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Quick Hits
Libs of TikTokVideo here. Of course: The Biden White House edited reports about the covid "vaccines'" risks of causing strokes to downplay those risks, contrary to the precious science.
@libsoftiktok Democrats are now FUMING that Trump is paying TSA agents and are desperate to stop it, claiming it's "illegal" Play this clip on a loop in every airport in America until the elections
White House officials edited messaging on the finding that there was a higher-than-expected number of strokes following COVID-19 vaccination, according to newly released documents. In January 2023, during the Biden administration, the White House changed wording on post-vaccination ischemic stroke from "moderately elevated" to "slightly elevated," the records show. Officials also made other changes, including removing the words "potential risk."More examples of the political edits to the precious science here. More in these two posts.
Hunter Eagleman™"No Kings," huh?
@Hunter_Eagleman WOW: 🚨CA Democrats under @GavinNewsom
just introduced the "MELT ICE Act" AB 1627. It would PERMANENTLY ban anyone who worked for ICE during President Trump's term from ever becoming a cop or a teacher in the state. This is political revenge dressed up as "protecting trust" at its best!
DRIVE-BY MEDIA: The New York Times hired a new infographic team to criticize everything. The latest example is the new White House ballroom. I like John’s satirical critique of a US carrier. 🤣
— @amuse (@amuse) March 30, 2026
h/t @johnkonrad pic.twitter.com/wdTwkse77A
MUST WATCH: Marie Harf: “Wait, why are we so scared of tr*ns people?”
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) March 30, 2026
Kayleigh McEnany: “We’re scared of biological men competing against women. Pummeling young women.” ⁰⁰“Do you want a biological man wrestling a woman? Do you want a biological man spiking a ball at a woman?”… pic.twitter.com/SpAaFQarRy
Not only will Iranians die of thirst because of the destruction of the heavy water plant, they will die of hunger from the destruction of yellowcake https://t.co/ZVg585iCyE
— Kamel Amin Thaabet (@K_AminThaabet) March 30, 2026
I was informed by All the Best People (TM) that this would never, ever happen.
Saad Nizamani
@nizamanisaad1 Translated from Urdu I write not with words, but with feelings.
I learn from nature, I reach the hearts. Hyderabad, Pakistan
cc: @AceofSpadesHQ
— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) March 30, 2026
first choice - die.
before offering paid medication.
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give pain medication to a suffering woman.
You relieve paid today.
Euthanize her and you relieve her pain forever. https://t.co/11giSgIycq
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:30 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:34 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 30, 2026 06:34 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Nom de Blog at March 30, 2026 06:35 PM (pk0sF)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:35 PM (vFG9F)
The Harfster is back in action.
She looks like she's a bit loose in the morals department.
And brains, not much.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 30, 2026 06:35 PM (et1vG)
You know what else they 'downplayed'?
The risk of putting COVID patients in old folks homes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:36 PM (/lPRQ)
Getting the government into airport security was a Bush Boondoggle that did more harm than good.
Posted by: Leupold at March 30, 2026 06:36 PM (eIzlH)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 06:36 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:36 PM (El6/E)
I'm so grateful my late mother never met the Canadian death people. Although there were about 2 years where I had to argue with the docs about doing everything to revive her. Whoa they fought back.
That stopped. I'm guessing doctors were feeling threatened.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 06:36 PM (Sco7b)
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Out: Free health care!
In : Free death care!
Posted by: mrp at March 30, 2026 06:36 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 30, 2026 06:37 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:37 PM (vFG9F)
I do not think The New York Times is a licensed architect, or even knows one.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:38 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 06:38 PM (oqH4h)
They got an architect girl to help with the article. No word if she was a world-famous prestigious architect like the guy who designed the ballroom.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:39 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 06:39 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 06:36 PM (+nEug)
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What's great is that she thinks a killer argument is that she doesn't care if girls get faces smashed in by men spiking volleyballs at them. Total self-own.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at March 30, 2026 06:40 PM (vFG9F)
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Bathrooms with cool views are a thing I love. Nothing like a cityscape while you drain the lizard.
There's a really cool one in Hiroshima. 4th floor overlooking downtown and the peace park. Just a urinal in front of a window.
The US Capitol actually has a pretty great one too. Men's room/urinal with a window that overlooks the East Front.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 06:41 PM (oqH4h)
Because of the extreme disproportionate rates of mass murder?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:41 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 06:41 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:38 PM (El6/E)
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Canucks are almost three times more likely to be put down by a doctor than Americans are to be shot with a gun.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Come on TX you can do it.
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 06:42 PM (uDDWT)
Careful with that kind of talk, a decade ago or so a lot of the guys here were lusting after her.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:42 PM (El6/E)
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Release the Twinkies Bombers!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 06:42 PM (ndZc7)
But these brutalist, function before anything, beauty is for the elites idiots wouldn't know that.
Posted by: 29Victor at March 30, 2026 06:43 PM (0MjtC)
Harf acting as if her indifference to suffering is virtuous perfectly anticipates the final form of homicidal empathy where the state can't wait to kill you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Because they are crazy. Some are actually scary looking. Especially drag queens. Scarier than clowns even.
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:43 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 06:43 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 06:43 PM (YwEeS)
Oh, we're back to "It isn't happening" again, are we?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 30, 2026 06:44 PM (a+4eV)
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Well cuz they like to mass shoot schools for starters .
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 06:44 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:45 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 06:43 PM (YwEeS)
It sure as fuck is, H8er.
- CA Supreme Court
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 06:45 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
What I saw - she was so depressed she tried to suicide herself after the rape, but failed, and left herself severely crippled, and still wanting to die.
So, yes, Spain did kill her in a most cruel way.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: fd
That sounds even more difficult than polishing turds.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 06:46 PM (VHUov)
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Where are all the Safe Spaces?
Why did they leave out Hitler's Bunker?
WHY IS IT ALL WHITE!!!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 06:46 PM (dcjTK)
Posted by: Minuteman at March 30, 2026 06:46 PM (47/pr)
MS Nownasked that too.
By the way, when you add 'y' to tranny and trannies you get tyranny and tyrannies.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 06:47 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:35 PM (vFG9F)
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Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 06:47 PM (dcjTK)
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 06:47 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:48 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 06:43 PM (YwEeS)
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They are doing this performative outrage thing and don't understand that yes, actually threats can be illegal. Just like arresting federal officers is also a crime.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)
https://is.gd/bi4IyC
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 06:48 PM (ndZc7)
I don't trust any of them.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 06:49 PM (abIsI)
Heavy water (99.8% D) in bulk is fifty dollars an ounce or less.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 30, 2026 06:50 PM (azNOR)
Harfy is chunking out a little. She needs to squirt out a few kids at some point. Libtarded chicks seem to not want to do that for some reason.
Ah...
She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a BA in Political Science with concentrations in Jewish Studies and Russian and Eastern European Studies
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 30, 2026 06:50 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:50 PM (vFG9F)
They got an architect girl to help with the article. No word if she was a world-famous prestigious architect like the guy who designed the ballroom.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:39 PM (El6/E)
What I would like to see is a building *security* expert's take. Since the point of the ballroom is to hold as many high-profile assassination targets at a time as possible...
Posted by: SciVo at March 30, 2026 06:50 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 06:50 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2026 06:51 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: huerfano at March 30, 2026 06:51 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: fd a
In my dream last night Sydney Sweeney was doing my buffing.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 06:51 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
>Let your freak flags fly! Look at Barry Soetoro: I think Big Mike is probably a tiger in the sack.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 06:51 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: SciVo at March 30, 2026 06:50 PM (Sy6m/)
I imagine it's safer then the large tents they use now with big dinners...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 06:51 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: fd
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Back in my day it was,
"Waxing the yak's lips".
Not that I would know, not being a farm boy or from Rhode Island...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:51 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:52 PM (vFG9F)
Even Trump on money was 20 hours old before the newest outrage was Trump redoing the historic 'Treaty Room' in the White House.
Trump 2.0 is the best. Floats like a butterfly....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 06:52 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at March 30, 2026 06:52 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 06:52 PM (AlhUl)
According to Trump, the military is building a huge facility under the new ballroom. That might be one reason for the size.
In any case it's a hell of a lot better than constantly putting up a tent to host state events.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 06:52 PM (viF8m)
Ordered a scope cover from bc a company in Missouri. Same city as MidwayUSA. Columbia.
MidwayUSA sends their stuff USPS and it goes to KC, then to Dallas and out to me.
The scope cover company sent it USPS and it hoes to KC, then up to Minneapolis, then to Dallas, then Coppell, then back to Dallas & supposedly out towards me.
F the USPS.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 06:52 PM (Kksvc)
Tritium is radioactive, but deuterium is stable. You could drink heavy water safely. But not at that price.
Heavy water (99.8% D) in bulk is fifty dollars an ounce or less.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
Well, heck, at that price, make it a double!
Posted by: mikeski enjoys a heavy bourbon at March 30, 2026 06:53 PM (VHUov)
just introduced the "MELT ICE Act" AB 1627.
It would PERMANENTLY ban anyone who worked for ICE during President Trump's term from ever becoming a cop or a teacher in the state.
The Democrats come up with the most creative ways to punish everybody but themselves and actual criminals.
But I repeat myself.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:54 PM (6ydKt)
Good grief this is stupidity on a global scale.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 06:54 PM (2WIwB)
http://tiny.cc/j141101
It's fun to laugh at his self induced consequences, but it's also another reminder these people feel perfectly justified to act maliciously against us. God only knows to what degree each of them are willing to attack us.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 30, 2026 06:54 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Con-fucious at March 30, 2026 06:54 PM (abIsI)
F the USPS.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 06:52 PM (Kksvc
I hope it brings you postcards.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 06:54 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: JackStraw
But now we'll have to pay to aerate the White House lawn, because the female dignitaries in their stiletto heels won't be doing it for us.
Posted by: mikeski drills down at March 30, 2026 06:54 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: SciVo
Donald "Vlad the Impaler" Trump looks you square in the eye and touches finger to nose...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Ali Abdula Mohamed at March 30, 2026 06:55 PM (vFG9F)
Patient: …
Canadian Dr.: ** Looks at patient.
Patient: ** Shifts uncomfortably in seat
Canadian Dr.: Can I interest you in death?
Canadian Patient: ** Runs out of the room.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 30, 2026 06:56 PM (mlv7N)
In : Free death care!
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Well, abortion is reproductive freedom so this is health care freedom.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 06:56 PM (ndZc7)
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"We could at least give her a pain pill first."
/obligatory DogEater
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 06:56 PM (dcjTK)
Patient: …
Canadian Dr.: ** Looks at patient.
Patient: ** Shifts uncomfortably in seat
Canadian Dr.: Can I interest you in death?
Posted by: Thomas Bender
It's gout. Can we try allopurinol first?
Posted by: mikeski walks it off at March 30, 2026 06:58 PM (VHUov)
Out: Free health care!
In : Free death care!
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I've been referring to ObamaCare as "DeathCare" since Day One.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 06:59 PM (dcjTK)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 06:59 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 06:59 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Canadian Health Professional at March 30, 2026 07:00 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 30, 2026 07:00 PM (mlv7N)
Posted by: Stateless
I think it has more frequent flier miles than I do.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 07:01 PM (Kksvc)
By the way, the new NDP leader wants to have public grocery stores in Canada to deal with grocery bills going up. Given that Canada's government fails at the medical industry, how do you think they will do with food?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 07:01 PM (hJH5n)
I did not know Harf was still around except for me using her last name for gagging and puking. She strikes me as someone whose skull would thump like a melon due to most of her brain missing. In elementary school, at these coed games she speaks of, I feel certain in dodge ball people aimed at her violently (I would). She would then be hit and lie there like a fainting goat (missing her glasses from impact).
This heavy water you speak of I will have to file away in the event the woman who loves Iran and hates Trump returns and I see her online. She's been absent for two weeks, no doubt emailing others of how mean I am. I don't have anyone's email and also don't care much.
I'm not mean until she said Centcom lied. Otherwise I am basically harmless to others. Just don't lie and we good, mate. In her anger she probably protected a hive of yellowjackets (actually she really did, sort of, somehow gently killed them like in Canada. Euthenasia for hornets).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 07:01 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: PJ at March 30, 2026 07:02 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: mikeski walks it off at March 30, 2026 06:58 PM (VHUov)
Well, it's not lupus.
Posted by: Gregory House, M.D. at March 30, 2026 07:02 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
If only we had state of art medical care like they have in Cuba.
Posted by: Canadian at March 30, 2026 07:02 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Ali Abdula Mohamed at March 30, 2026 06:55 PM (vFG9F)
Give it a shot Ali. If Amazon can't fill your order, the nice men in suits and sunglasses who come knocking will help you.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 07:02 PM (2WIwB)
Harf acting as if her indifference to suffering is virtuous perfectly anticipates the final form of homicidal empathy where the state can't wait to kill you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:43 PM (ZOv7s)
"From each according to their abilities (A), to each according to their needs (B)."
If A is not equal to or greater than B, the Politburo and its local political committees will take a very hard look at the need for your continued existence, Comrade.
Posted by: Gref at March 30, 2026 07:03 PM (5rh/l)
>> What's the current market rate for a healthy kidney?
Depending on where you are located, 1500 bucks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 30, 2026 07:03 PM (c9d3D)
Posted by: Physicians Murderer Insurance at March 30, 2026 07:03 PM (vFG9F)
He could probably cull the herd of 25-35% as those old geezers love free shit.
What do we want? Free Euthanasia! When do we want it? Now!
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at March 30, 2026 07:04 PM (HUHft)
Speaking of The View gargoyles, didja see this?
TheBlaze
@theblaze
The View’s Sunny Hostin: “I think it’s really reckless to be suggesting that people should have children in this country.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 07:05 PM (ndZc7)
Getting the government into airport security was a Bush Boondoggle that did more harm than good.
Posted by: Leupold at March 30, 2026 06:36 PM (eIzlH)
We get it. You hate Bush and blame him for absolutely everything. (Hell, you blame for hyper-evil Muslims being in the country...never mind I have known of and ran into many long before Bush enter the WH.) But on this, I agree. What sucks is the tendency of people to want to see government "doing something" no matter how bad it is. We should heed Coolidge's advice about the tendency of having the government "do something".
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 07:06 PM (hJH5n)
All those foreign women coming here to drop a kid are not listening.
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 07:07 PM (vFG9F)
To be honest I'd rather those women not breed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 07:07 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 07:01 PM (hJH5n)
I recently caught some clips of the NDP convention they just held.
It was a parade of dysfunctional narcissists competing at a microphone over who had been recently been victimized the most by their fellow party members.
I thought the Dems were a shit-show.
And some Canuckians actually vote for these people.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 07:07 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: bonhomme
They're petulant children with no impulse control.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 30, 2026 07:08 PM (9NN0K)
More planetary scale stupid.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 07:08 PM (2WIwB)
Because of the extreme disproportionate rates of mass murder?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:41 PM (/lPRQ)
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Yeah, that. And, the absolute certainty that they are mentally ill. When someone acts erraticly, it is sound judgement to be wary of that individual's actions or potential actions. "Scared" is the wrong word.
Posted by: Orson at March 30, 2026 07:09 PM (dIske)
In : Free death care!
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Well, abortion is reproductive freedom so this is health care freedom.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 06:56 PM (ndZc7)
Well, if the doctor murders you, you will have no health for which to care, nor will you require medical care. Above all, Canada saves some loonies (the C$1 coin, not nutjobs). Win win as far as the government is concerned.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 07:09 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Physicians Murderer Insurance
You supple the garrote, we supply the expertise.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 07:09 PM (ndZc7)
Indeed.
Bush is asshoe
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 07:10 PM (XuXeR)
I looked at the criticism of the ballroom and saw mostly no problem. And it's paid by donations, donchaknow, marchers! Why do they care except TRUMP!?
I LOVE that normal people have a sense of humor to correct the diagram. And use the red ink of importance!
LOVE the blank stare by Rep Busted Hymen when Margaret asked that question. Deer meet headlights! Doh!
I don't understand the marching with stupid No King's signs that still make no sense to me. I could retalitate and march with "You don't make sense" signs, wearing a cardboard box, but am too lazy.
From the caliber of marchers I'm quite sure I could insult them as they mostly seem like confused queers. This is the highlight of their week!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 07:10 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 06:52 PM (AlhUl)
Those fellas who shoot the saline into their scrotums to make them big and fat would probably like the heavy water. Make the nutsack glow too. Happy days!
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at March 30, 2026 07:10 PM (HUHft)
The Venezuelans actually had an army to take it all over when things went sideways after Chavez nationalized the stores.
The Canadians can't even do that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 07:10 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Case at March 30, 2026 07:11 PM (pvf3X)
Well, some specialized wildcat rounds can be pretty $$$...
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 07:11 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 07:12 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Or as I like to say, it's almost three times as dangerous to be sad in a Canadian hospital as in an American ghetto.
>> The front columns for the ballroom rotate around to expose the machine guns.
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:52 PM (vFG9F)
The roof slides back and an M-SHORAD anti-aircraft emplacement rises into place, with Stinger missiles, Longbow Hellfire missiles, a 30mm cannon, and a 7.62mm machine gun in a 360-degree turret. Around it, a cloud of versatile drones lifts into the air, capable of anti-air, anti-armor, anti-personnel, and of course, anti-drone
Of course, all of the drones are hardened against the bespoke electronic counter-measures and counter-counter-measures that are barely visible below the roofline, where they won't interfere with the M-SHORAD's range of fire...
Posted by: SciVo at March 30, 2026 07:12 PM (Sy6m/)
After taking care of my late mother for 14 years, my brain was really hyper-alert. I was listening for her non-stop for years. Nd I'd do it again but shaking hands level anxiety. My doctor, who I've been to maybe twice in 10 years prescribed anxiety pills and there's a nice lady that's been coming over.
That's why I've been watching the worst horror movies I can find. It's been a way to teach me that anxiety makes things worse than they actually are. And at least I'm not being sawed in half vertically.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 07:12 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Case at March 30, 2026 07:11 PM (pvf3X)
CBD naturally hates QC for being the Saudi Arabia of maple syrup. At least I'd imagine that to be the case.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 07:13 PM (hJH5n)
FBI Director Kash Patel Eyes Releasing the Eric Swallwell Fang-Fang Documents
FBI director pushes to release investigative files on Rep. Eric Swalwell: ReportsOh, like when they released the Mueller Report about the Russiagate hoax?
FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing for the release of files related to an investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell's (D-Calif.) interactions with a suspected Chinese spy, according to reports from The New York Times and The Washington Post. FBI agents and other personnel in California have been directed to gather and redact sensitive information from documents in preparation for sharing with senior Trump administration officials, according to The New York Times, citing three people familiar with the matter. The files stem from a decade-old counterintelligence probe into a Chinese woman, known both as Christine Fang and Fang Fang, who reportedly helped Swalwell with fundraising and placing an intern in his office during the 2014 campaign cycle. Swalwell was not accused of criminal wrongdoing and severed ties with Fang in 2015 after being briefed by U.S. intelligence officials on their suspicions of her. A two-year House Ethics probe into the matter concluded in 2023 without taking any further action. The public release of files in an investigation that did not result in criminal charges would mark a highly unusual step, the Post noted.
Are you kidding me? He's one of the main weaponizers in Congress. Note that The Hill points none of this out.
Swalwell has for years accused the Trump administration of weaponizing the issue against him in retaliation for his criticisms of the president.
Oh! You mean the Administration is trying to interfere with an upcoming election by releasing files?
On Saturday, he suggested the FBI's alleged actions were tied to his rising standing in the California governor's race.
... In a statement to the Post, an FBI spokesperson denied improper motives regarding the investigative files. "The contentions in this story are incorrect," the spokesperson told the newspaper. "This FBI, being the most transparent in history, prepares documents for numerous different reasons, including for release to different agencies and departments to further review investigations that may have been opened under previous administrations." Swalwell said in September that he "fully" expected to be prosecuted by the Trump administration, pointing to his name in a book written by Patel in which he listed "government gangsters" who should be held accountable.If only. If only.
🚨 BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing to release investigative files related to Eric Swalwell banging a Chinese spy, per WaPo
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 28, 2026
Fang Fang’s coming back to haunt Swalwell 🤣🔥
RELEASE IT ALL! pic.twitter.com/PXglOn0XFO
"RUSSIA IS RIGGING THE ELECTION TO HELP THE TRAITOR TRUMP,' they screamed as if all reading from the same script. Now Iran hacks Kash Patel's emails and that silence you hear is the media studiously avoiding the topic of which party Iran was seeking to rig an election for. Patel wasn't even the FBI director when this hack took place. This was back in 2020 and 2021 -- when Patel was a congressional investigator primarily known for uncovering the RussiaGate hoax concocted by Hillary Clinton.
Hackers connected to the Iranian government accessed FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email and posted materials -- including photos and documents -- taken from his account, a person familiar with the breach confirmed to CNN. The hackers have published a series of photos of Patel from before he became FBI director that they claim were stolen from his personal email account. A source familiar with the incident confirmed the images' authenticity. The stolen emails appear to date from around 2011 to 2022 and appear to include personal, business and travel correspondence that Patel had with various contacts, according to a preliminary CNN review of the files with the help of an independent cybersecurity researcher.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: GF at March 30, 2026 05:31 PM (UjrO3)
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 05:31 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 05:32 PM (OM9sb)
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 05:33 PM (OM9sb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 05:34 PM (MIIRH)
That's how relevant he is to his "constituency."
Posted by: zombie at March 30, 2026 05:34 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at March 30, 2026 05:34 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:35 PM (pDt9x)
Last poll I saw had him tied for 4th place.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 30, 2026 05:36 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Vic Romano at March 30, 2026 05:36 PM (xNy4G)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 30, 2026 05:36 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 05:36 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 05:36 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: zombie at March 30, 2026 05:37 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:37 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 05:37 PM (YwEeS)
As slimy as that may be,
Posted by: Kindltot -- Viva l'Italia! Viva il Re! Viva il Duce! at March 30, 2026 05:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 05:37 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 30, 2026 05:38 PM (1LxEq)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 30, 2026 05:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:39 PM (azOtX)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:39 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at March 30, 2026 05:34 PM (0sNs1)
You must be batting about .990.
And be so tired of being right...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Decaf at March 30, 2026 05:40 PM (Tbs6N)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 30, 2026 05:40 PM (qVGoX)
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 05:40 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 05:40 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:40 PM (pDt9x)
LOL "weaponizing" the law against a spy
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:40 PM (El6/E)
She's a 5 for an Asian girl
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:41 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at March 30, 2026 05:41 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 05:41 PM (v3pYe)
Swallwell: Darling, help me to destroy the running-dog capitalists.
Fang-Fang: Why you so small. I thought American men have penises. You hung like baby. Ugh, I don't know if revolution worth this.
Swallwell: But I love you.
Fang-Fang: And your breath smell like shit. Not just bad, actual shit. Whose ass are you licking. Don't kiss me. Aaaaaaaaa. Gross, I have to gargle with rubbing alcohol.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 05:41 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 05:37 PM (YwEeS)
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Just keep your jeweler's loupe in your desk drawer and you shouldn't be able to see anything unseemly.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 05:42 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 05:42 PM (abIsI)
you know else has their names written in a book?
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 05:42 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 30, 2026 05:42 PM (fE6HJ)
This is new to me, all I knew is that the hack revealed a regular dude with no nasty secrets.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:43 PM (El6/E)
If so, I have a hot take: it’s Fartswell himself that is the source for this. Look at the glowing reporting this is being leaked to try to hurt his “rising standing’ in the CA race. Who else but him would say that?
The Blade smells a really bad fart.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 30, 2026 05:43 PM (1LxEq)
Asmongold covered this. Reddit is pissed because they didn't uncover anything bad.
https://youtu.be/ZxVNYQO47MU
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 05:42 PM (v3pYe)
Navin Johnson?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 30, 2026 05:43 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2026 05:44 PM (FSWTk)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 05:44 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:44 PM (pDt9x)
fembot model b?
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 05:44 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 05:44 PM (HW7Dq)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 05:44 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 05:45 PM (abIsI)
fembot model b?
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 05:44 PM (v3pYe)
She has that rubber skin.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:45 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Fang Fang at March 30, 2026 05:45 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:45 PM (azOtX)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 30, 2026 05:38 PM (1LxEq)
She might be out of your league.
snopes.com/fact-check/eric-swalwell-chinese-spy/
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 05:46 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Fang Fang at March 30, 2026 05:45 PM (wVcYX)
She uses nutmeg?
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:46 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 30, 2026 05:46 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:47 PM (pDt9x)
He looks like he sweats seed oils
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:48 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:45 PM (azOtX)
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Are you on a cruise? To where?
Posted by: Decaf at March 30, 2026 05:49 PM (Tbs6N)
Posted by: Kindltot -- Viva l'Italia! Viva il Re! Viva il Duce! at March 30, 2026 05:49 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Fang Fang at March 30, 2026 05:45 PM (wVcYX)
She uses nutmeg?
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:46 PM (pDt9x)
MSG
Posted by: Fang Fang at March 30, 2026 05:49 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 05:49 PM (abIsI)
fembot model b?
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 05:44 PM (v3pYe)
She has that rubber skin.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:45 PM (pDt9x)
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So … GI Joe without the kung-fu grip then
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 30, 2026 05:50 PM (1LxEq)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 05:50 PM (+nEug)
The waters of the deep state run wide in CA because nobody is paying attention.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 05:51 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Decaf at March 30, 2026 05:49 PM (Tbs6N)
A ferry. Blackball lines" MV Coho from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC. The ship has been in service since 1959.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:51 PM (kDzQO)
Posted by: Sam Adams at March 30, 2026 05:52 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Decaf at March 30, 2026 05:49 PM (Tbs6N)
A ferry. Blackball lines" MV Coho from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC. The ship has been in service since 1959.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:51 PM (kDzQO)
A 3 hour cruise, right?
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:52 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 05:53 PM (GD0B3)
No Kings Day hangovers?
And what did Swalwell do to get a Chinese honeypot?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 05:53 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Sam Adams at March 30, 2026 05:52 PM (X+xvk)
Are they cleaning it? Concerned about the paving?
Posted by: Kindltot -- Viva l'Italia! Viva il Re! Viva il Duce! at March 30, 2026 05:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:53 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Decaf at March 30, 2026 05:53 PM (Tbs6N)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:52 PM (pDt9x)
Two hours. Sadly, no MaryAnne or Ginger in evidence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:54 PM (kDzQO)
Posted by: Hunter B. at March 30, 2026 05:54 PM (0sNs1)
Does she have the machine guns in her hooters?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:53 PM (El6/E)
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[grins]
— The Machine Girl
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 30, 2026 05:55 PM (1LxEq)
_________________________
Allow me to translate:
We really have nothing supporting this. Nor can we produce "three people familiar with the matter. In fact, it's necessary that it continue to remain untrue. Because, we can't try and push a political persecution narrative in the California Governor's race if there is actual substance to the story. We can't let republicans acquire the governor's mansion in California, and Swallwell has nothing of substance to run on. So, we're going to create a false narrative to get that spite and sympathy vote out there.
Posted by: Orson at March 30, 2026 05:55 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Case at March 30, 2026 05:55 PM (pvf3X)
Be on the Intelligence committee and an obvious dupe
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:55 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:52 PM (pDt9x)
Two hours. Sadly, no MaryAnne or Ginger in evidence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:54 PM (kDzQO)
Ha! I was all set to ask that very question.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 30, 2026 05:55 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 30, 2026 05:56 PM (KAi1n)
There are some aerial shots but many of them are from previous marches and events. Joey Swoll keeps catching them on Twixxer, some of the video is even clearly labeled like "July 2025"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:57 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:52 PM (pDt9x)
Two hours. Sadly, no MaryAnne or Ginger in evidence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon a
Anyone onboard that looks like the Professor?
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at March 30, 2026 05:57 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Don't be a jerk.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 30, 2026 05:56 PM (KAi1n)
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This place.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 30, 2026 05:58 PM (u73oe)
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Noted. But not surprised. Why would they report facts that are inconvenient and counter-narrative.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 05:58 PM (RIvkX)
I would say Fang-Fang’s a Karaoke Bar 6.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 30, 2026 05:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Be on the Intelligence committee and an obvious dupe
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:55 PM (El6/E)
Emphasis on the "obvious dupe" part - that boy's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 30, 2026 05:58 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:52 PM (pDt9x)
Two hours. Sadly, no MaryAnne or Ginger in evidence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon a
Anyone onboard that looks like the Professor?
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at March 30, 2026 05:57 PM (abIsI)
Lindsay you want the Professor, you would settle for Gilligan, but you get Lovey.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 05:37 PM (YwEeS)
Never. He has no dick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 05:59 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: MkY at March 30, 2026 05:59 PM (q6tQZ)
That's what makes getting rid of fraudsters and anti-US critters so difficult.
I have no confidence that any member of Congress will suffer real consequences.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 30, 2026 05:59 PM (rJ+qD)
Even if a *gasp* republican wins they can't change anything as the democrat super majority in the house and senate will over ride any veto's a republican governor would make.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 30, 2026 06:00 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Decaf at March 30, 2026 05:49 PM (Tbs6N)
A ferry. Blackball lines" MV Coho from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC. The ship has been in service since 1959.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:51 PM (kDzQO)
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Brilliant, have a fabulous time. Visited there with husband and teenage daughters in August 1991 and had lunch at an outside cafe opposite the Empress Hotel. Fantastic view.
Posted by: Decaf at March 30, 2026 06:00 PM (Tbs6N)
Oh! You mean the Administration is trying to interfere with an upcoming election by releasing files?
Why shouldn't the people of California know exactly what Swalwell was doing with a Chinese spy?
Is it really interference to let the people know how stupid a politician running for office is?
Why not release it all?
What are you hiding, Eric?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:00 PM (6ydKt)
fembot model b?
Posted by: anachronda
So … GI Joe without the kung-fu grip then
Posted by: Elric the Blade
Of all the models to leave the kung-fu grip out of, they pick the Chinese one? That's gotta be rayciss.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 06:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at March 30, 2026 06:01 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at March 30, 2026 05:57 PM (abIsI)
Nope. And I am looking at Victoria off the starboard bow right now. If we maintain this rate, we should dock on 15 minutes. But the ship is slowing down, too. Got to enter the inner harbor, and can't be making big wakes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 06:01 PM (kDzQO)
How about we send a heat seeking missile right up that commies ahole?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 06:01 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: MkY at March 30, 2026 05:59 PM (q6tQZ)
I have never been in it, AFAIK.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 06:03 PM (kDzQO)
It would if Swalwell was the only target. I'm a bit curious why the Obama FBI ended an investigation with no charges when a US Congressman was having an affair with a Chinese spy.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 06:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++)
They don’t have an about page and I was curious who they are?
I tried searching but search engines give crap results on non-leftist outlets.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 30, 2026 06:04 PM (r2KsI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
We've taken the Victoria Clipper once in the distant past, that thing puts up a rooster tail about 40ft in the air. Pricey though.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 06:04 PM (abIsI)
I mean... were we even using Spain? LOL. This is like Joe Kent urging people to email the white house to beg them to not invade Iran with soldiers on the ground. Objecting to what is not happening is an odd sort of virtue signaling
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:04 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:06 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:00 PM (6ydKt)
California would just nominate him for a statue.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 06:06 PM (snZF9)
NEW - Trump pardons nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz, convicted of a $39 million fraud scheme, just three months into a three-year prison term. Victims haven’t been able to collect from Schwartz.
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 30, 2026 06:06 PM (CNl8/)
They have no substance:
-Fighting Trump!
-Impeachment!
-Affordability!
-Beer at Senior Prom!
Ok I added the last one
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 06:07 PM (RIvkX)
Be on the Intelligence committee and an obvious dupe
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:55 PM (El6/E)
Okay, thank you.
My loyalty to the Canadian government goes without question and I'm willing to open bidding at 10 biologically, human female honeypots.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 06:08 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:09 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 06:04 PM (abIsI)
They re-engined this ship a few years ago, and it picked up a few hundred more HP. Could account for the faster sailing. The roll has ceased, we are just cruising along on almost glassy-smooth water. I see a white ship with a red hull docked to my right; think it is a Canuck Coast Guard cutter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 06:09 PM (kDzQO)
Sounds like somebody wants to get cunt punted out of NATO.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 06:10 PM (snZF9)
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His name was Seth Rich.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 06:10 PM (szF1R)
NEW - Trump pardons nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz, convicted of a $39 million fraud scheme, just three months into a three-year prison term. Victims haven’t been able to collect from Schwartz.
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 30, 2026 06:06 PM (CNl8/)
Are you sure Trump did that, or was it the Auto-Pen again?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 06:04 PM (abIsI)
They re-engined this ship a few years ago, and it picked up a few hundred more HP. Could account for the faster sailing. The roll has ceased, we are just cruising along on almost glassy-smooth water. I see a white ship with a red hull docked to my right; think it is a Canuck Coast Guard cutter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 06:09 PM (kDzQO)
So, no guns showing then?
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 06:10 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Can you see Mt. Baker?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 06:11 PM (abIsI)
So, a lot of people vacation at Disney World, wearing a speedo and blowing bubbles in front of the Small World exhibit...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:11 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 06:10 PM
Their proposal is acceptable.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 06:11 PM (0ep87)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:12 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 06:11 PM (abIsI)
Nope, but the snow-capped Olympic mts, were well in evidence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (kDzQO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 06:09 PM (kDzQO)
So, no guns showing then?
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 06:10 PM (pDt9x)
Q ship
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 06:10 PM (szF1R)
The download was USB speed. Someone physically plugged a drive into the server.
When I was doing Navy project we ran a utility that shut down the box if it saw a USB interupt.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: steevy
What if she sent HIM dick pics ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
"Must be this tall to ride."
Posted by: Fang Fang at March 30, 2026 06:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: steevy
What if she sent HIM dick pics ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (/lPRQ)
121 Swalwell may as well give up. The primary isn't until June. By then, Katie Porter's bikini picks will have swept the nation. She'll be a shoo in.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (AlhUl)
Eye Bleach por favor
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:14 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 06:14 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:04 PM (El6/E)
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Spain is a more direct air route to the Middle East from CONUS. Tankers could refuel and also base there for the air bridge. Denying that airspace adds to the logistical burden, so screw them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:14 PM (ZOv7s)
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A disgraced former San Francisco department head and her longtime beau have been arrested for allegedly grifting taxpayer funds for personal use through a city program intended to help the city’s black communities.
Sheryl Davis, former heard of the San Francisco Human Rights Commissions, and her nonprofit boss boyfriend James Spingola were taken into custody Monday on suspicion of multiple felony counts of misappropriating public funds and conflicts of interest.
https://tinyurl.com/4jrp6r7n
Posted by: beckster at March 30, 2026 06:15 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (AlhUl)
Protip - never go to dinner at Katie Porter’s house.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 06:15 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:15 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 06:15 PM (kDzQO)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:16 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (AlhUl)
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Mercy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 06:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 06:15 PM (kDzQO)
Beware the Danger Hair.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 06:16 PM (pDt9x)
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I posted a link on this earlier. This money came from defunding the SFPD because they racist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 06:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wofus at March 30, 2026 06:18 PM (CNa+A)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 06:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Eeyore
Thanks.
I did a Bing search for "Katie Porter's bikini picks".
Second hit was for "Katie Nicole" bikini picks.... guess she is famous.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:18 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:19 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:19 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 06:19 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Case at March 30, 2026 06:20 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Wofus at March 30, 2026 06:18 PM (CNa+A)
Because he is just that dumb....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 30, 2026 06:20 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:20 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 06:20 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 06:17 PM (RIvkX)
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They the real racists, taking advantage of whitey. Sorry, didn't see your earlier link!
Posted by: beckster at March 30, 2026 06:20 PM (kX27y)
lsb > usb
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 06:21 PM (v3pYe)
Because he is of the protected class, he is more equal than us, and they will take no criminal action against him. But they want to harm his electoral chances.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 06:21 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)
"Days after another round of No Kings! protests brought Robert De Niro, Jana Fonda, Jimmy Kimmel, Bruce Springsteen and millions more out on the streets to rally against Donald Trump, some of the same celebs and others are seeking to have an immigration detention facility in Texas shut down ASAP.
And when Raffi and Ms. Rachel speak, maybe it’s time to listen.
“No child should be locked in an immigration detention center,” says a petition also signed by Oscar winner Fonda, Pedro Pascal, Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku, The Gilded Age‘s Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Andor‘s Diego Luna, director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu and many more."
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 06:22 PM (Sco7b)
Ok, that's funny right there.
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 06:19 PM (XuXeR)
CSL
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:23 PM (/+uur)
Comey's job was to protect the permanent DC class and go after anyone who threatened them.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:24 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 30, 2026 06:24 PM (RJBgA)
Posted by: Wofus at March 30, 2026 06:18 PM (CNa+A)
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Because Obama was in charge and the FBI was his lapdog.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 30, 2026 06:24 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:25 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 06:27 PM (Ia/+0)
Kash Patel Eyes ?
There is a puny joke in there somewhere but am not quite seeing it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:27 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 06:11 PM (abIsI)
Nope, but the snow-capped Olympic mts, were well in evidence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 06:13 PM (kDzQO)
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When we stayed with family in Surrey in Vancouver Mt Baker was visible in all its glory from their back porch. That part of the world is beautiful, Vancouver harbour rivals Sydney harbour in Australia in its scenic beauty.
Posted by: Decaf at March 30, 2026 06:29 PM (Tbs6N)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 30, 2026 06:29 PM (IifOV)
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I have friends in his district that always vote for him simply because there's a D after his name. Liberal Jews who can't help themselves.
Posted by: beckster at March 30, 2026 06:29 PM (kX27y)
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In Cali being a CCP spy is a positive. This will boost his poll numbers by 5-7%.
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 06:30 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 30, 2026 06:24 PM (vOtXJ)
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He's a loudmouth and an inveterate liar with zero sense of shame. He's basically the poster child for the Democrat party at this point.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 06:30 PM (oqH4h)
And evict the UN.
The EU needs to cinch up their big boy belts and toe the line. Welcome to the 21st century.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 06:30 PM (Fbc0I)
"Rumor has it, that the A10 warthogs have been extremely effective over Iranian militias in Iraq."
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 06:30 PM (GD0B3)
Nowhere is one word
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 06:30 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 06:31 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 30, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)
"Rumor has it, that the A10 warthogs have been extremely effective over Iranian militias in Iraq."
Posted by: runner
Iran put all their eggs into the "drone" and "rocket" baskets.
Should have saved some old school manpads...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 06:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 30, 2026 06:29 PM (IifOV)
I’ve been hearing how California and Illinois are on the brink of collapse for 15 years. Yet somehow they just kinda plodding on. Much like how the left says we’re in a perpetual Great Depression whenever a Republican is in the white house. It’s never as bad as the other side thinks it is.
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 06:33 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 06:15 PM (pDt9x)
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Corollary - Don't sleep in the same bed as Amber Heard.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 06:34 PM (oqH4h)
Great dad, huh?
His young son was born in 2017 with a congenital heart defect, has undergone three successful open-heart surgeries, with the most recent reported in May 2024. As of early 2026, he is reportedly doing well.
Phonies that they are, he & his ilk attend the very tame No Kings get togethers. Of course.
Btw, Kimmel has 2 grown 'kids' & he's a grandparent..
Posted by: Trying to Fuhgeddaboudit at March 30, 2026 06:34 PM (NFX2v)
63 Swalwell's FEC filings show him with about 1.5 million in his campaign account.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 05:50 PM
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That's over ten cents for every likely voter in California.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 30, 2026 06:41 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 06:20 PM (+nEug)
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Uber
California Medical Association
iirc California Nurses Association
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 06:46 PM (RIvkX)
One of the Foreign Invaders and Somali Pirates Who Hijacked a Quarter of a Billion Dollars of American Money Is Sentenced to... 366 Days in Prison
A year and a day. That's it.
It's almost as if the Somali Pirates control the government of Minnesota. The federal sentencing guidelines call for a sentence of 30 to 37 months, or 2 1/2 to 3 years in prison. But the Somali Pirate's corrupt judge cut even that small sentence in half. Or in thirds.Feeding Our Future defendant sentenced to over 1 year in prisonWow, $92,000. And he took responsibility for his actions?
Another Feeding Our Future defendant was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison on Monday morning. He is scheduled to turn himself in to federal prison on June 2. Abdul Abubakar Ali pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in October 2022. Per the terms of the plea agreement, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of wire fraud were dismissed at sentencing. As previously reported, Ali used nonprofit Youth Investors Lab to enroll in the Federal Child Nutrition Program under the sponsorship of Feeding Our Future. He claimed to serve roughly 1.5 million meals total and that the meals were provided by S & S Catering. But no meals were ever served, prosecutors say. Remarkably, both the government and the defense advocated for a probationary sentence, noting that Ali has taken responsibility for his actions, given valuable information to investigators and paid $92,500 in restitution so far.
However, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Brasel determined that Ali's role in the fraud scheme was too great for a probationary sentence. She noted that Ali recruited a friend to participate in the scheme and completely made up meal counts, rather than just exaggerating them.
Ihan Omar Promoted "Feed Our Future"
— Jason Robertson (@JRobFromMN) March 30, 2026
Ihan Omar Volunteered at "Feed Our Future"
Ilhan Omar got Donations from "Feed Our Future"
One of the heads was convicted of $250M in Fraud
Read that again $250 MILLION
He gets a year in jail
One Year, like 365 days
Thats less than 3rd… https://t.co/Uc2P29Zh9B pic.twitter.com/wNsiyU9TED
He just came out and said it. https://t.co/O2upU1ZYXS
— Carl Benjamin 🏴 (@Sargon_of_Akkad) March 30, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 30, 2026 04:31 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 30, 2026 04:32 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 04:32 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)
is a "massive problem" because it allows critics of mass immigration to "have their voice heard in a really easy way that they couldn't in the past".
Who do these people think they are? Free citizens?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:34 PM (ExV1e)
is a "massive problem" because it allows critics of mass immigration to "have their voice heard in a really easy way that they couldn't in the past".
Who do these people think they are? Free citizens?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)
Subjects, not citizens
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 30, 2026 04:35 PM (xcxpd)
I'm not sure which would be more disturbing.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 04:35 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 30, 2026 04:36 PM (xvV+O)
From wikipedia: In February 2026, Brasel ruled that U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) had likely violated the constitutional rights of thousands of detainees at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis.[14] Brasel's emergency restraining order noted that detainees faced numerous barriers to accessing legal counsel and that "in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."[14] Her order required the government to allow non-citizens in custody the opportunity to contact legal counsel within an hour of their detention and before any out-of-state transfer.
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 04:36 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 04:37 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 30, 2026 04:35 PM (xcxpd)
Ackshully... British subjects became citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies (CUKC) on 1 January 1949, following the implementation of the British Nationality Act 1948. This act fundamentally changed the status from one shared with the entire Commonwealth to distinct, local citizenships.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:39 PM (ExV1e)
Unless you're somali
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 04:39 PM (bKa86)
Hang the bastards as spys.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 04:39 PM (yFx9n)
And if you can't figure out which Muzzie is conducting fraud and which one isn't, send them both and let CECOT figure it out!
Posted by: Diabeetus at March 30, 2026 04:39 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:39 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 04:39 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Eeyore
Maybe there's a way we can make the 'reformed' criminal live in the judge's house for the unserved part of the term in the statute.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 04:39 PM (Dv3i1)
They just don't know it yet.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 04:40 PM (2WIwB)
Something needs to be done.
Posted by: What is to be done? at March 30, 2026 04:40 PM (/1l9x)
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 04:41 PM (CUNBy)
Posted by: Stateless
Threadwinner!
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)
It's raining and warm here, so I'm relaxing with a pipe after a busy day of errands and chores, and trying to catch up. The world is still weird, right? It didn't suddenly correct itself while I was sleeping?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:41 PM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/dpaw8chr
"Treasury secretary to reward tipsters with percentage of fines imposed on fraudsters"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:42 PM (El6/E)
Seems like they were given ample opportunity to leave the US before apprehension.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 04:42 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 30, 2026 04:32 PM (xcxpd)
Most likely most of it is in Somalia. Or Somaliland. One of those shitholes.
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 04:42 PM (CUNBy)
IMHFO.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 30, 2026 04:42 PM (ZV81O)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:42 PM (El6/E)
Feel free to bitch about them anyway. The opportunity is dying off. Slowly, oh so slowly, but it is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:44 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:44 PM (El6/E)
We treat all countries as they treat us.
-No churches in Middle East? OK, no mosques in the West.
- You burn our churches? We bomb your black cube.
- You make companies transfer technology? we ban those companies from doing business in your country.
- You make Christians pay tax? We make do the same to muslims.
- You want trade surplus? We want balance of trade.
- You cut off hands for theft? We do the same to your people.
- You have slaves in islam? Well, all muslims in West are now slaves too.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 04:44 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: Stateless
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"Acts like he's too good for his own kin."
( -- Ilhan Omar)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:44 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:39 PM (ExV1e)
They sure don't act like it.
Posted by: pookysgirl, not a global citizen at March 30, 2026 04:44 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:41 PM (wzUl9)
Fear not, Crippled fat chicks in wheelchairs wearing BDSM gear are still wheeling their way down your sidewalk.
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 04:45 PM (CUNBy)
Posted by: Gonzotx at March 30, 2026 04:45 PM (nGraA)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026
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I did get time to observe that the Miss Statue of Liberty being led off by cops (as part of their street theatre) needed to do a little gym work, and she wouldn't be unattractive. Maybe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 04:46 PM (Fbc0I)
Minneapolis officer Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years for doing his job when the criminal Floyd died of drug overdose. Three of his fellow police officers were sentenced from 3 to 4.5 years because they didn't shoot Chauvin .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 04:47 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: pookysgirl, not a global citizen at March 30, 2026 04:44 PM (Wt5PA)
It only happened 77 years ago. They probably don't know yet.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:47 PM (ExV1e)
No but the day before yesterday, just out of the blue, Japanese accounts were heavily promoted by Twixxer to everyone's delight. Pretty Japanese girls, beautiful photos of the cherry festival, posts on food and culture, people mocking Japanese leftists, it is glorious.
Its like a breath of fresh air, friendly, happy people in Japan and America sharing food pictures, ideas, having fun, goofing on each other.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:47 PM (El6/E)
After every conviction like this, impose the penalty, ensure they have no financial means that they can hold on to, and follow up with deportation and banned from ever entering the US again.
Posted by: Cheri at March 30, 2026 04:47 PM (oiNtH)
When you consider God is offended by injustice one might fear for our country.
Or something like that.
Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at March 30, 2026 04:47 PM (hV6Hr)
Posted by: Stateless
What if he does not want to?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 04:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026
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Sidewalks here are too broken for that. They'd be rolling in the streets (which are no bargain either) and blocking traffic.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:48 PM (wzUl9)
To foreign invaders who hate you and want to bring this country down. And their Democrat sponsors, protectors, and benefactors.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 04:48 PM (RIvkX)
She still would be festooned with tattoos and have a corrupt nasty soul filled with hate and insanity.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)
She'd speak eventually.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:48 PM (ExV1e)
>>Meanwhile, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) and the Trump Administration began negotiations over two vacancies on the U.S. District Court. They ultimately agreed on Brasel, Klobuchar’s candidate, and Minneapolis attorney Eric Tostrud, who was supported by Paulsen.[7] President Trump announced both Brasel and Tostrud on July 13, 2017.
https://tinyurl.com/ww2n376u
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 04:48 PM (viF8m)
Its like a breath of fresh air, friendly, happy people in Japan and America sharing food pictures, ideas, having fun, goofing on each other.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026
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I heard about that on my local talk radio today. Cool.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:49 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 04:49 PM (V4IXI)
Part of it went to the Democrats, as tribute. Part of it went to Somalia to family and powerful people there. The rest was spent on stupid crap and spread among their family.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:49 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: bearski at March 30, 2026 04:49 PM (Bhsk7)
"NO RECESS APPOINTMENTS!"
--Senate Republicans
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:50 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 04:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Its like a breath of fresh air, friendly, happy people in Japan and America sharing food pictures, ideas, having fun, goofing on each other.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:47 PM (El6/E)
I noticed. Have the Indians and Pakistanis lost their stranglehold on the algo? Has it been fixed so it's not promoting incendiary posts and propaganda pages run by Pajeet by default?
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 04:51 PM (CUNBy)
Posted by: Stateless
What if he does not want to?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
>There's an old adage in Somalia; Incest is best.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 04:51 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 04:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Delurker at March 30, 2026 04:51 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)
Assuming that you're put in with violent prisoners, which is unlikely, find one of the bosses and promise a big bump in their commissary for protection.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM (ExV1e)
I have never liked the idea of people getting away with crimes because they helped the prosecution. I mean, Whitey Bulger murdered and stole from everyone around him for years perfectly protected by the FBI because he fed them his rivals and cash. Mostly cash.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM (El6/E)
Prosecutors are pussies and 99% always looking for plea deals . That's why so many criminals who should still be in prison are walking the streets and looking for their next victims.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Sugar Free Gummy Bear at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM (0OHKH)
Pittsburgh public schools are closing for 4 days during the NIGHTTIME NFL Draft.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM (NgYxV)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM (vOtXJ)
I suppose it depends on what is meant by "valuable information".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:53 PM (ExV1e)
They seem greatly diminished, but that might just be because I muted so many of them. You can refuse to see replies and posts from specific portions of the world if you choose as well now LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:53 PM (El6/E)
That's a pretty big assumption. I highly doubt he's giving them shit. It's in his culture not to.
Posted by: Delurker at March 30, 2026 04:53 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 30, 2026 04:53 PM (IifOV)
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Why are their names always so boring and similar?
Posted by: Sugar Free Gummy Bear at March 30, 2026
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They only have fifteen or twenty to choose from?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:53 PM (wzUl9)
Pretty sure I saw Dildo Buggers at a SF rally that Zombie covered
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:54 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 04:54 PM (vFG9F)
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Don't disagree, but we can't knock the judge for being weak / corrupt / bad Trump pick when she gave a harsher sentence than the prosecution + defense requested, I would think...?
Posted by: bearski at March 30, 2026 04:54 PM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 04:54 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 04:54 PM (NgYxV)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 04:49 PM (V4IXI)
And it will include time served - every minute he was in custody.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 30, 2026 04:54 PM (vOtXJ)
Pittsburgh public schools are closing for 4 days during the NIGHTTIME NFL Draft.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026
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Gee, if we'd only had that in the springtime when I was in school.
No wonder these little twerps don't seem to learn anything.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 30, 2026 04:55 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 04:51 PM (CUNBy)
As I understand it, you now get paid for having impact in your own region. It is hoped that this will lessen the number of them who post shit about US and Japanese politics to game the system.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:55 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ali Abdul Abubakar at March 30, 2026 04:55 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: bearski at March 30, 2026 04:55 PM (Bhsk7)
Why are their names always so boring and similar?
Posted by: Sugar Free Gummy Bear at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM
No idea.
Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at March 30, 2026 04:55 PM (0sNs1)
Given what public schools are like I am not sure time away from them is so counterproductive
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 04:55 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Has Toby weighed in on his preferred approach?
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 30, 2026 04:56 PM (36bTp)
The guidelines for that type of crime should be multiple decades hard time.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 04:56 PM (viF8m)
Why are their names always so boring and similar?
Posted by: Sugar Free Gummy Bear
Their entire language is composed of only twenty three syllables.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2026 04:56 PM (/lPRQ)
The only loser in this affair is overworked prison petting zoo goat.
Posted by: 13times at March 30, 2026 04:57 PM (3fEC+)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 04:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: bearski at March 30, 2026 04:55 PM (Bhsk7)
If it got her thrown the fuck out of the country I would let him off scot-free.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 04:57 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026
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It wasn't counterproductive for me. I got my mother to call in sick for me lots of times; I watched Jeopardy! (the original daytime version) and read. I turned out okay. (Some might disagree.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:58 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 04:54 PM (vFG9F)
Maybe you missed where he had already repaid almost 4/100ths of 1% of the money stolen.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:58 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2026 04:58 PM (7x+fZ)
Posted by: Carolus at March 30, 2026 04:58 PM (oddef)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 04:59 PM (Dv3i1)
Oh. At least he is working on it.
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 05:00 PM (vFG9F)
2) Claim you spent it on hookers and blow
3) Claim to be a chick, serve your year in jail with a bunch of horny female inmates
4) Go back to whatever shithole you are from and recover the money and spend it on cheaper hooker and blow
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)
It's all corruption all the way down in Tampon Timmy's Wonderland.
Posted by: Delurker at March 30, 2026 05:00 PM (gtcuf)
These cartel judges are worse than trannies dancing around in dresses demanding we respect them--at least the tranny isn't stealing from our future and soiling our past.
His lies only live in the present.
No:
You cartel judges are a disgrace to all law and all order.
When the swing comes for you, you can plea to the deaf past, killed by your own hand in a fit of pique at the people you were sworn to protect for daring elect a man you found declasse.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 05:00 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2026
***
When we had a sane country, we would have. Say, during Calvin Coolidge's time.
Oh, wait. They weren't letting people like that into America during Cal's time, so the problem didn't come up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:00 PM (wzUl9)
You forgot step 1:
Hang him, Iranian style
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 05:01 PM (sKqQm)
"Look at the dead bird," I said.
"Where?" she said looking up.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 05:02 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:41 PM (wzUl9)
Keep smoking that pipe. It'll get weirder
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 30, 2026 05:02 PM (zafwz)
In the video, she displayed several signs she said she was making, including “Equality is not radical,” “Healthcare, not warfare,” and “Make bullying wrong again.”
She also stated, “Apparently, if 3.5% of a population protests in a sustained and peaceful way, it can topple authoritarian regimes. I know this is math, but that’s only 12 million of us, so we’ve gotten really close. I think we can do it tomorrow.”
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 05:03 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 05:04 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 30, 2026
***
"The world is already too much for me. That's why I smoke this stuff."
( -- Thomas De Quincey, author of Confessions of an English Opium Eater)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:04 PM (wzUl9)
And how is this "apparent?" Go back to fucking Howard the Duck, Lea.
Posted by: Delurker at March 30, 2026 05:05 PM (gtcuf)
Her first question to me. "So, has your flight arrived yet?"
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 05:05 PM (2WIwB)
The core problem we have in the US is that 60% or more just want to be left alone, 10-20% want to roll this shit back to sanity, and the 3% of the 20% that just want free shit thing dressing up as Handmaids will get them to be in charge of handing out the free shit
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 05:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 04:36 PM
I think people need to be reminded that Trump had no real plans for a cabinet and no idea how he would do anything anything in his first term because he did not think he would win.
IIRC it was the weekend before the election when he confided in his campaign team that he knew they could not win no matter what happened but they gave it a good try.
He was literally blindsided by his win like everyone else in the country was. I certainly never expected him to win.
While he was trying to organize a cabinet he was being attacked from both the left and the right on an hourly basis and was forced to constantly defend himself from minute one with the entire deep state, the courts along with the left and all of the rino's constantly attacking at him.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 30, 2026 05:06 PM (0N4FZ)
----
maybe he'll get shivved while he's in the joint
I kid, of course
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 05:07 PM (ZxPkt)
I would have asked her: "Are you the party to whom I am speaking?"
Posted by: Delurker at March 30, 2026 05:07 PM (gtcuf)
We should encourage a nationwide series of Shut The Fuck Up rallies.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Diogenes
>Did she cackle and suck your cock? That's what Kamala would do.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 05:08 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:08 PM (wzUl9)
Acting the second most overpaid profession in the world.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 05:08 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 05:09 PM (ynpvh)
It's all corruption all the way down in Tampon Timmy's Wonderland.
Posted by: Delurker at March 30, 2026 05:00 PM
Dude. We're Hobbits. Consider our daily meal schedule:
Breakfast – 7 a.m.
Second Breakfast – 9 a.m.
Elevenses – 11 a.m.
Luncheon – 1 p.m.
Afternoon Tea – 3 p.m.
Dinner – 6 p.m.
Supper – 9 p.m.
That's barely 1.607 years worth of meals for our Community.
Posted by: Abdul al Merry & Mohammad Pippin at March 30, 2026 05:09 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:09 PM (azOtX)
Equality under the law? Of course not
Equality of outcome? You bet your sweet duck f*cking tits honey
Posted by: 18-1 in the style of that meme at March 30, 2026 05:10 PM (sKqQm)
I smiled as I paid.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 05:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wally at March 30, 2026 05:10 PM (zG4BR)
According to Melania, when Trump told Melania he was running she said "You know if you run you'll win.'
Donald Trump has been in the public eye for 5 decades. WHEN, in all that time, has Donald Trump EVER ONCE not played to win?
The "Trump didn't expect to win" shit was a liberal media talking point.
I say this as a huge Trump supporter: Trump's fuck ups are Trump's fuckups. Don't try and sugarcoat them with liberal media talking pints.
Posted by: Delurker at March 30, 2026 05:10 PM (gtcuf)
I smiled as I paid.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 05:10 PM (2WIwB)
amazing, just simply amazing...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 05:11 PM (ynpvh)
I smiled as I paid.
Posted by: Diogenes
🤣
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 30, 2026 05:11 PM (T5m6M)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 05:12 PM (+nEug)
Why is the Internal Revenue Service sitting this one out?
The fraud is obvious. That would make the tax fraud obvious as well. Claiming to serve 1.5 million meals and not serving any would negate the structure of the entity. That's tax fraud.
Posted by: Orson at March 30, 2026 05:12 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM (V4IXI)
Prosecutors are hyper-aggressively slef interested, and conviction rate is a big factor in getting to the next level.
A plea deal results in a conviction, ergo going to trial not only costs more and takes more time, there's the offchance that the perp skates.
They don't give one flying fuck about public safety or "justice", only their careers*
*The caveat is when they tilt at windmills for publicity and political advantage such as the specious charges leveled against POTUS
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 30, 2026 05:12 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2026 05:12 PM (mP0Kj)
This person now qualifies for good behavior sentence reduction credits from 25-40%. The likelihood is this fraudster does 6 months or less. Crime really does pay.
Posted by: Mrs Emma Peel at March 30, 2026 05:14 PM (np2zX)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 04:52 PM (V4IXI)
These are true stats...
The FBI has a successful prosecution rate of 99%.
Of FBI cases, 99% are plea deals.
Kinda makes ya go... hmmmm....
Note, Gen. Flynn, after NINE YEARS, finally gets a settlement from the DOJ for wrongful prosecution... after having to be pardoned by the President.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2026 05:15 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:09 PM (azOtX)
Somewhere in the middle of the Strait, they will say you can shop duty free for like 2 freakin minutes.
The deals aren't that great, but the lure is.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 30, 2026 05:15 PM (zafwz)
We should encourage a nationwide series of Shut The Fuck Up rallies.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)
When I passed through Madras, OR on Saturday, there was a sad little NoKings demo at the highway intersection, led by a slovenly fat harpy toting a crudely-lettered "jail Trump" sign. I flipped them the bird, and was rewarded by a burst of incoherent screeching.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:15 PM (azOtX)
And it has not changed for nearly 1000 years. Arabic is a very crude, simple, dumb language
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:15 PM (El6/E)
I think it's far too easy to forget what was going on back then. Not only did Trump run against the Republican establishment and thrash them, he was also being accused of being a Russian stooge. It's not like people were rushing to work for him back then. Many didn't think he'd last in office for a year.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 05:15 PM (viF8m)
That's great in theory, but you have to be absolutely sure that it is reduced to gravel in the process.
Can you imagine what a morale boost is would be if we bombed it and wasn't completely obliterated?
They're bad enough when they're losing, we can't afford to give them even one win. Especially a significant one like that.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 30, 2026 05:16 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: Howard the Duck at March 30, 2026 05:16 PM (zG4BR)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2026 05:16 PM (XMwZJ)
I can fix her.
Or die trying
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:16 PM (El6/E)
I smiled as I paid.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 05:10 PM (2WIwB)
amazing, just simply amazing...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 05:11 PM (ynpvh)
Barista? probably had a Humanities type degree...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2026 05:16 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2026 05:19 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2026 05:19 PM (XMwZJ)
Yeah, real frickin' Einsteins...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 05:20 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:15 PM (azOtX)
Yo!
Sorry again we weren't able to get together.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 05:20 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Orson at March 30, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)
I say this as a huge Trump supporter: Trump's fuck ups are Trump's fuckups. Don't try and sugarcoat them with liberal media talking pints.
Posted by: Delurker at March 30, 2026 05:10 PM
Sorry but it isn't a liberal talking point. Trump himself said he was not going to win the week before the election. Even melania told that to the lady who wrote the "art of her deal" book about melania.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 30, 2026 05:21 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 05:15 PM (viF8m)
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Heard some talking head today suggest tthat the DOJ can't get good lawyers because The Left will essentially destroy your legal career if you work for Trump.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 05:21 PM (HW7Dq)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 30, 2026 05:22 PM (1LxEq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:22 PM (azOtX)
Of course, when I would have started with that, we didn't have (affordable, let alone cheap) calculators. Urgh.
(Forensic accounting might have been a strange sort of fun, if there was such a specialty in the '70s.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:23 PM (wzUl9)
Your ampersands are all going to get tangled up like fishhooks
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:23 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 05:23 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026
***
"Download our app! It's free!"
( -- Scylla and Charybdis)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:24 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Howard the Duck at March 30, 2026 05:16 PM (zG4BR)
Your movie sucked but that scene was the greatest scene ever put on film.
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 05:24 PM (OM9sb)
Sorry again we weren't able to get together.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 05:20 PM (2WIwB)
Likewise. But I was able to meet MAE and Lazy Messenger.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:24 PM (azOtX)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2026 05:16 PM (mP0Kj)
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PhD guaranteed!
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 05:25 PM (HW7Dq)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 30, 2026 05:25 PM (vsOOT)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2026 05:16 PM (mP0Kj)
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PhD guaranteed!
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 05:25 PM (HW7Dq)
I think PhD should be pronounced like Elmer Fudd's last name...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 05:26 PM (ynpvh)
Peter St. Onge warned that the taxpayers are probably going to end up bailing out private credit as a number of the lenders (e.g., Blue Owl) have stopped allowing redemptions.
Peter also pointed out that the banks are lobbying Congress hard to make it illegal for stable coins to pay interest because those accounts are paying about 4% while banks are paying < 1/4%.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 05:26 PM (2ap+5)
If she hadn't been playing his mom, that scene with her in the bedroom with Marty in Back to the Future would have been scorching hot. As it is, super awkward and disturbing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:28 PM (El6/E)
I can fix her.
Or die trying
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:16 PM (El6/E)
She needs spankings.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 30, 2026 05:28 PM (vsOOT)
1.5M meals. Imagine the infrastructure and resources to prepare and serve that many meals. The biggest professional catering companies in the country probably don’t serve that many meals in that time frame.
But this lone asshole probably had a bare-bones LLC with maybe one to two employees, tiny office space, and no resources to serve hamburger helper, let alone 1.5M meals.
The fact that nobody bothered to do any due diligence whatsoever on any of these companies makes it 100% clear to me that everyone was in on it, from top to bottom.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 30, 2026 05:29 PM (1LxEq)
even then...
aiui, it was broken into about seven pieces a while ago and glued back together.
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 05:30 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2026 05:30 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 30, 2026 05:31 PM (bNf8H)
I've been reading about a counterattack on the ABA, one of the main groups harassing and trying to take down lawyers who work with Trump or any MAGA related person. The ABA has become a far left advocacy group and not a neutral arbiter of the law.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 05:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 05:33 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:24 PM (azOtX)
Excellent!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 05:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 05:33 PM (OM9sb)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 30, 2026 05:33 PM (1LxEq)
What you people are forgetting is that this guy chose to not serve 1.5 Million People to Children.
Because, he cares.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 05:33 PM (W7FsI)
長谷川吉田 Hasegawa Yoshida
@EdoEraPervert
Translated from Japanese
I'm often seeing this word on TL, and I'm confused because I don't get what it means. What the heck is "Nigga"?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 30, 2026 05:33 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 05:34 PM (MIIRH)
aiui, it was broken into about seven pieces a while ago and glued back together.
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 05:30 PM (v3pYe)
Reduce to gravel then mill it down to minus .01" in a ball mill, put the resulting sludge into tanks, and empty them at sea.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 05:35 PM (azOtX)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 05:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 30, 2026 05:54 PM (r2KsI)
Posted by: John M at March 30, 2026 06:11 PM (CzLfO)
Were You Inconvenienced by the Decrepit White Hippies During the CCP- and Soros-Funded No Kings Shuffle-Abouts?
Insurrection BarbieThey're literally mutants.
@DefiyantlyFree Mar 28 I got stuck in the middle of one of the idiotic CCP funded No Kings protests with my kid in this morning. First of all it was 15 people. They were all white and over the age of 65 and lastly, if you continue to walk around with signs that say No Kings, you look like an idiot. Literally no one was under the age of 65 in the whole crowd.
Fetishist 'No Kings' protester in mask drags 'Trump' and 'JD Vance' behind her wheelchairUh-huh.
The "No Kings" protest in Atlanta took a turn for the weird as a masked artist dragged unhinged cosplayers dressed as President Trump and Vice President JD Vance behind her wheelchair. Video of the street protest sideshow circulating online shows activist Jessica Blinkhorn clad in a black sheer skirt, a leather tube top and a full facemask reminiscent of "Mad Max: Fury Road" villain Immortan Joe seated in a motorized wheelchair as her fellow dress-up players awkwardly gyrate to techno music. The Georgia State University teacher and self-described "DOGEWALKER" holds a metal leash in one hand, which is connected to a collar worn by a person wearing a Trump mask and dressed in his signature blue suit, red tie and MAGA hat, and a woman who appears to be mimicking Erika Kirk. ... "This is performance as protest. This is art in action," Blinkhorn wrote in an Instagram post accompanying the unhinged video. ...
Blinkhorn has been awarded in the art world for her performance pieces about sex and disability. He received a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2024 -- a prestigious award that comes with tens of thousands of dollars in grant money -- for her project SPANKBOX. The art "depicts individuals with physical disabilities in hypersexualized poses and situations," according to the fellowship.
Video of these sexual fetishist mutants here. (Toby just emailed me to say "Almost as hittable as Sarah Longwell.")
Robert DeNiro -- or, as I think this genius should be called, Bobby "The Brain" DeNiro -- stumbled and mumbled his way through a gibberish speech written for him by ChatGTP.
C3For decades people praised DeNiro for somehow managing to make his eyes empty and absent. Turns out, no, he's not a great actor, he's just brain-damaged IRL. When he "portrays" a man with no inner monologue who seems to be an animal motivated only by primitive instinct, that's just him. Bobby "The Brain" DeNiro shuffle-marched alongside pogrom-stirring race hustler and OG Grifter Al Sharpton as well as spherical bull-dyke and mortgage fraudster "Big Tish" James.
@C_3C_3 Mar 28 No Kings crybaby and terminal TDS patient Robert DeNiro... Has lost roughly $350 million on his last 5 movies. Whoops!
LMAO 🤣. No kings protester completely LOSES IT and STORMS AWAY when the interviewer points out that nobody voted for Kamala and she was installed as the nominee pic.twitter.com/k4soNACCuS
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 29, 2026
Philadelphia, PA - at today's “No Kings” protest
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) March 28, 2026
"Death to America”
“Death to Israel”
Long Live the Intifada”
All while holding the “Palestinian” flag.
Those are literally terrorists in America.
pic.twitter.com/7oBKSWjb1A
“Then they came for the theater kids, and I said ‘make sure you get all the theater kids’” https://t.co/r4E5ylnmvm
— 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐬 (Golden Age Arc) (@myth_pilot) March 30, 2026
No kings protesters in Nashville, TN
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 29, 2026
These libtards are actually deranged pic.twitter.com/thWB19dYL6
This is the best takedown of "No Kings" I've seen yet.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) March 29, 2026
"You just hate what you're told to hate..."
"I just wish the anti-authoritarian energy was present during actual tyranny." 🔥pic.twitter.com/126eJbo8vc
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 03:31 PM (z/ZK2)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 03:31 PM (z/ZK2)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 03:31 PM (z/ZK2)
If we have to resolve it, it won't end well for the mutants.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 03:32 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2026 03:32 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:32 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 03:33 PM (z/ZK2)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 03:33 PM (rbvCR)
Looks more like a tire tube top to me.
Posted by: GWB at March 30, 2026 03:33 PM (x9vBb)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 30, 2026 03:35 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:35 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 03:35 PM (z/ZK2)
To CECOT with all these protestors!
Posted by: Diabeetus at March 30, 2026 03:35 PM (sWgE+)
yuck
gonna make Easter a bit more annoying
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 03:35 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:35 PM (cWLG3)
We’re busy crushing down the streets of Tehran in our new turbo Trans Am…
Posted by: Fearless Iranians From Hell at March 30, 2026 03:36 PM (z/ZK2)
Also a divorce, that broke whatever was left of him. I kind of disagree about DeNiro's acting ability. He WAS very good for a couple of decades. He picked good roles that fitted his ability. He's an empty shell now.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 30, 2026 03:36 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: The guy that says nothing will happen (again) at March 30, 2026 03:36 PM (6uxuX)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 30, 2026 03:36 PM (h3Irj)
All of them were talking about how they enjoyed the protest the day before...
Yep. The protests main demographic are old people waiting to die.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (4xEtP)
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (1wjle)
This is much different than during the BLM tyranny in 2020 or so. Those protests were much better organized, much better funded, and much much better attended.
No Kings is barely a wet fart in a hurricane.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (1wjle)
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Not closely enough, and now I hate you.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (oqH4h)
_______
Ummm ... I think that's a dude, bro
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:39 PM (W7FsI)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:39 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 03:39 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (oqH4h)
The hardest part about this entire situation is telling your father.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:39 PM (W7FsI)
yeah the facial geometry is weird and extreme and now I can see a dude in that. Not sure if it is a dude. Would not chance it. Not worth it even if it's a tatted up witch-faced broad.
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:40 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2026 03:40 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)
If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao at March 30, 2026 03:40 PM (z/ZK2)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)
LEAVE BALLISTIC ALONE!
...also,
Love is love, homie.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (W7FsI)
Yeah, Miss SoL was a bit rough looking. Like she'd raped by a gang of TdA terrorists.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (JCZqz)
In many ways, this is the story of the next post.
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:39 PM (W7FsI)
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At least I'm not rollerblading.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (oqH4h)
Before the proest yesterday morning, they were running around frantically trying t pack the car with signs and accessories -- yelling at each other, upset, excited, desperate to get there in time and not forget anything.
aFterward, they invited abut 15 fellow No-Kingers to the house for an after-protest canapé party. they stood around laughing and sipping white wine, and then gathered in a circle and sang cringey "protest songs" that consisted n '60s and '70s hits with badly rewritten anti-Trump lyrics.
It was so sad, so pathetic.
Posted by: zombie at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (Av6i5)
All of them were talking about how they enjoyed the protest the day before...
Yep. The protests main demographic are old people waiting to die.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (N1DT3)
Where else can you have a free outdoor party, and even get "famous" attention and possibly paid?
This is an assisted living home dream. It's why they keep having them. Puts the olds out for at least 1/2 the day and the prior week is "getting ready" events...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (tOcjL)
In many ways, this is the story of the next post.
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (1wjle)
Go to Xinjiang province and fix tractors.
Posted by: Mao at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (z/ZK2)
Posted by: Diabeetus at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (sWgE+)
how closely did you look?
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (1wjle)
BWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)
"You just hate what you're told to hate..."
"I just wish the anti-authoritarian energy was present during actual tyranny."
I remember when you had to show your vaccine card to dine out.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (Kksvc)
But... once you get done scanning for easy/nasty, you have to look closer and decide, "Is this even worth it on Easy Mode? What are we even doing here? "
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:40 PM (1wjle)
Or a tranny.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (z/ZK2)
how closely did you look?
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (1wjle)
So it's not a pot bellied over tatted Shemale ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: zombie at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (Av6i5)
parody song lyrics are the lowest form of comedy. And I've written a few.
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:44 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)
Ace, it isn’t fair to make fun of blind horndog Toby
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 30, 2026 03:44 PM (36bTp)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 03:44 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 30, 2026 03:44 PM (IifOV)
What our brains do is take the information given to it and form what is essentially an ideal for what it 'sees'.
Then, it adjusts as reality imposes itself on the ideal.
This, is the essential working of the 10 yard rule.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:45 PM (W7FsI)
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:40 PM (1wjle)
Or a tranny.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (z/ZK2)
I was thinking male to female tranny who actually spent money at least getting the good hormones...that type of person would want to show the nipples by going bra-less...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 03:45 PM (tOcjL)
I remember when you had to show your vaccine card to dine out.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (Kksvc)
Went to a St. Louis Blues hockey game during the covid thing. The people we went with, one guy's wife was a nurse. She had 'vaccine passports' pre printed for all of us so we had no issue getting into the arena.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)
She's The Statue of Libertine.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 30, 2026 03:45 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: zombie at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (Av6i5)
Didn't file an anonymous noise complaint over the singing?
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 03:46 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (1wjle)
"would my dick be mad at me for sticking him in that?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:46 PM (W7FsI)
This also works on "transgenders".
Posted by: Orson at March 30, 2026 03:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 30, 2026 03:47 PM (n5tGW)
S/he's gazing at that officer like David French watching a particularly jacked bull pound his wife. Pure happiness.
It's almost like these abominations want to get arrested. Almost like it's all performance art.
Ya know?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:44 PM
Paul Shanklin wept.
Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 30, 2026 03:47 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 03:48 PM (iXqHn)
Supposedly there is another one tomorrow night. I 'm going to check it out.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 03:48 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: zombie at March 30, 2026 03:43 PM (Av6i5)
The judges would have also accepted, "Creamsicle Mussolini"
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 03:48 PM (rbvCR)
How much were they paying?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 03:48 PM (2Ez/1)
Make Hickory Shampoo Great Again.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:48 PM (W7FsI)
Ya know?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)
Cred.
Shows how far they're willing to go on their terrorist resume.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:46 PM
The Vespa Question. Will any of my friends see me riding that?
Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 30, 2026 03:49 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 03:41 PM (tOcjL)
NK's is also hobo Mardi Gras.
Posted by: 13times at March 30, 2026 03:49 PM (3fEC+)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 03:48 PM (+nEug)
Take plenty of pictures!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho
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And that folks is the thread winner...
The horde never disappoints.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 30, 2026 03:49 PM (VkY89)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)
And not ONE mask! Think of the Covid variances!!
Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at March 30, 2026 03:50 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:39 PM (W7FsI)
*bats eyes*
He doesn't have to know.
