTdqV)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 11:08 PM (OTdqV)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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I can't but a percentage on it. We raised a family in a house we built ourselves at the end of dirt road in the northern PA mountains. They grew up wearing boots, hunting and fishing, riding horses and raising dogs. They attended private schools. Yet as adults they have dispersed across the world. It's just nice to keep in touch with them. Posted by: Cosda
Technology corralled my life and then became my career. I fully grasp your point. I was mostly having a moment of bombastic fun. The miracle of America is your family. My ancestors, not that many generations ago, put muscle into making this happen too. We live on the labors and genius of multitudes.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:08 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 11:14 PM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Ciampino - Hernia inducer at December 25, 2024 11:16 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:08 PM
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Which naturally leads us to Buckets the Drummer.
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 11:16 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:17 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at December 25, 2024 11:17 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: TRex
I lean more in the direction of Kentucky Fired Chicken franchises.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:18 PM (Q8Bj8)
Filled with bearer bonds and love, where dreams don't die hard
Maybe there's a tower, somewhere up above
Filled with shoulder pads and love, where dreams can fly hard
Posted by Victor Tango Kilo
Werner is not too proud to admit that he spent part of the early Nineties trying to work up a version of "Die Hard" that took place in a dirigible, or at least some version of a rigid airship, like a zeppelin. Klaus Kinski would, of course, be the villain, going up against the one of the most manic, impulsive, and irreverent performers ever, Max von Sydow. I know, it writes itself. Creative differences and relative supplies of helium vs. hydrogen really brought things to a halt, and by the end I was pitching Herve Villechaize on a box kite. It was, alas, not to be. Also, Werner realizes in retrospect that he may have confused Max von Sydow and Michael Madsen.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 11:18 PM (G6LTi)
Yeah, those are T. Rexes. Once you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it.
Thanks to the two holes.
The front and the back.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 25, 2024 11:19 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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Boiler - hot water. Three different zones in the house,each with seperate thermostat.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 11:20 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:18 PM
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Colonel Sanders would agree. I mean...look at that smile.
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 11:21 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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I figured you were tounge in cheek. I went engineering in order to have a skill that would let me work in today's world yet live in home heated by wood I cut. I agree with you assessment of my kids. Thanks. And Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Cosda at December 25, 2024 11:22 PM (juYdJ)
You live in San Francisco.
Quebec City is great. Kind of like San Francisco but way less crime.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:22 PM (LkLld)
What is the hand waggle after catching the wire?
Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 11:22 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 11:23 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: Moki at December 25, 2024 11:23 PM (wLjpr)
Is this the Moron edition of Clue?
Bluebell in the kitchen, She Hobbit behind the RVs, Muldoon with a limerick in the Morning Report?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:24 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: JackStraw
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You can have the Beckers but no voting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (6ZHNK)
Check out the Byrds version. Seriously.
Posted by: azjaeger at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (3/XaG)
I certainly am enjoying FBCradio. Last hour or so:
Duration
20:37:12 Christmas Day 5:57
20:34:23 As with Gladness, Men of Old 2:49
20:30:32 Once in Royal David’s City 3:51
20:28:20 Who Is This, So Weak and Helpless? 2:13
20:27:41 Station ID 0:39
20:25:02 A Virgin Unspotted 2:40
20:23:15 Gentle Mary Laid Her Child 1:47
20:21:49 Ding Dong! Merrily on High 1:26
20:18:17 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 3:32
20:16:03 Angels We Have Heard on High
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Tom Servo
youtu.be/yxDZjg_Igoc
AK could sing random words out of a phone book and win a couple of Grammy's.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (Wg6v7)
This is also roughly the 20th anniversary of my dad getting me a lava lamp for Christmas. Yes, I appreciated it just as much as I would have in 1967, maybe more so, and still do. A very thoughtful gift.
Posted by: Dr. Weevil at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (43XUo)
The late and much missed Dipset (Norwegian Forest Khet) loved playing in the snow
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (9yUzE)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 11:25 PM (vAtLy)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:22 PM (LkLld)
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I'll never defend San Francisco, I hate it here. My wife and kids think it's great.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 11:26 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
You live in San Francisco.
Posted by: JackStraw
But he's not tryin' to pawn it off on another country, is he?
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 11:27 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 11:28 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:18 PM
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Colonel Sanders would agree. I mean...look at that smile.
Posted by: TRex
A brunette and a red head! The Colonel is acting out his Gilligan's Island fantasy.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 11:28 PM (Wg6v7)
Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 11:28 PM
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Thought you might like it!
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 11:29 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 11:30 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Ciampino - fingerprints at December 25, 2024 11:31 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 11:35 PM (pZEOD)
Thanks to Ace, the cobs, and you all for being a small but valued part of it for me.
Merry Christmas and God bless us all, every one.
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:36 PM (v6JzV)
It was. Was one of my favorite places.
I blame you.
https://tinyurl.com/4yzws2e7
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:37 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Ciampino - fingerprints at December 25, 2024 11:39 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 11:40 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 25, 2024 10:44 PM (9tvFd)
I mentioned last night that I brought back the tradition of lighted candles in the window from my years in New Hampshire. It's nice to know the back story. We keep them lit all winter. It's a nice feeling pulling into the driveway on a cold wet night and seeing the candles glowing in the windows.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 25, 2024 11:40 PM (3Ev2O)
Got a big hug from DD#3's husband when we were saying goodbye (they are leaving very early in the morning) - I asked him to take care of her for me, and he said, "Always". That young man is a real keeper.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 25, 2024 11:40 PM (jx3Zf)
This is the reason I had to get a 2nd printer.
Just printing out the storage bins is going to take a week.
I got some color changing filament I’ll be testing out.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2024 11:41 PM (XV/Pl)
You have salt air to breathe instead of Chihuahuas partying all night long outside your window. Such things alter your tolerance and perspective.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:44 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:36 PM
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Good evening Bulg. Glad to hear.
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 11:44 PM (9tvFd)
Merry Christmas! It's been raining big raindrops
All day. Supposed to get windy late tonight.
Bring in some wood for the fireplace and charge up your phone!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 11:45 PM (cZQmn)
Maison JTB was quiet and peaceful. Walks with Precious the Bichon, a great meal, reading about Christmas past, and listening to Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas album. For dessert I found beautiful renditions of two of the most beautiful carols ever: Wexford Carol and the Coventry Carol.
We got a video of our great nephews, ages 5 and 2, in their Christmas Jeep. They managed to dent a wall in the house in the first minute. Judging by the giggles of the 2 year old, he's ready for demolition derby.
Posted by: JTB at December 25, 2024 11:46 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:46 PM (v6JzV)
https://www.bitchute.com/
video/WHDY6vaGB51J
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 11:48 PM (bSUYY)
Posted by: Beartooth
This is the soundtrack to that:
https://youtu.be/PQlJrh4AwHU
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 11:50 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at December 25, 2024 11:50 PM (zOD0w)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:52 PM (v6JzV)
https://youtu.be/UV7wNBnPddo
Posted by: mindful webworker - word made flesh at December 25, 2024 11:53 PM (09AS9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 11:55 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 11:57 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir?
I'm hoping to head out to Hama Hama before the First.
I love it out there.
*waves from Alki*
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 11:57 PM (cZQmn)
Paul Harvey: A Christmas Story (4:53)
https://youtu.be/UV7wNBnPddo
Posted by: mindful webworker
I KNEW it was going to be the man and the birds.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 11:58 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 12:02 AM (LkLld)
Five dogs running around us.
Beverages were imbibed.
Presents were opened.
Jesus was discussed.
Posted by: mindful webworker - festive at December 26, 2024 12:03 AM (09AS9)
41% of voters aged 18 to 29 years old either consider the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomas as “acceptable” or “somewhat acceptable.”
Support for the killing drops significantly in older generations, as 23% of voters aged 30 to 39 support the killing and 13% of those aged 40 to 49.
Just 8% of voters aged 50 to 59 support the killing.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 12:03 AM (63Dwl)
The USA captured Guam from Spain without even having a battle. We just sent 4 ships in 1898 and told them, “you are part of the USA now”.
It was done.
Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal will likely be similar.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:04 AM (6ZHNK)
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir?
Some of my great memories are hiring a drift boat to fish for steelhead and salmon on the wild rivers on the peninsula in winter. I so miss the Pacific Northwest sometimes.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 26, 2024 12:06 AM (Q8Bj8)
The USA captured Guam from Spain without even having a battle. We just sent 4 ships in 1898 and told them, “you are part of the USA now”.
I thought it was spoils of the Spanish-American War.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 12:06 AM (63Dwl)
I thought it was spoils of the Spanish-American War.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Guam was probably glad to see the Spanish gone. The Filipinos were, except for the collaborators.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:12 AM (7qcmZ)
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at December 26, 2024 12:13 AM (NezMn)
San Francisco is a beautiful city. One of my favorite places literally in the world,
I know what's like to live in a city.
We're coming back.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 12:18 AM (LkLld)
60 Do you have a favorite that rarely makes the rotation?
Several, 'Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella', and 'Good King Wenceslas', among others, 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', 'The Holly and the Ivy'.
Nice choices. "Good King Wenceslas" always reminds me of the miserable experience of the father of a friend who was in the hospital before the days of patient control over TV, etc. The sound system was stuck on a repeat of this song all night.
The Irish Rovers do a good version.
Posted by: KT at December 26, 2024 12:19 AM (xekrU)
Sometimes I have to look around and realize: this is pretty good stuff.
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at December 26, 2024 12:19 AM (zOD0w)
The Navy and USMC may do things differently. To me that would have been "Push button 5," change the UHF channel to the pre-loaded frequency 5.
It's difficult to tell in the video but it might also have been "Take 5-second spacing," which would explain the turn away from the wingman. IIRC for us that was a twirl followed by the 5 sign.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at December 26, 2024 12:20 AM (NezMn)
Like Ireland, you may be overlooking a few details on this.
You're among very special friends here, and clearly can say about anything -- but I wouldn't flop that one out on the bar in public.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 26, 2024 12:21 AM (zdLoL)
I am just getting around to the day's posts, and the Joe Mannix non-rant includes a version of Silent Night that comes with a backstory from the program notes. This version was also used in a short Kevin Sorbo Christmas video.
"In 2003, Pete and Judy Duelo of Minneapolis lost their son Nick in a tragic car accident. Nick was a senior at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and had been an enthusiastic participant in the choral program there, so his family decided to honor his memory by commissioning a new arrangement of a choral piece. Mack Wilberg was chosen for the commission, and his crystalline arrangement of “Silent Night” was premiered at the 2006 “Christmas at Luther” concert.
The shimmering orchestration and hushed choral writing touched the audience deeply during the candle-lit performance. . . . As the Duelos had hoped, this beautiful arrangement of “Silent Night” will now continue to reach and touch millions around the world.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krj_9gOdy8k
Posted by: KT at December 26, 2024 12:27 AM (xekrU)
I hope You're right. And I hope Seattle can regain it's lost luster. It has the capability of being an incredible city.
Portland used to be fun and safe and beautiful.
We will see
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 12:30 AM (1xHyf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:31 AM (7qcmZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 12:38 AM (7qcmZ)
Since we’re mentioning songs tonight, I thought this would be a parody of “Silver Bells”…
Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 26, 2024 12:40 AM (qz+gL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:42 AM (8zz6B)
https://mol.im/a/14226271
Posted by: Ciampino - about CA population size at December 25, 2024 10:20 PM (i0xsb)
A 60% tax cut? Twist my arm, eh?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 12:46 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:52 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Tom Servo
youtu.be/yxDZjg_Igoc
AK could sing random words out of a phone book and win a couple of Grammy's.
Posted by: Puddleglum
Such profound beauty. Music has such power and is why it will always be something that can take me closer to which I aspired to be.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 26, 2024 12:53 AM (Q8Bj8)
Episode 3. I want to save a bunch for us. They ask a bunch of questions, not trivia, to a lot of Americans. Have 100 contestants. Each has $1000.
They ask questions 90% of Americans got right.
Then 80%, 70% down to 15%, 10%, 5% and the 1 percent.
It's logic, word, spatial reasoning puzzles.
I took a test at the computer company like this when I worked at the casino. White guy in a room full of Indians. The guy in charge said the test would tell them exactly how great a programmer you could be.
40 questions.
Very hot black girl came up to me shortly after grading. I was the only person they ever had that scored perfect.
Go white guy.
Still. Cool show. I do stop it to check my answers. I'm not the fastest. And I've had plenty of Christmas beer. But still
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 12:55 AM (jvJvP)
https://mol.im/a/14226271
Posted by: Ciampino
A 60% tax cut? Twist my arm, eh?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
And he didn't even mention the yuuuge drop in "euthanasia" as cause-of-death.....
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 12:55 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 12:59 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Bulg
Oh thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you too Bulg.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 26, 2024 01:00 AM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:09 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2024 01:09 AM (v6JzV)
Thank you, Bulg. And the same to you. May you find rewarding employment in the new year!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 01:11 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: scampydog at December 26, 2024 01:21 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 01:31 AM (8zz6B)
Support for the killing drops significantly in older generations, as 23% of voters aged 30 to 39 support the killing and 13% of those aged 40 to 49.
Just 8% of voters aged 50 to 59 support the killing.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 12:03 AM (63Dwl)
Anything over 1% is abhorrent.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 26, 2024 01:33 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
And anything between 0 and 1 wouldn't give me the warm fuzzies about my fellow Americans, either.
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 01:43 AM (DgGvY)
Fuck this shit.
Damn, a lot of Christmas beers.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 01:44 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 26, 2024 01:54 AM (Sgq8y)
Don't know their ass from a hole in the ground, if they think that k1lling a CEO is gonna do jack or sh1t about changing healthscare in the US.
Indoctrinated little commie b@stards.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 01:54 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2024 01:54 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 01:55 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: scampydog at December 26, 2024 01:56 AM (41CYW)
After the last 4 years in Canada, you can take over the place. I hope the jabs take out these bastards soon.
Sorry, beer. Gaslighting. Angry.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 01:57 AM (jvJvP)
I'm in a mood tonight! Heh.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:02 AM (YoCnN)
Yum! We gots awesome neighbors!
But hubby is still about the same-- not all there; still needs diapers; easily confused. Don't know if this is permanent, as *last time* he managed to improve quite a bit. Just takes time. And I can only wonder and wait.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:08 AM (YoCnN)
I'm in a mood tonight! Heh.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:02 AM (YoCnN
I have 1.5 crappy Corona's left that I'm killing.
What's going on?
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:08 AM (jvJvP)
Oh, you're leaving? Take some frigging ham.
Hey thanks for coming, drive safe, here, some ham for you.
Heading out? wait.. have some ham.
Woah, where are you going? You take this fucking ham.
I won. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2024 02:11 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at December 26, 2024 02:11 AM (hBG3V)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:08 AM (YoCnN)
Ooooooo. Caregiver. Me too.
Horrible. Unappreciated. Tiring. 24 hours a day and you sleep when you can.
I added cats. Ughhh. Beautiful. Love them. But I'm stretched so far.
I can actually imagine what your day was like.
How can we be happy today?
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:13 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Stateless
Nothing in particular, other than that I'm simply frustrated with life in general. Feelin' b1tchy because I'm having a fking pity party for myself.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:15 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Fkin A, dude! That rocks!
I'd gladly take a ham, but you know: 3k miles...
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:16 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Stateless
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Yeah. "Please" and "Thank you" don't happen anymore. I'm The Bad Guy for everything.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:18 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Stateless
Nothing in particular, other than that I'm simply frustrated with life in general. Feelin' b1tchy because I'm having a fking pity party for myself.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:15 AM (YoCnN
You are so blessed to have a husband. Not now, but you had happy times.
I'm single so far. Taking care of my 88 year old mother in Canada.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:20 AM (jvJvP)
Until a couple weeks ago, he was at least capable of self-care and occasional fun conversation.
Now? An oversized toddler what isn't quite potty-trained.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:24 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:25 AM (YoCnN)
Yeah. "Please" and "Thank you" don't happen anymore. I'm The Bad Guy for everything.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:18 AM (YoCnN)
Last year and before, I watched kids comedy shows. Not woke, no gays, no blacks bitching about racism.
And there was actually a lot of very nice shows out there. Funny and touching.
Now. I'm watching the most horrific, bloodiest movies I can find.
Caregiving is hell..
How long have you been married.?
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:25 AM (jvJvP)
It's a very tough job.
Reading about your interactions with *not your* (giggle!) cats, really warms my icy heart!
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:27 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:28 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:28 AM (YoCnN)
Wow, you are so blessed.
Too many years alone. God put me on the shelf for someone amazing.
How do you relax?
I'm over whelmec right now after house renovations. Between Mom, the cats, the dog and so much clean- up I just want to stay inbed.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:32 AM (jvJvP)
Yeah, I hope you'll meet that *special someone* when you're ready & able!
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:35 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:36 AM (YoCnN)
Until a couple weeks ago, he was at least capable of self-care and occasional fun conversation.
Now? An oversized toddler what isn't quite potty-trained.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:24 AM (YoCnN)
My brother's inlaws are in their 90's. I was watching them last night. Good god. The MIL takes 1 inch long steps, and has a walker with wheels, so she gets nowhere fast. The FIL sleeps probably 18 hours a day. He fell asleep at the diner table, in front of the TV, and thats in between being sprawled out and passed out on the couch. He's done, body is going night night. The mother in law still drives, so its a major undertaking to get them in the car. They get the apollo crew ready for space travel in less time. They really need to be in assisted living, but nooo, that costs money, better to have people spend their day checking up on them. They're sitting on a few 100K they don't want to touch, because ..."its for when we get old and sick". Newsflash, you already blew past old and sick, you're ready for a burn and urn.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2024 02:42 AM (VwHCD)
Bers, seriously, I am craving salt right now, I would cube up a few slices of ham and brown 'em up in a skillet and eat on toothpicks after dipping in mustard. I am very glad that the Ham Fairy was in good enough health to deliver the goods this year, must make Mrs. B very happy.
AOP, sorry that I missed you, glad that you enjoyed the day with friends.
Thanks scampy dog. it was such a nice day.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 26, 2024 02:43 AM (Sgq8y)
The pain goes away after she lays down. She had diverticulitis before so the doctor prescribed meds. Didn't work. Went to ER early in the morning. More meds which really knocked her out.
Third round. Nothing.
Called the health food store. Described everything. First question. Did she have her gall bladdervout?
Yes? 30 years ago.
Probiotics. Gut health and I'm trying to keep her happy until we get to this great natural doctor the lady at the store swears by. But it's the end of January.
And you know how everyone that isn't there with you every hour has an opinion.
Fuck them...tired.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:46 AM (jvJvP)
I'm struggling with the 'alone' thing right now.
65 years old... been married... had kids... been in multiple relationships after divorce...
yet... today... Christmas... only my Son who lives with me (after saving him from being homeless)... even wished me a Merry Christmas.
I'm struggling with how much of these situations we bring on ourselves (yeah, I'm an Introvert Sigma)... vs how much is people just writing us off... and... sadly... how much I should care.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:46 AM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:36 AM (YoCnN)
PREACH!!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:47 AM (jvJvP)
spent 10 years as the care taker watching my Mother die... 4 different major surgeries... breast cancer (clear)... and after 3 covid shots, turbo cancer.
If I had known what I was getting into... I still would have done it... but, it's like volunteering for combat. Something no one should have to go through.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:51 AM (QAkQ3)
Hubs is only 70. We're *not* sitting on 100s of K, and he will likely need nursing home if he doesn't pull out of this. I just can't do it all anymore. Medicaid spend-down on this POS house, I guess. Hope I can make it livable, because it'll be where I die.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:51 AM (YoCnN)
Fuck them...tired.
Posted by: Stateless
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Amen!
When hubs was discharged from hospital a week or so ago-- the nurse said I should "get some help"
Oh, really?!?! No sh1t! But she didn't hand me a list of names & numbers. Fk'n useless.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:58 AM (YoCnN)
65 years old... been married... had kids... been in multiple relationships after divorce...
yet... today... Christmas... only my Son who lives with me (after saving him from being homeless)... even wished me a Merry Christmas.
I'm struggling with how much of these situations we bring on ourselves (yeah, I'm an Introvert Sigma)... vs how much is people just writing us off... and... sadly... how much I should care.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:46 AM (QAkQ3)
Romeo13,
I would thank God to be as 'alone' as you are.
Married! Kids! Relationships! Wow.
You are so blessed.
There are some of us not so blessed.
And you've been here so long, I know you have ampersand privileges.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 02:58 AM (jvJvP)
If I had known what I was getting into... I still would have done it... but, it's like volunteering for combat. Something no one should have to go through.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2024 02:51 AM (QAkQ3)
And people don't appreciate it.
My mother does. And tells everyone.
But that constant 24 - 7 stuff is so exhausting.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:04 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Romeo13
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A lot of it (IMO) is the latter. People don't know how, or don't want to, deal with *less than perfect* situations.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:05 AM (YoCnN)
When hubs was discharged from hospital a week or so ago-- the nurse said I should "get some help"
Oh, really?!?! No sh1t! But she didn't hand me a list of names & numbers. Fk'n useless.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 02:58 AM (YoCnN)
Yeah, and then you have to be up for the help.
And you want the place somewhat clean for their shit ass help.
Unless those helpers are placing hands on Mom, blue light starts glowing and healing occurs, just go away.
I have enough things to take care of.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:09 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:09 AM (1feMt)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:10 AM (YoCnN)
You are both in my prayers .
Perseverance and strength. You are doing the right thing, and it won't be for forever. ( even if it feels that way)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:11 AM (1feMt)
Does the hospital have a social worker or patient advocate? {They would have names and numbers more readily available than a nurse.}
Also HHS, Adult division as your hubby is over 65.
In AZ, they actually had a pamphlet with names, numbers, and services. Some services worked better than others, as with most things.
Posted by: Adriane the Modern Christmas Carol Critic . . . at December 26, 2024 03:12 AM (qz+gL)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:05 AM (YoCnN)
Yeah. My brother basically said if I wasn't here, they'd deal with.
FUCK YOU!
I've taken care of our elderly parents and gave then the best life possible. I've sacrificed a lot.
Fuck you.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:13 AM (jvJvP)
And you want the place somewhat clean for their shit ass help.
Unless those helpers are placing hands on Mom, blue light starts glowing and healing occurs, just go away.
I have enough things to take care of.
Posted by: Stateless
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I'm with you on that! But hubs' PCP authorized "home health" so I expect them to call tomorrow. And it'll be physical & occupational therapists (pffft! go away!) a nurse to check vitals (yeah, I can do that cheaper!) and a bath aide (which we could actually use).
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:14 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:15 AM (1feMt)
Perseverance and strength. You are doing the right thing, and it won't be for forever. ( even if it feels that way)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:11 AM (1feMt)
Thanks so much.
From a nic that sounds very understanding.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:15 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:17 AM (1feMt)
And then begged off all but maybe *twice* in 2 years. Yeah, some help. And I was still working fulltime then!
Care slave, I am.
Never. Again.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:18 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:14 AM (YoCnN)
Yeah, fortunately you don't have other things to do while waiting for them.
It''s past 3am. A bunch of us tired loving caregivers are up consoling each other.
Worst breakfast club evef.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:20 AM (jvJvP)
Yes, and said *advocate* was supposed to meet with us the day hubby was discharged.
No show.
Thanks a lot, "advocate"!!!
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:21 AM (YoCnN)
She died 2 1/2 years ago.
Now after a bout with a non cancerous brain tumor, (removed 6yrs ago) Mr. I is starting the dementia journey.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:22 AM (1feMt)
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:23 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 26, 2024 03:23 AM (Sgq8y)
Merry Christmas to you and Debby
I commented on end of yesterday's tech thread, Debby, but pretty late.
The day was nice. Hailey is a doll.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:26 AM (1feMt)
And then begged off all but maybe *twice* in 2 years. Yeah, some help. And I was still working fulltime then!
Care slave, I am.
Never. Again.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:18 AM (YoCnN)
My Uncle Pete was freaking Batman!
Polio. Walked with a cane. Worked as an orderly in the hospital at a job he hated.
He took care of my grand parents, my grand father with throat cancer, until they passed.
He was always 'grumpy.'
Dude was fucking Batman. Doing twice as me with twice the responsibilities, two parents, polio and a cane.
Uncle Pete was Batman.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:28 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:22 AM (1feMt)
I'm so sorry.
Look, whenever any of us need to vent, we know where to find each other.
But not this late.
Tonight was weak beer.
Thank all of you.
I hope we are all stronger now. I feel better.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 03:33 AM (jvJvP)
It's not forever even if it feels that way. Take your "good moments" to heart, and hang on to that to get you through the really sucky days and nights.
You've got this.
* and there's ALWAYS this place to come to vent!
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:37 AM (1feMt)
but after my 1st day off since last Christmas, I'm ready to go another year! Lol, I hope the new year finds me some competent help
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:40 AM (1feMt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 26, 2024 03:40 AM (Sgq8y)
Thanks for listening, anyone/everyone...
Bless all the caregivers!
Gonna try for sleep, glorious sleep, now.
We got this, Stateless!
Yeah, exhausted......but feel better.
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 03:40 AM (YoCnN)
It's early stages, but you and I, we know the outcome. I'm still kinda in a "whatever" attitude about it.
Life. Insanity. !
Ok gotta fly, make it a good day, all
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:43 AM (1feMt)
It's not forever even if it feels that way. Take your "good moments" to heart, and hang on to that to get you through the really sucky days and nights.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 26, 2024 03:37 AM (1feMt)
My father was 90 when he died.
We had walks where we talked about my goals while taking care of him and Mom. He told me how lucky they were that I was there to take care of them.
He had a stroke while we were at the produce store. I literally watched the progression.
I went to see him once in the hospital. He wasn't going to get better. I thanked him for everything, told him I loved him and I'd take care of Mom. So he could rest.
My brother spent the last tortuous hours with Dad. It was horrible for him. But Dad and I had no unexpressed thoughts. We were good.
3:50. Mom just up. Trumpy in her room with the doga.
Caregiver...
Give and take
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 04:00 AM (jvJvP)
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Posted by: Monica at December 26, 2024 04:07 AM (kfQcw)
Dog Ralphy went out.
Cats did too.
I took sleep aids. See everyone way later....
Thank and Bless you all.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 04:11 AM (jvJvP)
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Christmas Cafe
When a strange dog decides to give you a present and that present is himself. A lonely golden doodle in a wheelchair makes a friend. The cutest little shop clerk. Playing soccer with an elk. It's too quacking cold!
Deer running on a trail at night.
It isn't just cats that enjoy the Christmas Tree.
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You're very fortunate. Twelve tourists have been bucked-off into an active lava flow just this year. The horses seem to save that treatment for the Chinese tourists, though. Who can blame them?
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The horses seem to save that treatment for the Chinese tourists, though. Who can blame them?
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The only relatively bad moment I had was when we got to the middle of the trail and we were going to stop for a quick break. My horse knew that path and that there was some really good grass before the stopping point. He tried to make a beeline for it. I disagreed.
You know you're supposed to pull on the reins to get them to stop? I nearly took his neck out of the socket. He sullenly listened to me and grazed at the designated location instead.
(One of the people who work at the stable commented on how he's on the trails 2-3 times a day and he's still rather fat.)
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iSpew has replaced Steve Jobs in Apple PR.
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Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 25, 2024 08:17 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ronster at December 25, 2024 08:18 PM (TS8/c)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:18 PM (Zz0t1)
I'm very excited.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:19 PM (RIvkX)
Sharpens his gay blade?
Zorro signs with a Z because he's spastic.
Posted by: Ted Striker - also a drinking problem at December 25, 2024 08:19 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:20 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 08:21 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 08:21 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:22 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Ted Striker - also has a drinking problem at December 25, 2024 08:23 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 08:23 PM (FM3QA)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:23 PM (Zz0t1)
I'm very excited.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Don't you just love it when your loved ones know you better than you know yourself. I am looking forward to your report.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 08:24 PM (Q8Bj8)
It holds the Apple World together.
Posted by: Ciampino - I remember Visicalc
There are a lot of days when I think the text interface, or even text window interfaces, were the peak of computing. I miss the simplicity of WordStar and VisiCalc.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:24 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:24 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:25 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:25 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:23 PM (Zz0t1)
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Their nationwide tour starts here and yea they are very popular. They have no mercy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:26 PM (RIvkX)
g'early evenin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 08:27 PM (tljrc)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:27 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:29 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il cane era randagio at December 25, 2024 08:29 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 08:29 PM (Wnv9h)
We interrupt this Christmas Cafe for an important Sunday Morning Book Thread update...
I've made significant progress in Brandon Sanderson's Wind and Truth. I have less than 400 pages to go...
We now return you to your regularly scheduled Christmas confabulations...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:31 PM (BpYfr)
I'm very excited.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:19
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Payback for something?
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 08:31 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM
And you as well, Ace. Thanks for everything, dude.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il cane era randagio at December 25, 2024 08:29 PM (i0xsb)
Well the little old lady was Korean, so….
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 08:33 PM (7MHHr)
I'm still slogging through it.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 08:34 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Ronster at December 25, 2024 08:34 PM (TS8/c)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM
And to you! Dinner was lovely, thanks. Best oysters we've gotten in years.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 08:34 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (Zz0t1)
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1,329...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:36 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 08:37 PM (mH6SG)
Me: “…..do you ever pay attention to the news?!”
Her: “No!”
Me: “…….ok. I’ll be blunt. They have a huge Muslim immigration thing and I’m walking around with five white American women. Two of whom are part Jewish.” (The Eldest’s friend and her mom are on the trip too.)
Her: *SIGH*
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:38 PM (Jtz/H)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:40 PM (BpYfr)
The horses seem to save that treatment for the Chinese tourists, though. Who can blame them?
Posted by: No Yellow! at December 25, 2024 07:40 PM (G5+As)
__________
"American tourists are the worst!" - American tourists trying to curry favor with Europeans
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Heh! I used to work with one of those. Moved to midshift so don't deal with him anymore. He brags about a visit with his wife to Europe and bonding with a local over TDS. Needless to say this guy is a gaping commie asshole.
Oh, and Merry Christmas from a large imposing federal building near the Potomac!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (e9bwN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:40 PM (BpYfr)
Any looks like, "No, Perfessor Squirrel, I expect you to die!" yet?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:42 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:38 PM (Jtz/H)
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That *SIGH*
was a *Le SIGH* right?
Posted by: Ciampino - Oui Inspecteur, c'est ceci at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Choral Atoll at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:42 PM (VNX3d)
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That's her default expression.
Come to think of it, ALL my kitties regard me with that expression...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:45 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 25, 2024 08:45 PM (sAPEi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I too will join with you in spirit.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 08:46 PM (Q8Bj8)
Oh, and Merry Christmas from a large imposing federal building near the Potomac!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (e9bwN)
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Ah, the Geometric Monstrosity!
Posted by: Ciampino - octadeca-something or other at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Buster Hymandd at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (rl0iN)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 08:41 PM (RIvkX)
Oh I know.
That *SIGH*
was a *Le SIGH* right?
Posted by: Ciampino - Oui Inspecteur, c'est ceci at December 25, 2024 08:44 PM (i0xsb)
It was irritated, perhaps a bit put upon. That counts as French, right?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (moA/t)
A long cold flight. Probably went sleepy sleep due to lack of oxygen before cruising altitude. Then froze solid.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Super quiet on the beach. We are supposed to get another couple back to back winter storms blowing through next week.
Merry Christmas y'all. Please remember to reach out to folks you know are alone. Even if they don't pick up, they know you tried and it means a lot.
I called a friend earlier today. It was nice to hear his voice and he was happy to talk to someone today.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 08:48 PM (nWwhV)
If everyone gave our host a tip today.
I know it's been a rough couple of years for everyone but this the place we've come.
$1. $5. $100. Whatever you can afford.
Thank you, ace. And Merry Christmas.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 08:49 PM (LkLld)
"It's fine. All subways are safe!"
When I said this, I was talking about Subway Sandwich Shops......
Posted by: Governor Hochul at December 25, 2024 08:49 PM (lgj4s)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:42 PM (VNX3d)
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That's her default expression.
Come to think of it, ALL my kitties regard me with that expression...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:45 PM (BpYfr)
I wonder if Robert the Cat (TM) looks at BeckoningChasm that way....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I too will join with you in spirit.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 08:46 PM (Q8Bj
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I don't have to be Jewish to empathize.
Posted by: Ciampino - octadeca-something or other at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Practical KDF Mann at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Governor Hochul at December 25, 2024 08:49 PM (lgj4s)
Those are MAGA country!
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (Jtz/H)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 08:51 PM (Zz0t1)
I've made significant progress in Brandon Sanderson's Wind and Truth. I have less than 400 pages to go...
We now return you to your regularly scheduled Christmas confabulations...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 08:31 PM (BpYfr)
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Churchill is now Prime Minister in Gilbert's biography. LFG!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 08:52 PM (ZOv7s)
It was irritated, perhaps a bit put upon. That counts as French, right?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (moA/t)
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As long as it was nasal, adenoidal.
Posted by: Ciampino - sinusoidal at December 25, 2024 08:52 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 08:53 PM (6ZHNK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 08:54 PM (6ZHNK)
When I was young, Christmas Morning was the thing.
I now savor the evening. Early on, we almost always stayed at the maternal grandparents, and Jo Stafford got prominent LP play. That is what I am doing now, listening to the most chill music ever recorded as the logs on the fire wither to coals and ash. All is peaceful, contented.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 08:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Sponge
Awwww. Please give the First! Lady a hug and smooch from me.
*squeezes sponge's bottom*
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 08:56 PM (m+Iyu)
Missed most of the open threads today. Was there a 'Crap Tree' reposting yet?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 25, 2024 08:57 PM (znG43)
Posted by: Practical KDF Mann at December 25, 2024 08:50 PM (G5+As)
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Forward-firing Ruger 10-22 rigged for 100 round snail magazine, rear-mounted oil slick generator.
Not technically street legal, but it comes with a ICE notice of detainer court date set for 2027.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 08:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2024 09:00 PM (JRHzL)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 25, 2024 08:57 PM (znG43)
Damn I miss that hornery bastard.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:00 PM (fz7Mb)
A long cold flight. Probably went sleepy sleep due to lack of oxygen before cruising altitude. Then froze solid.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 25, 2024 08:47 PM (/lPRQ)
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I didn't post this as it's sad but since someone else did, this has a link.
Body found in wheel of United Airlines plane after it lands at Maui Airport
https://mol.im/a/14225901
Posted by: Ciampino - It's cold at 36,000 feet & no Oxygen at December 25, 2024 09:01 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:02 PM (fz7Mb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I too will join with you in spirit.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
And I. And for little Ariel, too, and their parents.
Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 25, 2024 09:02 PM (NFX2v)
Grandchildren give the day a new dimension.
--Jinx, who posts far too infrequently
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 25, 2024 09:03 PM (23yAo)
Her Majesty got us tickets for Space Center Houston, which we have never been to after 15 years here - and for a boat tour of the Port of Houston.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:05 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:05 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:05 PM
Didn't have a list, but it was a very light Christmas here because f*ck Joe Biden.
Stepmother broke down once because she wanted to call my dad.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:08 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:08 PM (+HzbQ)
I now savor the evening. Early on, we almost always stayed at the maternal grandparents, and Jo Stafford got prominent LP play. That is what I am doing now, listening to the most chill music ever recorded as the logs on the fire wither to coals and ash. All is peaceful, contented.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
As this day has progressed from day to night I have reached an appropriate moment of reflection. Our journeys through the years are myriad and often evolve to places unexpected. It has been a decade since I spent the Christmas holidays with family or friends. I didn't intend for this to happen but it did and now I find myself uncomfortable at the thought of being with others. Still I find myself full of the season and blessed.
And in this spirt I wish this for you too. Merry Christmas and Hanukkah to all.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:09 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:08 PM (Zz0t1)
I'm sorry to hear of your troubles. May next year be better.
Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:10 PM (+HzbQ)
I've just seen some paintings of the Nativity by Chinese artists, done in the 1930s and 1940s. Of course, Madonna and Child are both Chinese. Very touching.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:11 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:12 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:12 PM (fwDg9)
I wonder if AtC would ever try playing it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 09:13 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2024 09:10 PM
Thank you. 2024 can die a slow, miserable death.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:13 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 09:15 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:02 PM (fz7Mb)
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So you were auto-cucurbitacinated?
Posted by: Ciampino - zucchine at December 25, 2024 09:15 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:16 PM (p4NUW)
Grandchildren give the day a new dimension.
--Jinx, who posts far too infrequently
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 25, 2024 09:03 PM (23yAo)
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That they do. It's like being a parent again, only better.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)
And in this spirt I wish this for you too. Merry Christmas and Hanukkah to all.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:09 PM (Q8Bj
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My story is much the same. Although I had an opportunity to mingle with others today, I passed because I prefer my solitude, especially around the holidays. And yet I don't feel like I am missing out on anything, as I, too, am exceptionally blessed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 09:17 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:17 PM (XHxxX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:18 PM (XHxxX)
Posted by: Ciampino - zucchine at December 25, 2024 09:15 PM (i0xsb)
Didn’t even buy me dinner first.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:18 PM (fz7Mb)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:13 PM (Zz0t1)
Agreed.
Of course, the one Deagel intelligence website predicted massive population loss by 2025.
Canada down to 18 million.
I'm indifferent.
Merry Christmas everyone. I'm going to watch a horror movie.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 09:18 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Ciampino
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This relates, in a way, to an experience I had last week. There were some things that I needed to deliver to a couple that I know who live up north of here a bit. Well, I got lost. That's easy to do when you get up in the mountains a bit. Having explored this cove and that cove, I was passing a church, a very typical church in these parts...nice smallish brick structure on the side of a hill, no real settlement around.