Posted by: Statue of Libertine at March 30, 2026 03:50 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: No Ignorance nor bliss at March 30, 2026 03:50 PM (48kUI)
Some support honks, but also loud exhortations to fuck themselves, and many birds were thrown, including my own.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 30, 2026 03:50 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 03:50 PM (Fbc0I)
The left. They never cease to entertain when they go out and do dumb shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:51 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 03:48 PM (2Ez/1)
They probably didn't have to.
They just had to tell people it was a reason for them to act like drama kids and wear costumes, and they were in.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 03:51 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 30, 2026 03:52 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: No Ignorance nor bliss at March 30, 2026 03:50 PM (48kUI)
She's so round. So firm.. So FULLY PACKED.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:52 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 03:44 PM
Add a few pounds and she'd be a torta.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 03:52 PM (bFu5X)
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Interviewer: “Why do you think there’s not a lot of black people here?”
Protester:
“Because a lot of them are afraid of being arrested. And they don’t wanna get arrested. They can’t afford it. They can’t afford the lawyers. They can’t afford the time off from work. And they’re afraid.”
Interviewer: “Do you think black people are less likely to protest because they’re afraid of getting arrested?”
Protester:
“Yeah, I do. Because they know they’ll get arrested more than white people.”
Interviewer: “What about voter ID laws? A lot of people say that suppresses the black vote.”
Protester:
“Yeah, because a lot of black people don’t have IDs. They don’t drive. They don’t have cars. They use public transportation.”
=====
The media's narrative at work.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 03:52 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Sugar Free Gummy Bear at March 30, 2026 03:52 PM (0OHKH)
Posted by: al roker at March 30, 2026 03:52 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM (IifOV)
Toby is gonna get mad if you are checking out his girl.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM (W7FsI)
Filed under: Things i Didn't Know.
Also appears to be chilly
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM (kVoLy)
Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 30, 2026 03:52 PM (4NO2D)
The Shame shall forever be engraved upon Your Soul.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM (iXqHn)
Protester:
“Yeah, because a lot of black people don’t have IDs. They don’t drive. They don’t have cars. They use public transportation.”
=====
Tell me you're a racist that has never met a black person without telling me you're a racist that's never met a black person.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (1wjle)
Is that really 'Pam'? She looks like the years have been very kind to her.
Wonder if she lives in California.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM (QGaXH)
But be loud about it, because most of them have hearing aids.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: ace
Wait, so ace is really Afroman? How could I have not seen it before?
Posted by: Oddbob at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM (vTZFs)
So, I feel bad for them...and yet, I'd also like them to stay in their assisted living homes and have an ice cream party instead.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (tOcjL)
You look FOOLISH and PRIVILEGED
What kind of retard spends their free time annoying people in public?
Hurry up and die already. Useless fucks
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (CLB2E)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (zZu0s)
Saturday was great. I was horribly disappointed by two horror movies, watched coverage of No Kings Day 3 on MS Now AND watched 'Freddy Got Fingered.' Entertainment all around.
Hollywood has had 25 years to dig deeper and 'Freddy Got Fingered' was actually the best movie I saw that day. It was bad and I can't believe they crapped $14 million on it, but it wasn't that bad. Lily white and no bitching about racism and no gays,
And thanks to MS Now, Tom Green didn't even crack the top 7 most annoying people Saturday.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (ueM0k)
no, just kinda looks and sounds like her.
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (1wjle)
how closely did you look?
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (1wjle)
THAT'S A MAN, BABY...!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: ace
Weird Al hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:55 PM (Zz0t1)
No, because the half dozen or so old ladies from my county who protest ICE are downtown, where no one goes anymore.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 30, 2026 03:55 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 03:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: freddie mercury at March 30, 2026 03:55 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 03:56 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:56 PM (1wjle)
You look FOOLISH and PRIVILEGED
What kind of retard spends their free time annoying people in public?
Hurry up and die already. Useless fucks
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (CLB2E)
And they had 100 of the stupid f*cks lined up for that dipshittery.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:56 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 03:56 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (QGaXH)
You missed the Art Thread by a few hours, sir.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 03:56 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 30, 2026 03:56 PM (0Htd1)
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Sounds like a victim of Somali pirate fraud.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 03:57 PM (NgYxV)
You look FOOLISH and PRIVILEGED
What kind of retard spends their free time annoying people in public?
Hurry up and die already. Useless fucks
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (CLB2E)
They want to be gang-ravaged by a bunch of swarthy Muslims.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 03:57 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 03:56 PM (2Ez/1)
Phases of dementia, most likely...the older you get, the more likely you will start to experience that mental fade...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 03:57 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 03:57 PM (Ia/+0)
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Sounds like a victim of Somali pirate fraud.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 03:57 PM (NgYxV)
Sad thing is, HE didn't lose anything. He got paid. The movie studios....THEY took it in the shorts for that asshole. But, you hired him. Reap it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2026 03:59 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 03:57 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm sure there was quite the monkeypox convention in several areas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:59 PM (Zz0t1)
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I think the deeper message he was trying to convey was:
#OrangeCheetoBad
/Furure MAHA Voter?
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 04:00 PM (NgYxV)
- Defy some Judicial decisions
- Indict/arrest/mug shot of opponent
- Search the residence of your opponent
- Pardon every last person in your administration
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 04:01 PM (bKa86)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2026 04:01 PM (XMwZJ)
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And that's just considering Congress.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 04:01 PM (NgYxV)
Posted by: Beelzebubba at March 30, 2026 04:01 PM (bufu1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:46 PM
The Vespa Question. Will any of my friends see me riding that?
Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 30, 2026 03:49 PM (4NO2D)
Had a crude friend who's favorite joke was 'what do fat chicks and Vespas have in common?
Answer: they can both be a lot of fun but you don't want you're friends to see you riding one.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 04:02 PM (QGaXH)
how closely did you look?
Posted by: ace at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (1wjle)
BWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)
***
Was thinking the same thing.
*shudders*
And her costume is missing the pigeon shit.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 04:03 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 04:03 PM (2ap+5)
The photo of the strange man wrapped like a tire in the wheelchair is bizarre, but not enough for me to find out or care.
It will soon be hot and they will stop these No King's worthless parades due to their age. Pass the baton to the paid protesters and move straight into real riot month which is June.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 04:04 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: ace
Wait, so ace is really Afroman? How could I have not seen it before?
Posted by: Oddbob at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM
Could Ace actually be Weird Al?????
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 30, 2026 04:04 PM (WsJuq)
Posted by: Frank Barone
Day trip from the old folks home.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 04:04 PM (Kksvc)
fixt
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 04:05 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2026 04:05 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 04:05 PM (WONhk)
Sorry gents who have rarely felt the touch of a female, that's a woman, albeit a large nosed one.
Here's the side pic
https://nypost.com/2026/03/29/us-news/no-kings-rally-turns-
violent-and-woman-dressed-as-statue-of-liberty-is-arrested/
[Delete the hard return after turns- ]
Posted by: imp at March 30, 2026 04:05 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: ace
Hello fart shits my old friend
I must contend with you again
Because the Taco Bell I was eating
Has left my butthole weeping
It's run thru me like a molten lava train
Oh the pain
And now I poop with violence
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 04:05 PM (Kksvc)
Yes. These people who have been dropped on their heads as children are there every weekend now.
I was with the wife, but I so dearly wanted to roll the windows down and blast ICE ICE BABY from my huge stereo in the MAGA red dirty diesel truck.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 30, 2026 04:05 PM (WYStd)
Just remember they all vote. There’s unfortunately no law keeping idiots like this from voting.
Posted by: That Guy at March 30, 2026 04:05 PM (g/iaZ)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 04:07 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (QGaXH)
You missed the Art Thread by a few hours, sir.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 03:56 PM (iXqHn)
I'm on the left coast and slept late today....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 04:07 PM (QGaXH)
----
There's a deleted scene in the movie Event Horizon that features such "art."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2026 04:08 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at March 30, 2026 04:08 PM (F0XtB)
They probably had to cut that tire off the moobs and submerge the entire deal in a pool.
I'll bet the smell triggered dogs miles away.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 04:09 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (Cqx++)
I presume that it was a list of all the pedos outed by THE EPSTEIN FILES! which included Prince Andrew - who was outed as having leaked government secrets, Elon Musk - who wasn't in the files at all AFAIK, and Woody Allen - who was almost certainly a pedo but also not in the files.
Not mentioned were the hundreds (thousands?) of teachers who molest kids every year. But that's okay.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:09 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 30, 2026 03:56 PM (0Htd1)
Now that I'm waayyyyy over 29, when I see the young guys with shaved heads I want to growl at them 'get a haircut, hippie'. When/if they say 'wth you talking about, old man' I'd say 'I dunno, it's just what old guys told me when I was your age so......'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 04:10 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Reforger at March 30, 2026 04:10 PM (7WnOb)
Those were the only places Hillary was giving speeches in 2016?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 04:11 PM (Sco7b)
* bows head for wheelchair.
Posted by: Reforger at March 30, 2026 04:13 PM (7WnOb)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 04:13 PM (AlhUl)
You look FOOLISH and PRIVILEGED
What kind of retard spends their free time annoying people in public?
Hurry up and die already. Useless fucks
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 30, 2026 03:54 PM (CLB2E)
Probably the same ones that spend their free time trying to annoy other posters on schmaart military blogs...?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 04:13 PM (QGaXH)
As for the gimp, he is near death, so that's a plus. That belly is less fat than retained liquid (ascites), and that level looks like liver failure
Posted by: imp at March 30, 2026 04:13 PM (g6TN6)
Right, they're still trying to make "Trump's name is in the files" happen.
The files don't actually support claims that what was happening there was pedos, just a lot of rich guys banging "yacht girls" like Meghan Markle. Especially considering the legal age in the Virgin Islands is 16.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)
______
I always insisted on Duval and Caine as at least as good. Hell, Jane Fonda was pretty good at the start of Barbarella (her career was all downhill from there, when she got dressed.)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 04:14 PM (AlhUl)
_______
My father might have hit on some of them - back in 1942, when they were doable.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 04:16 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 04:16 PM (NcvvS)
DA Brooke Rollins announcing arrests of former city officials today including Chair of the Human Rights Commission. Millions in fraud to live the high life, build personal brand, pay tuition and personal expenses.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 04:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: InZona at March 30, 2026 04:16 PM (/O9OF)
Great News!!
Variety reports there's going to be a movie!
Sony Pictures Television is shopping a project about the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein with Laura Dern attached to star, Variety has learned.
The limited series is based on the book “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story” by Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald journalist who put a renewed spotlight on Epstein and his crimes. Dern will star in the series as Brown.
The official description of the series describes it as “an explosive account of an investigative reporter exposing the secret plea deal between Epstein and federal prosecutors. Drawing from Brown’s experience as a groundbreaking reporter for the Miami Herald, the book and the limited series follow her relentless years-long investigation that identified 80 victims, persuaded key survivors to go on the record, and led to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrests.”
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 04:16 PM (Sco7b)
It's the meme, where the woman in the Handmaid outfit explains that Republicans want to force her to have hot sex with high-status very masculine men and then Niagara Falls comes out of her cooter.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:16 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 30, 2026 04:17 PM (VWtfl)
I must contend with you again
Because the Taco Bell I was eating
Has left my butthole weeping
It's run thru me like a molten lava train
Oh the pain
And now I poop with violence
Posted by: rickb223
>Did you get the 2 Chicken Chalupas Supreme Combo? It's like avian caviar in a crispy corn shell.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 04:17 PM (Fbc0I)
How many of the hand maiden people lived their lives hopping from one bed to the next until they aged out of it and they fantasize about a rich, powerful man claiming them and using them... sexually. His strong arms holding them down as he thrusts into them. There's nothing they can do, they're helpless against him.
It's all BDSM fantasy time for leftovers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:18 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at March 30, 2026 04:18 PM (/1l9x)
They probably had to cut that tire off the moobs and submerge the entire deal in a pool.
I'll bet the smell triggered dogs miles away.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 04:09 PM (WONhk)
Pool..pool..oh you mean like an acid bath? That would work.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 04:19 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at March 30, 2026 04:18 PM (/1l9x)
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Boredom?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 04:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 04:19 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: imp at March 30, 2026 04:20 PM (g6TN6)
Basically... Thanks for protesting to make sure no Kings come in and take over the Country... as Elected President I appreciate your hard work.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2026 04:20 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:20 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 04:19 PM (NpAcC)
Half the country was always weird... we just USED to use public shame to make them hide it.
Now, they are OUT, and Proud.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj)
Kamala Harris received 0.0% of the democrat primary vote, and they made her their candidate solely because they realized their actual candidate, Joe Biden, was going to lose badly. That's the total reasoning behind the switch - we are going to lose with Biden, maybe we can win with Kamala. Voters? Fuck the voters.
No kings blah blah. Such bullshit.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 30, 2026 04:22 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 04:19 PM (NpAcC)
Lack of war on our soil. Nobody can make them (oopsie) collateral damage, so they breed.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 04:22 PM (snZF9)
We have his answer.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 30, 2026 04:23 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 04:19 PM (NpAcC)
Because the cops stopped letting people beat them to death.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 04:23 PM (iXqHn)
ABC, NBC and CBS average about a total of 21 million viewers according to Grok. A small portion of the total population.
MS Now is about 1.6 million. CNN is about 700,000.
I wonder how many Americans didn't even know this was going on or why?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 04:24 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 04:19 PM (NpAcC)
Heavy Metal.
Posted by: Reforger at March 30, 2026 04:24 PM (7WnOb)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 30, 2026 04:24 PM (YlWIZ)
It fucking gives me chills. These people are positively creepy. They are very average looking women with male dominance fantasies.
By the way, the TV show doesn't even resemble the book. The premise of the book is "what if Christians in North America treated women like the Iranians and the Saudis?"
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 30, 2026 04:25 PM (vOtXJ)
Now, they are OUT, and Proud.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj)
Their dads used to beat the living shit out of them so much that if they even THOUGHT a weird thought, they'd have an instant response as if they'd been beaten again, and that was enough to stop them.
That doesn't happen now.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 04:25 PM (iXqHn)
Somehow it became conventional wisdom that if your sex life is anything other than hetero missionary with the lights off you're a Communist and must vote accordingly.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:25 PM (2ocoG)
Speaking of washed up old has-beens, remember that guy Cahrles from the Small Mint-Colored Pigskins web site? The guy that, from the onset of the site, absolutely HATED the mullahs of Iran? Held them responsible for all the ills in the middle east? You'd think that now they're finally being dealt with he'd at least back the Trump administration's actions?
Well, you'd be wrong. Not posting the link, but talk about a 180 degree switcheroo. Cash conquers all, for some people.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at March 30, 2026 04:25 PM (Ft5W9)
Thats how I feel about these retards. I’ve forgotten the stupid protests even existed. Why give them any attention, they’re 65 year old children.
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 04:25 PM (uDDWT)
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 04:26 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at March 30, 2026 04:26 PM (Ft5W9)
Posted by: redridinghood
>Somebody has to subsidize their pharmaceuticals when they're mid-transition.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 04:26 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 30, 2026 04:27 PM (JCZqz)
No kings blah blah. Such bullshit.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 30, 2026 04:22 PM
It's "No Kings". They're allowed to have queens.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 30, 2026 04:28 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: ace
Wait, so ace is really Afroman? How could I have not seen it before?
Posted by: Oddbob at March 30, 2026 03:53 PM (vTZFs)
Because you got high?
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 04:28 PM (CUNBy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 04:28 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 04:29 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 04:19 PM (NpAcC)
Heavy Metal.
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None of the metal heads I know are into goofy shit like that.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 30, 2026 04:30 PM (y9ksN)
We all know who you mean. The alleged jazz guitarist who allegedly rides a bicycle with no seat. He got a new girlfriend and adopted her politics. That was pretty much the end of anyone smart posting there.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:30 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at March 30, 2026 04:26 PM (Ft5W9)
I suppose a bigger question is, "Why did you even go see if he's still alive?" He was something big, something important, and he became just another looney closet in an internet filled with them.
Let his name be stricken from every book and tablet, stricken from all pylons and obelisks, stricken from every monument.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:30 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 30, 2026 04:25 PM (vOtXJ)
I actually watched the first couple of seasons about...eight years ago? Just before I got my CDL.
Dear Lord, it was awful. Just a badly, badly written series. I got a couple of episodes into season three and bailed. It was just getting worse and I couldn't stand it anymore,
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 04:31 PM (CUNBy)
Posted by: imp at March 30, 2026 04:31 PM (g6TN6)
We've still got several tons of fentanyl don't we?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:31 PM (ExV1e)
Metal *heads* aren't, but the music press in general and the specialist metal press in particular is way hard left and very angry about it.
Very much like all the other specialist press, actually.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:32 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: redridinghood"
The internet. Before it, the weirdness was mostly localized.
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 04:32 PM (vFG9F)
We have his answer.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 30, 2026 04:23 PM (wBaIH)
So that means one in ten have an IQ higher than 130...given a standard distribution.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 04:32 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Rome at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (V4IXI)
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Well duhhhh! It's Kid Rock's house and the commie rat bastards needed a buzzing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (ndZc7)
To be fair, that's also how *our* weirdness got together.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 04:33 PM (Fbc0I)
That's perfect. I 100% endorse that use of my tax dollars.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:34 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:30 PM (2ocoG)
Did he really get a new GF?
Tale as old as time, man.
Maybe he should have hooked up with another man and maybe he would've been allowed to keep his opinion.
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 04:35 PM (CUNBy)
Posted by: Accomack at March 30, 2026 04:35 PM (+sNap)
Bell curve remains unbeaten (generally speaking). The problem is distributions among various demographic groups ("G factor")
Posted by: imp at March 30, 2026 04:36 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 04:36 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:38 PM (oqH4h)
The hardest part about this entire situation is telling your father.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 03:39 PM (W7FsI)
Incidentally, of one of the funniest comments on YouTube is on the music video for "The Man" by The Killers. It goes something like, "After watching this, I finally sat my parents down to tell them that they're gay."
Posted by: SciVo at March 30, 2026 04:37 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: redridinghood
How? Internet. They were always weird. We just never heard about it.
Someone did some stupid shit in Elkhorn, Idaho was never heard about in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Thanks to the internet, it's now on a reel on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.
Everyone sees it.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 04:42 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 30, 2026 04:42 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Reforger at March 30, 2026 04:43 PM (7WnOb)
Oh and forgot, white people are destroying the planet,
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 04:30 PM (2ocoG)
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I don't. Who are you talking about?
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 30, 2026 05:05 PM (aZm/F)
One of ours is always at the County Courthouse - and the county is ran entirely by very well-heeled & connected Democrats/Socialists - but, no doubt we're all paying for their protection and that of the "orators and entertainment." 🙄
>PennLive dot com
"A No Kings rally in Media, Pa included a march to the Delaware County Courthouse for a 90-minute rally that included songs and speeches." Heaven help us all. 🤡
"This is your flag too!" was the retort from the audience for some alleged patriotic song.
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Well, THAT crowd didn't wall far for the festivities. Someone should have hollered the undocumented would be in their school and neighborhood & they would have scattered like roaches.
But all-in-all, as several hundreds 'liked:' It worked guys!!! There's still no king after...
Mockingly, of course.
Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at March 30, 2026 05:06 PM (NFX2v)
The Democrats, in the long tradition within their party of creating a political operation funded with tax dollars (a "machine"), have duplicated it, not with direct government jobs -because we've created laws like the Hatch Act making that difficult - but with government-adjacent operations, like schools and universities, and " NGOs".
Kill the Teacher's Unions, dismantle all the socially-conscious fluff curricula in colleges, and defund, without exception, NGOs. Let them run on donations, not taxes.
I'm betting that the collapse of this kind of street theater would mimic the USAID cuts response.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 30, 2026 05:49 PM (rJ+qD)
It's on the same wavelength as soyboy progs affecting camo to show their Man Cred.
They wouldn't know the stirrings of actual liberty if it crawled up their leg and bit em on their teeny weeny dicks.
Posted by: Zek at March 30, 2026 05:54 PM (5FPX4)
Did Democrats Just Steal a Congeressional Seat?
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh HOLY CRAP!! A Palm Beach elections office volunteer just got arrested for STEALING an encrypted access key and computer equipment in the March 24 special election where the Democrat won by 800 votes This is the district the includes Mar-a-Lago. Investigators worry that the encryption -- used for training -- could be reverse engineered and used to tamper with voter registration The theft was reported on March 27, a few days after last Tuesday's special election, per WPTV. The theft occurred on March 19, just days before election day "During the search of [John] Panicci's home, detectives recovered the stolen items along with a substantial amount of electronic and digital storage devices. Panicci was transported to the Palm Beach County Jail and booked on charges." Election integrity is vital to our republic. If it's happening in Florida -- IT'S HAPPENING NATIONWIDE
Tony Seruga
@TonySeruga You wondered how Democrat Emily Gregory defeated Trump-endorsed Republican Jon Maples by roughly 797--800 votes (51.2% to 48.8%, out of about 33,400 votes cast in a low-turnout special). The district had previously been held by a Republican who won by a much larger margin in 2024. FACTS: On March 19, during a volunteer training session at the elections office (4301 Cherry Road) ahead of the March 24 special election, Panicci allegedly stole an encrypted access key from a voter registration terminal. Surveillance photos reportedly captured the act.
He maintains a Facebook profile under John Panicci (@JohnWPB), describing himself as a "huge tech nerd." The key was programmed only for training databases, not live voter registration or election systems. However, investigators expressed concern that someone technically skilled could reverse-engineer the encryption and misuse it in a real kiosk.
The theft was reported to detectives on March 27. They identified Panicci, obtained search and arrest warrants, and executed them at his Lake Worth/Greenacres-area home on March 28. They recovered the stolen key and equipment, plus a large amount of other electronic and digital storage devices. He faces charges related to theft of computer equipment/property crimes (including taking/damaging electronic devices). He was booked into Palm Beach County Jail and held on $6,000 bail, with a no-contact order regarding the elections office. The investigation is ongoing, including a review of seized devices. It appears that Panicci was in communication with Debbie Wasserman Schultz's DC office over a dozen times since Christmas. If you recall, Wasserman and her Assistant United States Attorney (federal prosecutor) in the District of Columbia, brother, Steven Wasserman, who bungled the case, provided cover for the Awan brothers (Imran Awan, Abid Awan, and Jamal Awan), who were Pakistani-American IT staffers who worked as shared/contracted technicians for numerous Democratic members of Congress.
And they knew the guy was sketchy pic.twitter.com/xsKP1Spjp3
— kelly 🇺🇸 (@kelly54708895) March 29, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 30, 2026 02:32 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 30, 2026 02:33 PM (FmapG)
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Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 30, 2026 02:35 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: huerfano at March 30, 2026 02:35 PM (98kQX)
There were a bunch of other elections too.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 02:35 PM (Sco7b)
Prevent people from questioning the integrity of our elections, obviously!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 02:35 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 02:35 PM (xZzjp)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (7HqqU)
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Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (MIIRH)
But I agree it smells worst than Ahmed's crusty underwear stained with goat ass.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)
— kelly 🇺🇸 (@kelly54708895) March 29, 2026
Figures.
Typical "the suspect was 'known to police'" bullshit we hear every f*cking time there's a shooting.
If the left can't cheat, they never win anything again outside of blueist of the blue shitholes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 30, 2026 02:37 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:37 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 02:37 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 02:37 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: The person who always says that at March 30, 2026 02:37 PM (2Ez/1)
it's a state rep seat in special election which will have a redo in the fall
which will go to the R
still, they need to jail that blonde mofo, soonest
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:37 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 02:38 PM (7HqqU)
Posted by: Gonzotx at March 30, 2026 02:38 PM (nGraA)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 02:38 PM (AkEZC)
no I think they used it now
they wanted the headlines
they were planning on doing it again in the fall too tho, of course. this was like a teaser
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at March 30, 2026 02:38 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: pookysgirl, Decision Desk veteran at March 30, 2026 02:39 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:39 PM (j+aD2)
ccording to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the theft occurred on March 19 at the Supervisor of Elections’ headquarters on Cherry Road. Surveillance footage and digital check-in logs allegedly show Panicci, who was not on the original training roster, writing his name in, scanning his identification, and entering the room at 8:34 a.m.
Surveillance footage captured the moment Panicci, seated at a voter registration kiosk, reached over to an adjacent machine and pulled a black-and-silver SanDisk USB from its port. Investigators say he then slipped the device into his right pants pocket and left the facility.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 30, 2026 02:39 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Bill Kristol at March 30, 2026 02:40 PM (JCZqz)
which will go to the R
still, they need to jail that blonde mofo, soonest
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:37 PM (j+aD2)
I hear you, and I agree. But that's not the point. The point is that they're stealing seats with literally zero consequences.
Until they receive consequences (or have consequences imposed upon them), nothing changes.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 30, 2026 02:40 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 30, 2026 02:40 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 02:40 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 02:40 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 30, 2026 02:39 PM (NtVYv)
They're so used to no consequence, they're just out and out BOLD about their criminal activities.
"We've got the biggest voter fraud system the world has ever seen."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 02:41 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)
"Why will the SAVE Act never pass?"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 02:41 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 02:41 PM (Fbc0I)
As soon as you introduce anything digital, trust goes out the window.
I can't wait to hear how these Dominion type voting systems are unhackable. No such thing.
Posted by: Leupold at March 30, 2026 02:41 PM (F0+gz)
They've been lusting after this one like a Democrat after a child.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 30, 2026 02:41 PM (FmapG)
she's mostly investigating the 127 year old voters
they have those in Florida still too!
she's also pretty MILFY I have to say
seems like a fun lady
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:42 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 02:42 PM (gKWVE)
I can't wait to hear how these Dominion type voting systems are unhackable. No such thing.
Posted by: Leupold at March 30, 2026 02:41 PM (F0+gz)
During a hearing in Georgia back in 2020, someone hacked a voting machine using the internet connected thermostat on the wall in the same room as the machine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:42 PM (Zz0t1)
Minnesota cheats just fine with nothing digital. They just need a Buick.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 02:42 PM (2ocoG)
not just that, but the retention numbers for seated congressmen are way way way WAY high
that is due to fraud
that's why Thune is doing what he's doing
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:43 PM (j+aD2)
To a systems engineer, this whole thing is nuts. There should be no "training keys" -- what a security mess.
2. Why steal it if it was only good for training?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 02:43 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 30, 2026 02:44 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 02:44 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Big Dickus In Ass at March 30, 2026 02:44 PM (/1l9x)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 30, 2026 02:45 PM (u73oe)
that is due to fraud
that's why Thune is doing what he's doing
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:43 PM (j+aD2)
Congress has an approval rating of 15% at most and yet every incumbent is gets re-elected.
It's like magic!
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 02:45 PM (xZzjp)
Posted by: Big Dickus In Ass at March 30, 2026 02:44 PM (/1l9x)
"That's RIGHT!!!!!"
- - - - - Brian in New Orleans
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Leupold at March 30, 2026 02:41 PM (F0+gz)
Awaiting the appearance of Brian in New Orleans ... any moment now ...
***mutters BINO BINO BINO ***
Posted by: browndog says woof at March 30, 2026 02:45 PM (3sXRv)
well that wasn't me!
Ive seen the white boxes snuck into Philly polling places after hours via the back door!
Philly has always, always cheated
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:45 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Big Dickus In Ass at March 30, 2026 02:44 PM (/1l9x)
Elections in Saddam's Iraq were also beyond reproach...complain about them as an Iraqi and you were tortured and killed.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (ynpvh)
I am routinely assured that any time a Democrat "wins" an election the voters there deserve it.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (g8Ew8)
- - - - - Brian in New Orleans
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:45 PM (Zz0t1)
62 I can't wait to hear how these Dominion type voting systems are unhackable. No such thing.
Posted by: Leupold at March 30, 2026 02:41 PM (F0+gz)
Awaiting the appearance of Brian in New Orleans ... any moment now ...
***mutters BINO BINO BINO ***
Posted by: browndog says woof at March 30, 2026 02:45 PM (3sXRv)
Once again ... Sponge is first !
Posted by: browndog says woof at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (3sXRv)
There are systems where credentials that are used to authenticate to a training environment are also capable to authenticate in production. In fact its quite common for users in our systems to have a single set of credentials that allows for access to both.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (WYStd)
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Wow! That's right where I grew up after we moved from NYC back in the 1960's....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (QGaXH)
It's like magic!
exactly! and we're to believe that's all due to people being dumb and provincial and/or name recognition?!?!
pull the other one, Narrative
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: browndog says woof at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (3sXRv)
LMMFAO.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)
See "tag out/lock out" switches on machinery for an idea of how this could be implemented.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (5ZXSK)
well that wasn't me!
Ive seen the white boxes snuck into Philly polling places after hours via the back door!
Philly has always, always cheated
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:45 PM (j+aD2)
Including at least one member of PA's highest court was involved in shenanigans...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (ynpvh)
McAWFL's Daughter: How do we stop Trump?
McAWFL: First, we carry around signs.
McAWFL's Daughter: Then what?
McAWFL: That's it!
Posted by: Comic Relief Segment of the Show at March 30, 2026 02:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cheri at March 30, 2026 02:47 PM (oiNtH)
McAWFL's Daughter: How do we stop Trump?
McAWFL: First, we carry around signs.
McAWFL's Daughter: Then what?
McAWFL: That's it!
Posted by: Comic Relief Segment of the Show at March 30, 2026 02:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Does the McAWFL come with extra cheese and lots of whine?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:47 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 02:47 PM (VmB4Z)
I still have to fully watch them but I did watch part and the guy is really good. There are 13 videos on that election fraud involving guns being brought to set things right.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 02:48 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 02:47 PM (VmB4Z)
Sometimes. Oh, that was rhetorical. Nevermind.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:48 PM (ynpvh)
Then he had no need to steal it.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 02:48 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 02:49 PM (Fbc0I)
this is just muddying the water
they're not this dumb
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 02:49 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Operator Error at March 30, 2026 02:49 PM (8/+vP)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 02:49 PM (R28e7)
Election fraud.... maybe.
Posted by: Operator Error at March 30, 2026 02:49 PM (8/+vP)
Some voting is like a post turtle...you know the dead guy was not casting the ballot...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:50 PM (ynpvh)
You sure that was a usb device?
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 30, 2026 02:50 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 02:49 PM (R28e7)
Is a furry a sick, twisted individual that shouldn't be within 100 miles of a child at any time, ever?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: the ghost of harry reid at March 30, 2026 02:51 PM (TdYBy)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 02:49 PM (R28e7)
Homey don't play that game.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:51 PM (ynpvh)
this is like the cops say you weren't really robbed because they never caught the robber
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 30, 2026 02:51 PM (CWTWj)
You sure that was a usb device?
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 30, 2026 02:50 PM (DgMqy)
Well, it was a micro USB device...so maybe there was some question...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:52 PM (ynpvh)
You sure that was a usb device?
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 30, 2026 02:50 PM (DgMqy)
The pocket pussy. When you just can't get to a real pussy in time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2026 02:40 PM (YwEeS)
I noticed that also, but with auto-cucumber and sausage-finger susceptible phone keyboards it's hard to attribute multiple typo's to illiteracy as opposed to inattentiveness.
I proofread this very carefuly befor I hit 'past'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:52 PM (QGaXH)
I proofread this very carefuly befor I hit 'past'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:52 PM (QGaXH)
Well played, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:53 PM (Zz0t1)
this is like the cops say you weren't really robbed because they never caught the robber
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 30, 2026 02:51 PM (CWTWj)
Soros prosecutors would also say girls in schools weren't sexually harassed and assaulted by trans as well.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:53 PM (ynpvh)
Except when it does.
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 02:53 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: the ghost of harry reid at March 30, 2026 02:51 PM (TdYBy)
I honestly keep forgetting he's dead, and then something like this happens and just brightens up my day a bit.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 30, 2026 02:54 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 02:54 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: the ghost of harry reid at March 30, 2026 02:51 PM (TdYBy)
I honestly keep forgetting he's dead, and then something like this happens and just brightens up my day a bit.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 30, 2026 02:54 PM (FmapG)
Eternally being assaulted by Satan's exercise band...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:54 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 30, 2026 02:55 PM (CWTWj)
as shown in the well-known documentary "everything everywhere all at once"
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 02:56 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 30, 2026 02:56 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:52 PM
"Send nudes. Hurry!" - Tony "El Big Sleaze" Gonzales (R-TX)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 02:57 PM (2ocoG)
Isn't that the whole purpose for the concept of Patents? Because all you have to do is buy one and take it apart to see how to make your own?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:57 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: tintex at March 30, 2026 02:57 PM (yKTmi)
They stole several senate seats and the AZ governorship in 2022.
They stole the WI senate race in 2024
So did they steal a seat in 2026?
8 ball says Y-E-S
Posted by: Heroq at March 30, 2026 02:57 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: A dude in MI at March 30, 2026 02:57 PM (/6GbT)
"Send nudes. Hurry!" - Tony "El Big Sleaze" Gonzales (R-TX)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 02:57 PM (2ocoG)
"Bobs and vagene!"
- - -- - Haji
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 02:57 PM
The incumbent does not always win. Let's go, Brandon!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 02:58 PM (bFu5X)
Changing a database connection string isn't exactly rocket science.
Posted by: Halfhand at March 30, 2026 02:59 PM (BSRx7)
Posted by: A dude in MI at March 30, 2026 02:57 PM (/6GbT)
This.
they keep telling me how some woman from some small town somewhere went to jail, but they NEVER tell me they found the head of the snake or whomever was financing the scheme.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:59 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 30, 2026 02:59 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 03:00 PM (5ZXSK)
That's called Karmadillo.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 03:00 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 30, 2026 03:01 PM (vOtXJ)
Does the McAWFL come with extra cheese and lots of whine?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:47 PM (ynpvh)
Extra yeast.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:01 PM (QGaXH)
Extra yeast.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:01 PM (QGaXH)
ewwwwwww.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:01 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 30, 2026 03:01 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 02:41 PM (Fbc0I)
Pinochet skeet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 03:02 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 30, 2026 03:01 PM (TezPK)
That's where I keep my fingerbang for interns!
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 30, 2026 03:02 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 03:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Pinochet skeet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 03:02 PM (snZF9)
PULL!
*thhhwwwwaaaaaaaallllk*
*BLAM*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)
I proofread this very carefuly befor I hit 'past'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:52 PM (QGaXH)
Well played, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:53 PM (Zz0t1)
Thank you! High praise coming from one of the more well-known commenters.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:03 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Delurker at March 30, 2026 03:04 PM (gtcuf)
Thank you! High praise coming from one of the more well-known commenters.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:03 PM (QGaXH)
I'm incredibly overrated.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 03:02 PM (snZF9)
PULL!
*thhhwwwwaaaaaaaallllk*
*BLAM*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Pinochet man. No pull, you push.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 03:04 PM (snZF9)
This is the guy that during the Presidential campaign claimed that he had mass cellphone records, and could track things like "57% of the attendees at the Kamala Harris rally in East Bumfuck last night had been to at least three Harris rallies in the past".
He was trying to make the point that Harris had a corps of professional attendees that the Harris campaign was bussing from event to event.
While I'd like to believe that, I never saw anyone corroborate Seruga's claims, nor did I see anyone refuting Seruga's claims, so I still don't know if he was blowing smoke or not.
It was very odd.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 30, 2026 03:05 PM (n1OCj)
Yeah. Nothing to see THERE, at all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:05 PM (Zz0t1)
The guy should be facing the death penalty...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 03:06 PM (sKqQm)
Pinochet man. No pull, you push.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 03:04 PM (snZF9)
As God as my witness, I thought election fraudsters could fly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Laters all....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:07 PM (QGaXH)
That's called Karmadillo.
Posted by: rickb223
>Ballistics. How do they work? Sad. Yet funny since he's not dead.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 03:08 PM (Fbc0I)
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Translation: Investigators worry that the encryption -- used for training -- was reverse engineered and used to tamper with voter registration
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 03:08 PM (RIvkX)
Will this guy get 9 weeks of community service even?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Ah, now I understand the launch thing. Pull it is. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 03:08 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 03:09 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Resist_we_much at March 30, 2026 03:09 PM (cpys8)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 03:10 PM (Ia/+0)
Laters all....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:07 PM (QGaXH)
***
Hmmmm...
*wonders what's on the menu*
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 03:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at March 30, 2026 03:11 PM (uw1r+)
·
34m
>>🚨 BREAKING: Trump-endorsed Jon Maples has RE-FILED to run for the Florida House seat where a liberal elections volunteer got arrested for stealing an encrypted access key and computer equipment
>>LFG! He has a better chance in November, when the average Republican knows an election is happening
>>Maples only lost by ~800 VOTES in the District 87 special election on March 24, which includes Mar-a-Lago
>>Win this seat BACK, and make sure the election is secure.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 03:11 PM (viF8m)
A reporter interviewed the guy that managed the location the machine was stolen from and I remember to this day the guy who ran the site, some career Dem operative, had the biggest shit eating grin as he said he had no idea how Slosberg ended up with the Vot-a-Matic
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 03:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 30, 2026 03:12 PM (CWTWj)
MS NOW: The manosphere is turning against Trump over Iran.
It's from The Atlantic so you know it must be true. I'm sorry. I'll keep slumming for awhile up until my brain says 'Oh Rachel Maddow! Pants off!'
Even in jest.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 03:13 PM (Sco7b)
If we had an honest news source out there, we'd probably have less issues with this stuff. At least, a more informed Republic. Alas, we're stuck with the sex machine, Brian Stelter and his fellow lying propagandists.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 30, 2026 03:14 PM (sAmhv)
May be never.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at March 30, 2026 03:15 PM (hr1Ra)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 03:03 PM (Ia/+0)
*********
They want to guarantee it's a bloodbath.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 03:16 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 30, 2026 03:16 PM (vqA1l)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:37 PM (abIsI)
Look at this photograph...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 03:17 PM (zZu0s)
Look at this photograph...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 03:17 PM (zZu0s)
Meh. I felt like shit when I woke up this morning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 03:19 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Snarf at March 30, 2026 03:20 PM (cWLG3)
2024:
R 57,471
D 39,151
2026 special
R 16,316
D 17,113
So R turnout was about 1/3 of normal, and D turnout about half
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 02:51 PM (ynpvh)
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Heh.
A great old meme before memes were cool.
/In Living Color
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 03:20 PM (R28e7)
Posted by: Snarf at March 30, 2026 03:20 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Cock of the Walk at March 30, 2026 03:20 PM (azZ8r)
The guy is a crook and and asshole and should have the book thrown at him, but the odds that he could use the one key he stole to reverse-engineer the cryptographic schema is kind of a silly idea.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:20 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:22 PM (oqH4h)
A single extra Democrat seat in the Florida House of Representatives is exactly meaningless. It's even less than a fart in a hurricane
Posted by: imp at March 30, 2026 03:22 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:22 PM (oqH4h)
I think it's both.
Now, dipshit may've stolen the key for the NEXT election that's in a few months, but I don't doubt there were nefarious doings in THIS election as well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:23 PM (Zz0t1)
A single extra Democrat seat in the Florida House of Representatives is exactly meaningless. It's even less than a fart in a hurricane
Posted by: imp at March 30, 2026 03:22 PM (g6TN6)
"BUT IT'S IN TRUMP'S BACK YARD!!!!"
- - - - - news
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:23 PM (Zz0t1)
The guy is a crook and and asshole and should have the book thrown at him, but the odds that he could use the one key he stole to reverse-engineer the cryptographic schema is kind of a silly idea.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:20 PM (oqH4h)
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Unless the "training" key is a copy of the real thing. Also not sure if it's a MFA key like a Yubikey or or digital signing key like Safenet. Anyone know?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:23 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Snarf at March 30, 2026 03:20 PM (cWLG3)
The manosphere is more interested in banging on their cheekbones with hammers and doing meth than worry about Iran, I thought. And telling stories about hoes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)
2024:
R 57,471
D 39,151
2026 special
R 16,316
D 17,113
So R turnout was about 1/3 of normal, and D turnout about half
Posted by: 18-1
See? Deportations are working!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 03:24 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:23 PM (cWLG3)
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I don't know for sure but since it's been described as a USB key I'm assuming it's a Yubikey or something similar.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:24 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Avi at March 30, 2026 03:25 PM (ieodf)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 03:25 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 03:25 PM (Kt19C)
He did do some funny shit, tho.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:26 PM (Zz0t1)
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And Ishtar was a box office bomb because movie goers in 1987 were lazy fucks who didn't turn out, and not because there was no compelling reason to go to the movie.
Blaming the voters/audience/fans for not voting, going to a movie, or attending a sporting event is dumb. Give the voters, audience, or fans something they get EXCITED about and they'll get out of their house and GO. That's why Trump has won 3 straight Presidential elections.
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 03:26 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 30, 2026 03:16 PM (vqA1l)
Has the Pope recalled all the Catholic chaplains?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 03:26 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 03:27 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Avi at March 30, 2026 03:25 PM (ieodf)
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The kid who likes Life cereal?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:28 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 03:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 03:27 PM (Kt19C)
Dafuq?
Dude........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Yes. I get more upset at GOP complacency than known bad DNC behavior. I'm also sick of our lame faggy party constantly looking to capitulate to the rabid left as if they believe they will be spared. The GWB era neutered the GOPe.
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 30, 2026 03:28 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 30, 2026 03:14 PM (sAmhv)
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If we had an honest & objective and media instead of the MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia -- I can't see how Democrat-Communists could win any statewide or national elections, only city & county seats in blue shithole cities.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 03:29 PM (NgYxV)
Posted by: imp at March 30, 2026 03:22 PM (g6TN6)
Test run.
The enemy is always looking for a new way to cheat and win.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 03:29 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:30 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 30, 2026 03:30 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 03:26 PM (TN0g+)
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Special elections for state house seats aren't exactly WWE events bro. Most people don't even know they're going on until it's too late, and there isn't a DJT in every state house district everywhere.
It's not news that GOP voters are notoriously poor at turning out for these things, and we should hold each other a little more accountable rather than hand-waving it away saying that the candidate didn't give everyone a sustained erection therefore its his/her fault. Don't want commies to get elected? Pay attention and go vote for the bland-ass Republican candidate.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 03:30 PM (oqH4h)
This is the guy that during the Presidential campaign claimed that he had mass cellphone records, and could track things like "57% of the attendees at the Kamala Harris rally in East Bumfuck last night had been to at least three Harris rallies in the past".
He was trying to make the point that Harris had a corps of professional attendees that the Harris campaign was bussing from event to event.
While I'd like to believe that, I never saw anyone corroborate Seruga's claims, nor did I see anyone refuting Seruga's claims, so I still don't know if he was blowing smoke or not.
It was very odd.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 30, 2026 03:05 PM (n1OCj)
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He was a good football player and analyst. I thought he had died though.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 03:30 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: imp at March 30, 2026 03:30 PM (g6TN6)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 03:27 PM (Kt19C)
Dafuq?
Dude........
Posted by: Sponge
Never swim in leech infested waters.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 03:30 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:30 PM (cWLG3)
Don't go to the link is all I'll say.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 03:31 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: ShainS
If we had an honest and objective media, the dems wouldn't try half the shit they do.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 03:32 PM (Kksvc)
https://is.gd/MyATva
(NSFW)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 03:27 PM (Kt19C)
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Can we vote for bannable offenses? lol
Even Admiral Ackbar was never that cruel ....
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 03:32 PM (NgYxV)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)
That's what you get when you pay $20, same as in town.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 30, 2026 03:32 PM (IifOV)
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Yeah, he had a good sense of humor.
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 03:33 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 03:30 PM (Kksvc)
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lmao
My initial fuzzy reaction was some kind of deformed octopus.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 03:34 PM (NgYxV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2026 03:34 PM (Cqx++)
Launch today.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-44
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 30, 2026
Launch Time: 5:15 p.m. EDT (2115 UTC, 23:15 CEST)
https://youtu.be/Fn6zLTaqwRE
Posted by: Joyenz at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 03:37 PM (NgYxV)
Posted by: Guy Mandude at March 30, 2026 03:42 PM (vqA1l)
Suuuuure it was. That's why it was worth stealing right?
Posted by: Gosport at March 30, 2026 04:08 PM (Vh6nj)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 30, 2026 04:08 PM (5xuJ/)
Well, you'd be wrong. Not posting the link, but talk about a 180 degree switcheroo. Cash conquers all, for some people.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at March 30, 2026 04:18 PM (Ft5W9)
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at March 30, 2026 04:21 PM (Ft5W9)
Posted by: Guy Mandude at March 30, 2026 03:42 PM (vqA1l)
I knew that. It's so funny that you think I wouldn't know that.
Posted by: Candace Owens AS Nathan Thurm at March 30, 2026 04:30 PM (PiwSw)
Not too concerned. The legislature is adjourned for the year (except for brief special sessions scheduled), so she won't have a whole lot of voting to do.
And we'll get the seat back in November, just like we did in HD 35 in 2024 when Dem Tom Keen won a special there and the Dems were crowing. They weren't crowing that November when Republican Erika Booth (a school teacher no less) whom he beat in the special came back to win for the full two-year term.
Posted by: Flakey Foont at March 30, 2026 05:08 PM (kvDvI)
Washington Post "Reporter:" My Iranian Handlers and Sponsors Tell Me the US is Dropping Land Mines From Planes On to Residential Neighborhoods and I Believe Them Very Much
This reminds me of Operation Sorry, Charlie (Chicken of the C-4). The Iranian propaganda site I found claimed the cans of tuna -- which maybe resemble "mines" a little -- were dropped from the skies on to residential neighborhoods.
I wonder if there's a connection. Though these "mines" don't look like flat tuna cans. After making this ridiculous claim, the Washington Post then issued acorrection stating that this "independent journalist" was invited to Iran by Iran's state media and led around by the nose by government "representatives."
Images show what experts say are U.S. land mines dispersed across a residential area in southern Iran.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 28, 2026
Human rights groups have long called to ban land mines because of their propensity to harm or kill civilians, often years after conflicts have ended. https://t.co/XtPJkLT1fp pic.twitter.com/ryRpQb9hCF
Heckuva correction.
— David Gerstman (@soccerdhg) March 29, 2026
First of all, even though the text now says Lascanis was invited by the regime, how was this omitted? Either the Post was lied to or the reporters didn't do due diligence. https://t.co/sMZPCzmesQ pic.twitter.com/NLzbz696FL
Remember iran shot down the U.S.S Enterprise. pic.twitter.com/bmZf6ixwqN
— Cl.Hoggatt (@ClHoggatt) March 28, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 01:32 PM (iMotb)
idiotic
don't they have any war correspondents on staff or something?
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 01:33 PM (j+aD2)
Does he actually wear a nose ring?
Posted by: gKWVE wouldn't be surprised at March 30, 2026 01:33 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2026 01:33 PM (TQc0R)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 01:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:33 PM (Riz8t)
There are several things going on, the "discomfort" in the strait, which will be resolved shortly, and how much is left to remove in Iran - ballistic missile production, removal of uranium, etc. The government situation is a little murky. Looks like Trump is willing to leave it in the hands of Ghalibaf ("very respected person", lol) , the foreign minister and maybe even Pezeshkian.
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:32 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:34 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)
The leftist media hates America and will negatively print anything they think makes us look bad.
Enemy of the people.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:34 PM (Zz0t1)
"Alexa, do we have any correspondents on staff?"
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:34 PM (XuXeR)
252 His whole strategy has been to remove the threat of Iran closing the strait. In other examples, he has done that (or proposed) using commercial interests and involving all parties. He did that in the Armenian-Azerbaijan war, and he proposed it several times in Ukraine.
In Ukraine, it is mostly about resources and the solution is to have US profiting, as well as both sides, so that no one has an interest in blowing it up.
The problem from the Strait is (1) how do you seize it from Iran -- well he is doing that now. and (2) how do you get the world to agree -- well having energy cut for several weeks is doing that.
The whole shutdown of the strait was planned by Trump
You heard it here first.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:33 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:35 PM (yFx9n)
Wouldn't mines be way more effective if they couldn't be clearly seen from a distance far enough to avoid them?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:35 PM (ExV1e)
Does he actually wear a nose ring?
Not needed when someone has his hand up your backside.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:35 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 30, 2026 01:36 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:36 PM (GD0B3)
I don't hate this plan
we'll keep them on their toes too
they SHOULD behave knowing there's a bomb with their names on it
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 01:36 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Mark Carney at March 30, 2026 01:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:37 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:37 PM (GD0B3)
Bezos didn’t lay off enough journalists at the Wash Post. Fire whoever hired this Iran-owned “independent “ reporter.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 01:37 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:36 PM (GD0B3)
"I trust Iran more than this President!"
- - - - - - John "Traitor" Brennan
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:38 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 01:38 PM (VmB4Z)
That's why they're tuna cans. Duh.
Charlie don't surf.
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:38 PM (XuXeR)
I was saying that Trump planned a commercial corridor in the Strait, and the war, and shutdown, is ground prep for that.
He planned the crisis to show the world that we can not live with the threat of Iran (or China) closing it as they please. In spite of the net zero insanity.
So now they know -- they need the Strait.
Now Trump will offer a solution. A solution he has been planning for years.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:38 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: Award Winning WaPo Journalist at March 30, 2026 01:39 PM (ssz2a)
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 01:39 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 01:39 PM (Sco7b)
unfortunately not all the people, nor the majority seemingly
they said the same of that lady in VZ and she is working out fine. she was a monster people said! and they were probably telling the truth but she's doing fine.
these are not nice places, they have some very rough people. a nice story might not work as well as an insider with the proper motivations (like not dying)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 01:39 PM (j+aD2)
Hear hear.
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:39 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: The Washington Post at March 30, 2026 01:39 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 01:40 PM (VmB4Z)
wtf are this pictures of? How do I know they were taken in Iran? How do I know they were taken recently? wtf am I even looking at?
I call BULLSHIT
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2026 01:40 PM (fi76o)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 01:36 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at March 30, 2026 01:40 PM (4NO2D)
How the hell are the US Troops setting mines if they're not there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:40 PM (XuXeR)
That's, uh, a fantastic start to a lucrative career as a galactic two-bit pirate. Want to help me drop some Omega 47 mines around the US?
Posted by: Nus Braka at March 30, 2026 01:40 PM (JCZqz)
Dude... didn't you see the movie?
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:41 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 01:41 PM (j+aD2)
They SAY they aren't there, but I heard Elon sent them a boring machine and they tunneled there from Israel.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)
But no orange rubber bullets? Where are the orange rubber bullets?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 30, 2026 01:41 PM (guGkK)
Dude... didn't you see the movie?
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:41 PM (XuXeR)
Throw Momma From the Train?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:42 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:42 PM (ECasK)
It's the Omega 13. Never give up, never surrender!
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:42 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: The Washington Post at March 30, 2026 01:42 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Nus Braka at March 30, 2026 01:40 PM (JCZqz)
That's ho.......Oh......you said BIT pirate......
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at March 30, 2026 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Dude... didn't you see the movie?
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:41 PM (XuXeR)
We drop 10000 mines with little hot air balloons attached by ribbons out of aircraft so that they flutter down and settle on the ground...
Duh...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 01:43 PM (tOcjL)
Congratulations on the new position, Haji. Your name is not Haji? Well it is now. Here’s the deal. You will cease any and all threats in the straight of Hormuz. You will now refer to it as Dire Straits and your new title is the Sultan of swing. You will give up all offensive missile capabilities and surrender every last bit of uranium in your country. Do this and you will live. Do it not and we will fucking kill you too. Have a nice day.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 30, 2026 01:43 PM (u73oe)
And no civilians would be permitted near one. Unless the mullahs are using civilians as human shields.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 01:43 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 01:43 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
They're videogame land mines. They give the player a fighting chance.
Posted by: mikeski restores 25% health with a cheeseburger at March 30, 2026 01:43 PM (VHUov)
Only educated people can be this stupid.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 01:44 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:44 PM (Riz8t)
unfortunately not all the people, nor the majority seemingly
they said the same of that lady in VZ and she is working out fine. she was a monster people said! and they were probably telling the truth but she's doing fine.
these are not nice places, they have some very rough people. a nice story might not work as well as an insider with the proper motivations (like not dying)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
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And that is why any realistic regime change operation has to use brute pragmatism. We care less what the regime does internally as long as it doesn't threaten the neighbors nor world peace.
That means no nukes, no foreign proxies, and a military designed for internal defense only.
If the Shah can show the grit to take over without American troops, then fine, otherwise we deal with the faction in the regime willing to do what it takes to make peace.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Live From The ER at March 30, 2026 01:44 PM (oftw2)
What do you think of that? Do you like your new name, Haji?
"Yes Sargent"
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:45 PM (XuXeR)
But no orange rubber bullets? Where are the orange rubber bullets?
Posted by: Cicero
WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 01:45 PM (VHUov)
yep
I am fully aligned with this approach
it's very new, isn't it? let's give it a chance.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 01:45 PM (j+aD2)
And the Iranian national anthem is now Midnight at the Oasis.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 01:46 PM (W7FsI)
Posted by: But that's just me at March 30, 2026 01:46 PM (2Ez/1)
Yeah. The "daily" WaPo is now... nothing. It's pathetic.
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:46 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 01:46 PM (iXqHn)
Only educated people can be this stupid.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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I think US senators, university professors and administrators are giving the media a run for the money.
Sort of like the old Monty Python Sketch, "Upper Class Twit of the Year" in reality.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)
But no orange rubber bullets? Where are the orange rubber bullets?
Posted by: Cicero
Reminds me of when the Gazans told stories of Israeli forces shooting up schools and the woman stood there holding an unspent round as an example.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:46 PM (Zz0t1)
"Yes Sargent"
Posted by: man
They don't serve goat & couscous in my mess hall Pvt. Hadji.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 01:46 PM (Kksvc)
*SNORT*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 30, 2026 01:47 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 30, 2026 01:47 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: REO Speedwagon at March 30, 2026 01:47 PM (wVcYX)
The whole shutdown of the strait was planned by Trump
You heard it here first.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:33 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:35 PM (yFx9n)
You'd have to be a pretty weak strategist to think that tankers could merrily file in and out of the gulf during a shooting war. Even if Iran gave up on day one there would be plenty of snafus during a turnover of that magnitude.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 30, 2026 01:47 PM (8avO+)
Or the Iraqi abuelita holding three rounds while claiming "they hit my house"...
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:48 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2026 01:48 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: LASue at March 30, 2026 01:48 PM (lCppi)
The only way to justify that, is if US makes some profit. So we "insure" the shipments, and guarantee security. We take a cut of everything through the strait, that we control.
The Gulf states will agree because they make their own revenue and the security of not having the mad mullahs is worth it. The rest of world will (now) agree because they have been forced to understand that they still rely on the strait.
Iran will agree eventually too.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:48 PM (yFx9n)
Kharg Island glows. 24/7/10000 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 01:48 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:44 PM (Riz8t
If it was only softer and 3-ply.
MS Now - National average gas $3.99. Rend clothing appropriately. No mention of Biden's prices.
CNN and Fox airing White House briefing.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 01:48 PM (Sco7b)
Or the Iraqi abuelita holding three rounds while claiming "they hit my house"...
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:48 PM (XuXeR)
Or their "dead" moving around under the body bags.
Posted by: LASue at March 30, 2026 01:49 PM (lCppi)
I am fully aligned with this approach
it's very new, isn't it? let's give it a chance.
Posted by: BlackOrchid
It was actually the old way of American foreign policy until Vietnam. Blame the CIA and the Best and Brightest for idiotic ideals of forcing social change via coups and other forms of nasty regime changes. All that did was breed external and internal wars. Ukraine is one example, there are plenty of others like Iran itself.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:49 PM (E4rtv)
Ghalibaf is the Speaker of Parliment
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 01:49 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:49 PM (XuXeR)
"Experts say"
You can stop reading right there.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 30, 2026 01:49 PM (guGkK)
CNN and Fox airing White House briefing.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 01:48 PM (Sco7b)
SEE?!?
CNN is REICH WING!!!!!!
Posted by: Blue Hair Septum Piercing at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (Kksvc)
No matter what agreement is reached, and with whom, I expect some bitter enders will try to pop off missiles at an oil tanker. They're the Iranian version of the nips who just couldn't accept defeat. The Japs had to remove the propellers from their own planes so that the loons didn't try to kamikaze them.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: But that's just me
Or the generic name of some new GLP-1-type drug. (Don't take if allergic to, etc.)
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (VHUov)
Doing good. Trying to adjust to the meds and oral chemo they have me on. But it looks like the cancer is gone. Thank you, God.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (N39Ws)
Is that you, John Wayne?
Posted by: man
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (Kksvc)
Images show what experts say are U.S. land mines dispersed across a residential area in southern Iran.
Wouldn't mines be way more effective if they couldn't be clearly seen from a distance far enough to avoid them?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:35 PM (ExV1e)
The GATOR system is mostly anti-tank mines, which would be difficult to spot anywhere from inside a Soviet-style tank, although easy enough for ground troops to see. Lots of vids from Ukraine where the Russians run straight into mines that are just sitting on the road with no concealment.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 30, 2026 01:51 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:51 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 01:51 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 01:51 PM (RIvkX)
Doing good. Trying to adjust to the meds and oral chemo they have me on. But it looks like the cancer is gone. Thank you, God.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (N39Ws)
Hallelujah!!! God is great.
That's some good news.
Posted by: Blue Hair Septum Piercing at March 30, 2026 01:51 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:51 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Oldcat
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And yet that is what the entire world is claiming -- that Trump screwed up and did not expect the strait to be closed, and that Iran is winning and the world hates Trump because Iran closed the strait and he is begging for help and begging Iran to open it again.
bullshit. He planned this.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 01:49 PM (+nEug)
Not this Parliament!
Posted by: George Clinton at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (wVcYX)
Who said that? Who the F*** said that? Who's the slimey little communist twinkle toes c******....
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (5ZXSK)
It blows my mind that anyone still believes boots on the ground is the modern day warfare. We’re seeing it in real time in Ukraine/Russia that drones absolutely annihilate ground troops. We’re walking soldiers literally to their death.
Hegseth put US troops in significant harms way by refusing to adhere to the rules of war. Iran has little incentive to treat captured/injured US troops humanely if the US already refused to do so.
Military You're going the wrong way! Turn around! We have a President who is a criminal and likely an asset of a foreign nation, And the commander of our military is an alcoholic white nationalist who thinks he can bring about the "End of days".
We have a government sponsored militia (ICE) brutalizing our people at home and It's very likely that our elections will be rigged by republicans and their allies.
We need our military here freeing us from tyranny not attacking oil again.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Its happened before. Iran-Iraq war.
Truth is tankers are damn difficult to sink with anti ship missiles or drones. Just too damn big. The one sunk ship so far caught on fire and was drifting without a crew for 13 days.
And the Iran-Iraq war did not have the US out to blow up minelayers, rocket launching sites, and shoot up their fiberglass speedboat flotillas with A-10s.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 01:52 PM (WONhk)
The green thing in the middle.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)
Only educated people can be this stupid.
Only the LIBs.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBdOutLogic
Even as wave after wave of (T)error appear over the horizon as did so many Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, LIBs still need you to believe the intent of each pilot is unknowable even as they urge them on to their targets, in order to be first into the shelters, not because they Value their own lives, but rather to displace someone else who does.
Another LIB folly.
Retrieve 1000lb of Uranium from Iran?
NO! Bury the Largest transportable 100Megaton warhead and reduce the mountain to slag. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
And the doctor Strangelove Strategy?
Plant similar across their military bases and leave?
Guaranteed they would go out just beause, in order to set them off.
LIB Strategic Insanity:
They hold their own people as human shields and the rest of the world as hostages, too long we have stayed our hands. NO MORE.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250
forWAR'd !!!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM (KHL1r)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho
The explosives are armed on a long delay timer, set when dropped? Or armed by first impact with ground plus a short delay timer?
It could probably be done, it just sounds really retarded. So it made sense to the media.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM (VHUov)
Drop CA from that and it's what....
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:51 PM (XuXeR)
Here in NOrCal I just paid $5.59 a gallon
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM (ECasK)
Gotta be careful about making sure you use the ' and not the " when you submit your plans.
Posted by: PabloD at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM (ToabM)
Have we developed cloaking mines?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM (I3MsR)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 30, 2026 01:54 PM (I3MsR)
Hegseth put US troops in significant harms way by refusing to adhere to the rules of war. Iran has little incentive to treat captured/injured US troops humanely if the US already refused to do so.
They so forgot about the sailors captured during the Owebama regime.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:54 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 30, 2026 01:54 PM (cO6oP)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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Those people are insane from acute consumption of media poisoning. There is no wisdom in them to be found.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)
CNN is REICH WING!!!!!!
Posted by: Blue Hair Septum Piercing at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)
That's even funnier because I've seen posts from the lefties complaining about the right wing bias of the news media.
Of course those are people that would take train rides across America thinking there needs to be more internment camps.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 01:54 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 01:54 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 30, 2026 01:54 PM (wtvvX)
It could probably be done, it just sounds really retarded. So it made sense to the media.
Some would call that a "bomb"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 30, 2026 01:54 PM (guGkK)
What a strange reality these people live in.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 30, 2026 01:54 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Orson at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (dIske)
I see a stick, some rocks, some mud, some old broccoli, something green, something yellow and something blue...
Someone actually published this?
Posted by: LASue at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (lCppi)
It's not that kind of test. Your answer tells me a lot about you.
Posted by: Dr. Rorschach at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Oldcat
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And yet that is what the entire world is claiming -- that Trump screwed up and did not expect the strait to be closed, and that Iran is winning and the world hates Trump because Iran closed the strait and he is begging for help and begging Iran to open it again.
bullshit. He planned this.
Posted by: bob
Pull the US out of the UN and let the rest of the world figure it out.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (N39Ws)
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b"h for good health
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (RIvkX)
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And I vow to whip prime Mike Tyson's ass for lookin' at me funny.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho
The explosives are armed on a long delay timer, set when dropped? Or armed by first impact with ground plus a short delay timer?
It could probably be done, it just sounds really retarded. So it made sense to the media.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM (VHUov)
You guys are overthinking this. We have a phone app to arm them after they land. The sucky part is sitting through the 5 minutes of commercials after every 10th mine.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:56 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 30, 2026 01:56 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)
*seethes in jealousy*
Posted by: The WNBA at March 30, 2026 01:56 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 01:56 PM (5ZXSK)
Posted by: LASue at March 30, 2026 01:56 PM (lCppi)
==
the only ones hurt and killed were stationed on bases protecting our "arab allies"
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:56 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:57 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM (ECasK
My part of Canada is $6 US a gallon. AI did the math.
That said, I really hope Australia suffers.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 01:57 PM (Sco7b)
Actually, a very close friend of mine, Hunter Biden is having a birthday party for one of his kids and has asked for a Klingon to show up and give a lecture on Toxic Masculinity? Would you be able to assist with booking that? OH, if possible, do you think that Klingon could wear a cocktail dress?
Posted by: Nelly at March 30, 2026 01:57 PM (7gpcF)
What is the earliest date Easter can fall on?
March 20
March 22
March 24
March 26
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 01:57 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
Welp, I'm done whining about tyranny and fascism for the afternoon. Now its off to the the grocery store and the senior center.
*puts on Crocs*
Posted by: Reddit Poster at March 30, 2026 01:57 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Nelly at March 30, 2026 01:57 PM (7gpcF)
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No yellow.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 01:57 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:56 PM (ExV1e)
Did you see the video where the Ukrainian soldier covered his tank with QR codes because the Chinese drones the Russians were using had to scan the code and they'd just drop to the ground and start online shopping?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (2ap+5)
"Ghalibaf" sounds like the name of one of the munchkins from The Wizard of Oz.
Posted by: But that's just me
Obligatory Lollipop Guild rocking the fuck out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sfwql9FLw4&list=WL&index=7
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (y9nCu)
Kharg Island glows. 24/7/10000 years.
Posted by: rickb223
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Kharg is the ultimate threat to the Iranian regime by the US and Israel. No Kharg island, 90 percent of Iranian exports just go poof with little to no other financing available for the regime to pay the IRGC etc.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mr. Pitt at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM (VHUov)
There is such a thing as an air dispersal mine. There is also such a thing as a cluster munition that has a good amount of duds that might go off if you step on them or drive on them.
They are reported as being a bitch to police up afterwards.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: It's always boobs at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (7HqqU)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:56 PM (ExV1e)
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Set it up as a freemium game so that people download the app and start setting off landmines whenever they score a big achievement.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2026 01:59 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 01:59 PM (1o8D5)
The press is feeding the left a steady stream of non-reality.
Posted by: 29Victor at March 30, 2026 01:59 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)
WTF? Those are OUR neon green dildos!!!!!
Posted by: WNBA at March 30, 2026 01:59 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
I didn't hear any complaints.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 02:00 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 30, 2026 02:00 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 02:00 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:56 PM (ExV1e)
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Set it up as a freemium game so that people download the app and start setting off landmines whenever they score a big achievement.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Havk them and send the "Return To Base" signal.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 02:00 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: PabloD at March 30, 2026 02:00 PM (ToabM)
How exactly did we "scatter" land mines inside Iranian borders? We have no ground forces there, do we?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 02:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Stateless
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Australia and New Zealand eliminated their own refineries to trust the tender mercies of China and others to ship refined products to them.
That is what globalism does to Western nations, it rots the brain of leftists and the corporate right that cannot understand other nations have their own interests to protect.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sloppy Joe at March 30, 2026 02:01 PM (oftw2)
https://tinyurl.com/52cvk6ta
Posted by: LASue at March 30, 2026 02:01 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)
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"Just flip it over." - Henry Calvin Johnson Jr.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 02:01 PM (1o8D5)
...
That's even funnier because I've seen posts from the lefties complaining about the right wing bias of the news media.
https://www.tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhenLIBsDisarm And why they're always on the Attack.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-SaveDaWorldTakeTheGun
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PressWithBothHands
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 30, 2026 02:01 PM (jCTQg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 02:01 PM (7HqqU)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
I didn't hear any complaints.
Posted by: gKWVE
Handcuff a deaf person and you take away their 1st Amendment rights.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 02:01 PM (Kksvc)
Are you questioning experts? Seriously?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 30, 2026 02:01 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:01 PM (zZu0s)
Move ICE Back to DOJ. Move any ICE funding from the BBB there, and have DOJ oversee ICE like they oversee FBI (and like they USED to oversee ICE before DHS was a thing). They have EOIR (aka the immigration judges) already, so it's even streamlining the whole civil legal process.
I don't think this is entirely legal, but if Congress isn't funding something, they effectively have closed DHS, so certain functions deemed necessary maybe could be moved....sorta legally. And we're already doing this at Department of Ed even with funding.
Dems would NEVER refuse to fund DOJ (lawyers make too much money and support Ds too hard), so we'd be out of stand off land.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 02:02 PM (tOcjL)
What a strange reality these people live in.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
That's OLD news, peddled by Dem politicians as well as activists. ICE aren't law enforcement, they're Trump's paramilitary brownshirts to rough up and intimidate the Left.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 30, 2026 02:02 PM (JCZqz)
How exactly did we "scatter" land mines inside Iranian borders? We have no ground forces there, do we?
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Its all bullshit and lies from Iran (or like any Arab country in conflict with the West). Lying is a specific trait in the Middle East along with flattery and treachery. Islam makes this worse by tacitly praising it when directed at others outside their faith.
I simply ignore that shit on X and scroll by.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:01 PM (zZu0s)
Only the new ones. The ones left over from when Biden was President are covered in glitter.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 02:03 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The Coyote at March 30, 2026 02:03 PM (guGkK)
What a strange reality these people live in.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
That's OLD news, peddled by Dem politicians as well as activists. ICE aren't law enforcement, they're Trump's paramilitary brownshirts to rough up and intimidate the Left.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 30, 2026 02:02 PM (JCZqz)
Comprised entirely of the Proud Boys.
Posted by: Yes, they've claimed this at March 30, 2026 02:03 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:04 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: PabloD
We're willing to say it is, blow up a 10 year old, and blame America and The Jews.
Posted by: Hamas at March 30, 2026 02:04 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Clay Moore - Front Towards Enema at March 30, 2026 02:05 PM (TezPK)
Search tells me that the answer is 3/22.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)
Get this in before we nood:
That is correct. According to Stuart Varney, the earliest Easter can fall is March 22 but it's extremely rare event. Last time was 1818 and will not occur again until 2285.
I don't believe I'll be around for that.
Latest Easter can occur is April 25th.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:05 PM (QGaXH)
doubtless dropped en masse from b-52s
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 02:05 PM (v3pYe)
I don't believe I'll be around for that.
nonsense. in five years or so, we'll be able to upload you to chatgpt, and then you'll be immortal.
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 02:06 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv
That's why they need to suffer for awhile. NetZero, 'MadMax' suffer.
Let them experience the unlubed WNBA green dildo of consequences until they see the error of their ways.
That being said, 'I watched 1978 'Halloween' last night. Us poor souls couldn't pause tv and had rotary phones. What 'Saw' scenario was that.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 02:06 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:04 PM (0sNs1)
How soon they forget.
Posted by: Brian Williams at March 30, 2026 02:06 PM (wVcYX)
doubtless dropped en masse from b-52s
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 02:05 PM (v3pYe)
Chuck a claymore off your roof and report back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM
This is about us, isn't it?
Posted by: The green things kinectically-deposited on WNBA courts at March 30, 2026 02:07 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:08 PM (zZu0s)
The Judge said it was Racist to pay TSA during the Congressional Two-week Break.
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at March 30, 2026 02:08 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:09 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:09 PM (zZu0s)
Let them experience the unlubed WNBA green dildo of consequences until they see the error of their ways.
That being said, 'I watched 1978 'Halloween' last night. Us poor souls couldn't pause tv and had rotary phones. What 'Saw' scenario was that.
Posted by: Stateless
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Brain rot always causes idiots to double down--in this case, EVs from the Chicoms but not building the power plants to sustain them. The German solution.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:53 PM
That's my Kermie!
Posted by: Miss Piggy at March 30, 2026 02:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Darth Randall at March 30, 2026 02:10 PM (s1cCL)
Phones? Luxury.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:10 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 30, 2026 02:11 PM (nDXEV)
That does not look like a residential area, where are the residences?
Posted by: lin-duh at March 30, 2026 02:11 PM (9AdGW)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 30, 2026 02:11 PM (nDXEV)
A boot to the head.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:11 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 02:12 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 02:12 PM (ndZc7)
After hunting the Iranian Bison to near-extinction.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 02:13 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 30, 2026 02:13 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 02:14 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: mikeski, helping the commissar at March 30, 2026 02:14 PM (VHUov)
doubtless dropped en masse from b-52s
Posted by: anachronda
And didn't hit anyone on the ground or go thru a shit shack's roof?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 02:14 PM (Kksvc)
The Judge said it was Racist to pay TSA during the Congressional Two-week Break.
Posted by: CNN Breaking News
And during...(checks stupid woke calendar)...Women's History Month!!!
Posted by: Woke Retarded Leftist at March 30, 2026 02:14 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at March 30, 2026 02:14 PM (V4wbn)
The "green dildo of consequence" should become a 'thing' around here......like the barrel....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:15 PM (QGaXH)
And the ones that don't explicitly push it, strongly imply it by the A + B must = C of "A, it was hit + B, the US was targeting the base nearby = C, so the US must have hit the school."
None of them disclose that the sole source of the claim it was the US that hit it, that it was a girls schools, or even that any girls died is only the Iranians.
The same Iranians that killed 30,000 a month before.
And no leftie cried about those murdered.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 02:16 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 02:14 PM (ExV1e)
Nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)
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Wait, I thought that was The Jooos ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 02:16 PM (zHyGC)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:44 PM (Riz8t
If it was only softer and 3-ply.
MS Now - National average gas $3.99. Rend clothing appropriately. No mention of Biden's prices.
CNN and Fox airing White House briefing.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 01:48 PM (Sco7b)
June 14th, 2022, I paid 4.90 for regular under Biden. This, at Quick Check. I've been keeping an Excel gasoline database since Dec 2005.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM (5ZXSK)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:06 PM
That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
Posted by: M57 electrical firing device at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Dave's not here at March 30, 2026 02:18 PM (kp5iD)
Kiana Danial - Invest Diva CEO
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:18 PM (QGaXH)
google BLU-43 Dragontooth for an example of an air dispersal anti-personnel mine. there are others, bigger.
I think these are a copy of a Russian design, and hated by the Left, with the claim that they are a war crime because kids might pick them up.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 02:18 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 02:16 PM (HXT0k)
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Text you'll be telling me that The Left is rooting for Iran to win the war and for maximum American casualties.
Wait wut?
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 02:19 PM (zHyGC)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 02:19 PM (XuXeR)
We've lived in WA for close to 20 years now, the people here will eat shit on a roll and call it good. People in this state are f*cked in the head in general.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:20 PM (abIsI)
I commented: "Why is he speaking English? And why is the name of his agency behind him only in English? And not Farsi?"
Because, the intended audience is the Western Left ....
And no one on the left will understand the implications of that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 02:20 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM
Expecting quality biscuits and gravy anywhere outside the American South is suboptimal, and likely to result in disappointment.
This is known.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:20 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2026 02:21 PM (IgV8W)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:21 PM (zZu0s)
With a picture of Trump
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 02:21 PM (ECasK)
If you can find Logging, you can find quality Biscuits and Gravy.
Just like finding a Railroad Town will uncover really good Chinese Food.
Just a little something I have learned from traveling the country for over 29 years.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 02:22 PM (W7FsI)
And the McCain funeral!
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 02:19 PM
Don't forget the final countdown for Pride Month preparations!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:22 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM (5ZXSK)
Safe travels to you and yours, sir.
Seems a little early in the season for northern migration....Az got too warm already?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:22 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 02:23 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 02:18 PM (yFx9n)
Not more than once.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:23 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM (5xuJ/)
Yeah, you'll never hear that though.
2022 may as well have been 2022 BC to the lefties.
The front page is loaading a little slow. But it's loading. With content.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 02:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Dirty Old Hippie Who Likes Old Stupid Hippie Riddles at March 30, 2026 02:23 PM (/1l9x)
***
Like Johnny Appleseed, only with more "boom."
Posted by: LASue at March 30, 2026 02:23 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 30, 2026 02:24 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM (5ZXSK)
California cuisine is about adding fresh stuff to and lightening up everything. You don't order comfort food in California and expect a deep South version...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 02:24 PM (tOcjL)
I just googled and it looks like the commies copied us, and the Blu-43 was a US design, later copied by the Russians.
Anyway, they are air dispersal, and green to be hard to see
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 02:24 PM (yFx9n)
This is known.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:20 PM (0sNs1)
I have had decent biscuits and gravy in Canada, for Pete's sake. And I have enjoyed the southern variety, too. This was some damfool chef being too "creative". Fennel does not belong in food, period.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:24 PM (5ZXSK)
And the McCain funeral!