A Baptist church as it happens. I noted a car turning into the drive leading to parking in the back, and thought 'Aha, maybe I can get directions'. In the back, it was obvious that the church and members were collecting and distributing supplies for those in need. This has been true for every church I have been by within 50 miles. Very nice couple and their son there for a Christmas pageant set me on the right direction. As I was pulling out, I noticed on their sign board in front, 'We Stand With Israel'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 09:18 PM (XeU6L)
And in this spirt I wish this for you too. Merry Christmas and Hanukkah to all.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
If you ever find yourself near the Gulf Coast of Alabama, you have family here to spend the holidays with. And to help you transition to being around others, we can ignore you except when it’s time to eat. 🙂
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:19 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 09:13 PM (VNX3d)
Fuck that game.
Posted by: alexthechick at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (1YfKX)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (83y/e)
Everyone sleeps in.
Brunch.
Everyone takes a nap.
Dinner.
Food comas.
Furtive attempts to eat dessert.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)
2024 sucked for many of us.
2025 is gonna to be lit.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (LkLld)
How fares Alextopia?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:21 PM (XHxxX)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:22 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:23 PM (XHxxX)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:20 PM (LkLld)
Trump has made me optimistic. I hope government gets decimated. And globalists around the world need to be hunted down, have everything taken from them and their bloodlines eliminated.
Fa la la la la la la la la
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 09:23 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December
I need to learn how to appreciate this. It's hard, after raising my boys and always hosting friends and my brother, to adjust to letting them all go. The kids are adults and finding their own way. I love the quiet beach, even though it makes me cry.
Please help me learn how to adjust.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 09:24 PM (IeFUY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:24 PM (XHxxX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:25 PM (XHxxX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:21 PM (XHxxX)
Well. I have cherry pie.
That is not an euphemism.
Posted by: alexthechick at December 25, 2024 09:25 PM (1YfKX)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:25 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:26 PM (XHxxX)
Posted by: Piper
Thank you. That is a lovely offer. That Gulf Coast of Alabama is an entry on my bucket list.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:26 PM (Q8Bj8)
That is not a euphemism.
Posted by: alexthechick at December 25, 2024 09:25 PM (1YfKX)
How sweet is it? Would it make a grown man cry?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:27 PM (BBjH5)
He's on the phone with his son... who finished talking & hung up about 10 minutes ago. Hubs still has the phone to his ear, although nobody is on the other end.
This is just sooooo fk'ng sad.
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 09:27 PM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Kajit?! They have Christmas in Tamriel?
I doubt Mary would appreciate them bringing baby Jesus a bottle of skooma.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 09:27 PM (ftFVW)
They've been staying with us for 3 months. Last weigh in Snowflake 9.8 pounds and Trumpy just under 12 pounds.
I combed them. They are so fluffy, they look twice their weight.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 09:29 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:29 PM (XHxxX)
Happy Hanukkah
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:30 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: JQ at December
I am sorry you are going through this, and your husband is so blessed to have you taking care of him and keeping him safe for as long as you are able.
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:31 PM (p4NUW)
Yesterday, I recalled a stalled effort to do a card-driving War of the Roses game using a system I worked out for (believe it or not) Irag, Syria and Libya.
First obstacle: I don't have a plotter at my beckon call to print maps. As I pondered this, I realized that I was of the analog generation, and actually have transparent hex maps! Tomorrow I shall endeavor to develop a test map and then start playtesting with the family.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:33 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:33 PM (YQOEL)
It's already started.
Milei haș accepted Trump's invitation to attend his inauguration. No foreign leader has ever attended a US presidential inauguration. Ever.
The cult has gone global. Not bad for a bunch of know nothing cultists.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:34 PM (LkLld)
Did anyone watch Diehard?
I've been watching Christmas TV episodes for days.
Shit like Mr. Beleveder, Caroline in the City. All of them.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:35 PM (YQOEL)
Apparently Toph from The Last Airbender was present at the manger.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:38 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:34 PM (LkLld)
Really?
That's surprising. I'd think most world leaders would show up at every inauguration to keep the goodies flowing.
To God's ears in any event.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 09:38 PM (jvJvP)
Not sure what gifts the Three Wise Guys brought, but it was probably classy and totally legit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:39 PM (ZOv7s)
I've been watching Christmas TV episodes for days.
Shit like Mr. Beleveder, Caroline in the City. All of them.
Posted by: Soothsayer
While I prefer to hold it for Christmas eve, the little hobbits pulled it out last week. Not quite the same, but we got it in the larger rotation.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (d9fT1)
I've been watching Christmas TV episodes for days. Shit like Mr. Beleveder, Caroline in the City. All of them.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:35 PM (YQOEL)
I watch Christmas Vacation and Die Hard every year on Christmas Eve. Usually finishing some time after midnight. This year was no exception.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (Jtz/H)
Please help me learn how to adjust.
Posted by: nurse ratched
I made peace as my circumstances changed each time. When I was a decade younger I went photographing Christmas on Christmas Day, when I was less younger I wrote about Christmas on Christmas Day, now that I am no longer young I am enjoying that I have a lovely home, a bottle of scotch, a pecan wood fire in the fireplace and a 75 inch TV with the Godfather playing. After spending months living in car 15 years ago - well, I am tempered differently now. Plus New Mexico. Blessing come where blessing are.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (d9fT1)
You really have to watch for them going through your trash.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:41 PM (Jtz/H)
Sure, yeah, I'll argue that The Godfather is a Christmas movie.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:42 PM (YQOEL)
Incidentally, Godfather Part III was released around Christmas time, and I saw it on Christmas Day. 1990, I think.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 09:43 PM (YQOEL)
Posted by: Piper
I am now fully in love with your kids.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:43 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (p4NUW)
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My father's family had everyone go out for a walk after dinner. It was just understood.
Then the women would work in the kitchen, the men would argue politics in the living room, and the kids would pile into the den and watch "The Sound of Music."
I miss those days. I totally took them for granted.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 09:45 PM (QNH/l)
Actually, I think I'll watch that over New Years. Haven't seen it in a while.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 25, 2024 09:45 PM (Wg6v7)
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I learned only today that Gorbachev attended Reagan's funeral.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:40 PM (d9fT1)
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What part of the "laying live traps for humans" and then treacherously attacking the Empire via ambush did you not understand?
Even when Leia begged for the lives of her friends, they were like "Nah, we're hungry, bitch."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (ZOv7s)
It was a complete disaster. However the re-edited version is a everything you could want. Look for: The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (Q8Bj8)
Really really.
Can you imagine if Harris had been shot in the head during campaign?
That happened to Trump. After they raided his home.
Defense prevents losing. Offense scores points.
We are about to score points. Lots.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: GWB at December 25, 2024 09:45 PM (QNH/l)
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The Three Wise Guys are across the room from the manger, and the grandkids will get to follow them on their journey.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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I've seen things... seen things you little people wouldn't believe.
Posted by: Rutger Hauer at December 25, 2024 09:48 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM
The winning will be epic.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at December 25, 2024 09:48 PM (dEYSD)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:48 PM (Zz0t1)
I never had a hobby when I was a kid. I was either in school, doing homework or at the gym.
Time to figure something out.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 09:49 PM (6QeR0)
How do you be?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (hOUT3)
Well ho-lee shit. Hrothgar! I be well. You and yours?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:49 PM (doeWO)
Defense prevents losing. Offense scores points.
We are about to score points. Lots.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM
Crush
Drive
Lamentations
ad infinitum
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 09:50 PM (tljrc)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 09:52 PM (BSDFI)
Drive
Lamentations
ad infinitum
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 09:50 PM
As some coach in some movie once said, "Leave no doubt."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:52 PM (Zz0t1)
Good evening, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 25, 2024 09:53 PM (O/0gI)
We are about to score points. Lots.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:46 PM (LkLld)
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I think we got some pick-sixes in there. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:53 PM (ZOv7s)
Drive
Lamentations
ad infinitum
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2024 09:50 PM
————-
As some coach in some movie once said, "Leave no doubt."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:52 PM (Zz0t1)
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Burn. Scatter. Salt.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:54 PM (tKNHW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 08:38 PM (Jtz/H)
Good to hear that.
To be fair, I am recovering from finding out, as a sort of Christmas present, that my second great-grand-child be making an appearance this summer!
But all seems well with Clan Hrothgar...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:54 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 09:55 PM (LNEQ2)
As some coach in some movie once said, "Leave no doubt."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:52 PM (Zz0t1)
___________
A man received a telegram saying his mother-in-law had died and asked for instructions. His reply was, "Embalm, cremate, bury at sea. Take no chances."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:57 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 09:57 PM (Zz0t1)
But all seems well with Clan Hrothgar...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:54 PM (hOUT3)
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That's pretty awesome.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 09:49 PM (6QeR0)
Masturbation and bourbon drinking.
It's the Moron way.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:58 PM (d9fT1)
Posted by: BCochran1981
The grand-son seems to have married what we primitives once called a good woman, so I think they will continue to be a great part of my family!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:58 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:57 PM (dxSpM)
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Wasn't that Churchill's response to Stanley Baldwin's death?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 25, 2024 09:58 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Thanks, not an easy task when you are only 29!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 25, 2024 09:59 PM (hOUT3)
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Wierd! That's so cis-normal that I can't absorb it.
Posted by: Wokester at December 25, 2024 10:02 PM (XeU6L)
It's the Moron way.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 09:58 PM (d9fT1)
That's hot.
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 25, 2024 10:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 25, 2024 10:06 PM (Zz0t1)
We had a lovely day- just the two of us, mostly feasting and relaxing.
We texted with all the kids and older g-kids and talked to three of them, which was nice.
I'm reminded that back in the mid-60s, one of the men on our street worked for Ma Bell. Since he was a nice-looking and well-spoken guy, he got to do the PSA's the Austin office produced each year to inform people when would be the best times to call family and friends long-distance.
Some of us remember when that was a big deal.
We all thought it was so cool that the T's dad was on TV, even for that.
Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 10:14 PM (f+FmA)
In the Lion's Den Open Thread
Whoops I got caught up and forgot I still have to post!
A sickly fox pup was found alone on the side of the road. Her caretakers say she's now "just like a dog," including tail-wagging to show happiness.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 25, 2024 06:25 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 06:27 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 06:28 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 06:28 PM (QSrLX)
Beyonce channeling Dolly was hot, don't care what you say.
Posted by: Auspex at December 25, 2024 06:30 PM (q5rNo)
Posted by: OkJohn at December 25, 2024 06:31 PM (NC/it)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:33 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:34 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Felix the Cat at December 25, 2024 06:34 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:34 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 06:34 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Pedro @ SOTB at December 25, 2024 06:35 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 06:35 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 06:36 PM (7r9lR)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 06:37 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: The Schmenge Brothers at December 25, 2024 06:37 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:38 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 06:38 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Skip
My Norwegian cousin married an Italian guy-turned out just fine.
Posted by: The Vulgar Boatman at December 25, 2024 06:40 PM (G5+As)
I know a vegetable joke but it's kinda corny
Posted by: Ben Had
https://is.gd/5s2213
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 06:41 PM (L/fGl)
Did Buckley get back from doggie boot camp? How's he doing? I bet you missed your troublemaker.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (qoB0Q)
Posted by: Ben Had
I'll bet it's peppered with puns.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (OX9vb)
A Yak of all trades.
Posted by: Ben Had
Not a Dalai LLama?
Posted by: Man Mountain Mike at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:44 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Ben Had
I'll bet it's peppered with puns.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (OX9vb)
Sounds a-maize-ing!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (fwDg9)
-- The Once and Future President Trump
Please, President Trump, no Quebec. And you might consider not taking the Newfies, either.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:47 PM (XTmTf)
Please, President Trump, no Quebec. And you might consider not taking the Newfies, either.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (a3Q+t)
Would be a good way to really connect Alaska.
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 06:48 PM (LHPAg)
Did Buckley get back from doggie boot camp? How's he doing? I bet you missed your troublemaker.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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He's back. He is calmer and listens better. Now working on the family. He just got home yesterday. The e-collar is a game changer. It really helps him to get focused otherwise he was all over the place and pulling my arm off.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 06:48 PM (rkQAd)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 06:50 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:52 PM (XTmTf)
Please, President Trump, no Quebec. And you might consider not taking the Newfies, either.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:45 PM (a3Q+t)
Empty out all the undesirables. Which is most of them. That's a lot of natural resources and valuable land.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 06:53 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 06:55 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 25, 2024 06:59 PM (7LvAb)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:00 PM (XTmTf)
A Yak of all trades.
Posted by: Ben Had
Not a Dalai LLama?
Posted by: Man Mountain Mike at December 25, 2024 06:42 PM (G5+As)
Not a Pack Yak?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:01 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 25, 2024 06:59 PM (7LvAb)
Sea otters as well.
Just no spiders or snakes, please.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:02 PM (VNX3d)
A Yak of all trades.
Posted by: Ben Had
Not a Dalai LLama?
Posted by: Man Mountain Mike
Not a Pack Yak?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
A pack Yak with a Pak40?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:03 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:04 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:05 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 07:05 PM (VqV9I)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:06 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 06:55 PM (dxSpM)
Give canada new york, connecticut, assholechusetts, vermont, maine and rhode island. The US can take everything west of Thunder Bay. The US gets rid of the democrat parasite states and the newly acquired land can be renamed "New Trumpia". It will be huge and beautiful!
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys at December 25, 2024 07:06 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 07:08 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump
Do we really want Vancouver?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 07:08 PM (Dm8we)
Give canada new york, connecticut, assholechusetts, vermont, maine and rhode island. The US can take everything west of Thunder Bay. The US gets rid of the democrat parasite states and the newly acquired land can be renamed "New Trumpia". It will be huge and beautiful!
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys
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Sounds good. And we can make Uranium City great again!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:09 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:09 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:10 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Barack Obama at December 25, 2024 07:12 PM (sDWtc)
I'm willing to give Vermont over to Canada anyway. Smug, useless state full of smug, useless artsy-craftsy types. And Bernie.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:13 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 07:14 PM (6ZHNK)
https://tinyurl.com/yc85h75m
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:15 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 07:15 PM (fwDg9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUSbAWyswN0
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 07:15 PM (XHxxX)
This is Max . Many many years ago he ran a stable and a group of 20 something girls fresh out of school boarded their horses there. Fast forward to today . We’ve grown, we’ve lived our lives and today we are all still close friends . We’ve never let time nor silly differences get in our way or end our connection , even today’s disagreements are settled as to “What would Max think?”.
So one man, truly larger than life still influences lives led today. So if you think you don’t influence the future.. guess again. ( the horse is Buckwheat)
https://tinyurl.com/4x7rmph2
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 07:17 PM (6ZHNK)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 07:18 PM (Q8Bj8)
(Christmas impropriety is important)
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 25, 2024 07:20 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Paco at December 25, 2024 07:21 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:21 PM (dxSpM)
Fuck that. We aren't giving up shit. Not even giving Texas back to Mexico despite their most famous battle being a loss. To Mexico.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:22 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
That's the end result of breeding dogs to go into badger burrows and drag out the badgers.
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 07:23 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:24 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:22 PM
How about California? Can we give California back to Mexico?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Paco at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (VqV9I)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 07:27 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:28 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 07:27 PM (vFG9F)
I thought it was a Ponti-Yak, myself. Especially if it was a Trans Am.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:28 PM (VNX3d)
Greenlandia, Canadia, and Panama. You never know if you don't ask!
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2024 07:29 PM (Av2Ad)
Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 06:48 PM (rkQAd)
Lin-duh, I'm intrigued about the e-collar. We have an 8 month old baby basset hound who has all manner of bad habits that we're trying to break.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at December 25, 2024 07:29 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 07:30 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at December 25, 2024 07:30 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 07:30 PM (yr/Go)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 07:31 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2024 07:32 PM (i0F8b)
I might be in the minority but I'm not if favor of giving up anything. Not an inch.
How about we just curb stomp the scumbags who have ruined California and take it back. Seems like a better plan.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 07:32 PM (LkLld)
They are highly intelligent and usually obedient, but they also have a “the hell with you, I do what I want” mode they slip into from time to time. They are masters at manipulation as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 07:26 PM (VqV9I)
_________
So, a typical Hound.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:32 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Adriane the Everything Goes Better with Yakkity Sax Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 07:33 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 07:34 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Adriane the Everything Goes Better with Yakkity Sax Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 07:33 PM (qz+gL)
Impressive!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 07:34 PM (VNX3d)
Nud
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 07:34 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2024 07:32 PM (i0F8b)
Mine just went in. Round roast this year, no need to show off with ribs. It has been almost twenty years since I did the 18 lb monster standing rib roast for 24 people. DH’s last grandmas last Christmas. Kinda memorable. Not one ounce left over either.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2024 07:35 PM (xZ/E3)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Well. Are if you throw out all the druggies and derilects and bums, YES! It's a great city! Seriously, it's an awesome city. Without the aforementioned.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 07:36 PM (xOhpI)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 07:37 PM (a07r0)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 07:36 PM
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: San Francisco at December 25, 2024 07:46 PM (a3Q+t)
Came in, peed in her litter box.
Love that cat.
PlutoTV. Doctor Who... The Five Doctors. Sweet.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 07:48 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 07:36 PM
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: San Francisco
If sconces were mentioned then yes, if not, then no.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 07:53 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Braenyard
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In their genes, probably comes from diving down into badger dens.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 08:32 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Dion at December 25, 2024 08:34 PM (W3bMI)
Why does this happen for embedded YouTube videos, and what can one do to make it not ever happen again?
Posted by: DavidD at December 25, 2024 09:39 PM (MSTeU)
Posted by: DavidD at December 25, 2024 09:45 PM (MSTeU)
The Hounds of Christmas Open Thread
It’s time.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/UjbQy5UJHj
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 13, 2024
Dog having his own fun.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/zMISiMoZjd
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 25, 2024
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 04:32 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024
***
Werewolves of London!
(Though I doubt they'd recognize the place these days)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:34 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:34 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 25, 2024 04:37 PM (1gLn1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:38 PM (omVj0)
She was no Honey West.
The character who caused never-before-experienced stirrings in my nine year-old loinal region.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (muwun)
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:38 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 04:39 PM (Jpaxf)
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:39 PM (jvJvP)
Is there any performer more phony and plastic than Mariah Carey? She's more of an audioanimatronic machine than a human.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:40 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:38 PM (omVj0)
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Wonder if he's got a few extra toes...apparently that's also common among Maine Coons...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 04:40 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 04:39 PM (Jpaxf)
Let's start with their complete staffs. The collies can herd the congresscritters into the chamber for votes.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:40 PM (dxSpM)
Listen, tits are tits my friend.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (DX6IT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 04:42 PM (Wx316)
I'm going to drink.
More.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:39 PM (jvJvP)
I'm going to wait until 5:00. Pretending to have self-control.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 04:42 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:42 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
It was Elvis that Put people off hounds. Cryin' all the time. Never caught a rabbit.
Posted by: Ain't No Friend Of Mine at December 25, 2024 04:43 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 04:43 PM (Wx316)
Lol
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 04:45 PM (Wx316)
Posted by: vmom
I quit wrapping the lutefisk I hand out on Christmas. Even through the fancy paper, their nose told them what it was.
Posted by: Norseman at December 25, 2024 04:46 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Rex B at December 25, 2024 04:46 PM (PT7Bh)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:47 PM (VNX3d)
Little is showing admirable restraint, refusing all solid food except for cookies until dinnertime in another three hours..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2024 04:48 PM (Cbio9)
Repeat, the pig is in the oven.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:48 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of glowworms at December 25, 2024 04:49 PM (i0xsb)
Running out of sugary blender juices. And rum.