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 02:19 PM
Don't forget the final countdown for Pride Month preparations!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:22 PM (0sNs1)
It's the final countdown!
Posted by: Europe at March 30, 2026 02:24 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM
Expecting quality biscuits and gravy anywhere outside the American South is suboptimal, and likely to result in disappointment.
This is known.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:20 PM (0sNs1)
It's like ordering a Philly cheesesteak anywhere but the Philly/South Jersey area...
1st time I did that and got served mayo on the steak was eye-opening...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 02:25 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 30, 2026 02:25 PM (dtRBu)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 02:18 PM (yFx9n)
Not more than once.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:23 PM
In fairness, at that point they'll be disarmed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 02:24 PM (tOcjL)
Port Angeles is in Washington State near the Canadian border. Otherwise your comment is entirely correct.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (QGaXH)
Supposedly the average citizen wants to chuck off the Oslamo-fascists. It's time for them to prove it.
Posted by: hatethedeepstate at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (2Nfh9)
I love anything and everything biscuit, so I thought we had driven off a cliff and gone to heaven.
A whole town made of biscuits! What??
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (DgMqy)
Seems a little early in the season for northern migration....Az got too warm already?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:22 PM (QGaXH)
Have an event to attend in Comox, BC on Wednesday. Would have remained in AZ 3 more weeks had it not come up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (5ZXSK)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 30, 2026 02:25 PM (dtRBu)
That WOULD be a warcrime.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:24 PM (5ZXSK)
I like fennel.
It's a flavoring already in a lot of pre-made sausage, so that's not that crazy for a California chef...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: bob"
I'm surprised that with the demise of USAID there are even any third world kids left.
Posted by: Ripley at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 02:24 PM (tOcjL)
Port Angeles is in Washington State near the Canadian border. Otherwise your comment is entirely correct.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (QGaXH)
Man, this is like Springfield, isn't it
. Gonna be the same name in every dang state...Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 02:28 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 02:16 PM (zHyGC)
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Nah! Shatner is a MoT.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 02:28 PM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM
No glitter?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:28 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Just got here at March 30, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (lJ0H4)
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Read the books. You won't be disappointed.
I just finished Return of the King this morning.
Just an amazing story from start to finish.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: hatethedeepstate at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (2Nfh9)
I've wondered about this too. Iranians I've known or not stupid or violent people. You'd think in 40+ years they'd have figured a way to organize a resistance and arm themselves.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:17 PM
Expecting quality biscuits and gravy anywhere outside the American South is suboptimal, and likely to result in disappointment.
This is known.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
You never order biscuits and gravy north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (v3pYe)
wtf are this pictures of? How do I know they were taken in Iran? How do I know they were taken recently? wtf am I even looking at?
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2026 01:40 PM (fi76o)
Our credibility and reputation for honest reporting is all the assurance you'll ever need.
Posted by: WAPO still thinks it's 1989 at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (QGaXH)
Well, the border here is a sea border, running through the middle of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Is kind of convoluted, for hystorical reasons.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:30 PM (5ZXSK)
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (lJ0H4)
Finished the Hobbit on Saturday and am a third of the way through The Fellowship of The Ring... I'd go on if I were you... Of course I did read them years ago so my second time through
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 02:30 PM (ECasK)
*facepalm*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (MIIRH)/
His description of what they did was what could be considered blasphemy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:30 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (abIsI)
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Was the bubble wand penis-shaped?
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 02:31 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Just got here at March 30, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)
Well, Safeway has 99 cents/lb bone in turkey breast (which isn't even that cheap at Thanksgiving), so I'm trying weeknight turkey tomorrow. Gonna crockpot it and see what happens (planning to leave skin on, season under skin and then pull skin off to crisp it once turkey rests...and see what the crockpot juices can do for a gravy)...
I got citrus, herbs, olive oil, and plenty of s&p ready for the job, and I want to see how doable and tasty it is (b/c it might become a future teen youth group meal if it's at least half as good as my full baked bird - it just needs to meet weeknight standard vs weekend standard)...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 02:31 PM (tOcjL)
*facepalm*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (MIIRH)
Lots of sausage does have fennel seed
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 02:31 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:31 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM
No glitter?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:28 PM
Well, it's probably not anywhere you'd want to see...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 02:31 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 02:28 PM (tOcjL)
LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:31 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (abIsI)
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Someone should've yelled at him to get the f*ck back to work and pass the SAVE Act. The faggoty prick.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 02:31 PM (oqH4h)
Then he would not have been using his hands.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 30, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)
I love anything and everything biscuit, so I thought we had driven off a cliff and gone to heaven.
A whole town made of biscuits! What??
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (DgMqy) "
I was really disappointed by Pie Town, NM ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 02:32 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 02:33 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (abIsI)
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How very..... Festive
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 02:33 PM (ECasK)
3.99 gas under Biden - price to pay for pipeline of taxpayer funds laundered through NGOs and Ukraine to the coffers of Democrat (and plenty of Republican!) campaigns, but mostly their pockets.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 02:33 PM (Dv3i1)
I've had some horrible, watery biscuits and gravy in the south. I've had limpdick tasteless cheesesteak in Philly.
My grandmother made some truly excellent biscuits and gravy. She was German to the core and the southernmost she ever went was maybe Atlantic City.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 02:34 PM (VmB4Z)
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 02:27 PM (lJ0H4)
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Read the books. You won't be disappointed.
I just finished Return of the King this morning.
Just an amazing story from start to finish.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2026 02:29 PM (ESVrU)
I'm actually busy reading Shannon Bream's 'Nothing is Impossible with God' book and Hackett Fischer's 'Paul Revere's Ride'.
Not to make it a book thread.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:34 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Just got here at March 30, 2026 02:28 PM
In fairness, it contains enough military content to justify the Smart Military Blog cognomen.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 02:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: It's me donna
Read the Hobbit the first time when I was in high school. Read LotR after I got out of college. Both were a long time ago. I'll probably go on. I wonder how Ace is coming along.
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 02:35 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Nova Local
>California puts green shit on pizza. It's bad enough when I see a black olive.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 02:35 PM (Fbc0I)
as it was leaving the harbor this morning after its commissioning on Saturday. At least I assume it was leaving. Held up the harbor traffic, anyway.Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 02:35 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Hard White Winter Wheat
https://tinyurl.com/5n9ajyxx
Soft White Winter Wheat
https://tinyurl.com/yph5jfeh
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 02:36 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Jen the original at March 30, 2026 02:38 PM (mZm4x)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:26 PM (QGaXH)
Well, the border here is a sea border, running through the middle of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Is kind of convoluted, for hystorical reasons.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 02:30 PM (5ZXSK)
Riding the ferry from Victoria to Vancouver I picked up a US cell phone signal. When I looked on a map I saw we passed close to Point Roberts, one of several 'enclaves?' created by the way the border was drawn.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 02:40 PM (QGaXH)
dunno what the hobbit challenge is, so i'm'a just assume it involves curling the hair on your feet.
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 02:46 PM (v3pYe)
Like the green dildos at women's basketball? If so, I totally support this idea from the military!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 30, 2026 02:48 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 30, 2026 03:25 PM (YLI2d)
Stronk Black Female Democrat Congresswoman Found Guilty in Stronkly Embezzling Millions of Dollars of Taxpayer COVID Funds
Remember when the GOP kicked out George Santos based only on allegations?
Why is this gangster bitch still in Congress? It's always (D)ifferent, isn't it?Happy Monday!
Indicted Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was found "guilty" on 25 of 27 ethics charges early Friday, a sweeping bipartisan verdict after a rare public House hearing that now all but seals her fate in Congress. The decision came after more than six hours of testimony Thursday night, where an evenly divided subcommittee -- four Republicans and four Democrats -- weighed evidence from a two-year investigation into allegations that millions in federal COVID-era funds were improperly funneled into Cherfilus-McCormick's political operation. While the panel did not release a vote breakdown, members from both parties aggressively questioned her defense throughout the hearing before ultimately siding with investigators on nearly every count. At the center of the case is a network of transactions tied to Trinity Health Care Solutions, a company linked to the congresswoman's family that received more than $6 million in government funding tied to pandemic-related services. Ethics investigators concluded that millions of those dollars were routed through entities connected to Cherfilus-McCormick -- including a consulting firm she owned -- before making their way into her campaign through loans and contributions, some of which were deemed illegal. A House report found that at least $3.6 million in taxpayer-backed funds ultimately reached her political operation. The case now moves to the full committee, where Chairman Michael Guest and Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier said lawmakers will determine after the April recess what punishment to recommend. Possible outcomes range from censure to expulsion -- one of the most severe penalties Congress can impose on a sitting member. Cherfilus-McCormick rejected the findings and said she intends to fight the allegations. "I look forward to proving my innocence," she said in a statement, adding that her focus remains on serving Florida's 20th Congressional District. Pressure is already building from within her own party. Washington Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wrote on X, "You can't crime your way into legitimate power. Since she was found guilty, she should resign or be removed." The ethics ruling comes just weeks before Cherfilus-McCormick is set to stand trial in federal court on 15 criminal counts tied to many of the same allegations. Prosecutors say she diverted pandemic relief funds for political use and personal expenses, including luxury purchases. If convicted, she faces up to 53 years in prison.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bewm at March 30, 2026 12:23 PM (jQ/ea)
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:32 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bewm at March 30, 2026 12:33 PM (jQ/ea)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 12:34 PM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:35 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 12:35 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (UvXT3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Arya Stark at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (v3pYe)
one more aspect of Failure Theater.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (VHUov)
Indicted Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was found "guilty" on 25 of 27 ethics charges early Friday, a sweeping bipartisan verdict after a rare public House hearing that now all but seals her fate in Congress.
Shouldn't it seal her fate in PRISON!??!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (ExV1e)
The virtual Barrel, or the real one?
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (VHUov)
When did we get a virtual one?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:38 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:38 PM (Zz0t1)
Ace infiltrated that stupid Facebook VR thing that only 3 people use. The barrel is in the corner.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (UvXT3)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: mikeski
When did we get a virtual one?
Posted by: Sponge
I figured there must be one for this virtual thread.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:40 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (OoFl2)
That's rayciss. -- Dallas City Council
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (UvXT3)
Not if you believe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:41 PM (UvXT3)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 30, 2026 12:42 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:42 PM (UvXT3)
Posted by: SciVo at March 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:43 PM (ExV1e)
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Let's not be hasty.
Posted by: Congress at March 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Dv3i1)
That's rayciss. -- Dallas City Council
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:40 PM (ExV1e)
Ah yes. The greatness of John Wylie Price.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:44 PM (UvXT3)
Posted by: Yogi Berra at March 30, 2026 12:44 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:43 PM (ExV1e)
I emailed CBD.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)
This would make the greatest revenue sources for the Cuban state to be Taking remittances from Cuban expats, the leasing of medical personnel to other 3rd world states, and US fraud.
Viva la revolución del pueblo, y vivé Castro y Marx!
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 12:44 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Community Chest at March 30, 2026 12:45 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Piper
I think you meant "black whore." And she's not that interesting; half of Congress does this shit.
Posted by: mikeski and/or Wesley Crusher at March 30, 2026 12:45 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:42 PM (UvXT3)
Does this mean I'll be able to dodge the bullets at the next TxMoMe?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Zz0t1)
You could try insulting nurse and find out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:46 PM (ExV1e)
You could try insulting nurse and find out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:46 PM (ExV1e)
I would NEVER do that.
However, they DO keep asking me to go check something at the 700 yard target........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge
At least they're giving you a sporting chance?
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:48 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:50 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: Robert at March 30, 2026 12:50 PM (tX5ZJ)
At least they're giving you a sporting chance?
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:48 PM (VHUov)
I have questioned the big Target logoed vest they make me wear......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:51 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge
At least they're giving you a sporting chance?
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:48 PM (VHUov)
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Does anyone get nervous collecting their targets at that range? Not quite the same as driving a golf cart to collect balls at the driving range.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 12:51 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Grammar Gestapo at March 30, 2026 12:51 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 12:51 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 12:52 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 12:34 PM (BpO1e)
Pixy fired the last batch but then went and hired a new bunch of layabouts.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 30, 2026 12:52 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 12:52 PM (ZVgZ4)
It's cute you think Ace doesn't actually have a time machine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:53 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 12:53 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:50 PM (ECasK)
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Bleeding Pixels -- which would be a good name for a techno metal band.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:53 PM (CgLwP)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 12:53 PM (ZVgZ4)
Pixy fired the last batch but then went and hired a new bunch of layabouts.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 30, 2026 12:52 PM (syz1S)
When you get your laborers from the Home Depot parking lot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:53 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:53 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:53 PM (CgLwP)
Posted by: pookysgirl, channeling Chevelle at March 30, 2026 12:54 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:54 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Sponge
At least they're giving you a sporting chance?
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:48 PM (VHUov)
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Does anyone get nervous collecting their targets at that range? Not quite the same as driving a golf cart to collect balls at the driving range.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 12:51 PM (cWLG3)
As long as neither Alec Baldwin nor zombie Dick Cheney are there, you're probably fine...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 30, 2026 12:54 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:54 PM (Kksvc)
You just plug in the next post number in line.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 12:55 PM (FpHTM)
I just finished Lord of the Rings this morning.
Perhaps the blog has decided to journey with Frodo and Bilbo across the Western Seas to Valinor.
When it returns, after travelling down strange roads and spending time in the Halls of Mandos, it will no longer be AoSHQ the Gray, but AoSHQ the White.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2026 12:55 PM (ESVrU)
Some retard was caught stealing an "election key" piece of software and rigging the vote count.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 12:55 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 12:52 PM (ZVgZ4)
So it was post-dated?
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 30, 2026 12:55 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Taggart at March 30, 2026 12:55 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Fitting.
"Olé!" .....and she's still in Congress.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:55 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:53 PM (CgLwP)
I reposted it from someone else, but figured it was ignored since most were NOT here yet.
But, you're welcome. I help where I can.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:56 PM (Zz0t1)
I just finished Lord of the Rings this morning.
Finished the Hobbit and about a third of the way in on Fellowship of the Ring... Started on Friday
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:56 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: mick dorris at March 30, 2026 12:56 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Century?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:57 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Taggart at March 30, 2026 12:55 PM (wVcYX)
Get a message to the HQ. Tell 'em I said "OUCH!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:57 PM (Zz0t1)
the agony of the feet, mostly
Posted by: mick dorris
I think you boys have had enough.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:57 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
Next time, try guinea pigs.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 12:58 PM (BpO1e)
Posted by: ShainS
I reposted it from someone else, but figured it was ignored since most were NOT here yet.
Posted by: Sponge
* ponders changing nickname to "Cassandra" *
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:58 PM (VHUov)
To get to a post when the main page is blown up
1. Look on left sidebar and you will see links. The links are useless, but they contain the post number.
2. Insert the post number into the address using the format you see in your browser for any comment link. Like in the address bar right now, or in a browser history view.
that will get you to the post without going through the main page.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 12:58 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:58 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at March 30, 2026 12:58 PM (jFCkp)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 12:59 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 12:34 PM (BpO1e)
Pixy fired the last batch but then went and hired a new bunch of layabouts.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 30, 2026 12:52 PM (syz1S)
It’s really hard to find American rodents to do this kind of tedious work.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:59 PM (OoFl2)
* ponders changing nickname to "Cassandra" *
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:58 PM (VHUov)
I was looking for your post/nick, but couldn't get back to the old thread.
Heh. Sorry.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:59 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Don't spit on the floor.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:00 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: hamster liberation front at March 30, 2026 01:00 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 30, 2026 01:01 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 30, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 01:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 01:02 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Sorry about that, Comp Sci guys have an edge when someone forgets an end tag.
Posted by: Bewm at March 30, 2026 01:02 PM (jQ/ea)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 12:55 PM (AkEZC)
I'm not sure that's an entirely accurate summary. As I understand it, the key was for training and they had no evidence that the actual election was tampered with but they were concerned that it could be.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Heavenly Sunshine at March 30, 2026 01:02 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bewm at March 30, 2026 01:02 PM (jQ/ea)
No apology necessary.
To the winner go the spoils.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (Zz0t1)
What we really need is a way to see the Comments without seeing the Post.
That would cut down on people mistakenly reading the Content.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (W7FsI)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (tG1pe)
Posted by: The guy that says Something will happen! at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 01:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
Welcome to the party, pal.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:47 PM
SERPENTINE!!
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: mikeski
I was looking for your post/nick, but couldn't get back to the old thread.
Heh. Sorry.....
Posted by: Sponge
No need to apologize. I was joking about your link bringing everyone here when mine didn't. Cassandra could see the future, but was cursed so no one would believe her.
Posted by: mikeski and/or Ben R. at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (VHUov)
Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (Nz7u9)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 01:04 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 30, 2026 01:04 PM (0U5gm)
That would cut down on people mistakenly reading the Content.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (W7FsI)
Content?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM
Not if you believe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:40 PM
The Velveteen Barrel is not a children's story.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 01:04 PM (bFu5X)
I'm not sure that's an entirely accurate summary. As I understand it, the key was for training and they had no evidence that the actual election was tampered with but they were concerned that it could be.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Did he steal it before, or after the election?
Also, why the fuck do these "keys" exist -- paper ballots do not need keys. Will we never fix this?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:04 PM (yFx9n)
Their hands were open. He didn't pay.
Posted by: t-bird at March 30, 2026 01:05 PM (PM/iv)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 12:55 PM (AkEZC)
I'm not sure that's an entirely accurate summary. As I understand it, the key was for training and they had no evidence that the actual election was tampered with but they were concerned that it could be.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:02 PM (ExV1e)
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It was just a training system *nudge nudge wink wink*
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 01:05 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Profit! at March 30, 2026 01:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 30, 2026 01:06 PM (zBRgX)
Santos lied to everyone but his constituents.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 01:06 PM (rbvCR)
Also, why the fuck do these "keys" exist -- paper ballots do not need keys. Will we never fix this?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:04 PM (yFx9n)
The key that he stole was not the election key. The concern is that someone might have been able to reverse engineer the election key from the training key.
Assuming that the key uses a GUID, I'm not sure how they would do that but for all I know it just uses a one digit code.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:06 PM (ExV1e)
OK, who stressed out the hamsters? I'm not mad. I just need to know what the next step is.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 12:34 PM (BpO1e)
They did it themselves. Three different varieties of anabolic steroids, 2 gallons of Val-U-Rite vodka and a low-grade beaver tranquilizer.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 30, 2026 01:07 PM (y9nCu)
They did it themselves. Three different varieties of anabolic steroids, 2 gallons of Val-U-Rite vodka and a low-grade beaver tranquilizer.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 30, 2026 01:07 PM (y9nCu)
Nice beaver!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Mitchell moved to the United States in 1965.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 30, 2026 01:07 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Profit!
chinchillas run too fast. Ace could never keep up with it.
Maybe if we broke one of their legs.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:07 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 30, 2026 01:08 PM (u73oe)
1) Gotterdammerung in Iran.
Alireza Jafari, an 11-year-old boy, has been identified as a child soldier killed while serving at an IRGC checkpoint in Tehran.
According to Hengaw, a Norway-based human rights organization, he is the first reported Iranian child soldier to be killed since the escalation of the war in the Middle East.
He was initially reported as a civilian casualty, but the “Teachers’ Basij” organization later confirmed that he died “while on duty.” According to his mother, he was at the checkpoint with his father due to a shortage of personnel.
https://is.gd/RxXhbM
An ICE officer at Bush Airport has been handing out lollipops to kids
Two guesses as to which the MFM condemns.
https://is.gd/iQ6FIM
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:08 PM (Riz8t)
You go, girl!
Posted by: City Girl Super Mayor Tiffany Henyard at March 30, 2026 01:08 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Halfhand at March 30, 2026 01:08 PM (BSRx7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:58 PM (Zz0t1)
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When that happens, ace ends a closing link tag incorrectly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 30, 2026 01:08 PM (bcF3R)
Mitchell moved to the United States in 1965.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 30, 2026 01:07 PM (n1OCj)
And Canada sucks balls.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:08 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 30, 2026 01:08 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Why would one be tranquilizing low-grade beaver?
Posted by: mikeski is more confused than normal at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (VHUov)
When that happens, ace ends a closing link tag incorrectly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 30, 2026 01:08 PM (bcF3R)
I don't have keys to fix the kingdom, so all I can do is scream and shout when someone else fixes things.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (ExV1e)
Mitchell moved to the United States in 1965.
And yet, here you are.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (Riz8t)
Ms Chickfilet probably has the same problems that former congresscreature Anthony Weiner did -- misconduct is too obvious to cover up, and didn't take care of obligations to the party hierarchy.
If she'd diverted some stolen loot to the party like she should have, in return they'd have counseled
her on how to give the thievery legal concealment. The opportunity is lost now -- like tears in rain. Or fried chicken sauce into sandwich packaging.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (VWtfl)
Alireza Jafari, an 11-year-old boy, has been identified as a child soldier killed while serving at an IRGC checkpoint in Tehran.
According to Hengaw, a Norway-based human rights organization, he is the first reported Iranian child soldier to be killed since the escalation of the war in the Middle East.
Tousi said Iran was gonna do this so they could claim US/Israel is killing children...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: mikeski is more confused than normal at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM
*tucks handkerchief back in pocket*
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (zBRgX)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 12:58 PM (BpO1e)
Would they even fit?
Posted by: that troll in the art thread at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (gKWVE)
It is not impossible to find a market for used hamsters, after all, but it is not currently haut couture
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 01:10 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 01:10 PM (TN0g+)
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Damn you, Bernice!!
Posted by: Josephistan at March 30, 2026 01:10 PM (y9ksN)
1) Gotterdammerung in Iran.
Alireza Jafari, an 11-year-old boy, has been identified as a child soldier killed while serving at an IRGC checkpoint in Tehran.
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That was the plan, and it is very obvious to all but the Left.
They did not use child soldiers because they ran out of men, they used them at the checkpoints so that they would be killed and there would be outrage. Hoping to stop the checkpoint bombing.
There should be outrage -- at Iran.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:10 PM (yFx9n)
Hail Mary, One Piece (not a movie), and what others?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:10 PM (Riz8t)
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"Fundamentally non-serious" selection.
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 01:11 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: George Conway at March 30, 2026 01:11 PM (ssz2a)
"Caitlin Doornbos
@CaitlinDoornbos
2h
President Trump confirmed to me today that the US is negotiating with Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, saying we'll "find out in about a week" whether he is someone America can truly work with.."
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:11 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:09 PM (ExV1e)
Nephew saw Hail Mary on Saturday and said it was REALLY good. Drinker said it was good, so it seems he's hit a rash of releases that actually don't suck ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:11 PM (Zz0t1)
That would cut down on people mistakenly reading the Content.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 01:03 PM (W7FsI)
Content?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Content? Content? We don' need no steenking content....
Posted by: Zombie Alfonso Bedoya at March 30, 2026 01:11 PM (QGaXH)
Joni Mitchell appeared at the Canadian music awards, and while standing next to Prime Minister Mark Carney, she explained how wonderful Carney and Canada is, and how awful the United States is.
Mitchell moved to the United States in 1965.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 30, 2026 01:07 PM (n1OCj)
Deport the fat old hag back to Ottawa, Toronto or whatever Canuckian village she spawned from.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 30, 2026 01:12 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:12 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 12:59 PM (NpAc
That's what makes March Fools so funny.
Nobody expects it.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 01:12 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:10 PM (Riz8t)
"I Swear" and, now, "Mr. Inbetween" - which, I confess, may not be a movie. I haven't watched the review yet, it just came up in my feed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 01:13 PM (QGaXH)
"Caitlin Doornbos
@CaitlinDoornbos
2h
President Trump confirmed to me today that the US is negotiating with Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, saying we'll "find out in about a week" whether he is someone America can truly work with.."
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:11 PM (GD0B3)
And Ghalibaf claims he is not talking to Trump and death to America... So something isn't right here....
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:13 PM (ECasK)
He also liked Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mr. Inbetween at March 30, 2026 01:13 PM (Dv3i1)
Deport the fat old hag back to Ottawa, Toronto or whatever Canuckian village she spawned from.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Joni Mitchel? Isn't she dead yet?
I would have thought she would be looking at clouds from the top side by now.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:14 PM (yFx9n)
2h
President Trump confirmed to me today that the US is negotiating with Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, saying we'll "find out in about a week" whether he is someone America can truly work with.."
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:11 PM (GD0B3)
His name is Mohammad.
You're not going in the right direction quite yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:14 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 01:14 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:11 PM (Zz0t1)
I saw it on Thursday and thought it was good. Wife said that any movie that can make you both laugh and cry is pretty good.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:14 PM (ExV1e)
Related: jihadists killed a bunch of Christians in Nigeria this weekend. Most of the media "local crime story"ed it, but Reuters had a headline that it was gunmen protesting climate change.
That's levels of THE MESSAGE even Critical Drinker can't fathom.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:14 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t)
It's madness, I tell you. Madness!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:15 PM (ExV1e)
Syrian Christians took a lot of damage this weekend, too.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 01:15 PM (W7FsI)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:12 PM (GD0B3)
It is more like 1910 Mexico, where the first thing is to keep from being assassinated by the other factions before you build a ruling coalition that can hold power.
If Venezuela is any example, Trump is offering a route to survival if certain benchmarks are met.
I would not want to be in negotiation with Trump, he employs suave and polished leg-breakers
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 01:15 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:13 PM (ECasK)
I’m honestly getting a little annoyed with deferred threats and negotiations…. Bomb the shit out of them. I don’t think we tried to negotiate with Hitler in 45. Fuck that shit just end it by winning
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 01:16 PM (xT8gx)
Related: jihadists killed a bunch of Christians in Nigeria this weekend. Most of the media "local crime story"ed it, but Reuters had a headline that it was gunmen protesting climate change.
"islhamists doing islhamic things, again"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:16 PM (Zz0t1)
Says who?
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 30, 2026 01:16 PM (BSRx7)
Posted by: It's me donna
Negotiating with Iran be like:
https://youtu.be/yXuhtZ9lh9A
.....they just have a lot of that first guy.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 01:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 01:16 PM (xT8gx)
I'm with you
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:16 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer at March 30, 2026 01:16 PM (Y1sOo)
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Those Christians were trying to change the climate of Sharia the jihadists were trying to enforce?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 01:16 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (aV/WY)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (4NO2D)
I mean, bombing the shit out of them is continuing, according to both CENTCOM and the IDF.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (2ocoG)
=
Ghalibaf is lying, of course.
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer at March 30, 2026 01:16 PM (Y1sOo)
I laughed…. Never woulda happened to Coach K
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer
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*golf clap*
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (TN0g+)
And Ghalibaf claims he is not talking to Trump and death to America... So something isn't right here....
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:13 PM (ECasK)
Trolling the mullahs and IRGC to get them fighting among themselves. An obvious move, but I expect that it'll still get Ghalibaf's head lopped off with a dull hacksaw.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: LaQuisha at March 30, 2026 01:18 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:18 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:59 PM (OoFl2)
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You try fitting a capybara into a hampster wheel.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 30, 2026 01:18 PM (8gbRx)
Posted by: Fani Willis at March 30, 2026 01:18 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (2ocoG)
The uploaded videos that Tousi plays strongly suggests that bombing has not stopped.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:18 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 30, 2026 01:17 PM (y9nCu)
Israel tried to take him out the other day according to the IDF...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:19 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2026 01:19 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:19 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:59 PM (OoFl2)
What about your ex?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:19 PM (ExV1e)
"We do a little trolling" - DJT
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)
Maybe if we broke one of their legs.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:07 PM (yFx9n)
A gimpchilla?
Posted by: From the mind of Roger Corman at March 30, 2026 01:20 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:40 PM (ExV1e)
But Dallas ISD explicitly advertising for black and Latino teachers is somehow not.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 01:20 PM (z/ZK2)
That's levels of THE MESSAGE even Critical Drinker can't fathom.
Posted by: Ian S.
"Gunmen protesting climate change."
So it was an armed raid on a Christian coal-fired power plant?
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 01:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 30, 2026 01:20 PM (TdYBy)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:20 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Beartooth at March 30, 2026 01:20 PM (tYGL3)
Syrian Christians took a lot of damage this weekend, too.
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2026 01:15 PM (W7FsI)
Palm Sunday, so next week, Easter, is going to be as bad or worse.
Posted by: moki at March 30, 2026 01:21 PM (wLjpr)
There probably were, but we had the good sense to ignore them.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:21 PM (Riz8t)
We must crush it with everything we have RIGHT FUCKING NOW
I believe this whole "negotiation" nonsense is theater. These Islamist pieces of garbage will never surrender. Kill them all
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 30, 2026 01:21 PM (zBRgX)
Posted by: Monosyllablic hypercritic at March 30, 2026 01:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 01:21 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 01:20 PM (z/ZK2)
Dallas ISD is one of the worst ISD's in the world........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:21 PM (Zz0t1)
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He's buying time to get more ground assets in place.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 30, 2026 01:21 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:22 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)
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Sounds like a name for an inertialess drive made up by Doc Smith.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 30, 2026 01:22 PM (8gbRx)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 01:21 PM (QGaXH)
Yes, of course. No one has attempted to create a Jeffersonian democracy in the middle east yet.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 01:22 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Beartooth at March 30, 2026 01:20 PM (tYGL3)
There was one moment, fairly early on, when I had concerns but... nope, they passed it right on by without messages, or fan service for the modern audience.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:22 PM (ExV1e)
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And then tell them "We're thinking about it" and bomb then one more time for good measure.
Posted by: Crusader at March 30, 2026 01:23 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: moki at March 30, 2026 01:23 PM (wLjpr)
I can do it!
!Jeb!
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:23 PM (XuXeR)
Two point Twenty One Gigawatts.
Posted by: Doc Brown at March 30, 2026 01:24 PM (2Ez/1)
"Caitlin Doornbos
@CaitlinDoornbos
2h
President Trump confirmed to me today that the US is negotiating with Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, saying we'll "find out in about a week" whether he is someone America can truly work with.."
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:11 PM (GD0B3)
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No such announcements can be taken at face value at this time. Maybe there is no discussion at all with this guy. Or maybe the US wants the Iranians to kill him so we don't have to. Who knows.
The war is going well. The war is an historic disaster. 2 + 2 = 5. None of us know anything for sure.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 30, 2026 01:24 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 01:23 PM (XuXeR)
The real ¡Jeb! would use proper 69 punctuation.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (ExV1e)
How is Mrs. Sponge doing?
Posted by: moki at March 30, 2026 01:23 PM (wLjpr)
She's doing good. She thinks she's got the menopause thing going on and has been having bouts with the tireds a bit, but other than that, doing good.
Thanks for asking.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)
The war is going well. The war is an historic disaster. 2 + 2 = 5. None of us know anything for sure.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 30, 2026 01:24 PM (VWtfl)
what announcement ? Trump is on record now, and this has been leaking for over a week.
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (z/ZK2)
Posted by: Ian S.
grüßen = greetings
kampf = combat
So, a declaration of war? The first stanza of a rap battle?
Posted by: mikeski's got nothin' at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (VHUov)
Dream on. Once she starts throwing out the race card, they'll all back down and skulk off like puppies who just got caught with their nose in the garbage can. Censured at best. Expulsion? LOL
Posted by: The guy that says nothing will happen (again) at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (6uxuX)
That's good, because all 45 of the modern audience is busy playing 1348: Ex Voto, a game in which you play a lesbian knight in medieval Italy that must rescue her girlfriend from men and scissor her.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 01:26 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 01:26 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: The Truth at March 30, 2026 01:26 PM (z/ZK2)
I saw a news item that people were adopting those little pigs as pets and carrying them with them as a protective strategy against aggressive Muslim men...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 01:26 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:14 PM (ExV1e)
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* The original 1971 TV movie "Brian's Song" has entered the chat *
First time I ever cried watching the television or movie show at age 9. I was deeply embarrassed and trying to hide my tears from my mom ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (aV/WY)
Posted by: The Truth at March 30, 2026 01:26 PM (z/ZK2)
It's not always about you! -- Peace
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (5ZXSK)
Some people may have done some things.
Mistakes may have been made.
If so, it was in the enthusiasm of the moment.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Old news.
Time to move on.
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (0sNs1)
That's good, because all 45 of the modern audience is busy playing 1348: Ex Voto, a game in which you play a lesbian knight in medieval Italy that must rescue her girlfriend from men and scissor her.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (2ocoG)
Are they hot? Cuz I might play that........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 01:13 PM (ECasK)
I’m honestly getting a little annoyed with deferred threats and negotiations…. Bomb the shit out of them. I don’t think we tried to negotiate with Hitler in 45. Fuck that shit just end it by winning
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Wars have their own timetables because the enemy always has options. Trump is trying to avoid destroying the civil society in Iran leaving some form of government in place but not the Basiji nor IRGC. And without invading en masse which would take months of preparation.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)
He will get world support because of the past two weeks. At least, I think that is the plan based on evidence.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:28 PM (yFx9n)
Just bomb until unconditional surrender. Period. They can figure out their own government after that…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 01:25 PM (xT8gx)
I AM INTRIGUED BY YOUR IDEAS AND WOULD LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 30, 2026 01:28 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (5ZXSK)
I would like to drink whiskey with MAE some time......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM
Always an opportunity to see orcas and bald eagles.
May your voyage be free of mephitic penguin bouquets!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 30, 2026 01:29 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (Zz0t1)
Here's the 'knight'.
avclub.com/1348-ex-voto-game-review
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:29 PM (ExV1e)
First time I ever cried watching the television or movie show at age 9. I was deeply embarrassed and trying to hide my tears from my mom ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (aV/
All men and boys are allowed to cry watching Brian’s Song and Old Yeller.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 01:29 PM (z/ZK2)
I saw a news item that people were adopting those little pigs as pets and carrying them with them as a protective strategy against aggressive Muslim men...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 01:26 PM (QGaXH)
Pakistani students in Korea want to set up a proper mosque in the area they live while attending university, which the neighbors don't want, so the local Koreans have taken to doing barbeques in the square in front of the Pakistani student's "social club" and are roasting whole pigs once a week.
They seem to be leaving the heads behind when they leave too.
Such disrespect.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 01:29 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 01:29 PM (Kt19C)
The girlfriend is decent, the main character looks like a 12 year old boy.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:29 PM (2ocoG)
We did however negotiate with Emperor Hirohito and whoever was left in Japan.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 01:29 PM (gKWVE)
avclub.com/1348-ex-voto-game-review
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:29 PM (ExV1e)
Owt......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner
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I think part of it is whack a mole with the deep underground bunkers and their exits to launch missiles. Israel and the US are going down the list--hitting component factories now to prevent a quick rebuild of Iran's missile capabilities. Same with hitting the steel mills.
Patience in such cases is a virtue as there are no clear lines like an invasion as the target of the bombing campaign is the will of the enemy to continue and the systematic crippling of the IRGC apparatus running Iran.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:31 PM (E4rtv)
The girlfriend is decent, the main character looks like a 12 year old boy.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:29 PM (2ocoG)
Leftie gamers do seem to love them some pedo.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 01:31 PM (Zz0t1)
We did however negotiate with Emperor Hirohito and whoever was left in Japan.
We were negotiating both with Japan and with ourselves. There was a real fear that if we hanged Hirohito, the commies would take over Japan.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 01:31 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 01:31 PM (ExV1e)
He will get world support because of the past two weeks. At least, I think that is the plan based on evidence.
One underreported aspect of this is that Australia and New Zealand are out of gas and oil. They have plenty they can drill for, but all the refineries were shut down to stop global warming so they ship it to China for refining and then China ships them back the gas/diesel/etc.
Nothing says reducing carbon emissions like having to ship oil overseas.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:31 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: troyriser at March 30, 2026 01:32 PM (DPeYO)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 01:32 PM (iXqHn)
We did however negotiate with Emperor Hirohito and whoever was left in Japan.
Posted by: gKWVE
Hirohito is the more appropriate historical example as we are trying to separate the sheep from the goats in Iran--the titular civilian government versus the IRGC. In Japan, it was something similar--Tojo and the militarists versus the civilians.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 01:32 PM (GD0B3)
In Ukraine, it is mostly about resources and the solution is to have US profiting, as well as both sides, so that no one has an interest in blowing it up.
The problem from the Strait is (1) how do you seize it from Iran -- well he is doing that now. and (2) how do you get the world to agree -- well having energy cut for several weeks is doing that.
The whole shutdown of the strait was planned by Trump
You heard it here first.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:33 PM (yFx9n)
Posted by: troyriser
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Indictment is in Florida. She won't get a DC jury.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:33 PM (E4rtv)
Also, this closure has lit a fire under everyone else in the region to get pipelines built so nothing has to go through the strait.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 01:35 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 01:27 PM (5ZXSK)
Good Morning AOP
I see you've begun your spring migration. Seems a little early this year?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 01:36 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 01:36 PM (4NO2D)
Nothing says reducing carbon emissions like having to ship oil overseas.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Environmentalists are literally stupid people because despite their F*cking Love Science bullshit, they do not understand cause and effect worth a damn. Nor do they understand tradeoffs.
That is because they have rotten Marxist programming running in their watermelon brains (green on the outside, red on the inside).
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Very Fixed Income at March 30, 2026 01:37 PM (oftw2)
There should be outrage -- at Iran.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 30, 2026 01:10 PM (yFx9n)
As long as it's muzzloid children, I don't give a shit. Satan has already claimed their souls.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2026 01:38 PM (5ZXSK)
The whole shutdown of the strait was planned by Trump
You heard it here first.
Posted by: bob
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Pretty inevitable that Iran would seek to shut the Persian Gulf if attacked. That was always their go to threat so I am sure that Trump and DoW already gamed that one out.
Posted by: whig at March 30, 2026 01:38 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 01:39 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 30, 2026 01:46 PM (vqA1l)
scamdemic shutdown killed the local theater complex. No place to see a movie now.
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 30, 2026 01:50 PM (cO6oP)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Sounds like a perfect plan for Persians to pursue.
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 30, 2026 02:02 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: Scott1M at March 30, 2026 02:42 PM (O9uxk)
Posted by: Very Fixed Income at March 30, 2026 01:37 PM (oftw2)
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Luxury!
Posted by: A Man from Yorkshire at March 30, 2026 02:48 PM (cWLG3)
THE MORNING RANT: Housing Affordability Requires Vast Swaths of Virtually Uninhabitable Urban Areas Be Reclaimed
An issue I have periodically revisited is the need for “municipal conservatism” as an alternative to Democrat-administered destruction of our cities. In a 2024 piece at The Blaze, I wrote “Republicans need to offer our struggling cities an agenda focused on delivering excellent city services, including effective policing, cleanliness, anti-vagrancy measures, public safety, reliable utilities, and family-friendly parks. This agenda should promote a political climate that supports small businesses, primary education, churches, families, and patriotism. Democrat-run cities have grown hostile to these foundational elements of urban civilization, creating an enormous opportunity for Republicans.” This is not “small government conservatism.” It is “civil order conservatism.”
Hampton Prescott, one of my favorite follows on Twitter/X (@HamptonPrezcott), is a real estate professional in Atlanta who is heavily focused on this exact issue. (He also covers architectural trends, commenting on the correlation of bad commercial architecture with the state of urban environments.)The Trump WH was close to figuring this out when they deployed the National Guard to crime ridden cities. The ONLY way to solve housing affordability is to reclaim vast swaths of urban areas that have been rendered effectively uninhabitable due to lack of safety. https://t.co/pgkBbEW5Jg
— Hampton Prescott (@HamptonPrezcott) March 13, 2026
Donald Trump’s second term has coincided with an increase in use and application of the phrase “you can just do things.” Whether it is taking out the Ayatollah after 50 years of western appeasement, shutting the southern border after hearing all kinds of “reasons why we can’t do anything about it” by the leftist/libertarian industrial complexes, or eliminating discriminatory hiring practices after decades of conservative apathy (or enabling), the age of dismantling stale orthodoxies is firmly upon us. I’d like to talk about another example of something justified for decades as “just the way things are” - abysmal governance of major cities and the idea that there is no hope for right-leaning leadership that efficiently and effectively provides safety and security for citizens. Even many left-leaning folks will admit, our major cities are disaster zones. Capital flight, out of control vagrancy, serial criminals let loose by a malignant justice system, expensive services that underperform in quality (to put it charitably) - our major cities may be experiencing the roughest stretch since the dark days of the late 1970’s. Now the median conservative may look at this sad state of affairs and remark to himself, “not my circus, but maybe this will provide fodder for an attack ad come election season.” I’m here to tell that this is the height of loser attitude, and is a set of common wisdom that is commonly wrong. A few reasons why people are looking at this issue the wrong way: • Yes, while a statewide or national GOP candidate likely won’t be winning over 50% of a major metro’s vote anytime soon, you need to look at the gross numbers involved. For example, Metro Atlanta has 6.4 million people in it as of 2024. If you apply the standard 65% turnout rate and assume that the GOP candidate is going to lose by 10 points, that is still 1.84 million potential voters that could be in your camp. Therefore, politicians ignoring the concerns of urban right-leaning voters or simply those longing for public safety may end up costing them the election. Having a tailored candidate at the local level, that delivers on their simplified promises (see later in the post for my proposed three-point pledge) would filter up to benefit these statewide and national candidates (granted they tailor their message to these urban voters!) • A dynamic of municipal elections that is often overlooked - turnout is generally absolutely abysmal. To wit, the 2021 Atlanta Mayoral Election (which saw multiple competitive candidates) had a whopping turnout of 25% of active registered voters. Even the 2024 NYC mayoral election, likely the most ballyhooed municipal race in recent memory, saw turnout come out to a ho-hum 43% of registered voters. • The GOP has made housing affordability a huge priority for their governance platform. As anyone who follows my X account knows, proponents of housing affordability are missing the absolute largest driver of the problem - the only way you can materially help with housing affordability is to reclaim the vast swaths of buildable land surrounding job centers that were abandoned to crime and disorder over the past few decades. Further straining affordability, city dwellers are also effectively forced to pay twice for services like education - their taxes pay for dysfunctional schools which in turn force them to pay tuition, with prices reflecting inelastic demand, for private school. Solving this issue at the local level would filter up to substantial improvements on a national scale, another factor that should interest the GOP. Of course, a “national GOP” style of message at the local, urban level is a guarantee of failure. Talking about fiscal conservatism, tax cuts, and reducing municipal services is not going to motivate and inspire your average urban voter. (Probably not even affluent voters.) A candidate that follows the spirit of the ideas posited here would need to prioritize safety and municipal order above all else. I highlight these issues as they are the absolute prerequisites for quite literally anything in an urban ecosystem to work. As a real estate professional, I am always amused at the relative lack of attention paid amongst industry luminaries towards something that is absolutely core to any success in the industry. There is almost a learned helplessness to the issue, as if the move is to perpetually be in retreat as destructive, pro-crime forces destroy more and more of the built environment. Those who remain spend their political capital seeking out tax breaks (which won’t matter as long as a neighborhood feels unsafe and is seeing its productive populace flee.) This approach, of course, is absolute nonsense. The real estate community, as generational leadership turnover occurs, is a natural ally in this endeavor. They need to get organized on the front end, defining simple goals for candidates to support, such as: 1. Effectively address crime and disorder.Thank you, Hampton, for this much appreciated contribution. Here is a link to his Twitter/X page if you would like to read more from Mr. Prescott. [buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
2. Utilize the Walt Disney approach to cleanliness.
3. Manage but don’t cut services, which will benefit tremendously from effectuating #1. Getting voter turnout in municipal elections above its current anemic levels would yield tremendous ROI - for the cities themselves, and for their own business interests. Look no further than the value appreciation seen in Florida cities benefiting from strong messaging and action on crime and disorder. (And for the inverse, look no further than the value destruction in formerly high-flying cities such as Seattle, Minneapolis, Portland and Denver). This is an exciting time where long-held, indefensible orthodoxies are being discarded. “You can just do things” is the ethos of our time. Taking back our cities and making the apathy that has dominated for so long a relic of a bygone era is an opportunity waiting there for the taking. [Hampton Presoctt]
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 30, 2026 11:02 AM (k2hhB)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 11:03 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 30, 2026 11:03 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 11:03 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:04 AM (4NO2D)
Or as John Lautner said, "murder factories".
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 30, 2026 11:04 AM (Kt19C)
So the left will talk about housing as if it is somehow separate from supply and demand.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)
Or am I being too rude?
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 11:06 AM (BpO1e)
The left: Immigration is a human right! We need to bring in more people, many more people!
Also the left: How dare housing prices go up when we bring in a bunch of immigrants...that's racist!
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 11:03 AM (BpO1e)
Men in women's sports FTW!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 11:06 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Racist...who is secretly in love with his black neighbor at March 30, 2026 11:06 AM (JvP6j)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:06 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 11:03 AM (BpO1e)
Men in women's sports FTW!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:06 AM
ISWYDT, Gent.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (4NO2D)
Because the inner cities are gonna inner city regardless.
Has nothing to do with "lack of safety". Has everything to do with pride of ownership.
Section 8 is gonna Section 8. Every big blue city proves that.
You will get safety with ownership.
Homeowners aren't going to put up with shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (4NO2D)
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Wait, I've been told that inner-city voters vastly prefer the candidates that promises to not prosecute the inner-city criminals - no safety, no municipal order. Isn't that how Larry Krasner keeps getting re-elected in Philthadephia?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Yesterday, we had an extended discussion about "analysis paralysis". This is one of the reasons why nothing gets done. The other is that the left opposes and blocks every common sense solution to any problem, because someone on the right (being largely people of common sense) came up with a good solution.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
The left: We need more housing and for progressive officials to overrule local officials that won't let them build more housing for our new immigrants!
Also the left: How dare the state take away our natural spaces and historic buildings and replace them with tenements! Don't they know what this is doing to the character of my quaint town (and housing prices?!?)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (pDt9x)
Are they going to make democrat government go away? Because it won’t work without that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (jbnUc)
Subjugation of the public requires them to be immobile and dependent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Tom Petty at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (+HNx/)
Young white males are ready to get fitted with Hugo Boss uniforms and engage in ethnic cleansing. They've been locked out of every other opportunity.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (4NO2D)
Tom Petty hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Yes, but the people living there believe their votes don't matter and they are right - the local officials just cast enough ballots to keep returning the same people over and over...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 11:09 AM (0ogfQ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (4NO2D)
Tom Petty hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Don’t come around here no more. Whatever you’re lookin’ for.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:10 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (pDt9x)
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You don't like warmth then?
Posted by: Z. Mamdani at March 30, 2026 11:10 AM (+HNx/)
For everyone else.
They'll still get a detached house with a yard, a car, and all the LNG they need to keep their house warm in the winter...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)
aka Wolfen.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 11:11 AM (wVcYX)
Throwing a couple thousand "career criminals" in the slammer would make any large city safer and more habitable for law-abiding, working, residents. The mayhem is tolerated and encouraged on many levels.
Posted by: Sweet Rural Shade at March 30, 2026 11:11 AM (oftw2)
A key lesson from his efforts: yes, you can incarcerate your way to peace and prosperity. 1% - 2% of the population needs to be taken off the streets for good, and the rest can live quite peacefully.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 11:11 AM (/QdgR)
I haven't crossed over to Michigan for years, but even in a car on 'freeways' in daylight, it's pretty creepy.
May Coleman Young rot in hell.
Damn, cute young woman from Alberta didn't win a car on TPIR.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 11:11 AM (Sco7b)
Don’t come around here no more. Whatever you’re lookin’ for.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:10 AM (pDt9x)
Cuz I'm free.
Free ballin......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
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There are a lot of jobs that rely on the maintenance of the infrastructure of destitution. Solving these means people will lose their meaningless jobs that nonetheless provide paychecks.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 11:12 AM (Dv3i1)
Subjugation of the public requires them to be immobile and dependent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (AkEZC)
And making it illegal to be more than a 15-minutes walk away from your pod.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:12 AM (uEmCf)
Like all con-men, they must short-circuit logical thinking with emotion.
And giving them more power to fix the crime--that they allowed and caused--is their easiest, and longest-running, manipulation.
To put it another way, why should we fix their problem before we prevent them from profiting from the problem?
But all of that is irrelevant:
Renters should never have a vote.
Take that away and the cities will fix themselves.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 11:12 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 11:12 AM (3cXfB)
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Wow. I've never seen it stated this way, but after commuting into/ of Metro Detroit for a few decades . . . Yeah, this makes so much sense.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 30, 2026 11:13 AM (bMded)
Yuck.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 11:13 AM (xT8gx)
Has nothing to do with "lack of safety". Has everything to do with pride of ownership.
Section 8 is gonna Section 8. Every big blue city proves that.
You will get safety with ownership.
Homeowners aren't going to put up with shit.
I was in downtown DC two nights ago. I rarely go there anymore, so it's a good way to observe the contrast between what was, and what is.
I just couldn't believe what has happened to the area where our restaurant was. It's breathtaking. It's obvious a ton of money (and definitely NOT taxpayer money) has been invested. The homes are gorgeous. People with that kind of resources aren't going to put up with the crappy governments DC enjoyed in the 20th century.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
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on true conservative values and not middling modifiers to coddle the Democrats and Squishy middle.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 11:13 AM (0ogfQ)
‘ Those people should be turned into mulch that feeds the trees we plant in the newly safe neighborhoods.
Or am I being too rude?’
No. Thats not rude at all. That’s what they would want for themselves.
Or at least that’s what I want for them and that’s close enough.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 30, 2026 11:14 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 11:14 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 11:13 AM (0ogfQ)
There is no other way.............
Posted by: John Thune at March 30, 2026 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:15 AM (pDt9x)
A key lesson from his efforts: yes, you can incarcerate your way to peace and prosperity. 1% - 2% of the population needs to be taken off the streets for good, and the rest can live quite peacefully.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 11:11 AM (/QdgR)
In the short term, that kind of prison cost is likely unaffordable for most bankrupt cities...not to mention, the unaffordability and time needed for the US legal system to make that work...
Thus, why deportation has been the 1st answer...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:15 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:15 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 30, 2026 11:16 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (4NO2D)
Tom Petty hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Don’t come around here no more. Whatever you’re lookin’ for.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:10 AM (pDt9x)
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As Bob Dylan said "every rose has its thorns."
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 11:16 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:16 AM (pDt9x)
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This may be true, but there's the issue that the "job centers" are also leaving the urban areas.
MAYBE if people feel safe living there, the jobs will return, but there is a LOT of empty office space in most (all?) urban centers.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 11:17 AM (N1DT3)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:15 AM (uEmCf)
Yet, they're overrunning LA, NYC, Chitcago.......the most expensive places to live.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
Pope goes viral for saying God "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war"
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Well, Joshua maybe.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)
And as he also said:
"ahhh-hnnnn huuhhhhh ahhhhhnyyyd".
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
As Bob Dylan said "every rose has its thorns."
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 11:16 AM (cWLG3)
Just like every night has it's dawn.
And every cowboy sings a sad, sad song.
Posted by: Bill and Ted at March 30, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
******
Eliminate communist police work, selective enforcement, no go zone, and ideological anti-American organizations starting with no mosques, no muzzies and no anti-fa.
To heal a wound you must eliminate the infection.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (0ogfQ)
The Democrat-Communists love the poor. So much so that they want to create tens of millions more of them.
Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (qUkBO)
Pope goes viral for saying God "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war"
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Well, Joshua maybe.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)
I read that blindingly stupid comment he made. Biblical illiteracy, or just pandering?
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (pDt9x)
Pope goes viral for saying God "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war"
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Well, Joshua maybe.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)
And The Bee responded perfectly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM
Slap hot iron to it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (4NO2D)
Tom Petty hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Don’t come around here no more. Whatever you’re lookin’ for.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:10 AM (pDt9x)
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As Bob Dylan said "every rose has its thorns."
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
Tiptoe Through the Tulips.
- Governor Walz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (ndZc7)
Interfice omnes et Deus eos ordinat.
Posted by: Pope Urban II at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
But NOT Martha's Vineyard, where the snobbiest of the snobs live.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:19 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (pDt9x)
EmBRACE the power of and.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)
But NOT Martha's Vineyard, where the snobbiest of the snobs live.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:19 AM (uEmCf)
They built a wall.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:19 AM (OUMaO)
This is the required first step before you can implement any other steps.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:21 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:19 AM (uEmCf)
They built a wall.
Posted by: Sponge
They busses asses out toot sweet.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:21 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 11:22 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)
This is the required first step before you can implement any other steps.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:21 AM (V4IXI)
All inner city yutes have been bred with the 'fact' that police are bad and want to kill them. Policing the streets will never bring peace and safety to the inner city.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)
A King could -
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:23 AM (pDt9x)
The Old Testament hardest hit.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:23 AM (V4IXI)
However my other response is the same one I have for many pundits:
Sounds nice, but as always the devil is in the details. It's a problem for all of us, don't just say "$politician must come up with a plan". That's dodging your own responsibility.
Also..."Walt Disney approach to cleanliness". Okay, I understand the general implication - litter/blown trash makes things look bad and reduces civic pride and order, but what does the "Walt Disney approach" per set, look like in implementation?
Posted by: RandomDave at March 30, 2026 11:23 AM (ONKca)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)
A King could -
Posted by: tubal
A dictator could make them play catch with mortars.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 30, 2026 11:16 AM (qwx/I)
And send the miscreants to secure Kharg Island instead.
If they succeed? Great! Reward them.
If they don't succeed? Our cities would be a lot better off.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 11:24 AM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 11:24 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:24 AM (4NO2D)
Or said another way...
Everything is out of wack, you gotta get it in wack or else you'll get ungatz on pumpernickel.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 30, 2026 11:24 AM (XV/Pl)
They aren't kidding...these people have serious plans. Just finished a frightening article "The Orb Will See You Now". They're serious, and have plans. Never mind the loons in the street, worry about the AI tech oligarchs.
It's a slog, but worth the read
https://shorturl.at/M8Uf7
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2026 11:24 AM (XeU6L)
That's up to the underclass, who are, after all, not being held against their will. As long as they're willing to take the government cheese instead of acting like they have full agency, the Dems will be happy to keep them on the plantation.
It's a novel concept: the opt-in slave.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)
Most of the jobs left along with the middle class.
So they are the homes of the rich and the poor, full of high end entertainment for the elites and drugs and crime for the poor.
Frankly the easiest way to fix this is probably just make sure the criminal elements can get access to the urban rich. They'll either leave and collapse the system or start demanding real solutions (like NYC in the 90s).
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:24 AM (sKqQm)
tinyurl.com/4aawnsev
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 11:24 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Brother Tim
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You can do anything you have the will to do.
See: Donald J. Trump
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 11:25 AM (0ogfQ)
Great idea. And a winning theme.
Except most of the ones who would vote for it have already fled the cities. Not sure what the fix is.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 11:25 AM (2WIwB)
It appears to transcend everything. Rich or poor, black or white, Christian or atheist, you name it - when it comes to political loyalties, all other factors are subordinate to whether people CHOOSE to live in an urban environment or not. It's a self-selection mechanism.
Not that some people on both sides aren't "trapped behind enemy lines," but in general these political majorities form voluntarily according to the values people have.
And the divide is only growing and growing, as the cities descend into straight-up hellscapes and people flee them accordingly. At this rate, if you still live in one of these cesspools, it's because you must live there, or because you love the cesspool and would never countenance living among your inferiors who don't have to ward off CHUDs on a daily basis, because you hate them.
I would put the odds of a major political shift in a given urban antpile at around 0%. A good-governance platform won't convince people whose attitude is "I wish I could gas you and everyone like you."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 30, 2026 11:25 AM (BI5O2)
This is the required first step before you can implement any other steps.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:21 AM (V4IXI)
All inner city yutes have been bred with the 'fact' that police are bad and want to kill them. Policing the streets will never bring peace and safety to the inner city.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Especially when "don't act white" is a mantra.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:25 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (pDt9x)
Embrace the healing power of "and".
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 11:25 AM (N1DT3)
It’s a nation wide vote farm.
Until the democrats are broken this vision of urban renewal is a fantasy.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 30, 2026 11:26 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 11:26 AM (0ogfQ)
Posted by: tubal
The Israelites clamored for a king. Several books enumerate how well that worked out.
Always be careful what you wish for...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:26 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:26 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)
I'm not trying to change born criminals. I'm trying to prevent and make it harder for them to commit the crimes. Letting them create no go zones is insane.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:27 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (pDt9x)
He worships progressivism, not the God of the Bible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: tubal
The Israelites clamored for a king. Several books enumerate how well that worked out.
Always be careful what you wish for...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:26 AM (OUMaO)
Well look how well the Judges are working out in Israel now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (V4IXI)
- Governor Walz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (ndZc7)
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Wait 'til you spend the night in my Sugar Walls.
Posted by: Tim "Sugar" Walz at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (0bjKf)
Now...do they not remember we had an election at the end of 2024?
Or...is the whole left on board with Elissa Slotkin now in arguing the 2024 election was stolen?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:18 AM (pDt9x)
He was probably trying to say this war does not meet the Just War doctrine requirements...and being an American-raised Catholic, he sucks at the Biblical stuff (b/c they fell away from teaching the Bible for a few decades after Vatican 2).
Now, there is a discussion for if the Iran war meets the Just War doctrine...but in his homily, the Pope obviously avoided that and just let out his pissed off feelings about the war and went flailing...since I've heard heretical homilies from priests before, hearing one from the Pope (about God not listening to all prayers) is not surprising b/c he's been an emotional throwback 60's hippie priest (if I had a concept for his thoughts - environment, make peace not war, etc)...so when he talks on "hippie" topics, you understand his pre-existing biases...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Especially when "don't act white" is a mantra.
Posted by: rickb223
So what, we ship 'em all off somewhere else? Africa? Haiti? Questions of will aside, WTF do you do without going down the worst possible roads?
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (OUMaO)
In my small town where I've run 6 or 7 errands in 30 minutes or so, a new building went up and small apartments are about $1500 a month. That's insane.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (Sco7b)
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I guess King David was wasting his breath.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2026 11:29 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: tubal
The Israelites clamored for a king. Several books enumerate how well that worked out.
Always be careful what you wish for...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:26 AM (OUMaO)
I was being a little tongue in cheek, Tim. We have elections, for better or worse, every four years, and that detail has produced some horrible miscreants in our memories. Kingly powers, given our system, is a very bad idea.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:30 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 11:11 AM (/QdgR)
There is another way. -- Vlad III
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 11:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)
True, but a large portion of the city underclass causing issues are not citizens...so working on that part reduces costs and problems quickly before you tackle the rest...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:30 AM (tOcjL)
Also you're ignoring exactly what Rudy did in NYC.
Damn I hate the 'can't' attitude
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:30 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:26 AM (OUMaO)
Well look how well the Judges are working out in Israel now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Judges 19 is the section of the Bible for "True Crime" fans. Anyone else can be forgiven for steering clear.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:30 AM (OUMaO)
Damn I hate the 'can't' attitude
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:30 AM (V4IXI)
It didn't last.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Restrict supply and explode demand and what happens to costs?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Stateless
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Same here.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: tubal
I've clearly been lurking Substack too long. Holy hell, some of what's proposed there...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:31 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Unsafe At Any Speed at March 30, 2026 11:31 AM (h+Nbi)
Wonder if he has an antique puzzlebox somewhere in his chambers.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 11:32 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Brother Tim
You have to change the pattern of thinking.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:32 AM (Kksvc)
Does this lack of empathy, self-respect, no long range planning, and hostility to success have a biological basis? Like a marker in a F-19 PET scan?
The answer is more death penalties and tell women to have kids with good men. Fathers are a missing solution.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 11:32 AM (u82oZ)
Subjugation of the public requires them to be immobile and dependent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (AkEZC)
Their goal isn't to subjugate the masses. Their goal is to achieve permanent power, replace the masses with robots/AI, and eliminate the masses. Having them centrally located makes the extermination easier.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 11:32 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Snake Plissken at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Stateless
Price is being used as a filter. Since they can't do anything else to keep the garbage-tier folk out, they just hike the prices until they can't afford to rent there...though now decent working class folk can't either.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (OUMaO)
That's up to the underclass, who are, after all, not being held against their will. As long as they're willing to take the government cheese instead of acting like they have full agency, the Dems will be happy to keep them on the plantation.
It's a novel concept: the opt-in slave.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026
The biggest issue here is they aren’t slaves, really. They are pets. Slaves labored. This group gets paid and fed to do nothing at all.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (TsyKT)
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Do not send your criminals here!
Posted by: Haiti at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Archimedes
I saw The Opt-In Slave open for The Artist Formerly Known As Prince at First Avenue in '95.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:30 AM (tOcjL)
Nonsense. Illegals are disproportionately represented in the crime stats, but homegrown Americans still commit a large majority of the crime in America.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Or King Hezekiah. He didn't just bend over and take it when the Assyrians swept in.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 30, 2026 11:25 AM (BI5O2)
I wasn't raised urban, neither the white nor black side (now I've made myself a target for the troll) were urban.
But I don't know how I prove to people that I'm not part of the urban cohort and don't want to be forced into it by some "You'll never be one of us" rhetoric.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (uEmCf)
Subjugation of the public requires them to be immobile and dependent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (AkEZC)
Their goal isn't to subjugate the masses. Their goal is to achieve permanent power, replace the masses with robots/AI, and eliminate the masses. Having them centrally located makes the extermination easier.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 11:32 AM (ExV1e)
Just cut off their Soylent Green supply. Problems solved.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:19 AM (OUMaO)
I say keep them there. We sure as hell don't want them out here in the rest of the country.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (g8Ew8)
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I've a problem with that "job centers."
What kind of jobs?
In what industries?
We can't just hand-wave "job centers" into existence.
And then:
Think about your job, or one you used to do, or those of people you know.
Would you trade your current housing for a high-rise tenement (or condo/townhome) but you could get to work in under 15 minutes?
Those ghetto lots are tiny; you can have house or yard but not both.
Oh, and for revitalization: Underground utilities run $1 million per mile.
What kind of jobs support the developers to invest in building the housing to restore those urban areas?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (HXT0k)
Boy howdy. You lure them onto a skyscraper, and ZAAPPPPP!
Posted by: The aliens from Independence Day at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
You have to change welfare.
No father present? No checks.
Stop LBJ'ing them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:34 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: rickb223
Agreed, but that's a huge undertaking. Lots of things need doing before you can even put the basics in place.
Daunting task, and I wonder who's even up for it. Still worthy.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:34 AM (OUMaO)
But, it wouldn't be how many people want to live, so they'd always be leaving, either for whatever "suburbs" existed, or for other areas entirely. And there seems to be some weird social pressure for people in these environments to be less self sufficient and expect more and more services to be provided for them.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (JCZqz)
Subjugation of the public requires them to be immobile and dependent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 11:08 AM (AkEZC)
The progressive dream is the same as it was in the 19th century - cram as many people as possible into choked, stifling government tenements where vermin, cholera, tuberculosis, typhus and crime ravage the unwashed plebs.
Posted by: They've always been great humanitarians at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (V4IXI)
Pope goes viral for saying God "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war"
Well.
I know for a fact he is wrong.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (2WIwB)
I saw an interview with a guy that had seven baby mommas and wasn't paying any child support.
He noted that he never gave his real name, where he lives, or where he works to the women...but they were still willing to have unprotected sex with him.
He argued it wasn't his fault anyway since he offered to pay for an abortion.
You aren't going to be able to persuade this kind of guy to be a dad.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)
That's not exactly a new idea.
Posted by: Disney World at March 30, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 11:36 AM (j+aD2)
Then they replaced him with Bloomberg, and a run of commie retards that turned it back into what they WANTED it to be.
CAN policing be the solution? Of course. But not when they don't want it for themselves.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)
Depends on how you police the streets. -- ED-209
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 11:36 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (V4IXI)
They tried that here and the love every illegal DEI rich crowd nixed that... Can't have those icky people in my neighborhood...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 11:37 AM (ECasK)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
Except, we've seen the outsized influence cities have on political outcomes. Seems there must be a better solution.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:37 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:30 AM (tOcjL)
Nonsense. Illegals are disproportionately represented in the crime stats, but homegrown Americans still commit a large majority of the crime in America.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (n9ltV)
A. We aren't just talking crime - issues are filth, littering, homelessness, welfare needs, etc.
B. They are the cheapest and easiest group to solve. As mentioned above, the legal system makes incarcerating large swaths on a dime unaffordable in most places, whereas just shipping those possible home decreases the problem in the fastest way possible
C. They contribute to the overall lawless feel. If someone can just come in illegally and "steal my welfare", then I should just go steal it back. It degrades the legal structure and desire for goodness.
D. Illegals are the ultimate renters. They don't care if they come and go, destroy and depart, cash out and leave...they have zero interest or care in the welfare of America, the country...and that shows.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:37 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 11:32 AM (u82oZ)
Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 30, 2026 11:38 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:38 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: rickb223
Agreed, but that's a huge undertaking. Lots of things need doing before you can even put the basics in place.
Daunting task, and I wonder who's even up for it. Still worthy.
This is probably the single biggest crime Obama committed. I think things were gradually improving until he took office, and it was all "whitey is the reason for all your troubles" from then on.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:38 AM (ndZc7)
We are urging Nevadans to show up. Typically voter turn out drops 15%-22% in midterms.
Show UP>make your voice heard. I jumped into a political race to do something. You can vote up and down the ticket for Republicans. Yup, I know there are a lot of RINOs out there (See John Thune) but Thune is better than any Democrat-even though he disappoints
Posted by: Jeff Carter at March 30, 2026 11:38 AM (ZiwLX)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 30, 2026 11:39 AM (xvV+O)
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Do not send your criminals here!
Posted by: Haiti at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (Dv3i1)
Country's full. Pygmy hippo out front should have told you.
Posted by: Republic of Liberia at March 30, 2026 11:39 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:34 AM (Kksvc)
Just under 140 more years in LBJ's "200 Years"...
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:39 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Sponge
I promise to do things...like incarcerate everyone that deserves it.
Posted by: Bukele for US President 48? at March 30, 2026 11:39 AM (JCZqz)
You aren't going to be able to persuade this kind of guy to be a dad.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)
No, but you can place a lien on him and garnish his wages or benefits through DNA testing and get him to pay 1/2 for all 7. As mentioned, it takes 2 to tango, so he was also having the sex.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:40 AM (tOcjL)
No, they want the masses, just a manageable amount of them. Being elites isn't any fun if you can't micromanage the peasants, and that is why the modern left is the way that it is.
Posted by: The Paolo at March 30, 2026 11:40 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 30, 2026 11:40 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: They've always been great humanitarians
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Khrushchevkas and Brezhnevkas. I think you get your own bathroom in the Breshnevka.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 30, 2026 11:41 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Mr. Wiggin at March 30, 2026 11:41 AM (4NO2D)
He noted that he never gave his real name, where he lives, or where he works to the women...but they were still willing to have unprotected sex with him.
He argued it wasn't his fault anyway since he offered to pay for an abortion.
You aren't going to be able to persuade this kind of guy to be a dad.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)
Among things I've reconsidered since I was a young man:
We need to bring back the significant cultural stigma around bastards.
It seems cruel and that's why it's very hard to even suggest, because the child bears absolutely no fault for the circumstances of their birth. However, I can't help but notice that when we made life hard for bastards, we got a lot fewer of them.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 11:41 AM (N1DT3)
Daunting task, and I wonder who's even up for it. Still worthy.
Posted by: Brother Tim
Knowing what needs to be done is easy. Implementing it is hard. And nothing will come cheap. It's almost like you need:
Jobs
Owned homes
Razed section 8 warehouses
Changed generational thinking
all at the exact same time. Remove any one of them and it won't work.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:41 AM (Kksvc)
No father present? No checks.
Stop LBJ'ing them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March
And for the fathers who skedaddled and remain gone pecan? What about those mothers?
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 11:41 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (OUMaO)
And what will you do to the blacks who aren't on the Demoncrat plantation?
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:41 AM (uEmCf)
This is probably the single biggest crime Obama committed. I think things were gradually improving until he took office, and it was all "whitey is the reason for all your troubles" from then on.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
Abortion on demand made it 'cool' to have unprotected sex without consequence. The problem is, they didn't think about STD's and all. Planned Parenthood was created SPECIFICALLY to kill off the black race, yet a majority of the black communities will defend it to the hilt.
Until you change the mindset of the inner cities that children are a gift from God that must be cherished, nurtured and educated, policing won't help much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)
Small mercies.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 30, 2026 11:42 AM (dK+Kv)
As a lot of people tell the Karens/AWFLs nowadays, deportation for illegals/permanent prison for natives is the *most* humane option. Everything else from there involves stuff they *really* won't like.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 11:42 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Chuck C at March 30, 2026 11:42 AM (D0HYP)
The women he impregnated didn't have enough info apparently to name him to the government (or didn't want to)
The first step it would seem would be to tie their benefits to naming a farther but then they might just lie...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 11:43 AM (BpO1e)
The first step it would seem would be to tie their benefits to naming a farther but then they might just lie...
Posted by: 18-1 at March
This step is already in place.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 11:43 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 11:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:43 AM (V4IXI)
We need a DNA registry of every citizen upon birth. I can see no way this could go wrong...
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 11:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Good and hard.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:44 AM (V4IXI)
Well.
I know for a fact he is wrong.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (2WIwB)
So God didn't listen to the prayers of Saul or David or Jonathan or Joshua or Gideon. Right. So, apparently even having a passing familiarity with the Bible isn't a requirement for holding the highest position in the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
Posted by: They should just hold open casting calls at March 30, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)
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So basically, the more realistic you make SimCity (or any game), the more it sucks and fails.
Like, it's incredibly complex, multiple conflicts and endless sources of failure.
So there's all sorts of "this work" adjustments hidden in the code to keep it from being too realistic so that people will continue to play it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 11:44 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at
How about we bring back stigma against bastards who leave their children?
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 11:45 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:43 AM (V4IXI)
/sigh
Yeah, that's Sir Charles.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 11:45 AM (N1DT3)
And -
Rising homeowners insurance premiums are rapidly becoming a primary driver of the housing affordability crisis, often rivaling mortgage rates and home prices in impact. As of early 2026, insurance costs have increased for five consecutive years, with national premiums projected to rise another 4% to 8%, often exceeding $3,000 annually.
From above: "Democrat-run cities have grown hostile to these foundational elements of urban civilization, creating an enormous opportunity for Republicans."
Oh, ho! They're socialists & will be glad take the $ in cities such as Philly, Chicago, etc. but there'll be no gratefulness & little financial accountability for practical solutions.
Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at March 30, 2026 11:45 AM (NFX2v)
... Delaware Judge Kathaleen McCormick has almost single-handedly destroyed Delaware as a corporate haven
Posted by: SMOD at March 30, 2026 11:45 AM (RHGPo)
The women he impregnated didn't have enough info apparently to name him to the government (or didn't want to)
The first step it would seem would be to tie their benefits to naming a farther but then they might just lie...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)
You DNA test the baby and keep track of all welfare benefits baby ever receives...dad pays back 1/2 when he is eventually found no matter how long it takes.
Yes, this is harsh...but this is the type of thing that solves the problem cold. I guarantee a 99% reduction in these type of "no father" births instantly...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:45 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 11:45 AM (Wmg4n)
That too, but it won't be enough.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 11:46 AM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (OUMaO)
And what will you do to the blacks who aren't on the Demoncrat plantation?
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:41 AM (uEmCf)
The idea of it being in any sense race based is stupid on the surface.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:46 AM (pDt9x)
Yeah, this is a core problem with having government provide benefits isn't it? Either they collect data on everyone or claim that they can't due anything about the fraud without doing so...
Though as we've seen even when they have the info they rarely use it that way
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:47 AM (sKqQm)
Stigma implies a capacity for shame, which deadbeat dads pretty obviously don't have if they're willing to abandon their children. No, the punishments need to be independently applied.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
We need a DNA registry of every citizen upon birth. I can see no way this could go wrong...
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
23 and me says hi...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:47 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: 18-1
A tyrant can do that. Mandatory DNA testing for everything. All in a hackable database. The cure seems worse than the disease.
Just decouple, in 5 years, welfare benefits for single moms.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 11:47 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SMOD at March 30, 2026 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
We need to bring back the significant cultural stigma around bastards.
A *lot* of those stigmas (also calling unmarried women "old maids", and shaming promiscuity) turned out to be Chesterton's fences.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 11:47 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 11:33 AM (OUMaO)
How does Section 8 work?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:43 AM (V4IXI)
Straddling a fence will make your balls sore, at some point.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:48 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Piper
Pick a date. Anyone born after that date is no longer eligible for welfare.
If the baby mommas knew there would be no welfare checks if there was no father present, they might keep their legs closed.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:43 AM (V4IXI)
That's his schtick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: SMOD at March 30, 2026 11:48 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:46 AM (pDt9x)
Brother Tim specifically naming Africa and Haiti sort of implies that that's what he was going for.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:48 AM (uEmCf)
Like I said before, young white males dressed in Hugo Boss.
Or institutionalizing, sterilizing, and lobotomizing dangerous criminals to keep their defective genes from entering the gene pool.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 30, 2026 11:48 AM (qwx/I)
$300 and a bag of frozen peas for males and a bottle of dope for the broodmares.
Make it cool, get the rappers behind it.
Posted by: Snip Snip and Clip Clip at March 30, 2026 11:49 AM (h+Nbi)
"Dude. Do you even Bible?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:49 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Piper
Pick a date. Anyone born after that date is no longer eligible for welfare.
If the baby mommas knew there would be no welfare checks if there was no father present, they might keep their legs closed.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Kksvc)
And if the dads knew they'd personally pay the mom's welfare cost, the same would happen. And dad doesn't have the 9 months of health effects, so seems like the way better distribution of responsibility.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 30, 2026 11:49 AM (tOcjL)
Good luck. Conservative opinion on cities ranges from "we should wall them off Escape From NY style" to "why aren't we bombing these places like Dresden!?" Anyone sane who could leave for the suburbs has done so. So the cities are insane. There's no solution to fixing the cities that doesn't involve governing them from the outside in some way.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 30, 2026 11:50 AM (TdYBy)
.. I've met a few Frenchmen who think that ancient dialect they speak in Quebec isn't really French
Posted by: SMOD at March 30, 2026 11:50 AM (RHGPo)
Ugh. Good men give me the ick. -- the TikTok generation
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 11:50 AM (ExV1e)
VA disabliity and military pensions qualify, as does 401K retirement plans. No social security. Learn to invest.
Have we no canals to be dug, superfund sites to cleanse, trash and snow to be removed?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 11:50 AM (u82oZ)
If the baby mommas knew there would be no welfare checks if there was no father present, they might keep their legs closed.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Kksvc)
You get more of what you subsidize, and there is no greater example of this than the explosion of single motherhood emanating from LBJ's Great Society. One of the cruelest things to ever happen to the black American community. Thomas Sowell had addressed this at length over the years. American blacks were starting to achieve parity with whites along a number of positive social indicators, then LBJ derailed it.
Posted by: An evil that remains to be rectified at March 30, 2026 11:52 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:41 AM (uEmCf)
I think he just left out South and Central America. Right now the courts aren't letting us ship these illegal criminals to their home countries. That has to stop.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:52 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: The Paolo at March 30, 2026 11:40 AM (2ocoG)
They want some masses but they don't want OUR masses. Their 750M total human population formula excludes whites (except among the elite, and possibly the technical classes) and blacks.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 11:45 AM (Wmg4n)
That too, but it won't be enough.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March
I just think we need to be careful. But for the Grace of God go I. I am not on welfare, thankfully I live with someone who makes a great salary and provides for me and a child that is not his. But my child’s father walked out on her 6th birthday and with a lot of technical legal maneuvering, ended up with no obligation for support at all. He is a AH of the highest order.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 11:47 AM (2ocoG)
There will be (and already have been) consequences for it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (N1DT3)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 11:41 AM (uEmCf)
I think he just left out South and Central America. Right now the courts aren't letting us ship these illegal criminals to their home countries. That has to stop.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:52 AM (V4IXI)
Ship the white miscreants to Australia? Hey, that could work!!
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Cqx++)
My plan, as I've said many times before: If a city can meet certain metrics of crime reduction as outlined by HUD, then FHA or some other govt entity can make favorable home loans available to buyers. Not renters, not investors, but owner-occupiers. Everyone I know wants to live "close in" or even downtown, with all the arts and activities, but not if it's Mad Max territory.
Posted by: Random PJ at March 30, 2026 11:54 AM (+jscL)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (ExV1e)
The Matrix
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:54 AM (V4IXI)
The Art Thread has been disinfected.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Missed it. We have an infestation??
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:54 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:54 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)
Mandatory DNA testing is unpopular, among a segment of the population, for some reason.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 11:54 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Wmg4n)
So, you're saying lawyers ruin everything?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: SMOD
From your lips to G-d's ears.
Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM (NFX2v)
If the baby mommas knew there would be no welfare checks if there was no father present, they might keep their legs closed.
And yet, we supposedly solved that problem during the Clinton administration. The time you could be on welfare was limited to a couple of years.
However, as usual, the Dems decided that this was not in their electoral interest, and renamed programs and implemented mass cheating to get around the limitations.
As I said earlier, as long as the Dems benefit, this will not end until the recipients develop a sense of pride, and I mean a real one based on achievement, not the false pride of the woke left.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: E. Scrooge at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Pope goes viral for saying God "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war"
Well.
I know for a fact he is wrong.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 11:35 AM (2WIwB)
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He should know Saint Michael can intercede, "protect us in battle."
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM (cWLG3)
Yes, this is harsh...but this is the type of thing that solves the problem cold. I guarantee a 99% reduction in these type of "no father" births instantly...
Posted by: Nova Local
While it may be a good idea financially, I would guarantee no such thing. "Inability to delay gratification" is the defining characteristic of the permanently-poor, permanently-renting, permanently-on-welfare, underclass.
"Stop busting a nut or we might come get you in 20 years" is not a deterrent to people who literally can't (or won't) plan for next month.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM (VHUov)
Missed it. We have an infestation??
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 11:54 AM (pDt9x)
We did. I'm guessing CBD cleaned up after it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Sadly, that's been a thing for years. Dated a woman who said that because I was not beating her or abusing her, she thought something was wrong with the relationship.
And now a prayer of gratitude that I didn't embrace the intrusive thought that came up when I heard that.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM (BpO1e)
Violence Erupts in Central Haitian Town as Gang Violence and Bloodshed Rages
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:54 AM (ndZc7)
But Conan O'Brien SWORE to me that place was GREAT.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:56 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Wmg4n)
I agree that sucks.
I do note you say "my child's father" and not "my ex-husband".
If I'm reading it correctly, you took that risk by not marrying him. Yes, I'm sure you were young and foolish, but we once had lots of protections around young and foolish men and women that were torn down as "prudish attitudes about sex!"
As noted, we had those protections for a reason.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 11:56 AM (N1DT3)
Cities, and especially American cities in the last century just trend leftward, with short spates of common sense when shit gets so bad they elect a conservative-ish government, i.e. the Giuliani years in NYC, during which time the citizenry then forget how bad shit was and it inevitably goes south again in short order.
Posted by: ballistic at March 30, 2026 11:56 AM (oqH4h)
And I think those groups are covers for gangs and quasi-gangs like the DSA. They always ignore the profit for home owners who sell and businesses in gentrification.
Posted by: Random PJ at March 30, 2026 11:56 AM (+jscL)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)
There are cases in which this happened. Some guy suddenly finds himself years in arrears in child support for a kid that he never knew existed born of a woman he never had sex with, because she put his name on the birth certificate as the father. Misery ensues.
Posted by: Paternity should be proven not just asserted at March 30, 2026 11:57 AM (TbWk/)
Yup. In the late 50s the trend lines were that the black middle class would be at parity by 1980. It didn't take LBJ long to throw it into reverse and blow all the gears out of the transmission.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 11:58 AM (2ocoG)
In my own life I can see the stark difference in the older women who have a number of kids and grandkids, who tend to be worried about them and practical things, and the childless older women that seem to focus a similar level of concern on whatever the FNM tells them to be concerned about
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:58 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: hadsil at March 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Xht4H)
The length of the rap sheets on 90% of these criminals is insane. Insane because there is no way they should have been out on the streets.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:58 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM
*Spock eyebrow*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 11:58 AM (bFu5X)
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He just loves Donald Duck.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)
I do note you say "my child's father" and not "my ex-husband".
If I'm reading it correctly, you took that risk by not marrying him. Yes, I'm sure you were young and foolish, but we once had lots of protections around young and foolish men and women that were torn down as "prudish attitudes about sex!"
As noted, we had those protections for a reason.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March
I was married to him 22 years. He is currently married to my ex best friend.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:55 AM
We also assist where we can.
Posted by: Bean counters with spreadsheets and pivot tables. at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (wVcYX)
*Spock eyebrow*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 11:58 AM (bFu5X)
Don't shoot the messenger! Its PIPER! SHE said it!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)
Courts have also been known to make men pay child support even when the child is DNA-proven to not be theirs.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (2ocoG)
I was married to him 22 years. He is currently married to my ex best friend.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (OoFl2)
Ooof. That's quite the kick in the crotch.
*sads*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)
A lot of commie flags flying at them.
Those asshats aren't going to like my No Commies rally.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM (2WIwB)
Courts have also been known to make men pay child support even when the child is DNA-proven to not be theirs.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (2ocoG)
It's for the Greater Good!
Posted by: Family Law Courts at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM (wVcYX)
ME....Is there a city in the United States that's cited more online than most others to highlight societal decay?
Grok
Yes, Detroit is by far the most frequently cited U.S. city online as a symbol or archetype of societal/urban decay.
It stands out due to its dramatic post-1950 collapse—from a peak population of nearly 1.85–2 million (America's auto capital and one of the wealthiest big cities) to roughly 630,000–650,000 today, accompanied by massive deindustrialization, white flight, high crime rates in past decades, widespread abandonment ("ruin porn" imagery of derelict factories, homes, and infrastructure), and the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2013
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Sco7b)
As noted, we had those protections for a reason.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 11:56 AM (N1DT3)
And I should say I am not without compassion for women who make poor choices in this world that mocks them for good choices.
We had a woman in our last church with a young child born out of wedlock. Very sweet little girl who was friends with our children.
I have no desire whatsoever to shun a child. It actually hurts even to think of doing so. But I also realize that sometimes the right thing can hurt. (And allows for grace to be offered by people with intimate knowledge.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Isn't DNA taken upon entry to jail?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Kksvc)
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Will no one think of the cats?
Posted by: Old maids everywhere at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM (2Ez/1)
I read an Am I the Asshole thread recently where the poster was an unmarried woman that had just had a kid. She had two primary boyfriends in the time period when she got preggers. A wealthier guy with a solid job and a Paolo.
She was almost certain the father was Paolo based on when she got preggers, but she put down Working Man as the father because hey he could afford to pay.
Surprisingly in the thread about half the posters argued that she was indeed the asshole. The other half argued that since Working Man had sex with her too he was responsible even if it was not actually his kid.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (OoFl2)
IN THAT CASE: first thing, we kill all the lawyers.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 12:02 PM (N1DT3)
We also assist where we can.
Posted by: Bean counters with spreadsheets and pivot tables. at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (wVcYX)
Valid. I have borne witness to your destructive tendencies.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Paternity should be proven not just asserted at March 30, 2026 11:57 AM (TbWk/)
As I understand it, if a man signs the birth certificate, even if he's later determined to NOT be the father, he's on the hook forever as far as the government is concerned.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (2ocoG)
Also insane. The reasoning is like common law marriage. If you put yourself out as the father and act as the father for a certain time period you are considered the father.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:03 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Shania Twain at March 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Know Your Memes at March 30, 2026 12:03 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Old maids everywhere at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM
*holds up sign*
Halp us!
Posted by: The Cats at March 30, 2026 12:04 PM (bFu5X)
Grok
Yes, Detroit is by far the most frequently cited U.S. city online as a symbol or archetype of societal/urban decay.
It stands out due to its dramatic post-1950 collapse—from a peak population of nearly 1.85–2 million (America's auto capital and one of the wealthiest big cities) to roughly 630,000–650,000 today, accompanied by massive deindustrialization, white flight, high crime rates in past decades, widespread abandonment ("ruin porn" imagery of derelict factories, homes, and infrastructure), and the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2013
Posted by: Stateless
Put a picture of 1945 Hiroshima and Detroit side by side and then a picture of 2026 Hiroshima and Detroit side by side.
The contrast is startling.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:04 PM (Kksvc)
Lindsey Graham, Gay Icon, Spotted at Disney World.
FIFY.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 12:04 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 30, 2026 11:58 AM (sKqQm)
My wife is fairly conservative. Her childless sisters spent the weekend at rallies.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:04 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March
I was married to him 22 years. He is currently married to my ex best friend.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:00
By the way, we have 3 children. The oldest 2 were adults when we got divorced- 1 out of school, 1 in college. He doesn’t speak to my oldest at all, probably because she wouldn’t hold back on him, he speaks to our middle child occasionally, usually only if she reaches out to him first.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:04 PM (OoFl2)
*holds up sign*
Halp us!
Posted by: The Cats at March 30, 2026 12:04 PM (bFu5X)
Stuck in Irack?
*harking back to John Kerry's dumbass*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:05 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (2ocoG)
Also insane. The reasoning is like common law marriage. If you put yourself out as the father and act as the father for a certain time period you are considered the father.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Somehow, though, fraud in paternity doesn't enter into the equation.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:05 PM (Kksvc)
Based on 2023–2025 data, approximately 40% of all live births in the USA occur outside of marriage. Recent data indicates there are roughly 1.44 million infants born to unmarried mothers annually. While marriage rates have declined, many of these births occur within cohabiting, unmarried partner households. CDC
World Population Review: Not every child born out of wedlock grows up with a single parent. Many are born to cohabiting couples, but cohabiting unions tend to be less stable than marriages, which means children born outside marriage are more likely to experience family breakups and transitions.
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About a quarter (24%) of women who had their first child from 2020 to 2024 lived with an unmarried partner, up from around 17% in the early 1990s, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.
But a smaller share of women had their first child while neither married nor living with a partner, dropping from roughly 20% to about 15% in 30 years.
Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at March 30, 2026 12:05 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:05 PM (ExV1e)
I've known several men who did this and they quickly found out they were no longer welcome around me.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 12:06 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:05 PM (ExV1e)
I'm guessing he'd been banging her quite a while before the divorce thing happened.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Pope goes viral for saying God "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war"
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Well, Joshua maybe.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at
Possible. I kinda been praying to see black smoke from the vatican chimney lately. Still nothing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:07 PM (snZF9)
It stands out due to its dramatic post-1950 collapse—from a peak population of nearly 1.85–2 million (America's auto capital and one of the wealthiest big cities) to roughly 630,000–650,000 today, accompanied by massive deindustrialization, white flight, high crime rates in past decades, widespread abandonment ("ruin porn" imagery of derelict factories, homes, and infrastructure), and the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2013
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Sco7b)
Detroit is SLOWLY fixing itself. I visited back in 2000 and was VERY glad that I was there to watch a marathon at 6am on a Sunday because if I were there at night, I'd have left immediately.
Today, downtown Detroit doesn't feel run down and scary. It just feels empty, which is an improvement. It's still not a place I'd love to live, but downtown is actually a decent place. (Most of the crime now happens in the outer ring of the city.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 12:07 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Ian S.
Hermesmann v. Seyer has entered the chat.
The actual father was found, by a court in Kansas, to be on the hook for child support. Even though he was 13 years old, and therefore a statutory rape victim. (The mother had actually plea-bargained down to a lesser charge.)
And this wasn't the mother suing him; it was the state of Kansas, suing him in the mother's name.
He got hit for the state's court costs, too. Of course.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:07 PM (VHUov)
How many of those 22 years were good? Did you have your youngest to try to do something to save the marriage? Sort of rhetorical and not expecting an answer. It's that's a scenario I have seen a lot .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:08 PM (V4IXI)
‘ I was married to him 22 years. He is currently married to my ex best friend.’
He’s living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Rae…
Posted by: Jim Croce at March 30, 2026 12:08 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (OoFl2)
I'm glad you seem to realize we aren't ALL a***oles. I mean, TJM and Diogenes, sure, but not all of us.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)
Canadian public TV hires interpreter to play air guitar for deaf people during RUSH concert broadcast
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 12:09 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (2ocoG)
Also insane. The reasoning is like common law marriage. If you put yourself out as the father and act as the father for a certain time period you are considered the father.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Crazy thing.....I've got a long time friend who had a kid with woman, they divorced, she had another kid with a deadbeat. My bud did everything he could to help raise her (the 2nd that wasn't his) as his own right along with his own son.
She got with another deadbeat and my friend had ZERO rights with the little girl, even though he'd been the only real father she ever knew. Courts told him such.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (OoFl2)
I'm glad you seem to realize we aren't ALL a***oles. I mean, TJM and Diogenes, sure, but not all of us.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)
This!
Oh...
Heeeyyy!!!!
Wait a minute!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 12:10 PM (2WIwB)
*Spock eyebrow*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 11:58 AM (bFu5X)
Don't shoot the messenger! Its PIPER! SHE said it!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March
His mom is a divorce atty. I am trying to talk Doof into ghost writing a book, let me tell you, no one will believe it’s all true. It’s crazy. With a capital crazy. I am fine, honestly. He can go live his best pretend life. It’s the pain my children feel that gets me.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:10 PM (OoFl2)
I was married to him 22 years. He is currently married to my ex best friend.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (OoFl2)
Ouch... What a rotter
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:10 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:04 PM (OoFl2)
Stories like this always remind me to be thankful to God for putting my wife and I together.
I'm so sorry you were betrayed like that.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 30, 2026 12:10 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:05 PM (Kksvc)
Which leads to the other reasoning of the court. The child's welfare takes precedence on all other issues.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:10 PM (V4IXI)
Oh my word. That has to be the greatest video of all time.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 12:11 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 12:11 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:00 PM (OoFl2)
Somehow I don't think he traded up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:12 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:10 PM (OoFl2)
THAT, unfortunately, means you're a good parent. Hopefully they learn from it in their adult lives.
First Lady and I swore from the day we talked about having kids, we would do everything we could to raise our children to NEVER look at us the way we looked at our parents.
I'm pretty sure we've been successful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:12 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 12:13 PM (nqStX)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 12:11 PM
Well, we're discussing Piper's obviously insane ex, so it's more of a boob thread.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:13 PM (bFu5X)
Well, we're discussing Piper's obviously insane ex, so it's more of a boob thread.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:13 PM (bFu5X)
SPORTSBRA!!!! GO BOOBS!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)
Yes crazy but the court only looks at that the real father had already been determined before he became involved and unless he adopted her he had no parental rights.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:14 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 12:11 PM (pDt9x)
I'm waiting for the Doctor Ruth book.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 12:14 PM (2WIwB)
Being married and having unmarried close friends is a red flag often enough to be a cliche. My brother's first wife was banging his best friend before they even got married. Fortunately that was pretty easy to unwind once he finally admitted that me, our sister, and all of his *other* friends were right and she was "for the streets".
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 12:14 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 12:11 PM (pDt9x)
----
It's Kramah versus Kramah all ovah again.
Posted by: Yogi Berra at March 30, 2026 12:14 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at March 30, 2026 12:15 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 12:15 PM (ndZc7)
How many of those 22 years were good? Did you have your youngest to try to do something to save the marriage? Sort of rhetorical and not expecting an answer. It's that's a scenario I have seen a lot .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30
Wait for the book. 😂. There is too much there to go into here, because none of it was good. And no, she was not the result of saving anything. And he reads this blog so I am going to stop here. He is currently flipping out I am threatening a book again, I promise you. To which I say, you should have been a better person and then I could have written better things about you.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:15 PM (OoFl2)
https://is.gd/L7aW4a
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I wonder if you need a degree for that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 12:15 PM
Nah.
Posted by: Mandela Funeral Sign Language Guy at March 30, 2026 12:16 PM (bFu5X)
https://is.gd/L7aW4a
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I wonder if you need a degree for that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 12:15 PM (ndZc7)
Obviously not. That dude SUCKS at air guitar.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)
Canadian public TV hires interpreter to play air guitar for deaf people during RUSH concert broadcast
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. How does someone get that job?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:16 PM (Kksvc)
https://is.gd/L7aW4a
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I wonder if you need a degree for that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 12:15 PM (ndZc7)
Nope, just a lobotomy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:16 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:17 PM (X5Baq)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:17 PM (X5Baq)
I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge
It that Bob Ross's gay nephew from Jersey?
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:17 PM (X5Baq)
Be grateful You don't get my Bio...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: Piper
Rape him. Figuratively and legally.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (X5Baq)
Was the 'unmarried close friend' to 3 women for about 20 years. Never came close to crossing the line with any of them because their marriages came first for them and for me (ushered at one wedding, attended another and was seated at the wedding party's date table).
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Yogi Berra at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (V4IXI)
Be grateful You don't get my Bio...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (ECasK)
logical?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
There hasn't been real fighting in the NHL since Bob Probert retired.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
----------------
It was more of a kerfuffle than a fight.
/
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM (+61Ue)
https://is.gd/L7aW4a
First World Problems
My government spends good money on stupid shit...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM (Sco7b)
https://is.gd/L7aW4a
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I wonder if you need a degree for that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 12:15 PM (ndZc7)
Nope, just a lobotomy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
It's Canada. They'll probably MAID him afterwards.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Reforger at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM (7WnOb)
Posted by: Yogi Berra at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (cWLG3)
*sobs*
*runs from room*
Posted by: The Drummer from Def Leppard at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)
This!
Oh...
Heeeyyy!!!!
Wait a minute!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026
Ha! I really am fine now. I wasn’t for a long time, but I am now.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM (OoFl2)
logical?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:18 PM (Zz0t1).
My husband would say not...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:20 PM (ECasK)
https://is.gd/L7aW4a
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I wonder if you need a degree for that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 12:15 PM (ndZc7)
Could be worse. Could be Canadian progressive microtonal experimental interdimensional jazz funk polka-dotted math schnozz rock.
youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so&t=204s
Posted by: Only in Canadia at March 30, 2026 12:20 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:15 PM
Doc Muldoon would cast the tale in limericks.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 12:20 PM (4NO2D)
There hasn't been real fighting in the NHL since Bob Probert retired.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM (uEmCf)
I'll have to disagree on that. There have been some pretty good ones over the last few seasons.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:20 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:10 PM (V4IXI)
Yet, they will grant custody to a mother who demonstrably, and continually, makes bad decisions over a father who has a stable life and desperately wants custody.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM (uEmCf)
---------------
I heard someone who was in that business claim that those fights are pretty much staged and the players give themselves cues on whether they they want to go at it or not.
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (+61Ue)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (X5Baq)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Zz0t1)
That appears to be the case.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Zz0t1)
I looked... But lived to tell...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ECasK)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM
We can still bust on your ex, though, right? Asking for a lot of friends.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:22 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (+61Ue)
Goon pretty much confirms that though I would say staged, just pre-ordered.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:22 PM (V4IXI)
I looked... But lived to tell...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ECasK)
I just figured there was a hole in the space/time continuum.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:22 PM (Zz0t1)
Still boggles the mind that Probie went from Detroit to Chicago.
Holy shit, hadn't heard that he was gone! His Wikipedia page is really old-school NHL.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 12:22 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:10 PM (V4IXI)
Yet, they will grant custody to a mother who demonstrably, and continually, makes bad decisions over a father who has a stable life and desperately wants custody.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ExV1e)
Yup, seen that a lot, even when the woman would be rejected by a crack house.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:22 PM (snZF9)
I am still on first wife, 45 years this June. I am sure I would already been dead had we not met.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 12:23 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:23 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Zz0t1)
I looked... But lived to tell...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ECasK)
Madonna, is that you? :-)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:23 PM (X5Baq)
Posted by: Archimedes
Or it's a guest post by Mitch McConnell.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (+61Ue)
For the Heavyweight Goons, it's an "Honor System" thing. The fights aren't exactly fake, per se, but they agree to do it before the game and there's no real emotion behind it. They just do it to justify their spot in the lineup.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 12:23 PM (uEmCf)
i'll wait for the audiobook
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM (v3pYe)
Holy shit, hadn't heard that he was gone! His Wikipedia page is really old-school NHL.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 12:22 PM (NcvvS)
I felt the same way when Chris Chelios went from Chicago to Detroit.
I mean, WTF, man?!?
I have an autographed Bob Probert player card.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)
I'm coming up on 40 in a few weeks. My wife always says "I'm the best thing that ever happened to you." I do not argue.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Family Law Courts at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Zz0t1)
I looked... But lived to tell...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM
When you look into the abyss of the blog...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM (bFu5X)
I am still on first wife, 45 years this June. I am sure I would already been dead had we not met.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 12:23 PM (4NO2D)
God bless you both!
First Lady is my first. I'm her second.
We're together 29 years, married 22.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ExV1e)
Other crazy thing about the court. Tie goes to the mother and a tie is ridiculously defined.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:25 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:19 PM
We can still bust on your ex, though, right? Asking for a lot of friends.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
+10,000
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:25 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)
Mine says the opposite. Its how I know I got her in the first place. She is insane.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (snZF9)
I have often told Mrs Eez that marrying her was the only smart decision I ever made.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (X5Baq)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (snZF9)
I tell my wife all the time. "Dumbass. You married me."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 30, 2026 12:27 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 30, 2026 12:27 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM
I heard a comedienne the other day who commented that her last ex-boyfriend had been a frat bro type. "Dude, I turned around your life and your hat!"
I laughed.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:27 PM (bFu5X)
I'm thinking the protest babes pics are taking forever to load.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (Sco7b)
It's Ace.
And Lamont the Big Dummy is dead.
Chuy is our only hope.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:27 PM (Zz0t1)
I'm thinking the protest babes pics are taking forever to load.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (Sco7b)
Thanks Stateless, I thought it was only me.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 30, 2026 12:27 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (snZF9)
Any club that would have you as a member you wouldn't want to join. LOL
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 12:27 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Proverbs 25:24 at March 30, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:28 PM (Yrpv2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 12:28 PM (/QdgR)
Yeah, utter betrayal. Good grief, guys, you shouldn't be with more than 1 Original Six team!
Was in Grand Rapids for work once, and sat in on a bar trivia contest. Asked if extra credit applied if knew the player's (Bobby Hull) middle name? Denied, reasonably politely.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 12:28 PM (NcvvS)
*pokes smart military blog with stick*
It's dead, Jim.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 12:28 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Archimedes
Mine says the opposite.
Posted by: Berserker
"I'm the worst thing that ever happened to you?"
or
"You're the best thing that ever happened to me?"
Either way, that's pretty metal.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:28 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Joemarine at March 30, 2026 12:28 PM (y171U)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:26 PM (X5Baq)
Yup, me too. He went from making 350K a year to homeless in the woods talking to trees, to dead a few years later. Taking his kids broke him.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:28 PM (snZF9)
Stealth Mode!
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 12:28 PM
404: Blog not found.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:29 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:29 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:29 PM (X5Baq)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 30, 2026 12:29 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 30, 2026 12:29 PM
This is why we keep coming back here every day.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (bFu5X)
Fine by me, and after watching you try to sermonize yourself out of major snap-judge asshole status, let's just start with you.
Bet you're fun at potlucks.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Joemarine at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (y171U)
This is why we keep coming back here every day.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (bFu5X)
I still regret not being around for the great "busty lesbian pron" post.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (wVcYX)
Just google The Curley Effect.
Posted by: Random PJ at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:29 PM (X5Baq)
I thought we discussed muslim family trees last night.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Joemarine at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (y171U)
We've been over 1000 before.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Not a joke at March 30, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1)
We're together 29 years, married 22.
Similar here, married 27 years - but we got engaged 10 weeks after our first date, and married 6 months later.
God bless you both, Sponge.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 12:31 PM (NcvvS)
I turned to my wife and said "You need to get me one of those!"
The other couple left and the guy said "She got it for me!" -- pointing at his wife ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:31 PM (Yrpv2)
I thought we discussed muslim family trees last night.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (Sco7b)
Baaa-a-a-a-a-ah!
Posted by: Grandpa at March 30, 2026 12:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:32 PM (X5Baq)
Just google The Curley Effect.
Posted by: Random PJ at March 30, 2026 12:30 PM (+jscL)
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 12:32 PM (wVcYX)
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Posted by: Proverbs 25:24 at March 30, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)
There's a line from Genesis, when Jacob and Rebecah are old, and Esau has taken two wives from the locals, and they're all living together. (Rebekah is stuck with the two young wives all day long)
"And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?"
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 12:32 PM (/QdgR)
God bless you both, Sponge.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 12:31 PM (NcvvS)
Wow. Wife and I got engaged about 10 weeks after our first date, married 6 months later, just celebrated 30 years.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:32 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 12:32 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 12:33 PM (Yrpv2)
God bless you both, Sponge.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 12:31 PM (NcvvS)
Thank you.
We were talking about getting married already, but then her dad gave me the 'shit or get off the pot' speech. I figured I'd better.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:33 PM (Zz0t1)
of course, I doubt my winners will win ... but maybe?
go UConn!
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 12:33 PM (j+aD2)
Also, it's full of link.
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419109
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:33 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 12:32 PM (X5Baq)
Hey now... the left sidebar isn't messed up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 12:33 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:33 PM (ECasK)
It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Posted by: Proverbs 25:24 at March 30, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)
I think I've now been divorced longer than I was married. But I can definitely attest that is true. However the financial, emotional, professional, psychological and personal fallout - and spending quite some time barely hanging on by a fraying thread - are also quite awful. The whole thing was quite the life-destroying experience.
Posted by: Sometimes you can't win for losing at March 30, 2026 12:33 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 12:34 PM (Wmg4n)
Canadian public TV hires interpreter to play air guitar for deaf people during RUSH concert broadcast
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. How does someone get that job?
*whistles innocently*
Posted by: harvey weinstein at March 30, 2026 12:34 PM (v3pYe)
ah I see no one here is watching DTF St Lousi!
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 30, 2026 12:34 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 12:32 PM (ZVgZ4)
Or iran on a b2 bomber radar.
Sir, there's nothing there
Oh goody, head for home.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:35 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 30, 2026 12:35 PM (nqStX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: "Independent" Hezbollah "Journalists"! at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Canadia at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (2Ez/1)
Congratulations, quite a coincidence! We had worked together for almost 10 months, so we had seen each other in day-to-day activities, gotten to know each other. We had our first date the day after I left the project (quite amicably).
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 12:36 PM (wVcYX)
Maybe point them to DC.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
We should get reparations.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:38 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Canadia
Generally speaking, Canadians try to live as close to the United States as possible, and Americans try to live as far away from Canada as possible.
Posted by: The Truth! at March 30, 2026 12:38 PM (n1OCj)
Yep, dads can do that. Didn't meet wife's dad until we were, as wife would say, 'safely engaged'. Formidable gentleman.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
We should get reparations.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Kksvc)
*makes "call me" gesture*
Posted by: Jackie Chiles at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
We should get reparations.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Kksvc)
*makes "call me" gesture*
Posted by: Jackie Chiles
More like "makes shake weight" motion.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:39 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 12:41 PM (MIIRH)
Second marriage is still going strong. 33 together and 25 married.
Posted by: Reforger at March 30, 2026 12:42 PM (7WnOb)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Maybe he's subconsciously telling us he wants 3 day weekends.
Or telling me to start 'The Hobbit' already. Hey, I was busy. MS Now and No Kings Day! C'mon....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Sco7b)
This reminds me of the Twilight Zone movie where a young couple gets a 'behind the scenes' look at how reality is constructed......LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 12:44 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:44 PM (Kksvc)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:44 PM
We can keep this thread going!
.45!
Maryanne!
Longbows!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:45 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Jackie Chiles at March 30, 2026 12:45 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 12:45 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: pookysgirl happens to have Monster in the fridge at March 30, 2026 12:46 PM (Wt5PA)
.45!
Maryanne!
Longbows!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2026 12:45 PM (bFu
Carrots in chili, ketchup on hot dogs...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 12:46 PM (ECasK)
Second marriage is still going strong. 33 together and 25 married.
Posted by: Reforger
Best Man should never start his speech, "Good to see y'all again".
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 12:46 PM (Kksvc)
Second marriage is still going strong. 33 together and 25 married.
Posted by: Reforger
Best Man should never start his speech, "Good to see y'all again".
Posted by: rickb223
Or "As they say, third time's the charm."
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:47 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 12:45 PM (cWLG3)
So it's your fault. You're crossing the streams. Shit or get off the pot.
Posted by: Reforger at March 30, 2026 12:48 PM (7WnOb)
Divorce is a hundred grand.
Posted by: Family lawyer at March 30, 2026 12:48 PM (2Ez/1)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419109
Since ace broke the main page.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 12:48 PM (Zz0t1)
A man goes to do a favor for his ex-wife's mother. Things go badly.
I put it in my watchlist. I'm sure a few morons would find it a comedy.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:49 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 01:00 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Nemo at March 30, 2026 01:19 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Riddle at March 30, 2026 01:26 PM (lT/s0)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 30, 2026 02:21 PM (8avO+)
Fat chance.
The first order of business is to clean up the election process: not only voter id, etc, but the vast amount of taxpayer dollars being diverted via grants to nice-sounding organizations that are, in fact, thinly disguised Democrat Party operations. Like it or not, LIVs do swing elections, and these grant-receiving "NGOs" have a lot of influence on them. Choke off NGO funding, and it'll be like killing USAID; you might be able to win an election.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 30, 2026 02:23 PM (rJ+qD)
Posted by: Wofus at March 30, 2026 06:33 PM (CNa+A)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Vel. Normandy
Alexey Bogolyubov
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 09:30 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: cmeat at March 30, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Roy at March 30, 2026 09:32 AM (H3P5y)
Posted by: red speck at March 30, 2026 09:32 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: I gotta ask at March 30, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 09:32 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: red speck at March 30, 2026 09:32 AM (Ve/HL)
You can tell by the applewood smoke.
Posted by: Roy at March 30, 2026 09:33 AM (H3P5y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 30, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 30, 2026 09:33 AM (cO6oP)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2026 09:33 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:33 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:34 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Roy at March 30, 2026 09:34 AM (H3P5y)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: red speck at March 30, 2026 09:32 AM (Ve/HL)
Fake news, the smoke is clearly black.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 09:35 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 30, 2026 09:35 AM (ONKca)
Posted by: huerfano at March 30, 2026 09:36 AM (98kQX)
Posted by: cmeat at March 30, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)
Peaceful area. Nothing exciting would ever happen there.
Until it did.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 09:37 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 30, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)
But I don't want all of this, I just want... to... -- the Prince in Swamp Castle
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:40 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 30, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)
But I don't want all of this, I just want... to... -- the Prince in Swamp Castle
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I just want to...be a dentist.
Posted by: Hermey
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:40 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 09:40 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 09:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: cmeat at March 30, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)
Next up: SVIM vear......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)
For some inexplicable reason the artist felt compelled to abbreviate the first word of the tilte and no one knows what it means.
Posted by: Person who checks out titles at March 30, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Peaceful area. Nothing exciting would ever happen there.
Until it did.
Posted by: Stateless
Who won the first Tour De France?
7th Panzer Division is not the correct answer. Who knew?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:43 AM (Kksvc)
"You know those five thousand ships you say the Allies haven't got?"
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:43 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Person who checks out titles at March 30, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:44 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 30, 2026 09:45 AM (CHHv1)
For some inexplicable reason the artist felt compelled to abbreviate the first word of the tilte and no one knows what it means.
Posted by: Person who checks out titles at March 30, 2026 09:42 AM
As an artist travelling through Europe, obviously it's the initials of the chicks he was banging through his travels...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 09:45 AM (Sco7b)
Until it did.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 09:37 AM (Sco7b)
Yes, it does have its moments of turmoil.
Posted by: William the Bastard at March 30, 2026 09:47 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 09:47 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 09:47 AM (uEmCf)
7th Panzer Division is not the correct answer. Who knew?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:43 AM (Kksvc)
That was funny. Thanks.
I'm looking at some of this other artists works. He has a lot of paintings of shipwrecks and sea battles.
Pretty cool.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 09:48 AM (Sco7b)
*************
Operation Oh My Lord! - a limerick
The smiling Frenchman Jean Marc René
Once a year he has sex all the way
If his sex life is so crappy
Well then why is he so happy?
He replies, "Because today is de day!!"
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: That Guy walking with the boy at March 30, 2026 09:49 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: All Cultures Are Equal at March 30, 2026 09:49 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 09:49 AM (IG3/x)
You're welcome!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 09:47 AM (xG4kz)
Do the Humpty hump.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)
The artist is new to me. I looked up some of his other works. He does wonderful sea and landscapes. There is a hint of John Constable landscapes and the Hudson River School in some of them. Bogolyubov deserves more study.
CBD, thanks. A nice painting and artist to start the week.
Posted by: JTB at March 30, 2026 09:50 AM (yTvNw)
Said the little boy to his dad as they walked past it.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 30, 2026 09:50 AM (BHrzb)
Dudes on the motorbikes at upper left are making indiscreet inquiries about that "screechy Norski falsetto dude fleeing with the cute chick".
Boundaries between presentation mediums were woefully weak back in those days.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 09:51 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:51 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: That Guy walking with the boy
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Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parley-voo?
Posted by: Hinky, dinky, parley-voo. at March 30, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 09:52 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 09:52 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: All Cultures Are Equal
5'7"? I didn't know they could stack shit that high.
Posted by: Gunnery Sgt Hartman
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:53 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 09:54 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 09:56 AM (Fbc0I)
My sister did a stint in Leningrad. Said one of her "you're not in California anymore" moments was in Winter, watching people go out at noon to the canal -- protected from the wind but in full sun -- and strip down to their skivvies just to soak up some vitamin D.
Posted by: red speck at March 30, 2026 09:57 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 30, 2026 09:57 AM (+HNx/)
**********
Sidekicks
Now Snow White has Sleepy and Dopey
And Andy Griffith has Barney and Opie
But it seems, if I recall
That the saddest pair of all
Obama just has Chage-y and Hope-y
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 09:57 AM (qgHp7)
Remember, you do not own seaside property, you merely rent it.
There is an interesting public display at one of the National Parks or Recreation Areas in the vicinity of the Virginia Capes which shows how much the low-lying islands in that area have moved around through the centuries.
Bonus question: what are the names of the two capes that make up the Virginia Capes?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 09:57 AM (xG4kz)
Since when?
Posted by: Random Days Inn employee at March 30, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 09:59 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: red speck
How do the Inuit do it above the arctic circle? Can't think there would be any good day in winter.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:59 AM (Kksvc)
Veules-les-Roses, Normandy, 1880
BTW, there's a nice portrait of the artist by my favorite Russian painter, Ilya Repin, on Bogolyubov's Wikipedia page.
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 09:59 AM (lJ0H4)
Were this mine, I would display it prominently.
But I would be a dick and insist that visitors to our abode provide an explanation of the "Val." portion of its title.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:00 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 09:59 AM (AkEZC)
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Good man, that Bogolyubov.
Posted by: Peter the Great at March 30, 2026 10:00 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 09:57 AM (xG4kz)
Victorian and Inverness?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 10:00 AM (ExV1e)
*Charles and Henry have entered the chat*
Posted by: Google Maps at March 30, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:01 AM (xG4kz)
Wait. We have a Chowder Bar?
Since when?
Posted by: Random Days Inn employee
Ever since this place was overrun by chowder heads, so, for a long time now.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:04 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:59 AM (Kksvc)
Eskimos (who are not all "Inuit" by any means) tend to eat a lot of fish and sea mammal meat, good sources of vitamin D.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 10:04 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: William le Bastard at March 30, 2026 10:05 AM (gKWVE)
From their diet.
Inuit and other Arctic indigenous peoples (often referred to as Eskimos) traditionally obtain Vitamin D
through a diet rich in marine mammals, fatty fish, and raw animal products rather than sunlight. Key sources include seal liver, blubber, salmon, and whale skin (muktuk), which are consumed raw or boiled to maximize nutrient intake.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 10:05 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Getting ahead at March 30, 2026 10:06 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Google Maps
I worked at Cape Henry Collegiate School for 12 years. It's in Virginia Beach.
Posted by: Captain Fork at March 30, 2026 10:06 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 10:05 AM (Riz8t)
On the plus side, very few annoying vegans bother the Eskimos about their diet.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ExV1e)
Man, that would be a tough dietary row to hoe.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 10:07 AM (qgHp7)
I think that Portugal's Prince Henry the Navigator had the coolest name.
Dude always knew where he was and to where he was going, not at all like that British dunderhead shackled to MeAgain, the Duchess of Sus.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:07 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Eskimo kid, coming in for dinner after a long day playing in the snow at March 30, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:08 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:08 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)
On the plus side, very few annoying vegans bother the Eskimos about their diet.
"Un, lichens scraped from the rocks and algae scraped from the ice. Why do you ask?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:09 AM (xG4kz)
The Inuit only live in Canada.
The Inupiat in Alaska are fairly closely related, but do not generally call themselves "Inuit".
The Yupik in Alaska are not Inuit, and do not like being called that AT ALL. Historically the groups did not get along.
Yes, the languages are related, but it's like calling a Spaniard "French" because they both speak Romance languages.
In other words, it's a "might get your ass kicked" thing.
Stupid "woke" white Canadian communists push the narrative that all Eskimos are "Inuit", and that the word "Eskimo" is racist. They are not and it is not.
Did they bother asking the actual people what they wanted to be called?
Surely you jest.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 10:10 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)
Sometimes they'd eat Expeditionary Penguins.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 10:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: George Costanza at March 30, 2026 10:10 AM (DqQS/)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at March 30, 2026 10:10 AM (WQDw6)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ExV1e)
Oh, the Greenpeace tards do show up to protest Eskimo whale hunts now and then.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 10:11 AM (IG3/x)
Double bonus... Does the hair match the capes?
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 10:11 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)
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That's muk talk!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 10:11 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Just the punchline at March 30, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:11 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Eskimo kid, coming in for dinner after a long day playing in the snow
You want krill again? Because this is how you get more krill.
Posted by: Fed up Eskimo parent at March 30, 2026 10:11 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 10:12 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:12 AM (4NO2D)
The dude thoroughly loathed his nickname.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
***********
Bigly!
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at March 30, 2026 10:10 AM (WQDw6)
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I can see the widow but I can't see her peak!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 10:12 AM (1o8D5)
Paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse stolen from Italian museum reut.rs/3PTgvAx
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 10:13 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: The Yupik at March 30, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 10:13 AM (lJ0H4)
In other words, it's a "might get your ass kicked" thing.
Or get stuffed in a seal's air hole in the sea ice.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:13 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:11 AM (cWLG3)
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Be kind. Maybe the poor dear has Tourette's.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 30, 2026 10:13 AM (+HNx/)
Paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse stolen from Italian museum reut.rs/3PTgvAx
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 10:13 AM (gKWVE)
Did they have an historic first female head of security?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 10:13 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 10:10 AM (IG3/x)
It's like the woketards coming up with the idiotic term "Latinx".
Yeah, go into a working class Chicano bar and start calling people that... see what happens.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 10:14 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 10:14 AM (wVcYX)
So the 12 tons of Kit-Kats were just a ruse.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:14 AM (2GVsD)
For no particular reason.
*whistles innocently*
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 30, 2026 10:15 AM (MDua2)
youtu.be/1aUImaOmwDs
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 10:15 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 10:13 AM (lJ0H4)
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Troll needs to be... blacklisted.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 10:15 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:16 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at March 30, 2026 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)
https://x.com/i/status/2038344917450408327
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 10:16 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 10:17 AM (Kksvc)
Did they bother asking the actual people what they wanted to be called?
After having received a few savage beatings, the interrogators eventually figured out that the natives' phrase for "dumb fuckers" had been made in reference to them and was not, in fact, the natives' name for themselves.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:17 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:11 AM (cWLG3)
I'd think they'd all still be resting after the big party Saturday.
Soaking their wrinkled feet in Epsom Salts.
Still pounding down the Tums from all the ethnic food they ate since they were downtown.
Trying to get the booty calls feigning injured backs out of the house.
You don't easily recover from a weekend of elderly sex, prescription drugs and Springsteen rock and roll.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 10:18 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: cmeat at March 30, 2026 10:18 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 10:18 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 10:17 AM (Kksvc)
Owebamacare. Reconciliation. 51 votes. Wasn't it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 30, 2026 10:21 AM (nz1sK)
Tonight! On "In Search Of..."!
Who was behind the great Kit Kat Kaper? And why were paintings from cheese eating surrender monkeys caught in its snares?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:21 AM (xG4kz)
Vegans. Also a source of vitamin D.
Posted by: Hey, I'm Just the Chef at March 30, 2026 10:22 AM (rxwdW)
It seems rare that an author would dare attack such a woke darling. Usually they're fat blobs of quivering jello like Brandon Sanderson or Peter Hamilton (the list could go on and on).
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 10:22 AM (gKWVE)
It was Auric Butterfinger
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:23 AM (2GVsD)
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Dietary Angst - a limerick
A young Inuit kid, just a whelp
Tried a vegan diet, all by himself
"No more whale meat and blubber,
It all tastes like rubber!"
It turned out to be a cry for kelp.
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 10:23 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Stateless
Disco Stu don't advertise.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 10:24 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:24 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 10:23 AM (qgHp7)
ba-dum, TISSSSSS
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)
https://is.gd/HzCTE6
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 10:25 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: cmeat at March 30, 2026 10:26 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
There are starving Inuit kids in the Artic, you know...
Posted by: Your mother at March 30, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)
I wonder if the kit-kats were swapped out for the artworks.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
In an alternate universe, we young'uns built frontier forts and stockades with Kit Kat bars, and not Lincoln Logs.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:27 AM (xG4kz)
It was Auric Butterfinger
Posted by: Anna Puma
Nice! LOL!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:24 AM (xG4kz)
THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE AURIC MEANS FROM GOLD AND BUTTERFINGERS ARE SORT OF GOLD.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 30, 2026 10:28 AM (cWLG3)
There are starving Inuit kids in the Artic, you know...
Yeah, like we'd eat those things. They look like walrus turds.
Posted by: Inuit kids at March 30, 2026 10:28 AM (Riz8t)
I told her "Have sex with me. There are men horny in Canada!"
Posted by: Rodney Dangerfield at March 30, 2026 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)
I did not have mockery of the Inuit diet on my bingo card for the day.
Posted by: Archimedes
One must be mighty nimble in order to remain au courant here at the 'Q!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:28 AM (xG4kz)
DO NOT DO THIS. Proper distillation as practiced by the, uh, Muslims leaves a mostly pure ethanol. Freeze distillation will leave methanol and other toxic compounds.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 10:28 AM (gKWVE)
And it seems Kurtzman is finally on the way out. So, it is safe for Andy to mouth off in the hope they pick him to save the series.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:28 AM (2GVsD)
It was Auric Butterfinger
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:23 AM (2GVsD)
Chunky, James Chunky.
Posted by: 007 at March 30, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)
https://is.gd/HzCTE6
Posted by: Archimedes
And judging from the cars in the parking lot(my last trip to TJ's was a couple of weeks ago)they are all middle class and upper middle class. Quel horror!
Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2026 10:30 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)
https://is.gd/HzCTE6
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 10:25 AM
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Dude. Instacart.
And therapy.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 10:31 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 30, 2026 10:31 AM (3ek7K)
And it seems Kurtzman is finally on the way out. So, it is safe for Andy to mouth off in the hope they pick him to save the series.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:28 AM (2GVsD)
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Tanned and ready!
Posted by: Will Wheaton at March 30, 2026 10:31 AM (cWLG3)
https://is.gd/HzCTE6
Posted by: Archimedes
Wow....Broken. Just completely broken.
God didn't get it wrong. That thing did.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:32 AM (2GVsD)
Newsom's wife said she brought her children to the red states so they could learn about racism, sexism, and bullying first hand.
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You know, like going on a safari.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 30, 2026 10:31 AM (gKWVE)
Yeah. Cob's better address asap, I would imagine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:33 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 30, 2026 10:33 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:33 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2026 10:33 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 10:34 AM (iXqHn)
Newsom's wife said she brought her children to the red states so they could learn about racism, sexism, and bullying first hand.
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You know, like going on a safari.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)
I bet they went to the doc to get shots beforehand.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2026 10:34 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 30, 2026 10:33 AM (3ek7K)/i]
We'll need a TJM sighing forthwith.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)
https://is.gd/HzCTE6
Posted by: Archimedes
Wow....Broken. Just completely broken.
Did that thing have a plushie in its lap?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:34 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Archimedes
Wow....Broken. Just completely broken.
God didn't get it wrong. That thing did.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Not only broken, he deprived all those old white people of his vibrant diversity. He's basically a Nazi.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 10:34 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Strange New Worlds hasn't been too bad. The first 2 seasons were kind of fun, at points.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 10:36 AM (Sco7b)
That is not how to go through life.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:36 AM (2GVsD)
"I feel out of place".
My friend, you'd be out of place on Mars.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026 10:36 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Nah. More than likely either KF or Soyjak.Party.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 10:37 AM (iXqHn)
Newsom's wife said she brought her children to the red states so they could learn about racism, sexism, and bullying first hand.
So non-judgmental!
When are you taking your little darlings into the heart of Oakland, Sugar Tits? They'd get a better education there and for far less cost, too!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026 10:37 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Archimedes
Wow....Broken. Just completely broken.
God didn't get it wrong. That thing did.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Not only broken, he deprived all those old white people of his vibrant diversity. He's basically a Nazi.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 10:34 AM (ExV1e)
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Is zhey posting here right now? Would explain a lot.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:37 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 10:38 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 10:38 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:37 AM (cWLG3)
I would love to see the list of pharmaceuticals it's on currently.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Archimedes
I've seen enough Jerry Springer and Maury to bet big dollars her boyfriends have all been black.
So she feels their suffering...
I'm sure I can't be the only one thinking she was going to pick her butt when she reached behind her...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 10:38 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)
Ipso facto, it plays with poo.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)
We have a former President of the United States posting here?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:39 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 10:39 AM (+m+QQ)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:39 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:39 AM (2GVsD)
You won't be laughing when I find who shit my pants........
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 30, 2026 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang.
Not an impressive piece of art, but it does appeal to me.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 30, 2026 10:42 AM (2WIwB)
And require a day or two wait before you can comment.
This would end the weak drive-by trolls without being a PITA for regulars by giving real teeth to bannings.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:42 AM (4NO2D)
We have a former President of the United States posting here?
Posted by: Anna Puma
Jump back Joe. I'm coming for ya!
Posted by: Corn Pop
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 10:42 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: JTB at March 30, 2026
***
"Boh-GUL-you-bov"
(aka "Less and less I like this Yakubovsky!")
Very handsome painting. I think it's Grandpa and Grandson or -daughter walking on the strand; I can just make out the grown man's walking stick. Of course, in 1880 well-to-do men carried walking sticks whether they were limped or not, so it could be Dad and Son/Daughter.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)
"I feel out of place".
Casting for The 5th Element is down the hall, bub.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 30, 2026 10:43 AM (MDua2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Archimedes
Wow....Broken. Just completely broken.
God didn't get it wrong. That thing did.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Whatever that is its toast. Unfit for life on planet earth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 10:43 AM (snZF9)
And require a day or two wait before you can comment.
This would end the weak drive-by trolls without being a PITA for regulars by giving real teeth to bannings.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:42 AM (4NO2D)
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I don't see how that would work unless you ban VPN networks, which might also prevent cobs from posting from France.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:44 AM (cWLG3)
Braxton McCoy
@braxton_mccoy
It wasn't me. It was the no-armed man. You find this man! You find this man!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026
***
Cloak Cape and Opera Cape?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:45 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026
Fred and Ethel?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:46 AM (Zz0t1)
Alberta is booked for surgery in October.
They’re having a government removed.
😂😂😂
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 10:46 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Who can tell? at March 30, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026
***
Cloak Cape and Opera Cape?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)
No capes!
Posted by: Edna Mode at March 30, 2026 10:46 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:44 AM
You would have to log in to comment, you can't comment until 48 hours after creating your account, if you get banned you have to create a new account, painfully, and wait another two days.
IP addresses wouldn't matter.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:46 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 10:47 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:47 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: The Justice League at March 30, 2026 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
So you think the troll is Mrs. Newsom?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 30, 2026 10:48 AM (DgMqy)
People Newson's wife considers vibrant diversity: pet-eating Haitians, rapey/jihadi Afghans and Syrians, murderous TdA Venezuelans, scammy Somalis*.
People Newsom's wife considers unsafe bigots: Alabamans and Floridians.
Gotcha!
*IIRC, over 90% of Somali women have had clitorectomies - and they do it in the US, too.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 10:48 AM (Suwql)
Changing nics is fundamental to this board, at least BEN ROTHLISBERGER thinks so.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:48 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Racist San Franpsycho
They're not terribly fond of 'em there.
I honestly feel kinda bad for them, in a sense. The moment they started to properly belong here, along comes Obozo and it gets completely scotched, possibly for good. Many will never really "belong" anywhere, and it's their own actions, but goaded by people who never had their best interests at heart.
It's a tragedy top to bottom.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 10:48 AM (OUMaO)
So you think the troll is Mrs. Newsom?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)
There's a greater than zero chance.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:48 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026
Batman and Robin
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 10:48 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 10:49 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 10:50 AM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 30, 2026 10:50 AM (2GVsD)
through a diet rich in marine mammals, fatty fish, and raw animal products rather than sunlight. Key sources include seal liver, blubber, salmon, and whale skin (muktuk), which are consumed raw or boiled to maximize nutrient intake.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 30, 2026
***
Sounds as appetizing as the dried squid my late cat Chekov loved. I'd buy it for him at the local Asian market and he'd gobble it. His brother Wolf wouldn't touch it -- and Wolf was a big-time eater.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 10:49 AM (iXqHn)
My company has banned all shortened URL's.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: cmeat at March 30, 2026 10:50 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Or so I've been told at March 30, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
Plus some of us are posting from multiple devices in multiple locations in the course of an average day. Could be an issue.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 10:51 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:47 AM
Trolls lack the patience and work ethic to get around even a free account. For each account they have to go create a fakemail account, then work through 10 rounds of disqus crap, then wait two days, to create an account they can use on one thread before being banned and having to start over.
What you want is max pain for min gain.
Trolls are lazy and stupid by nature.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:51 AM (4NO2D)
*********
Wake up Brother Tim. Don't cut/paste the troll droppings.
Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2026 10:51 AM (qgHp7)
Nick Cannon calls Democrats 'the party of the KKK,' voices support for Trump: 'Motherf---er's cleaning house'
"I f--- with Trump," Cannon told guest Amber Rose on his "Big Drive" web show this week
The Dems should be kind of worried...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 10:51 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 10:51 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 30, 2026
***
Kirk and Spock
Solo and Illya
Lorelai and Rory
?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 10:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:52 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: muldoon
Ugh. Serves me right. Thanks.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 10:52 AM (OUMaO)
Alberta is booked for surgery in October.
They’re having a government removed.
😂😂😂
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 10:46 AM (Kksvc)
Funny shit. I was watching a few motorcycle tour vids from people riding down from alaska and through Alberta. Alberta looked really nice, dare I say almost american. It needs to get that Canadian blister off it's ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 10:53 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: muldoon
Ugh. Serves me right. Thanks.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 10:52 AM (OUMaO)
Absolvo te.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 10:53 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Just the punchline at March 30, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Charles and Henry
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 10:53 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:52 AM
Hashes are IP derived, that's why VPNs get around the ban. Logins are not IP dependent. Move, use a public machine, use VPN.. none of that matters with a login.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:54 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:54 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 30, 2026 10:55 AM (TezPK)
Heh. Cannon is exceedingly rich and has many children.
He's fully invested in the future.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 10:55 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:54 AM (4NO2D)
It seems we've had this discussion several times and none of it will ever happen.
This site is what this site is and it won't change anytime soon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:55 AM (4NO2D)
We have always done better than just managing it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 10:55 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 30, 2026 10:55 AM (TezPK
Give it about 84 years...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 10:56 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:56 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:52 AM
Hashes are IP derived, that's why VPNs get around the ban. Logins are not IP dependent. Move, use a public machine, use VPN.. none of that matters with a login.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:54 AM (4NO2D)
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I'm game as long as it doesn't require location IDs or PII.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 10:57 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Xitter handles it fairly well, so it can be done.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 10:57 AM (OUMaO)
https://is.gd/UWmLnF
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 30, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)
Don't drive angry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:54 AM (4NO2D)
It seems we've had this discussion several times and none of it will ever happen.
This site is what this site is and it won't change anytime soon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)
My opinion is that our HQ ain’t broke, don’t need fixin’. By far the most user friendly site on the net.
Posted by: tubal at March 30, 2026 10:58 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 30, 2026 10:58 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 30, 2026 10:57 AM
Does it? I thought if I changed my handle on twitface it changes it on all my posts and responses.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 10:58 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: You know better at March 30, 2026 10:59 AM (NFX2v)
there's a hall monitor at my current place of employment. mounted just opposite the main entrance. it shows a rotation of images that include a calendar, a summary of upcoming events, and currently noted employees.
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 10:59 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: One of the All-Time Greats at March 30, 2026 11:00 AM (oftw2)
https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/2038212261597118818
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 30, 2026 11:00 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)
Yeah we just need a rapid response death squad to visit the assholes in mommy's basement. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 11:01 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: You know better at March 30, 2026 10:59 AM
It's a technical discussion. It was just prompted by the sackless worm. But designing systems is what I spent 40 years doing, so I can't stop myself from thinking about how to improve computer things.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 11:03 AM (4NO2D)
corned beef hash > frozen hash
Posted by: anachronda at March 30, 2026 11:03 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 30, 2026 11:04 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at March 30, 2026 11:05 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Noodlum at March 30, 2026 11:07 AM (2Ez/1)
(paraphrasing peter boyle), "it's a word..."
i sympathize with your sediments.
Posted by: cmeat at March 30, 2026 11:09 AM (R11M+)
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The Morning Report — 3/30/26
In Saturday’s “No Kings” protests, the usual “resistance” crowd managed to again show their rage at President Donald Trump and their fury at being out of power; they may even have succeeded in mobilizing Democrats for the midterm elections — but they also broadcast the opposition’s complete lack of any coherent political message. Forget about the waving of Soviet flags and tributes to anti-American dictators at various rallies: The entire “No Kings” conceit is a lie. Democrats against “kings”? Hah! They love them — as long as the king has a (D) after his name. Not long ago, Democrats applauded every abuse of executive power by President Barack Obama. From unconstitutional rewrites of the Affordable Care Act (a k a ObamaCare), to immigration amnesty for “dreamers” (DACA) and their parents (DAPA); to unilaterally declaring the Senate to be in recess so he could pack the National Labor Relations Board with union lackeys, Obama was not shy about autocratic behavior. “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone,” he declared when Congress refused to bow to his will, vowing “to sign executive orders, and take executive actions and administrative actions.” He did, and Democrats didn’t complain, but applauded. Tom Friedman, The New York Times’ smug voice of liberal “wisdom,” fantasized of what Obama could achieve “if we could just be China for a day.” Obama lost, often at the Supreme Court. That didn’t stop him. Nor did it stop President Joe Biden, who became infamous for ignoring Supreme Court decisions. When the Supreme Court said that extending a COVID-era moratorium on evictions would be unconstitutional, Biden just did it anyway. The same when the Supremes told Biden he lacked the power to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt. Democrats didn’t protest against Biden acting like a king. In fact, they encouraged him to go even further. Then there were the coronavirus restrictions, imposed and extended by every Democratic governor. Blue states shuttered businesses and locked kids out of schools — when Americans in fact could’ve conducted most normal activities safely. California Gov. Gavin Newsom even banned religious worship in private homes; he’d eventually lose in the Supreme Court — but Democrats had no problem with it. So when it comes to “no kings,” Dems aren’t just accusing Trump — they’re falsifying their own history. The truth is that Democrats cheer authoritarian behavior — as long as they’re in charge. Let them back into power, and they’ll prove it once again.In essence, yet again their protests were puerile, infantile and pointless. And not to be glossed over, in a number of instances Violent.
No Kings demonstrations in Portland, Oregon got out of hand in the evening with protesters sporting gas masks attacking police officers who were trying to control the crowd, according to video posted on X by FreedomNews.tv. There was no immediate word on arrests. In Dallas, Police had to separate No Kings demonstrators from “Pro America” counter demonstrators as the two groups engaged in heated clashes. Video of the scene showed a protester being hauled away and arrested and other shouting “f–k you” at apparent pro-Trump demonstrators who were carrying flags and automatic weapons. A large mob of demonstrators waving Palestinian and other flags hurled cement blocks towards Department of Homeland Security agents in Los Angeles.
In short, like Gazan terrorists and Persian oppressors, these usurpers think nothing of preserving their occupation of positions of influence by imperiling their own countrymen, women, and children. They’re figuratively huddling behind you, and putting their citizenry’s security and substance at risk in direct dereliction of their sworn duty to “insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty.” You, the American people, are the Democrats’ human shields.
As I stated last week, the phrase "Death to America" is not native to the Iranian mullahs. It was and is the goal of the anti-American Left and its epicenter in the Democrat party.
Have a great day!
And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
- ...The incident happened while the president's aircraft sat on the tarmac at Palm Beach International Airport. Military pilots moved quickly, intercepted the plane, and deployed flares to get the pilot's attention and force a change in course.F-16s Scramble Near Trump’s Air Force One After Security Scare
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- Forget about the waving of Soviet flags and tributes to anti-American dictators at various rallies: The entire “No Kings” conceit is a lie.
The left LOVES kings — the ones with (D) after their name
- “PSA: My office has authorized immediate arrests for anyone assaulting law enforcement. You will be arrested and charged with a federal felony.”
Scenes of Communist Flags, Riots, and Violent Clashes With DHS During ‘No Kings’ Protests
- Los Angeles "No Kings" protest features vandalism, threats, and assault, oh my.
ICE Drops Hammer After ‘Kill’ Threat Against Agents Surfaces During ‘No Kings’ Riot
- Behind the street lunacy lies a network of permanent government infrastructure and activism.
Indivisible’s “No Kings” protests and the January 6 prosecutor’s wife - Los Angeles "No Kings" protest features vandalism, threats, and assault, oh my.
‘No Kings’ Protest Turns Into Riot As Projectiles Fly, ‘Kill’ Message Found On Federal Building
- Who would have guessed?
“Death to America”: Communists, Islamic Terror Supporters Riot at ‘No Kings’ Rallies
- Like many Jews, he’s starting to realize that the whole Democrat infrastructure is a lie, and he’s courageous enough to speak out.
A blue-haired, gay, Jewish man offers wise insights about “No Kings”
- "Leftists will invariably promote their concepts of peace, love, and equality with violence, vandalism, intolerance, and rage."
The Violence at 'No Kings' Was Quite Predictable
- You’d think a king would work harder to oppress all these protesters!
King Trump tolerates another ‘no kings’ march - It's an opportunity for conservatives to confront America with the truth.
‘No Kings’ Schedules Next Riots for May Day Murder of Police Officers
- What we call “wokeness” is the unexamined expansion of civil rights into a moralized regime that strains liberal norms—reform requires naming the source, not the symptoms.
The ‘Ideology with No Name’ Has a Name: It’s ‘Civil Rights’
- The NAACP picked controversial Biden Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke as its new top attorney.
NAACP’s New Top Counsel Kristen Clarke Targeted Conservatives Under Biden Junta
- You, the American people, are the Democrats’ human shields.
Democrats, Brethren Of Hamas And Ayatollahs, Are Making You Their Human Shields AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN! - The Pentagon is preparing for what could become weeks-long ground operations inside Iran — including Special Operations raids and limited infantry missions — as U.S. forces, including a Marine expeditionary unit now in theater, continue to build up for a potentially more dangerous next phase of Operation Epic Fury, according to a report published Saturday.
Report: Pentagon Preps Weeks‑Long Ground Ops in Iran as U.S. Marines Arrive in Theater
- Even for the most fanatic regimes, ground realities still matter.
Iran’s Eschatological Rage Does Not Render Victory Impossible
- Thad McCotter: Iran’s chokehold on the Straits of Hormuz exploits Western division, turning diplomacy into surrender and giving the mullahs a new shield for terror, coercion, and nuclear ambition.
The Dire Strait of Hormuz
- If Iran can order American blood spilled on U.S. soil, the real question isn’t why confront it—it’s what alternative would actually stop it.
The War of Salman Rushdie’s Eye* * * * * - Roger Kimball: While commentators trade in familiar fears, events on the ground point to a far more decisive outcome than the online debate suggests.
The First Alt-War: Online Fantasy vs. Reality in the Iran Campaign
- We do not want the Battle of Kharg to become part of the United States Marine Corps legacy. They have more than enough to be proud of without being saddled with this potential debacle.
Lindsey 'warmonger' Graham needs to give peace a chance
- A decorated patriot’s fall into conspiracism shows how even the best can be consumed by antisemitic fantasy—and why such thinking must be confronted before it spreads.
Why Joe Kent Matters
- El-Sayed made the comments during a campaign conference call a day after an Israeli strike killed the late Iranian supreme leader, audio obtained by the Free Beacon shows
'There Are a Lot of People in Dearborn Who Are Sad': Democrat Senate Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed Said He Needed To Stay Silent on Khamenei Killing Because Many of Michigan’s Muslim Voters ‘Are Sad’
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - The larger concern is not whether ICE and CBP can be funded, but whether Democrats will be allowed to set the conditions.
Americans Shouldn’t Need The House To Save Mass Deportations From Weak Senate Republicans
- “The people that have been inflicting this harm [on migrants] need to be prosecuted,” Indian immigrant Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Friday at a “shadow hearing” she hosted. “They need to be brought before us, and they need to be held account [sic] for the trauma that they have created, and we are going to have to have some form of reparation for the kids and the families that have been traumatized through all of this.”
Immigrant Rep. Pramila Jayapal Urges ‘Reparations’ for Illegal Migrants
- How many American citizens have to be raped or murdered before politicians are motivated to get our borders under control?
When is enough enough?
- Pritzker blamed President Donald Trump for Gorman’s murder, allegedly at the hands of an illegal alien released twice under the Biden administration in 2023. Johnson, likewise, said the killing would not change his approach to governing. Egbewole asserted on “Fox News Live” that Pritzker’s offive released a good statement on the murder, but then he politicized it, while Johnson failed to respond sympathetically to Gorman’s family.
Former Biden Official Yemisi Egbewole Blasts JB Pritzker, Brandon Johnson Over Responses To Sheridan Gorman Murder
- In fact, you probably haven't even heard of it.
You Haven’t Read the Best Book Ever Written on American Immigration THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE - The task force has a wide range of activity that it considers fraud.
Here’s Vance’s Plan To Attack $250 Billion In Annual Fraud Losses DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Infrastructure is optional. Bureaucracy is permanent.
Residents burned out in the Eaton fire handed water bills for their non-existent water
- “We’re here to protest this homeless shelter, which is going to bring danger to the neighborhood,” local Kevin Zhang, 40, told The Post.
Hundreds of protesters swarm proposed NYC men’s homeless shelter site, physically block construction truck
- More than half of all the research that has ever been used to design America’s social safety net is likely untrue, a study found.
To Cut Welfare Fraud, Target Government-Funded Academic Fraud WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Immigration hard-liners are taking aim at rules that protect foreign-born U.S. citizens from deportation even if they become terrorists. Naturalized citizens committed three suspected terrorist attacks in Texas, Michigan and Virginia in a two-week timeframe after the U.S. went to war with Iran’s Islamic regime in February. Other naturalized citizens caught plotting terrorist attacks have been released or are due for release back onto America’s streets, according to Department of Justice (DOJ), court and prison records.
US Law Says These Foreign-Born Terrorists Are Just As American As You
- The problem of Muslim loyalty continues to be ignored, but won’t go away.
Muslim Woman in U.S. Military Says She Won’t Fight Muslims
- A Pakistani Christian could face the death penalty due to blasphemy allegations.Trial proceedings were completed for Ishtiaq Saleem, who was accused of downloading blasphemous material on social media, Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF) said in a news release on 18 March. Saleem will receive a verdict after court proceedings conclude for his alleged accomplice, Muhammad Umair, ADF said.
Pakistani Christian Faces Death Penalty Over Blasphemy Allegations SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - Behind closed doors, the judge overseeing Trump’s grand jury told prosecutors she ‘loved’ their legal strategy.
New Document Shows Chief Judge Howell Privately Endorsed Jack Smith’s Get-Trump Lawfare
- The FBI investigation into Phares features some of the same figures that are accused of railroading Carter Page and advancing the Russia collusion hoax against President Donald J. Trump, including former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith and former Obama government Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan.
FBI Abused FISA to Wiretap ANOTHER 2016 Trump Advisor – Who Says the CIA Was Also Spying on Him. FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Both Ayn Rand and George Orwell would have recognized what is going on—and, in fact, they warned us about it.
American Media Are Using Classic Techniques To Push Propaganda
- Six horrific crimes. Six illegal aliens. Zero national outrage.
The Illegal Alien Crime Spree the Media Didn't Tell You About This Week
- The comedy never ends.
Brian Stelter’s Stilted Take on Trump Somehow Ending Democracy (Totie Tuber - jjs)
- “As soon as they get off the reservation they’re all hard leftists, which is who they were the whole time.”
Adam Carolla Explains Why So Few People Trust the Legacy Media* * * * * - Two consequential jury trials in New Mexico and California have ended with verdicts against social media giant Meta following lawsuits claiming that children were harmed by social media addiction.
Landmark Social Media Addiction Trials Bring Rulings Against Meta, Other Tech Giants
- If this verdict holds, every parent who handed their 8-year-old an iPhone and forgot about it now has a roadmap to a payday.
Meta and Google are not responsible for raising your children, no matter what an LA jury says THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Futures market traders on Friday raised the likelihood that the Fed increases interest rates before the end of the year to 52%, CNBC reported. This marks the first time the prospect of the Fed raising rates before 2026 is over is more likely than not, according to the futures market. Furthermore, the stock market shed over 3 trillion dollars in market capitalization since conflict began, a decrease of over 7% from January, according to Axios.
Three-Headed Economic Monster Looms In Face Of American Consumers As Iran Conflict Rages, Midterms Approach
- “Voters began associating Democrat governance with rising prices... Democrats have started to back sweeping middle-class tax cuts... Both movements are responding to the same underlying reality.”
Democrats’ Tax-and-Spend Dead End CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - The judge said at the sentencing that imprisonment would have a “poor impact”
Killer of 84-Year-Old Man, Who Inspired #StopAsianHate, Freed With No Prison EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - Such stories evoke the prurient pop music theme found in the rock band Van Halen’s 1984 tune “Hot For Teacher.” However, in the real world, the overwhelming majority of these criminal relationships are never disclosed and prosecuted, and their destructive impact on victims goes largely unreported.
Exclusive: Teacher Sexual Misconduct Is ‘Rampant’ in U.S. Schools, Leading Experts Find
- ‘I can say “death to America” and “death to Israel” whenever I want,’ Student Workers of Columbia member says
Columbia Student Union Demands ‘Academic Freedom’ To Protect Political Activism in the Classroom ABORTION - The death of Kermit Gosnell closes a chapter on one of America’s most grotesque medical crimes—enabled by neglect, shielded by silence, and paid for by the vulnerable.
Black Alley Abortion: Abortionist/Murderer Kermit Gosnell Was an Affirmative-Action Case
- More than two-thirds of Americans indicated they are against Biden-era Food and Drug Administration rules that allow women to receive dangerous abortion pills without seeing a doctor in-person first, according to a new poll reported Wednesday.
Majority Of Voters Want Tighter Abortion Pill Safeguards, New Poll Shows SECOND AMENDMENT - Gavin Newsom will do for America what he's done to California.
Second Amendment: California loses again AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS - A new variant! Shall we panic or yawn?
COVID in the headlines again!
- Ischemic stroke occurs when a blood clot or plaque buildup blocks a blood vessel in the brain, cutting off oxygen and nutrients and causing brain cells to die within minutes. It is the most common type of stroke, accounting for approximately 87 percent of all stroke cases.
Biden Officials Identified Stroke Safety Signal in Seniors Taking Pfizer’s COVID Booster, Then Pushed For Them to ‘Increase Uptake’ THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH - The amendment comes amidst lackluster effort by the Senate GOP to pass the SAVE America Act, which would amend the 1993 National Voter Registration Act to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot.
47 Democrats Vote Against Voter ID After Claiming They’d Support It
- California Democrats are desperate to stop an investigation into election fraud.
California's AG fights for election fraud
- Chris Marston, general counsel for the Virginia GOP, said early voting has seen “much higher” Republican turnout than usual.
Cocky Virginia Dems Starting To Sweat Over April’s Referendum On Rigged Political Maps DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - Senator Thune must step up or step aside.
RINOs Learned Nothing from Trump’s Victories
- CPAC attendance has significantly decreased, and ticket prices have plummeted, as the Schlapps have enriched themselves.
REVEALED: ACU Chief Matt Schlapp Bilks $1M+ Annual Salary Amid CPAC Decline.
- President Donald Trump and other conservatives have long accused Omar of marrying her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, to facilitate his move to the U.S. in 2009. Vance said on “The Benny Johnson Show” that the White House “definitely” believes Omar committed fraud, and they are actively looking into options on how to investigate and ultimately “go after” her for it.
JD Vance Says White House Plans To ‘Go After’ Bro-Fo Omar For Alleged Immigration Fraud
- If the allegations are true, Cesar Chavez’s legacy exposes how ideology can canonize flawed figures—and why Americans should rethink who we choose to celebrate.
Cancel Cesar Chavez, Whether the Allegations Are True or Not
- “There is reason to believe that AOC’s use of campaign funds to pay for a psychiatrist who has no experience in ‘leadership training.’”
Titty-Caca AOC Accused of Masking Therapy as $19K Campaign Expense POLITICS - “After barely registering in the informal survey last year, 35% of attendees at this year’s event said they wanted him to be the party’s next nominee.”
Vance Tops CPAC, Rubio Surges as Field Collapses
- "I really believe this is a time where we need new leadership, new moral imagination to pull our country together, because the challenges on the horizon aren’t just this current crisis that Trump has caused. He shouldn’t be the main character of our narrative right now. We have real challenges from new technologies like AI and robotics, new challenges that we need more unity in our country, and a reminder that we are not each other’s enemies. In fact, our ability to find common ground is always been our greatest hope.”
Cory Booker Calls for New Leaders: Democrats Have ‘Failed This Moment’
- Big Apple voters will soon regret choosing the disastrous double-whammy of socialism and Islam in last year's election.
Hey, New York, Had Enough Of Your New Mayor Yet?
- If you really want to learn about the political process, you should try running for office.
I Lost the Election, but I Won a Car
- But is America ready for a straight white male and Christian president?
Dems Consider Edgy Plan to Nominate Straight White Man for President
- What’s a state to do when voters won’t vote for the minority candidates?
Democracy is Racist FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - Netanyahu says actions were not 'malicious,' vows fixes ahead of Easter.
Israel Blocks Catholic Cardinal From Holy Site On Palm Sunday Over Safety Concerns
- The only nation in the Middle East where Christians can practice their religion freely and thrive is once again facing disgusting misinformation ahead of Passover and Easter. And the woke leaders of France and Spain, who so often attack Christian values, are suddenly pretending to love Christianity in order to smear Israel.
Macron, Sanchez Slam Holy Sepulcher Closure, Ignore Iranian Missiles That Necessitated It
- The US government will allow a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba, effectively easing a blockade that has pushed the island into an energy crisis, according to a report.
US allows Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba amid blockade as Trump says island ‘has to survive’
- Sands said, “We don’t know what the government of Greenland will do down the road. They want to make a deal with China if we’re not there. with our hand out with a lot of money and investment. … We have to get a deal.”
Exclusive — Former Denmark Ambassador: We Must Get Control of Greenland Before China Does
- A horrifying glimpse inside China's Gulag Archipelago.
PragerU Video: Shocking Details about China’s Billion-Dollar Organ Harvesting Program
- Want to live forever? The Chinese government has a way.
Immortality via Atrocities
- The Paris incident follows a pattern seen in neighboring countries, according to France 24. Dutch authorities suspect Iran recruited four youths arrested in connection with a Rotterdam synagogue bombing. An obscure group with ties to Tehran also claimed an arson attack last week in London targeting volunteer ambulances operated by a Jewish organization.
Police Arrest Three Suspects In Attempted Bank Of America Bombing In Paris
- It is “a possibility that is quite close” that the British people will pass into history “like the Canaanites or the Arcadians”, and it is an open question whether there will be a Europe in 50 years’ time, a European Parliament conference heard from a panel of expert speakers.
EU Parliament Conference Hears Continent ‘On Track For Civil War’ ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - President Trump’s selection of Jim O’Neill to head the National Science Foundation could open the next great chapter of discovery.
How to Break America’s Great Scientific Stagnation
- Neptune as seen by Voyager-2 in 1989, four days before closest approach
...today, let’s begin a tour of some of Voyager-2’s imagery of Neptune itself.