Posted by: Auspex at December 25, 2024 04:49 PM (q5rNo)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:48 PM
How about the chair? Against the wall?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 04:50 PM (9JrK/)
Posted by: Norseman at December 25, 2024
***
When the Norwegian Seamen's Church was here, they had a gift and food section at the rear of the building. Seems I recall canned lutefisk being available. I was never tempted.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:50 PM (omVj0)
Enjoy!
The cat and dog were cute. 'Our' cats have amazingly fluffy tails like that. They both come in, tails up in the air and they are like feather dusters.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:50 PM (jvJvP)
Repeat, the pig is in the oven.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:48 PM (omVj0)
The Wolf is at the door. Le repet. The Wolf is at the door.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:52 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 04:52 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 04:52 PM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Ciampino - "
On right now on GritTV. The schedule says 1:30-5:30.
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 04:53 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 04:53 PM (UKUm3)
https://t.co/klsTU9Cy0H
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of clergy at December 25, 2024 04:54 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (DX6IT)
A tautology if ever I read one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 04:54 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I lived right down the block from the Norwegian Seamen's Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I never went to an English church service until I was 12.
Posted by: Norseman at December 25, 2024 04:54 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of glowworms at December 25, 2024
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Grit crams in commercials, so a three-hour movie goes to 3.5. Looking at it now, I see this movie was quite an epic. The sandy desert wastes that I remember from the opening and ending bookend all sorts of scenes, Civil War battles, Eastwood's Blondie and Eli Wallach's Tuco dynamiting a bridge, Lee Van Cleef's "Bad" smoking his pipe as an army sergeant and interrogating Tuco, etc. No wonder there always seems to be something in it I haven't seen before.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:55 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 04:55 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 04:55 PM (UKUm3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 04:41 PM (DX6IT)
C'mon here Nancy Pelosi....
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:55 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Kwanzaa Timmy at December 25, 2024 04:56 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Norseman at December 25, 2024
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I really liked going there. A few years back I attended their St. Lucia evening service led by a local singer named Theresa Andersson.
I loved the architecture of the building. I think it's still there, but I don't know what's taken it over, if anything.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:57 PM (omVj0)
Fuck, that makes me feel old.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 04:57 PM (bss/y)
https://tinyurl.com/3xcssnan
Most of my family didn't drink, but it still makes us think of them, most of whom are departed now.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 04:57 PM (FEVMW)
Mom liked 'em, but she's obligated to say everything I do is perfect.
Time for a Blake's Black Philip hard cider.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 04:58 PM (kpS4V)
https://mol.im/a/14226357
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of lethal weapons at December 25, 2024 04:58 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024
***
I've been reading since 2010 and commenting since 2011, so yeah, a while.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:58 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Stateless
The Speaker Emerita is not sufficiently mobile at present. You'll have to go to her.
Posted by: You Asked For It at December 25, 2024 04:59 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 04:59 PM (w/3ky)
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 05:00 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 05:00 PM (1Le5v)
Posted by: Stateless
The Speaker Emerita is not sufficiently mobile at present. You'll have to go to her.
Posted by: You Asked For It at December 25, 2024 04:59 PM (G5+As)
Tits are tits...
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 05:01 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 05:02 PM (1Le5v)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 05:03 PM (mH6SG)
"The Earth we saw rising over the battered grey lunar surface was small and delicate, a magnificent spot of color in the vast blackness of space.
Once-distant places appeared inseparably close. Borders that once rendered division vanished. All of humanity appeared joined together on this glorious-but-fragile sphere. We set out to explore the moon and instead discovered the Earth.""
https://tinyurl.com/3z8nzjvn
Merry Christmas, everyone
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:03 PM (w/3ky)
I go home and 'surprise' Mom and Dad during midnight mass every year. Well, this year, instead of doing it at St Augustine's they did it at Sacred Heart (the parish I grew up in.) Little did I know, but quickly realized once I left home, we were a very liberal parish. About 20 years ago, they built a new church for the parish because the old one had been intended to be temporary (they used it for 20 years) and was a converted basketball arena. It was nice- if rectangular.
Well, the new church... yeah. I played a game with myself last night and tried to count the number of crosses. 3. 3 in the whole church. Not a single crucifix. In a Catholic Church. One standing on the altar. One on the Ciborium. One fashioned to look like it was leaning on a pillar. The 'stations' are floor impressionist versions sunk into the stone. The walls? Completely bare.
Iconoclasts, man. Fucking iconoclasts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 05:03 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 04:57 PM (FEVMW)
But they smoked Salem lights, right?
Right?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2024 05:03 PM (Cbio9)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:04 PM (Q8Bj8)
Also missing out this time is consumer goods multinational Unilever, whose products include the likes of Marmite, Magnum ice cream bars and Pot Noodle.
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of royal decrees at December 25, 2024 05:06 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:06 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:07 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 25, 2024 05:07 PM (1bNHn)
The Tabernacle straight ahead on a high altar and a big crucifix immediately above it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of royal decrees at December 25, 2024
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Is Unilever the parent company, or the descendant, of Lever Brothers?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (omVj0)
https://tinyurl.com/pya9fjv6
Apparently Charles aspires to be Vigo the Carpathian.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of angels at December 25, 2024 05:09 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 05:09 PM (cY18j)
The Tabernacle straight ahead on a high altar and a big crucifix immediately above it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (ZmEVT)
THIS.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 05:09 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket at December 25, 2024 05:10 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Lord Percy at December 25, 2024 05:11 PM (/cBnn)
I so miss her.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:11 PM (Q8Bj8)
https://mol.im/a/14226357
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of lethal weapons at December 25, 2024 04:58 PM (i0xsb)
"...It's unclear whether the crash was intentional or an accident..." Indeed. And I assume we will never, ever, know the driver's motive.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 05:12 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 05:12 PM (cY18j)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:13 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:14 PM (w/3ky)
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at December 25, 2024 05:14 PM (aD39U)
Fuckin Dems news cycles that I have opted out of since Carters Douch bag Express administration
HEH HEH Charter WAS Biden with a conscience.
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 05:15 PM (wDJaI)
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 05:15 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
Mexico also operates horse slaughterhouses.
Posted by: Par For Course at December 25, 2024 05:15 PM (G5+As)
I'm sorry. It's very hard when things change
We're a Protestant church from the 1850's and while we don't have crucifixes we do have two crosses and one on top of the Christian flag. We also have beautiful banners on the walls with sayings of about Jesus " Resurrectoon and the life"
" "son of God" , Prince of Peace" Holy Spirit
The denomination may be liberal . I'm conservative
And before somebody possibly charmingly tells me I'm congratulating myself , I am not. The banners were there before I ever arrived but I do like them .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (BsSjd)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (wDJaI)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 25, 2024 05:08 PM (aD39U)
As stupid a painting as the Kenyan homosexual disappearing into the bushes. These elite, ain't.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Lord Percy at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (/cBnn)
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at December 25, 2024 05:14 PM (aD39U)
Don't forget 'Vigo the Butch.'
Posted by: Peter Venkman at December 25, 2024 05:16 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:18 PM (BsSjd)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 05:18 PM (kpS4V)
lol
Great show and great actress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:18 PM (BsSjd)
I think of her every time some Michael Buble song comes on. I'd bet two generations ago they pronounced the name "Bubble."
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 05:20 PM (0eaVi)
I believe she was a classically trained singer and shen she sings and it's so bad I laugh. That cast worked remarkable well off each other.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:23 PM (BsSjd)
We are honored by the presence one who's contribution to to Horde lore will last and be memorialized until the Sun expands and engulfs the Earth!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 05:24 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Going back to Jax for my parents funeral this coming Spring. I have been warned that St. Matthew’s is very much changed.
Posted by: The Methodists at December 25, 2024 05:24 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:23 PM (BsSjd)
Sort of like Foster Brooks being "drunk." You can't sing that badly unless you can sing well.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 05:27 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 05:29 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 05:18 PM (kpS4V)
Eldest Drunken Midget graduates in May and is headed to LSU.
Time freaking flies.
Duncan that is far far too kind. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 05:30 PM (qVV8U)
https://youtu.be/9JW98dWFEfY
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:33 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
***
NM had that sect called the Penitentes, who would whip themselves with branches and, I believe, would select one of their number every year to be whipped and then tied to a cross. An honor, I guess. Like being chosen to play Jesus in the Christmas pageant but, you know, with pain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:35 PM (omVj0)
We are not worthy!
Seriously though. Nice to see you. Hope all is well with the spawn. Jeepers, time flies.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 05:35 PM (O9B8K)
https://tinyurl.com/28cy4em9
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (w/3ky)
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024
***
Brooks was so good he fooled one of my fellow drama students into thinking he, Brooks, really had showed up drunk for the Dean Martin Roast program or whatever it was.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (omVj0)
We are not worthy!
Seriously though. Nice to see you. Hope all is well with the spawn. Jeepers, time flies.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 05:35 PM (O9B8K)
Everybody comes home for Christmas. It's nice.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 05:39 PM (OX9vb)
Even before the Queen died, Unilever had closed the plants of several uniquely British products and moved their production to other countries. A royal warrant ought to mean something. Because "multinational" sure does.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 05:39 PM (zdLoL)
https://tinyurl.com/28cy4em9
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (w/3ky)
Peaceful protests are soooo cute.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 05:39 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
Probably a challenge to drive home with the blood in your eyes from the Crown of Thorns.
Posted by: Not Putting My Hat In That Ring at December 25, 2024 05:40 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 05:41 PM (QfvaV)
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024
***
Brooks was so good he fooled one of my fellow drama students into thinking he, Brooks, really had showed up drunk for the Dean Martin Roast program or whatever it was.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (omVj0)
I've watched him in a lot of them. You can almost see him change in the first few steps once he stands up.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 05:43 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at December 25, 2024 05:14 PM (aD39U)p/i]
You forgot "Vigo the tampon" and "Vigo suspiciously silent on certain international crimes"
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:43 PM (D7oie)
Peaceful protests are soooo cute.
Posted by: Stateless
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Their ptb should take heed. Get those types riled up and there will be trouble.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:44 PM (w/3ky)
Posted by: Cooter Brown at December 25, 2024 05:46 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 05:27 PM (0eaVi)
Madeline Kahn does that in Blazing Saddles, when she does her hilarious parody of a Marlena Dietrich song. (Laziest girl in town).
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (7MHHr)
I didn't see Angels Lansbury but I saw a video of the production with Patricia Routlege andLinda Ronstadt and the whole cast was terrific,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (fYujv)
Honey West brought it up, I read several Honey West novels. Also Mash and Man from Uncle for certain.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (4780s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 05:44 PM (w/3ky)
No chants, no waterballoons full of piss, no banners, no costumes, no shouting and screaming, just really pissed off Germans marching.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
Probably a challenge to drive home with the blood in your eyes from the Crown of Thorns.
Posted by: Not Putting My Hat In That Ring at December 25, 2024 05:40 PM (G5+As)
You laugh but the passion plays can get really out of hand some places. IIRC, there were ones in the Philippines that got kind of crazy (bloody.) Flagellants were a thing. It's a human thing that seems to pop up. Always verges or crosses the line into making a show of piety. Especially the public displays.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (XTmTf)
Where's our Yule Log?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 05:49 PM (YQOEL)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (XTmTf)
covid happened
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM (LkLld)
Honey West brought it up, I read several Honey West novels. Also Mash and Man from Uncle for certain.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (4780s)
IIRC, MASH was a novel first, then a movie, and finally a TV series. There are quite a few MASH novels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM (8zz6B)
You get to London, you keep your head on a swivel. Wouldn't want "diversity" to ruin your trip...
Posted by: ChrisP at December 25, 2024 05:51 PM (WbGL/)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 05:49 PM (YQOEL)
Well, you know [wink, wink] I gotta little . . . . Um, sorry, that's actually a roll of quarters.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:51 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:52 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 05:30 PM
And the same to you and yours!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 05:53 PM (a3Q+t)
https://youtu.be/Uai7M4RpoLU
Foster Brooks - Dean Martin Roast
https://youtu.be/8na9wwjFy2I
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 05:53 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:54 PM (D7oie)
Honey West brought it up, I read several Honey West novels. Also Mash and Man from Uncle for certain.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2024 05:47 PM (4780s)
IIRC, MASH was a novel first, then a movie, and finally a TV series. There are quite a few MASH novels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM
AOP, you are correct.
Modesty Blaise books were vastly superior to any movie or TV versions.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 05:55 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:56 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:48 PM (XTmTf)
covid happened
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:50 PM (D7oie)
I was on Instagram at the time and there were massive protests that were hidden by the media against the jabs.
Unless the protests happen at politicians houses leaving no survivors, they're cute and pointless.
At some point, I hope the rest of the Western world loses it's collective crap and purges our elte scum and their bloodlines.
Fa la la la la la la la la
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 05:57 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:58 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 05:49 PM (YQOEL)
Well, you know [wink, wink] I gotta little . . . . Um, sorry, that's actually a roll of quarters.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 05:51 PM (D7oie)
Sob. All I have a fun size Mounds bar.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 05:58 PM (VNX3d)
You get to London, you keep your head on a swivel. Wouldn't want "diversity" to ruin your trip...
Posted by: ChrisP at December 25, 2024 05:51 PM (WbGL/)
Oh I had that convo with all three of my girls. “You will go absolutely fucking nowhere without me. Not a trip down to the corner store. You leave the hotel, I’m with you. Period.”
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 06:00 PM (DX6IT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 05:37 PM (omVj0)
Yeah, he was a drunk playing sober, hoping no one would notice.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 06:01 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:03 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 06:04 PM (L/fGl)
https://is.gd/YLfg5V
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 06:06 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 06:07 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 25, 2024 06:07 PM (Le00v)
🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Evening! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶
🍹
🍸
🥃
Merry Christmas to you and your extended friends and family.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:09 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:10 PM (XTmTf)
Obama's was a shitty piece of drek.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 25, 2024 06:10 PM (4780s)
Unpaid barking tickets.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 06:11 PM (E7mWg)
Good to see you posting. I'm sure you raised your daughters right. They know you love them because they saw you dance on stage for them.
Be safe, and have a lot of fun.
Too bad you can not carry a cordless hole puncher, and try for tight groups.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:11 PM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/yycwbcrk
Posted by: JackStraw
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I had that hapen once. A customer in a fit of self-induced pique insisted on 'speaking to the manager', replies I, 'I am the manager.
Customer: "oh...uh, well..."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 06:12 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:12 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:14 PM (XTmTf)
[ponders 'must see' places in London]
Westminster
The Tower
For me (curiously), Bedlam
Interestingly, walking over to Bedlam, I passed William Bligh's house.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 06:15 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:16 PM (u82oZ)
Yeah.... right...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 25, 2024 06:16 PM (QAkQ3)
Have a great night, everyone. May you be warm and happy.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 06:16 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:17 PM (XTmTf)
>>Customer: "oh...uh, well..."
Had that happen more than once in my career. Karen is almost always wrong.
I kind of enjoy those conversations.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 06:18 PM (LkLld)
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[opens oven door, shoves in frozen pizza]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 06:18 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 25, 2024 06:19 PM (wZ2Bf)
https://tinyurl.com/4258jfup
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 06:20 PM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
Don't forget to add the kale, okra, and pineapple first.
Posted by: Resident Noodge at December 25, 2024 06:21 PM (G5+As)
Dad had trouble getting upright after sitting awhile at my aunt and uncle's place
My aunt tried unsuccessfully to amputate her finger making dinner
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:21 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Boss Moss
And I thought we'd have flying cars by now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 06:22 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 25, 2024 06:22 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:22 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 25, 2024 06:23 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 06:21 PM (fwDg9)
Same with my mom. “I’ll be right back. Just cut my finger.”
*me looking around* “How??? I’m the one carving the meat…”
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 06:24 PM (oOhJv)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Ah. I add The Imperial War Museum. Pic of the front
t.ly/Ur9dq
Lots of very neat stuff/exhibits there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 06:24 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 05:56 PM
One? Where in the rules does it specify one?
I may have to try for Friday this year; third Saturdays may be problematic.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:25 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:25 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: 34th Street at December 25, 2024 06:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:22 PM
Note is taken of nothing being said about okra and Brussel Sprouts.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 06:26 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Yes, and squirrels are eating voles, and Haitians in Springfield are eating our cats and geese. I think Obama has stopped eating dog, though.
Posted by: Care-A-Lot Pet Center at December 25, 2024 06:26 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 06:26 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 06:26 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 06:27 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Ben Had
Why on earth would you think resident noodge was referring to Piper? She's a bright star on this desolate blog.
Posted by: Brush With Greatness at December 25, 2024 06:29 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 26, 2024 11:27 AM (FLiOE)
Reindeer Rock Open Thread
Happy Christmas spirit on the way pic.twitter.com/O2x1zE0elJ
— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) December 16, 2024
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And I did not make any bombs and anything dangerous other than to myself through the old fashion learning process. Imagine that???
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:36 PM (FDlb9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:37 PM (JvXtq)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:37 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:37 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 03:38 PM (moA/t)
Man from UNCLE guns.
I had a one track wish list.
Posted by: Archer at December 25, 2024
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I had one of the former (looked like a Colt 1911, right?) and two different sets of the latter. Ideal issued a simple "Napoleon Solo Gun," the cap pistol itself, with U.N.C.L.E. ID card and pics of Robert Vaughn in character ont he box.
Also they had the complete Special, with a scope, shoulder stock, and barrel extension. No magazine extension, but then the gun itself, disappointingly, did not look like a Walther P-38 anyway.
Earlier, during my Westerns phase, I'd had several Mattel versions of the Colt Single Action Army w/ plastic grips painted like carved bone and with the two part bullets that worked just like the real thing. A cap on the flat base banged as the hammer came down, and the plastic "bullet" left the brass cartridge and flew out the barrel. Of course we lost the plastic bullets early, but the guns still loaded and fired.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:38 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:38 PM (fwDg9)
Also they had the complete Special, with a scope, shoulder stock, and barrel extension. No magazine extension, but then the gun itself, disappointingly, did not look like a Walther P-38 anyway.
cool, i always wanted one of those UNCLE guns.
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (KRtlO)
It isn't a train but it will have to do.
https://youtu.be/nSmvHPG9MD4
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (KRtlO)
Only a couple minutes left of the Queens College Ancient Choir version of Handel's Messiah, 2 hours and 18 minutes so expecting to see some orchestra members to collapse.
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 03:40 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:40 PM (KRtlO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwaLjGP6Pus
the bridge set was better
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:41 PM (KRtlO)
https://youtu.be/5B3w5aZsP1g
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 03:41 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:41 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:42 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:43 PM (Q8Bj8)
2 hours and 18 minutes so expecting to see some orchestra members to collapse.
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:39 PM (fwDg9)
__________
Götterdämmerung clocks in a 5 hours. At one performance at the Met, a violinist was seen to lean forward and kiss the last page of his part.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:43 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 03:43 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:34 PM (XTmTf)
https://youtu.be/iYO8mrsgw9g
Santa Claus Boogie!
https://youtu.be/aUrWFBfz3SM
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (JkO4W)
The things she knew, let her forget again --
The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold,
the gaping shepherds, and the queer old men
Piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold.