- Four-time space flier Mike Fincke said he was eating dinner on Jan. 7 after prepping for a spacewalk the next day when it happened. He couldn’t talk and remembers no pain.Astronaut Mike Fincke finally reveals details of his medical emergency on ISS
- Meanwhile, an exciting find of Old Kingdom tombs has been reported in southern Egypt.
Radar Readings Suggest Possibility of a Second Sphinx — Archaeologists Remain Doubtful
- A recent book challenges humans’ common ancestry with primates.
More Man Than Ape FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - To rebuild masculinity, boys must return to manual work—where real skills, real tools, and real consequences forge discipline, independence, and purpose.
On Manual Work for Men
- Watching it, I no longer wonder why children think that they’re not spiritual beings who are greater than the sum of their parts but are, instead, just Lego pieces.
A ‘trans-sensitive’ training video for pediatricians should frighten us all
- 'My testicles don't make me less of a woman' (pronounced "test-a-kleaze" - jjs)
‘Woman’ With Testicles Furious at Being Excluded From Olympics CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - It’s only gotten worse.
The Continuous Decline of Morality in the USA
- A report in April said waves of young people were flocking to Catholic Churches across the nation, and months later the Vatican news agency Fides shared statistics showing a boom in the Catholic populations of Asia and Africa.
Bishop: U.S. Catholic Conversions Increasing as People Are ‘Hungry for Truth’
- Rhodesia was born of a vision, the vision of one man, Cecil John Rhodes, who believed that the British way of life was the best and made it his own life's work to spread that British way of life over.
We Are All Rhodesians Now: Why the First Casualty of Western Self-Repudiation Was a Country and Why It Won’t Be the Last
- While “wokeness” is a relatively new phenomenon, its philosophical foundation is just a metamorphosis of decades-long anti-Western tendencies.
Is the Anti-Western Bias of Western Intellectuals an Incurable Affliction?
- Christian Toto: Two new horror comedies cast rich elites as satanic (and worse)
Are Audiences Sick of ‘Eat the Rich’ Movies?
- Toto Too: Author's common-sense stance has scribes attacking her, 'Harry Potter'
Media’s War Against J.K. Rowling Will Never End
- “We got the Gulf of America now,” Cannon explained. “He’s like the club. He’s charging a $5 million bottle service fee to get into the country.” Of course, Cannon was entirely correct about the Republican Party. The GOP, which was created only a few years before the Civil War, won the war against the south, outlawed slavery, and even elected some of the first blacks to public office after the war. Then, in the 1960s, the 1964 Civil Rights Act could not have been passed if it weren’t for GOP votes as the Democrat Party voted against rights for blacks.
Watch: Nick Cannon Calls the Democrat Party the ‘Party of the KKK,’ Says ‘I F**K With Trump’ HITHER & YON - On the necessity of choosing
In Praise of “Inferior”
- Murrell did not elaborate on the comment, which appeared to be a reference to the assassination of Brian Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare CEO gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4, 2024.
Five Guys CEO says he gave $1.5M staff bonus so he wouldn’t get shot in the back like UnitedHealthcare boss
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 07:36 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 07:38 AM (BpO1e)
Likewise "Fascist".
For one (as we all know) the Fascists were socialists.
For another, Trump is cutting the shit out of the government, reducing its power in essentially every area -- because that's exactly what a Fascist would do, right? When I think of "minimal government" the first word that comes to mind is "Fascist". You bet.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 07:39 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)
Could pigs find adequate fresh water and vegetation on Kharg Island?
Posted by: Fenderbender at March 30, 2026 07:40 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 07:41 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 30, 2026 07:42 AM (bi2p/)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 07:42 AM (C6BUp)
*throws up jazzzzz hands*
But how 'bout a big old QUEEEENNNNNNN
Posted by: Queen Tim at March 30, 2026 07:42 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: A Nomad Of The Time Streams at March 30, 2026 07:43 AM (kLUcw)
These asswipes are always screeching, but somehow never seem to leave.
There are 192 other countries, Spamila. Pick one and vote with your feet.
Or wait and have one picked for you.
Your option.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 07:44 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 07:45 AM (ZxPkt)
This woman is a great example about why you don't let foreigners into any position of power. Now let's talk about reparations for the victims of crime inflicted by illegal aliens.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 07:46 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 07:46 AM (BpO1e)
We need to pray for the astronauts. Lots of red rockets of distress flying from the operations, maintenance, and procurement centers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)
And even then it was a status that most merely aspired to. Few did. (BTW, note that the declaration does not simply say George was bad BECAUSE he was a king.) The whole issue is more complicated than people treat it as.
Like the Romans, we Americans are raised to reject the title "king". But that didn't stop Rome from getting a monarchy under another name. And it won't protect us.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 07:47 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at March 30, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 07:48 AM (C6BUp)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 30, 2026 07:48 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Queen Tim at March 30, 2026 07:42 AM (/+uur)
And don't forget the joker...
Lemmy Kilmister where are you now, when we need you?
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at March 30, 2026 07:49 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 07:49 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 07:49 AM (Zz0t1)
They're not braindead. They're greedy whore capitalists who will do anything for a buck. ANYTHING. Including sell their souls. Which they've done.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 07:50 AM (Zz0t1)
I laughed about this for an hour.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at March 30, 2026 07:51 AM (3AwA+)
The First Alt-War: Online Fantasy vs. Reality in the Iran Campaign
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I am a big fan of Kimball's; have been since he first appeared. But I'm not blind to his big weakness: when it comes to predictions, his record is terrible. He is an incurable optimist. He is a reverse Cassandra, always predicting the best outcome, and (almost) always wrong.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 07:52 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Amen.
Let's not forget the propose of this mission is to fly a woman and black man around the moon to prove equity.
Posted by: Auspex at March 30, 2026 07:52 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 07:53 AM (Fbc0I)
Sad to say but, since the majority of the children in this case are boys, #metoo doesn't care.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at March 30, 2026 07:53 AM (53oGX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)
Were there shots fired? I don't think so. Therefore, stating that there were 'automatic weapons' being carried by Pro-Trump marchers makes you a journalistic hack asshole. Did you assume or just pee your pants at the sight of the scary AR-15? Did you ask the carrier if it had a giggle switch?
Media. The ENEMY of the people.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 07:55 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 30, 2026 07:56 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Fenderbender at March 30, 2026 07:56 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 07:56 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)
If I have taught you people anything, it's that there are no rules. I did everything from running guns to mexico, droning American citizens, destroyed the health care system, opened the border to 3rd world savages and made you watch Mike's schlong flip flap around on TV and nothing happened to me.
Hope and change baby!
Posted by: Barack Mugabe, Race Warlord at March 30, 2026 07:58 AM (/1l9x)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 07:58 AM (Kksvc)
As I stated last week, the phrase "Death to America" is not native to the Iranian mullahs. It was and is the goal of the anti-American Left and its epicenter in the Democrat party.
"You know it's sad but true......"
-- - - - - - Metallica
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 07:58 AM (Zz0t1)
and I think, we already did the lunar loop-de-loop with Apollo 8-
Apollo 11 we even landed, and got out and walked around
so Godspeed and have a safe flight, but whatever
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 07:58 AM (ZxPkt)
The European Parliament responded with, "What can we do to speed that up? Aloha Snackbar!"
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 07:59 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at March 30, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)
I wish it were Sunday.
Cuz THAT'S my FUN day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)
Projection isn't just a river in Egypt.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 07:59 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Like MP4 said - If Donald Trump were even 1/10th of the tyrant these dummies claim to believe he is, they'd already be smoke up a chimney.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 30, 2026 08:01 AM (FmapG)
Nobody runs around with automatic weapons unless they're a Democrat criminal.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 08:01 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:03 AM (FhK4c)
Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority. at March 30, 2026 08:03 AM (oftw2)
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That wants to be on the right track, but it's poorly done. Not just ill written, but ill argued. It throws out what it thinks is good (superior/inferior) with no indication of why. So it's really just a plea for consensus. We can get that on Blue Sky, or any MSM station (news or talk show).
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 08:04 AM (AlhUl)
and I think, we already did the lunar loop-de-loop with Apollo 8-
Apollo 11 we even landed, and got out and walked around
so Godspeed and have a safe flight, but whatever
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 07:58 AM (ZxPkt)
When I worked at Hughes Space & Comm many moons ago back in the 90s, we sent a satellite around the moon... the purpose being, an anomaly had burned excessive fuel on the spacecraft, so it was stranded in a highly inclined orbit and was, therefore, useless. But it did have enough fuel to get around the moon... the moon's gravity gave it a "gravity assist" slingshot back to earth, lowering its orbital inclination, making it a useful satellite. A brilliant engineer at Hughes, Jerry Salvatore, had the idea and ran the whole operation. The guy was a genius. So yeah... we've even been around the moon with a commercial satellite (no people onboard though)...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 08:04 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 08:01 AM (Fbc0I)
Automatic weapons are hard to get and VERY expensive.
Your average Joe Blow at a protest is NOT going to be carrying one around on display.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1)
80% Boomers
20% communists
100% dependent upon a government check.
It's not a king they are opposed to--it's the people:
The ones they're stealing that check from.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 08:04 AM (HXT0k)
"protestors kept yelling, saying that “nobody wants to hear from him” before chanting “this is what democracy looks like.”
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)
Sad to say but, since the majority of the children in this case are boys, #metoo doesn't care.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)
Even here, on this very website, plenty of posters say things like 'where was she when I was in sixth grade?' or 'He's so lucky - she's gorgeous!'
Boys being r*ped by their teachers should be abhorrent to everyone, but it just isn't. I don't get it.
I have a young son and a young daughter. I'd absolutely 3S ANYONE who did anything like that to either of them.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 30, 2026 08:04 AM (FmapG)
https://instapundit.com/786085/
I guess I need to revise the idea that all elections are rigged except in Florida, LOL.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 08:05 AM (xrQwm)
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1. We better prepare, but hope this doesn't happen
and
2. Trump's administration better get the judiciary to heel before then
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 08:05 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 08:05 AM (Kksvc)
"protestors kept yelling, saying that “nobody wants to hear from him” before chanting “this is what democracy looks like.”
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)
Acting like monarchist douchebags isn't what democracy looks like.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)
They say you can’t go home and in this case they are right.
Posted by: Hyacinth at March 30, 2026 08:06 AM (zViR+)
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All this has made her wildly overrated on the right. Just how much sense does it take to realize that girls are girls and boys are boys?
That is controversial shows what bad shape we are in.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 08:06 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 08:06 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:07 AM (FhK4c)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 08:07 AM (xrQwm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:08 AM (FhK4c)
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1. We better prepare, but hope this doesn't happen
and
2. Trump's administration better get the judiciary to heel before then
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 08:05 AM (AkEZC)
I agree and I'm afraid that a dem will reach the white house probably by the 2032 election... maybe it can be delayed until 2036 but I doubt it. Americans tend to get bored with a single party after some period of time. Once they get there, look out
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 08:08 AM (xT8gx)
"I drove around the block twice just so I could flip them off."
Made me laugh.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:08 AM (FhK4c)
In my little corner of the world they actually closed down a street.. Headline news...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 08:09 AM (ECasK)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 07:50 AM (Zz0t1)
That's some of it. The rest is that the left tends to be intellectually complacent. My wife's siblings all attended NK rallies this weekend and I doubt any were paid.
I presume my BIL's objection to Trump is his unwillingness to go to war with Russia over Ukraine. Both of my SILs are simpler. They're Democrats. They've always been Democrats. Whatever the Democrats are for is good, even if it's the complete opposite of what they were for 6 months ago. They don't even question it. That which the High Priest (esses) at the DNC speak is TRUTH and cannot be contemplated.
I assume that there are similar on the right.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)
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When SFPsycho first mentioned this incredible verdict, when a judge released a murderer with a sentence of time-served and meaningless probation, I thought there mist be more to the story. American courts can't have degraded so far.
Well, they have. Vigilante action is all that is left in SF.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 30, 2026 08:09 AM (0aOmD)
Several places had multiple protests around 2-3 hours apart so that the media could report "multiple well-attended anti-Trump protests" even though it could be easily proven it was the same rent-a-mob at each one.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 08:09 AM (xrQwm)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung
Sounds like a great alternate timeline from where I'm standing. Some woman asked online about why we right wingers don't counterprotest.
My response: "Sweetie, we counter protest by going to our jobs and living our lives. If we were as bad as you claimed, you'd be in a camp or used as breeding stock. Now take that ring out of your nose and call your father."
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 08:09 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 08:10 AM (AlhUl)
Funny, that. I saw where HBO is touting it's "Original Series" where it's simply remaking the Harry Potter movies using kids that look exactly like the other kids that were in the original Harry Potter.
Original? War against J. K. Rowling?
Seems, not so much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:11 AM (FhK4c)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Boss Moss
I got a laugh out of someone's comment regarding the palette swapped Snape:
"When it gets to the boggart scene, it will be Neville Longbottom's biggest fear is a black man hiding in his closet."
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 08:14 AM (BpO1e)
I suppose pointing out that the woman and black man will, potentially, accomplish their 'historic' feat a mere 57 years and a few months after white men did it would be unappreciated.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)
What would they do with a shovel in the sea?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:14 AM (FhK4c)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 08:15 AM (xT8gx)
>Maybe we can get some readings like Tolkien. It seems these things never end. Just kidding, dorks. Morning.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 08:15 AM (Fbc0I)
Hope SpaceX is on the ball.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)
The entire historical first industry is denying a common humanity to the US.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Eeyore
We are so cooked it isn't funny.
Watched a reel on Fb last night. GE Electric minigun goes brrrrrrt.
Most GUYS said it was AI because the belt didn't move. Uh, guys, that's the sleeve. Belt rides inside.
Not hard to see that.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 08:17 AM (Kksvc)
Well, they have. Vigilante action is all that is left in SF.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 30, 2026 08:09 AM (0aOmD)
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San Francisco HATES old people.
Change my mind.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)
It's "unnecessarily big" and "too tall."
Illustrated by red, squiggly lines.
Very serious.
Seriously stupid.
That's after the author complaining the end facing the street is not the actual entrance and that interior view is blocked by the rows of columns.
(gosh, can anyone think of a reason for that?)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 08:18 AM (HXT0k)
Hope SpaceX is on the ball.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
>Make all recruits DEI. You want to be special? Blast off!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 08:18 AM (Fbc0I)
Thinking back on the teachers I had...
My art teacher in grades 1-3 might have been pretty, I don't remember her well. My health teacher in grade 10 was, probably, a 6. All the others were, to my eyes at the time, ancient. Probably in their 50s. LOL.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)
In my sanctified imagination earring tattoo boy turns to me and says "65? I'm only getting 40!"
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Joe at March 30, 2026 08:19 AM (Uy/WF)
Are Audiences Sick of ‘Eat the Rich’ Movies?
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The richest counties in the US vote for Democrats. The worst of the billionaire club (Bezos, Zuckerberg, etc) are leftists. Plenty of rich Hollywood celebrities read from the same stupid lefty politics scripts. I'd agree that rich elites are more likely worshipping stan, unwittingly or not. But I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it's not these prominent rich elites these movies are portraying.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 08:21 AM (Dv3i1)
A lot of Americans have been extending invitations to Japanese people to come over for BBQ. Fellow Hordians, I have an idea for the next Moron Meetup!
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 08:24 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:24 AM (FhK4c)
If we can be organized, we can wreck their parade with mockery. GOPe wants to lose, so not them.
The New T.E.A. Party?
"Ethyl, look, there is a sign that makes no logical sense!"
"A unthinking Democrat! Take a picture, Ethyl."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)
Remind them of that and point and laugh.
Posted by: Tango Uniform at March 30, 2026 08:24 AM (/1l9x)
Well, they have. Vigilante action is all that is left in
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Because it's not just in SF.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 08:25 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 08:21 AM (Dv3i1)
Plenty of celebrities behaving in sexually inappropriate ways (R. Kelly, P. Diddy, etc...)
The Left : "TRUMP IS THE ONLY EVIL RICH AND FAMOUS SEXUAL DEVIANT!"
Sure, Jan.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 08:25 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:26 AM (FhK4c)
Howmanyare2many has now published the deaths of 1279 (one thousand two hundred seventy-nine) Americans since his started his posting in May of 2019.
Go to Hell Chucky
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)
At least the older actors didn't jump on the bandwagon. Now it's possible that the younger actors didn't want to put their careers in jeopardy by angering Al Gayeda but even if they had, they're rich enough to retire.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 08:26 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
There has to be a word worse than simple "wokeness" for those advocating for the giving poisoning cross-sex hormones and genital mutilations to children.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 08:27 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:27 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)
Instead we get an orgy of celebration from the media over an astroturf No Kings protest against Trump paid for by groups associated with Soros, Singham and the CCP.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 08:28 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: XTC
What Melania does must work!
Seriously, a virus targeting sexual deviancy already culled many Leftists. Do you want another one?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:28 AM (u82oZ)
Murders?
Seems you don't know the definition by law of what constitutes a murder, there Chuck.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:26 AM (FhK4c)
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Unfortunately.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:29 AM (u82oZ)
There are many Bush Judges on appeals that will not retire, because they are RINO's. sighhh
Posted by: Jonah at March 30, 2026 08:29 AM (YCxFk)
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Everyone on a mission like Artemis has a "job." Tasks they're supposed to do at certain times and without being prompted. I can only imagine the looks when someone on a mission cranks out "don't tell me what to do, you're not the boss of me!"
Seconds before the inevitable explosion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 08:29 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:29 AM (FhK4c)
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53m
Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in Iran war, defense minister says https://trib.al/RJn0GUA
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 08:30 AM (ZxPkt)
Definitely -- I wany ALL the money given to illegal immigrants paid back. and if Jayapal also wants more on top of that for the damage it's done to our citizens who went without assistance because of them, great!!
For foreign schemers, the kind Nick Shirley keep rooting out, there should be additional fines.
This is what she meant right?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:30 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: NR Pax
Not gonna say it. Wouldn't be prudent. Too early for a tasteless joke.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 08:30 AM (Kksvc)
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That was interesting. I am not convinced that Europe is worse off than we are. At least many of them have recognized their in-house traitors. We Americans on the right still elect our Thunes.
I don't know they are better off, either. We are both in uncharted waters.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 08:30 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:31 AM (FhK4c)
Seconds before the inevitable explosion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 08:29 AM (AkEZC)
/punchline
Feed the monkey
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 08:31 AM (/+uur)
Seconds before the inevitable explosion.
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He knows what he did.
Posted by: Karen McAstronut at March 30, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)
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53m
Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in Iran war, defense minister says https://trib.al/RJn0GUA
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 08:30 AM (ZxPkt)
Al-Andalus has returned to the Caliphate.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 08:31 AM (iXqHn)
After shrieking about No Kings for years, their very next move will be to install a dictator. And given the late American republic's predilection for nepotism, there's a good chance the second President-for-life will be the offspring of the first.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 30, 2026 08:32 AM (BI5O2)
We hold bartenders to higher standards than judges.
Wish there was a downward path for judicial errors in release of criminals. Bounce then out of being a judge.
An engineer can lose a PE status for a gross error, right?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)
We know most Progressives think 1279 is not enough.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 30, 2026 08:33 AM (FhK4c)
Macron, Sanchez Slam Holy Sepulcher Closure, Ignore Iranian Missiles That Necessitated It
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Maybe, just maybe, we should wait until we really know what happened and who did what.
Or is that too premodern?
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 08:34 AM (AlhUl)
the Democrats will formalize the end of representative government.
And then we formalize the end of democrats.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 08:34 AM (Kksvc)
It's the pin they give me on the IRS website.
Someone stole my SSN, didn't they........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)
After shrieking about No Kings for years, their very next move will be to install a dictator. And given the late American republic's predilection for nepotism, there's a good chance the second President-for-life will be the offspring of the first.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 30, 2026 08:32 AM (BI5O2)
They'll install one of the Troons (probably that one from Delaware), so more than likely there will be no biological son to take over.
Posted by: XTC at March 30, 2026 08:35 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: I gotta ask at March 30, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)
The Los Angeles School District IT employee accused of siphoning millions from the district and getting huge kickbacks in return sent incriminating text messages that could put her behind bars for years.
A text chain between LAUSD staffer Hong “Grace” Peng and Gautham Sampath obtained by the California Post reveals damning evidence, according to prosecutors.
Sampath then routed and laundered more than $3 million in kickbacks back to Peng through various intermediaries, Hochman alleges.
According to the criminal complaint, Innive received over $39 million in payments from LAUSD between 2017 and 2023. . . .
Best part is that Peng can barely speak English, but she was in charge of the country's largest county's school IT department.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:35 AM (Suwql)
Nothing makes for an enraged population like very bad policy. The Spanish government is removing the control rods from a reactor running hot. It is an own goal, self-kill, decision.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)
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I can't say I'm enamored of the recent "democracy uber alles" trend on the right, or the growing egalitarianism. Our revolution was 1776, not 1789.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 08:36 AM (AlhUl)
Best part is that Peng can barely speak English, but she was in charge of the country's largest county's school IT department.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:35 AM (Suwql)
What are the odds Swalwell was putting a microphallus to her?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at March 30, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 08:40 AM (/+uur)
Also the Bush Rino Chief Judge of the 6th circuit, Sutton, is retiring. The hack who ruled for Obamacare back in 2009
Posted by: Jonah at March 30, 2026 08:41 AM (YCxFk)
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What are we doing wrong? In the days of the Raj, Mahometans under British command would, and did.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 08:41 AM (AlhUl)
Gotta admit, the US Constitution, if followed, is excellent system software for an advanced civilization. Certainly better than Parliamentary democracy.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Yes. Good luck, you will need to venture to an IRS office and meet with a federal lackey in MeatSpace. When you go in take a red ticket, it means you want to make a payment and you will go to the head of the line over the moochers and old farts lined up in there for a hand out with their green tickets.
Good luck...bring your checkbook too.
Posted by: Been There, Done That at March 30, 2026 08:42 AM (/1l9x)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:35 AM (Suwql)
Peng is asshoe
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)
Good luck...bring your checkbook too.
Posted by: Been There, Done That at March 30, 2026 08:42 AM (/1l9x)
They actually owe me this go-around. That hardly EVER happens.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Are Audiences Sick of ‘Eat the Rich’ Movies?
Who is watching and enjoying these movies?
Seems like it's the rich Lefties who fancy themselves Socialists. They are the ones who celebrate movies like Triangle of Sadness, Parasite, Snowpiercer, and The Menu.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:42 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Jonah at March 30, 2026 08:43 AM (YCxFk)
Israel Blocks Catholic Cardinal From Holy Site On Palm Sunday Over Safety Concerns
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Cardinal Pizza is a phag. And his shite is retarded. He parades in pali garb, surrounded by balistenians and always trying to stir up trouble. The site has been closed since 2/28 for everybody. Jews could not celebrate their holy days at the Wall, muslims stayed away from al aqsa for thier eid holy day, but Pizzarela ignored all of that and wanted to make a scene. What a phag.
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 08:43 AM (GD0B3)
The British Army used small-unit cohesion, pride of regiment, and devotion to the Queen to compel stalwart behavior in the face of combat with cobelievers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Jen the original at March 30, 2026 08:44 AM (mZm4x)
Some Ting Wong, indeed!
"Later that year, Peng texts Sampath, “Let’s grab these money first.. Its already in the pocket. Low hanging fruits… let’s get these money… It’ll be good for us.”
The complaint shows several payments to various companies all owned by Sampath. At one point the duo discusses setting up the additional entities.
“We need to come up with lot of companies,” Sampath says, “at least 3-4 to take out the money… Close to million will be transferred to you… Easy to track unless we are very careful,” he continues.
Peng responds, “Should we start another company under a different name?… I can setup a company in HK… China… or Singapore.”
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:44 AM (Suwql)
The British Army used small-unit cohesion, pride of regiment, and devotion to the Queen to compel stalwart behavior in the face of combat with cobelievers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)
The Navy used rum sodomy and lashings for the same effect.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 08:45 AM (/+uur)
1. Roe would still be in place
2. Massive Federal Gun Control
etc...
That is why Judges matter
Posted by: Jonah at March 30, 2026 08:46 AM (YCxFk)
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We had several horror comedies that did this more than competently already, and it's hard to see how they can be outdone. DC, NYC, LA... how are you going to beat them?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 30, 2026 08:46 AM (BI5O2)
That is why Judges matter
Posted by: Jonah at March 30, 2026 08:46 AM (YCxFk)
Elections have consequenses.
From your local dogcatcher to the President of the United States.
Pay attention. Vote. Make it count.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)
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and fucking Socialists, who have no care for muslim invasion of their countries , for hundreds of churches burned and desecrated on their soil by muslims, for christians in other part of the world, all of a sudden are concerned? give me a break.those two p8ssies never misss an opportunity to say something nasty about Isharel, do they.
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)
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Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 08:41 AM (AlhUl)
That's cool.
Enjoy your stay in USDB Leavenworth, sweetie.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 08:47 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Hyacinth at March 30, 2026 08:48 AM (c99AZ)
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Posted by: Eeyore at March 30, 2026 08:41 AM (AlhUl)
But has no problem fighting Christians...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 08:48 AM (ECasK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)
Plus they were men. Not some emotionally driven broad with aunt flo issues.
Posted by: Zombie Chinese Gordon at March 30, 2026 08:48 AM (/1l9x)
Statements like that should be grounds for immediate dismissal once the ten lashes were applied.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 08:48 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 08:43 AM (GD0B3)
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Pizza's shit, the Pope's, Spain PM's, the SM Catholic "influencers", and a cast of others whose tilt was already known beforehand.
Schmucks, the whole lotta them!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 08:49 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 08:48 AM (ECasK)
Her book CALLS for that. It's fine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 08:49 AM (GD0B3)
Well, the USN, since 1914, can't use two of those. And only sodomy after pbho changed policy.
We have to win at sea to get to the bars. The one exception is during a long at-sea time, beer is authorized to be consumed in a whaleboat away from the ship. Pretty tame.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:50 AM (u82oZ)
Great turnout! Just over 2% of the entire US population! It keeps growing in size and in the number of issues the crowds are protesting for. Looking forward to No Kings 4.
I heard we have a general strike on May 1? Any details yet?
Does using a PTO day work or does that defeat the purpose? 1st business day is typically a busy day for my work.
Great question! Yes it still counts! In fact id say it counts MORE! You still get paid but your employer loses labor for the day.
The history books need to reflect that this president was the worst president in modern history. He not only presided over the end of the United States as the sole superpower and global hegemon, he *actively facilitated* it. That's something literally no other President ever would begin to understand.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 30, 2026 08:50 AM (JCZqz)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 08:49 AM (GD0B3)
I imagine Leo agrees with him....
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 08:50 AM (ECasK)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)
I had a high school teacher, Ms Spinelli, who looked and dressed like a 28 year old Jayne Mansfield with a hard New Yawk accent. Every man and boy in the school lusted after her and one day she said her boyfriend was coming to pick her up after school to go to something of his.
So we all ran down to the parking lot to get a glimpse, and up pulls this nasty Harley, and when the guy gets off he’s like six foot twenty with tattoos on all his knuckles, and he’s got a stare that makes you want to apologize for just looking at him. So after that we still lusted after her, but we were kinda scared of her, too.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 08:51 AM (ZPDpH)
https://instapundit.com/786085/
They need to re-do the election.
Seriously, what's the point of finding it if they let the tainted, obviously unusual results remain?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:51 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 08:51 AM (GD0B3)
MAGA: Make America's Genitals Awesome
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 08:51 AM (Fbc0I)
Non-violent?
Portland PD begs to differ.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)
Portland PD begs to differ.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)
Don't forget about us
Posted by: LA at March 30, 2026 08:52 AM (ECasK)
Posted by: Zombie David Peel at March 30, 2026 08:52 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 08:50 AM (ECasK)
Stuffed pIzza is Francis' boy.
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 08:52 AM (GD0B3)
@maziehirono
Donald Trump is not, never will be, and has never been a king. #NoKings
11:55 AM · Mar 28, 2026
Posted by: SMOD at March 30, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)
Donald Trump is not, never will be, and has never been a king. #NoKings
11:55 AM · Mar 28, 2026
Posted by: SMOD at March 30, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)
She finally said something truthful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 08:53 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Market forces at March 30, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)
They don't like kings — but they like straight-up DICTATORS.
The dumbest political movement of our lifetime.
Posted by: SMOD at March 30, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)
Legal immigrants, like the Somalis.
I took a ton of crap here last time I said it, I don't care, and I'll say it again: no more foreigners in America, period. Enough of them.
We've got a good supply of our own anti-American criminal undesirables with poor hygiene.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 30, 2026 08:54 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 08:54 AM (GD0B3)
Heh. First, the estimates keep growing - first six, then seven, now eight million. By next month it will be twelve million!!
Weird how it gets so little media attention?
PROTEST FATIGUE. We all have it, and the media is too busy worrying about lost audience to flatter you with fawning press. Grow up.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:54 AM (Suwql)
https://x.com/i/status/2038442065055633563
Posted by: Market forces at March 30, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)
$18.25 for a beer? F*ck off.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Getting the right people to run is the problem. Talented normals are put off by that.
I will not stand for a new office, despite the good I did in my old position. Was a reelected incumbent when I left.
IMHO, the local GOPe organizations are not helpful, far-sighted, and absolutely not focused on winning the lower elected position. They have no depth.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 08:55 AM (ECasK)
@ImMeme0
Leftist warrior on TikTok LIVE stated that MAGA supporters’ heads should be removed from their bodies and used gay slurs to insult both women and men.
A man who goes by “CasperMcfly” told the host that “every fvcking MAGA supporter should have their head removed from their body.” He then proceeded to insult a veteran who is gay, calling him a “beta-ass, cock-ass-fvcking, boot-licking f*g.” He also said that anyone who identifies as MAGA “is a fvcking b*tch” and referred to women as “cvnts.”
After he uploaded a video crying to his followers that he was suspended because the app is biased, he proudly admitted that since he can’t physically attack MAGA supporters, the only thing left is to verbally insult them and he encouraged others to do the same. Of course, he failed to mention that he had wished physical harm on conservatives.
https://tinyurl.com/mv62jymz
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 08:55 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 30, 2026 08:55 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 30, 2026 08:56 AM (xT8gx)
There will be photo voter ID in the State of North Carolina...
Posted by: SMOD at March 30, 2026 08:56 AM (RHGPo)
----
okay
so how are things different, here on the day after?
to me, 8 million high school drama club rejects spent their weekend acting out
sound and fury, signifying nothing
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 08:57 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 08:51 AM (Fbc0I)
Um. We already ARE awesome.
- Florida
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 30, 2026 08:57 AM (FmapG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX)
More Man Than Ape"
Interesting theory. Provable? I suggest it's no more provable than has been the search for the 'missing link' species that both humans and chimps plus bonobos evolved from. Why? If all primates evolved from ancestor species that lived in Central Africa ten or more million years ago, the hunt for fossils is likely fruitless. Fossilization (minerals replacing organic bones that were buried beneath rock erosion deposits) is unlikely in long-existing wet terrains. Millions of years of being buried in decaying vegetation is not conducive to fossilization of bones. In other words, in equatorial Africa.
Posted by: Gref at March 30, 2026 08:58 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 30, 2026 08:59 AM (GD7iS)
The dumbest political movement of our lifetime.
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The organizers of those "protests," the ones who funded them, certainly knew what they were doing when they purchased those flags for the nutjobs to wave.
They're sending a message. I believe them. Communist dictators are exactly what they want. And will likely get if permitted.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 09:00 AM (AkEZC)
When the whole thing was planned and paid for by communists what did people expect?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)
would make about as much sense
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)
Reading these makes me fear we are doomed...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 09:00 AM (ECasK)
1. Roe would still be in place
2. Massive Federal Gun Control
etc...
--
I'll say it again:
He was the 5th vote to make FCC and FEC regulations of the news constitutional.
"Fake news" was coined by Hillary to lay the groundwork for regulations they'd already drafted to prevent "misinformation."
Among those were:
- all websites would require either actual, verified name or verification of identity by the owner (which list subject to inspection w/o warrant)
- all website owners who disseminate or discuss news must register as a reporter (real name/address/etc.)
- all website owners would be required to moderate all comments to prevent "misinformation."
This site, and any that wasn't hard left, would be gone.
All of this was being discussed, it wasn't idle talk.
And all of those rules will snap in place the second the Dems control all branches again.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 30, 2026 09:00 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: SMOD at March 30, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)
DNA analysis of chimps, bonobos, and other species listed say he is all wet. Chimps, bonobos, and man share a common ancestor. Full stop.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2026 09:03 AM (viF8m)
Well, I estimate it at ... stupid. So there.
Estimates are just that. Nothing more.
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:03 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SMOD
I never have that embarrassing problem!
Posted by: Polly Gripp at March 30, 2026 09:04 AM (oftw2)
FOUR days later, he was charged with shooting someone dead.
JAIL THE JUDGES.
https://tinyurl.com/2cz8mpn6
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:04 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:05 AM (XuXeR)
FOUR days later, he was charged with shooting someone dead.
JAIL THE JUDGES.
https://tinyurl.com/2cz8mpn6
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:04 AM (Kksvc)
Democrats want chaos.
Democrats want you to die.
Democrats want you to beg them to do something.
Democrats want martial law.
Democrats want your guns.
Democrats want to be king.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Heh, you want be monkey-be monkey! Me no monkey!
Posted by: The Wild Man Of Borneo at March 30, 2026 09:06 AM (oftw2)
·
Mar 28
There's been an increase in traffic collisions between vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcycles. Watch out for one another, and decrease distractions both as a driver and as a pedestrian or cyclist crossing the street.
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imagine that
in a state where pot and 'shrooms are legal
huh
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 09:06 AM (ZxPkt)
FOUR days later, he was charged with shooting someone dead.
JAIL THE JUDGES."
So more 1930's Spain. A perceived out of control judiciary, and...
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)
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Interviewer: “Why do you think there’s not a lot of black people here?”
Protester:
“Because a lot of them are afraid of being arrested. And they don’t wanna get arrested. They can’t afford it. They can’t afford the lawyers. They can’t afford the time off from work. And they’re afraid.”
Interviewer: “Do you think black people are less likely to protest because they’re afraid of getting arrested?”
Protester:
“Yeah, I do. Because they know they’ll get arrested more than white people.”
Interviewer: “What about voter ID laws? A lot of people say that suppresses the black vote.”
Protester:
“Yeah, because a lot of black people don’t have IDs. They don’t drive. They don’t have cars. They use public transportation.”
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 09:08 AM (AkEZC)
in a state where pot and 'shrooms are legal
huh"
"Thank God we're not liable"
/smahtphone makers
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)
>The THING IS A FINK!
Suckers.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 09:08 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Jonah at March 30, 2026 09:10 AM (YCxFk)
in a state where pot and 'shrooms are legal
huh
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 09:06 AM (ZxPkt)
Kid riding his motorcycle a couple weeks ago was riding along at the speed limit in the right hand lane when the car in the left lane just decided he needed to turn left, slammed on the brakes and jerked left.
Kid t-boned the car, flew over and wound up with broken bones and a lacerated liver.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)
==
Spain is asshoe.
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 09:12 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Jonah at March 30, 2026 09:12 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 30, 2026 09:14 AM (E2lD7)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:14 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: A Nomad Of The Time Streams at March 30, 2026 09:15 AM (kLUcw)
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 09:15 AM (GD0B3)
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Interviewer: “Why do you think there’s not a lot of black people here?”
Protester:
“Because a lot of them are afraid of being arrested. And they don’t wanna get arrested. They can’t afford it. They can’t afford the lawyers. They can’t afford the time off from work. And they’re afraid.”
Interviewer: “Do you think black people are less likely to protest because they’re afraid of getting arrested?”
Protester:
“Yeah, I do. Because they know they’ll get arrested more than white people.”
Interviewer: “What about voter ID laws? A lot of people say that suppresses the black vote.”
Protester:
“Yeah, because a lot of black people don’t have IDs. They don’t drive. They don’t have cars. They use public transportation.”
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Racist much chica?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:15 AM (Kksvc)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 09:08 AM (AkEZC
How do they carry home the watermelons and chicken?
Thanks for sharing the stupidity.
MS Now - organizers: 8 million marched. Prove it. And even if they did. So what? Worldwide Covid protests were unreported and tech suppressed. Unless buildings and people burn, no one cares or notices after 3 days.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 09:16 AM (Sco7b)
The party’s NYC chapter is asking potential candidates seeking its endorsement if they will back hiking income taxes for individuals making more than $300,000 — three times less than the $1 million threshold socialist Mayor Mamdani campaigned on.
It does seem like every Progressive taxing idea starts with a theoretical magical number (Millionaires and Billionaires) and then quickly adds in about 50% of the upper middle class.
Same as every Progressive Program is going to cost X to start and fix the problem and then becomes 10X when viewed over the first few years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 09:18 AM (/+uur)
In 2023 Gavin Newsom did what he called a "Red State" tour and visited Alabama, Florida and a few other red states.
Newsom's [whore] wife said she brought her children to the red states so they could learn about racism, sexism, and bullying first hand.
(word in brackets is my edit, not the author's @mazemoore)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)
Reading these makes me fear we are doomed...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 09:00 AM (ECasK)
Just read the comments following that NY Post article on No Kings, and you'll be absolutely convinced.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 30, 2026 09:19 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:19 AM (XuXeR)
@TAftermath2020
Now this is an organic March! Thousands of pro-America Iranians marching in DC in support of Trump!
https://tinyurl.com/4cey9f3j
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Jonah
Actual work in Chamber - 79 days a year.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:20 AM (Kksvc)
Reading these makes me fear we are doomed...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 09:00 AM (ECasK)
Remember that most Redditors these days are Euros. (Who can’t stop talking about the US). Europe is doomed, certainly.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 09:20 AM (ZPDpH)
and so it begins??
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 30, 2026 09:20 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:20 AM (Kksvc)
Being able to commit fraud and insider trading to become independently wealthy?
Priceless........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 30, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Seriously, what's the point of finding it if they let the tainted, obviously unusual results remain?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2026 08:51 AM (Suwql)
The important part of the post...
"Investigators worry that the encryption — used for training — could be reverse engineered and used to tamper with voter registration"
Good that they caught the guy, good that they found a potential weakness, but no evidence that the special election was tampered with. Pretty sure it would be up to the House to order a re-do since the Dem was already declared the winner.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)
@TAftermath2020
Now this is an organic March! Thousands of pro-America Iranians marching in DC in support of Trump!
https://tinyurl.com/4cey9f3j
Posted by: redridinghood at March 30, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)
Probably counted those in with the 8 million No kings...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 09:22 AM (ECasK)
Posted by: Jonah
Thune is doing an excellent job at proving his senate has no more justification to exist.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 30, 2026 09:22 AM (E2lD7)
That old white woman may, or may not believe that shit, but it's right in line with the left's narrative.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 09:23 AM (AkEZC)
If "it could", then "it was". And nothing will happen...
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:23 AM (XuXeR)
That person's reality filter is top of the line. Even I'm impressed by it.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 09:23 AM (BpO1e)
Your terms are acceptable!
Might I suggest the communist utopia of North Korea?
Posted by: ShainS at March 30, 2026 09:24 AM (2Y1NN)
Can I donate?
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 09:25 AM (XuXeR)
Pope Leo Explains God Does Not Listen To People Who Wage War So Long As You Don’t Count Moses, David, Joshua, Elijah, Saul, Gideon, Samson, Or Anyone Else In Bible https://buff.ly/tWfpECv
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 09:26 AM (Dv3i1)
Pope Leo Explains God Does Not Listen To People Who Wage War So Long As You Don’t Count Moses, David, Joshua, Elijah, Saul, Gideon, Samson, Or Anyone Else In Bible https://buff.ly/tWfpECv
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 09:26 AM (Dv3i1)
That's a good one...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 09:26 AM (ECasK)
Yet they never do. Interesting. It seems they'd rather fulfill their sacred destiny to bitch.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 30, 2026 09:26 AM (E2lD7)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 30, 2026 09:27 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy
I expect NYC residents to start calling Mayor Jihadi Pharaoh or Emperor Hirohito.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 30, 2026 09:27 AM (Kksvc)
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Someone sounds.... concerned.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2026 09:27 AM (AkEZC)
15 ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 09:28 AM (ECasK)
==
Did he just diss the crusades ? lol
Posted by: runner at March 30, 2026 09:28 AM (GD0B3)
So where does The Paolo live?
As for those women? Wait until they learn that they can't just show up in a foreign country and get free handouts.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 09:29 AM (BpO1e)
- 40% of American women aged 15-44 will claim that they want to relocate to a foreign country.
- 40% of American women aged 15-44 will claim that they want to live in a world without men.
- 40% of American women aged 15-44 will claim that they want to be boss babes.
- 40% of American women aged 15-44 don't even know who their Senators are.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 30, 2026 09:29 AM (ExV1e)
There'll be an extra tin of herring in the writer's paybox this week.
Posted by: Big Penguin at March 30, 2026 09:29 AM (0sNs1)
So he's talking about the Iranian Mullahs ...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2026 09:29 AM (ECasK)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 09:31 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Don Black at March 30, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 09:31 AM (BpO1e)
Aquinas is rolling around in his tomb.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 09:37 AM (Fbc0I)
- 40% of American women aged 15-44 will claim that they want to relocate to a foreign country.
- 40% of American women aged 15-44 will claim that they want to live in a world without men.
- 40% of American women aged 15-44 will claim that they want to be boss babes.
- 40% of American women aged 15-44 don't even know who their Senators are.
>>>
So, these liberal whores wishing to go and be subjected to barbarians in foreign lands are spouting one of the best lines in Blazing Saddles:
What are your crimes? "Rape, murder, arson, rape"
You said rape twice! "I like rape"
Posted by: The Obama brats have two daddies at March 30, 2026 09:54 AM (5DfsO)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at March 30, 2026 09:57 AM (WQDw6)
- 40% of American women wonder why nobody loves them. Not even their cats.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 30, 2026 10:16 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at March 30, 2026 10:56 AM (bufu1)
Some old neurons were dusted off there.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 30, 2026 11:28 AM (O7YUW)
Immortality via Atrocities
This is the reason when my FIL offered to have me go to China for a transplant I said no. My gut feel was that pretty much any transplant organ received in China would come from dissidents, and I would not support that.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 30, 2026 11:58 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: _Jim at March 30, 2026 01:06 PM (O+NnT)
Load up a drone with that stuff and spray the entire crowd at these marches and "protests"/ riots. That would out a whole lot of left wing idiots. Walk into work at the bank on Monday with streaks of blue on your face and hands. How long before you're cleaning out your desk with the placard with your name and "Loan Officer" on it?
"The people are the sea in which the revolutionary swim."
- Mao, or Ho Chi Minh ... some communist, anyway.
Damned hard to swim undetected when you look like a Blue Neon.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 30, 2026 05:26 PM (rJ+qD)
Posted by: Ordinary American
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FIFY
Posted by: buddhaha at March 30, 2026 05:31 PM (rJ+qD)
Daily Tech News 30 March 2026
Top Story
- Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh isn't even on store shelves yet and it's already had a price increase. (WCCFTech)
10% officially and up to 25% in online listings. Still decent value if it weren't for all the other headwinds Intel is facing here.
Sailing straight into an F5 tornado.
- But you can save a lot of money on audiophile-grade cables. (Tom's Hardware)
Mostly by not buying them. Once again, there is no detectable difference between $4000 cables and a $7 pair from the Amazon Basics range.
Tech News
- Microplastics are glove contamination. (University of Michigan)
The researchers are sure that once they rule out the omnipresent glove particles they will have the truth and not a big fat ball of nothing.
- One day after Microsoft announced a new focus on security, the company had to release an emergency security patch. (Computer Weekly)
For a bug created by the March Windows update.
- M4 and M5 Macs can't run external 4k monitors at native resolution in HiDPI mode. (S McLeod)
You might wonder how people didn't notice.
People did.
But Apple doesn't sell a 4k monitor - only 5k and 6k models - so they didn't care.
Disclaimer: Beans.
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She let Rush use her music because her dad was a big Rush guy
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Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 30, 2026 04:53 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 30, 2026 04:55 AM (sAmhv)
I'm into day three of a "no news" Holy Week fast- although I must admit to accidentally clicking on a "Legal insurrection" site and seeing a headline before I backed out 😉 it feels good.
So I'm here ( as I said I would be ask for prayers ( which I'll do in a moment ) and to relate a story about a " God incident" rather than what others might call a "coincidence". There is a lovely lady in her 90's who resides at the nursing home. She comes to the services even though she is RC. They watch the Mass by simulcast in n Sundays but I am there they last Saturday of the month. Saturday was our recognition of Palm Sunday and Holy Week . Her daughter came and sat through part of the service but had to leave . I always begin a service with a time of silence and suggest breath prayers in which they breathe in and out saying a bit of scripture such as "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want"
Continued below . Don't want to activate spam warnings
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2026 05:02 AM (JAyzc)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come
>That was one game for the decade. I have a buddy who's a big Duke supporter. You know we busted his balls until he couldn't take it anymore.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 05:04 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 05:06 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Colin at March 30, 2026 05:06 AM (e8qy3)
Posted by: John Carter of Mars at March 30, 2026 05:08 AM (O7YUW)
Not really a big fan of any sports, but don't hate them either.
But her husband was traveling back from a mission trip yesterday, and it was just an enjoyable time together after church.
And what an ending to the game.
Wow!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 05:09 AM (iMotb)
Anyway the suggestion for Saturday was "Be still and know that I am God" which is from one of the psalms. The woman's daughter said " I want to show you something" and the back of her cell phone was that very saying! It was great!
And now for the prayer request: My son- the horticulture major has an interview at 10:00 . If you could keep him in prayer I would be so grateful. He's a good young man and as kind poster Boswell would tell you and a good employee . Thanks so much! God bless you
Back to a news fast although I am most grateful for what Ace and JJ. And others provide here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2026 05:09 AM (JAyzc)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Intel putting prices up on an item, after the initial price has been announced, and before it hits the market: Well that's fine, you can do that, as long as you're willing to watch a bunch of your customers refuse to purchase at that price.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 30, 2026 05:13 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 30, 2026 05:13 AM (gQ15S)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 05:13 AM (iMotb)
Our unnaturally mild winter is rolling into what appears to be a dry spring. Mother Nature apparently has a trick or two up her sleeve. Suddenly the forecast is for rain and snow all week. All of our fruit trees are budding early. I hope they don’t end up frozen.
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 30, 2026 05:15 AM (xAJnx)
Posted by: Colin at March 30, 2026 05:19 AM (e8qy3)
Sounds like Apple.
People have been asking them to put the charging port on the front of the Magic Mouse since 2009 and they still don't care because it would ruin Johnny Ive's elegant design.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 05:19 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 05:20 AM (Ia/+0)
I had to replace the front door lock the other week and decided to go with a smart lock from Kwikset.
All went well, install was smooth, and the features seem to be well integrated into the app.
But, the advertised '5 month battery life' seems to be about 15 days in real life. And it has lost WiFi connectivity twice now.
Tech support responded with a rout 'Do these things' and closed out the complaint with n o further action on their part.
A second online complaint has been received, and simply setting there with no reply from them for a week now.
So....I'm disappointed and frustrated with that little adventure.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 05:23 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 05:26 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip
>This is the mildest winter I've ever seen. Dry with a light snow pack, which will later mean wildfires. Unless we get tropical storms. Weather machines and contrails, that's the ticket.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 05:26 AM (Fbc0I)
Okay. We're all agreed: It's Monday. But remember:
"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 05:27 AM (Ia/+0)
They've gotten these chips working wonders for productivity apps, beating AMD on the regular. Gaming has much improved to now being on par with the 14900K from three years ago and the new chips are often beating AMD's equivalent non-X3D chips. They are also much less power-hungry than their recent CPUs.
The problem is the chips are on for a dead-end socket so you can't upgrade them in socket on current motherboards.
But this bodes extremely well for Intel's next generation Nova Lake chips that are supposed to come out later this year.
Intel might finally be able to compete, or beat, AMD in productivity & gaming for the first time in years.
2027 should be a very good year for CPUs with AMD's Zen 6 coming out as well.
Terrible year for everything else, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 05:29 AM (6ydKt)
I happened to see a new channel on my online TV guide last night; they were running Charade w/ Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. According to the schedule they wre supposed to be showing the Darren McGavin 1950s Mike Hammer right now, and the Jack Lord series Stoney Burke (!) at five. But the channel is showing a test pattern. Oh, well.
The channel? It's called "Ace"!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:29 AM (wzUl9)
They put the charging port on the bottom of the mouse?
Yeah, it looks sleek, but that's an impracticable place.
We do all sorts of odd things for sexy looks
Posted by: Accomak at March 30, 2026 05:31 AM (wkU1F)
The problem is the chips are on a dead-end socket so you can't upgrade them with next-gen CPUs in socket after current motherboards.
*Yawns*
*drinks more caffeine*
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 05:31 AM (6ydKt)
At least wifi there I found out.
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 05:33 AM (Ia/+0)
All went well, install was smooth, and the features seem to be well integrated into the app.
>Wait, your lock comes with an app? More wireless noise? Amazing. Our brains are being saturated and we're drowning in RFI.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 05:33 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Accomak at March 30, 2026 05:33 AM (wkU1F)
It's a car crash, and a big one. Fortunately I do not have to pay until 5/15.
This morning, too, I have to order my new tires, and then have a video call with the lender in Kansas who's been "pre-approving" me. So, Monday.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)
I can think of A LOT of better things to do with $4000 than an audio cable.
I've never understood that part of audiophilia at all.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 05:36 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 30, 2026 05:38 AM (P7T1m)
After you've secured another company's lock and put that on, I'd package everything back up for the Kwikset smart lock, and return it as "not fit for purpose", with an explanation as well.
You tried, in good faith, to use the company's support. It sucks. You owe them nothing.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 30, 2026 05:39 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 05:40 AM (u82oZ)
Hadrian, I sent the picture of The Big Dummy to my mother. She thinks it's outrageous that he's not allowed to have a beer and a TV in his crate but I explained that dog shows probably had rules about it.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 05:41 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Common Tater
>Hah! For $4K I could use some new industrial grade eardrums. Yeah, that's not coming back.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 05:41 AM (Fbc0I)
Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.
Doing more walking these days. I now have four different widows to walk inside the mall with.
Walking, not stalking.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 05:42 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 30, 2026 05:44 AM (CLXqj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)
They put the charging port on the bottom of the mouse?
Yeah, it looks sleek, but that's an impracticable place.
We do all sorts of odd things for sexy looks
Posted by: Accomak at March 30, 2026 05:31 AM (wkU1F)
It means you can't use the mouse while charging it.
That's the biggest complaint.
Other than that, it's a fine mouse to use if you don't mind the ergonomics of it. The touch feature is the best part as it scrolls by sliding up and down, you can double-tap on it to zoom in, and other mutli-finger gestures work as well.
But Apple refuses to change the port placement.
I figured they'd have come out with a version by now that uses a charging mat to charge it while you're using it, but they haven't done that either.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 05:47 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 05:49 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 05:54 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: m at March 30, 2026 05:57 AM (fNISR)
Sounds like healthy fun.
Enjoy.
To all the lock responses, thank you.
Seems like both quality and customer support has gone completely out the window on so many things.
To be fair, the initial issues from several months ago with the tp-Link Deco X60 mesh wifi have been addressed at a pace and level that absolutely blows me away.
They sent me a Beta version to try that has identified and resolved every issue that I was having with the system. And in a very short amount of time.
I would send an e-mail update in the morning, and usually by evening there would be a response from them. So in that respect, good customer service, and a commitment to resolving the issues.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 05:58 AM (iMotb)
wut
I guess I could go read that.
Posted by: m at March 30, 2026 05:58 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: m at March 30, 2026 06:01 AM (fNISR)
And yet TP-Link has gotten caught up in the ban of all new foreign routers. Pity, they sound like they actually have good customer service! I'm glad they took such good care of you, that's rare these days.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 30, 2026 06:02 AM (O7YUW)
Can you bring Ms. Linda along?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026
***
If she were to come along, I'd have to locate a pet sitter. She loves them both, so she'll have no trouble coming over to visit with them and look after their needs. I'll stock up on food and leave some $$ for emergencies.
I've brought up the topic of moving many times over the years, and most especially since I retired and can actually do it. Silence or "I don't know" are the only responses. And I am pretty sure that "Kansas" will get a look as if I'd waved a dead skunk under her nose.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at March 30, 2026 06:03 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 30, 2026 06:06 AM (FtzQl)
My MiL mailed us a large envelope from Baltimore to our house in South Carolina over 2.5 weeks ago.
Somehow the USPS equipment scanned the address wrong and in the bar code they put on the envelope, they got the zip code wrong.
After 9 trips to and from the same Post Office in Mississippi my MiL called them and fortunately spoke with the Postmaster there who said "As a matter of fact, I have your envelope in my hand right this moment", and was relabeling it correctly to come to our house in Summerville, with a new tracking number and all.
So Saturday I got the e-mail notice that the envelope had been successfully delivered here in Summerville and placed in a PO Box.
We don't have a PO box.
So...off to the Post Office this morning to see what the heck is going on with this thing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 06:07 AM (iMotb)
Rejoinder: Cornbread.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 30, 2026
***
At first glance I read that as "Conelrad."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)
I don't know what the recent news means in regards to updating the firmware, etc.
It sucks, I paid like $200 for this set a little over a year ago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:08 AM (6ydKt)
I saw that.
Oddly enough, the model that I own is manufactured in the US.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 06:08 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)
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He's a helluva detective.
(obscure reference)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 30, 2026 06:08 AM (FtzQl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)
They aren't for everybody.
If you get hand cramps from your mouse a a lot, you definitely don't want a Magic Mouse because they are tiny and force a crab-claw hold on the mouse..
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:10 AM (6ydKt)
So...off to the Post Office this morning to see what the heck is going on with this thing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 06:07 AM (iMotb)
Good luck.
I dread going to the Post Office here as much as the DMV.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:10 AM (6ydKt)
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I like my thumb-operated trackball.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 30, 2026 06:11 AM (FtzQl)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026
***
It was that, a little, and that the mouse did not always scroll the way it should. Possibly the mouse, which is a good twelve years old like the iMac, is fugged up with moisture or dust.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 30, 2026 06:13 AM (tljrc)
Here is a Fleet Spacer's song to go with your toast:
https://youtu.be/nskdpeogRPQ?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 06:13 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:14 AM (wzUl9)
About 20% of the mail I sent in MAY 2023 was not delivered properly. I got a return as undeliverable to a PO Box. This trend continues.
I use bank transfers to ensure prompt payment, not for any savings.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 06:18 AM (u82oZ)
I don't know what the recent news means in regards to updating the firmware, etc. "
Should be no problem. The ban only applies to new routers created/released after the ban date. Existing routers are fine apparently, although it's suspicions about security across the line that allegedly is the reason for the ban.
This doesn't make sense though. Either the line of routers (and the company) is or is not a danger, and if so, there would be a much stronger stance like blocking all imports from that company and encouraging mass replacement of that equipment with another manufacturer's.
So what I think is really going on is this is just pressure to relocate manufacturing facilities overseas into the USA.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 30, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW)
I dread going to the Post Office here as much as the DMV."
Both the main Post Office and the one over by Lowe's Foods, while crowded give us excellent customer service.
The DMV over in Ladson has been outstanding, although understaffed, and over-used.
And the Dorchester County tax offices over on Fifth st. are amazing to work with.
Of course, these experiences are being compared to the same services in Baltimore, so...YMMV.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 06:20 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 30, 2026 06:21 AM (FtzQl)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 05:27 AM (Ia/+0)
It'd beat the rush!
Posted by: m at March 30, 2026 06:22 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: That guy what hates Stephen King at March 30, 2026 06:24 AM (skR0U)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 30, 2026 06:24 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)
They come with the scroll direction set to 'Scroll Up to go Down, Scroll Down to go Up' as default. You have to change it in the mouse settings. I hate that on Mac and Windows so I reverse it to the natural direction.
The sensor on the bottom can get covered up with stuff sometimes, but I blow it out then wipe off the lens, and it usually goes back to normal.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:25 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 30, 2026 06:27 AM (hp5hq)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 30, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW)
I'm sure that's part of it, and I agree that most of this equipment should be made in North America, from a security standpoint at least.
From what I've read they are worried the routers can be turned into botnets and used for hacking attacks, etc.
The routers still work here, and I have no idea about updating it anyhow, as it does everything without me.
The only thing I ever do is reboot it if the signal goes down.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:28 AM (6ydKt)
I use bank transfers to ensure prompt payment, not for any savings.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026
***
If I have trouble with mailing payments, I'll consider switching. So far so good.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 06:20 AM (iMotb)
I just don't like lines.
Goose Creek USPS is always a long line.
Moncks Corner DMV, which I had to go to last time because it's right next to Berkeley County offices, is always crowded and it's bigger than that one in Ladson which was standing room only last time I renewed my DL there.
It's a lot quicker than it used to be before they started giving you a number when you arrive.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:32 AM (6ydKt)
"Ace" channel is running Tarzan -- not the 1960s Ron Ely version, but something much more recent with a blond Tarzan.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)
It's a lot quicker than it used to be before they started giving you a number when you arrive.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026
***
Do you have those quick license/registration offices which can get you in and out in twenty minutes? They cost a few dollars more, but they really do work. Or is that only a Lousy-ana thing?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
I'm fine with that. This should have been done years ago.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 06:36 AM (BpO1e)
I saw an actual freestanding Kiosk in maybe the Nexton Harris-Teeter to do that stuff.
I just remember seeing it and going...'Huh?'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 06:38 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 06:40 AM (iMotb)
"But protestors kept yelling, saying that “nobody wants to hear from him” before chanting “this is what democracy looks like.”
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:40 AM (vFG9F)
"But protestors kept yelling, saying that “nobody wants to hear from him” before chanting “this is what democracy looks like.”
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 06:40 AM (vFG9F)
What a mess.
Posted by: m at March 30, 2026 06:42 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)
Nah, here they divide the windows up by category.
Licenses get a few windows, Paperwork, Registrations, Titles, get a few windows, and other stuff get their windows.
When you walk in you talk to a 'receptionist' who finds out what you're there for and directs you to any forms you need and then gives you a ticket with a letter at the beginning and a number after, so A034 means Driver's License renewal, 34th person in line, for example.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:44 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at March 30, 2026 06:44 AM (fNISR)
Feeling old, remembering when Duke was the plucky underdog taking on the Tarheel juggernaut.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 06:44 AM (NcvvS)
I saw an actual freestanding Kiosk in maybe the Nexton Harris-Teeter to do that stuff.
I just remember seeing it and going...'Huh?'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026
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These are offices in strip malls. Apparently they have access to the same data as the DMV, and can get you in and out in much less time, for a few extra dollars (like $10, I think). They take your picture for the renewed license, give you a quick eye test, all that. The state still gets its money.
If you have to do the driving test, written or road, that's still the DMV.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 30, 2026 06:44 AM (6ydKt)
34th customer to come in today?
Posted by: m at March 30, 2026 06:45 AM (fNISR)
https://scdmvexpress.com
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026
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That's the registration only, though. Maybe the other "express" services will be coming.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 06:46 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 06:46 AM (u82oZ)
True, but hey, it's a start.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 06:48 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Mike Porter at March 30, 2026 06:48 AM (I55Xh)
The Auto Club of Southern California can do anything regarding registration and titles the DMV does. You have to be a member.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 30, 2026 06:49 AM (qFwJc)
Skip the 'Keep Reading' link, and just click on 'Comments' down at the bottom of the thread next to the time.
A known and frustrating issue.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2026 06:51 AM (iMotb)
Click on the red "Comments" that you can see on the front page at the bottom of a post (at the same time that you can see the red "Continue reading"); like here:
Continue reading
Posted by Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM Comments
Posted by: m at March 30, 2026 06:53 AM (fNISR)
"Tolkien Reading Day 6"
Frodo and Sam have just escaped the Tower of Cirith Ungol.
They must now travel across the Plateau of Gorgoroth and make their way up the slopes of Mt. Doom...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2026 06:55 AM (ESVrU)
They must now travel across the Plateau of Gorgoroth and make their way up the slopes of Mt. Doom...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 30, 2026
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It's been a LONG time since I read the original. They leave the Shire not long after Frodo/Bilbo's birthday, Sept. 22, and arrive at Mt. Doom in late March? The main action encompasses about six months?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)
They spend a couple of months in Rivendell and a month in Lothlorien.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2026 07:03 AM (NcvvS)
Next week (4/06 & 4/07), I'll be producing an album in Nashville with this guy https://tinyurl.com/4b3rhcpv
It's a short clip, made with a cell phone, live at Lucky Bastard Saloon on Broadway so you know, not the best quality. He's settled on 12 of his originals for the album. It's gonna' be fun
Posted by: Swamp Rabbit at March 30, 2026 07:06 AM (DDJSl)
Whatever was being prepared is about to launch.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 07:07 AM (ZPDpH)
Either a beatdown of all 31 Mosaic Defense control sites, or all electrical power to Iran.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 30, 2026 07:13 AM (2Ez/1)
"All hail the king, we all bow in the presence of the king.".
Apparently if you make fun of that you will get sued:
"Lion King' composer sues comedian for $27M over 'Circle of Life' joke"
Now I have never seen that movie or even know what it's about, but how does the Circle of Life square with No Kings? It's all very confusing.
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2026 07:18 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd
What I am hoping is that the judge looks at the Plaintiff's attorney and says something like "You and your client have fifteen seconds to get out of my courtroom before my bailiff beats the hell out of you for wasting my time."
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 07:19 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)
Amazing that so many targets have been hit, but those haven’t been on the top of the list yet. Most in the west have grossly underestimated the size of the military complex Iran has been building (but I don’t think our military did, hence the 6 week between the massacres and the first strikes)
My guess is that first step will be to seize the small islands in the Straits. I think the talk about Kharg has been misdirection; but we shall see.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 07:21 AM (ZPDpH)
They literally can't win without cheating.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2026 07:22 AM (5hs8R)
Now apply this nationwide.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Bailiff induced beatings for wasting a court's time? I can accept that.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 30, 2026 07:22 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 30, 2026 07:29 AM (2NHgQ)
So the Monster Cables ($100 plus) back in the 90's were a deal?
heh
Posted by: man at March 30, 2026 07:34 AM (XuXeR)
JJS is here
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 30, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Noodalator at March 30, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)
So the Monster Cables ($100 plus) back in the 90's were a deal?
heh
Posted by: man
>The only reason to pay more for cables is in their construction and durability. There's not much difference in the way they convey sound, frequency and electrons, unless you bought the cheapest, loosest shit you could find.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 07:41 AM (Fbc0I)
Sunday Overnight Open Thread - March 29, 2026 [Doof]
The Alaska Highway (from @Globe32048 on X)
Food Thread B-roll Footage From the "I suffered through it, now you must do so" category
Everyone is making hot dog like this, after save this genius idea. pic.twitter.com/yXaXZDFAt2
— Kitchen Bites 🍳 (@KitchenBites_) March 27, 2026
A bill in Florida made some noise recently—well, more than usual legislative noise, honestly—before it quietly stalled out in the Senate. It got people asking a surprisingly common question: can you legally marry your first cousin in Florida? The short answer, at least for now, is yes… but the longer answer drifts a bit. The proposal, known as HB 733, was introduced by Anne Gerwig back in December. On paper, it wasn’t really about cousins at all—at least not primarily. It focused on healthcare changes, workforce adjustments, Department of Health stuff… the kind of policy that rarely trends. But tucked inside, almost like an afterthought, was a provision that would make it illegal to marry your first cousin. *** Oddly enough, the bill itself passed through the Senate without opposition. No drama there. But once it bounced back to the House, it lost momentum and died. So as things stand, yes, you can still legally marry your first cousin in Florida. That hasn’t changed.
Believe it or not, there are currently SEVENTEEN states where first cousins can legally marry. Marrying your first cousin is still legal in US state after law banning family union fails to pass
When he said "2 hours", I thought "No dang way!"
— J∅kër Kîng 👑 (@j0ker937) March 25, 2026
I stand corrected.
Clean craftsmanship, too. pic.twitter.com/HhilivDWgZ
Designed by her lifelong collaborator and dear friend Hubert de Givenchy, the costumes in Charade mark a perfect bridge between Old Hollywood glamour and the clean, sophisticated style of the early 1960s. No over-the-top ball gowns here, just impeccable tailoring, rich autumnal colors, structured coats, and simple yet stunning dresses that highlight Audrey’s signature gamine silhouette. The result? A wardrobe that feels utterly wearable today.
The Red Coat Ensemble: Playful Parisian Perfection
One of the most memorable looks is Audrey’s vibrant red wool coat paired with a crisp white pillbox hat and white gloves. Whether she’s strolling along the Seine eating an ice cream cone with Cary Grant or navigating the streets of Paris, this outfit radiates joyful elegance. The coat’s clean lines and bold color make it pop, while the accessories add polish.
The Marigold Coat: Bold & Structured
Givenchy’s marigold wool single-breasted knee-length coat is another standout. Featuring three-quarter sleeves and distinctive black domed buttons, this piece brings sunny energy. Audrey wears it with confidence—hands in pockets or paired with a sleek black bag—showing how a strong color and sharp tailoring can create instant impact. This look is my absolute favorite.
The Beige/Cream Coat & Dress: Understated Sophistication
For quieter, more introspective moments, Audrey slips into a soft cream single-breasted coat (rumored to be one she kept in her personal wardrobe). Often layered over a matching dress with a contrasting black belt or funnel neck detail, it embodies quiet luxury. The high-buttoned jackets and pencil skirts in Givenchy’s designs for the film masked the collarbone (a preference of Audrey’s) while accentuating her tiny waist. Simple, elegant, and endlessly chic.
The Little Black Dress and other looks
Even in a film full of daywear, Audrey delivers evening sophistication in a sleek black Givenchy cocktail dress. Fitted yet restrained, it’s paired with dramatic eye makeup. Beyond the LBD, she rocks several tailored skirt suits and shift dresses in tones like deep navy blue, cream, and black.
Accessories That Elevate Everything
No Audrey wardrobe is complete without the perfect finishing touches:
• Hats: From classic white pillboxes to leopard-print versions and headscarves.
• Gloves: Crisp white or sleek black, always adding polish.
• Shoes: Simple black kitten-heel pumps for day (with pointy blue evening slippers for night).
• Extras: Oversized sunglasses, a chic black handbag, and dramatic winged eyeliner with nude lips. Why Charade’s Wardrobe Still Inspires Us
What makes this collection so special is its modernity. Givenchy drew from his Autumn/Winter 1962 collections, delivering tapered silhouettes, frock coats, and tailored suits that feel fresh even now. Audrey’s character, Reggie Lampert, is navigating murder, hidden treasure, and romance—and she does it all looking impossibly put-together. Many of these pieces—especially the coats—have become cultural touchstones, referenced by designers and vintage lovers alike. If you’re looking to channel Audrey in Charade for your own wardrobe, start with a bold-colored coat, a tailored sheath dress, or a classic LBD with statement accessories. Add a pillbox hat or white gloves for that extra Old Hollywood-meets-60s flair. ----- Thanks, Piper! Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.
from thisdayinmusic.com 1943 - Chad Allan who was the founding member and original lead singer of the Canadian rock band Guess Who
1945 - Songwriter, vocalist, drummer and keyboard player Speedy Keen, from Thunderclap Newman
1959 - American singer-songwriter and musician Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction
Tonight's ONT brought to you by coveted retro audio equipment
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - on the dot at March 29, 2026 10:01 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 29, 2026 10:01 PM (sAmhv)
Hello All!
Posted by: four seasons at March 29, 2026 10:01 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 29, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:02 PM (8DR9B)
Posted by: Cock of the Walk at March 29, 2026 10:03 PM (kVAAW)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 10:03 PM (GD7iS)
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 29, 2026 10:04 PM (cO6oP)
Posted by: four seasons at March 29, 2026 10:04 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 10:03 PM (GD7iS)
Gimme a break!
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:04 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:04 PM (OoFl2)
So yeah, we're cousins in some fashion. Keeping it in the family.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 29, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
We're on the road to paradise, here we go, here we go
Posted by: gKWVE at March 29, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE)
Advantage: Friendship Highway
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:05 PM (8DR9B)
Posted by: caf at March 29, 2026 10:05 PM (qS/Xm)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 10:05 PM (GD7iS)
Posted by: Cock of the Walk at March 29, 2026 10:05 PM (kVAAW)
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:06 PM (OoFl2)
We're on the road to paradise, here we go, here we go
We're on the Road to Nowhere. Come on inside.
Posted by: David Byrne at March 29, 2026 10:06 PM (8DR9B)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 29, 2026 10:06 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29
She was very tiny.
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:07 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 29, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: four seasons at March 29, 2026 10:08 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
That Minnesota isn't on it, so this is the second ONT in a week or so that proves we aren't all completely insane?
.....
For anyone wondering about the North Carolina exception, "double cousins" happen when your parents' siblings also marry. If your dad's brother marries your mom's sister, or some other combination.
Then their kids are "your dad's brother's kid" and also "your mom's sister's kid," so they're cousins along two paths. Double cousins.
I know this because my Dad has some double cousins, so I have double-cousins-once-removed.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
We are not animals!!
Posted by: Tonypete at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Iris at March 29, 2026 10:10 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 10:10 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: davidt at March 29, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Cock of the Walk at March 29, 2026 10:11 PM (kVAAW)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 29, 2026 10:06 PM (7D3Aa)
Acceptable. I personally like to add a few extra things - sometimes all the way up to the Chicago dog ("drag it through the garden").
But the abomination concocted in that video is simply rage-bait!
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Hot Dogs at March 29, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir savages modern Star Trek after they rejected his pitch:
“I pitched a Star Trek show to Paramount and I was in Zoom with the showrunners with all the shows and spent a lot of time talking to [executive producer Alex Kurtzman]. I don’t like a lot of the new Trek. He, as a person, is a really nice guy. But at the same time, those shows are shit. He is a nice guy. But they didn’t accept my pitch so, you know, fuck ’em.”
. . . .
Yeah, I saw a … I forgot who it was — I wish I could remember who it was who said it, some analyst — he said something like: ‘All modern science fiction TV shows and movies have been heavily influenced by the original Star Trek — except for the current batch of Star Trek shows.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tankdemon
tankdemon awards them no points, and may G-d have mercy on their soul.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (ZxPkt)
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I'll just note, for the record, West Virginia is NOT on that list.
Fucking heathens.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Toddlers. The only acceptable people group to do so!
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: davidt at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:13 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 10:13 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 10:13 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (7D3Aa)
After my reply to you at #35, this comment makes me giggle!
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
Sure they are.
And I thought the Macaroni Fries on the Food Thread was bizarre!
The hot dog is such a simple thing. Cook wieners. Optionally, toast bun. Complicate with relish or cheese or chili. Eat.
Posted by: mindful webworker - connie o'suer at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (jrd4M)
Great photo up top. Driving that road would be the adventure of a lifetime.
Thanks to Piper for the Audrey Hepburn fashion review!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:13 PM (JkO4W)
We aim to please here at Doof’s Sort Of Okay Emporium, LLC!
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:02 PM (8DR9B)
I prefer curvy myself. But Audrey's an exception to the rule for me. Occasionally, a thin chick just has it. She did. A more recent example would be Natascha McElhone, circa Ronin.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 29, 2026 10:15 PM (82lx3)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 29, 2026 10:15 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:15 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (0Htd1)
"Boiled hot dog bun" will be used again here at the HQ in some fashion. If I wasn't so attached to my nic, I'd strongly consider changing it to Boiled Hot Dog Bun!
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)
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56m
NEWS 🚨: Astronomers say the surge of large fireball events worldwide recently "warrants serious investigation"'
About a dozen of the biggest are all coming from the same place in space.
Klendathu?
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 10:16 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:16 PM (OoFl2)
Two takeaways:
1) Anne Baxter had a fantastic rack
2) Metallica's Creeping Death is basically accurate
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 29, 2026 10:16 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: huerfano at March 29, 2026 10:17 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:17 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Kent Brockman at March 29, 2026 10:18 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: LRob in OK
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Between the overly accessorized hot dogs, and the too-deep pizza, and whatever JEF might be sampling, Chicago has some odd cooking.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 29, 2026 10:18 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (OoFl2)
I think you can have your own shell company now. All you need is a whelming name. What ya got?
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 10:18 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:06 PM (OoFl2)
What if he added Kale ?
Posted by: browndog says woof at March 29, 2026 10:19 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Ketchup, mayo, and relish. Maybe a slice of tomato, but no lettuce or cheese.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)
Based upon the pics I would say Cary Grant is about 5' 2".
I did not know that.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 10:19 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 29, 2026 10:19 PM (ZVgZ4)
Thanks Piper.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 29, 2026 10:19 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 29, 2026 10:19 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)
New meaning to the "snap" of a hot dog, huh?
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (ZVgZ4)
Considering he liked puffy shirts....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
NEWS 🚨: Astronomers say the surge of large fireball events worldwide recently "warrants serious investigation"'
Climate change. Obviously.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 10:20 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:20 PM (0Htd1)
How long do the gloves stay white while she's eating ice cream? HOW LONG???
Also, why does she have a macaroon stuck to the side of the ice cream?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 10:20 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Iris at March 29, 2026 10:10 PM (bOJ2I)
The video has 4.6 million views so they're gettin' paid!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2026 10:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: davidt at March 29, 2026 10:21 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Let us all praise NYS ...
Posted by: F.D.R. at March 29, 2026 10:21 PM (3sXRv)
69 We aim to please here at Doof’s Sort Of Okay Emporium, LLC!
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (OoFl2)
I think you can have your own shell company now. All you need is a whelming name. What ya got?
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:18
Pipers Questionably Chic Boutique, LLC?
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:22 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Iris at March 29, 2026 10:10 PM (bOJ2I)
The video has 4.6 million views so they're gettin' paid!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2026 10:21 PM (ExV1e)
Rage Bait works ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at March 29, 2026 10:22 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Zombie Jerry Lee Lewis at March 29, 2026 10:22 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (7D3Aa)
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Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:20 PM (0Htd1)
Share parents = Siblings.
Share grandparents = Cousins.
Share great grandparents = Second cousins.
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)
This is the first time I can remember ever being hapoy that tomorrow is a Monday. 2,000 miles in the Ram 3500 dually, 6.7L turbo diesel since last Thursday. Yesterday (i think) i tried hyper mile-ing it crusing at 55 across Texas. 18.1mpg. Today leaving DFW towards Shittle Rock on I-30, speed limit is 75, to keep from being run down i cruised at 75. 18.1mpg. It doesn't freaking care, 1200rpm, or 2,000 rpm, 18.1mpg. It's a very comfy ride too, i'd be sore and achey from the charger after those miles, but the 3500 no issues at all.