Let her have laughter with her little one;
Teach her the endless, tuneless songs to sing,
Grant her her right to whisper to her son
The foolish names one dare not call a king.
Keep from her dreams the rumble of a crowd,
The smell of rough-cut wood, the trail of red,
The thick and chilly whiteness of the shroud
That wraps the strange new body of the dead.
Ah, let her go, kind Lord, where mothers go
And boast his pretty words and ways, and plan
The proud and happy years that they shall know
Together, when her son is grown a man.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:45 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 03:46 PM (DX6IT)
It’s about American Airline travel delays- and yes, I feel badly from people getting delayed from seeing loved ones. I still think the headline is darkly amusing:
How the glitch slowed Christmas .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:46 PM (ZpVYH)
friend of mine had an u.n.c.l.e. camera that would transform into a gun, way before transformers were a thing. we didn't have a tv, so i had no clue about it.
he also had a green hornet toy car. i also had no clue about that.
clearly, i was deprived. maybe i should seek therapy.
Posted by: anachronda at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (IKg+A)
ace, Merry Christmas and thank you for this amazing community
DITTO!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
__________
For a bunch of cranks, impecunious layabouts, dipsomaniacs, wastrels, depressives, loudmouths and poseurs, we do very well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (dxSpM)
my brother had a robot that turned into a tape recorder (for some reason)
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (KRtlO)
Because grandma got them clothes.
I think it's time for another Bourbon.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2024 03:48 PM (Q4IgG)
Other than that … Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Adriane the If it Weren t for Bad Timing, Id have no Time at All Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 03:48 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:48 PM (hoCmQ)
I forgot the Steelers were playing today. I see I'm not missing much. They're getting crushed. I guess they hit that wall where the talent will go as far as it can. They'll be one and done in the playoffs.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 03:49 PM (sAmhv)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwaLjGP6Pus
the bridge set was better
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 03:41 PM (KRtlO)
My brother had a few of those growing up. I remember the bridge set.
Merry Christmas, all!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 25, 2024 03:49 PM (Cbio9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:49 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 03:49 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (dxSpM)
You left out the punsters, pedants and penguin aficionados.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 03:50 PM (muwun)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 03:51 PM (ctJ5/)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:52 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Puddleglum
The Steelers are enjoying all the reasons Denver ate his $250 million contract to get rid of him.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:52 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:53 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
You left out the punsters, pedants and penguin aficionados.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Hel … loooooooooo.
Posted by: The Methodists at December 25, 2024 03:53 PM (qz+gL)
he also had a green hornet toy car. i also had no clue about that.
clearly, i was deprived. maybe i should seek therapy.
Posted by: anachronda at December 25, 2024
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I had a dim memory of transforming toys like that, but I think they were part of a Mattel line called "Secret Agent Zero-M," or something like that. The young Kurt Russell did TV commercials for them: https://tinyurl.com/9j2hfjhk
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:53 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:54 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:54 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: UGAdawg at December 25, 2024 03:55 PM (tRd71)
Back in a bit
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:57 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:54 PM (Q8Bj
I've dropped Irish since its despicable recent insult to Israel. So Scotch it is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 03:57 PM (muwun)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:57 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:58 PM (sSkcu)
Later.....
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 03:58 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:58 PM (Q8Bj8)
I've dropped Irish since its despicable recent insult to Israel.
________
Just being Irish would suffice as a reason.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:59 PM (dxSpM)
When I was a kid, I recall one of those guns was in the shape of one those multi-band portable radios. One moment, it looked like a tablet-sized radio, then you push a button and the barrel pops out of one side, a stock folds out on the other side, the trigger and receiver pop out of the bottom, and you use the handle as a sight.
Awesome and very fragile. It wasn't mine (very expensive).
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 04:00 PM (rj6Yv)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwaLjGP6Pus
the bridge set was better
Posted by: ace
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See my willowed post, 207, previous thread.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:00 PM (XeU6L)
James Lovell radioed back to mission control: "Please be informed there is a Santa Claus," as they began their way home. …
more & pic:
https://tinyurl.com/3z8nzjvn
Merry Christmas
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 04:01 PM (w/3ky)
Scotch it was and Scotch it will be my friend. I am about to get into my bottle of Colkegan whiskey distilled here in NM and "peated" with mesquite. They can't call it scotch but it is scotch. Plus 92 proof. It is divine and wild at the same time.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 04:02 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: UGAdawg
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Well...it IS Christmas, so Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, late of Ga Tech at December 25, 2024 04:03 PM (XeU6L)
Humility-Gratitude is all you need to know and ALL knowledge comes from God.
Plug into the Spirit and get HIGH
-Raggedy Hobo
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 04:04 PM (wDJaI)
I had a dim memory of transforming toys like that, but I think they were part of a Mattel line called "Secret Agent Zero-M," or something like that. The young Kurt Russell did TV commercials for them: https://tinyurl.com/9j2hfjhk
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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I received a spring loaded cannon. The barrel was about a foot long and the shells were about three inches. It could shoot them about twenty feet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (w/3ky)
They've retconned it using the "alternate time line" method, so future Trek efforts won't need to take it into consideration.
At all.
Merry Christmas, all!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
You left out the punsters, pedants and penguin aficionados.
Posted by: Cicero
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I think of AoSHQ as a landscape of iniquity.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (XeU6L)
Late for the toy thread. We had Tinkertoys and Lincoln logs, but my friend's family had those Kenner girder and panel sets, the older white plastic kind (called?), *and* erector sets. And an HO scale trainboard! Had a lot of fun with those.
Some of the can't-have-those-today toys I had:
❄ The vac-u-form, where you heated up a plastic sheet, flipped it over a form, and vacuumed the plastic to become a car or whatever.
❄ That toy where you cooked rubber bugs and worms out of plastic. Creepy crawlies or whatever it was.
❄ My favorite, a cotton-candy maker. Pour in the colored sugar, which was heated and spun into the bowl, where the paper cone was twirled. Soon ran out of the colored sugar, but found that regular sugar worked. That was great until my older brother decided to try jell-o. End of that toy. There's a list of toys older brother destroyed similarly. Including my first bike.
Merry Christmas, y'all.
Click on the nic link for a bunch of seasonal videos (and an eclectic playlist of those songs I've linked from my ONT sign-off comments all month).
Posted by: mindful webworker - baby c'mere and stand under this mistletoe at December 25, 2024 04:06 PM (09AS9)
The Waitresses!
HQ Tradition lives on!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 03:32 PM (YQOEL)
A reminder to beg the smoker's you know to quit.
Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 04:06 PM (Fg0Nr)
The commercial jingle was catchy as hell, though. I still remember every word.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 25, 2024 04:06 PM (W5ArC)
There was a version called "Incredible Edibles" that made bugs and other disgusting stuff that you could actually eat.
A young Merrick Garland likely had one of those.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 25, 2024 04:07 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
>>
#64 I searched the internetz and found the portable radio gun. It was the Secret Agent Zero M Radio Rifle.
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 04:09 PM (rj6Yv)
When I was a kid, I recall one of those guns was in the shape of one those multi-band portable radios. One moment, it looked like a tablet-sized radio, then you push a button and the barrel pops out of one side, a stock folds out on the other side, the trigger and receiver pop out of the bottom, and you use the handle as a sight.
Awesome and very fragile. It wasn't mine (very expensive).
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024
***
I still think that was part of Mattel's Agent Zero-M line. If I'd seen an U.N.C.L.E. tie-in toy like that, I'd have wanted it.
The ID card that came with the Ideal gun sets looked fantastic. I carried it in my wallet for years until my wallet was stolen one day at college. I had little money in it and no credit cards or driver's license then, so it was a small loss. But I missed the card most of all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:09 PM (omVj0)
I had a Vac-u-form, a Creepy Crawlers, AND a cotton candy machine!! Fortunately I was an only child so I didn't have an older sibling to destroy things.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 04:11 PM (FEVMW)
t.ly/-eYCL
I also have the one that my dad had as a kid
t.ly/gXGlb
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:12 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 04:12 PM (wDJaI)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:12 PM (omVj0)
Thanks for the links.
And now I remember that I had one of those cotton candy makers.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 04:14 PM (S9oCJ)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 04:14 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024 04:14 PM (2NHgQ)
I still have a large red crane with 4 rubber wheels and the original string for cables. Can raise/lower the boom and raise/lower the lead hook (yes, lead as in Pb). I lost the removable bucket.
I also still have a large racing car (50s F1 type) with a Japanese-looking driver. The car makes a siren sound when pushed.
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of glow in the dark at December 25, 2024 04:16 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:16 PM (omVj0)
They've retconned it using the "alternate time line" method, so future Trek efforts won't need to take it into consideration.
At all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (W5ArC)
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Wasn't ST
(interesting abbreviation, BTW) already playing fast and loose with the Star Trek timeline? Makes sense that it wouldn't fit into the "official" canon.
Sadly, the Star Wars sequels are still considered "canon" I think.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 04:17 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Never stopped me!
Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at December 25, 2024 04:18 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 04:18 PM (ctJ5/)
Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 25, 2024 04:18 PM (1FWWQ)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 04:14 PM (Q8Bj
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A properly tuned nose can be an amazing instrument in cooking, helping you time things perfectly just by the aroma.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (LkLld)
James Lovell radioed back to mission control: "Please be informed there is a Santa Claus," as they began their way home. …
A Christmas I will never forget.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 04:05 PM (w/3ky)
When I was a kid, the big thing was the Big Bang toy military howitzer that used carbide for the ... BANG. I was the victim of a Big Bang prank. Nearly lost an eye, but didn't because my Guardian Angel was on duty and on alert.
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024
***
You weren't alone, and you aren't even to this day. TV Guide did a piece on Illya and McCallum, quoting some fan as saying he was "the greatest thing since peanut butter and jelly."
Since I was on the other side of the fence, I wanted to *be* Napoleon Solo. Two years later when Stefanie Powers played April Dancer, the Girl From U.N.C.L.E., I wanted a girlfriend like her. (The show was awful, and I realized it even at the time. But she was great.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:20 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 25, 2024 04:20 PM (URPU1)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (LkLld)
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Except "Why is the rum always gone?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (6K6Eu)
Posted by: The Cramps at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (G5+As)
Apple tart and son and I will have Kaluha and crème.Then I think we'll watch a version of Dylan Thomas' "A child's Christmas in Wales" from the BBC.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 04:22 PM (qd34F)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (LkLld)
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Except "Why is the rum always gone?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (6K6Eu)
Or, who the hell didn't replace the empty toilet paper roll? Just to spitball here.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:23 PM (muwun)
When I was a kid, the big thing was the Big Bang toy military howitzer that used carbide for the ... BANG. I was the victim of a Big Bang prank. Nearly lost an eye, but didn't because my Guardian Angel was on duty and on alert.
Posted by: mrp
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See 80
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:23 PM (XeU6L)
The film is on Putlocker -- someone here put me on to it -- and I can mirror it on my TV. But the closed captions are very tiny when cast onto the big screen. We'll see how it goes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (omVj0)
https://x.com/i/status/1738912435749134538
Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (setIA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:20 PM (omVj0)
She was no Honey West.
The character who caused never-before-experienced stirrings in my nine year-old loinal region.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (muwun)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 04:23 PM (XeU6L)
I deed. I deed. "Look down the barrel and see what's stopping the .. [bang]."
One of the many close calls in life.
Posted by: mrp at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (rj6Yv)
DS9 had some very good episodes. There's a father - son episode that was amazing.
And it was nice to see the Federation at war.
I actually liked Voyager too. 'Year of Hell' and the finale were great.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:27 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at December 25, 2024 04:27 PM (G5+As)
t.ly/-eYCL
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Those were so much until one 4th of July we figured we could wrap the "safe and sane" Whistling Pete fireworks in duct tape which produced a highly entertaining version of dynamite.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 04:28 PM (Q8Bj8)
No, I didn't get enough bacon.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:29 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 04:19 PM (LkLld)
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Except "Why is the rum always gone?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (6K6Eu)
Or, who the hell didn't replace the empty toilet paper roll? Just to spitball here.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:23 PM (muwun)
Rum might explain why no one replaced it, though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:29 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024
*
She was no Honey West.
The character who caused never-before-experienced stirrings in my nine year-old loinal region.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024
***
True. Anne Francis as Honey built the blueprint for TV female action stars. Girl From ignored that blueprint, unfortunately, or it would have been a better show. I got to see some of the Honey West episodes on Decades a few years ago, and they were fast-moving (it was a half-hour show) and entertaining.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:29 PM (omVj0)
Bad Blog for Bad People.
Posted by: The Cramps at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (G5+As)
________
*grinds out cigarette on carpet*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 04:29 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Bad Blog for Bad People.
Posted by: The Cramps at December 25, 2024 04:21 PM (G5+As)
Are you claiming this is the Mos Eisley Spaceport of the Internet?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 04:30 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 04:32 PM (omVj0)
-Ronald Reagan
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 04:32 PM (wDJaI)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 04:32 PM (UKUm3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 04:33 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 04:34 PM (Dm8we)
She was no Honey West.
The character who caused never-before-experienced stirrings in my nine year-old loinal region.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 04:26 PM (muwun)
Penny from 'Lost in Space.' First actress crush.
Lydia Cornell from 'Too Close for Comfort.' Whoa.
Mary-Ann
Dyna-Girl from "Elektra Woman and Dyna-Girl."
And 'Wonder Woman" had a hot younger cousin.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:36 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 04:37 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 05:00 PM (MQJVv)
Forgotten Toys Open Thread
Some toy commercials, and a couple of videos looking at older toys.
One of the toylines shown is the "Ding-a-Lings," a line of robot toys. Terrible name, cool toys. They've got a big giant robot that's piloted by a smaller robot that goes inside his head. The smaller robot is "Brain." And obviously, you have your Star Wars, Steve Austin, Evil Kneval, etc. Also "Action Man," which was (I think) the UK's version of GI Joe. Not sure if they were sold in the US.And if you're just a little younger than Almost 29: Here are lost toys from the 80s and 90s.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 02:03 PM (muwun)
Posted by: Czech Chick at December 25, 2024 02:04 PM (fpVC1)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 02:05 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
You got the whole bottle ???
Luxury!!!
Posted by: The Yorkshire Chillren on Christmas with their Shampoo bottle caps. . . at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: BATFE at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:08 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 02:03 PM (muwun)
Empty? I got a full one, but not full of shampoo.
Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2024 02:09 PM (i0F8b)
when i was about 5 or so, i was in a couple of tv commercials. one was for potato bug, kind of a mr. potato head but with bug parts. the other was 'copter kite, a kite that had a rotor spun by the wind instead of a big flat sheet that caught the wind.
i can only presume that my involvement in the commercials doomed the toys.
oh, yeah. my earnings? mom used it to buy shoes for all us kids. i was disappointed.
Posted by: anachronda at December 25, 2024 02:09 PM (IKg+A)
IIRC, it was to be prefaced with "cute".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (a3Q+t)
Was anyone else into Micronauts? I had a crapload of those, and read all the comic books, and was really disappointed that the last Ant Man movie didn't feature them in the quantum world.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (wdBxn)
We'll see how it goes.
Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (GxmKP)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (2vTK0)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:12 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:12 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at December 25, 2024 02:13 PM (IQhz0)
I used to hang a pair of pantyhose over the mantle every Christmas, but Farrah Fawcett was never in them on Christmas morning.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 02:16 PM (a3Q+t)
My parents basically canceled Christmas that year
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at December 25, 2024 02:16 PM (HYKHz)
Posted by: Bulg
* search *
The wikipedia link was first, the Amazon link was second.
So, still around, but barely. Any merchandise that doesn't deserve SEO is just about dead.
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 02:16 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:08 PM (LkLld)
Child please …
Posted by: zombie Chuck Berry at December 25, 2024 02:17 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 02:17 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (v6JzV)
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Very popular with the current White House denizens. Hunter does great lines.
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of FJB at December 25, 2024 02:17 PM (i0xsb)
Also miss the creepy crawler make your own candy critters that turned out to cause cancer.
Posted by: Sharps45 at December 25, 2024 02:18 PM (STWC5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 02:19 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:20 PM (2vTK0)
Posted by: Sean Diddy Combs at December 25, 2024 02:21 PM (paSBy)
I had no idea ( and just learned this) that Chuck Berry had a father who was a deacon in the Baptist Church or that he only was married once for about 40 or more years. He was a great musician, but I rdon't think that Beethoven would really "roll over" 😉As musicians they'd probably have a lot of talk about as long ad they could get over the language barrier.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:23 PM (LCCzK)
That was the must-have toy that year.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 02:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (mokJ5)
My grandad used to tell us that if we weren't good, we would get a bundle of twigs from Santa. I was a teenager before I heard it was a lump of coal. One year for a joke Mom and Dad left each of us a bundle of twigs under the tree. We stared at them in confusion and then started swatting Dad with them. Easy to do since he was on the floor, laughing. They did bring out the real presents, eventually.
I remember getting a LiteBrite and an Easy Bake Oven also.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (4XwPj)
Erector Sets. Gilbert Chemistry Sets.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (Dm8we)
I'm still convinced most parents could give their kids huge boxes, some art supplies and the kids will keep busy with that for weeks.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 02:26 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 25, 2024 02:27 PM (izAv/)
IIRC, it was to be prefaced with "cute".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (a3Q+t)
You're thinking about my ding-a-ling on Christmas day? That's both flattering and creepy at the same time.
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 02:27 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Cousin Eddie at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (2vTK0)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (v6JzV)
Chuck was complicated like all of us. But a brilliant entertainer.
Broken toy as it were.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:29 PM (LkLld)
Shitter's full?
Posted by: Cousin Eddie at December 25, 2024 02:28 PM (mH6SG)
Family Truckster blew up?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 02:29 PM (VNX3d)
As a bachelor on my own for the first time in Cambridge, MA - 1974-5, my typical evening meal was something that would heat up in a tiny toaster-oven while I watched Ch 56 - Star Trek or a Bruins game. This would be around 6 PM. In that hour I would eat a large Cadbury Milk Chocolate and drink a large glass of milk. Thus dessert first.
That Cadbury was imported from Ireland.
Early in 1975 the taste changed and I noticed it was now made in NJ. I don't remember who made it there but they screwed up the formula. I scoured the shops in Cambridge and Boston, with my future Mrs helping but eventually I ate all the imported stuff. It was never the same again except for the South African one which remained true.
I notice that Cadbury is now owned by 'others'. If accountants then I see why the loss of royal charter.
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of sweet tooth at December 25, 2024 02:29 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:29 PM (MQJVv)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (yHP5w)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 02:25 PM (dxSpM)
Yep. And Lionel Trains, every one of which still are part of my basement layout. Oldest one is from 1949, my third Christmas. Thanks Santa...er...mom and dad.
Posted by: the margins - now with a permanent smile at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (iODuv)
Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (v6JzV)
Those were the days.
Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (Fg0Nr)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 25, 2024 02:31 PM (iODuv)
can we bring back Jarts?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (E7mWg)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)
We leave for London tomorrow. We took the dogs to be boarded. Except the fucking place overbooked and there was no place for our dogs. Ultimately we got it settled…went to another place and got a chunk of money refunded…but it killed a bunch of time we didn’t have.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (mokJ5)
Posted by: Accomack at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (aHqhe)
We spent the rest of the day playing in the box.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (4XwPj)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 02:33 PM (hoCmQ)
https://tinyurl.com/36xn8mnr
Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 25, 2024 02:33 PM (1VvJB)
Not that I recall except catching fireflies. I used to enjoy that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:33 PM (MQJVv)
Posted by: Bulg
Fist bump. Making the spiders and centipedes with the fishing lure plastic.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (E7mWg)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at December 25, 2024 02:10 PM (wdBxn)
I had the Micronauts. One of my favorites along with gijoe. The minotaur dude with magnets shot real projectiles that could hurt. I'm sure millions of eyes were put out so they were banned. Lots of shooty things.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)
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Hiya JT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (RIvkX)
Thank you, Ben Had.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 02:34 PM (7r9lR)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:35 PM (2vTK0)
Christmas music was the (mentioned on the ONT) Firestone Christmas LP's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:35 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 02:35 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981
Sorry. You should have gotten every dime refunded and then some. Overbooking isn't your problem.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:36 PM (E7mWg)
You voted for me for POTUS, now you can vote for me to be your Governor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cackle..... Cackle......... Cackle......
Posted by: Kamal Harris at December 25, 2024 02:36 PM (l8kJx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:33 PM (MQJVv)
Wiffle ball bat and August evenings.
Until that sucker glowed...
Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 02:36 PM (Fg0Nr)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2024 02:36 PM (Y6IkP)
I bought my young god-daughter a talking Barney doll one Christmas. It wasn't long before someone would activate him and she would just say "Shit up Barney!"
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 02:37 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Ben Had
Yay! And Merry Christmas to you, Ben Had.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:37 PM (E7mWg)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:37 PM (XTmTf)
Luxury. We got a book of matches.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism
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Pfft. A small chunk of flint, and a rusty pocketknife.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:38 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:38 PM (E7mWg)
Luxury. We got a book of matches.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:35 PM (2vTK0)
You got the whole book?
Luxury...
Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 02:39 PM (Fg0Nr)
Luxury. We got a book of matches.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism
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Pfft. A small chunk of flint, and a rusty pocketknife.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:38 PM (XeU6L)
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Flame decals.
Posted by: gp Voted His Way Into This at December 25, 2024 02:39 PM (1VvJB)
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at December 25, 2024 02:39 PM (L1omb)
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 02:40 PM (0rdRL)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 02:41 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 02:41 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 02:42 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:42 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 25, 2024 02:42 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 02:43 PM (dg+HA)
Then there's the customers with their emotional support yappy tiny dogs.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 02:44 PM (4pGuH)
Pappymayhem didn't play.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:45 PM (4XwPj)
Times were more rational back them and we did not have all these medications for every problem you had as a child. Got beat up by the bully, you lived with it and the neighbor's parents were not sued for a million dollars and the government did not to show up to throw the neighbors in jail for some social justice BS Crime.
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 02:45 PM (0rdRL)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 02:45 PM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (2vTK0)
One exception.
Posted by: Kamala! at December 25, 2024 02:47 PM (smiC4)
Posted by: Eromero
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Remington Model 511, Christmas when I was 10 yrs. old.
My dad retained possession of the bolt for 2 years, until he was convinced by weekend shooting that my demonstrated handling and judgement were responsible.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:47 PM (XeU6L)
Those damned things hurt when Mom was pissed and grabbed the closest thing at hand to whack your butt or legs!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:48 PM (4XwPj)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 02:43 PM (dg+HA)
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LOL
I wrote a simulation in MC6809 Assembler for a green CT-64 SWTc 9" terminal using block graphics. It was cool to watch.
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of nerds at December 25, 2024 02:49 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 02:50 PM (LkLld)
Today I would be sent to anger management and be put on Ritalin
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 02:50 PM (0rdRL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:50 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Irwin Mainway, Pres. Of Mainway Toys at December 25, 2024 02:50 PM (R/m4+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1_6D9QS9Y
Posted by: I Stand with No One at December 25, 2024 02:51 PM (1tjz1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 02:53 PM (HsOwE)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:53 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:42
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PSA. Do not hide caps from your brother in the floor lamp. Got my hide tanned over that one.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 02:54 PM (hoCmQ)
27 There are no good toys in PMIA prison, but you do get PMIA, so there's that.
Posted by: Sean Diddy Combs at December 25, 2024 02:21 PM (paSBy)
Well, YOU are toy in Soviet Russia.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 02:54 PM (HsOwE)
I wrote a simulation in MC6809 Assembler for a green CT-64 SWTc 9" terminal using block graphics. It was cool to watch.
Posted by: Ciampino
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Was that using one of the Southwest Tech computers?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:54 PM (XeU6L)
Rein was under the tree. Shetland in the walkout basement.
Meanest little shit that ever was. I'm sure Pop got him at a good discount.
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 02:56 PM (yHP5w)
That girl is a helluva good artist.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (4XwPj)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (LHPAg)
Honestly, the biggest downside to ham as a holiday meal. If you cannot stuff it with oyster-sausage cornbread dressing, what is the point?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (HsOwE)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Also, I didn't have to walk to school anymore.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (fwDg9)
We had two younger sisters that got a pair one Christmas, and we older boys wore them out.
Posted by: MkY at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (cPGH3)
I wrote a simulation in MC6809 Assembler for a green CT-64 SWTc 9" terminal using block graphics. It was cool to watch.
Posted by: Ciampino
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Was that using one of the Southwest Tech computers?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:54 PM (XeU6L)
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We had one of those. I did better when I changed jobs and had them get me a Gimix 6809. The SWTc terminal came with it.
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of nerds at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: The man from Athens at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (3YGdZ)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (4XwPj)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (LHPAg)
Wanna bet? Woooowooo!!
Posted by: P. Pig at December 25, 2024 02:58 PM (iODuv)
Posted by: Ben Had
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I still have mine.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:55 PM (XeU6L)
*******
I found mine, I don’t know how, but it’s now displayed my bookshelf.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 02:59 PM (XsuFr)
Posted by: Ciampino
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I recall that SWT had a couple of 6809 based...was there a 'Tiger'?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:59 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: eleven at December 25, 2024 03:00 PM (iziT8)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:01 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: PabloD
Stompers!
I had some of those. Not anymore. Still have my Rubik's Cube, though.
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 03:01 PM (DgGvY)
First I find a carburetor, then the phone book and then the oil filter.
At the bottom was a boatload of caps. Rolled caps.
Mom had bought me a cap rifle. It was great.
The poor crap metal on the rifle failed before Christmas day was over.
But it was fun while it lasted.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 03:02 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: The man from Athens at December 25, 2024 03:03 PM (jxVvT)
Ho Lee Fuk, I can't believe you remembered the name - but I googled it and, yep, those are the ones we had.
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (yHP5w)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 02:57 PM (HsOwE)
We're making oyster dressing and regular cornbread dressing. Mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, and cranberry sauce. And pecan pie. And perhaps whiskey.
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: The man from Athens at December 25, 2024 03:03 PM (jxVvT)
******
Silly rabbit, of course it is. Pay attention.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 03:05 PM (XsuFr)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:08 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: The man from Athens
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Yes. You should've gotten her those new Apple ear buds featured in that nice tear-jerking commercial of theirs.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:08 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:04 PM (aXxgO)
Didn't get many toys as a kid but I do remember the Tonka truck. Used it to haul the cat lumps out of the sand box.
Seriously. I was a little kid. What did I know?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 03:08 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:09 PM (XTmTf)
We started with their 6800 SS-50 board. After about 6 months they came out with a 6809 SS-50 board so we swapped that in. I got offered a job at another campus and that's where I got myself a Gimix 6809, also SS-50. Gimix changed name to GMX later.
Ran FLEX OS as single-user or UNIFLEX for multi-user. Later Microware Corp. came out with OS/9 which was a very nice OS. This would also run on the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo).
Still around in embedded systems as it was ported to other processors.
What's your familiarity with SWTc?
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of nerds at December 25, 2024 03:09 PM (i0xsb)
Hippity Hop.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 03:09 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:10 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 03:10 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:10 PM (hoCmQ)
https://youtu.be/EvnJhwIwqds?si=0T4bDq5kcWv-ihSt
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:10 PM (hoCmQ)
That is a great commercial..
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:11 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:11 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:12 PM (XTmTf)
Thank goodness you didn't get Litter Critters.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 03:01 PM (DgGvY)
They have 4 x 4 and 5 x 5 Rubik's cubes. Cool.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (jvJvP)
Got a $125 Amazon gift card from the search firm I do work for. Spent, at her request, $85 on a 25-foot heated RV water hose for Her Majesty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)
Thank you for that good news, Ben Had.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)
Thank you for that good news, Ben Had.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 03:13 PM (8zz6B)
Have no idea what is wrong with but hope he recovers.
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:15 PM (PCK5/)
Sorry. It did make me laugh though and I can relate
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:15 PM (JvXtq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:15 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (PCK5/)
I still cherish the Christmas I got, not one but TWO bricks.
Man those bricks went with me everywhere.
Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Ben Had
That is great. I have known a few ex-farmer's kids who concluded, after getting run over by pigs, kicked by a cow, and mucking out barns, that anything had to be better. Life's twists and turns and how they play out are special mysteries.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (Q8Bj8)
I still cherish the Christmas I got, not one but TWO bricks.
Man those bricks went with me everywhere.
Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (xcIvR)
I got a rock. -- Charlie Brown
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (VNX3d)
My dad used to love pranking me on Christmas by hiding the best gift. After the socks and underwear and other assorted whatever presents he would wait until I was thankful but clearly disappointed and then spring the real present on me. He'd ask me to go to the garage of the basement to get him something that he lost and there is was.
My dad was the best. I'd give back all presents to have him around for another day.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (JvXtq)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (XTmTf)
Oh absolutely BH… just miss his birdbath status reports….
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
For a serf, you have a pretty good life.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:19 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: JackStraw
You and me both.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 03:19 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:17 PM (XTmTf)
Oh absolutely BH… just miss his birdbath status reports….
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (PCK5/)
Here's hoping he has a birdbath - or at least a bird feeder - where he can see it where he is.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:20 PM (VNX3d)
It was great Toy....
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:20 PM (FDlb9)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:21 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 03:21 PM (einT5)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 25, 2024 03:22 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: JackStraw
You and me both.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 25, 2024 03:19 PM (u82oZ)
I'd be happy just to have another conversation or two with mine. Or even just his advice on occasion.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:22 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 03:21 PM (einT5)
Yeeeeessssss…. playing catch on either side of the house… good times good times..
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:22 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:12 PM (XTmTf)
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It could have put a glow in your cheeks ..... just saying.
Say did you know that Rudolph got his glowing nose from working in the Glow-in-the-Dark/Radium section of Santa's Workshop?
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of nerds at December 25, 2024 03:23 PM (i0xsb)
You could also have the QB throw a pass with the small football.
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:23 PM (FDlb9)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:24 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 03:24 PM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 03:25 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:25 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel
Heh, I still have the scar from where they cut my thumb open to stop the blood poisoning, after excavating a particularly poor location with my Tonkas.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 03:25 PM (einT5)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (BSDFI)
If I gotten a pony I might have become a nuclear physicist instead of a horse trainer.
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Saw a funny cartoon. In the first frame, a little girl in a riding outfit sitting on a huge draft horse who's standing sedately. In the second frame, the same little girl is getting bucked off a pony.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (dxSpM)
I can recall what I received for Christmas every year from the time I was seven until I was thirteen. After that, the specifics are all gone. I mean, I know Mom gave me a labelmaker one year when I was in college (when I would rather have had a fifth of Jim Beam), but I don't recall the exact year. One of my wives, prob. No. 2, gave me a blue-green(ish) Harris Tweed jacket that I no longer have, but I don't recall what year. Et cetera.
When I was twelve, there was the AMT 1/12 scale 1937 Cord roadster model kit; and the next year, the 1/8 scale Monogram Jaguar XKE 2 + 2 model. Which I built using Revell cement. The stuff held up; Mom still had the finished model in a closet twenty years later when she passed away, and only the little chromed door handles had fallen off.
At thirteen, too, I got my first real watch, a Timex electric dress watch. $40 back then was some coin. It was the first watch I'd ever seen with the jerking motion of the second hand. Quartzes do it now, but this was an electric with an easily replaceable battery. Wore it for years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (omVj0)
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 03:27 PM (QSrLX)
That is how I learned about radiation. USA!
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Also remember the Electric Football game where the Metal Field would vibrate, and the players would move as a result. You could also have the QB throw a pass with the small football. Posted by: Ferd Berfall
We had one of those. My experience with it formed my thinking about how cats behave.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:27 PM (Q8Bj8)
At thirteen, too, I got my first real watch, a Timex electric dress watch. $40 back then was some coin. It was the first watch I'd ever seen with the jerking motion of the second hand. Quartzes do it now, but this was an electric with an easily replaceable battery. Wore it for years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (omVj0)
Timex FTW… love my Timex Expedition.
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:28 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:28 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 03:28 PM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Archer at December 25, 2024 03:28 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM (XTmTf)
Thanks, Ben Had. Is he still in the facility, or has he been able to go home?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:29 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: tubal at December 25, 2024 03:29 PM (PCK5/)
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I have a very nice OS/9 coffee cup.
My association with Soutwest Tech was vicarious. Hanging out with Purdue students who were interested in everything.
My first PC was one of these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exidy_Sorcerer
Had very nice graphic ability.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 03:29 PM (XeU6L)
can we bring back Jarts?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 02:32 PM
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Well said.
Merry Christmas Morons!
Posted by: TRex at December 25, 2024 03:29 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:30 PM (FDlb9)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 25, 2024 03:30 PM (XTmTf)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:30 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 03:30 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: tubal
If it glows after it's been in your nightstand drawer for a week, it's still radium or tritium or some other radioisotope dumping energy into a phosphorescent chemical.
If it's only good for minutes or maybe a couple hours after the lights go out, it's just the phosphorescent stuff, which soaks up light energy and releases it again slowly.
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 03:31 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 25, 2024 03:32 PM (e00aV)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:33 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 03:26 PM (dxSpM)
We had a couple of little Shetland ponies for a while. My cousin Becky, a city girl, loved visiting us and was always up for an adventure. She'd get on one of those and it would throw her just as fast. She'd get right back on. We had so much fun.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 03:33 PM (OX9vb)
And I did not make any bombs and anything dangerous other than to myself trough the old fashion learning process. Imagine that???
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 03:34 PM (FDlb9)
It's not like we weren't warned.
https://youtu.be/W6ZlwezKaqg
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 03:35 PM (Q8Bj8)
Man from UNCLE guns.
I had a one track wish list.
Posted by: Archer at December 25, 2024
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I had one of the former (looked like a Colt 1911, right?) and two different sets of the latter. Ideal issued a simple "Napoleon Solo Gun," the cap pistol itself, with U.N.C.L.E. ID card and pics of Robert Vaughn in character ont he box.
Also the complete Special, with a scope, shoulder stock, and barrel extension. No magazine extension, but then the gun itself, disappointingly, did not look like a Walther P-38 anyway.
Earlier, during my Westerns phase, I'd had several Mattel versions of the Colt Single Action Army w/ plastic grips painted like carved bone and with the two part bullets that worked just like the real thing. A cap on the flat base banged as the hammer came down, and the plastic "bullet" left the brass cartridge and flew out the barrel. Of course we lost the plastic bullets early, but the guns still loaded and fired.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 03:36 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 03:36 PM (fwDg9)
forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at December 25, 2024 03:40 PM (IKg+A)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 03:18 PM (LkLld)
This will be our fifth year without him. It's just not the same.
He was the kind of guy who, like when one of the Nephews or someone was bringing a friend would send me out to get them presents. Nobody ever showed up and walked out empty handed.
Or hungry. He and I were the behind the curtain guys who made it work. Now it's just me and I'm a failure as the patriarch.
Now I'm tearing up. I should be better but I'm not.
Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of glow at December 25, 2024 03:44 PM (i0xsb)
Your dad sounds like mine. And I doubt you're a failure.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 03:47 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 03:56 PM (XeU6L)
Dog Christmas Open Thread
Merry Christmas to all! And to all, a good boy!
🎄🐾 It’s #SantaPawsDay! 🐾🎁
— Dogs Trust Ireland (@DogsTrust_IE) December 12, 2024
Magic fills the air as every dog gets to pick their very own #Christmas present! ✨
Thanks to our generous supporters, the dogs in our care are surrounded by a mountain of donated toys 🎉 You've made Christmas very special for these precious pups🐾💛 pic.twitter.com/XCV4p2SxJZ
#SantaPawsDay is here! The day all the dogs get to choose their very own toy for Christmas! 🎅🐾
— Dogs Trust Ireland (@DogsTrust_IE) December 21, 2022
Thank you so much to everyone who helped Santa Paws out by sending in a toy 💛 A very Merry Christmas to everyone watching, from all of the humans and dogs of Dogs Trust Ireland 🎄🎅 pic.twitter.com/plN65i1SRh
✨Santa Paws arrived & he’s delivered pure joy to the dogs in our care✨The best day of the year is here - #SantaPawsDay!🎅🐾
— Dogs Trust Ireland (@DogsTrust_IE) December 14, 2023
Thank you to our wonderful supporters, @PetstopIreland & members of staff who make it possible. You've made some rescue dogs very happy this #Christmas 💛 pic.twitter.com/Ai3nmBi1sI
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (+HzbQ)
The dog Ralphy just had sardines put into his food.
The cats Snowflake and Trumpy have their tuna fish.
They're all happy.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 12:47 PM (63Dwl)
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Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:49 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:49 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 12:51 PM (JmdRC)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 25, 2024 12:51 PM (wDJaI)
India: More than 4,800 people arrested for child marriages
https://t.co/N1LHvo9E5t
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente carne di vacca at December 25, 2024 12:52 PM (i0xsb)
After every win, Her Majesty would take Lacey by the vendors stands so she could pick out a treat for herself. She would carry it back to the setup shining with happiness and pride.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:52 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: The Cats at December 25, 2024 12:53 PM (sMwSS)
We object to the white dogcemacy being on display here
Posted by: The Cats at December 25, 2024 12:53 PM (sMwSS)
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That's what you get for not sucking up to us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:55 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:56 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 25, 2024 12:56 PM (iODuv)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 25, 2024 12:57 PM (3Ope8)
https://tinyurl.com/kzesy6vh
Do I need to say it's not safe for work? You shouldn't be working today anyway.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:01 PM (0Wq3v)
https://tinyurl.com/46y552yk
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2024 01:01 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: The Cats at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fly gal at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (6CtMt)
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (KRtlO)
Who has the cats "singing" Christmas carols links?
Who has the dogs "singing" Christmas carols links?
C'mon -- out with them!
My sister may have forgiven me for sending her a CD of cats "singing" Christmas carols about a dozen years ago.
It was HER negligence that let her nieces get hold of it and then play it ceaselessly at the family gathering to which she and my BiL went.
I LOLed.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 01:03 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: ace
Merry Christmas, ace!