Thank God tomorrow is Monday as I get back home tomorrow. Looking forward to some down time.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 29, 2026 10:23 PM (aclF1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2026 10:23 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 10:23 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:06 PM (OoFl2)
What if he added Kale ?
Posted by: browndog says woof at March 29,
Only if I could pick off the kale and it only that.
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:23 PM (OoFl2)
The video has 4.6 million views so they're gettin' paid!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Where does the money come from?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (Cqx++)
Motivates me to replace mine now.
It's outdated and has a place to install (optional) main disconnect which is no longer available. The actual main panel is outside on the opposite corner of the house and is kind of a PITA to deal with.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (84SEz)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (2NHgQ)
—DON K. PRICE, The Scientific Estate (1965)
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Posted by: Men Can Get Pregnant!!! at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (4QJOq)
Virginia has cousin marriage, but not WEST Virginia? Yeah, I'm surprised.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (84SEz)
Nope. What did I miss??
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (Cqx++)
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Yoo hoo! Hello there sailor!
Posted by: Blue Chew Ads at March 29, 2026 10:25 PM (JkO4W)
I don't think I could pull it off as well as she did.
She was kinda cute.
😏
Posted by: mindful webworker - master of understatement at March 29, 2026 10:25 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 29, 2026 10:25 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 10:26 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:26 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (Cqx++)
The account had a blue checkmark so, presumably, they got paid by X for having a buncha views. I don't twitter so I'm not sure about the details.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2026 10:27 PM (ExV1e)
Motivates me to replace mine now.
It's outdated and has a place to install (optional) main disconnect which is no longer available. The actual main panel is outside on the opposite corner of the house and is kind of a PITA to deal with.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Aside from the BAAAAHHHHSTIN accent, it was awesome.
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: davidt at March 29, 2026 10:21 PM
My brother thinks staying in a Roadway Inn instead of a Marriott is roughing it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 10:27 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 10:28 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)
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You must be having some sort of psychotic break.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2026 10:28 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: tankdemon
That's just what the person who pulled off the big Kit Kat heist would say!
Posted by: mindful webworker - the effective detective at March 29, 2026 10:28 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 29, 2026 10:29 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: runner at March 29, 2026 10:30 PM (GD0B3)
So yeah, we're cousins in some fashion. Keeping it in the family.
Posted by: Tonypete
Statistically, everyone on earth is probably your 100th cousin at the absolute furthest, just because there weren't that many people back then.
If you're not first cousins, then your grandparents are 4 different people. Not second cousins, then your great-grandparents are 8 different people. And it doubles every generation back.
That doesn't mean you can't be 28th cousins, just because there weren't 2 billion people alive 30 generations ago. But it means if you are further apart than that, each of you is inbred several times over already, since your own ancestors had to have interbred.
Since travel was amazingly limited for most of human history, anyone socially similar is probably much much closer than 100th. So if you're an Average White Dude, you're probably marrying your 10th-15th cousin if you marry an Average White Girl. And you're not getting near 100th unless you're marrying a Samoan or an African pygmy or someone from some other genetic cul-de-sac.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to become diabetic.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2026 10:30 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: davidt at March 29, 2026 10:21 PM (Q+gd/)
* * * *
They were all working on their campfire badges.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 29, 2026 10:30 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)
I'm a very particular eater, what can I say. Part poor, part country, part depression-era grandparents.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Which explains the Democrat majorities.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Large islamist population in NoVA.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 29, 2026 10:31 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (2NHgQ)
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Can't be Real if it's in Rhode Island.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 10:32 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Don Black
It was revolting before they even got to the blender.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (ZVgZ4)
proving that no one is better than he at Hide-and-Seek
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
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Even with all other things being stable, one fundamental difference in worldviews between two large segments of a society is enough to shatter it.
But, with the size and diversity of America, our fundamental differences travel along every fault line in society... economic, cultural, geographic, religious, racial, linguistic, and so on - everything here is in conflict, and no longer the healthy kind.
And unlike the only other similarly gigantic and diverse country, we have no tradition of ruthless autocracy to keep all those wild horses in the same harness.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2026 10:33 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 29, 2026 10:35 PM (XMwZJ)
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Probably some of that's due to the proliferation of home security cameras, and other "benign" surveillance systems.
Or aliens.
Honestly... as the solar system moves through space and the planets do their thing, stuff gets moved about. Might even explain climate changes.
Or bigfoot.
Or aliens.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 10:35 PM (AkEZC)
If you just stop the hot dogs after the blender part, you could just drink through a straw.
My friends brought over some of their daughter's birthday cake. Excellent.
I just saw 1978's 'Halloween' which was pretty good. 9 out of 10. It introduced some Jaime Lee Curtis chick who was moderately hot. One more horror movie before bed. Hopefully psychologically devastating. I have a list....
Everyone have a happy week. The dog's healing nicely.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 10:36 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Joemarine at March 29, 2026 10:36 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
Finding My Way with Annika, live at the Junos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVw-4L59Tw0
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:36 PM (84SEz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:36 PM (RIvkX)
I posted an AMS report on this the other night. Here it is again:
https://is.gd/zvt5U5
What's going on is a bit complicated. Q1 of 2026 was at the top of the fireball event count. A couple other years have seen similar counts. What's different about this is the number of large fireball events, seen by many people and with sonic booms.
The seem to be coming from the antihelion point and from high declinations. The latter would be from debris in high inclined orbits (relative to the ecliptic).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 29, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 29, 2026 10:37 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Share parents = Siblings.
Share grandparents = Cousins.
Share great grandparents = Second cousins.
Posted by: Doof
And if you add a generation on only one side of the family tree, that's where you get the "cousin, X times removed."
If you an I are first cousins, then your kids and I are first cousins once removed. Your grandkids and I are first cousins twice removed. etc.
Same if we're second cousins; then your kids and I are second cousins once removed. etc.
Double cousins I explained back at #27; if "your mom's sister's kid" and "your dad's brother's kid" are the same kid, because your parents' siblings married, then that kid is your double cousin.
Half-cousins come from half-siblings; your mom's half-sister's kid is your half-cousin.
So it's possible, if pairs of half-siblings marry, to have a "double half cousin."
Posted by: mikeski tunes up his banjo at March 29, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)
The Democrats going on about married women losing the franchise to the Save Act hardest hit?
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:38 PM (84SEz)
Posted by: Willie Nelson at March 29, 2026 10:39 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (0Htd1)
A lot of traditional Spanish cooking seems to be based around using stale bread sopped with water or broth for a thickener. However that recipe was nasty.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 10:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ZPDpH)
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I read that they had to eat tulip bulbs due to starvation.
Love her. I could never be as tiny as her even if I ate only tulip bulbs. I'm 5'8"
Thanks, Piper. She's lovely and could wear anything. Loved the tailoring. I want long gloves now.
Thanks, Doof, for These Eyes by The Guess Who. One of two songs by them I liked.
Y'all try to behave. I am still being really good and going to bed early.
All the trees are blooming now and it's a beautiful but muted spring to go from lack of snow to skipping spring to warm. Weird. Getting some rain this week or a lot of my decades old daffodils are kaput for some reason (maybe the gradual build up to warm weather vs hello! Who needs spring?). Or the peach daffodils are not as hardy and I will replace them
Introduced our newest grandgirl to cherry blossoms yesterday and she enjoyed it. Didn't try to eat them like her sister, so she may be smarter. They are both lovely girls.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 29, 2026 10:40 PM (WONhk)
Share grandparents = Cousins.
Share great grandparents = Second cousins.
Posted by: Doof
I think it's first cousins once removed
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 10:40 PM (znREB)
And if you are a grand-child and your cousin is a great-grand-child, then you are First Cousins Once Removed
Posted by: Chuck C at March 29, 2026 10:40 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
Finding My Way with Annika, live at the Junos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVw-4L59Tw0
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:36 PM (84SEz)
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
Good way to not be compared to Peart -- play a song from the first album!
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Chuck C at March 29, 2026 10:40 PM (D0HYP)
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Who even knows this shit?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:41 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: runner at March 29, 2026 10:42 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:20 PM (0Htd1)
First cousin twice removed?
One of the ONT Cobs posted a cousins tree a few weeks ago.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 29, 2026 10:42 PM (y171U)
Posted by: it's like I don't know you people at March 29, 2026 10:42 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Ripley at March 29, 2026 10:43 PM (PTDkx)
Agreed. And Ged's voice coaching definitely helped too, that's the best he's sounded since R30 in 2004.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:43 PM (84SEz)
Posted by: mikeski tunes up his banjo at March 29, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov
Too much screen time.
I read that as doable half cousin.
I guess you could have both.
It'd be fun to use that ancestry website on people in muslim countries. The inter-twining would be fascinating.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 10:43 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
My sister worked at a gas station store that had those. There were people who would come in just before closing because they liked hot dogs that had been cooked to the point of being leathery.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:44 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Stateless
If your family tree looks like a DNA helix, your DNA probably doesn't.
Posted by: mikeski spins right round at March 29, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Maybe they can make it into the new Oak Island.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2026 10:45 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 29, 2026 10:45 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Van down by the river at March 29, 2026 10:45 PM (uJCIG)
Posted by: runner at March 29, 2026 10:45 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I think that's thousand island dressing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)
Or, Cane's.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)
Their so-called deep dish pizza is pure marketing rip off garbage.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 29, 2026 10:48 PM (0Htd1)
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It was those damn Beatles!
Posted by: Sam the Sham at March 29, 2026 10:48 PM (JkO4W)
****
Or bun. Eat it right off the roasting fork.
Posted by: clarence at March 29, 2026 10:48 PM (bbCED)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 10:49 PM (GD7iS)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 10:44 PM (RIvkX)"
Even with the Drouin Collection, it gets messy.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 29, 2026 10:49 PM (/HDaX)
About a dozen of the biggest are all coming from the same place in space.
Klendathu?
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 10:16 PM (ZxPkt)
Quick, we must consult with Hans Zarkov!
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 10:49 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: clarence at March 29, 2026 10:48 PM (bbCED)
Ooh, how hoity-toity! We just picked up sticks from the ground.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:49 PM (1Ff7Z)
Though in my case the cousins I've met are basically Cro-Magnons. I mean, useful when fighting a clan of Neandertals but not much use in 2026.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 29, 2026 10:49 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: mikeski spins right round at March 29, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov
Lol. Thank you. That was funny.
Related to this topic, for anyone interested who haven't seen it, there's an episode of X-Files, now on PlutoTV, called 'Home'. It was great!
Fox only aired it once. Not for the squeamish....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 10:50 PM (Sco7b)
Agreed. And Ged's voice coaching definitely helped too, that's the best he's sounded since R30 in 2004.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:43 PM (84SEz)
Her tom fills were very Neil-ish. She's very talented. Looking forward to seeing stuff like 2112 and YYZ -- they HAVE to play those!!
I'm very curious as to how much of the heavy prog stuff they'll play and other stuff with weird time signatures. By Tor, Cygnus, Natural Science, Xanadu.
Hard to believe this is actually happening.
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:50 PM (QMAsf)
****
Or bun. Eat it right off the roasting fork.
Posted by: clarence at March 29, 2026 10:48 PM (bbCED)
Roasting fork? You didn't just whittle a stick into a skewer?
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 10:51 PM (GD7iS)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 29, 2026 10:51 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 10:49 PM (GD7iS)
I get paid the same regardless of the number of comments my threads get!
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)
Hosanna - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970 album version)
https://youtu.be/wsKLXFlhk7s
For all its many faults, Jesus Christ Superstar had some great bits. Of course, it had the best source material.
I’ve always thought, the great thing about Jesus saying the stones themselves would cry out (Luke 19:40) is, he wasn’t just speaking metaphorically. It was one of the most powerful moments in history. However superficial and fickle the mobs turned out to be later.
❤️✝️
Fun trivia: I was DJ'ing at WBeloitCollegeRadio (mighty 5 watts at 88.1FM, could be heard in Rockford when the wind was right) when the station manager handed me the original boxed Jesus Christ Superstar album, complete with all the background promo on the performers and writers and production. We had West Coast connections in those days. I was, I'd bet, the first to play the album on Midwest radio. FWIW.
Wish I'd kept the promo package, but we respected the station library in those great days. I loved thumbing through the record collection - it had everything, all genres. A few years later, the station had been taken over and the library ransacked by snot-nosed vermin youngsters.
Siiiigh.
Posted by: mindful webworker - if your TV dial (!) was tuned just right, you could pick us up on channel 6 at March 29, 2026 10:54 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)
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Laugh, sure, but I hear the dental plan is outstanding.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:55 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: huerfano at March 29, 2026 10:17 PM (98kQX)
Wasn't he a circus acrobat at one point?
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 10:55 PM (GD7iS)
Posted by: Clemente Bruno at March 29, 2026 10:55 PM (oftw2)
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So a diet of onions after all the onions run out?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:56 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 10:55 PM (GD7iS)
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Liberace said he might as well be one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:57 PM (JkO4W)
Most common reply - “Obviously.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 10:59 PM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: Bulg at March 29, 2026 10:59 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: All Ladies Clothes Half-Off at March 29, 2026 11:00 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2026 10:24 PM (Riz8t)
Cousin marriage is often a mechanism to avoid breaking up estates, or losing land through out-marriage dowries and inheritance. Virginia had the large, landed estate class which sought to maintain their lands and fortunes, and West Virginia generally were small holders who either had little to nothing, or might improve by marriage.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)
Siiiigh.
Posted by: mindful webworker - if your TV dial (!) was tuned just right, you could pick us up on channel 6 at March 29, 2026 10:54 PM (jrd4M)
Loved that album, mindful! Played it til I memorized it, Weber and Rices best work.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 11:03 PM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: In A Roundabout Way at March 29, 2026 11:03 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: tankdemon
That's just what the person who pulled off the big Kit Kat heist would say!
Posted by: mindful webworker - the effective detective at March 29, 2026 10:28 PM (jrd4M)
Shhhhh!!!!
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 11:03 PM (GD7iS)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 29, 2026 10:30 PM (vrNzf)
When all else fails, make sure you include a road flare in your firemaking kit.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 11:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 11:05 PM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (ZxPkt)
We're supposed to bring appetizers to wife's family's Easter dinner (~30+ people). She was wondering what to bring......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 29, 2026 11:06 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Bulg at March 29, 2026 11:06 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 29, 2026 11:06 PM (82lx3)
Most common reply - “Obviously.”
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marrying your first cousin did wonders for ishlam !
Posted by: runner at March 29, 2026 11:07 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bulg
On the other six-fingered hand, Iceland is really big on bringing in outsiders for genetic diversity. Not just to have a slave underclass like all the other muslim-importers in Europe.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
Hotdog one minute in the microwave
Bun 10 seconds in the microwave
Mustard , Mayo , onion , sweet relish in the bun:
Add Hotdog.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 29, 2026 11:10 PM (V4IXI)
"Everybody's so creative!"
Gag.
Howdy, horde!
Love the Audrey Hepburn style content, Piper! Thanks.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: I Found My Perfect Match, Though at March 29, 2026 11:11 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
And the world's family tree necked down to a single pair again with Noah's family, when everyone else but him and his wife and kids got drowneded.
I guess G-d planned it that way, so the genetics worked out better back then than they do now.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 11:12 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 29, 2026 11:06 PM (QGaXH)
Riga Gold Brislings in tomato sauce, mashed and spread on rusks.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 11:12 PM (rbvCR)
Oh, and about the First Cousin matrimony listing of states. You knew Georgia was on there. They still had Common Law Marriage up to 1997. And, there's proof that West Virginia gets a bad rap.
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 11:12 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 11:12 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 29, 2026 11:16 PM (V4IXI)
https://tinyurl.com/kudtdad2
The RAF and USAAF dropped 10,000 tons of food for the starving Dutch.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 11:17 PM (2GVsD)
Thanks, Doof. Anyhow, I wouldn't ever date someone who had the same last name as me. Creepy.
Posted by: nerdygirl
I know a man and a woman with the same last name who got married. To top it off, his name is Patrick and hers was Patricia.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 11:18 PM (Cqx++)
And the world's family tree necked down to a single pair again with Noah's family, when everyone else but him and his wife and kids got drowneded.
I guess G-d planned it that way, so the genetics worked out better back then than they do now.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 11:12 PM (VHUov)
Not just humans, but all the animals saved by the Arc. The whole world is just one inbred lion chasing a half a tard zebra while twitchy human takes a picture.
I think maybe the Space Aliens are here for entertainment purposes.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 29, 2026 11:19 PM (w/O5Q)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndDKhJkMuYw
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 11:19 PM (snZF9)
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Not since the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt.
Maybe the Assyrians.
Fucking Assyrians.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 11:19 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The men in vestments called in a man with a vested interest, hoping that the man in the grave wasn't buried in a vest. The people keeping tabs are hoping he was buried in a tabard.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 29, 2026 11:20 PM (S/Y4j)
☛Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb ring… actually a spinthariscope containing radioactive Polonium-210…
(X - h/t Blazingcatfur)
https://bit.ly/4cid9Pl
☛The single most Texan human being
(X vid 2:38 - h/t IOTWreport)
https://bit.ly/4diwguz
☛I started a towel war at a hotel
(vid 1:17 h/t IOTWreport)
youtu.be/8GR5vitGJk8
ICYMI, latest silly Mindful Webwork illustration
☛What Are We Protesting?
https://bit.ly/no-kinks
Posted by: mindful webworker - like and subscribe at March 29, 2026 11:21 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Case
It kept the warring to a minimum. If the Earl of Sandwich sent a daughter to the Count of Hotdog to marry one of his sons every couple generations, the Count wouldn't start eyeing the Earl's lands.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)
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Laugh, sure, but I hear the dental plan is outstanding.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 10:55 PM (JkO4W)
Is it string and a doorknob, or has it been upgraded to use fishing line?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 29, 2026 11:22 PM (S/Y4j)
"Everybody's so creative!"
Gag.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)
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Generation Z is a hoot. They seem to be a generation that wants to stand out as unique and contributory...so they make crap like those hotdog patties. Almost weekly you can find some "new" thing that they come up with, which is just re-branding of something invented decades ago (tents was my favorite so far). Their food recipes are voluminous and usually fail in that they aren't interested in the food. They focus on appearance and process. No substance...no quality. Just gimmicks.
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 11:25 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 29, 2026 11:25 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Cicero
Is that still true since Nevergiveup abandoned the ship?
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ike the barber and discount dentristy at March 29, 2026 11:26 PM (jrd4M)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndDKhJkMuYw
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 11:19 PM (snZF9)
Ian posted that upthread a little while ago. Agreed - they chose well!
I dialed up La Villa Strangiato a little while ago. Very much hoping that makes into their live set this year.
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 11:27 PM (QMAsf)
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Not since the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt.
Maybe the Assyrians.
Fucking Assyrians.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 11:19 PM (JkO4W)
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To this day (around the Nubian Penninsula of Egypt) the consanguinity ratio (that's second cousins or closer) is just north of 80%.
I'd like to see someone gain some marbles and present a bill to parliament in the UK disallowing marriages of first cousins just to see heads explode. Their birth defects rate went up significantly over the last two decades. It's not hard to guess why.
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 11:30 PM (dIske)
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1h
James Webb officially detected a molecule called dimethyl sulfide on an alien world.
This molecule is produced exclusively by marine life on Earth.
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)
I love the at band, saw them in concert many times. Also Porno for Pyros, aka Jane’s Addiction Dos..
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 11:31 PM (uDDWT)
Posted by: Bulg at March 29, 2026 11:32 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 29, 2026 11:33 PM (3ek7K)
This molecule is produced exclusively by marine life on Earth.
Hasn't it been found in comets as well? If so there is some non biological means it can be proceeded.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2026 11:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
Well, there were those folks in the Land of Nod that Cain married into…🫨 (Gen 4:16-17)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ike the barber and discount dentristy at March 29, 2026 11:33 PM (jrd4M)
But with about 50 planets each 65%-conclusive, those odds are high that at least one has life.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 29, 2026 11:35 PM (gKWVE)
I think maybe the Space Aliens are here for entertainment purposes.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 29, 2026 11:19 PM (w/O5Q)
You're the retarded offspring of five monkeys having butt sex with a fish-squirrel! Congratulations!
Posted by: Biology with Mr. Garrison at March 29, 2026 11:35 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: BifBewalski
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You aren't depending on the lie-o-meter reading on the overhead, are you?
On mine, it's the eternal optimist, showing 1.5-3 mpg better than I calculate using pump readings and odometer mileage.
On my 6.7, chipped & deleted, long bed 3500 4 door SRW, empty bed, keeping it 1200-1400 rpm, I get 18.5-19.5 mpg. Everything else lowers it, all the way down to 13 when I'm hauling the small travel.trailer at 70-75 mph.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 29, 2026 11:35 PM (rJ+qD)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 11:37 PM (pvf3X)
We have a launch in the morning.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Transporter 16
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 30, 2025
Launch Time: 4:02 a.m. PDT (1102 UTC, 13:02 CEST)
https://youtu.be/dreQumHRroA
Posted by: Joyenz at March 29, 2026 11:38 PM (2F0/Y)
The Neanderthals and the Denisovans had Eurasia all to themselves for six hundred thousand years and did nothing with it. They even had their own warm Holocene in the "Eemian" 120000 years ago.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 29, 2026 11:38 PM (gKWVE)
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1h
PRESIDENT TRUMP: "We're doing extremely well in that negotiation, but you never know with Iran because we negotiate with them, and then we always have to blow them up."
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 11:39 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Case
Decades of perverts, paving the way for us!
Posted by: AI sexbots at March 29, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)
In 2014, an Indian man named Udesh Mahto, who treated his pet monkey Ramu like an adopted son, hosted a wedding for his two monkeys (Ramu and Ramdulari) in Bihar, with guests celebrating the union.
__________________________________
I wonder where they were registered for gifts.
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 11:41 PM (dIske)
I'm looking forward to some of the newer space telescope/instruments that are supposed to be launched in the next few years. They'll be able to get a lot more details about exoplanet atmospheres and all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 29, 2026 11:41 PM (w6EFb)
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1h
James Webb officially detected a molecule called dimethyl sulfide on an alien world.
This molecule is produced exclusively by marine life on Earth.
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)
Damn.... caught us...
So long! and thanks for the fish!
Posted by: Dolphins at March 29, 2026 11:41 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Case
They never did let me marry Claudia Schiffer in 1991, the bastards.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 29, 2026 11:41 PM (gKWVE)
PRESIDENT TRUMP: "We're doing extremely well in that negotiation, but you never know with Iran because we negotiate with them, and then we always have to blow them up."
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The man knows how to play his hand.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 11:42 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 29, 2026 11:25 PM (sAmhv)
I didn't see it. I don't back track often, lol. I just happened to it in the side bar on you tube while I was flipping through rush songs since my frigging bass player wanted me to learn Dreamline for some frigging reason, and thought oooh doof needs to see this. I think she'll be fine. It will have to take her a little bit to learn all the toys Peart played with, chimes, blocks, etc, but she'll be ok. The very first thing I noticed about her in her personal vids from months ago is how she uses her wrists. She has a shit ton of control.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 11:45 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 29, 2026 11:45 PM (3ek7K)
PRESIDENT TRUMP: "We're doing extremely well in that negotiation, but you never know with Iran because we negotiate with them, and then we always have to blow them up."
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The man knows how to play his hand.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 11:42 PM (JkO4W)
I wonder how well Mossad is coming with the splody Muslim prayer rugs.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 29, 2026 11:45 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: runner at March 29, 2026 11:46 PM (GD0B3)
Poster by Orson
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That close, yes, but take look at the degree of intermarriage among European royalty in the 18th and 19th Century. The Islamic tradition of cousin marriage has nothing on those relationships.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 29, 2026 11:50 PM (rJ+qD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 11:53 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: We Came On Next To Closing at March 29, 2026 11:54 PM (oftw2)
Kinetic projectile related:
3m
Trump: U.S. negotiation with Iran is doing "extremely well, but you never know with Iran, because we negotiate with them, and then we always have to blow them up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 11:54 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 11:55 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: runner
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And Israel turned their lights out without damaging the system. So...it's not only the weather.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 11:57 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 11:58 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:09 PM (/lPRQ)
It's not. It's always been two lanes at a minimum.
It's also all paved nowadays, so that's either an old picture or a picture of some other highway (possibly in Alaska.... there are plenty of unpaved highways here, but the Alcan isn't one of them).
It was all unpaved when I came up as a whippersnapper going on 50 years ago. It was a real adventure back then.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 12:00 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Berserker
Reminds me of Baard Kolstad from Leprous. Dude is so loose I'm surprised he isn't launching drumsticks everywhere.
"Drum playthough" vids, cued up to the better parts:
https://youtu.be/nj6fM2KpyOA?t=146
https://youtu.be/m1vzTamSFz8?t=237
'Ette bonus..... drumming shirtless:
https://youtu.be/kSGWhJtU238?t=126
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:00 AM (VHUov)
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I'll just note, for the record, West Virginia is NOT on that list.
Fucking heathens.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 10:12 PM (AkEZC)
Interestingly, I have recently read that cosmopolitan NYC has more consanguinity than Appalachia. Photos of mutant-looking men can be attributed to malnutrition, and "laziness" to malaria. In other words, the most negative parts of the "hillbilly" stereotype are an ignorant prejudice of sheltered cityfolk who need to get out of their (inbred) borough and see the wider world.
Posted by: SciVo at March 30, 2026 12:01 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: buddhaha at March 29, 2026 11:50 PM (rJ+qD)
As I recall, the last Spanish Habsburg was the son of uncle and niece, but due to all the other inbreeding they were actually genetically closer than a normal brother and sister.
The dude had problems. Lots of problems. Which, of course, were blamed on witchcraft rather than a couple of hundred years of uncle fucking.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 12:03 AM (IG3/x)
https://youtu.be/kSGWhJtU238?t=126
Posted by: mikeski
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Miss read your statement.
yuck
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 12:03 AM (pUqS1)
My grandmother was married to a completely unrelated man. Her brother married a completely unrelated woman. Are his granddaughters my cousins....
Posted by: Lord Percy at March 30, 2026 12:06 AM (T8RPZ)
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
Icelandic women have long been known for being..."friendly" to visitors, for that very reason, ,often with the tacit consent of their husbands.
There's a reason why our soldiers and airmen called Reykjavik "Break Ya Dick". Hospitable place.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 12:07 AM (IG3/x)
I believe New York is the only state where you can (under some circumstances) marry your uncle.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 30, 2026 12:08 AM (IG3/x)
There's a nice Chinese zombie movie called 'The Sadness' on Shudder. Pretty messed up. It's great. I'll watch it all tomorrow.
My friends cat is resting so comfortably. I feel kind of bad tossing her outside. Snowflake has been here most of the day. I bought and gave her flea medication today, with my friends' approval.
I'd suck as a liberal working to get kids body parts chopped off without parental knowledge.
In any event, we have determined that cats sleeping on laps make any movie, no matter how f'ed up, less scary. More research is planned...
Good night.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 30, 2026 12:08 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: buddhaha
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35 to 40 mph? How do you stand it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 12:10 AM (pUqS1)
Posted by: mikeski
Miss read your statement.
yuck
Posted by: Braenyard
Sorry. Bonus for the 'ettes. I don't know of any 'ettes who are professional drummers.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:11 AM (VHUov)
Happy Sunday, the eve of more Trumpian times, gosh it is great to be alive. My taxes are done. I am enjoying a double Chivas.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 30, 2026 12:15 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: mikeski
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It would have been......interesting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 12:16 AM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Case at March 30, 2026 12:16 AM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 11:12 PM (pvf3X)
Tell it the Hapsburgs, if you can find any.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 12:16 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 12:19 AM (rdVOm)
There are SO MANY things wrong with it, starting with it seems a lot like (but more complicated than) that thing where you crushed up crackers (were they matzo?) and then made dough with the crumbs and made it into ... a cracker or some sh**. Just WITF are you boiling the buns, then adding bread crumbs to the mixture? And the video goes a full minute more after he says "goodbye."
Can we please start issuing Letters of Marque for this kind of crap? Let people hunt these folks down and, at minimum, remove them from the internet. Permanently. Ugh.
Posted by: GWB at March 30, 2026 12:23 AM (x9vBb)
Posted by: runner
Trump is using this talk about negotiations to cover up a lot of shit that is going down.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 12:24 AM (ZPDpH)
"Because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they’re also using AI to do it."
-- I love aphorisms
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2026 12:25 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 30, 2026 12:25 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 30, 2026 12:16 AM (ZVgZ4)
Some of them turned up in Canada recently; they’ve been hiding out there since the end of WW1.
They’re still incredibly wealthy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 12:26 AM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: runner
Trump is using this talk about negotiations to cover up a lot of shit that is going down.
Posted by: Tom Servo
He's doing the meme.
Muslim wacko: I will blow shit up!
Pres BHO: Let's negotiate.....
Muslim wacko: I will blow shit up!
Pres Autopen: Let's negotiate.....
Pres Trump: I will blow shit up!
Muslim wacko: Let's negotiate.....
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:27 AM (VHUov)
word from Iran is that today (or yesterday already for them) was the biggest bombing day since the whole thing began
Posted by: runner
Sending or receiving?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2026 12:27 AM (Cqx++)
244 ... . The Islamic tradition of cousin marriage has nothing on those relationships.
Well, there's this:
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and -africa/21693632-marriage-between-close-relatives -much-too-common-keeping-it-family
(remove spaces before '-' at end of lines)
The birth-defect rate in Pakistan is as bad as Saudi Arabia, even among Pakistanis in England.
There is some evidence that marrying 1st cousins every 3 or more generations is usually not harmful ... but continuously doing it leads to the nightmare many Muslims are living.
There is some evidence that marrying 3rd cousins is slightly better than marrying non-relatives, but IIRC it is weak and the debate continues.
Posted by: Arbalest at March 30, 2026 12:28 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 12:30 AM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 30, 2026 12:31 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: PabloD at March 30, 2026 12:32 AM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Slash Buzz at March 30, 2026 12:33 AM (FstDi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 12:34 AM (pUqS1)
My mind keeps going back to the meme of the little boy, saying something like... "the gov *already knows* how much I make and how much I've paid, why don't they just send me a bill?"
But anyway-- everything's such a mess because I had to stash things where hubby couldn't access, when he was starting to *lose his mind* and sometimes it had to be done in a hurry-- ugh!
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 30, 2026 12:31 AM (0nHVk)
I use H&R Block. I used the same agent there for years. I walk in, she has everything ready, I sign a few things and I'm out the door in 15 minutes. $3-400 later anyway, but I don't need to do math. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:38 AM (snZF9)
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That's going to be hot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 12:39 AM (pUqS1)
But the setting for "Deliverance" IS there: Georgia.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 12:41 AM (HHRcx)
2025 is just a mess due to the aforementioned f'd up situation with hubby and *loads* of retirement withdrawals for nursing home payment. Medical bills, etc etc etc.
It'll be alright once I find everything. LOL, got until Tuesday afternoon!
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 12:42 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 12:44 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 12:44 AM (F50AR)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at March 30, 2026 12:45 AM (EWnlc)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at March 30, 2026 12:45 AM (Risui)
Posted by: runner
Trump is using this talk about negotiations to cover up a lot of shit that is going down.
Posted by: Tom Servo
It's all pretty amazing, since we ran out of munitions three weeks ago.
Posted by: Methos at March 30, 2026 12:46 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
Sorry, we're all trying to figure out if we're Kevin Bacon's sixth cousin or not.
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 12:49 AM (lkaN3)
But anyway-- everything's such a mess because I had to stash things where hubby couldn't access, when he was starting to *lose his mind* and sometimes it had to be done in a hurry-- ugh!
Posted by: JQ
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Friend of a friend's husband (self employed) passed away. About a year later she had settled down and was in the process of sorting out things.
She came across a cigar box with $100K. She got a little sentimental but it passed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 12:49 AM (pUqS1)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at March 30, 2026 12:50 AM (EWnlc)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
At some point, they opted you in to "paperless delivery."
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:52 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Methos at March 30, 2026 12:46 AM (vSvIl)
And Iran has blown up all the bases and sunk the aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 30, 2026 12:52 AM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 10:14 PM (OoFl2)
I think you can have your own shell company now. All you need is a whelming name. What ya got?
Posted by: Doof at March 29, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
Idea: "Piper's Mostly Clothing Attire"
Posted by: SciVo at March 30, 2026 12:53 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 12:54 AM (pUqS1)
No weasely words from him.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 29, 2026 11:45 PM (
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So do I. But my family has mild TDS. They must have loved President mumbles. Open borders, criminals, inflation...
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 12:54 AM (lkaN3)
It just sucks that everything has been chaos for several years and I've been s l o w l y 'sifting the ashes' but not nearly done yet.
Most days, I really hate my life.
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:52 AM (VHUov)
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Yeah, they did themselves a big favor. I'll have to check last year's taxes to see if i'm missing anything.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 12:58 AM (vzty+)
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aka Thousand Island dressing
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at March 30, 2026 01:01 AM (CeBi/)
Posted by: davidt at March 29, 2026 10:21 PM (Q+
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"To Build a Fire" by Jack London. High suspense; the story really grabbed me.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 01:02 AM (vzty+)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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Read that in jr. high... it left a mark.
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)
Most days, I really hate my life.
Posted by: JQ at March
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It'll work out. I took care of mom her last years. It falls apart slowly you know it's happening but don't realize how many nuts are falling to the ground.
I carried a log book / ledger /calendar to keep track of each day.
It will come back it's just shaky right now.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 01:05 AM (pUqS1)
To be fair, with concealed carry as the only apparent option there, loaded and with 2 or 3 spare mags, 50 rnds with 50 to rotate through for practice should be enough. If not you got bigger problems...
Do they have any action shoot & scoot competitions in Israel? If so, what do they do, sell ammo by the box during the competition ? Either way, I hope ammo is readily available even if restricted.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 07:51 PM (/lPRQ)
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Plenty of open carry here, just not preferable.
When you go to licensed ranges here, you usually bring your "old" ammo from home, fire it, and replace the missing 100 inventory with bullets purchased on site.
I'm sure there are competitions. Again, organized by licensed ranges. If you go off to the middle of nowhere and come back with less ammo, you will need to explain where did your bullet inventory go to. Totally illegal.
BTW, there are separate licenses for competition sports and hunting guns.
No lack of 9MM ammo in this country.
Yesterday, I treated myself to a custom Eclipse Intrepid IWB holster. Nifty!
Thanks for all the congrats!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 01:10 AM (1o8D5)
Read that in jr. high... it left a mark.
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)
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I started to read it a second time and ... I had to stop myself about halfway through. London is such a good writer
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 01:12 AM (Haopq)
Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2026 12:52 AM (VHUov)
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Yeah, they did themselves a big favor. I'll have to check last year's taxes to see if i'm missing anything.
Posted by: JM
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Get on their website and set your preference.to mail.delivery for the 1099s. They may well.have "required opt-out" ed you into electronic delivery, but they have to send it by mail if that's what you want.
From Duck duck go Search Assist:
"Companies cannot charge a fee for sending 1099 forms on paper if the recipient has not consented to receive them electronically. The IRS requires consent for electronic delivery, and if consent is not given (or withdrawn - my comment), the paper form must be issued without a fee."
Posted by: buddhaha at March 30, 2026 01:15 AM (rJ+qD)
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My canoe tipped over and everything fell out an sunk to the bottom. I tried to retrieve it but I almost drowned, had to let it go.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 01:16 AM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 01:16 AM (pUqS1)
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/moves from jerusalem to shores of the jordan river
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 01:17 AM (1o8D5)
I. Am. So. Fucking. Done!
Thankfully, BIL does NOT have my phone number. Heh.
Relishing the silence. Got a lock on my front gate, so no more uninvited, unannounced, unwanted visitors!
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)
On the cancer front, things are going okay. I'm seeing a radiologist on Tuesday because there appears to be some growth on one of the smaller tumors. The hope is they can zap it out with a couple of treatments. But my cancer markers are in the "normal" range, so that's a good thing!
Unfortunately, one of the meds that has to be given with this pump is a steroid, so I am rapidly regaining weight that I had lost over the past 3 years. And I am one of those people whose blood sugar numbers go up on steroids (no diabetes on either side of my family, and it has never been an issue otherwise).
On the other hand, I am having lots of fun planning our trip to NYC - my friend and her daughter want to climb to the top of the Statue of Liberty. I managed to snag the last couple of tickets available, which just happens to be the last day we will be there, so it should be lots of fun for them! I got tickets to go to the pedestal - that's as far as I will be able to get with my scooter. We're going to have a blast!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 30, 2026 01:29 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at March 30, 2026 01:31 AM (CeBi/)
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 30, 2026 01:38 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: JQ at March
It'll work out. I took care of mom her last years. It falls apart slowly you know it's happening but don't realize how many nuts are falling to the ground.
I carried a log book / ledger /calendar to keep track of each day.
It will come back it's just shaky right now.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 01:05 AM (pUqS1)
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May I briefly complain? Mom was in the hospital, sick but alert and talkative. The doctor insisted she have a surgery she didn't want. She had the surgery and afterwards she was on such heavy painkillers that she wasn't conscious for her last week of life. We never got to tell her goodbye. End of complaining.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 01:39 AM (yJi77)
Posted by: davidt
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When we lived in CA, I set up.my vacation time such that I had a few days (combined with holiday times) around the Xmas -New Years school days off.
We'd head up to Yosemite a few days before Xmas, and camp in the valley. The first couple of years we did this, we stayed in our big Frostline backpacking tent. Then I bought a Suburban and we slept in that for about 4 years. I finally got an old Canned Ham trailer that we used until we left CA. Luxury! 2 burner propane stove "indoors" instead of a Coleman gas camp stove on a picnic table that had the snow pushed off! A propane mantle light that raised the temp enough that water in a pot wouldn't freeze overnight! A booth and table that we could eat around without getting our pants seats wet from the little bit of snow that remained on the picnic table! A bunk that folded down for the kids, and the table moved down and made a bed out of the booth!
We'd go ice skating, hiking, XC skiing in the valley, and later, the kids would go downhill at Badger Pass. But, we always had fire. Every night. Marshmallows, hot dogs and once each trip, s'mores.
Great memories
Posted by: buddhaha at March 30, 2026 01:41 AM (rJ+qD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 01:42 AM (pUqS1)
I see hubby every day. Some days, he's good; some days, not so good. Either way, he's not the same guy I married and it hurts to realize this. He's just a shell, and keeps hanging on. He "knows" me I guess... calls me by and refers to me by his XW's name... but I know at least that he thinks I'm his wife.
Meanwhile, our retirement savings is getting sucked dry. Rapidly.
There won't be anything left when I'm old and sick and need it.
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm)
I am sleepy Horde and I bid you all sweet dreams.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 30, 2026 01:51 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)
The Bar Association won't like me stating the obvious, but this is the inevitable conclusion if the Courts don't make a massive corrective turn in the very near future.
We're about to see lynchings and local tribal protection racket gangs come back out of sheer necessity.
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https://tinyurl.com/mr2fd45u
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 01:54 AM (pUqS1)
I never seem to see 5:67, though.
Time to o'clock out for the night. 🕐 This was the day that was.
This one kept Hank and the boys in beans and biscuits.
https://youtu.be/Wn2e4Dhod7M
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it'll get warmer at March 30, 2026 02:04 AM (jrd4M)
Posted by: JQ
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In the past you mentioned a second option place that was OK and less expensive but you and hubs talked it over and he wanted to stay where he is. -That is my memory. If it is so, and you moved him to new quarters would he remember that significantly or simply accept new story different quarters?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 02:06 AM (pUqS1)
It isn't that much cheaper, either.
There are few choices here.
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
This is horrible. Gack...
Posted by: pawn at March 30, 2026 02:13 AM (qmOsv)
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https://tinyurl.com/mr2fd45u
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 01:54 AM (pUqS1)
I'm not even sure wtf I was watching there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 02:17 AM (snZF9)
@RealJessica
10h
A French couple at a Marseille beach brings their pet pig to deter Muslim migrants, who reportedly harassed beachgoers.
Reports claims the presence of the pig is an increasingly common tactic to maintain safety
https://tinyurl.com/yc7ctjj7
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 02:18 AM (pUqS1)
I should roll up with a sign of my own: Sofa King! Get on this!
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
Officers! They're looting the Food King!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 30, 2026 02:20 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 02:21 AM (pUqS1)
This is horrible. Gack...
Posted by: pawn at March 30, 2026 02:13 AM (qmOsv)
I didn't see anything technically wrong with it. She played it great. I mean yeah I'm not a fan of anything from the first album. I have an unopened original first album from back then, and it wasn't because I was collecting it. It probably sounded exactly like it did when they first played it a million years ago during their Wyld Stallyns days. Did I mention I have an original unopened copy? She did play it good though.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 02:21 AM (pUqS1)
Yeah that was fucked up. I still don't understand wtf was going on though.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2026 02:31 AM (snZF9)
Based Jessica
@RealJessica
12h
Democrat Radicals in Portland were once again taught a lesson last night.
This has become a regular occurrence for them though. Great work by the Federal Agents!
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No, arresting three or four is not a lesson. Subdue them all and put them in a tank for as long as legally and as expensive as possible. That would be a lesson . This experience is just another night out with bragging rights.
https://tinyurl.com/54e9ksnv
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 02:36 AM (pUqS1)
Free at last, free at last.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 02:43 AM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 30, 2026 01:38 AM (sAmhv)
Well, Elvis is dead, and they got rid of Jesus, so who is really left?
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 30, 2026 02:47 AM (DwqWV)
London: https://tinyurl.com/443kahct
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 02:53 AM (pUqS1)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 30, 2026 12:44 AM (F50AR)
That photo is in Canada. All the highways up here are paved.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 30, 2026 02:54 AM (DwqWV)
London: https://tinyurl.com/443kahct
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 02:53 AM (pUqS1)
What the actual.....
Oh hell no.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 30, 2026 02:55 AM (DwqWV)
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)
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DAFUQ was that?!
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)
A sign the end times are near....??
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 30, 2026 03:11 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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SMOD, don't let us down!
Posted by: JQ at March 30, 2026 03:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 30, 2026 03:26 AM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 03:31 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 03:31 AM (Fbc0I)
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There are also hot dogs in beer recipes out there.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2026 03:35 AM (1o8D5)
My preference is a QO panel with a main. Not a bad job though, sometimes you have no spare length and then it really suck balls depending on who did the hack job.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 03:45 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
>That's probably not too bad, I boil my bratwurst in beer and onions before I grill them. Then the overflow of brats go back into the beer. The son of a nazi taught me that.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 30, 2026 03:59 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: GWB at March 30, 2026 12:24 PM (x9vBb)
Gun Thread: Final March Edition!
FUNdamentals Trigger mechanics and YOU.
Guns Of The Horde
It took over half a year for Israel's Ministry of National Security to process and approve my gun license application. As of this past Wednesday, I am licensed. As of Friday, I am armed with the first firearm I have ever owned in my life. Until about seven months ago, Israeli laws did not make me eligible to be licensed to carry. Because of the October 7th War, licensing was expanded to include more categories of citizens. However, I only became eligible 7 months ago, when the law was modified to include most Jerusalem residents, like myself. Recently, additional cities and towns have become eligible. The license is solely for a handgun, not a rifle, for which I am not eligible. I had about 15 handguns to choose from. I chose the Glock 43X MOS. The weight and grip in my not large hand seemed just right. To finalize the license, you have to pass a written test on Israel's weapons laws, which are very strict and limiting. In addition, there is basic gun training, including weapons handling, followed by live fire shooting with 100 bullets. Speaking of 100 bullets, that's the MAXIMUM Israel's law allows you to possess. And if you think that's crazy, the maximum used to be 50 bullets until the law was changed after the October 7th War broke out in 2023. In Israel, concealed carry is not only legal. It is the government's preferred method for its armed citizens. I received an IWB holster with my purchase. However, I also have a Galco Lite shoulder holster. I originally bought it for one our pups but he changed his mind and stuck with IWB holstering. I prefer shoulder when wearing a jacket or coat. So, I will definitely be paying MORE attention hereon in to the gun thread. The thread is published past my bedtime, which is why I've almost never commented there. Thanks for much I've already learned to date from the threads' contents.CONGRATULATIONS Biden's Dog! Nice shooting!! This really made my day, thank you!!
F.A.R.C. More From Eugene Stoner.
Palmetto State Armory Tour
Air Marshal Qualification Anyone tried this? How do you think you would do? Anyone care to attempt this and report back?
Our Pal The Vacuum Tube
Highway Patrol! This week's episode: Suspected Cop!
Terror From The Year 5000!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 07:00 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 07:01 PM (30Gj0)
SCRAPPLE!
My mom grew up in Philly and loooooves that stuff!
I grew up in Berks County we had Lebanon Bologna, Scrapple, Pigs Feet Jelly, Polish Cabbage Rolls {Galumpkis} and Shoo-Fly-Pie (Molasses crumb cake layered with a gooey molasses bottom) .........
The good Ole Days.....
Posted by: Jackson K. at March 29, 2026 07:01 PM (38587)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 07:02 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 07:03 PM (BCwQW)
You poor man.
Most of us have so many many that when we get up in the night to relieve ourselves we have kick one or two back under the bed on our way to the bathroom.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 07:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 07:03 PM (30Gj0)
Here, but serving grilled London broil teriyaki.
I shall return.
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 07:02 PM
Nice. Enjoy!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 07:03 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at March 29, 2026 07:08 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 07:09 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 29, 2026 07:12 PM (RDqo2)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 07:13 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 07:18 PM (hJH5n)
A blessed Holy Week and a blessed Passover to all you horde of arms.
May the Lord protect you always, and Archangel Michael defend you in battle
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 07:19 PM (tcsrY)
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...and the state I live in is doing its damnedest to pass laws much closer to those of Israel. I hear that a concealed carry permit now takes about four months here, but I thought the law said 90 days...have to look that up.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 07:19 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 07:18 PM (hJH5n)
IIRC, it's been like that ever since Israel came into existence in 1948. Probably a legacy of the European background the nation's founders brought with them.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 07:20 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 07:20 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 07:21 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 07:23 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 07:24 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 07:23 PM
Hope to shoot with y'all again after the NoVaMoMe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 07:25 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 07:26 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 07:21 PM (NlEaG)
Surprisingly, no. Given the nation's utter dependence on reservists who are expected to report to the mobilization stations within hours of notification, Israel has never had the "Minuteman" legacy we inherited from the first clashes w/ the Indians on the frontier before 1775.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 07:26 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 07:20 PM (BCwQW)
Ephraim Kishon wrote in one of his short stories about the trouble he had visiting a friend in a hospital outside of visiting hours in Israel as it was barricaded and surrounded by barbed wire, as it has been during the troubles at the end of the British Mandate, and the hospital seemed to keep all the barricades and wire out of respect for tradition
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 07:27 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 07:02 PM
Bride of PI is also doing London broil tonight.
GMTA!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 29, 2026 07:27 PM (HlyYF)
_-_
As Toqueville said, every nations bears some marks of the circumstances of its birth.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 07:28 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 07:29 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 07:26 PM
You clearly instilled in your daughter some good traits to look for in a man.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 29, 2026 07:30 PM (HlyYF)
I disagree because if what works for me doesn't work for you it's just proof that you are a defective human.
Congratulations BD. See you at the range
Posted by: Nato at March 29, 2026 07:31 PM (HcqhF)
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I started that early with them..."See that dude over there with the untied shoes, blue hair, and his hat on sideways? Bring one of those home and I'll..."
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 07:33 PM (UajcV)
Link from Lawrence Person's Battlestar blog, a anti drone shotgun round test video.
It's a beehive round in 12ga with wedge shape pellets strung together
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Err, wait, umm, yes, okay, that was the afternoon nap, not the morning nap.
Good evening.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2026 07:34 PM (UJMvS)
As noted here before adding timing and movement to shooting makes for a much different experience. It was fun but made you feel like you were really earning your shots. I have said before that I have learned that I can shoot about the same accuracy with iron sights and dots on a handgun, but that I can acquire the target faster with the dot. sra blaster has something going on with her vision that is really messing with her use of a dot (not just an excuse for the range she has some vision issues that she's going to be visiting a specialist for). She did better with her P365 with iron sights. (To make it a little less confusing the P365 is her main carry and she has a Kimber CDS9 that is her OTHER carry pistol and it has a dot.)
But a neat drill especially with your carry gun
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 07:35 PM (NlEaG)
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...and the state I live in is doing its damnedest to pass laws much closer to those of Israel. I hear that a concealed carry permit now takes about four months here, but I thought the law said 90 days...have to look that up.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 07:19 PM (UajcV)
By way of comparison, when I got my LTC in 2010, TX DPS processed the application and got me the LTC in a month.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 07:35 PM (hJH5n)
_______________________
LOL
literal headline from ABC news:
What apparently began as a home invasion turned quickly into a frightening scene for the suspects, after the resident started to defend himself.
https://tinyurl.com/5dpdam2j
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 07:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Crimson Trace Rad Micro Pro Green?
On sale at PSA for $99.
Worth it as a test bed for pistol optics?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 07:39 PM (/lPRQ)
We had our half size silhouette match yesterday, 200, 300, 400 and 500 meters, 5 targets at each distance.
I went 15 for 15 @ 200, 300 and 400 meters but fell on my face @ 500 meters, only hitting one ram.
At first, I thought it was a vertical stringing issue, rear rest..then realized later it was a dope issue. What I thought was going over the back of the ram was actually passing between the belly and the rail the ram was sitting on. in other words, I was shooting about .25 MOA low. Drat. Still though, much like the 1,000 yard match stuff last week, something to build on.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2026 07:39 PM (UJMvS)
Surprisingly, no. Given the nation's utter dependence on reservists who are expected to report to the mobilization stations within hours of notification, Israel has never had the "Minuteman" legacy we inherited from the first clashes w/ the Indians on the frontier before 1775.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 07:26 PM (BCwQW)
Obviously the 2A question is tongue in cheek but in the 80s people I knew who went to Israel said it was not uncommon to see civilians walking around with an Uzi slung over their back.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 07:39 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 07:39 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 07:40 PM (Cqx++)
I'm noticing a similar situation with pistol caliber lever action rifles versus AR styles.
Anyone else notice this or is it just my imagination?
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 07:41 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 29, 2026 07:41 PM (t2oSI)
ABC is really worried about how frightened the invaders were
Turns out they weren't frightening for long
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)
I shoot more than 100 rounds in a single range session.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 29, 2026 07:43 PM (0N4FZ)
literal headline from ABC news:
What apparently began as a home invasion turned quickly into a frightening scene for the suspects, after the resident started to defend himself.
https://tinyurl.com/5dpdam2j
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
One of the comments:
Ask not why I would value my property over someone else's life.
Ask, rather, why someone would value my property over his own life
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 07:43 PM (Cqx++)
100 rounds max possession limit? looks at safe Yeah, I'd be over by just a few ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 29, 2026 07:43 PM (t2oSI)
We might have to change our shooting location to Maryland because its less hassle.
Think about that.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 07:43 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 07:35 PM
That sounds like an excellent drill to prepare for a dangerous real life situation.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 29, 2026 07:44 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Now they need to look at the weapons system firing those rounds. Most shotguns are too heavy and/or have too low of a magazine capacity to be an effective infantry support weapon. An infantryman carrying a shotgun for drone defense probably doesn't have the capacity to carry much more than a pistol. And if this round is only good as a "last ditch" defensive weapon of last resort, you better be able to crank out a lot of rounds fast if you have a flock of drones coming your way. Most shotguns have too low of a rate of fire and magazines that are not deep enough to be effective close in defensive weapon. I think you'll need something belt fed with a high rate of fire and (hopefully) a longer range to get the most out of this round.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 07:45 PM (BCwQW)
100 rounds max possession limit? looks at safe Yeah, I'd be over by just a few ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless)
To be fair, with concealed carry as the only apparent option there, loaded and with 2 or 3 spare mags, 50 rnds with 50 to rotate through for practice should be enough. If not you got bigger problems...
Do they have any action shoot & scoot competitions in Israel?
If so, what do they do, sell ammo by the box during the competition ? Either way, I hope ammo is readily available even if restricted.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 07:51 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 07:52 PM (zZu0s)
Takes about five minutes once you are in front of the clerk with your $25. I paid $100 for the permanent license last time so I don't have to renew anymore.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 07:56 PM (4NO2D)
Certainly that round would work on lower flying drones and coming at you in very small numbers, like 1 or 2.
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 07:41 PM (yTvNw)
It's not new. Revolvers always have been pitched as a better choice for elderly folks who don't have the strength to rack a slide for decades. This was especially true in the 80s and 90s, when GI 1911s were the semi-auto most people were familiar with. Trouble is, revolvers are the easiest to learn, but the hardest to master. The double action trigger pull is the reason why. Sharon would, on paper, be an ideal candidate for a revolver. But she couldn't pull the trigger on a Colt Detective Special in double action today because it's pull weight was far too heavy for her. If you're going to be effective with a revolver, you have to be able to handle the double action trigger pull. Revolvers do have more practical uses in your ability to switch between Special and Magnum loads. But for most, I think .38 Special/.357 Magnum will be most peoples' limit. Most people won't care to shoot anything more powerful than that other than occasionally.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 07:56 PM (BCwQW)
Takes about five minutes once you are in front of the clerk with your $25. I paid $100 for the permanent license last time so I don't have to renew anymore.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 07:56 PM (4NO2D)
I kinda wish Texas was the same way.
Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 29, 2026 08:01 PM (t2oSI)
Biden’s Dog, I am so happy for you!
Being able to defend your self and your family is also a gift.
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 08:02 PM (GVUrx)
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 07:41 PM (yTvNw)
I think that newer semi-autos have lighter recoil springs and better grip surfaces that make gripping the slide easier than a GI 1911. Some are specifically aimed at users with less grip strength than your typical military age male (S&W Shield E-Z, Walther PDP-F, just to name a couple).
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 08:02 PM (BCwQW)
Or maybe this is me speculating since I haven't got to the range for a while.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 08:02 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 08:03 PM (+nEug)
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Welp. That's the one, eh?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 08:05 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2026 08:06 PM (UJMvS)
I am late because I just spent an hour trying to find a Kimber micro that takes a dot with 10 rds or ,ess mag. No luck.
Have been exploring pocket guns and wanted to rent a 380 S&W that I'd read about . It was broken. Asked about the Ruger. They didn't have it . Checked out the 43x and it is so similar to my g48 it did not seem worthwhile. So passed on renting.
SRA B,aster let me try shooting her Kimber CDs9
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 08:07 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 08:07 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 08:03 PM (+nEug)
We had a quick run to New Braunfels yesterday, tight schedule, down and back 13 hours, three drivers.
Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 07:41 PM (yTvNw)
I think that newer semi-autos have lighter recoil springs and better grip surfaces that make gripping the slide easier than a GI 1911. Some are specifically aimed at users with less grip strength than your typical military age male (S&W Shield E-Z, Walther PDP-F, just to name a couple).
Posted by: Ed L
You can add the Ruger Security 380 to that list as well.
The slide has some features to enhance grip for racking (I think the E-Z does too). Compared to most micro 380s it is a relatively 'large' gun which cuts down on recoil as further.
Got one for the wife. I think it is the easiest gun to rack that I have ever tried.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 08:08 PM (/lPRQ)
Perfect. But turns out it is a 15 rd mag. I looked and looked and although I can buy a gun with a 15 rd mag and own a 15 rd mag, I can't buy a 15 rd mag in MD. If I get gun shipped to my local FFL, they can't give me the mags.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 08:10 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
Road Trip !
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 08:11 PM (/lPRQ)
Ed L,
I know that semis these days are easier to rack than previous versions. That's why I got a Smith Equalizer which is easier to rack than even the early EZ series. The articles I saw were more about recreational shooting with revolvers than about defense and about hand loading.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 08:11 PM (yTvNw)
I am late because I just spent an hour trying to find a Kimber micro that takes a dot with 10 rds or ,ess mag. No luck.
Have been exploring pocket guns and wanted to rent a 380 S&W that I'd read about . It was broken. Asked about the Ruger. They didn't have it . Checked out the 43x and it is so similar to my g48 it did not seem worthwhile. So passed on renting.
SRA B,aster let me try shooting her Kimber CDs9
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 08:07 PM (t/2Uw)
CDS9 comes with 13 and 15 round mags - they do have 10 rounders they would probably sell them with in Maryland
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 08:12 PM (NlEaG)
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Colorado was fairly libertarian when I moved here back in 2000. When I applied for a CHP, the county (El Paso County) did the permit. They said around 21 days, and I got it in 19. Now the state gets involved and drags-out the whole process. I think maybe we need more Texans or Alabamans or something!
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 08:12 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 08:10 PM (t/2Uw)
I was going to recommend you get them shipped to Cabelas in VA, then I remembered I was in Spamburger's Virginia.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at March 29, 2026 08:13 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 08:10 PM
Manufacturers often make "California" models w/10 rd mags. Is there one for that model?
Then go to one of the surrounding states to purchase the 15 rounder that you can have, but not buy, in MD?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
https://tinyurl.com/48yf65x2
I use a net bag kind of thing that velcros on and this looks more neat.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 08:15 PM (4NO2D)
before I get that, I need an NFA trust for the gun and suppressor.
Are the online trust sites reliable?
Any comments on the process?
I did get an optical scope from Amazon and might switch to iron sights considering Blackout's useful range.
Posted by: Accomak at March 29, 2026 08:17 PM (wkU1F)
I saw a guy talking about what he was doing - kept saying "I am not a lawyer" so you know he wouldn't be liable but anyway he was wrong - like aggressively wrong about a bunch of stuff that is even current law. Raised my blood pressure and I realized it was less about what he was getting wrong but that he was leading others down a wrong path - and then I wondered was this Fed posting? Or Commonwealth posting?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 08:18 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 08:11 PM (yTvNw)
Ah, OK. If that's you're wanting to do, revolvers do give you more options, especially if you load your own. Whig will tell you that revolver casings are easier to reload than most semi-auto ones. They're the easiest entry path into the reloading game.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 08:18 PM (BCwQW)
Then go to one of the surrounding states to purchase the 15 rounder that you can have, but not buy, in MD?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
Funny the 10 rounders are more expensive than the 13 and 15s!
Kind of a pain to have to plop $80 down to buy stuff you would have gotten for free if you weren't in Maryland.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 29, 2026 08:19 PM (NlEaG)
https://store.kimberamerica.com/cds9-10-round-magazine
Whether they sell a Kommiefornia version that ships with that mag is the question. Maybe call their C/S?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:19 PM (0sNs1)
Customer Service
Toll-Free: (88
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Hours: M–F, 9:30 a.m.– 6 p.m. Eastern
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Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:21 PM (0sNs1)
Then go to one of the surrounding states to purchase the 15 rounder that you can have, but not buy, in MD?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Obviously you will have to buy the gun in Maryland. Your dealer may or may not give you a 10 rnd mag(s), if he has any available... Might as well get/order the one that comes with ten rounders.
The road trip to get normal 15 rnd mags.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 08:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Are the online trust sites reliable?
Any comments on the process?
I used these guys online and had no trouble with the ATF.
https://thetrustshop.net/
The ATF will need to have fingerprint cards and you can have those taken by your local LE. And they want a passport photo.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 08:22 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Accomak at March 29, 2026 08:22 PM (wkU1F)
10 round mags, no “assault rifles” (Ruger Mini 14 ok as long as no folding stock; all ARs verboten).
No f’ing way.
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 08:23 PM (lqzPE)
https://tinyurl.com/48yf65x2
I use a net bag kind of thing that velcros on and this looks more neat.
Posted by: toby928(c)
Link saved.
For $25 it might be worth trying out.
If no-worky no big loss.
Another similar item was, IIRC, "the Brass Goat". It costs a lot more so never got one.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 08:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2026 08:25 PM (UJMvS)
Perfect. But turns out it is a 15 rd mag. I looked and looked and although I can buy a gun with a 15 rd mag and own a 15 rd mag, I can't buy a 15 rd mag in MD. If I get gun shipped to my local FFL, they can't give me the mags.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 08:10 PM (t/2Uw)
Saint John Moses Browning will now read the holy writ. 'If, in thy village, the overseers limit you to ten rounds, there is a thing called eight round magazine. Two to the chest, one to the head, one to the pelvic girdle, with four to spare, plus the one you had in the chamber to begin with. That makes nine rounds of glorious .45 ACP still under the illegal ten round law.'
Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)
https://tinyurl.com/48yf65x2
I use a net bag kind of thing that velcros on and this looks more neat."
The guys I see with brass catchers at the range use what is essentially a fishing net on a weighted stand. It can be positioned as needed for whatever gun they are using. Seems to work. Don't know about the gadget in the link.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 08:25 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)
Verily. ‘sTruth.
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 08:26 PM (lqzPE)
Posted by: JTB
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They are especially for first time trigger pullers. The only caveat is snubbies can have some fairly harsh recoil and be difficult to shoot without practice.
To shoot snubbies well, you have to follow Weasel's guidance on managing a trigger and do a full reset each time you pull it. And double action triggers take a longer time to master along with the short sight distance.
And learning to shoot one by cocking it for single action is not advisable as most beginning users don't know how to decock one and even experienced types do so with trepidation and a good backstop. And reloading a snubbie has to be practiced religiously if you want more than 5-6 shots.
If you are a newcomer to firearms and want a revolver, get a used police model with a 4 inch barrel as these were the easiest revolvers to learn to shoot well. They are not the most concealable though if you plan to carry outside of the home. Then consider a semi auto.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 08:22 PM
Not necessarily true. You can 'purchase' a handgun in another state, IF you're legal to buy a handgun (21 or over, clean 4473) AND the handgun is legal in your state.
Assuming that, you can 'buy' the handgun in the other state, and have the FFL ship it to a FFL in your home state, where you'll actually do the paperwork and take possession legally.
This is probably not particularly efficacious in Sharon's case.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:27 PM (0sNs1)
Bass Pro which is MD has the gun on the website. Because of the extended mag, I don't think it can take a 10 rd. The separate mag I saw was only for 6-8 rd models. Cabelas and Bass Pro are same Co. if I can buy in VA and then have the gun shipped to ass Pro and pick up the mags in VA that would work but lots of hassle. BP is in Hanover which is a trek. Cabelas in VA not that far from the range. Strange that not everyone carries Kimber.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 08:28 PM (t/2Uw)
Some more questions about your build:
-Have you considered adjustable gas blocks? The suppressor on a DI AR will (by design) push more gas back into the gas tube, the barrel, and the receiver. Can your gas tube handle the additional pressures a suppressor will create? Too much pressure can burst your gas tube. Adjustable gas blocks redirect that pressure forward instead of into the firearm.
- Will your bolt/bolt carrier direct this gas into your face out from the ejection port? This is not a pleasant experience.
- The gap between the charging handle and the upper receiver is NOT gas tight. Most people using iron sights will have their cheeks next to the charging handle. Even if you don't, you will probably breathe in propellant gases as they leak out of that gap between the charging handle and upper receiver. Consider getting a gas tight charging handle. Propellant gases are known carcinogens. Even if you don't get cancer, they can still make you sick.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 08:28 PM (BCwQW)
Need a suppressor? No problem. 30 round magazine for your semi-auto? Check out the fifty round one we have over here.
Etc.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2026 08:29 PM (UJMvS)
Posted by: JTB
I seen a guy using a fishnet device with a semi handgun.
Might be homemade but it worked really well once positioned.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 08:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Smith K Frame revolvers, Browning High Powers, and Smith 2nd and 3rd Generation semi automatics are like that for most people without much if any grip alteration whether you have small or large hands.
Not that you find many of them around anymore, but Colt New Service and Colt E Frame (Official Police) can be with the right grips.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)
This is one time that math is allowed on AoS!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at March 29, 2026 08:32 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 29, 2026 08:32 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 08:22 PM (4NO2D)
HIGHLY recommend that you submit digital copies of both. Digital copies will get approved a LOT faster than paper copies. For individual Form 1s or Form 4s, digital copies can get turned around in as little as 72 hours. Paper submissions will still take six or more months. Your choice.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 08:33 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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If you don't mind firing older firearms, a C&R (aka Collector's) license allows you to get firearms shipped to your home in many places or to the nearest FFL in those that don't allow such freedoms. Only catch is that your firearms bought (including handguns) have to be made 50 years or ago or more.
You also have to deal with teh ATF, keep a bound volume of your purchases, and the license is good for three years. Fingerprints, and background check required.
Some online vendors still give discounts to C&R holders.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2026 08:35 PM (UJMvS)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 08:36 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Ed L
There are also two different manufacturers of adjustable gas keys which can be used instead of an adjustable gas block on existing AR setups if you don't want to mess with changing the gas block. They replace the gas key on a std. bolt. Rubber City Armory and Sun Devil? or some such sold them. RCA is more available at different places.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 29, 2026 08:37 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:30 PM (E4rtv)
Whig, aren't Colt Python grips compatible with Colt Official Police frames? IIRC, the difference between the E Frame (Official Police) and I Frame (Python) was the E Frame had the hammer mounted firing pins. The Python had an internal firing pin. On paper at least, the Python grips (even current production ones) should work on the Official Police.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 08:38 PM (BCwQW)
AOP, The Nurse, Lazy Messenger just got done having dinner in Monroe. A good time was had by all.
We did talk guns a little, mostly about projects and fix-it plans for AOP's collection. Mostly just hanging out in person.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 29, 2026 08:39 PM (xcxpd)
The “Ukrainian Hotfoot”
A newly reported operation suggests Kyiv may have found another low-cost way to disrupt Russian forces away from the front line: heated insoles allegedly rigged with small explosive charges and sent through volunteer aid channels.
According to Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi, operatives from Ukraine’s special services allegedly inserted explosive-filled heated insoles into shipments destined for Russian military units. The items were reportedly moved with the help of Russian volunteers and charitable foundations, allowing them to pass as ordinary humanitarian aid.
Posted by: SMOD at March 29, 2026 08:39 PM (O7XEN)
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 08:40 PM (FUvyF)
So it was a .22 LR day, since I always have some of that on hand. So I did make holes in paper with my G44 and it wasn't a wasted trip or anything.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 29, 2026 08:41 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: DBCooper at March 29, 2026 08:42 PM (C/U/L)
SASP has the scores but they aren't posted yet. She only shot 2 matches in practiscore.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 29, 2026 08:42 PM (VCgbV)
SASP has the scores but they aren't posted yet. She only shot 2 matches in practiscore.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 29, 2026 08:42 PM (VCgbV)
The young'n showed up with a new (to him) Weatherby Vanguard in 6.5 Creedmore equipped w/a nice scope setup.
We'll need the 100 yard range to start.
Posted by: man at March 29, 2026 08:43 PM (XuXeR)
https://flic.kr/p/2n8fVYA
Since I used a 9.5" barrel to keep the length normal with this giant can, I had to make it a pistol, which keeps me from having a vertical foregrip like I would prefer.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 08:43 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: SMOD at March 29, 2026 08:39 PM (O7XEN)
Considering that most donated materials are looted by Russian unit commanders and higher ranking officers before they ever reach Ivan and Pavel, this tactic may be even more effective than it may first appear. Even if it's just a rumor, it's got to have an effect on Russian morale.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 08:44 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: SMOD at March 29, 2026 08:39 PM (O7XEN)
Huh. Sabotaging humanitarian aid. Ill wait for the war crimes people to chime in.
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Anyone?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 08:45 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 29, 2026 08:41 PM
CBD is gonna ask if that meant nurse had no opportunity to shoot.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Accomak at March 29, 2026 08:47 PM (wkU1F)
The old classic revolver cases are straight walled and many are low pressure in 32 S&W Long, 32 H&R, and 38 or 44 Special. Not much stress on the brass nor much effort to resize the brass. 45 ACP or 45 Colt are likewise very friendly to reloaders--straight wall, low pressure cartridge.
44 Magnum brass, with a full hunting load, can be tough to resize and that goes for the other dinosaur hunting rounds as well. But all revolvers are generous on bullet selection.
Semi-autos
40 S&W is not tricky on brass but rather loads are sensitive to spikes in a high pressure cartridge. 9mm is not difficult but it is a tapered case and you have to really be careful of seating depth.
And bottleneck cases whether revolver or semi auto can be a pain in the butt. The old cowboy 32-40, 38-40, and 44-40 have a very slight neck and it is very easy to ruin brass resizing if not careful. The 357 Sig is a pig to reload as the short neck and high pressure means care needed. Old and odd rounds like 38 Super can vary how the pistol is headspaced and bullet selection for semi autos means paying close attention to how deep your bullet seats in the case and crimping to avoid setback.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:48 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 08:49 PM (eZ5tL)
The weather moderated enough up here to take the Ruger 10-22 out and do a ballistics table work up for CCI Standard 40 g. LRN ammo. 50, 100, 200 and 300 on 5” paddles from a dueling tree.
It’s so nice hearing a tiny little “ting” as lead meets steel.
If you are interested, I did a couple of posts over at my place.
If you don’t have a 10-22, why not? It’s probably the best/most fun all round semi auto on the planet.
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 08:49 PM (fRFTM)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 07:18 PM (hJH5n)
You would think they would be more cognizant of Nehemiah's view of arming oneself. Especially around Jerusalem.
Posted by: GWB at March 29, 2026 08:49 PM (5tsvC)
Rifles and shotguns are a whole nother matter.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:49 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 29, 2026 08:49 PM (VCgbV)
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Anyone?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 08:45 PM (zZu0s)
Considering that the Russians have been treating the Geneva Conventions as the "Geneva Suggestions" for four years now, they're about as sympathetic as the Germans complaining about US use of trench guns (pump action shotguns) in WWI as war crime worthy when they were the first to unleash poison gas and flamethrowers.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 08:50 PM (BCwQW)
Tell Ace hello from us!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 29, 2026 08:51 PM (VCgbV)
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My impression is that NH is the only state in that general area worth moving to in terms of gun laws; haven't looked closely though.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 08:51 PM (eZ5tL)
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Potentially. As insoles are a weird thing to consider "war materials."
*shrugs*
Not my monkeys... etc.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 08:51 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:47 PM
No love and/or advice for me?
Posted by: 5.7x28 at March 29, 2026 08:51 PM (0sNs1)
https://flic.kr/p/2n8fVYA
Since I used a 9.5" barrel to keep the length normal with this giant can, I had to make it a pistol, which keeps me from having a vertical foregrip like I would prefer.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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That would be the way to do it. 300 BLK is meant for short barrels and close in shooting. Plus being suppressed.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:51 PM (E4rtv)
May the Lord protect you always, and Archangel Michael defend you in battle
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 07:19 PM (tcsrY)
Thank you, vmom. And a peaceful one to you, as well.
BTW, we're naming the armed portion of our safety and security team "Team Michael." And the medical part is "Team Raphael."
Posted by: GWB at March 29, 2026 08:53 PM (5tsvC)
Hah, found the web site. Huh, I don't see spawn listed as a competitor.
Weird.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2026 08:53 PM (UJMvS)
Posted by: GWB
I love that!
I suppose comms could be Team Gabriel?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 08:54 PM (eZ5tL)
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:47 PM
* sobs manfully *
Bullet selection for the .41 Magnum is not what it should be. The slow twist doesn't facilitate heavy-for-caliber projectiles. Sad!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:54 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: 5.7x28
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I once reloaded some 25 Auto on a dare--tiny bullets, eyestrain and pain to seat bullet, etc. Massive pita and 5.7x28 just combines that problem with a bottleneck case.
The sad thing is both are really cartridges that would benefit costwise and availability from reloading.
I've avoided some fine revolvers though in 44-40 or 38-40 just because brass and ammo is a major pain. I have a 32-20 and that is enough of a pain and cost in brass and ammo. Basically resembles a 32 H&R magnum in ballistics.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:55 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 29, 2026 08:55 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 08:56 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 07:18 PM (hJH5n)
You would think they would be more cognizant of Nehemiah's view of arming oneself. Especially around Jerusalem.
Posted by: GWB at March 29, 2026 08:49 PM (5tsvC)
And all GOD's children say Amen!
Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2026 08:56 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 07:26 PM (BCwQW)
I would say MODERN Israel. Ancient Israel (I mentioned Nehemiah above) certainly had the concept.
Posted by: GWB at March 29, 2026 08:56 PM (5tsvC)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 08:51 PM (eZ5tL)
That’s why I live in NH, vmom. VT is constitutional carry, but they are also crazy.
We are landlocked by NY, MA and CT for travel, unfortunately.
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 08:56 PM (fRFTM)
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:55 PM
I always thought the big issue was the lacquered brass?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 08:57 PM (0sNs1)
Bullet selection for the .41 Magnum is not what it should be. The slow twist doesn't facilitate heavy-for-caliber projectiles. Sad!
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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For you my friend, take up bullet swaging or casting. As the crop of that rare breed are dying off, there are presses, molds, and dies out there for that nowadays.
Fred Huntington started post WWII, swaging 22 Centerfire wildcats and using 22 LR brass cases for the bullet jacket. That was the start of RCBS.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 08:57 PM (E4rtv)
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Anyone?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 08:45 PM (zZu0s)
If the targets are Russian soldiers, they're (mostly) fair game. Since this Russian aid is supposed to (emphasis of "supposed") go to front line troops, they're an acceptable target. Whether that actually happens is another story. Sabotaging medical supplies like that would be a much clearer violation.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 08:58 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2026 08:59 PM (UJMvS)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Lacquer thinner is a thing but most of the ammo I've seen doesn't use that. You do have to use resizing wax and trim cases though.
I do know that FN had some super sekret police and military only type rounds but I have never seen them.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:00 PM (E4rtv)
I thought you could use standard 5.56 mags but not in this gun apparently.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:01 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 29, 2026 09:02 PM (P4bJX)
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 07:41 PM (yTvNw)
It seems to be revolvers' year. There's also the need to publish something in an industry that really doesn't have much truly new to offer.
Posted by: GWB at March 29, 2026 09:02 PM (5tsvC)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 08:56 PM (t/2Uw)
And now Sharon can say she can outshoot Daniel Craig's Bond (in Skyfall) with Bond's own PPK!
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:02 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Wifey of ShainS at March 29, 2026 09:02 PM (VXJx/)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 29, 2026 07:43 PM (t2oSI)
Remember that to a prog, 2 weapons and 100 rounds of ammo is "an arsenal."
Posted by: GWB at March 29, 2026 09:04 PM (5tsvC)
Posted by: man at March 29, 2026 09:05 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ed L
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You are correct. E&I frames are identical in size with the slight differences being firing pin as you note above. Grip and retaining screws are identical. Lockwork is also the same. My Official Police wears Pachmyr combat grips instead of the wood splinter grips.