Cats prefer the box and the ribbon.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 01:04 PM (7U1Wr)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 01:04 PM (cY18j)
I don't have any doggos to offer, but here is a lovely Christmas album from 1962 (Philadelphia Orchestra). This is the Christmas soundtrack of my childhood.
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Snobs sneer at Ormandy for making albums like that, but it made an incredible amount of money for Columbia and the Philadelphia Orchestra. I don't think it's ever been out of print.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 01:05 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: RebeccaH at December 25, 2024 01:07 PM (Nvors)
Who has the dogs "singing" Christmas carols links?
Haitians?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 01:07 PM (vZbEn)
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 25, 2024 01:08 PM (yifnd)
https://tinyurl.com/46y552yk
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2024 01:01 PM (w6EFb)
Some here were saying that all our Christmas songs were from the 30’s and 40’s - no. Look at the playlist on that album , THOSE are the truly classic Christmas songs!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (vZbEn)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (Zso0h)
Our gifts' exchanges with immediate family have been postponed for about a week. Son came down with the coof, so no visiting.
Instead I renewed gKids and my registrations with the scouts and also renewed the registration for our boat trailer. All on-line, of course.
We are headed to the dinner gathering at the missus' brother's domicile in about one hour.
Merry Christmas to all us garbage-y moron mutts!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 01:11 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 01:12 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 01:13 PM (63Dwl)
https://tinyurl.com/4yrjk4w4
Posted by: Ciampino - regressive journalism at December 25, 2024 01:14 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: ace
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Cat is going to town on her new toy mouse. And the catnip hasn't been added yet.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 01:14 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 25, 2024 01:15 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: The Cats at December 25, 2024 12:53 PM
Be patient. We're coming for you, as well.
Posted by: Big Penguin at December 25, 2024 01:16 PM (a3Q+t)
I shall forego wearing my "This Year Instead Of Gifts, I'm Giving Everyone My Opinion" shirt to the familial gathering.
The anti-PDJT faction of the relatives here -- and that is just about everyone except for the missus and me -- have been extremely quiet about anything political ever since Election Day.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 01:17 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:56 PM (WXNFJ)
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*Looks at Tonypete*
*Looks at USB port*
*Looks at Tonypete*
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 01:17 PM (u73oe)
Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians did an album "The Story of Christmas". It's partly narrated along with carols telling the story.
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 25, 2024 01:17 PM (izAv/)
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 01:18 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 01:18 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 01:18 PM (fwDg9)
King Charles does not renew Cadbury's Royal Charter
Man, oh man, what a huge step down in character and quality King Tampon the Saturated has been in comparison with his mother.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (xG4kz)
https://is.gd/3fIg6A
And if you like Sarah Hoyt, please give to her winter fundraising (no connection, I just like her writing - see above - and her blog).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (UXLc2)
https://youtu.be/glGnmgnYAho
https://youtu.be/BEfT2CVnI7U
Apologies to the felines. Apparently you are so difficult to work with that you never got your own TV series. You still have time fix this a New Year's resolution. Just saying.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 01:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 01:20 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Ciampino - regression, see regression at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM (i0xsb)
Sipping some Makers Mark Private Selection now. My boys are with me today. Playing Mario Kart and watching football. Not a bad way to spend Christmas!
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 25, 2024 01:24 PM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Bach in Black at December 25, 2024 01:25 PM (+oqUV)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM
What are we, chopped liver?
Posted by: Shredded Carrots at December 25, 2024 01:25 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 01:26 PM (1m82a)
Ace, a special salute to you for making this possible.
Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Redundancy Department at December 25, 2024 01:28 PM (i0xsb)
https://t.ly/ZOOoU
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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I have one or two of the LP's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 01:28 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 01:29 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 25, 2024 01:29 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 01:34 PM (dxSpM)
Apologies to the felines. Apparently you are so difficult to work with that you never got your own TV series. You still have time fix this a New Year's resolution. Just saying.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (Q8Bj
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No series but movies - "The Cat From Outer Space" is a perennial favorite here. Hmm, haven't seen it on TV for a long time.
Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Redundancy Department at December 25, 2024 01:34 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Piper at December 25, 2024 01:22 PM (pZEOD)
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Ok, but no marshmallows!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 01:34 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Redundancy Department at December 25, 2024 01:34 PM (i0xsb)
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What about "A Talking Cat?" narrated by a clearly intoxicated Eric Roberts. In the pantheon of bad Rifftrax movies, this one is among the worst.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 25, 2024 01:37 PM (Ad8y9)
Plus: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, and Milo & Otis.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:38 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: ace at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (KRtlO)
Sounds like you got them the wrong toys.
Or had the wrong cats.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:42 PM (0Wq3v)
I prefer the cats.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:42 PM (0Wq3v)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (HsOwE)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 01:18 PM (fwDg9)
My current crop only find it mildly interesting.
Best Cat Ever loved it though, he'd go a little nuts, but mostly just got very active and frisky. But sometimes he didn't need catnip. He was his own crack.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (0Wq3v)
Richard Perry dead at 82: Jane Fonda's record producer ex dies
https://mol.im/a/14225429
Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Disgust at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (i0xsb)
When I say merry Christmas I am freely extending my desire for your happiness regardless of your beliefs.
Why would that be offensive?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (kTd/k)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (cY18j)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 25, 2024 01:46 PM (kTd/k)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (7MHHr)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:19 PM (Q8Bj
I don't recall any tv series where the family had a pet cat either.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (7MHHr)
https://mol.im/a/14225429
Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Disgust at December 25, 2024 01:44 PM (i0xsb)
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the guy was a sexual predator, who raped women, men, and children.
That's what record producers do... right?
Isn't that how this works?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM (0Wq3v)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM (muwun)
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (jvJvP)
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ALF
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM (u73oe)
Isn't that how this works?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM (0Wq3v)
First rule of the music industry is 'Don't trust anyone in the music industry."
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:49 PM (jvJvP)
I prefer the cats.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:42 PM (0Wq3v)
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#MeToo
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 01:49 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:50 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:47 PM (jvJvP)
On the other hand, the internet is basically pron or cat videos.
And cat videos tend to be more poopular than pron, because the cats aren't faking it.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:51 PM (0Wq3v)
my lack of respect for the pack of wastrels just grew both deeper and wider.
*spit*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 25, 2024 01:52 PM (cY18j)
Isn't that how this works?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:48 PM
THE best record producers don't.
Or at least I didn't. I just produced gold records.
Posted by: THE Bruce Dickinson at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (a3Q+t)
https://t.ly/ZOOoU
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Thank you, Good SIr.
Goodyear, 1965 for me …
Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:49 PM (jvJvP)
I don't know. When they say you have to sux record producer cox or you won't make it in the music biz, I think they mean it. You can trust them on that.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (0Wq3v)
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvefz
Orwellian cat experiments - horrible!
Posted by: Ciampino - censor the university for allowing this at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (i0xsb)
I prefer the cats.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:42 PM (0Wq3v)
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#MeToo
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 25, 2024 01:49 PM (BpYfr)
#MeThree
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 25, 2024 01:54 PM (iODuv)
Posted by: lin-duh at December 25, 2024 01:55 PM (UwBs6)
Or at least I didn't. I just produced gold records.
Posted by: THE Bruce Dickinson at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (a3Q+t)
Never heard of the guy, had to look him up...
Was a band member for Iron Maiden. Ok.
I'm sure there was no hanky panky in the metal part of the music industrial complex.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:55 PM (0Wq3v)
The Dániel Balázs Trio - Boogie Woogie Christmas (Live)
https://youtu.be/DRIRWjoHcp4
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Live)
I was able to catch the bands Christmas tour more than a few times.
https://youtu.be/QXH7SSZFdH4
Joe Bonamassa - Christmas Boogie
With his great early 2010's band.
https://youtu.be/SWpImlU7s74
Boogie Woogie Christmas Time
The Harmony Sisters
https://youtu.be/_A6m9GY_CO4
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 01:56 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: The Gay Yuletiders . . . at December 25, 2024 01:56 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: Ciampino - regressive journalism at December 25, 2024 01:14 PM
In fairness, reasons "are not customarily supplied".
That said, will any Cadbury consumer present a digestive byproduct about the lack of a Royal Charter?
Present commenter thinketh not.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 25, 2024 01:57 PM (a3Q+t)
Someone mentioned cat videos. Here's 74 seconds or so of 'our' cat Snowflake as snowflakes come down.
She's such a fluffy, beautiful cat.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:57 PM (jvJvP)
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvefz
Orwellian cat experiments - horrible!
Posted by: Ciampino - censor the university for allowing this at December 25, 2024 01:53 PM (i0xsb)
I sometimes wonder what it would take to get me to put a bullet in someone's head, or slice their throats open.
This would just about do it.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:58 PM (0Wq3v)
BEER? AT A GUN RANGE? WITH GUNS? AND BOOLITS? CAN I SPEAK WITH THE MANAGER?
- gun Karen
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 01:58 PM (2vTK0)
To the lurkers, who might be thinking about posting: Please do. We don't bite, just choose a nic (avoiding other posters), and post a greeting. It gets easier to join in.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 01:58 PM (VNX3d)
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Feliz have a cat!
Feliz have a cat!
I wanna wish you a merry breakfast!
I wanna wish you a merry breakfast!
From the bottom of my heart!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 02:00 PM (hovnC)
Was a band member for Iron Maiden. Ok.
I'm sure there was no hanky panky in the metal part of the music industrial complex.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 01:55 PM
Wrong (and less famous, at least around her) Bruce Dickenson:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Cowbell
Posted by: THE Bruce Dickinson at December 25, 2024 02:01 PM (a3Q+t)
Someone mentioned cat videos. Here's 74 seconds or so of 'our' cat Snowflake as snowflakes come down.
She's such a fluffy, beautiful cat.
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 01:57 PM (jvJvP)
Snowflake sure liked catching snowflakes.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 02:01 PM (VNX3d)
When I say merry Christmas I am freely extending my desire for your happiness regardless of your beliefs.
Posted by: Northernlurker
I say Merry Christmas, because I'm Christian.
If someone wishes me a Happy Hanukkah, I take that in the spirit it's given. I don't need to correct them, and Jewish people don't need to censor themselves for me.
Why would that be offensive?
Posted by: Northernlurker
Offense can be given, and offense can be taken.
Those situations are often completely unrelated.
There's nothing you can do about the perennial
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 02:02 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 02:05 PM (muwun)
Because we can't mention Michael Richards (Kramer) who delivers the "festivus" line, see, he dropped a N-bomb during his stand up act so must be destroyed.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 02:06 PM (2vTK0)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (ugvYV)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 01:58 PM (VNX3d)
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Help yourselves to punch and cookies. Avoid the ones JackStraw brought unless you like reggae music, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 25, 2024 02:09 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 02:01 PM (VNX3d)
Her and her brother have been here 3 months. Very sweet cats. Very little damage.
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Stateless at December 25, 2024 02:11 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 02:20 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 25, 2024 02:07 PM (ugvYV)
HEY!! Do you hear us complaining?
Posted by: the margins - now with a permanent smile at December 25, 2024 02:22 PM (iODuv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 25, 2024 01:09 PM (7MHHr)
And beautifully sung by the Temple University concert choir.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 25, 2024 03:07 PM (w6EFb)
You all are the best!🎅🤶🙏💖🥰!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 25, 2024 10:22 PM (L83z3)
Christmas Day Non-Rant
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Silent Night
Mariah Carey - Joy to the World
Christendom College Choir - O Come, All Ye Faithful
BBC's "Carols from King's" - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Comments
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Posted by: Reforger at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:02 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:03 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 25, 2024 11:04 AM (tT6L1)
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (Yj6Os)
Too late for the last thread, but someone was asking about stories about the shepherds.
There's a charming poem - too long to put here - about their dog, left to tend the flock while the shepherds visit the Christ Child. The shepherds return, too dazed with wonder at what they've seen to thank the dog. But the Lord tells him, "Well done, good faithful servant."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (dxSpM)
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (W/lyH)
NEW: US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism
US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (hovnC)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 25, 2024 11:07 AM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Ciampino - Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:07 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (W/lyH)
or as our church would say (according to their projected hymn lyrics) - happy "nowell"
(seriously every appearance of noel was misspelled it was sort of cute actually)
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (Pv3Rg)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:09 AM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 11:10 AM (D6PGr)
he stood up, motioned with his hand, and said,
“Fellow Israelites and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors
and exalted the people during their sojourn in the
land of Egypt.
With uplifted arm he led them out of it.
Then he removed Saul and raised up David as king;
of him he testified,
‘I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;
he will carry out my every wish.’
From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise,
has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.
John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance
to all the people of Israel;
and as John was completing his course, he would say,
‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he.
Behold, one is coming after me;
I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’”
Posted by: Brad at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (oOc/o)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (/5++v)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (9JrK/)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (/5++v)
Who was a professional.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 11:12 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:12 AM (VnUSN)
Nog is pretty darn easy. Fiddly at parts, but easy. Eggs (separated), sugar, milk, cream, and alcohol. See link in nic for ideas, but my favorite is still the Southern Eggnog from The Spice Cookbook (available on the Internet Archive):
For every four servings:
1 egg, separated; 4 tsp sugar; 1/6 cup Bourbon or rye whisky, brandy, or other spirits to taste; 3 tsp rum; 1/3 cup milk; ½ cup heavy cream; nutmeg
Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Gradually beat in sugar. Stir in desired spirits and rum. Cover and chill several hours or overnight. Just before serving, stir in milk, whip the cream and fold in, and beat the egg whites to soft peaks and fold in. Garnish with nutmeg.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:13 AM (EXyHK)
The Shepherds' Farewell, from L'enfance du Christ by Hector Berlioz.
https://youtu.be/TGBTNlbRbeM
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 11:13 AM (dxSpM)
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 11:13 AM (Yj6Os)
/smugly
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 11:14 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:14 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (9JrK/)
That sounds interesting...I don't think I have ever used Parmesan on beef!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (d9fT1)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (oZhjI)
US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (hovnC)
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What's was the name of this agency?
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (i0xsb)
I have seen older versions of that word from Middle English at the time of Chaucer so perhaps they were deliberately trying to be old fashioned.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:16 AM (7s5Sb)
We have settled on lamb shanks, stuffed mushrooms and escalloped potatoes for dinner. Because that's what we got available.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 11:16 AM (dxSpM)
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I thought that for most threads, except maybe the Book Thread rants are required.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:17 AM (991eG)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:17 AM (fwDg9)
ah that would actually make sense! thanks Fen!
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 25, 2024 11:17 AM (Pv3Rg)
This one is sort of bluegrassy
youtu.be/lPHF8MVuz_8
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:17 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (i0xsb)
Liar's club?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:18 AM (8zz6B)
And since you are here, AOP, thanks for the recommendation of the Squirrel Boss bird feeder!
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 25, 2024 11:19 AM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:20 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (/5++v)
How old am I?
Posted by: Leon at December 25, 2024 11:20 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: The Director of Liar's Club at December 25, 2024 11:21 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:21 AM (fwDg9)
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (hovnC)
That's what they want you to think.
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (QfvaV)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 25, 2024 11:11 AM (/5++v)
How old am I?
Posted by: Leon at December 25, 2024 11:20 AM (R/m4+)
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I dunno, but you're getting smaller...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 25, 2024 11:19 AM (3AwA+)
I don't think I recommended it, did I? That's the one where you push a remote button to to shock the squirrel? What happens when you are not on-station to work the remote?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (8zz6B)
The Global Engagement Center. CIA cutout.
And they weren't focused on censoring the rest of the world.
They were focused on censoring us.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Sometimes the simplest things are the best. Do you think one could fit through my USB port?
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (991eG)
Posted by: Indiana Lurker at December 25, 2024 11:23 AM (3ZVqj)
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:22 AM (991eG)
I'd have to hammer it through mine, first, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (8zz6B)
Missus Muldoon has ham, potatoes and green beans going into the crock pot and I am prepping a couple of sourdough loaves for the oven. Just the two of us today.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (991eG)
Sons won't be home until Friday, so we'll be doing the Christmas stuff then. But having the entire week off has been nice. Our plan today is eggs benedict for breakfast, followed by a nice drive in the hills.
Just gotta figure out how to make eggs benedict.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (Ad8y9)
Doug and I appreciate your thoughts, and inclusive consideration of interfaith homes such as ours, and we look forward to your good wishes tomorrow for the beginning of Kwanzaa, which played a big part in my early life, and is an important part of American culture.
Posted by: Kamala Harris at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (ycI94)
https://tinyurl.com/3e6xp33s
Mission & Vision
The Global Engagement Center closed on December 23, 2024.
Mission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States, its allies, and partner nations.
Vision: To be a data-driven body leading U.S. interagency efforts in proactively addressing foreign adversaries’ attempts to undermine U.S. interests using disinformation and propaganda.
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (VnUSN)
That's what I wondered as well. It actually wouldn't work as it would close for a bird as heavy as a crow.
So I was thinking about a pole feeder but we have tons of trees and keeping those squirrels out will probably be impossible.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (Ad8y9)
Just wrap them in Popin' Fresh biscuit dough.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Puddinhead at December 25, 2024 11:27 AM (/UtnQ)
Posted by: Rudolph at December 25, 2024 11:27 AM (8s11j)
Now, damnit, where's the effing nog?
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (dg+HA)
Thanks again, Spaceman Musk.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (oZhjI)
The rib roast is in the oven. Simple. Garlic, salt, pepper, rosemary, butter olive oil.
I'm on pins and needles. That was a singularly expensive piece of meat and I also *really* don't wanna ruin Christmas dinner! The potatoes are already done and it's too early for the vegetables, so nothing to do but chew my knuckles.
Wish me luck!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 25, 2024 11:29 AM (HnUIn)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (oZhjI)
++++
One of life's mysteries. "USB is always the third way 'round you try."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 25, 2024 11:30 AM (HnUIn)
(That stare is actually a mind thing, telekinesis or such, that's why you always give them tidbits).
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, Buon Natale anche agli gatti at December 25, 2024 11:30 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:28 AM (oZhjI)
The EU has mandated USB-C to make sure that you only have to take two stabs at it, and incidentally making it impossible to find a charger that fits your old equipment.
I think they did this in revenge for the foiling of their attempt to legislate the correct curvature for bananas eligible to be sold in the European Union.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM
Neither have I. This is one of Chef John's. Softened butter, lots of pepper, and Parm. Spread. Roast. So far, it smells great. Now I have to make some horseradish sauce and some mignonette for the oysters.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (9JrK/)
They didn't rise nearly as much as usual. They still tasted great though.
Weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (d9fT1)
Mission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state conservative and information efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the Democrat party of the United States , its allies, and partner nations.
FIFT
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Indiana Lurker
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So close!
Narendra Modi @narendramodi 3h
Best wishes to Prime Minister @netanyahu and to all people around the world who are celebrating Hanukkah. May the Zohar of Hanukkah illuminate everyone's lives with hope, peace and strength. Happy Hanukkah!
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Google translate from the Hebrew.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (hovnC)
Try 1: You’re not really sure which way it goes, so you don’t try very hard. It doesn’t go in, so you flip it.
Try 2: No matter how hard you try, it doesn’t go in. It was right the first time.
Try 3: Flip it again, knowing this is the correct way. Confidence makes a difference; this pattern happens in a lot of places where there are two orientations for plugs.
This is why Lightning was popular before USB-C, and why cords are switching to USB-C on both sides of the cable.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
I think they did this in revenge for the foiling of their attempt to legislate the correct curvature for bananas eligible to be sold in the European Union.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (D7oie)
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Pro tip (seriously): pick up some USB type-C "decoy" boards. They have a Power Delivery (PD) circuit controller and a button to set it to any standard USB-C voltage standard (5v, 9v, 12v, 15v, 20v). USB port on one side, screw terminals or solder pads on the other. You can USB-ify almost anything with a barrel plug unless it uses a weird voltage or needs a ton of juice.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (HnUIn)
Weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 11:31 AM (d9fT1)
Old yeast.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (EXyHK)
Curiously enough, concentric connectors that could not be mis-inserted long predate the advent of computers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (jPdyB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)
+++++
:: whistles nonchalantly ::
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 25, 2024 11:36 AM (HnUIn)
Posted by: Puddinhead at December 25, 2024 11:27 AM (/UtnQ)
The guy that created the Lululemon line of whatever named it that because Chinese people can't say it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
(That stare is actually a mind thing, telekinesis or such, that's why you always give them tidbits).
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, Buon Natale anche agli gatti at December 25, 2024 11:30 AM (i0xsb)
Mine sits on the lamp table beside my recliner and taps me on the elbow....tap,tap tap....stare....tap,tap tap
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (Yj6Os)
Is that an appetizer before the roast?
Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas!🎄 and thanks for your intelligent and thoughtful essays during the past year.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (7s5Sb)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 25, 2024 11:36 AM (HnUIn)
Ok, I don't care who you are, that's some funny shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)
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Must be a variation of the 50-50-90 rule.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (991eG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (8zz6B)
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Yup. And non-orientable plugs were a long time coming.
USB-C is the best connector.
USB overall is still a borderline incomprehensible mess, but they finally got the connector seriously right.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (HnUIn)
And probably got their last month checks already.
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (fwDg9)
https://tinyurl.com/3e6xp33s
Mission & Vision
The Global Engagement Center closed on December 23, 2024.
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:26 AM (VnUSN)
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Thank you.
Wow I wonder how many on the staff there came/went from/
to Twitter/FB/FBI/CIA.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 11:37 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)
++++
I need an old yeast and a young yeast ...The power of Christ compels you!
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at December 25, 2024 11:39 AM (jPdyB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (8zz6B)
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Yeah, couldn't be misinserted. Just other nasty surprises.
Posted by: Was this thing center-positive or center-negative? at December 25, 2024 11:39 AM (HnUIn)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Is this about me?
Posted by: Hillary Rodham Clinton at December 25, 2024 11:39 AM (d9fT1)
Posted by: Jingle Balls at December 25, 2024 11:39 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (Ul5sO)
They could be misinserted. The concentric connectors I’m familiar with were for power. They looked like universal connectors, but they weren’t: they had polarity. Which meant that while you could use the adaptor for one device for another device, you had to not just make sure the voltage was correct, but also the polarity.
If there was ever a standard for those connectors, neither I nor the manufacturers whose products I bought were aware of it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Colin at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (wlQdF)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (yA3yr)
Posted by: SteveF at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (iM6iw)
Posted by: Lo-Fat Fred at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (G5+As)
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All of them?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (Q4IgG)
The guy that created the Lululemon line of whatever named it that because Chinese people can't say it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 25, 2024 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
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How about a Chinese with a stutter?
(What's that Aborigine thing you twirl and it makes a racket?)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (i0xsb)
They didn't rise nearly as much as usual. They still tasted great though.
Weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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You should have turned the oven dial all the way up to leaven-ty!
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (991eG)
Aren't you all fancy. Bottom round here cuz that is all that was left at the Sam's Club when I finally got tossed out the bar where I spent Christmas Eve day drinking and started my Christmas Day dinner shopping. And yes, I was in a pissy mood if you really need to know. On the upside I have enough Doritos and tequila to keep a Mexican revolutionary insurgency feed and drunk for a few weeks.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 11:43 AM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 11:43 AM (Ul5sO)
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A dingo??
BBL -- some minor stuff to do.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:44 AM (hovnC)
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (hovnC)
Akshually, we aren’t celebrating until New Year's Eve, when Jr. gets home.
Well, we are celebrating, just putting the grand present opening off.
And by celebrating I mean loafing.
Life is good!
Posted by: RI Red at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (/YN3Y)
Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (G5+As)
If there was ever a standard for those connectors, neither I nor the manufacturers whose products I bought were aware of it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (EXyHK)
I would call that "mis-applied", not mis-inserted. Like using an HP power brick with an IBM laptop.
I was thinking more of quarter-inch phone jacks, and RCA jacks, and their mating plugs. Both about a hundred years old, or more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:45 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:46 AM (hovnC)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (i0xsb)
A bullroarer?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:47 AM (8zz6B)
CBD, I tried that sticky toffee pudding recipe you linked this Sunday. I will find out in a few hours whether my efforts were successful - I hope my discerning Anglophile brother & SIL enjoy it.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, y'all.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (JRHzL)
Posted by: fd at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:50 AM (dMPP1)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 25, 2024 11:50 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Colin at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (wlQdF)
Thanks, Colin!
https://www.youtube.com/@Penguinsix
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:52 AM (VnUSN)
Who do you think was running it?
There's going to be some amazing stuff coming in the next year.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 11:53 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:54 AM (dMPP1)
Posted by: alexthechick at December 25, 2024 11:54 AM (1YfKX)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 25, 2024 11:55 AM (kshHC)
Mission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state conservative and information efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the Democrat party of the United States , its allies, and partner nations.
FIFT
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (fwDg9)
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Great job Skip.
The DOGE Duo need to recommend closure and staff firing of any USG department that has worked only for Democrat Party ends. No questions asked and no answers given - just do it.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensione at December 25, 2024 11:55 AM (i0xsb)
NEW: US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism
US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (hovnC)
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Or not. Posted several days ago:
https://tinyurl.com/3835mzad+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 11:56 AM (BBZa4)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:58 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi at December 25, 2024 11:42 AM (i0xsb)
Pommie invader?
Posted by: goatexchange at December 25, 2024 11:58 AM (hyS0X)
Missus Muldoon has ham, potatoes and green beans going into the crock pot and I am prepping a couple of sourdough loaves for the oven. Just the two of us today.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:24 AM (991eG)
Made Muddy Buddies this morning with cookie butter and salt vs peanut butter (and of course, my chocolate was dark and my butter was non-dairy)...it seems to be a huge winner. Chex, talk to me for the recipe
...Posted by: Nova Local at December 25, 2024 11:59 AM (exHjb)
https://tinyurl.com/3835mzad+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 11:56 AM (BBZa4)
Identify all the employees so moved.
Tell antifa that they are Health Insurance CEO's.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:00 PM (8zz6B)
But did you know that AOC and Liz Cheney were in USAID? Are these koinkadinkies?
https://tinyurl.com/2fzjrrv2+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:02 PM (BBZa4)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:03 PM (UKUm3)
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I said days ago that these clandestine rogue gubbernmint agencies are like The Blob.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:03 PM (BBZa4)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:06 PM (BBZa4)
Soon I'll make a big deal of opening his Chewy shipping package with a large bell (another fav) inside. A large red hot pepper will be devoured after the pistachios.
Merry Christmas to all the Horde!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 25, 2024 12:07 PM (vZbEn)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, ladri e buciardi
Bull roarer.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at December 25, 2024 12:07 PM (8LWEi)
https://tinyurl.com/wn4pc374+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:06 PM (BBZa4)
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One more, with new prop added:
https://tinyurl.com/3vex6ksf+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:08 PM (BBZa4)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (JRHzL)
We had a genuine Brit at the Roast, and he approved.
Please keep me posted!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 12:08 PM (d9fT1)
I'm doing T-bones for dinner.
Memosas in between.
Just the two of us this year. But I did good. The package of Buc-ees Nuggets got in just in time for Mrs D's stocking.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 12:09 PM (W/lyH)
https://tinyurl.com/3vex6ksf+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:08 PM (BBZa4)
That is excellent!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 12:10 PM (d9fT1)
Also move the State Department to Kansas City, Kansas.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensione at December 25, 2024 12:10 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 25, 2024 11:15 AM (oZhjI)
I tried watching, but I can't stand when overweight women try to look "sexy" in skimpy outfits.
And I didn't care for her voice. Was there something funny I missed by only watching the first 30 seconds?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:10 PM (z01ek)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 12:12 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensione at December 25, 2024 12:10 PM (i0xsb)
Everything is up to date in Kansas City!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:12 PM (8zz6B)
There's no place like home for the Hollandaise.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 25, 2024 12:12 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:14 PM (BBZa4)
Went down to the kennel to feed the mutts and change their water. Lugging full 5-gallon buckets back and forth. No issues. I sit in a chair before or after and my shoulder is on fire. Go figure.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:16 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:16 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:17 PM (UKUm3)
Compared to store-brand butter, Kerrygold is like trying to cut a brick. Is it the fat content or is the cheap stuff full of air?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:18 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:17 PM (UKUm3)
Her hair looks greasy, like she shampooed with STP.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:20 PM (UKUm3)
Her hair looks greasy, like she shampooed with STP.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (8zz6B).
________
Took grooming tips from Gavin.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 12:20 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (fwDg9)
Then I'll stick with the original.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:20 PM (5asE/)
Tell antifa that they are Health Insurance CEO's.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:00 PM (8zz6B)
Tom Homan is using language similar to the BLM et al about the border, except he can actually show damage and causes, and provide actual solutions.
This next year may come down to battling memes, and I suspect Homan will get the upper hand because he is smarter than a bunch of radicalized midwits
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 12:21 PM (D7oie)
Little Women just started on TCM.
I mentioned to the wife that I get confused with Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility. She then went on a mini-rant about Hugh Grant, Mr. Darcy, crazy cousins, Fanny, Louisa May Alcott, and about thirteen other things. Oh, and Emma Thompson.
My head is still spinning.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 25, 2024 12:21 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Have you tried Voltaren gel on the shoulder?
Posted by: Aviator at December 25, 2024 12:21 PM (HQ9Sl)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:20 PM (5asE/)
Might have to. I don't think Brie Larson can sing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:21 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Colin at December 25, 2024 11:41 AM (wlQdF)
Thanks, Colin!
https://www.youtube.com/@Penguinsix
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:52 AM (VnUSN)
What a great find!
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 12:22 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:19 PM (8zz6B)
Was wondering if it's an old video. Who are the sour faced white guys behind her with "122" buttons on their jackets.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:22 PM (bmXEm)
https://tinyurl.com/442bb6mz
Posted by: Ciampino - Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:07 AM (i0xsb)
SO sending this to my youngest and Sil, who have never had a proper tree b/c catz. They do the garlands on the wall thing instead.
We had a lovely Christmas Eve, each at our respective churches, a nice supper and breakfast and will have a
good dinner sometime this afternoon.
As I unwrapped a new ironing board cover, he said "I told the cashier this was my last present to buy and she said 'CHRISTMAS present?' and I said 'You don't know my wife.'
I'm getting him a weather station, but he has to pick it out.
Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 12:23 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 12:23 PM (991eG)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:25 PM (UKUm3)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 25, 2024 12:25 PM (xAPJi)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:25 PM (UKUm3)
You, too!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:25 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:26 PM (UKUm3)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 25, 2024 12:26 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 25, 2024 12:26 PM (UKUm3)
They were. I probably took them out of the oven about a minute too soon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:27 PM (8zz6B)
Compared to store-brand butter, Kerrygold is like trying to cut a brick. Is it the fat content or is the cheap stuff full of air?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Not sure, but people don't like it when I cut the cheese.
Posted by: Gary Gouda at December 25, 2024 12:27 PM (G5+As)
https://youtu.be/vUm8HFO0v7A
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 12:28 PM (dg+HA)
Everything is up to date in Kansas City!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:12 PM (8zz6B)
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Yes, Kansas City, Missouri.
Correct me if I'm wrong as I haven't been to KC, Kansas, but if it's like East St. Louis (which is on the Illinois side) then it's a red pile of trash and crime-ridden.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensioni at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (U/j9n)
America has been Psy-op City since at least the post WWII. It would difficult to over estimate the amount of money and effort gone into gaslighting everyone.
The good news, we really weren’t paranoid all those years.
The bad news, all our worst fears keep coming true.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (GbLWf)
/secretly pleased
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 12:30 PM (RIvkX)
CBD, I tried that sticky toffee pudding recipe you linked this Sunday.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 25, 2024 11:48 AM (JRHzL)
yum
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 12:31 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Arlo Guthrie at December 25, 2024 12:32 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 12:32 PM (L/fGl)
Happy Hannaka to our Tribe members.
First time both days have fallen together since 2005 if the news is correct.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 12:32 PM (E7mWg)
Also move the State Department to Kansas City, Kansas.
Posted by: Ciampino
Everything is up to date in Kansas City!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
They got some crazy little women there.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 25, 2024 12:33 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 12:34 PM (E7mWg)
Posted by: Weasel at December 25, 2024 12:34 PM (h/bT0)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:34 PM (GbLWf)
The BBC banned it - the melancholy tone was feared bad for morale - and many veterans found it very depressing and tried to avoid it after the war, as it brought back memories they were trying to shed (such as the Battle of the Bulge, for a large number).
Things I never knew.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:34 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 12:35 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 12:36 PM (f+FmA)
Correct me if I'm wrong as I haven't been to KC, Kansas, but if it's like East St. Louis (which is on the Illinois side) then it's a red pile of trash and crime-ridden.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, niente pensioni at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (i0xsb)
KC, Kansas is sorta dirty and industrial. I'm sure people live there, but if you're driving east to west, you get to metro Kansas City, Missouri, and it looks like a city. Lots of shopping areas, people milling about, then you get to the sports complex and see where the baseball and football teams play. You go around some curves, and get to downtown.
Then before you know it, you're in Kansas. And after a few miles, you're in the middle of nowhere.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:36 PM (l7SiO)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:37 PM (9YFLg)
Fortunately our annual Christmas thing at my sister's is a fantastic if simple food event, and is never marred by politix or the like (which it could be, given the .... well).
And it's genuinely good to see the nephews and niece et al, as I don't see them much.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:37 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Arlo Guthrie at December 25, 2024 12:32 PM (G5+As)
Merry Christmas, Arlo.
Posted by: Zombie Officer Obbie at December 25, 2024 12:38 PM (iODuv)
Christmas Vacation
Christmas Story w/Ralphie
White Christmas
And finally heard Fleas on the Dog in the wild by Jose Feliciano.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 25, 2024 12:38 PM (E7mWg)
Pentatonix - Silent Night (Live)
Pentatonix is an a cappella quintet. For those of you that don't speak Spanish "a cappella" means they don't use guitars and "quintet" means five.
https://youtu.be/sme8N2pzRx8
The Three Tenors - Silent Night (Live)
Tres tipos gordos also singing without guitars but with an orchestra.
https://youtu.be/WjhVI4Q0Vfc
Gerry Rafferty - Silent Night
This was the last song on his last album. There is something
poignant in that.
https://youtu.be/tHsREPHqzBg
Lady Antebellum - Silent Night (Live)
Finally we have a very American version and it has some guitars. For those of you that only speak Spanish that means Nashville.
https://youtu.be/xx7sLISpkUQ
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 12:39 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: scampydog got golf balls for Christmas at December 25, 2024 12:39 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 25, 2024 12:39 PM (X6YhY)
The bad news, all our worst fears keep coming true.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:29 PM (GbLWf)
Well yeah. Not paranoid enough.
I envy those people who believe this country is run by good people who do good things for the people.
It's not, they're not, and they don't.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:40 PM (vlrwq)
Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at December 25, 2024 12:41 PM (4TAOz)
Posted by: Weasel
Any discussion about the Game Show Network yet? That is sort of the peak moment after the pet topic is beat into the ground.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 12:41 PM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 25, 2024 12:42 PM (X6YhY)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:42 PM (GbLWf)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Weasel
Any discussion about the Game Show Network yet? That is sort of the peak moment after the pet topic is beat into the ground.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 25, 2024 12:41 PM (Q8Bj
For discussion: Which was better: Match Game with Gene Rayburn, or The Gong Show with Chuck Barris?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 25, 2024 12:42 PM (GbLWf)
Gotta admit, having looked at some of those photos, the ones from D-Day, where men are lying in the water, or in the Pacific, washing up onto the beaches... I always wondered if the people who knew them saw those photos.
Did they know their son/husband whatever, had died? Is this how they found out?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:44 PM (rL1hr)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Old Blue at December 25, 2024 12:39 PM (X6YhY)
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The Shriners commercials ruined it for me.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (U/j9n)
It's not, they're not, and they don't.
Posted by: BurtTC
You are correct young man but, and this is a big but (and I cannot lie), a higher % are now aware of it than ever before.
We have an opportunity to do something this time around.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (gm9Sb)
The Shepherds' Farewell, from L'enfance du Christ by Hector Berlioz.
https://youtu.be/TGBTNlbRbeM
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 11:13 AM (dxSpM)
Introduced to this by the Benedictines of Mary. A new favorite. Thanks for the link.
Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (QfvaV)
https://youtu.be/lSm-z6_PHwQ?si=XP3Q4Wbx_wh9RURb
Because I loved Total Recall for all the wrong reasons.
I am addicted to watching recaps of movies I am never ever going to watch. Many recaps have a higher body-horror element than this one, without the campy effects.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (1m82a)
In England a Sgt wasn't going to have a beer until it was noon but basically was sitting around just waiting for noon.
So I formulated a plan to distracted him, got others in on it and got him out of room and changed his clock back in small amounts so he wouldn't notice. I think it was around 12:45 until he figured it out
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 12:47 PM (fwDg9)
We have an opportunity to do something this time around.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 12:45 PM (WXNFJ)
Agreed, but I do admit I get a little annoyed by people who think the job is done by having elected Trump.
No, now the job begins.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 25, 2024 12:47 PM (M6d0F)
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (QfvaV)
!!!
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 12:48 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 12:46 PM (QfvaV)
!!!
Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 12:48 PM (VnUSN)
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Status roasts cost extra.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at December 25, 2024 12:52 PM (U/j9n)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 12:57 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:32 AM (EXyHK)
Curiously enough, concentric connectors that could not be mis-inserted long predate the advent of computers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 11:35 AM (8zz6B)
There will always be massive numbers of Better Mousetrap designers, builders, and marketers. They quickly evolved and rapidly proliferated shortly after humans began using tools.
Posted by: Gref at December 25, 2024 01:02 PM (aBgBM)
I have savｅd as а favorite fοr later!
Posted by: victorian at December 25, 2024 01:05 PM (wBMdF)
Much of what was and is being perpetrated on Americans is also naturally highly fucking illegal six ways to Sunday. Everyone has had quite enough, thank you very much, and the left’s more recent mustering of mindless mobs to target infrastructure along with hordes of foreign nationals bum rushing the border to overwhelm our systems is fucking treason. I don’t know who to hate, but they need to Hang.
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