Have no idea about the new ones or the newer post 68-69 Colt models.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 09:06 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:06 PM (4NO2D)
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Thanks for the tip, and welcome!
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 09:07 PM (tKZgo)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:01 PM (4NO2D)
Only in pinch. Mags made for 300 Blackout will perform much more reliably, as you found out. Early GI aluminum magazines (especially those from the 70s) are probably the least reliable 5.56 mags out there because they're really used back when the mags were supposed to be expendable (but weren't). The followers are a big part of the problem. They were retained for use far after they should have been junked.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:07 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: toby928(c)
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You make a very important point.
Always check your mags using live firing as somethings that are supposed to work with a firearm sometimes don't in practice.
A semi auto with unreliable magazines is a single shot if even that.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 08:02 PM (BCwQW)
And then there's the ones you don't have to rack to load the first round. Like the 30X Tomcat.
Posted by: GWB at March 29, 2026 09:09 PM (5tsvC)
Thank you!
I appreciate your being here tonight and hope to see you next Sunday. Kinda slow this evening so if you want to treat this as an open thread, all good with me.
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 09:10 PM (9rVq1)
Posted by: RI Red
So can you legally transport a weapon through any of those states on the way to visit America?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:11 PM (znREB)
Have no idea about the new ones or the newer post 68-69 Colt models.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:06 PM (E4rtv)
Current production Pythons are marketed as compatible with vintage Python grips. I've tried swapping them myself between the originals (1960s - 1990s production) and current models I have and they work without issues.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:11 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:11 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:12 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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You make a very good point for those who have hand strength or arthritis issues.
32 ACP for semi automatics and 32 Smith and Wesson Long revolver rounds have enough penetration to hurt someone with virtually no recoil.
But, placement is critical on shots as you cannot rely on ammo expanding at those low velocities. You get 32 caliber (.311-.313) holes in the target.
When the doc finally clears me for range time, I am starting with 22 LR and 32 S&W Longs until I am sure that nothing breaks loose from my surgeries.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ed L
Good to know. If a Python fell in my lap, I wouldn't mind at all, new or old. Probably prefer a new model though as I have enough old Colt Double Actions (first year Police Positive for example) and few skilled gunsmiths work on those anymore.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 09:17 PM (Wnv9h)
Their Tomcat in .32acp has a tip up barrel so you don't even need to rack it to load.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:17 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 09:06 PM (t/2Uw)
And that's why I think .32 ACP might be an underrated round IF you put in the practice with it. I'm sure Sharon could have fired off a couple hundred rounds of .32 ACP today w/o any problems. Which is more effective, the .32 ACP that you've shot several hundred (or thousand) times, or the .357 Magnum you shot only a dozen times because you can't stand the recoil beating you up?
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:18 PM (BCwQW)
Point it in a safe direction or at the thug of your choice bearing down on you if you must do this.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:19 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:17 PM (4NO2D)
Compared to the PPK, the Beretta 80 series guns hold more ammo, and Tomcat just might be easier to use. But pop culture has given the .32 ACP PPK an aura of its own. And Walther has produced a version with a threaded barrel from the factory.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:23 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:12 PM (BCwQW)
What Ed said! I always learn something from y'all.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 29, 2026 09:23 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:11 PM (znREB)
One would think that under the 1986 FOPA, you’d be safe. My sources tell me that NY, especially state troopers, don’t care.
I’ve traveled through, at the speed limit. I’d hate to be a test case.
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 09:24 PM (fRFTM)
Posted by: toby928(c)
A thingie that goes up?
REEE
😱
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:24 PM (znREB)
https://tinyurl.com/3zzjrza8
*stock photo
Now look at that and try to tell me a PPK is sexier.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:26 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: RI Red at March 29, 2026 09:26 PM (fRFTM)
https://tinyurl.com/3zzjrza8
*stock photo
Now look at that and try to tell me a PPK is sexier.
Posted by: toby928(c)
But... James Bond ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 09:28 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Ed L
32 ACP is one where the most repeatable damage are from ammo that has a blunter tip either hollow point or some of the newer designs. FMJ round tips can be more easily deflected from hitting bone.
32 S&W Long has the benefit of firing lead wadcutter and semi wadcutter bullets with more consistent penetration and less deflection. A bit more penetration than the 32 ACP as the case size allows a bit more of a charge.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:29 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:29 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 09:29 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:26 PM (4NO2D)
I have a Model 81 myself. And you might be right. But thanks to Bond, the PPK has gotten a lot more love from Hollywood than any of the Beretta 80 series pistols.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:30 PM (BCwQW)
https://tinyurl.com/3zzjrza8
*stock photo
Now look at that and try to tell me a PPK is sexier.
Posted by: toby928(c)
The Mauser HSc is cuter
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 09:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: toby928(c)
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He did in the first books, carried a 25 ACP Beretta. Blame Q for making him switch. In reality, someone told Ian Fleming that a 25 ACP was scarcely better than a 22 LR so he upgraded Bond's pistol.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:33 PM (E4rtv)
Have a great week everybody.
Thanks Weasel.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 09:33 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Coelacanth at March 29, 2026 09:34 PM (DJPFk)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 08:54 PM (eZ5tL)
Comms won't be a whole team. But I might suggest we use Gabriel as the call sign for the service elder.
The support team (intel, maintaining the gear, etc.) will be Team Anna.
Posted by: GWB at March 29, 2026 09:34 PM (23rkR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:26 PM (4NO2D)
I don't it's an exaggeration to say that the PPK owes its continued production (95 years' worth as of this year) to the popularity of the Bond series in literature and film.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:36 PM (BCwQW)
James Bond used a Beretta in the first five novels of the series by Ian Fleming. Bond's pistol is described as "a very flat .25 Beretta (the model number is never specified by Fleming) automatic with a skeleton grip," and a threaded barrel to support a suppressor. At the end of the fifth novel, From Russia, with Love, Bond is unable to draw the Beretta at a critical moment when its suppressor catches on the waistband of his trousers, and is very nearly killed as a result. This incident leads to an order from his superior officer, M, to start carrying a new duty weapon in the opening chapters of the sixth novel, Dr. No. Major Boothroyd, the MI6 armorer and "the greatest small-arms expert in the world" in M's opinion, insists that Bond trade it for a weapon with more stopping power. Bond is issued a 7.65mm Walther PPK, and a Smith & Wesson Centennial Airweight revolver for situations where he needs more power than the PPK can offer. He carries both guns during a mission in Jamaica for this novel, but only fires the S&W; in subsequent stories, he relies on the PPK.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: GWB
You've only got two hands. What would you ever need a third gun for?
Posted by: a prog at March 29, 2026 09:37 PM (VHUov)
In reality, Ian Fleming received a fan letter dated May 23rd 1956 from Geoffrey Boothroyd, a Bond enthusiast and gun expert, criticizing the choice of firearm for Bond. Boothroyd called the Beretta "a lady's gun" and suggested several alternatives, one of which was the Walther. Fleming thanked Boothroyd by naming the MI6 armorer in Dr. No after him. In the film, the character of Boothroyd references his real-life counterpart's comments when he describes the Beretta: "Nice and light, in a lady's handbag. No stopping power."
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sam Adams at March 29, 2026 09:38 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Little Bill at March 29, 2026 09:38 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:33 PM (E4rtv)
That someone was one Geoffry Boothroyd, a self described fan of the Bond novels. Q (aka "Major Boothroyd) is Fleming's tribute to his contributions to Fleming's knowledge about firearms. Boothroyd's description of the .25 Beretta in "Doctor No" ("A nice gun. For a lady's handbag...") is almost a direct quote of the description Boothroyd used in his first letter to Fleming complaining about the .25 Beretta's effectiveness.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:41 PM (BCwQW)
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Eye transplants?
Use your glasses. They make a huge difference, at least for me!
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 09:41 PM (64qRd)
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Eye transplants?
Use your glasses. They make a huge difference, at least for me!
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 09:41 PM (64qRd)
I have cataract surgery right eye on the ninth of April. That's my main eye, folks.
Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2026 09:43 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Sam Adams at March 29, 2026 09:38 PM (X+xvk)
For rifles, or pistols? For pistols, I'd choose something with bright and/or well defined sights you can pick up quickly. Fiber optics or tritium might be your best bets. If you don't have those, one can improvise with White-Out on your front sight.
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:45 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Little Bill at March 29, 2026 09:38 PM
Heh. I have my grandfather's 32S&W revolver, nickel plated with pearl handles. A real pimp's gun.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:45 PM (4NO2D)
Interesting.
I tried to find where this West Tampa is as I thought the old cigar was on the East side, Ybor City. But there was this one cigar company that might fit the description that I lost track of, went away long time ago.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 09:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Sam Adams
Front sight should be sharp in focus, rear sight and target can be a bit fuzzy.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 09:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Sam Adams at March 29, 2026 09:38 PM (X+xvk)
Red dot sights will be a big help, as a guy who is both nearsighted and farsighted now, they really make a difference.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 29, 2026 09:50 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:50 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 09:50 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:51 PM (tcsrY)
It's barely better than .22 LR (which, yes, is lethal applied to organs) in most testing. Penetration is sadly lacking and its gets deflected by just about any bone.
If you HAVE to carry .32 ACP, Buffalo Bore has some proper rounds.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 29, 2026 09:54 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:50 PM (4NO2D)
You do you, man. But that sounds like a dangerous habit to develop.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 29, 2026 09:55 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Sam Adams at March 29, 2026 09:57 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:58 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 29, 2026 09:55 PM
Why so? I just work for a repeatable grip and put enough rounds through to get the muscle memory pointing into a silhouette target at 10-20 feet. It's like pointing your finger. I don't need to look down my finger to know I am pointing at your chest from 20 feet away.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 09:59 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Ed L at March 29, 2026 09:23 PM (BCwQW)
My brother bought a new 80x Cheetah 2-3 weeks ago. After spending time with it I want to throw my PPKs in the frigging trash. I'm not kidding.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 10:00 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: mindful webworker - on the dot at March 29, 2026 10:00 PM (jrd4M)
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You're not alone. I wear readers that focus at arms length (1.5x I believe) so the front sight is clear and aim for center-blob.
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 10:00 PM (fqEzO)
Posted by: mindful webworker - blows the dog whistle at March 29, 2026 10:01 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 10:01 PM (n9ltV)
If you HAVE to carry .32 ACP, Buffalo Bore has some proper rounds.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo
Can't you just shoot them in the eye?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 10:06 PM (/lPRQ)
Food Thread: You Say Dumplings, I say Kneidlach: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off!
That's disgusting on so many levels, that I am suspicious. It's either AI, or somebody is trying to drive eyeballs to their site. It's horrible, but maybe it's like a crash on the highway....Oh boypic.twitter.com/6fclhtG1FO
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) March 23, 2026
I hate this sort of crap. It is conspicuous consumption of the worst kind, akin to the Potlatch ceremonies of the Northwest Indians. NYC steakhouse rolls out an ultra-decadent hot cocoa cocktail loaded with booze -- for a whopping $1K If you need to validate your social status by pissing away $1,000 on something this stupid, just give me the cash and I will stand next to you for 30 minutes or so and tell you how impressive you are.
Well, the garlic is out in the sunshine, probably soon to be eaten by those vile rodents with bushy tails and a penchant for damaging my home. But if they survive the squirrel apocalypse, and actually grow into something edible, I will be in garlic heaven! In case it doesn't, send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com. Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle. The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 04:04 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:04 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 04:05 PM (Ia/+0)
It's missing the potatoes, anyway.
Posted by: o'mikeski at March 29, 2026 04:06 PM (VHUov)
If you haven't seen the "dessert" videos, you haven't hit the bottom of the barrel yet, but those are just artificial sugar on artificial sugar on artificial sugar into the kost disgusting semi-firm forms...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 04:06 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:07 PM (UajcV)
How does one say "remember, you are the shiznizzle" in Latin?
Posted by: some Roman slave at March 29, 2026 04:09 PM (VHUov)
With tonight's roasted veg Bolognese pasta (see, it's all in the naming), we're also having raspberry/strawberry/pineapple salad.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 04:10 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 29, 2026 04:11 PM (WkL+O)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 04:11 PM (Fbc0I)
Child abuse comes in many forms.
Posted by: Yuck! at March 29, 2026 04:11 PM (WfE1w)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 04:05 PM (Ia/+0)
Fried thighs are great! They don't dry out like breast meat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 04:12 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Fritzy at March 29, 2026 04:13 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:13 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 04:11 PM (Fbc0I)
I had a group of friends when I was younger and single who were all hard-drinking Irish hooligans. It was fun! And bad for my liver.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 04:13 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:13 PM (UajcV)
Yup. It's fuel...nothing more.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 04:14 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 04:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Over charcoal.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 04:16 PM (2Ez/1)
Flour, water, shortening, salt, baking powder, and hot water. It makes a soft dough that you let sit for a bit and then roll out and fry on a griddle.
My wife came in and gave me a hug while I was working them up and then she went out in the yard to chase the neighbors' chickens back to the proper yard and I noticed she had a large floury hand print in the middle of her back from the hug.
I thought, "my wife has joined the Uruk Hai"
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 04:17 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 04:17 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 04:12 PM
Fry chicken legs like true Slav!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5CUf5Q8mlg
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 04:17 PM (Wnv9h)
Yup.
About to get really motivated and make potato soup (yeah, definitely a mick by ancestry). Good for sore throats.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:17 PM (UajcV)
Over charcoal.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 04:16 PM (2Ez/1)
Dont forget to put the cheese on first.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 04:17 PM (zZu0s)
Yup.
About to get really motivated and make potato soup (yeah, definitely a mick by ancestry). Good for sore throats.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:17 PM (UajcV)
Potato is great for a sick person...good choice!
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 04:19 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Mastiff at March 29, 2026 04:19 PM (qd6sQ)
Came out really well for what it was.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 04:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bob at March 29, 2026 04:20 PM (hWhmF)
_-_
Yep. Being off-grid, we don't have a microwave( uses too much power), so it is often just as easy to cook real food as reheat something, but we are all a little lethargic.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:20 PM (UajcV)
I can guarandamntee you, when kids are at the age where they ONLY eat nuggets and fries, they also wig out if anything touches anything else.
maybe a for-clicks, but no kid I've ever met in the nugget stage would touch that with the schoolyard bully's lips.
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 04:21 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 04:21 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 04:23 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 29, 2026 04:24 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:24 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 03:55 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 04:00 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper who is NOT a packrat, well, maybe a little at March 29, 2026 04:05 PM (WkL+O)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 04:03 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 04:00 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 29, 2026 04:24 PM (dmDsy)
My friend saw an Instagram video where they made a mashed potato volcano. Basically they poured gravy into one part and it flowed through the potatoes. It was pretty cool.
I did pick up Easter chocolate from the dollar store. I was in the mood. I bunny was about $2 Canadian and the eggs were $3 but they were actually pretty good.
But I'd also eat that monstrosity so...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 04:25 PM (Sco7b)
Well, actually it takes a fair amount of time, because it's a big piece of meat!
The Paolo, he understands....
Posted by: The Paolo at March 29, 2026 04:26 PM (y9nCu)
If you ask yourself who could actually not go into a diabetic coma upon eating one bite, well...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 04:27 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 29, 2026 04:24 PM (/HDaX
It actually does look like something Ryan Kinel has described making. A bit scaled up. Just as disgusting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 04:29 PM (zZu0s)
Best to you <3
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 04:31 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 04:33 PM (2Ez/1)
Best to you
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 04:31 PM (enw9G)
*smiley face emoji*
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 29, 2026 04:33 PM (dmDsy)
Except that McDonald's doesn't take EBT, as far as I know.
Or do they? I really don't know.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 29, 2026 04:34 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 04:36 PM (afFes)
It finally hit me why their fries are so good--they're cooked pommes frites style. Delicious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 04:36 PM (ESVrU)
BTW, The Spice House offers both types. The Cambodian is a lot more expensive. And The Spice house sells the BEST pepper mill ever. Not cheap at 45 bucks but ours have lasted for years.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 04:37 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 04:37 PM (RIvkX)
Bluebell knows...also in yer biscuits
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:37 PM (UajcV)
All the fast food places take EBT.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 29, 2026 04:37 PM (biznJ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 04:33 PM (2Ez/1)
I just went to her site... and I was kind of scared for some reason. Probably totally irrational, it seems like she has good advice to offer, but still... Weird, right?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 29, 2026 04:38 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 04:38 PM (Wnv9h)
Bluebell knows...also in yer biscuits
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:37 PM (UajcV)
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Amen, amen.
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 04:38 PM (afFes)
Chicken gravy dumplings, duck dumplings, goose dumplings, cherry dumplings.
I should have paid more attention while assisting her in the kitchen.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 04:38 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 04:36 PM (afFes)
I use lard, I just never admit it because I don't like to argue over whether lard is or is not good.
I mostly use Crisco nowadays to get pine tar off my hands.
the whole hand made tortillas is an odd problem, I have had issues with it for a long time.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 04:39 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 04:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 04:39 PM (RIvkX)
Plus, I was only 9 years old when I bought it, so yeah... it's tough on a few levels.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 29, 2026 04:41 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
_-_
The thing that always wrecked me about that is the memories associated with every dumb thing I own, junk or gem.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:42 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 04:36 PM (ESVrU)
There's a really good Greek gyro place near my Mom's house--their fries are perfection! And they have felafel gyros, which I love, and there are three different sizes, which I also love. I like the lady-sized small one, but of course!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 29, 2026 04:43 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 29, 2026 04:38 PM (dmDsy)
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I haven't seen her site, but I read her book years ago. The idea is sound, but I just can't imagine literally talking to my stuff. I also can't imagine putting every book I own in one place at the same time. Homeschooling for five kids for 22 years plus two parents who like to read means a lot of books.
The other idea to check out (if no one else mentioned it) is Swedish death cleaning. Not as morbid as it sounds, lol!
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 04:43 PM (afFes)
The simple pizza looks just great.
The macaroni and fries not so much.
Local family-owned Chinese restaurant is closing next week after many years. Last week we dined there with Daughter and SiL. Place was packed like I never remember seeing it; guess posting a going out of business sign can be good for business. The food was good and I wondered why we had quit going a long time ago. Then the snarky owner woman started ragging on me about not having been there, and I remembered.😏 Guess her two sons, about the same age as our sons, grew up to be a lawyer and an architect instead of taking on the family biz. Life's like that. Too bad. Wonder if she'll move back to Taiwan. Probably not.
MiladyJo will be going there again this afternoon with a friend. Promises to bring me home some egg rolls.
Posted by: mindful webworker - connysuer at March 29, 2026 04:44 PM (jrd4M)
Dash, my grandgirl is just coming out of nugget and fries stage, but throughout there was a rule that any meal of that also had fresh vegs and fruit, and a small helping of fries.
She must also at least try new things, and if she honestly eats (swallows!) a small helping without histrionics, and still doesn't like it, well, she gave it a try.
She's also discovered some things she actually likes by having that rule, like broccoli and zucchini.
She is tall and lean, but she is very active, too.
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 04:44 PM (enw9G)
_-_
The thing that always wrecked me about that is the memories associated with every dumb thing I own, junk or gem.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:42 PM (UajcV)
That's exactly right... I come up with "logical" reason to keep something...but it isn't really logic, is it?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 29, 2026 04:45 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 29, 2026 04:46 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 04:47 PM (afFes)
All the fast food places take EBT.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 29, 2026 04:37 PM (biznJ)
This should surprise me, but it doesn't.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 29, 2026 04:48 PM (h7ZuX)
The other idea to check out (if no one else mentioned it) is Swedish death cleaning. Not as morbid as it sounds, lol!
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 04:43 PM (afFes)
When I had to redo my floors, it was a good time to get the spouse to part with books (and to get rid of all my little kid homeschool books). Nothing like either carrying them all down to the basement and back up, or selling them at the used book store (and donating the unwanted ones).
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 04:48 PM (tOcjL)
Where do you get your leaf lard for the biscuits?
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 04:51 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: mindful webworker - connysuer at March 29, 2026 04:44 PM (jrd4M)
Yes! And I think it works well. Not as good as a tap, but far, far better than the vile bottles!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 04:52 PM (n9ltV)
Hey-O!! Someone call me for some Kwanzaa cake goodness? Pour me another drink while I gather the ingredients from my panty -- er, pantry. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 04:52 PM (Suwql)
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 04:52 PM (afFes)
My other problem was my preconception that "all dough has to be as stiff as standard bread dough" which is not wise. It makes "thin hard tack"
The last batch I did turned out well, I used boiling water instead of cool water for mixing, and that rolled out great. I got the idea for that from my hot water pie crust recipe, which was merely easier to use than tasty.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 04:53 PM (rbvCR)
Sounds like it might be hard to Finnish?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 04:53 PM (Suwql)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 04:54 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 29, 2026 04:46 PM (nbLIj)
That's fair. Their fish looks like typical frozen fish, so i don't bother, especially since I live near the Atlantic and have a superb fish store just a few minutes away.
But they have a few things that I like...brisket, untrimmed pork ribs, and Berkshire pork that sometimes looks great.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 04:54 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 04:55 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 29, 2026 04:46 PM (nbLIj)
I saw the name and kept thinking they were trying to be Whole Foods, but not...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 04:56 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 29, 2026 04:56 PM (qFwJc)
I was able to get rid of all my big stuff via an online estate sale. I did not make money, but after I figured out how much it cost me vs how much I got rid of w/o lifting a finger, it was worth every penny.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 04:57 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 04:58 PM (UajcV)
Additionally, most of their meats come from their own family owned grazing farms surrounding the store and throughout the area. That means excellent (and I do mean EXCELLENT) prices well below the average cost. Not to mention that if you're a hunter and bag a buck...take it in and they'll dress and process into 20 different items. Same with fish and fowl. Gem of a butcher, not to mention old family friends.
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 04:59 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 04:57 PM (2Ez/1)
Interesting, thanks!
I'm gonna look into that.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 29, 2026 04:59 PM (dmDsy)
Despite my ancestors' raising cattle, twists of life kept me from learning anything about ranching. (All hat and no cattle Oklahoman.) We did (after years of trying) acquire this old ranch that my great-grandfather
Hope I don't get the tick-carried virus that makes one allergic to red meat!!!!
Posted by: mindful webworker - Black Angus like granddaddy used to raise at March 29, 2026 04:59 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: mindful webworker - connysuer at March 29, 2026 04:44 PM (jrd4M)
Yes! And I think it works well. Not as good as a tap, but far, far better than the vile bottles!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
>It does work out well. Especially if you live in a one horse town where they have no Guinness on tap. I would probably have to drive 30 mile for a Guinness.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 04:59 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 05:00 PM (Suwql)
https://tinyurl.com/3unbzhjv
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 05:00 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:01 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: mindful webworker - connysuer
Yes! And I think it works well. Not as good as a tap, but far, far better than the vile bottles!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Agreed!
Left Hand stout comes in bottles that instruct you to turn them completely upside-down to pour. It comes out kind of nitro-y, but still not nearly as good as the Guinness rattle can.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 05:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: jix at March 29, 2026 05:03 PM (y687V)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:01 PM (+nEug)
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You're down in Texas, yes? My brother lives down there and I periodically send him items from this butcher that are banned from manufacturing down there. I found it odd, but stuff like ring baloney and certain PA Dutch processed meats can't be made in Texas. My butcher make quite a few scheckles from previous PA residents that now live in Texas.
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 05:04 PM (dIske)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 29, 2026 05:04 PM (qFwJc)
Thanks for the lard info.
I've been using the Kent Rollins 2 ingredient biscuit recipe: White Lily flour and heavy cream. Simple and it works. Time to try a more traditional recipe and compare the two styles.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 05:05 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 05:06 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Accomack at March 29, 2026 05:06 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:01 PM (+nEug)
For beef, or anything? I have a couple places with much shorter lead times near me...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 29, 2026 05:07 PM (ULPxl)
SCRAPPLE!
My mom grew up in Philly and loooooves that stuff!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 05:07 PM (Suwql)
I am in the Philly area (and over the river from Trenton) fairly frequently. Care to share the name of this butcher if he is anywhere near?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 05:07 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 29, 2026 04:56 PM (qFwJc)
That is true.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 05:08 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 05:05 PM (yTvNw)
Homesick Texan's recipe is excellent.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 05:09 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:09 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:09 PM (+nEug)
Pete Bog will do it for you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 05:10 PM (n9ltV)
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It's missing the potatoes, anyway.
Posted by: o'mikeski
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Get rid of the beef.
Add one potato.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 05:11 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 05:07 PM (n9ltV)
__________________________
Dietrich Meats (Krumsville, PA)
https://tinyurl.com/4ehh354j
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 05:11 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:12 PM (+nEug)
There's a small chain of Amish grocery stores that has become my go to source for Sunday steak. Picked up two nicely marbled Tbones that I grilled for myself and Little yesterday. Sometimes Sunday arrives a day early here at Casa Sin Problemas.
Their seafood selection is equally impressive. Fresh trout, tuna, and even monkfish. I do consider myself fortunate to have a reliable local source of meat and seafood..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 29, 2026 05:14 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 05:06 PM (2Ez/1)
Sorry, man, but I tried that and it was fucking gross!
Posted by: Denny Crane - B O L O G N A! at March 29, 2026 05:19 PM (dmDsy)
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I don't doubt it. The area I live in still has roadside stands for great sweet corn, tomatos, peaches, cherries etc. in the summer time. Most are Mennonite...but some Amish.
The best thing is that they pick in the morning and sell in the afternoon, so they are right off the stalk, branch or vine. Good stuff. Great people to chat with, as well. Most will talk your ear off and give you great gardening tips in the process.
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 05:23 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:23 PM (+nEug)
Why are pie pre-baked sometimes but not other times?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 29, 2026 05:25 PM (pT5+M)
Why are pie pre-baked sometimes but not other times?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 29, 2026 05:25 PM (pT5+M)
Usually, it's to ensure it will be finished when the filling is finished, and that the crust will retain a crisp texture (some pie fillings can sog out a raw crust)...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 05:27 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 29, 2026 05:28 PM (qFwJc)
Well, it should be.
Don't anyone go there, because I want it ALL when I go.
Posted by: goatexchange at March 29, 2026 05:28 PM (hyS0X)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Some merengues and cheesecakes can't take heat either and will crack or burn.
if you are assembling a pie, because the crust is important for display, then you can also blind bake, and put in the hot fillings and cap it, maybe with some extra gravy to fill the cap up to the top.
By the way, some pot pies call for just that treatment since the fillings will slump a bit
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 05:31 PM (rbvCR)
Okay, which one of you morons were visiting Europe lately and pulled this heist?
https://tinyurl.com/324y6rk2
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 29, 2026 05:32 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 29, 2026 05:33 PM (XV/Pl)
Okay, which one of you morons were visiting Europe lately and pulled this heist?
https://tinyurl.com/324y6rk2
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 29, 2026 05:32 PM (5xuJ/)
My oldest son's favorite candy bar is a KitKat bar...but I can confirm he's stayed on this side of the pond all year...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 05:35 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at March 29, 2026 05:35 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 05:36 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 29, 2026 05:36 PM (pT5+M)
Why are pie pre-baked sometimes but not other times?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 29, 2026 05:25 PM (pT5+M)
The filling determines whether or not to prebake the crust. A cream pie (think pudding) requires a prebaked crust. Most fruit pies (apple, cherry, blueberry) are fill-and-bake affairs, especially the double-crust variety...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 29, 2026 05:37 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 05:44 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:46 PM (+nEug)
Her thing may have looked gross unless you thin of it as poutine with nuggets.
Maybe pizza. My town has a Dominos now!!
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 05:47 PM (Sco7b)
Heh. Now I have that Weird Al song stuck in my head...again.
Posted by: Don in SoCo
Ooh, my little hungry one, hungry one
Open up a package of My Bologna
Ooh, I think the toast is done, the toast is done
Top it with a little of My Bologna
Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack, I always eat too much
And throw up, but I'll soon be back
For my my my yi yi woo!
M-M-M-My Bologna
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 05:48 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:49 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:46 PM (+nEug)
(Reviews the wine list)
Let's go with the Riesling, shall we?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 29, 2026 05:50 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2026 05:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 05:52 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2026 05:52 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:53 PM (+nEug)
Annoying.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2026 05:51 PM (2WIwB)
I wonder how that happens? They do tons a day.
New person?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 05:53 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 05:54 PM (0aYVJ)
I'm saying it is a colossal waste to say that a KID would.
Teen boys, probably.
Kid?
no.
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 05:54 PM (enw9G)
Cheers!
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 05:53 PM (+nEug)
(Signals to the wine captain)
Two straws, garcon!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 29, 2026 05:55 PM (nbLIj)
Teen boys, probably.
Kid?
no.
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 05:54 PM (enw9G)
You're probably right. On all counts.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 05:56 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 05:56 PM (AkEZC)
They think you should only eat Leaves and Roach Burgers...
Posted by: Jackson K. at March 29, 2026 05:58 PM (38587)
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 05:58 PM (lJ0H4)
I've also been watching Italian chef Ana Sofia Fehn because she is comely to gaze upon.
Just thought I'd share.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 29, 2026 06:00 PM (pT5+M)
Some days a peanut butter and blackberry jam sammich is a feast to me
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:01 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 05:54 PM (enw9G)
Well, they will eat anything. And quickly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:02 PM (n9ltV)
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CBD ... Another business in the "over the river from Trenton" area is Ely's Farm in Newtown, PA ... It's probably best known for its deer processing and handcrafted cheeses ... At one point, Dwight Ely was the President of the American Association of Meat Processors.
Posted by: Kathy at March 29, 2026 06:04 PM (zuKcR)
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 05:58 PM (lJ0H4)
One of my favorite simple foods is a pot of rice dumped into a roasting pan or skillet that has the juice and other detritus from roasting chicken.
That is grand eating.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:04 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 05:58 PM (lJ0H4)
Good food doesn't need to be fancy...
I've always favored the homey and rustic presentation here.
And as I've said many times, while Sandra Lee's show was the worst version of the concept ever done, the idea of Semi-Homemade is a very valuable one for many cooks. Finding those healthy cheats you can use (like my jarred marinara that I used as the base of my sauce to work from tonight) to get good food on the table within a reasonable time and with reasonable effort.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 06:04 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 06:04 PM (Wnv9h)
Thanks! One of the brats lives in that area, so I will take a look!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:05 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:07 PM (+nEug)
Some days a peanut butter and blackberry jam sammich is a feast to me
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:01 PM (+nEug)
I'm a sucker for a grilled PB (like grilled cheese, but without any of that pesky dairy) - in the fall, a grilled PB and apple butter sandwich is delightful for lunch...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 06:07 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Piper at March 29, 2026 06:08 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 29, 2026 06:08 PM (pT5+M)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:09 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 29, 2026 06:15 PM (tOcjL)
Caramelized onion and gruyere
Fougasse green olive
Jalapeño monterrey jack cheese
I can't quit them
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:22 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Ralph at March 29, 2026 06:22 PM (8WZD4)
Posted by: Ralph at March 29, 2026 06:22 PM (8WZD4)
True...I write a fair amount about pork.
Keeping Kosher isn't that tough, but I was raised in a home in which we ate almost literally everything, so keeping Kosher now would be a big change.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:25 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:26 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Ralph at March 29, 2026 06:22 PM (8WZD4)
Has CBD ever said he only ate kosher? I'm sorry, but I don't remember that..
Posted by: Denny Crane - Salami And Mayo On White Bread Is AWESOME!!! at March 29, 2026 06:26 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:25 PM (n9ltV)
So, like ..."long pork" was on your table?
Posted by: Denny Crane - Cannibals Are People Too! at March 29, 2026 06:28 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Denny Crane - Salami And Mayo On White Bread Is AWESOME!!! at March 29, 2026 06:26 PM (dmDsy)
No. Ralph made the rookie mistake of reading the content.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:30 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:30 PM (n9ltV)
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These things have content?
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 06:31 PM (vt7xw)
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 06:31 PM (vt7xw)
Not that I've ever noticed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 06:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:34 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:34 PM (+nEug)
It is mighty tasty!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:37 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:34 PM (+nEug)
*looks it up*
So it's a danish?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 06:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:34 PM (+nEug)
A bread can do that?? AWESOME!!!!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I'm Adding Bread To My Balcony Table at March 29, 2026 06:38 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:38 PM (+nEug)
I still have 15 pounds of red beets to take care of. They'll keep a bit longer.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 06:39 PM (Sco7b)
On the plus side at least she remembered to take the plastic off the "cheese" slices.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 06:40 PM (tcsrY)
My son thought he'd died and gone to heaven when we showed him peirogies.
Potato, INSIDE noodle!
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 06:41 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:41 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
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My favorite restaurant to eat in Moscow was Georgian.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:45 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 06:46 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 06:49 PM (tcsrY)
They be trusts Presdent Obama noor then that lyre Trump.
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 29, 2026 06:50 PM (5YXU8)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 06:52 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:41 PM (+nEug)175 Stateless, borscht
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:41 PM (+nEug)
I'm going to look it up.
Thank you.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 06:52 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 06:55 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 06:56 PM (0sNs1)
We bought a half cow, grass fed, from a family who had a farm a few miles out of town 30 years ago.
My wife and I loved it but it tasted funny to the kids.
Posted by: Auspex at March 29, 2026 06:57 PM (Y8DZL)
In my defense, we are still pretty new here. There is a ton of stuff to do in Idaho.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 06:57 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:57 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 06:49 PM (tcsrY)
Or tenderloin, or leg of lamb!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:58 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 06:31 PM
For a given value of "content."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 06:58 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 06:34 PM
Was it under a cabbage leaf?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 06:58 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Auspex at March 29, 2026 06:57 PM (Y8DZL)
Grass fed is different. I like both corn finished and grass fed, but I prefer corn finished.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:59 PM (n9ltV)
SCRAPPLE!
My mom grew up in Philly and loooooves that stuff!
I grew up in Berks County, and we had Lebanon Bologna, Scrapple, Pigs Feet Jelly, Polish Cabbage Rolls {Galumpkis} and Shoo-Fly-Pie (Molasses crumb cake layered with a gooey molasses bottom) .........
The good Ole Days.....
Posted by: Jackson K. at March 29, 2026 06:59 PM (38587)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:58 PM
Large quantities of lamb leg will be happening for Easter.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 06:59 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:59 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2026 06:31 PM
More like a lack of focus on fundamentals.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 06:59 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 06:41 PM (enw9G)
Yeah, that is pretty awesome. Then fried to a crisp in butter.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 29, 2026 06:59 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 07:00 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 06:58 PM
Can we assume a spherical content?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2026 07:00 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 06:59 PM (n9ltV)
Me too. If I want lean I'll get buffalo* or elk.
*and, no. I will not call those magnificent beasts bison. It's a faggy word that should never have become such a hot-button issue on the interwebs. Little brother and I argued about this for way too long.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 07:02 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 07:14 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 07:18 PM (afFes)
And a zisen pesach to everyone--especially my native Texan son, born in Dallas on Juneteeth!
Posted by: Flakey Foont at March 29, 2026 08:31 PM (kvDvI)
Posted by: Gus at March 29, 2026 08:42 PM (qJTmp)
First World Problems...
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Can you reveal that secret sauce to the Moron Horde?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 29, 2026 02:01 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: The Cleansing Fire at March 29, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 02:03 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 02:04 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 02:05 PM (lJ0H4)
A royal pain in the ass to reassemble. One wiring harness, but a half dozen tabs and one torx screw to attach it.
I cut myself numerous times on it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 02:05 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 02:05 PM (lJ0H4)
But then the replacement paint would be slightly off shade to the rest and would always draw the OCDCBD eye.
No, better to nuke the whole town and start fresh.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 29, 2026 02:07 PM (xAJnx)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 02:08 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: huerfano at March 29, 2026 02:08 PM (98kQX)
Maybe 25 coats will work...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 02:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 02:09 PM (1o8D5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 02:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 02:05 PM (AkEZC)
Applying CBD logic you should trade her in.
Car? Wife? Potato Potahto
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 29, 2026 02:10 PM (xAJnx)
Posted by: javems at March 29, 2026 02:10 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:06 PM (zZu0s)
This!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 02:10 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 02:10 PM (RIvkX)
I was taught early on how to avoid exactly that sort of problem.
Does it involve 1/2 lb of wood putty and a gallon of lead-based paint?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2026 02:11 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 29, 2026 02:07 PM (xAJnx)
With the aforementioned gasoline!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 02:11 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 02:13 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 02:09 PM (1o8D5)
Toothpaste. Trusted by college students the world over.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:14 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 02:14 PM (X2gcU)
Posted by: javems at March 29, 2026 02:10 PM (zFsEm)
The fact they used wood could also be the aforementioned cost savings.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:15 PM (zZu0s)
As soon as it starts to warm up outside, it seems we get a hornet or two per week in the house. I can never see the darn things, I can only hear their frightful buzzing, and it's always in the morning when I first come downstairs.
My husband was home and swatted the first one. That's not my solution, although it's a good one. The next four have been found dead on their backs with their legs up in the air after hearing them buzz for two or three mornings. I guess they have no food or water - I don't care the reason, I just care that they very kindly present themselves on my floor (or in one case, on my washing machine nestled into my laundry scoop) for easy disposal.
Feel free to use my method, no charge.
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 02:15 PM (afFes)
Posted by: Dr_No at March 29, 2026 02:16 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 02:14 PM (X2gcU)
Sandra Fluke gets that a lot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 29, 2026 02:16 PM (RDqo2)
Maybe someone from out of the country...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 02:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 02:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 02:14 PM (X2gcU)
Sandra Fluke gets that a lot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)
Rachel Corrie....not so much...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 02:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 02:15 PM (afFes)
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*wonders where the shivving comes into it*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 02:19 PM (RIvkX)
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LOL
The trim piece was available on Amazon for less than $40. Same piece from Ford? $119 plus about $200 -250 to install it.
YouTube makes it look "easy." It wasn't. But it was worth $40. Plus I drank plenty of Bourbon afterwards to ease my pain.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 02:20 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 02:21 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 02:21 PM (RIvkX)
I don't have the gene(s) to want my house to be super nice. The basics are fine. I can keep it warm in winter and cool enough in the summer w/o busting the budget.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 02:21 PM (+89TD)
________________________________________
There's another solution for these nasty little flying attack machines: ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL in a straight-line sprayer bottle (not a 'mist-er'). The alcohol acts as a 'freeze' agent that suddenly drops their body temp (and it smells better than insecticides) and makes 'em jerk a bit before falling to the cold hard cement surface below. Ah lubs me some isopropyl alkyhol for wasp-killin'.
Just be sure to do it (a) early in the morning or (b) late in the afternoon / early evening. That's when their biology works in your favor and (b) against them. They're sleepy and slow-moving then, and your chances of being stung are a LOT lower.
Posted by: Dr_No at March 29, 2026 02:21 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 02:21 PM (Cqx++)
*wonders where the shivving comes into it*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 02:19 PM (RIvkX)
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That's the beauty of this method! I don't even have to take my shiv out of its sheath. If that's where one keeps one's shiv.
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 02:22 PM (afFes)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 02:23 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Dr_No at March 29, 2026 02:21 PM (ayRl+)
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If I see one, I'll try it! These buggers make a lot of noise but hide. My husband uses the fly-swatter (he's better at spotting them than I am). We probably won't see any more, we usually just get one a week while the weather warms up and then I guess they figure the pickin's are better outside.
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 02:24 PM (afFes)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 02:10 PM (RIvkX)
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That's some serious kvetching right there!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 02:30 PM (1o8D5)
Then next week's FWP can be either "wife upset about furniture rearrangement," or, if she's cool with it, "improper feng shui leading to migraines and distemper."
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 02:30 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 29, 2026 02:30 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 02:21 PM (Cqx++)
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That's where he hit his head.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 02:31 PM (1o8D5)
I looked up how to remove the key fitting on the jack, so that the tire can just be jacked down with no 'key.' I had to unbolt the jack to get to it, and then bolt the jack back on but I got it done.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 02:31 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 02:32 PM (cfwti)
Posted by: Dr_No
That solution was in the first paragraph of the Content*.
* - That's the weird header area, above the comments.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 02:33 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: PaleRider
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Same here. We were once 'house proud', but the energy to take care of things has diminished. So long as there is heating and cooling, and nothing is leaking, I'm fairly happy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 02:34 PM (XeU6L)
* - That's the weird header area, above the comments.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 02:33 PM
I rarely read the preamble.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 02:35 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 02:37 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)
The cats get all excited over the practice for their hunting skills, and I don't tell my wife.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 02:40 PM (+89TD)
Twelve ounce soda can, apple juice (bait), spoon of boric acid (the poison), and a stick or twig to stand up in the can.
Lets the wasps go into the can, come back out with the poison, then bring the poison to the nest
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 02:40 PM (5EGt7)
Getting inside is easy. Strong back legs. Getting out is...problematic. And that's before I've been lifting him in and out.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 02:41 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Denny Crane - They Are Fucking Mini Dinosaurs... at March 29, 2026 02:41 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Lex at March 29, 2026 02:42 PM (y4H1r)
Any thoughts?
Posted by: Denny Crane - They Are Fucking Mini Dinosaurs... at March 29, 2026 02:41 PM (dmDsy)
This is no fit place for the black speech of Mordor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 29, 2026 02:42 PM (Ot/FD)
Oh the humanity!
Posted by: Tonypete at March 29, 2026 02:42 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: PaleRider
Battery powered sawzall is the thieves best friend.
Pick-ups are targeted because you can just roll under them. No jacks needed.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 02:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Full size spares have been a rarity for the past... 30 years?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I have one in my 2000 Camry.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2026 02:44 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 02:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
Black widows here. Lots of them. I have to inspect every piece of wood for the little devils.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 02:44 PM (cfwti)
Any thoughts?
Posted by: Denny Crane - They Are Fucking Mini Dinosaurs... at March 29, 2026 02:41 PM (dmDsy)
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Take a look on YouTube. I've seen homemade contraptions made out of 2-liter soda bottles, I think, that were very effective. We only get a couple a year anymore so I don't bother trying to trap them, but I do recall seeing some inventive homemade traps.
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 02:45 PM (afFes)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: man at March 29, 2026 02:48 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 02:34 PM (XeU6L)
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*fistbump*
So far this year we've had one heating issue (minor) and two leaking issues (one major but caught in time, one minor). So I guess we see what the summer brings.
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 02:48 PM (afFes)
There might be cheaper items out there
https://tinyurl.com/6225kekd
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 02:50 PM (lkaN3)
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Take a look on YouTube. I've seen homemade contraptions made out of 2-liter soda bottles, I think, that were very effective. We only get a couple a year anymore so I don't bother trying to trap them, but I do recall seeing some inventive homemade traps.
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 02:45 PM (afFes)
Thanks for the tip, bluebell. I guess in the spring you only see the ones that managed to winter in your house. I used a vacuum cleaner last time there were a bunch, it ended up making it stink so bad I had to throw it out...
Posted by: Denny Crane - I'm Not That Bright... at March 29, 2026 02:50 PM (dmDsy)
I don't think it'd fit if it was larger.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 02:50 PM (AkEZC)
The round is bee hive parts that are tied together so spreads out but connected .
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 02:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Can't they hire atheists for Sunday?
Posted by: JROD at March 29, 2026 02:52 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 02:56 PM (dIske)
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Looking at old houses it's amazing the joiner quality they have. Such clean and precise cuts done with hand tools.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 02:57 PM (pUqS1)
I say let's make a two for the price one deal and send our American Ayatollah Barry Sotero with her !!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at March 29, 2026 02:59 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: Accomack at March 29, 2026 03:00 PM (GbONR)
Can't they hire atheists for Sunday?
Posted by: JROD
Convert half the locations to Jewish ownership. Then those will be closed on Saturday, instead. Then your first-world problem will be having to drive a little further.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 03:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 02:56 PM (dIske)
Paint a tiny Sisyphus rolling a boulder uphill.
Posted by: Your Grandfather's History teacher at March 29, 2026 03:04 PM (WkL+O)
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 02:05 PM (lJ0H4)
But then the replacement paint would be slightly off shade to the rest and would always draw the OCDCBD eye.
No, better to nuke the whole town and start fresh.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:06 PM (zZu0s)
or, just do what I do.... and take my damn glasses off!
Lookie! no problem!
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 29, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 03:05 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 03:07 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: DaveA at March 29, 2026 03:08 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: DaveA at March 29, 2026 03:09 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: JM
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Been looking for another house. Found one that fit all the parameters to t T. The trim and fascia had new metal siding and a bit close to the roof peak was pealed back. Ruh Roh, the hidden part wasn't worn it was rotten. Yeah, no.
There's a mini-Blackrock in this state buying up junkers then contracting a company that does a good enough job covering sin for the unsuspecting home buyer. Hope they get busted.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 03:09 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Sophisticated Connoisseur of Film at March 29, 2026 03:11 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: DaveA at March 29, 2026 03:12 PM (FhXTo)
When I was looking for a home here I intentionally chose a spec home so I wouldn't have to constantly be Mr Fixit. After surviving 2 old farms where the Fixit guy, aka me, never had less than a full list and a complete house remodel from hell I wanted a place where everything was new.
So this past Christmas season I came downstairs to a chill. Checked the thermostat and yep, it was 55 degrees. I'm cheap but not that cheap. The downstairs furnace died. Had to get a new one installed which was not in the budget.
The HVAC guy said I was lucky. The one in the attic is going to cost even more to replace when it dies. And it will. It's like living with the Sword of Damocles hanging over my head.
Speaking of, I was sitting at my workbench a few weeks before the furnace died and I heard what sounded like dripping water. Because it was dripping water, coming through the ceiling in my dining room. Broken pipe in the attic. And then my refrigerator died. Again.
I'm good with broken house stuff for a while please.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)
BUT it had 4 little packets of soy sauce, 3 packets of ginger and outrageously, 2 tiny, tiny packages of wasabi. Seriously.
I just looked on Amazon. I guess I can buy my own for next time. But still. Canada's turning into a shithole.
Time for another horror movie. It's difficult to be terrified and mentally disturbed with a cat sleeping in your lap by the way.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 03:14 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 29, 2026 03:18 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 29, 2026 03:18 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 29, 2026 03:19 PM (cWLG3)
The round is bee hive parts that are tied together so spreads out but connected .
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 02:51 PM (Ia/+0)
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Basically fires a mini snare net.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 29, 2026 03:21 PM (cWLG3)
It's amazing the place is still standing.
It's a mobile home.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 03:22 PM (AkEZC)
I'm good with broken house stuff for a while please.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)
Wow. That puts my sushi problem into perspective.
Water damage scares the crap out of me. Fire, meh. But water damage...that's a gift that unexpectedly keeps on giving.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 03:22 PM (Sco7b)
If so, I'll be back in this thread next week complaining. Really complaining, because that's Easter and I'm hosting a lot of people and it would be really hard without a fridge or ovens.
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 03:24 PM (afFes)
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 03:25 PM (afFes)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 03:27 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 29, 2026 03:29 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 03:29 PM (hJH5n)
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Our daughter was at work that night. She's a nurse at the hospital in town. Her husband and kids, along with us, were at a storm shelter. It was wild that night.
It was what they call a "long track" F-1 tornado. Left a path of destruction about 48 miles long across 3 counties here in KY.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 03:30 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 29, 2026 03:30 PM (gQ15S)
President Trump has gotten more fat women out walking than Jenny Craig ever did.
_that is all
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 03:30 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 29, 2026 03:31 PM (GFDvZ)
Posted by: a.moron at March 29, 2026 03:32 PM (X5Jzz)
It was what they call a "long track" F-1 tornado. Left a path of destruction about 48 miles long across 3 counties here in KY.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 03:30 PM (AkEZC)
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Oof. Thanks be to God you all were safe. 48 mile path of destruction, yowzers. Nature can be so cruel.
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 03:32 PM (afFes)
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 03:34 PM (afFes)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 02:14 PM (X2gcU)
Sandra Fluke gets that a lot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)
. . . with an echo . . . echo . . . echo
Posted by: a.moron at March 29, 2026 03:35 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 29, 2026 03:35 PM (GFDvZ)
Leave it for the next owner. You haven't got all that much time left anyway.
Posted by: Tick, Tock, Memento Mori at March 29, 2026 03:36 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 29, 2026 03:35 PM (GFDvZ)
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I had to look that up but I like that interpretation better!
Posted by: bluebell at March 29, 2026 03:37 PM (afFes)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 03:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Last fall I had a big limb on tree in my neighbors yard taken down. It was hanging over my patio and he's uphill from and I knew it was just a matter of time before gravity did its thing.
About a week ago we had really big winds and a tree that was right next to the one I had pruned toppled into his yard. Thankful for southwest winds. That would've hurt if it came this way.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 03:38 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 29, 2026 03:40 PM (VgFuN)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
So, everything she knows she learned on the Internet?
Her first encounter with the opposite sex is going to be really hot or really hilarious, one or the other.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 03:42 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 29, 2026 03:44 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
I'm just happy her point of reference was celebrating an F1 win, and not christening a ship.
Posted by: dude what ordered the champagne at March 29, 2026 03:48 PM (VHUov)
I can leave anything I want to leave, but that just means more doubt... What do I take? What do I abandon?
That's the word- abandon. It's like anything I leave behind, I am abandoning it....
This shit is real.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 29, 2026 03:49 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2026 03:50 PM (MIIRH)
I was thinking that it could be treated like bondo, and the contours could be filed and sanded to fair up the surface nice and smooth.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2026 03:53 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 29, 2026 03:49 PM (dmDsy)
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Walk around with a pad and pen first and make some notes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 03:55 PM (RIvkX)
Slap a hot iron on it.
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 29, 2026 02:07 PM (xAJnx)
And duct tape.
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 03:55 PM (fNISR)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 03:56 PM (Fbc0I)
Because my husband was ill, it was my job, and I ended up hiring a service, and have not regretted doing that (even though I agonized over a lot of the choices).
I can't remember the name (because I've probably forgotten on purpose--we were doing it because my husband was in severe decline, and we needed something much smaller and much more handicap friendly), but they basically cater to hoarders or those dealing with them, although that is not their only customer base.
They were awesome: they wanted a list of everything we wanted put aside to keep, which they packed for us. They let us pass judgment on everything else, divided into what we were giving away to family and friends (who we put on notice to come pick and choose), what could be donated (which they hauled away and provided tax receipts for), and what could be pitched (and they hauled THAT away).
So kind and patient--they apparently work with lots of people who don't WANT to do this, and who cry and scream and fight them. I could not have done it without them.
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 04:00 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 04:00 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 02:09 PM (1o8D5)
The ants will be everywhere.
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:01 PM (fNISR)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)
I'd probably start with the easy stuff of "I want to have this in the smaller place" and the "why do I still have this?" Then you can deal with the other stuff.
A good technique I read years ago for stuff you can't decide on. Flip a coin, when you find yourself going "please be heads or please be tails" that is what your subconscious wants, don't bother looking how the coin landed.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 04:03 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Nooder at March 29, 2026 04:03 PM (2Ez/1)
This trick works for me: Take a picture.
If you have something you really need to discard, but can't seem to let go, take a nice picture of it. I found that when I did that, I could let the object go.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper who is NOT a packrat, well, maybe a little at March 29, 2026 04:05 PM (WkL+O)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 04:06 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 04:18 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)
Oh, man. Nicely told story, tho.
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:21 PM (fNISR)
Posted by: Chip, Joanna at March 29, 2026 04:34 PM (oftw2)
The moulding ain't broke, you are. fix yer attitude.
Posted by: slicksister at March 29, 2026 07:33 PM (3ceQJ)
Posted by: buddhaha at March 29, 2026 09:34 PM (rJ+qD)
Posted by: Riddle at March 30, 2026 01:42 AM (lT/s0)
No Kings? If We Had A King, These Morons Would Be In Jail
The "No Kings" demonstration on an overpass across Route 4 in Bergen County New Jersey was an anemic, lightly attended hissy fit by a few dozen true believers, even though it is a fairly liberal area.
But what do they believe? Everything they are told by the Democrat party apparatus, without questioning the underlying data or even whether it makes any sense at all. The Democrats have cultivated cadres of shock troops they can mobilize to wear their old Tie-Dye shirts and chant awful rhymes about the cause de jour, and that has been the case for a very long time. "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out!" Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Western Civ Has Got To Go!" "Hey, Hey, LBJ, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?" Those are 60 years old, and even stupider today then they were in the 1960s. Today's chants are no more intelligent, and no more representative of an honest protest movement based on political differences. "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA!" Really? A cursory examination of real fascist dictatorships would yield the uncomfortable fact that street protests were and are sometimes met with machine gun fire, mass arrests, and one-way flights on helicopters. Or, "Say It Loud, Say It Clear, Immigrants Are Welcome Here!" That's particularly brain-dead, since it carefully conflates legal vs. illegal immigration, which the parrots on the street don't understand, but their masters on the left certainly do! The left has always embraced chants and songs and long-winded diatribes that can be trotted out to answer any challenge. That most of these things are utter nonsense, employing circular logic, false historical narratives, and flat-out lies is secondary to their power to inflame the hearts of their true believers. That is one reason why Charlie Kirk was so effective. He was able to answer their jingoistic canned phrases with facts, and since these people are intellectually bereft, they would often sputter and stutter and stalk off, because their logical basis for their beliefs is simply cant, and without a firm historical or data-driven foundation. Yet it often works, especially when the left employs their dancing monkeys in the entertainment industry to provide the rhyming and the singing and the angry denunciations of today's crisis. But the two-edged sword of social media and instant communication has broadened the reach of these script-reading sub-wits, while simultaneously exposing their stupidity to the world. Sure, Springsteen will draw people to the protest, but he looks and sounds like an aging lesbian, especially when he is surrounded on stage by his peers, who also look like aging lesbians! Did Billie Eilish further the cause of... um... indigenous people, or just expose herself as an ignorant and entitled fool? When George Clooney flies to a climate conference on a private jet, he might make a splash on the talk shows, but a lot of people see his rank hypocrisy. Below the fold is a wonderful example of the intellectual vacuousness of 2026's entertainment spokesmen. It's painful and laughable...you choose which!If this is the quality of the left's thought, and the power of their message, we have nothing to worry about!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:01 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 12:02 PM (Ia/+0)
My cat Allie is using my copy of Return of the King as a pillow right now and I don't have the heart to disturb her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 12:02 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 12:03 PM (Ia/+0)
My cat Allie is using my copy of Return of the King as a pillow right now and I don't have the heart to disturb her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 12:02 PM (ESVrU)
Listening to audio books really slows things down. I am only at Riddles in the Dark. Working 7 days also. Trying to add listening to it while working out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 29, 2026 12:05 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 29, 2026 12:05 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 12:03 PM (Ia/+0)
There was a commie parade in NYC evidently.
Heh. I think something to the effect that the only way to divest themselves of 'Zionism' was to become full communist.
No shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:05 PM (bss/y)
I hope your drive is going well. Sorry we couldn't link up.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2026 12:06 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 12:06 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: parrots on the street at March 29, 2026 12:07 PM (Kt19C)
QED
..and their families left with the costs of mortuary service, etc.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 12:09 PM (/lPRQ)
I guess he's referring to the same Constitution that explicitly DID NOT establish a democracy.
Seems to me that they define a democracy as "I get whatever the thing is that I voted for." or "If I don't get my way I'll hold my breath til my face turns blue."
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 12:10 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2026 12:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: No Kings whacko at March 29, 2026 12:10 PM (WYiqP)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 12:10 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: The Schmenge Brothers at March 29, 2026 12:12 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 12:10 PM (qgHp7)
This guy gets it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 12:13 PM (n9ltV)
NGOs were badly wounded by the crushing of USAID but they aren't dead yet. They are still getting our money. And they are also getting money from the CCP.
But before you write them off completely as a bunch of gray haired boomers remember this is classic color revolution. Creating fake "grassroots" movements is all part of the script. Not just stupid but evil.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 12:13 PM (viF8m)
Organized by billionaires. Funded by a combination of your tax dollars and their money, funneled through NGO's or other so-called non-profits. Amplified by bots and overseas instigators also being paid by those billionaires.
Not a fucking thing about them is real. Other than the useful (useless) idiots who show up.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 12:13 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 29, 2026 12:14 PM (WYiqP)
Posted by: Jengis Cohen at March 29, 2026 12:14 PM (oftw2)
Conflates legal vs. illegal immigration so well that those who should know better use those terms.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 12:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Even the name is galactically stupid… it is tautologically true that the US doesn’t have a king so WTF are they talking about… sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2026 12:16 PM (X5Baq)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 29, 2026 12:16 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 12:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 29, 2026 12:16 PM (gKWVE)
Millions they said... World wide... Funny to see it in England where they have a real KIng... Ceremonial of course...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 29, 2026 12:17 PM (WYiqP)
We are all Rhodesians now
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 12:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 12:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Needs a teleprompter.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)
See: Chile. The media is reporting that only under Right governments do they ever get violent demonstrations.
The twitter thread was funny, full of Latinos 'splaining that this is why governments need to arrest every Leftist.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 29, 2026 12:18 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:18 PM (pUqS1)
I think Winston Churchill would decline a chance to debate him saying something like I refuse to engage a defenseless opponent… I’ve mangled the quote
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2026 12:19 PM (X5Baq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 12:19 PM (ndZc7)
https://is.gd/L6wksd
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 12:19 PM (ndZc7)
That and "celebrities'" and freaks
Posted by: It's me donna at March 29, 2026 12:21 PM (WYiqP)
No Kings Boston: “The US will never be free until the stewardship of this land is returned to its indigenous peoples."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 12:22 PM (ndZc7)
OK, Bobby, take a few deep breaths, it's ok, let's try it a few more time and we'll fix it in post-production.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Freelance Robert DeNiro Video Director at March 29, 2026 12:22 PM (WkL+O)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 12:23 PM (Ia/+0)
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It was a made up war initiated by LBJ / false flag op. Everyone knew it. Along with the war being so terribly conducted. Yes, the guys that went and those that didn't knew that LBJ was a fuck up.
That chant and the truth behind it drove him out of office.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:23 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 12:22 PM (ndZc7)
We don't want it... Too much work.. We're too busy with our Casinos
Posted by: The Indians at March 29, 2026 12:23 PM (WYiqP)
Stop telling me to light my hair on fire; why don't you expound on how trying to force fixes to things via government decrees leads to less freedom ya intellectual slugs.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 12:24 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:24 PM (Gi6Pt)
There is a large scale self-discrediting in progress of what were supposedly solid conservative public figures and organizations.
One main reality appears to be careers and incomes that are based on audiences and public perception. This is one reason for reluctance in dropping obvious discredited public figures.
It's disappointing, and kind of embarrassing to be naive enough at my age to find all this surprising.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 29, 2026 12:25 PM (nqb3H)
Well, this looks like a tailor-made hook to hang this on:
Stayed up too late last night (because I'm comsessive obpulsive) working on a new silly illustration webwork.
What Are We Protesting?
https://bit.ly/no-kinks
Posted by: mindful webworker - just here to pick up grannies at March 29, 2026 12:26 PM (jrd4M)
Except... most of them already don't pay taxes. They're either perpetual welfare queens, retired, or homeless hired on to stand around with a pre-printed sign and wave commie flags. In Oregon at least they were an average age even higher than here.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:26 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2026 12:27 PM (X5Baq)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at March 29, 2026 12:27 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:27 PM (pUqS1)
Stop telling me to light my hair on fire; why don't you expound on how trying to force fixes to things via government decrees leads to less freedom ya intellectual slugs.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 29, 2026 12:24 PM (+89TD)
It’s the nature of politics. Voters are fickle as fuck. If you don’t solve all their problems in 10 minutes they throw a hissy fit and vote for the other side. Rinse and repeat every 2-4 years.
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:29 PM (Gi6Pt)
Wasn’t it King Otto Pen that issued a royal decree that discrimination by sex would also refer to self declared gender?
Posted by: Fenderbender at March 29, 2026 12:29 PM (1FEc1)
New Jersey governor signs law to make Jersey a Sanctuary State for criminal aliens
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 12:30 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:30 PM (Gi6Pt)
She's wicked smaht.
https://tinyurl.com/3pv3u2ny
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 12:30 PM (viF8m)
80% Boomers
20% communists
100% dependent upon a check from the government.
It's not a king they are opposed to, it's the people who threaten to stop the funding of their lifestyle.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 29, 2026 12:31 PM (HXT0k)
Trump officials have ordered FBI agents to gather documents about a decade-old investigation into Eric Swalwell and his ties to a suspected Chinese spy, alarming law enforcement officials who fear it could be used to smear him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:31 PM (pUqS1)
New Jersey governor signs law to make Jersey a Sanctuary State for criminal aliens
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 12:30 PM (ndZc7)
Sanctuary State/ County /City has to go... It blatantly breaks the law...SCOTUS ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 29, 2026 12:32 PM (WYiqP)
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:32 PM (Gi6Pt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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'Never have a Battle of Wits With an unarmed man' -Twain
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 12:32 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:32 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:31 PM (pUqS1)
Oh, I'm sorry. What was the statute of limitations on Treason?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 29, 2026 12:33 PM (HXT0k)
Their conclusion? It has non-functional ornamental features.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:34 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 29, 2026 12:33 PM (HXT0k)
This is their work.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)
All of that tells me that the rallies were a big bust here.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at March 29, 2026 12:34 PM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:23 PM (pUqS1)
Tell that to the Vietnamese and the Cambodians.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 12:35 PM (n9ltV)
It's so small, If they weren't such suck ups it would be, at best, a local event.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:35 PM (pUqS1)
This guy gets it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 12:13 PM
Minus 1 point for not delivering the observation in the form of a limerick.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 29, 2026 12:37 PM (xC7v9)
Posted by: Codfanglers at March 29, 2026 12:37 PM (f93Fd)
This may be part of the reason that a large percentage of these protesters are women
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2026 12:37 PM (X5Baq)
They realize Europeans showed up in 1620, over 400years ago.
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 12:37 PM (Ia/+0)
The start times of No Kings rallies in close proximity are staggered by 2-3 hours.. The same mobs are being bussed sequentially to three rallies a day.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 29, 2026 12:38 PM (nqb3H)
Posted by: Cosda at March 29, 2026 12:38 PM (Fb3eU)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 12:39 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 29, 2026 12:39 PM (WYiqP)
Here's a joke I stole.
A woman was 3 months pregnant when she fell into a deep coma and woke up after 10 months...
The woman asked the doctor about her baby.
Doctor: 'You had twins, a boy and a girl. They’re both fine. And, your brother named them for you.'
Woman: 'No, No, No! Not my brother. He’s an idiot! What did he name the girl?'
Doctor: 'Denise.'
Woman: 'Ohh, that’s actually a nice name. What about the boy?'
Doctor: Deeply sighs, 'Denephew'.
Posted by: Robert at March 29, 2026 12:39 PM (Z2yLo)
"Hitler was a failed art student and a vegan who blamed all his problems on rich people and the Jews.
"If he was around today, he'd be attending the Green Party conference" (No Kings Rally)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:39 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)
Know what's funny? I read at speaking speed. So I am my own audio book. Maybe it's because I am a right-brain guy. It's really hard for me to glean information just skimming a page. It's even worse for anything technical.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 12:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:23 PM (pUqS1)
Tell that to the Vietnamese and the Cambodians.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Our escalated entrance into a war that wasn't ours.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:39 PM (pUqS1)
This may be part of the reason that a large percentage of these protesters are women
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2026 12:37 PM (X5Baq)
Which is odd. That combination of utter confidence and bluntness is one of the most attractive to women, in my experience.
As with many things, I think this means women are complicated.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:40 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 29, 2026 12:40 PM (WYiqP)
Doctor: Deeply sighs, 'Denephew'.
Was he black? Because...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:40 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Cosda at March 29, 2026 12:38 PM (Fb3eU)
Grats, man!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at March 29, 2026 12:41 PM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:23 PM (pUqS1)
Tell that to the Vietnamese and the Cambodians.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Our escalated entrance into a war that wasn't ours.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:39 PM (pUqS1)
I blame the French.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 29, 2026 12:41 PM (ULPxl)
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He's always had woman problems.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:42 PM (pUqS1)
It has to be a No Dictators.
Because the local leftists have to embrace the racist demands of the local tribal heirs to rule the islands.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 29, 2026 12:42 PM (HXT0k)
There's always a bunch of Lefties having a tantrum about something.
Maybe if they got digital protest signs so that the upgrade to [New Thing] could make it easier. Heck, why not have someone remotely adjust the message real-time so that they could adjust the messaging more quickly?
No KINGS! --> Free Gaza! --> Slava Ukraine! --> Burn TESLA! --> WAAAHHHH!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 12:42 PM (Suwql)
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Adam Carolla talks about this. He calls it Chick Think. Women want to talk about things and feel like they’re doing something. Men want to get shit done. Trump is an ultra get shit done type of guy. No feelings involved, see a problem solve a problem. Onto the next problem.
Which is why AWFLs hate him. They’re still taking about problem 1 when he’s on problem 5.
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:42 PM (Gi6Pt)
What they really mean:
"Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Terrorists stay, Capitalism goes!..."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2026 12:43 PM (ynpvh)
The main guy is a Billionaire named Neville Roy Singham- he lives in China and is the new George Soros
Mark Levin posted the article
https://tinyurl.com/5dew977w
Posted by: redridinghood at March 29, 2026 12:43 PM (NpAcC)
GatewayPundit has an article about No Kings Day funding.
One old hag this morning was pretty upset that her friends are no complacent. Put another way, she was upset they have lies and choose not to participate in her insanity.
Back to my movie...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 12:43 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Cosda at March 29, 2026 12:38 PM (Fb3eU)
Congratulations! A big boy. My family has a history of big babies. *proffers a cigar*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 12:44 PM (0aYVJ)
The main guy is a Billionaire named Neville Roy Singham- he lives in China and is the new George Soros
Mark Levin posted the article
https://tinyurl.com/5dew977w
Posted by: redridinghood at March 29, 2026 12:43 PM (NpAcC
Isn't he married to one of the Code Pinkers ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 29, 2026 12:44 PM (WYiqP)
An experiment was done in the past in which they had a group of people play a game. They had electrodes wired to them to give them a mild shock. Sometimes they'd shock people just for making a move in the game. Any time someone cheated, they'd get shocked.
Observers were watching. They had electrodes wired up to check brain activity.
When someone was randomly shocked all the people watching had empathy centers in their brain light up.
When someone was shocked for cheating, the men were not bothered, but the women's empathy centers lit up the same as if they were shocked unfairly.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:45 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey
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One does not need an X account to follow Data Republican. Eliminate the space at / Data.
https://xcancel.com/ DataRepublican
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:45 PM (pUqS1)
Congo Rats! That's a big ol' baby
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:46 PM (PYyV9)
@DataRepublican
My heroine
@AsraNomani
. So happy to be her friend and to be a tiny part of her journey.
Here's a clip of Asra discussing it-
https://tinyurl.com/3nb2cdds
Posted by: redridinghood at March 29, 2026 12:46 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:47 PM (Gi6Pt)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 12:47 PM (0aYVJ)
A guess?
Women are more emotionally driven, and this is what makes them such intense activists. Trump's specialty in sparring with his targets* is evoking an emotional response. Yes, he's in your face and doesn't use the approved euphemisms or unstated rules (e.g. you can't be mean to Hillary, gotta be all 'with all due respect, I disagree. . .').
That really gets their goat. How dare he not be constrained by the usual norms of not being openly mean and not treating women with kid gloves?!
*even before 2016, he loved to needle celebrities and politicians on twitter
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 12:48 PM (Suwql)
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:32 PM (Gi6Pt)
A visit to Costco is like entering a foreign country
Posted by: Nicless at March 29, 2026 12:49 PM (nPp6w)
***********
Thanks
Posted by: Cosda at March 29, 2026 12:49 PM (Fb3eU)
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want to play with my ding-a-ling
No Kings! No Kings! All I want to do is play with
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want to play with my ding-a-ling!
Posted by: Dirty Old Hippie Boomer Who Loves A Good Chant at March 29, 2026 12:49 PM (ej+CS)
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But, were the funds "hers?" Or paid out of a fund that us taxpayers ended up contributing to? Because the rich did not get rich by spending their own money.
They got rich spending other people's money.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 12:50 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 29, 2026 12:44 PM (WYiqP)
****
Yes, he's married to the co-founder Jodie Evans.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 29, 2026 12:50 PM (NpAcC)
In U.S. Navy fleet news, the fire aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford a few weeks ago is being investigated by both military and civil law enforcement. That checks with what I posted mid-week last about rumors within certain Navy circles that the fire may have been intentionally set by one or more crewmembers looking to end the Ford's atypically-long deployment.
Meanwhile, USS Rushmore (LSD-47) has been tasked to join the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group that recently left port in Diego Garcia and is reportedly in the Arabian Sea heading north to join the fight in Operation Epic Fury.
The USS Rushmore's tasking checks with what I posted the other day that the third ship in the Tripoli ARG, the USS San Diego, did not make the trip with the USS Tripoli and USS New Orleans to CENTCOM AOR, instead returning to its home port in Sasebo, Japan for previously scheduled maintenance and systems upgrades. The USS Rushmore will act as fill in for the USS San Diego.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 29, 2026 12:50 PM (Y1sOo)
Doctor: Deeply sighs, 'Denephew'.
"
That is an old, old joke. I first heard it about 55 years ago.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 29, 2026 12:50 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:50 PM (Gi6Pt)
Yeah been reading about him. He's more active in places like England but he's busy here, too. He pays for all this crazy crap more than Soros does. Soros expects to get paid back for his "donations"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:51 PM (PYyV9)
This may be part of the reason that a large percentage of these protesters are women
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Because he is the opposite of feminism.
That poison ideology that's been force-fed to Americans for over 100 years.
Yes, it even infests good, faithful conservative women.
Because it's everywhere, in everything, like water.
This guy is worst of all: He doesn't defer to the wisdom of feminism, of women.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 29, 2026 12:51 PM (HXT0k)
They got rich spending other people's money.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 12:50 PM (AkEZC)
She didn’t do shit to get rich other than win the sperm lottery.
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:52 PM (Gi6Pt)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:45 PM (PYyV9)
Most men, at least the ones I know, would want up the voltage.
Posted by: Nicless at March 29, 2026 12:53 PM (nPp6w)
This may be part of the reason that a large percentage of these protesters are women
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2026 12:37 PM (X5Baq)
I think Trump loves our country. I am not offended by his messaging or manner. Thank God he is not a milquetoast RINO. He is effective and I get the bonus of watching him piss off the right people. If his hurty words wound the No Kings geriatrics and woke progressives worldwide, good. If his policies result in the lamentations of these women, even better.
Lefty women seem to like beta males. Trump is not a beta male.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 29, 2026 12:53 PM (w5FC4)
THREAD, NO KINGS IN THE SENATE?: The Helsinki Commission, the almighty foreign democracy operations arm of Congress
The No Kings crowd marched today against the one branch of government where you can actually see who's in charge. They should try the Senate.
At 3 AM on Friday, Thune passed a funding bill by voice vote. Funded everything except immigration enforcement. Just completely gave into the Democratic demands.
Inside that Senate sits a body called the Helsinki Commission. No FOIA. No Inspector General. No records retention policy. It operates in permanent darkness, and what's hiding in there makes the 3 AM vote look transparent.
Look at the two images below.
Left: the booking photo.
Right: the knife Capitol Police seized.
A Helsinki Commission staffer drew this on a Capitol Police officer. March 8, 2019. He was arrested and booked. He was never fired. He was also photographed in Ukrainian military camo at a command post near Bakhmut. Investigators documented $87,400 in cash.
Both parties buried it. The Ryan Routh assassination attempt connection sits in plain sight.
X: https://bit.ly/4lYFZZm
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 29, 2026 12:54 PM (P5BPp)
Congratulations - excellent news!!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 12:54 PM (Suwql)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 29, 2026 12:54 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 12:55 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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'The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?”
Posted by: Freud at March 29, 2026 12:55 PM (XeU6L)
Remember that kerfluffle where Trump made a crack about Pearl Harbor to body a stupid reporter?
This poster said that this was the moment Japanese people began to love America. It sounds crazy, but he explains. He says that this joke was basically forgiveness, that they've lived for all this time in guilt and shame over what they did to Pearl Harbor, and he washed all that away by joking about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 12:56 PM (PYyV9)
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Adam Carolla talks about this. He calls it Chick Think. Women want to talk about things and feel like they’re doing something. Men want to get shit done. Trump is an ultra get shit done type of guy. No feelings involved, see a problem solve a problem. Onto the next problem.
Which is why AWFLs hate him. They’re still taking about problem 1 when he’s on problem 5.
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:42 PM (Gi6Pt)
Shorter explanation- Chicks, fucking things up since Eden. They hate trump because of mean girl shit. They hate his wife because she is beautiful and has it all and they don't. The blue haired land whales hate him with every fiber in their being because he would never choose them, and they know it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 12:56 PM (snZF9)
Which is why AWFLs hate him. They’re still taking about problem 1 when he’s on problem 5.
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:42 PM
Adam Carolla on Gynofascism – Why Nobody's Talking About It
YouTube (TRIGGERnometry Clips): https://bit.ly/40U799T
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 29, 2026 12:57 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 12:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 29, 2026 12:58 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
It's a-ight. Ah cain't reed gud neither!
Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at March 29, 2026 12:59 PM (oftw2)
Basically thanking the no kings protesters for not allowing a king to be installed so that he is still president.
Posted by: TeeJ at March 29, 2026 01:00 PM (eZJ2c)
*even before 2016, he loved to needle celebrities and politicians on twitter
Posted by: Lizzy
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I think the only women he offends are of the wine hysteria variety.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 01:01 PM (pUqS1)
He doesn't need them.
Reminds me of how so many Lefty men responded to Sarah Palin. Here was this happy, attractive woman with her hunky husband* and big family, a family business, Christian values and she didn't need them - their white knighting, their validation, their abortion legalization, their women-supporting legislation. It seemed to make them so angry - they could not help her, she was nobody's victim.
*sigh, sorry her post-run celebrity lifestyle went so poorly
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 01:01 PM (Suwql)
Posted by: Freud at March 29, 2026 01:01 PM (XeU6L)
How many people visit Ace.mu.nu each day?
• Ace.mu.nu receives approximately 50.4K visitors and 88,693 page impressions per day.
Which countries does Ace.mu.nu receive most of its visitors from?
• Ace.mu.nu is mostly visited by people located in United States, Mexico, South Africa.
How much Ace.mu.nu can earn?
• Ace.mu.nu should earn about $415.70/day from advertising revenue.
What is Ace.mu.nu estimated value?
• Estimated value of Ace.mu.nu is $382,294.60.
I sure hope that ad revenue number is accurate, but I fear it is very exaggerated.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:01 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Cosda at March 29, 2026 12:38 PM (Fb3eU)
******
Congratulations! 🎉
Posted by: redridinghood at March 29, 2026 01:01 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Heroq at March 29, 2026 12:42 PM
Adam Carolla on Gynofascism – Why Nobody's Talking About It
YouTube (TRIGGERnometry Clips): https://bit.ly/40U799T
Carolla also states that there are gynofascist males as well. Newsom, Obama and Trudeau in Canada were his examples. And he warns that because the majority of teachers for decades have been women, women teachers have been indoctrinating boys and young men with gynofascism for decades.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 29, 2026 01:02 PM (P5BPp)
"Its not the thing. Women dating older men is normal. Men dating younger women is just weird. Sorry."
This made sense to her. A mathematician tried to explain:
"As a mathematician, I get it.
Logically identical, but emotionally it just hits differently."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:04 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:27 PM (pUqS1)
MFM's been doing this forever. Minimize reported turnout for people they hate - see, e.g. March For Life which they perennially lie about - and exaggerate by several orders of magnitude turnout people they align with, such as BLM and various other bolshevik or brownshirt or blackshirt group.
Posted by: As predictable as sunrise at March 29, 2026 01:04 PM (TbWk/)
Meat puppet cannot even remember one paragraph.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 12:17 PM (/lPRQ)
DeNiro the meat puppet has NEVER been able to remember a paragraph. Watch his eyes during any movie role with heavy dialogue, he keeps glancing back and forth to read his next line. Even in one of his greatest scenes, the coffee shop scene with Pacino in Heat, he's constantly shifting his gaze to read his next line off the cue cards.
That's also why his acting resume has almost no stage work at all.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2026 01:04 PM (y9nCu)
Yeah.
When people were so upset by his mean tweets, it was silly, because that's who he's always been. He's the guy who finally harassed Obama into producing a birth certificate. He's the guy who harassed Rosie O'Donnell for sport, and was regularly dropping bangers on twitter forever. He'll say anything, and not only do many still love him, but he makes them laugh.
Karens can't contain him, LOLGF!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 01:05 PM (Suwql)
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A past article described how easy the Ford's simple plumbing could be stopped up and that there was much belief some of the the crew deliberately sabotaged it.
Some of the Ford's crew needs keel hauling.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 01:05 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: PabloD at March 29, 2026 01:06 PM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2026 01:05 PM (Suwql)
But secretly all want to bang him
Posted by: The AOC Theory of Politics at March 29, 2026 01:06 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Cosda"
***********
And his cousin, grandkid #1, had her first communion today.
Posted by: Cosda at March 29, 2026 01:08 PM (Fb3eU)
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DeNiro the meat puppet has NEVER been able to remember a paragraph. Watch his eyes during any movie role with heavy dialogue, he keeps glancing back and forth to read his next line. Even in one of his greatest scenes, the coffee shop scene with Pacino in Heat, he's constantly shifting his gaze to read his next line off the cue cards.
That's also why his acting resume has almost no stage work at all.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2026 01:04 PM
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Well, at least DeNiro knows how to read. So, he's not a total idiot.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 29, 2026 01:08 PM (iTNuP)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:08 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 01:05 PM (pUqS1)
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Gotta getta longer rope!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 01:09 PM (1o8D5)
"If this is the quality of the left's thought, and the power of their message, we have nothing to worry about!"
We have everything to worry about. There are 10's of millions of these morons out there, and they vote. Just because they don't show up to a rally that parrots some idiotic message doesn't mean they're not out there. They are, and they will destroy this country, and there is nothing we can do about it.
Posted by: Theoden at March 29, 2026 01:10 PM (4Ymiq)
Posted by: G. Orwell at March 29, 2026 01:10 PM (2UnvF)
Marlon Brando infamously was like this. In his later movies he'd have an earpiece in with someone feeding him his lines LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:11 PM (PYyV9)
Stupid people, some women, will take this as gospel.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 01:11 PM (AkEZC)
New Jersey governor signs law to make Jersey a Sanctuary State for criminal aliens
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 12:30 PM (ndZc7)
Sanctuary State/ County /City has to go... It blatantly breaks the law...SCOTUS ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 29, 2026 12:32 PM (WYiqP)
As I often suggest...cool! No more CBP at the Port of NY/NJ or EWR then!
No direct arrivals by any vessel or aircraft originating from a foreign country...that wouldn't effect NJ's economy at all, would it?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:11 PM (hJH5n)
I think it is because he is not just a New Yorker, but the "wrong kind" of New Yorker.
A lot of people around the country don't like New York--the crowded grungy abrasive fast pace. Don't get in line at the deli unless you already know your order, or you'll hear about it, loud.
I happen to like New York, and New Yorkers, even though I haven't been in years and have no desire to go again. There are amazing things there, and it has been one of the great cities on earth.
That said, anyone who lives there or is from there is acclimated to the grunge, the noise, the crowding, the speed, and can come off as rude and obnoxious to people who live in other areas.
Now, wealthy up to the minute cool leftists? Remember, even New Yorkers don't like other New Yorkers, and Trump is from...Queens.
I'm amazed he does as well as he does with people from everywhere, and it is credit to his smarts and his people skills. Sure, he fumbles some times, but his brain is going a mile a minute, and his mouth probably wants to.
How often does he stifle himself from blurting out "Go f*ck yourself?"
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 01:11 PM (enw9G)
I sure hope that ad revenue number is accurate, but I fear it is very exaggerated.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:01 PM
Grok, for what it's worth:
Ace.mu.nu (Ace of Spades HQ, a conservative political and humor blog) receives roughly 20,000–35,000 visits per day on average, based on recent third-party estimates.
Here's the breakdown from available data: https://bit.ly/41133Nu
According to the most recent detailed data from Semrush (covering February 2026, when the site had ~709,000 total visits):
United States: ~90.69% of traffic (approximately 659,700 visits)
Australia: ~7.77% (about 56,500 visits)
South Korea: ~0.54% (about 3,930 visits)
India: ~0.49% (about 3,550 visits)
United Kingdom: ~0.32% (about 2,310 visits)
Realistic Overall Earnings Estimate
Combining ads + donations, a plausible monthly range for Ace.mu.nu is likely $2,000–$15,000+, varying by month and traffic.
Ace.mu.nu (Ace of Spades HQ) has an estimated market value in the low tens of thousands of dollars — roughly $20,000 to $80,000 — if sold as a standalone website.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 29, 2026 01:11 PM (P5BPp)
Our escalated entrance into a war that wasn't ours.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:39 PM (pUqS1)
I like stomping out commies. As such, the war WAS ours.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:13 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 01:13 PM (1o8D5)
... rumors within certain Navy circles that the fire may have been intentionally set by one or more crewmembers looking to end the Ford's atypically-long deployment.
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A past article described how easy the Ford's simple plumbing could be stopped up and that there was much belief some of the the crew deliberately sabotaged it.
Some of the Ford's crew needs keel hauling.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 01:05 PM (pUqS1)
A far cry from the Age of Sail, when several hundred men would be confined into a ship's hull about the size of a 3 bedroom house for a couple of years. And still they would take pride in their ship and the important work that they would accomplish, keeping the nation's sea lines open and relatively safe.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2026 01:13 PM (y9nCu)
Precisely which one of them demonstrated the capacity to run a nation, let alone the world? other than offer up open ended capitulation to an Evil which knows none, nor desires anything other than the Common Ground to put you in it.
The Savage and Primitive will fight to the last man just as the Japanese, and not-so-much Third Reich, because they were pre-empted from carrying out their scorched earth plans.
Should we not expect less of these Guys?
Anything less of the people who also said Saddam Hussein won't blow up his fields, and if he did we'd never be able to put them out?
What FOOLS these mortals be?
NO KINGS, means the Comedian's Lead, with the penultimate expression of Zelensky being displayed in Carbonite next to Noodle-Headed-Macaroni as he's going to prevail against Russia any more than did Napoleon or Germany.
Of course Kharg is set to blow like RoadWarrior/MadMax, only a comedian NO-KINGs fool would believe otherwise. Israel is the only nation on the planet with the ERW capability that can be assembled/deployed in days. It's that or trust that Bezos/Musk will be able fund the rebuild from the ruins...
forWARd!!! FAFO!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 29, 2026 01:14 PM (e9c7f)
I want to ask them, where do you get your news? Have you seen any Kings in the country? But this is a tiny part of our shared life together, and I let it pass.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 01:15 PM (EKnxG)
Black Half Of Tiger Woods Tased By Cops After Asian Half Crashes Car
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From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 01:15 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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Teachers were married women with families. It was a second job in the beginning, they laid out to have a family then came back. They were part of our cultural family.
Then
along came the glass ceiling, female oppression and independence. Female teachers were no longer family women, mothers who were responsible for a flock of children they were apostles of new think, defenders against misogyny. They turned the traditional role of teacher upside down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 01:16 PM (pUqS1)
Combining ads + donations, a plausible monthly range for Ace.mu.nu is likely $2,000–$15,000+, varying by month and traffic.
Given that retards in ad agencies and businesses don't want to advertise here, This sounds more accurate. I'd love for ACE to earn more but towering imbeciles in ad companies do not understand today's market.
Advertisers suffer now because they have not grasped the modern buyer market. People hate ads, block them, ignore them, scroll past them, and close them. The days when you had a captive audience are gone.
What people will do, however is buy stuff advertised on a site or podcaster that they like. They don't consider it liking the business advertising, but instead helping out the people they like.
Coca-Cola, Ford, WalMart etc would all do much better if they ran ads on the HQ, Nerdrotic, Joe Rogan, etc than at the Superbowl.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:16 PM (PYyV9)
"I'm amazed he does as well as he does with people from everywhere, and it is credit to his smarts and his people skills. Sure, he fumbles some times, but his brain is going a mile a minute, and his mouth probably wants to."
Trump was always one of those kinds of leaders who is appreciative of all working for him and showed it all the time in moving up in real estate. He was thankful to all those who made it happen, from architects to those who cleaned the carpets, and treated when well, and got to at least know them all on some level.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:16 PM (hJH5n)
Poor guy can't catch a break
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:17 PM (PYyV9)
That's the difference. Some women, even intelligent conservative women, take every single thing personally and will defend their right to be offended above all else.
Posted by: old chick at March 29, 2026 01:18 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:16 PM (PYyV9)
I'd rather see them advertise here on banner ads and such than the clickbait scam ads and scam merchants that appear here and elsewhere.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:18 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:18 PM (4NO2D)
Guy Who Pushed Over Reacher's Motorcycle Announces Plan To Shoot John Wick's Dog
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 01:18 PM (ndZc7)
Poor guy can't catch a break
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:17 PM (PYyV9)
So is the Asian half getting a caning? : )
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:19 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:18 PM (4NO2D)
I'd bet the answer is zero.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:20 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:21 PM (4NO2D)
Trump is eliminating the dictatorial Iranian mullehs.
Trump is undermining the dictatorial Cubans.
Clearly, the No Kings rallies are pro-Trump!!
Posted by: mindful webworker - Hey Hey Whump Whump Who do we like Donald Trump at March 29, 2026 01:22 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 29, 2026 01:02 PM (P5BPp)
This is interesting. For, in my pursuit of teaching roles, I have been told, flat out, the reason I am a desirable candidate in many places is because (wait for it!) I am a man. And there are just not enough male teachers out there. So they say.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:22 PM (hJH5n)
Marlon Brando infamously was like this. In his later movies he'd have an earpiece in with someone feeding him his lines LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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God Father scene in the tomato patch with the grandson where he stares pensively and reflects on things. It was encircled with his lines posted on bill boards. He was staring at his lines.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 01:23 PM (pUqS1)
I am ... perplexed.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:23 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 01:11 PM (enw9G)
The abrasiveness and fast pace of New Yawk is part of being a large city, I don't have a problem with that. EVERY large city has that issue. I have a problem with most New Yawkers and their provincial certainty that anything on the west side of the Hudson river doesn't matter, and that the rest of this vast nation needs to just shut the fuck up and let New Yawk run things because New Yawkers are better than everyone else, simply because they live on a dirty little island that was purchased from the Injuns for a handful of beads.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2026 01:23 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:21 PM (4NO2D)
(Putting on logistician's hat) So where should they go?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:23 PM (hJH5n)
literal headline from ABC news:
What apparently began as a home invasion turned quickly into a frightening scene for the suspects, after the resident started to defend himself.
https://tinyurl.com/5dpdam2j
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:25 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 29, 2026 01:25 PM (ev40m)
Posted by: mrp at March 29, 2026 01:25 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 01:25 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:23 PM
We have many bases in the region. Tankers and AWAC are long ranged. They should be constantly moving from base to base, stopping only for maintenance, and then only maybe one or two at a time.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:26 PM (4NO2D)
(Putting on logistician's hat) So where should they go?
Just like all the other 9/10 thinking up until the last moment... a failure of imagination.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 29, 2026 01:27 PM (M8A+L)
Yeah this is a problem with some, especially younger women that I have seen. Even on here, when someone says "man some women are [insert complaint]" and the instant response is "I AM NOT LIKE THAT"
Its like "You're So Vain" song. Baby I wasn't talking about you.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:27 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: toby928
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Clark Field, Manila.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 01:28 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:26 PM (4NO2D)
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There are no safe bases in the Middle East. It's getting to the point where even continental US bases are at risk of attack.
Posted by: mrp at March 29, 2026 01:29 PM (rj6Yv)
On December 8, 1941, during the Japanese attack on Clark Field, the U.S. lost 12 B-17 bombers and 40 P-40 fighters, along with approximately 50 older aircraft.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 01:29 PM (XeU6L)
He had the suffragette protesters outside the White House hauled off to jail where they were subsequently beaten.
https://tinyurl.com/3sdbywfs
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at March 29, 2026 12:27 PM (
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The left has big plans for "after Trump". Packing SCOTUS is a goal of Senators Warren, Booker, Hirono and others. They have learned their lesson from Trump.They'll never let it happen again
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 01:30 PM (njvua)
Posted by: blaster at March 29, 2026 01:31 PM (NlEaG)
1) Women in literal handmaid costumes holing up signs in defense of the tyrannical Muslim colonists regime in Iran
2) British people in London where they have an actual king holding a "no Kings" rally
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:33 PM (PYyV9)
https://tinyurl.com/3sdbywfs
Sometimes the old ways are best.
Posted by: Warden Samuel Norton at March 29, 2026 01:33 PM (ej+CS)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 29, 2026 01:25 PM (ev40m)
No shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 01:33 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:34 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: blaster at March 29, 2026 01:31 PM (NlEaG)
The London protest looked like the first step in a color revolution. Starmer better look to his books.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: mrp at March 29, 2026 01:34 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: mrp
Journalism.
The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
Images show what experts say are U.S. land mines dispersed across a residential area in southern Iran.
Human rights groups have long called to ban land mines because of their propensity to harm or kill civilians, often years after conflicts have ended.
https://is.gd/8TMzXH
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)
On December 8, 1941, during the Japanese attack on Clark Field, the U.S. lost 12 B-17 bombers and 40 P-40 fighters, along with approximately 50 older aircraft.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 01:
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And the "brilliant" General MacArthur, despite warnings, negligently let his large air force at Clark field be destroyed on the ground on December 8th.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 01:35 PM (KGsdP)
And used picturess from 8am to say what it was at 1pm?
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 01:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Immobile, parked wing tip to wing tip for an extended period at the MAIN BASE IN SAUDI ARABIA. It's like we have learned nothing from the Ukraine war, or Pearl Harbor for that matter.
Posted by: toby928
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Clark Field, Manila.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 01:28 PM (XeU6L)
Ewa Field, Oahu.
Us Barbers Point kids used to ride our bikes along the abandoned airstrip in the early 70s. The aircraft bunkers were still there, and the Navy had converted some of them into stables, to run horses for recreational use.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2026 01:35 PM (y9nCu)
@TheKevinDalton
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 01:36 PM (cfwti)
George Soros loses absolutely everything when Iran falls because Good Men decided to do more than absolutely nothing.
All the more reason to make it so! forWAR'd!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBdOutLogic
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsChickenRun
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheBotchmen
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PressWithBothHands
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-SaveDaWorldTakeTheGun
Who wants a TACO? *I* Sure DO!
https://www.tinyurl.com/ctHARRIS-FamousLastWords
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 29, 2026 01:36 PM (q0f/4)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 01:37 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 01:37 PM (Ia/+0)
@TheKevinDalton
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 01:36 PM (cfwti)
Why It Matters:
Posted by: Axios at March 29, 2026 01:38 PM (hJH5n)
was canceled.
There's a debate about whether this mission requires a manned plane anyway. When you can have multiple, unmanned and relatively cheap UAV's why settle for a handful of specialized, manned aircraft?
Debatable. But consider that some in the business of airborne warning/control think the Navy's E-2 "Hawkeye" is more capable than the Air Force's E-3.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 01:38 PM (AkEZC)
2) British people in London where they have an actual king holding a "no Kings" rally
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:33 PM (PYyV9)
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I was looking at a video that listed R. Duvall's pay for each film he made. It also included the film's budget and gross sales. The Handmaids Tale was a stinker, with revenue being several millions lower than budget. Losers love losers.
Posted by: mrp at March 29, 2026 01:38 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:34 PM (4NO2D)
That would work, but I think a couple of squadrons of Embraer Tucanos patrolling offshore would be fantastic. Good loiter and range with low enough speed to easily engage the Shahed drones if they get notified in time.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 01:38 PM (rbvCR)
He had the suffragette protesters outside the White House hauled off to jail where they were subsequently beaten.
https://tinyurl.com/3sdbywfs
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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That's what they need is a good paddling.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 01:39 PM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
It happens here often. Another ox being gored.
Much like the no king crap. Trump has been President for how long compared to the real royalty in congress/senate like Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell, Durbin, etc all at 40+ years.
Posted by: old chick at March 29, 2026 01:42 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:23 PM
We have many bases in the region. Tankers and AWAC are long ranged. They should be constantly moving from base to base, stopping only for maintenance, and then only maybe one or two at a time.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 01:26 PM (4NO2D)
To where? How often? By the way, where will the tankers be based? Where will the AWACS be based? Will they do this constant movement as well? What about foreign clearance? (There are going to be a fuckton of liaison officers manning phones at many embassies.) Then at each individual location, what about MX and beddown? Will those bases have the capacity to handle X amount of planes? What of SF and ground forces?
(I can do this all day. Like old times.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:43 PM (hJH5n)
Police horses like those in the LAPD mounted unit often wear protective leg gear; shin guards or leg protectors.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 01:43 PM (cfwti)
And people DO respond to that.
Ill-tempered, that's those "my shit not only doesn't stink, it is perfumed"/New York is the center of the universe a-holes who hate him double for being from...Queens.
Obligatory:
https://tinyurl.com/5avcx373
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 01:44 PM (enw9G)
There's a debate about whether this mission requires a manned plane anyway. When you can have multiple, unmanned and relatively cheap UAV's why settle for a handful of specialized, manned aircraft?
Debatable. But consider that some in the business of airborne warning/control think the Navy's E-2 "Hawkeye" is more capable than the Air Force's E-3.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 01:38 PM (AkEZC)
JASDF has an AWACS based on the 767. The USAF should have looked into one of those.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:45 PM (hJH5n)
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"Skyraider II" Based on the Ag AirTractor used for crop spraying.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 01:45 PM (AkEZC)
See the real thing, King Henry II: " Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" Archbishop Thomas Beckett, RIP
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 01:45 PM (WvHsE)
And people DO respond to that.
Ill-tempered, that's those "my shit not only doesn't stink, it is perfumed"/New York is the center of the universe a-holes who hate him double for being from...Queens.
Obligatory:
https://tinyurl.com/5avcx373
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 01:44 PM (enw9G)
True dat. And you see this reflecting in what he does now.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:46 PM (hJH5n)
This bears repeating:
Bruce Springsteen is the Robert DeNiro of washed up, deep fried and irrelevant musicians.
You rock, Old McSpringsteen (ee-eye, ee-eye-oh)!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 01:46 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)
To reach out and touch someone
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 01:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 01:48 PM (WvHsE)
Yeah it was a lame, stupid movie. I watched about ten minutes and my eyes rolled so hard I sprained them. The entire premise is one of the stupidest things ever committed to film and I remain baffled that Duvall even considered the job, let alone took it. HIs wife must have been a fan or something.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:49 PM (PYyV9)
I have been spared by it being "unavailable in my country".
Meta is in a financial pissing contest with Canada regarding paying millions to the Canadian Government if they access or publish Canadian News articles. The Canadian Government went all "Surprised Pikachu" when Meta's response was "Fine, we'll just block Canadian news articles on our site" and then stuck to that decision from that point forward. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Meta has extended that to all worldwide news articles being shown (or not shown as the case may be) to users in Canada.
Can't really say, don't have an Instagram or Facebook account, and I'm not about to get one either.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 01:50 PM (O7YUW)
Agreed, this is a mission that could easily be done remotely, and by smaller craft. Like the drone boats being deployed in the strait right now.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:51 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 01:45 PM (AkEZC)
And when they are in service, it will be fantastic, however Egypt bought more than 100 Tucanos and I bet they would like to have a chance to participate
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)
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If the Dems ever gain the House, the Senate and the Presidency, that is the very 1st thing they will do--nuke the filibuster and add no less than 5 justices.
And not moderates, but the type that will make Jumanji Jackson's dissents look measured and reasonable.
All immigration law repealed; every state required to send mail-in ballots to every registered voter; all abortion restrictions repealed; all vote ID repealed; DC and PR made states; and worse--and everything will be rubber-stamped by their Court.
And Republicans will campaign at the next midterm on bringing back the filibuster ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 29, 2026 01:54 PM (HXT0k)
Probably but the whole Meta experiment is about to fold completely and shut down.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:55 PM (PYyV9)
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It was mentioned upthread that the Ukrainians broke the mold on using mass drone attacks on high value targets (HVT's) when they took out nearly a quarter of Russia's strategic bomber fleet with them. Nobody saw it coming. Apparently our big brains at the Pentagon didn't either.
I sort of debate the need for the E-3 in theater anyway. Can it even detect the smaller drones? Can it detect ballistic missiles in flight? Probably? With enough fidelity to vector in something to deal with the threat?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 01:55 PM (AkEZC)
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"Money, dear boy."
--Lawrence Olivier
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 29, 2026 01:57 PM (KBJGw)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 01:57 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: This is reality. at March 29, 2026 01:58 PM (rjPWf)
People have been gaming out that exact scenario for ten years or more. They all saw it coming, they just were relying on distance and lack of intelligence to protect resources. The idea that the Pentagon is sitting around picking their nose instead of spending every day wargaming every conceivable scenario no matter how idiotic is ludicrous.
They get paid to do this, there are guys who do nothing else all day long, its their passion. The Pentagon is full of idiots at the top but the drones do this for a living.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 29, 2026 01:58 PM (PYyV9)
Remember that kerfluffle where Trump made a crack about Pearl Harbor to body a stupid reporter?
This poster said that this was the moment Japanese people began to love America. It sounds crazy, but he explains. He says that this joke was basically forgiveness, that they've lived for all this time in guilt and shame over what they did to Pearl Harbor, and he washed all that away by joking about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
I believe it.
Now Japan needs to make a friendly jest about America will just up and nuke your ass because you were really really annoying.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 01:58 PM (/lPRQ)
Of course, the daily rag repeated the organizers' claims of "over 500" in attendance. LOL. Sure, Jan...
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 01:58 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 02:00 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Iran is run by the IRGC, not the Mullahs.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 02:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 02:02 PM (4NO2D)
Ill-tempered, that's those "my shit not only doesn't stink, it is perfumed"/New York is the center of the universe a-holes who hate him double for being from...Queens.
Obligatory:
https://tinyurl.com/5avcx373
Posted by: barbarausa at March 29, 2026 01:44 PM (enw9G)
Yup. Pride in one's city is one thing, and it can be admirable. Putting up one's nose and getting snooty with the rest of the nation because they were dumb enough to NOT be born in New Yawk is another thing entirely. Especially since a lot of New Yawkers see the city in the '70s as the pinnacle of Western Civilization, when Times Square was filled with dirty drug addicts, porn theaters and shooting galleries, before Giuliani "Disneyfied" the city.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2026 02:02 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 02:00 PM (pvf3X)
My old commie neighbor had put his US flag upside down again yesterday plus a homemade cardboard sign about no dictators. It is so tedious. The SOB would be in a shallow grave if Trump was truly a dictator.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 29, 2026 02:03 PM (tYGL3)
Iran is run by the IRGC, not the Mullahs.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 02:01 PM (rbvCR)
That's actually quite obvious now. As long as Khameini was alive, he appeared to hold onto the allegiance of the IRGC, but as soon as he was gone, that was it. This is the obvious reason why the IRGC wanted someone who is in a coma in the hospital to be named new "supreme leader". Because it guaranteed that there was no one who could try to tell them what to do.
It's also why negotiations are futile - the IRGC will never negotiate, and the other civilian parts of the government have lost control over them. But Trump knows this - the "negotiations" are just chuff tossed out there to give the chattering classes something to talk about.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 02:05 PM (/QdgR)
People have been gaming out that exact scenario for ten years or more. They all saw it coming, they just were relying on distance...
Yes,
there is PROFIT in war, but only at a distance.
Research who is vested heavily in the rebuild-options -- datacenters built upon the oil-portal, ai automation, of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels.
on DiNiro
How far he's fallen from his role in Brazil/Harry Tuttle.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 29, 2026 02:06 PM (u8KYe)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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This may sound sexist, but if you look, it seems like women are dominating professions everywhere. TV news readers,teaching, law, açounting, medicine and in the pipeline for those professions.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 02:06 PM (1relU)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Sodomy and the lash kept them in line.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 02:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Now Japan needs to make a friendly jest about America will just up and nuke your ass because you were really really annoying.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 01:58 PM (/lPRQ)
Heh. If the new Japanese PM did that, I could forgive them for infecting the US with big-eyed kitsune anime.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2026 02:09 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 02:09 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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This may sound sexist, but if you look, it seems like women are dominating professions everywhere. TV news readers,teaching, law, açounting, medicine and in the pipeline for those professions.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 02:06 PM (1relU)
Accomplished not by merit but by machination. And the feminization and degeneration of these professions becomes more evident by the day. For example, the practice of "medicine" through social pressure and consensus rather than diagnostic and scientific rigor.
Posted by: COVID 19 and transmania for example at March 29, 2026 02:09 PM (TbWk/)
Black Half Of Tiger Woods Tased By Cops After Asian Half Crashes Car
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From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!
While the native American half sat on the curb and got heap big drunk on fire water.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 02:11 PM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/22r8u55s
Someone in Centcom should read it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 02:12 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: toby928(c)
When I heard about so many planes getting damaged I thought it was BS, no way we are parking planes that tight during a war...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 02:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
It's this guy:
captain S.O
@sow413
Commentary account
Do you truly understand what Japan just gained? As a Japanese citizen, I’m telling you—this moment changed history.
Trump's Pearl Harbor joke wasn't an insult. It was the key that finally unlocked something buried deep in the Japanese soul.
For 80 long years, we've carried apology and guilt like a permanent shadow—haunted by the past, bound by the Constitution America wrote for us, forever in "reflection mode." He turned that raw wound into a shared laugh between equals.
No more endless atonement. No more vassal shadow.
The curse is broken. Japan is free now. Thank you, Mr. President.
We're allowed to stand tall again—as true partners, not subordinates. The strongest alliance in the world is rising—equals, brothers, ride-or-die.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 02:23 PM (cfwti)
....
And he can't even do that without copulating skyward.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 29, 2026 02:38 PM (Ot/FD)
When is 3Stooges/Moe when you need'em.
245 read a post by a Japanese guy on Twixxer
The curse is broken. Japan is free now. Thank you, Mr. President.
We're allowed to stand tall again—as true partners, not subordinates. The strongest alliance in the world is rising—equals, brothers, ride-or-die.
And stand they must (JAPAN),
if China mines the strait, they won't stop at Tawain.
The only thing that stand between them and China is Iran's cheap oil, and the yet undisclosed ASW in Hormuz which will guarantee Tawain security for the next 50 years.
Gee what could go wrong?
All thos vested 3rd parties who need Kharg obliterated, rather than captured and salvaged because of their failure of imagination.
In the mean time, who'se eatin' fishsticks tonite!
forWAR'd!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 29, 2026 02:42 PM (G5o3/)
Kalishi betting now has the GOP holding the Senate at a very non robust 51%
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 29, 2026 03:18 PM (CUIEY)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 29, 2026 02:02 PM (4NO2D)
I heard a number, don't recall where, of 110 or so in theater.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 29, 2026 03:22 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:30 PM (fNISR)
Apparently he's a GREAT actor..consider the sort of character he usually plays and compare them to his actual character in real life. Sure, usually bad guys.. but confident and lethal ones who stick to their own moral code. Not little greedy whiny guys who rely on insults and bragadocio
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 29, 2026 08:01 PM (3/XaG)
Book Thread: (03/29/2026) [Sabrina Chase]
The Secrets of Publishing, part 2 : Bookstores and Libraries and Distributors, oh my!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 09:00 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 09:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Beautiful top photo, Sabrina!
Just finished Twelve Months by Jim Butcher (book 18 in The Dresden Files) and I really liked it.
Though not without a lot of action, it is mainly a story of healing and character growth.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:02 AM (eZ5tL)
The cat took over my reading chair ottoman at precisely 0900 hours. She knows it's Book Thread time.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 09:03 AM (kpS4V)
Anyway, reading
A Reasoned Examination of the Properties of the Three Arms - Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery: A Treatise on Lessons from the Napoleonic Wars (1832)
Originally written Gen Nicolai Okunev, actually often spelled very different
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 09:03 AM (Ia/+0)
Signifying the launch of today's Sunday Morning Book Thread!
Thank you, Sabrina!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 09:04 AM (ESVrU)
Though not without a lot of action, it is mainly a story of healing and character growth.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:02 AM (eZ5tL)
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It's the necessary calm before the NEXT chaotic phase in the series.
The books leading up to Twelve Months are some of the most *intense* books I've ever read. Readers need a break.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 09:05 AM (ESVrU)
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Congrats!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:06 AM (tcsrY)
So! What is on the minds of the Book Thread patrons?
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 09:06 AM (vAQDP)
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Welcome back, Sabrina. Yes, I was wondering about this.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 09:07 AM (kpS4V)
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Baker & Taylor is no more, alas. Died at the end of 2026.
Ingram struggles to keep up with orders, and many libraries just use amazon, which gives them deep discounts,
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:08 AM (tcsrY)
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Come back when you have a pants warrant, Copper!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 09:09 AM (kpS4V)
Four stars. Would recommend.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 09:09 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm currently 3/4 of the way through Victor Davis Hanson's A War Like No Other, the tale of the Peloponnesian Wars (Athens & allies vs. Sparta and its allies). Fifth-century Greece, only a couple of decades past the more famous wars with the Persian Empire. Hanson does not give us a plodding year-by-year chronology of the war. Instead, his sections focus on elements that proved important in the war, like "Fire," "Disease" (the big plague in Athens early in the war), "Armor," "Walls," and "Horses." He also focuses on the lessons the Greeks learned, and that we can learn, from the war. Not exactly light reading; it requires attention; but it's not dense, not a slog to get through at all.
I hadn't realized how imperial and domineering the Athenians were at this point. Any ally who thought about going over to Sparta got its town besieged, and its inhabitants executed or sold into slavery. We'd always been taught in school that Sparta was such a terrible dictatorship, but Athens (its voting assembly, anyway) was bad too. So much for the joys of pure "democracy."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)
Thanks to Sabrina for the info on publishing. Eye opening to say the least.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 09:11 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 09:11 AM (RIvkX)
And just like that my to-read pile got shorter.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:13 AM (tcsrY)
The Metal Men are sentient constructs, each made of an elemental metal: copper, gold, iron, lead, mercury, platinum, and tin. Each has a distinctive personality. They can take on any form and suffer terminal damage, but their creator can reconstruct them. In the Sixties, this was fun, with imaginative art.
Forty years later, this came out. Fun no more.
The art is too stylistic for my taste. The story ... I should have taken heed of the credit "Based on ideas by Grant Morrison." That Brit is too far out for me.
DC has put out several Metal Men miniseries since. From what I've read, all have fallen short. There's a problem when each tries to abandon the concepts in its predecessor.
Maybe someday somebody will hit on what works. I hope to be around to read it.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 09:13 AM (c+KNC)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:13 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 09:06 AM (vAQDP)
What do the bookstores do with the books and magazines they can't sell? Do they send it back to the publishers for credit or what?
Posted by: dantesed at March 29, 2026 09:14 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 09:14 AM (RIvkX)
And just like that my to-read pile got shorter.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:13 AM (tcsrY)
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Yep. He went full-woke.
After reading the woke disaster that was "Wind and Truth," I have no desire to read any more Sanderson.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 09:14 AM (ESVrU)
Be like Dickens and serialize in a (now online) periodical you yourself own! Skip the whole mess.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 09:14 AM (deJNz)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 29, 2026 09:15 AM (0U5gm)
The other book is _New Maps of Hell_ by Kingsley Amis. It's a study of science fiction at the time. This was a big deal when it came out in 1960, because Amis was a big-deal Real Writer and Real Critic and Real English Guy so it was like SF was finally allowed to sit in the room with the grownups (though still not at the big table).
Amis was still a Commie at the time (he got over it by degrees) so he's down on SF for not being Socially Progressive enough. This was 1960, remember, when the people who hired all the current crop of blue-hairs were still in grade school.
He also wanted more sex in SF. I don't think he knew much about the actual readership of SF in America, or about how the magazines had to keep their content family-friendly to stay on the spinner racks in the drugstores.
As criticism it's . . . kinda superficial, really. I think it was intended more as an introduction to the genre for people with no experience in the field.
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 29, 2026 09:15 AM (78a2H)
Started on Niven's 'Bowl of Heaven' yesterday. So far, disappointed. Lots of ground already covered in other previous works, and not the lean and tight prose of earlier years. Flabby writing, like they were going to write three books and only had about 1 to 1.5 worth of materiel. It hasn't been passed over yet, but...
I did enjoy Tim Powers' 'Web of Medusa' over the last week. Interesting book, and it kept me engaged throughout.
So, is there going to be a collaborative writing adventure, featuring The Adventures of Camilla Flickbean?
Posted by: Brewingfrog at March 29, 2026 09:16 AM (V4wbn)
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 09:16 AM (cfwti)
COMIC BOOK APOCALYPSE!
The Death of Pre-Code Comics and Why It Happened, 1940-1955
By David J. Hogan
A delightful wallow in the mid-century filth of crime, horror, war, science fiction, jungle, and romance comics that impressionable young people gobbled up. I'm not one for censorship but I can sort of see why reformer Frederic Wertham's underoos were in a twist. This shit was bananas. Titillating, grotesque, violent, and during the war, pretty racist-y. Lots of strangling and eye-gouging. Like the film industry, it led to internal self-censorship to keep the do-gooders off their backs.
Mad Magazine's William M. Gaines "testified before a senate subcommittee that the cover of "Crime SuspenStories" no. 22 hadn't been in bad taste -- because the woman's severed head was held so that the bones, muscles, and blood vessels in the neck weren't shown. Just saying."
Being a Mad Mag kid, I of course love Harvey Kurtzman's covers "Calculated to Drive You MAD".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 09:17 AM (kpS4V)
I suspect he is blacklisted for being too rightwing political
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:18 AM (tcsrY)
Howdy, horde.
While I have no numbers, I've long had the impression, from my library days and from the higher library ebook fees charged by publishers, that a number of publishers aren't too crazy about libraries either. While a library sale is a sale, every circulation represents a sale the publisher should have had if only the cheapskate reader had bought the book the way God intended. The publisher can't really gouge the libraries on those physical copies, but the publisher can try to make up some of the loss by charging libraries an idiotically high price for ebook licenses. Last I heard it was usually after 25 circulations -- 6 is just insane.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 09:18 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)
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It's interesting that among political theorists, Sparta is much preferred. The Spartan constitution had several innovative elements, such as a dual monarchy, that is to say there were two royal lines descended from Heracles, which meant both kings had to agree on policy. There were also the Ephors, magistrates who also acted as a check on royal power.
Both states depended on a slave underclass, and Athens' democracy was often fickle, swayed by demagogues and stampeded into rash decisions. Outside of modern American academics, Sparta was always held up as a better way of government, and Rome used a system of two co-rulers in emulation of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 09:20 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 09:21 AM (5ZDo1)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 09:22 AM (tcsrY)
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I just buy his ebooks...all of them.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 29, 2026 09:22 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 09:23 AM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/3n4epx2x
Author bio:
https://tinyurl.com/yjsakntk
Quite a life experience for a boy born and raised in Farmington Hills, Michigan!
Grokepedia - City of David:
https://tinyurl.com/323jp95a
Very easy read. Spielman explains how he got involved in the first place in the City of David project, which was not up his alley.
The book introduces the early archaeological history of the era, beginning with Britain's famous Captain Charles Warren and a few who followed through the early 20th century but missed the grand prize(s).
The author flips between ancient and modern history, draws parallels but mainly highlight the major and massive discoveries made over the years. The book was written after the Oct. 7th war began, so it is sufficiently up to date.
We and our pups, knowing one of the City of David guides very well, were given a private pre-opening tour of the major discovery of the route leading up to the side of the Temple Mount way above the City of David. It was very moving.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 09:23 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 09:24 AM (bXbFr)
The walking songs in The Hobbit and LOTR captures this feeling.
Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 09:24 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Which one?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 29, 2026 09:25 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 09:25 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 29, 2026 09:25 AM (h7ZuX)
Is that top picture available to purchase as a print or poster? And who is the artist?
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 09:26 AM (yTvNw)
One such side story is 'The Great War of Separation' which has a part 1 and a part 2, out a planned 4. Part 1 is bleak, and kind of disturbing. As you might guess from the name, it's the story of a modern-day civil war. And it is disturbing because it so plausible. Mexican Cartels kill a few boarder-patrolmen in Texas. Border patrol kills cartel operatives. Things escalate. The response from Washington is just to say 'knock it off, just calm down and let it go.' That doesn't go over so well, and Texas essentially secedes. The situation gets more overtly violent in Part 2, but that story doesn't seem as bleak, because it's less tied to the real world. The two governments use super-hero/super-villain operatives to achieve their ends. With the story now fully in the realm of comic-book-fantasy, it is far more escapist and enjoyable.
Posted by: Castle Guy at March 29, 2026 09:26 AM (Lhaco)
I do not know what is done with unsold magazines. They use distributors too but different ones. I do know the magazines that used to publish Fantasy and SF short stories have all but vanished. Mostly that market has gone online. (Why not? no paper expenses, and can be sent anywhere with an internet connection)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 09:26 AM (vAQDP)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 29, 2026 09:26 AM (78a2H)
Bean, the protagonist, is a highly intelligent child living on the streets in Holland after escaping from the genetic engineer who created him. He joins a gang by befriending its leader, Poke. The gang comes into contact with a nun, Sister Carlotta, who suggests him for battle school, and he is accepted.
Despite his young age and small size, Bean's intelligence on display leads him to be selected as the backup to Ender, and over time Bean becomes a valuable lieutenant to him, helping with planning for battles, and eventually determining that the battle simulations are in fact real battles. This novel gives an interestingly different view of the Ender story.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 29, 2026 09:27 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 09:27 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at March 29, 2026
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I noticed that about Bowl of Heaven. It might have something to do with his collaboration with Gregory Benford, though. I haven't read any Benford so I don't know anything about his style. I read the third in the series, Glorious, first. It also has some BIG, mind-bending engineering concepts in it. Shipstar is the middle one, and my library has it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:28 AM (wzUl9)
That picture is pure AI art, from a prompt of "librarian catching flying books with a butterfly net, in the style of Rackham". It took several attempts, mostly because MidJourney appears to have no concept of a butterfly net. I feel old.
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 09:28 AM (vAQDP)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 09:29 AM (q3u5l)
Now to read the comments.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 29, 2026 09:29 AM (ufSfZ)
Rohan has answered Gondor's request for aid, arriving at dawn on the field of battle.
For such a momentous event, it's a rather short chapter, only about 10 pages or so, though it takes up a considerable chunk of screentime in the movie.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 09:29 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 09:29 AM (I2GmU)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 09:24 AM (bXbFr)
Donald Kagan argued that Cleon was right. He was winning the war until he got skewered taking general Brasidas off the board.
This is distilled in "Thucydides", which Bryn Mawr knocks as being a cut-and-paste job from earlier books, but it's the one I read and the shortest read.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 29, 2026 09:30 AM (olyA2)
Posted by: Trimegistus at March 29, 2026
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I've read a few of his short stories. Mainly I know his work from his ghostwriting on the late Ellery Queen novels of the Sixties. Odd that the cousins, or at least Fred Dannay, picked SF writers in the main to be his ghostwriters: Davidson and Theodore Sturgeon. Jack Vance did write some of the non-series paperback mysteries published as by Queen, but I don't think he ever collaborated with Dannay.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy
I though the whole idea of libraries was to give people an opportunity to read books they might not be able to afford, or to try out an author or book with no risk to see if they liked what they read.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 29, 2026 09:31 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 29, 2026 09:25 AM (VCgbV)
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"The Hallmark Man", about the murder victim found in the safe of a silver dealer specializing in Masonic silver.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 09:33 AM (I2GmU)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 09:34 AM (bXbFr)
Silly Wabbit, as if the (current) publishing houses care about readers! Please refer to my rant at the top of the post. They care about *money* and libraries don't make them *money* and want special reinforced hardbacks and so on. Really, they consider readers a species of pest. But I'm not biased, no...
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 09:35 AM (vAQDP)
1.5% of all live births in USA show hormonal or general results that could be classes as intersex
1 birth out of 5000 about 600 per year are born with genetalia classes by doctors as "ambiguous" should they be euthanized or accepted as human?
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 29, 2026 09:35 AM (WGH+P)
Just learned I can download the image so I can look at it whenever I want for my enjoyment. (I hope that is okay.)
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 09:36 AM (yTvNw)
We've had two brick and mortar book store closures in this area and it sucks. Online and digital is fine but it's not the same experience.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 09:36 AM (Fbc0I)
Warren was also Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police during the Jack the Ripper murders.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 29, 2026 09:37 AM (ufSfZ)
Ace suggested he was a self-insert or leftover from an earlier draft. Both are completely false. Tolkien wrote LotR with great care and precision, even to the point of preferring words derived from Anglo-Saxon over Latin roots. He did not "just leave stuff in."
Bombadil is a Maia, and his purpose is twofold. First he is there to show how the Shire is really protected, and that it's not just the Dunedain, it is also Bombadil.
He is also there to show that Eru's servants are still at work. Guardian angels are real, and he saves the hobbits not as a deux ex machina, but to demonstrate that prayers are in fact answered. He teaches them a "song" (prayers are often sung) and it is promptly answered.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
His continuation novel, Colonel Sun as by "Robert Markham," has a lot to recommend it. It's not as exciting as Anthony Horowitz's recent period-piece, Trigger Mortis, but it is quite good and sends Bond somewhere Fleming never did, the isles of Greece.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)
The art is too stylistic for my taste. The story ... I should have taken heed of the credit "Based on ideas by Grant Morrison." That Brit is too far out for me.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 09:13 AM (c+KNC)
Oh, yeah, 'Grant Morrison' is a giant red flag. He's on my personal blacklist. I've read a few things where the Metal Men guest-star, but never read anything featuring them specifically. Not dissing them, but they just aren't my thing. It's not helped by the somewhat goofy character designs that seem to follow them around.
Posted by: Castle Guy at March 29, 2026 09:38 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 29, 2026 09:38 AM (VCgbV)
Still working on Waiting on the Moon by Peter Wolf. He was lead singer for J Geils Band, and involved with Faye Dunaway at one point. Another interesting life. He reads his own book and does an entertaining job of it. I saw that band in concert at least three times and they always put on a good show.
I tried to start on about Joni Mitchell, but am not sure I will get back into it. Chris O'Dell was managing Dylan's Rolling Thunder tour and having a relationship with Sam Shepherd, who was filming the tour. He wound up sleeping with Joni Mitchell, who dropped by to check out the tour. And that led to a mention of Chris in Joni's song Coyote, about Sam.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 29, 2026 09:38 AM (gQ15S)
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The public library movement would never have gotten off the ground today -- or even been thought of.
Posted by: werewife at March 29, 2026 09:39 AM (5ayY3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 09:27 AM (kpS4V)
Gunnison, Colorado, "successfully avoided the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 by implementing strict quarantine measures, including closing schools and churches, banning public gatherings, and erecting barricades to prevent outsiders from entering the town."
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 09:39 AM (cfwti)
Both states depended on a slave underclass, and Athens' democracy was often fickle, swayed by demagogues and stampeded into rash decisions. Outside of modern American academics, Sparta was always held up as a better way of government, and Rome used a system of two co-rulers in emulation of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Speaking from the world of political science, Sparta was actually the model for Plato's Republic--so theorists that like Plato, like Sparta. Aristotle though, an Athenian, is the countervailing model through Thomism in Western Thought.
Aristotle taught there was NO perfect form of government but that the form of government must fit the people. As society of people change, the form of government will eventually change to fit that society as well.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:39 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026
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Gunnison was probably pretty hard to get to anyway in 1918!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)
"M is Bond's chief adversary."
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 09:40 AM (p/isN)
Bombadil treats the ring as something of a joke, because to him, it is. Sauron is a jerk co-worker who fought with the boss and then made a toy. Boring. Bombadil has a garden to tend to and people who need protection, who count on him. He knows five (!) other Maia came over to deal with Sauron, so not his monkey, not his circus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:41 AM (ZOv7s)
Damn good book incidentally.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 09:41 AM (nqStX)
One that intrigues me is Evening in the Palace of Reason, about the relationship between Frederick the Great and JS Bach. I'll get to it at some point.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 29, 2026 09:42 AM (ufSfZ)
The library software company I worked for was a subsidiary of Bowker, the company that manages ISBNs in the United States. There was a big company meeting one day where they invited questions from the peons. I had just started my indie publishing journey so I asked "Is there any plan to offer discounted ISBNs to company employees as a benefit?" I figured why not, maybe I'd get lucky. The Big President apparently saw this, decided it was a good idea and to encourage employees to write books offered everyone 10 FREE ISBNs!
This sounds like a lot, but if you factor in one ISBN per format (ebook, print, audiobook) it adds up fast. Technically you should have one for different types of ebook, but I usually just file one and call it good. I purchased a big block in addition that I am still working through, but it was a very nice company perk!
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 09:42 AM (vAQDP)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)
Grandpa was born there in 1905.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 09:43 AM (cfwti)
Funny, someone just posted about that on A Literary Horde.
https://tinyurl.com/rvera5t8
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 09:43 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 29, 2026 09:43 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:41 AM (ZOv7s)
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Tolkien himself rejected the idea that Bombadil was a Maia. He's an enigma, placed there deliberately by Tolkien to be an eternal mystery to the reader.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 09:43 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: 13times
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Did the people manning the barricades and turning outsiders back then also have to leave town?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 29, 2026 09:44 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
It's not helped by the somewhat goofy character designs that seem to follow them around.[\i]
If you want to see Rule 34 in effect, search for Platinum with no filters.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 09:44 AM (p/isN)
The DC Comics of those days were not about personalities except in very general terms. Superman was heroic and clever, Jimmy Olsen was brash though smarter than he appeared, Lois Lane was fixated on proving Clark Kent was really Superman and dreaming (simultaneously) that Superman would marry her, Perry White was gruff and a boss to be feared. Et cetera.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 09:16 AM (cfwti)
You buy a single one for $125, or you can buy 10 for $295, making them $29.50 each. But if you can't swing $125, you certainly can't swing $295.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 09:45 AM (1Ff7Z)
“Stealing” is the wrong word. Amazon and most indie bookstores serve entirely different markets. Bookstores stock books that readers ought to read. Amazon stocks books that readers want to read.
Posted by: Zombie Paul McCartney at March 29, 2026 09:45 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 29, 2026 09:46 AM (xcxpd)
Attempted fix
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 09:46 AM (p/isN)
Southern elites also emotionally felt their reliance on slave labor placed them in a similar situation to that of Sparta. That and the Haitian rebellion, is where you begin to see slave patrols starting about the 1810's or so becoming a regular feature in the Deep South to prevent slave uprisings.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:46 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 09:46 AM (1Ff7Z)
True enough. Also to preserve good books. But the publishers can't really count on that library patron going out and buying an author's books after enjoying one from the library; some readers may do just that, but even more readers are content with the library read. Ergo: lost sales. Publishers probably won't say this about libraries (and after all, they do get the $$ from the library purchase), but the ebook licensing absurdities suggest that line of thought is there.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 09:47 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 29, 2026 09:47 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 29, 2026 09:44 AM (XvL8K)
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That's a plot line in my book. A young sentry tangles with a lost soldier trying to get in, and they both end up locked in an abandoned building until the doctor gives them clearance.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 09:47 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 09:43 AM (ESVrU)
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He is the functional equivalent though. Not part of the same angelic order, but obviously made by Eru for a purpose.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Both sides were barbarous and both sides were swept away Alexander (who was a Great Asshole himself).
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 09:48 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: dantesed at March 29, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 09:23 AM (1o8D5)
Always thought the "City of David" meant all of Jerusalem. So what is the feeling about that section being the location of the temple and the Wailing Wall being the wall of the Roman garrison?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 09:49 AM (1Ff7Z)
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Speaking from the world of political science, Sparta was actually the model for Plato's Republic--so theorists that like Plato, like Sparta. Aristotle though, an Athenian, is the countervailing model through Thomism in Western Thought.
Aristotle taught there was NO perfect form of government but that the form of government must fit the people. As society of people change, the form of government will eventually change to fit that society as well.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:39 AM (E4rtv)
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1. Aristotle was NOT Athenian. He was from Hegira. Plato was from Athens.
2. Plato did prefer Sparta, but his Republic wasn't based on it, though it contributed. He was also an admirer of Crete.
3. Thomism has not been the dominant model in Western thought (alas).
4. Note that Plato also didn't think there was a perfect form of government. People miss this, but notice the end of the Republic, where he goes through the progression of decline, ending in tyranny.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 29, 2026 09:49 AM (AlhUl)
My taste in books is pretty esoteric these days but the store has surprised me by how often they have a title I want on the shelf. By my standards, one out of five titles on hand is good. I want the store to succeed so if I order a book I do it at the store, not online. It still gets sent to my house but the store gets the credit for the sale.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 09:50 AM (yTvNw)
I hadn't realized how imperial and domineering the Athenians were at this point. Any ally who thought about going over to Sparta got its town besieged, and its inhabitants executed or sold into slavery. We'd always been taught in school that Sparta was such a terrible dictatorship, but Athens (its voting assembly, anyway) was bad too. So much for the joys of pure "democracy."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026
I read that many years ago, when it was new, and when I was still on a VDH kick after reading Carnage and Culture. (Man, that was a long time ago, now) So I don't recall too many specifics. But this does remind me that I do have VDH's 'Savior Generals' on my e-reader waiting to be read.
To the second point, yeah Athens has definitely been whitewashed in recent history. Its 'democracy' was basically mob rule. Unchecked, and subject to wild mood-swings.
Posted by: Castle Guy at March 29, 2026 09:50 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)
Read more in Nostromo. Brilliant
Also more Cousin Bette. Also brilliant
Started Stanley Payne’s Civil Wars in Europe 1905 - 1945. Very dry but very interesting sketches of a very turbulent errer
Posted by: Who Knew at March 29, 2026 09:52 AM (0QMbS)
1. Rondeau from Sinfonies de fanfares
2. La Réjouissance
3. Trumpet Tune in D
4. Trumpet Voluntary
5. Toccata and Fugue in D minor
6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Allegro
7. California Blue (Orbison with the LPO)
8. Largo from Xerxes
9. Erbarme dich, mein Gott
10. Adagio for Strings
11. Spiegel im Spiegel
12. Gymnopédie No. 1
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 29, 2026 09:52 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 09:45 AM (1Ff7Z)
I don't swing either way! Seriously though, is that the cheapest block purchase (10) available to indy authors?
You indy folk need to co-op ISBN numbers.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 09:54 AM (cfwti)
Posted by: Who Knew at March 29, 2026 09:52 AM (0QMbS)
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Payne has a great book on the Spanish Civil War that deeply influenced Long Live Death. He co-wrote the definitive biography of Franco, a must-read that destroys the myths surrounding him.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 09:54 AM (p/isN)
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A gripping read.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 09:54 AM (Ki5ky)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)
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I taught the cats that they have to sit on the *other* side of the screen, the one without a keyboard. Sometimes they forget.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
Incoming.
Posted by: Warren Zevon at March 29, 2026 09:56 AM (vjqIu)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 09:56 AM (Ki5ky)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 09:56 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)
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You have better luck than I.
Allie insists on plopping herself down right in front of my keyboard.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 09:56 AM (ESVrU)
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Alcibiades was the Bill Clinton of the era. Remarkably talented but couldn't keep it in his pants (or toga or whatever the hell he wore) which eventually contributed to him becoming a traitor.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 09:57 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Tom ironically did precede the LOTR. He was a toy doll (action figure!) named by Tolkien's children.
My personal take is that he was literally a spirit of the Original Song of Creation by Eru and embodied the event of Creation itself. This would make Tom more a living embodiment of something like the Holy Spirit of Middle Earth had Tolkien chosen to employ that metaphor. To me, Tom is a living embodiment of the creation of the world and as such he is tied to it at a level beyond even the Valar and Maia.
And because he understood at the deepest level what that song of Creation was and is, he could use that knowledge via song to attack and rebuke those who came from Morgoth's tainted discord in the song of creation.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:57 AM (E4rtv)
You indy folk need to co-op ISBN numbers.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 09:54 AM (cfwti)
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I don't understand. I publish on Amazon and all my books have ISBNs and they cost me nothing. I checked a box that I wanted one during setup, and there it was.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 09:58 AM (p/isN)
Posted by: Who Knew
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I did not dig it for some reason. Aside from Heart of Darkness, my favorite Conrad has been Youth, Lord Jim, and the one with the N word.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 29, 2026 09:58 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 09:49 AM (1Ff7Z)
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Well, CoD was the beginning of Jerusalem. Calling all of Jerusalem CoD is perfectly valid and only 1 syllable longer.
Regarding the Temple location, anyone can come to Jerusalem and see how the entire massive Temple Mount wasn't just built for a Roman garrison. Someone's interested in burying history for reasons I'm more than familiar with.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 09:59 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 10:00 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
Incoming.
Posted by: Warren Zevon at March 29, 2026 09:56 AM (vjqIu)
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/puts shoes on
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:00 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 09:43 AM (ESVrU)
Modern readers want everything explained and sifted to the nth degree, but I do prefer eternal mysteries.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 10:01 AM (cfwti)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
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Troll lege.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:01 AM (1o8D5)
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People assume this of public libraries but it may or may not be true.
Each library has a "mission" or "vision" statement and that is usually not in it.
Instead it's typically some "community blah blah" thing.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 29, 2026 10:01 AM (eZ5tL)
I also vaguely recall there is a lot of foofaraah if you want to switch ISBNs (like, say, from the auto-issued Amazon one to your own). It's not trivial.
In some countries, like Canada, ISBNs are free for the asking. The government shoulders the cost of maintaining all the data. Here, Bowker does it but it does cost money. I think the cost is pretty high, but the expenses do exist.
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 10:02 AM (vAQDP)
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 09:57 AM (E4rtv)
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Bombadil (and Goldberry) are the opposite of Ungoliant - created beings that are in harmony with the world rather than trying to devour/destroy it.
It's very much "woodland sprite" territory, and haunted forests and things that make the world more magical, less drab. It's a counterbalance to Shelob, and Tolkien does that a lot, deep darkness and bright light.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: GrenadierX at March 29, 2026 10:02 AM (M3pDV)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026
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Dr Hervey Cleckley's The Mask of Sanity, for many years the definitive work on the disorder, suggests that Alcibiades had many traits in common with the psychopath. Charming, brilliant, erratic, doing foolish things for no sensible purpose, etc. I think Plutarch mentions in his mini-biography of Alcibiades that he cut off the tail of his own dog, a beautiful animal. When asked why, he said it was so that people would talk about that instead of accusing him of worse things (or words to that effect).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 10:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 10:03 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 29, 2026 09:25 AM (VCgbV)
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"The Hallmark Man", about the murder victim found in the safe of a silver dealer specializing in Masonic silver.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 09:33 AM
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Did you go in cold, or have you read the entire series? The Cormoran Strike novels are as tightly arced as the Harry Potter ones. If you follow the series, The Hallmarked Man is one of the very best so far; if you haven't been along for the whole ride, it's merely long and prolix with "too many" characters.
Posted by: werewife at March 29, 2026 10:03 AM (5ayY3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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Tolkien's poems of Tom Bombadil are not as read as the LOTR. And the reaction to him resembles the reader reaction to the Duke of Bridgewater and the King in Huckleberry Finn. Sort of how some readers are appalled the author put levity in the midst of a serious somber tome.
Other readers ride with the punches and view these characters as examples of a wider world barely described by the author. The drunken porter in MacBeth is another example.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 10:04 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 10:04 AM (p/isN)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 10:04 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
I've no idea! Ask Sabrina why she wanted free ISBN numbers from the Big Boss?
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 10:05 AM (cfwti)
That and the Haitian rebellion, is where you begin to see slave patrols starting about the 1810's or so becoming a regular feature in the Deep South to prevent slave uprisings.
Posted by: whig
I have seen more than one BLM allied "intellectual" argue that today's law enforcement agencies are nothing more than slave patrols brought down to these times...
...and therefore are constitutionally racist due to their heritage.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 10:05 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: 13times
Gunnison reminds me of Elton John's lyric about Mars, "In fact it's cold as hell."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 10:01 AM (cfwti)
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They also think that explaining existing stories is of interest to everyone else, hence the prequel and then in-quel fad, where we have to do a movie entirely about backstory, as if having a mysterious past is somehow bad or makes the character incomplete.
I attribute this to helicopter parenting and too much supervised play. They cannot function in a place of ambiguity.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Perfessor is correct. Tolkien never said what Tom is, not in LOTR or in his letters. Wherever the character came from in Tolkien's mind, Tom was never supposed to be defined exactly. Goldberry, describing Tom, tells the Hobbits "He is." That's as much as the Hobbits, or the readers, will get from Tolkien.
There is a delightful book about what Tom might be or isn't and what the author believes is the character's importance for Tolkien personally and in the legendarium. It's "In the House of Tom Bombadil" by C. R. Wiley. I've mentioned it several times and consider it to be one of the best LOTR related books ever.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 10:06 AM (yTvNw)
Marvel was people who gained powers.
That was then.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 09:58 AM (p/isN)
Someone, send this post to Victoria Alanzo! And everyone else who still works at Marvel...
(Context, Victoria Alanzo was the dumb--- who thought that Marvel could just race-swap and gender-swap all their heroes, because people just cared about the costume and powers. She was one of the co-runners for Marvel Films (before being fired for unrelated reasons) and is blamed by some for the across-the-board failure of Marvel movies in the past 6 years)
Posted by: Castle Guy at March 29, 2026 10:08 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 10:04 AM (E4rtv)
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I think Bombadil is great. The description of the rain, the smell, water flowing through the forest is just superb. So evocative of a fall rainstorm sitting inside by the fire, telling stories. It's one of my favorite parts of the book, and really drew me in. It's also the transition from the Shire to Outside, and demonstrates that horrible things are *right there* and that the happy hobbit world is more precarious than anyone realized.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
Because now in the Big Bumper Fun Book of Bowker, your book is listed under Amazon as the publisher. Not you, not "A.H.Lloyd Enterprises", just Amazon. And *they* control that listing and any edits to same. Further, as I mentioned in the post, bookstores used Amazon-issued ISBNs as a filter to keep the indie rabble out. If you don't have an Amazon ISBN, how would the bookstore know you are indie? Could be some little micro-press, could be an indie with an LLC. I don't know for sure the rabid anti-Amazon behavior is as bad as it was, but for a while there it was really bad.
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 10:10 AM (vAQDP)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
>Trapped in his sex den, the hobbit is getting a workout. Let Tolkien write about that one.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 10:10 AM (Fbc0I)
Need to reread that.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 10:10 AM (p/isN)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)
It's very much "woodland sprite" territory, and haunted forests and things that make the world more magical, less drab. It's a counterbalance to Shelob, and Tolkien does that a lot, deep darkness and bright light.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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IIRC, some argue that Ungoliant was a deformed Maia and thus preceded the song of creation.
Tom , though, was literally the Eldest as he first appeared in a published poem in 1934 inspired by his children's toy doll and was in the earliest drafts of the LOTR.
Tolkien purposefully left him as an enigma and Christopher did not care to share his father's mind on the issue despite most likely knowing what it was.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 10:11 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026
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They did. Measles, I think. June Lockhart plays a woman doctor, a rare thing on the frontier, and she and Paladin get to like each other quite a bit.
She returned in another episode where a cowboy on a ranch got smallpox, and she and Paladin are trying to keep the rest of the herd's riders from going into town and spreading the infection before a vaccine arrives. It's clear in this one that Paladin and Dr. Phyllis Thackeray are *very* fond of each other -- but both realize they'd have to change their lives totally to be together, and they were not ready for that. (I've often wondered if they got together years later, when he'd retired from his soldier-of-fortune career.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 10:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
A.H., those ISBNs are marked as "Amazon" ISBNs. You appears as an Amazon published book, or as "Independently Published." That's one marker that keeps bookstores and libraries from purchasing from you. If you buy from Bowker, you get to put a name as the publisher and it's available to anyone anywhere.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:12 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at March 29, 2026 10:12 AM (Ew3fm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 09:59 AM (1o8D5)
Not surprising, is it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:13 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 10:15 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)
You assume much. The reason for the "in-quel fad" is publishers and filmmakers milking the IP to the last drop.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 10:15 AM (cfwti)
Oh, that smallpox episode sticks with me. Paladin really cuts loose, and he would have killed that guy bare-handed.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 10:15 AM (p/isN)
A lot of us early indie writers are connected ....
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 10:15 AM (vAQDP)
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Deighton dies just a couple of weeks ago, on March 15. I'm surprised it wasn't a bigger deal because I thought he was a great writer.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 29, 2026 10:16 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026
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Because Phyllis had been harmed. It shows just how strongly he feels about her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)
...and therefore are constitutionally racist due to their heritage.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Because far left and the extreme individualist variety of libertarians believe in the utopian ideal of noble humans.
Institutions and society are to blame for warping the basic good nature of humans. Thus, in both situations, existing culture, society, and institutions should be swept away so the individual can flourish.
The fact that law enforcement comes from primordial desires for order so as to not live in a state of nature never comes to mind for BLM types.
They are pig ignorant of anything not related to their own warped desires.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 10:17 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 10:10 AM (vAQDP)
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It's all so confusing.
I think Amazon is popular with indie authors because it allows them to focus purely on writing, and not dealing with all that stuff which honestly kept me from even bothering. I get that bookstores don't want to support Amazon authors because Amazon represents an existential threat to them. I'm fine with that.
If I understand you, I could go find another publishers, as some folks have done.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)
Tolkien's "The Hobbit" always struck me as being a hodgepodge of "introduction to [ another fantastical character / race ]" sketches strung together like beads on the thin thread of its narrative, an otherworldly "band of brothers undertake a heist" tale. It read as if it were a checklist of what populates fantastical literature. Were it not for Gollum, the Ring of Power, the Eagles, Bilbo, and Gandalf, its connection to LotR via the incidents and creatures involved therein was tenuous at best.
If, indeed, Tolkien had rewritten The Hobbit to bring closer to the surface more of those elements that were germane to LotR, he did not do much of a lift, in my opinion.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 10:19 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 09:33 AM
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Did you go in cold, or have you read the entire series? The Cormoran Strike novels are as tightly arced as the Harry Potter ones. If you follow the series, The Hallmarked Man is one of the very best so far; if you haven't been along for the whole ride, it's merely long and prolix with "too many" characters.
Posted by: werewife
Agree. The CB Strike novels must be read in order.
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 10:20 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 29, 2026 10:20 AM (VCgbV)
I find it refreshing both for the connections I hadn't considered and for the approach. Lent isn't simply a time to deprive yourself of some pleasure as a punishment or penance. The focus is more on eliminating distractions to better contemplate the life and lessons of Christ leading to renewal of life on Easter.
I'm not trying to make a religious statement or start a debate. Just describing the book.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 10:20 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 29, 2026 10:20 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 10:10 AM (Fbc0I)
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"Bored of the Rings" has that covered!
Also the "Hobbit Challenge" sounds like something on the IHOP menu.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 10:23 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:13 AM (1Ff7Z)
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Ancient news. A primary example of their deceit's failure:
https://tinyurl.com/fahjsjsp
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:24 AM (1o8D5)
It's a way for large publishing houses to bar entry to newcomers breaking into the biz. I'm sure it was never intended to work like that, but it really looks like gate-keeping. Kinda like the government charging outrageous fees for gun registration etc.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 10:25 AM (cfwti)
The Horde has me reading again. I was never much of a reader of fiction but better late than ever. Starting with 'The Hobbit.'
There's a town in Ontario called Stratford, best known for the Stratford festival and Shakespearean plays. When I was in high school, we went there. They had so many older homes transformed into bookstores.
You could get lost in there. They were the most beautiful mazes with room after room of books.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 10:25 AM (Sco7b)
Has anyone read the Thursday Murder Club series?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 29, 2026 10:25 AM (VCgbV)
Yes, a lot of us indy authors go back ... when I finally met with Sarah Hoyt in person, we tried to figure out how long we had been friends on-line. Since the mid-oughts, I believe.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at March 29, 2026 10:26 AM (Ew3fm)
Modern readers want everything explained and sifted to the nth degree, but I do prefer eternal mysteries.
Posted by: 13times
Quiet, unbeliever, or you will cause the downfall of the entire universe of "let me break it all down for you" video short reels with the subsequent deafening screeches of those too crabbed and uncurious to figure out a point of view for themselves!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 10:28 AM (xG4kz)
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 29, 2026 10:29 AM (ufSfZ)
The relationship between Paladin and June Lockhart's character kind of weirded me out. I always see her as Timmy's mom.
Posted by: Toad-0 at March 29, 2026 10:30 AM (JmrC3)
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 29, 2026
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MP4, before you go, you might want to let us know again about your surprise good news from this last week. It's possible not everybody saw it!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 10:30 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/fahjsjsp
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:24 AM (1o8D5)
First I've heard of the existence of the stones. I've read Josephus a long time ago, so was probably aware of the prohibitions, but these proofs of the temple location aren't public knowledge outside of certain circles, are they?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:32 AM (1Ff7Z)
Apparently Tolkien did. He just needed to chill with Tom and Goldie in a hot tub and smoke some Longbottom Leaf.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 10:34 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Toad-0 at March 29, 2026
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I too grew up with her in that role, but I'm okay with her playing other parts. She was in an early episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., "The Dove Affair," as a schoolteacher shepherding teenagers on a tour of a Balkan country where Solo is on the run with a microdot -- the "Innocent" character in the story.
The nice thing about the Dr. Phyllis episodes is that she is very much her own woman, determined to be a doctor and loving her work. Even if she and Paladin are strongly attracted, she wants to continue being what she is. Which I think appealed to Paladin as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 10:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 10:30 AM (wzUl9)
Oh! Well, the other day Sarah Hoyt featured my first novel, The Director's Cut, on Insty, saying she was re=reading it and that it held up, which was very nice. A very unexpected plug!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 29, 2026 10:35 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 10:25 AM (cfwti)
Right. If you buy individually, your ISBN is connected to you. If you buy another one, the number is different even though you make the publisher the same name. I don't know how much difference it makes, but it seems having too many different ISBNs might make your collected works hard to find.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:35 AM (1Ff7Z)
...and therefore are constitutionally racist due to their heritage.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
No wonder!
The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity".
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The word "transatlantic" is the give away. American slavery was like real bad, mmmkay? Other slavery, not so much.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 10:35 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 10:35 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 10:37 AM (kpS4V)
She was bummed out because there wasn't one copy of Count of Monte Cristo. We immediately went to the B and N in town and she picked up the Penguin Classics hardcover edition. (My preferred edition.) She was smiling about the acquisitions the rest of the day. I am immensely pleased for her. She is an exceptional young woman.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 10:37 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Toad-0
So doggy style?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 29, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:32 AM (1Ff7Z)
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Constantly brought up and ignored - or suppressed.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:40 AM (1o8D5)
I thought it was merely a revenge plot, but it was more than that,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 10:41 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 10:41 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
I saw the PBS movie and liked it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Stirfrylaura at March 29, 2026 10:41 AM (xmIHk)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 10:43 AM (bXbFr)
The Hallmarked Man has a lot of different threads but they come together in the end. There is nothing extraneous. One of the things I love about these books is that there is actually detecting that goes on. There are discoveries and hints as well as the day to day operation of a business. She describes the settings in a way that you "see" them.
Yes, I'm a fan and it's important to read them all and then commiserate with Blake and I about how long it takes her to write,the next one.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 10:44 AM (t/2Uw)
as with the Forsyths, which I have also been reading,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 10:45 AM (bXbFr)
https://tinyurl.com/fahjsjsp
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:24 AM (1o8D5)
As much as I appreciate the archeological record that shows conclusively that Israel is the land of the Jews and Judaism, we as a people, and the state of Israel are under no obligation to defend our presence on the land. It is ours. Whether we were there first, or we took it is secondary to our current possession of the land of Israel.
The IDF is the only thing that matters.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 10:47 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 10:47 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
I think the next is to be the last in the series. Waiting impatiently for a publication date..
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 10:47 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:48 AM (Q5A79)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:48 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 10:44 AM (t/2Uw)
Same. In the meantime, we can speculate about whether or not the next one will be the last one, or if they can continue the agency together regardless of what happens with their relationship.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 29, 2026 10:49 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: werewife at March 29, 2026 10:03 AM (5ayY3)
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I think I've read them all, save maybe one or so. I think her Potter books are considerably better. These I really think need an editor, particularly the Hallmark book, where the writing wanders all over.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 10:50 AM (EiGGt)
The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity".
The United Nations! So stunning! So brave! So bold to stomp upon the past while pointedly ignoring its own transgressions, like UNRWA personnel serving as auxiliary members and cheerleaders for Hamas in Gaza.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 10:51 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Badgergal at March 29, 2026 10:53 AM (cs22I)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 10:54 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Ah, that relationship question. The start of the next book should be interesting in light of Strike's heartfelt yet clumsy declaration of his feelings.
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 10:54 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 10:51 AM (xG4kz)
Or the uncomfortable reality that the slave trade in Europe, Asia, and the Arab world was bigger.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 10:54 AM (n9ltV)
It didn't get any real media attention, but a few days ago someone connected to the WEF said it's going to be wonderful when the UN takes its place as the one world government, with regional sub-governments like the EU.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:55 AM (h+W32)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 10:54 AM (bXbFr)
He is a lying cocksucker.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 10:55 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 10:55 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 10:48 AM (Q5A79)
So I've been told.
Almost all of the YTers from the publishing world are women. They've been, or are currently in, the business. That's the way it is now, and until the culture changes or tradpub loses it's grip on book sales, that's the way it will be.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 10:55 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 29, 2026 10:55 AM (3uBP9)
Can you imagine that any house would take on John D. MacDonald or Robert B. Parker or Robert Heinlein if they showed up as new writers these days?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 10:55 AM (q3u5l)
And thanks for your words of experience and wisdom regarding the true status of publishing houses, book stores and authors.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 29, 2026 10:56 AM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Badgergal at March 29, 2026 10:53 AM (cs22I)
I'm still on the waiting list for Antihero. Bout six weeks to go.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 29, 2026 10:56 AM (h7ZuX)
X community notes are a good source for historic accuracy:
https://tinyurl.com/yeyvsvze
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:56 AM (1o8D5)
Dan Silva's work, which has lost the plot, and cribs details from Follett's better plots rested much on Morris,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 10:56 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 10:55 AM (n9ltV)
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Today or yesteryear, way, way back?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:57 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Badgergal at March 29, 2026 10:57 AM (cs22I)
Meanwhile . . .
BREAKING NEWS
Transgender child sex offender, Richard Cox, gets a massive win in court today as the Virginia locker room trial is paused.
The Commonwealth Attorneys told me they were “pissed” about the judge’s decision and said that now, “the trial is basically frozen.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 10:58 AM (ndZc7)
*To Be Read Again.
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 10:55 AM (q3u5l)
That shows what a revolutionary publisher like Bennett Cerf was. A man of the left, but he published Rand, and got a lot of grief from his pals for it, but stood by it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 11:04 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 11:04 AM (t/2Uw)
12 Tons of KitKat Bars Valued at $1 Million Stolen in European Cargo Heist
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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Tolkien disliked allegory because in most cases, the message eats the creative writing. LOTR can be said to be Christian influenced but not an allegory.
Pick up Bunyan's A Pilgrim's Progress for an example of heavy handed allegory. And at one time, it was one of the few books to be found in Puritan households.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 11:06 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:07 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 11:04 AM (1Ff7Z)
I only recognize the name "Bennet Cerf" from the old tv show I've Got a Secret.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 29, 2026 11:08 AM (g8Ew8)
Most of the print books remaining on my shelves and a fair number of those in my Kindle library make up one big TBRA pile.
I don't expect to get to all of them before I'm planted.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 11:08 AM (q3u5l)
*To Be Read Again.
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qgHp7)
I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I'll probably never read all I have.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 11:08 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:08 AM (bXbFr)
12 Tons of KitKat Bars Valued at $1 Million Stolen in European Cargo Heist
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!
LOL. I read about that yesterday. They have no clue what happened to the truck.
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 11:09 AM (lJ0H4)
That's why there's no shortage of so-called "clit lit" like the minotaur book but any kind of science fiction that isn't some kind of Mary Sue fever dream is basically impossible to get published now.
Online now there is a plague advertisements for tales of alpha wolf and their packs / clans. Bodice rippers in another skin, they are, and faithful adherents to the Karens' credo of making stories lame and gay. "She can fix him!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 11:09 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 11:09 AM (t/2Uw)
Morris was, now like Goldberg, he pretends he didn't know what this would lead to
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:10 AM (bXbFr)
Ben Carson is publishing a book in honor of America’s 250th birth day, a children’s book, "Built on Faith," explains America’s founding in faith. It will be published in late June, just ahead of July 4, Independence Day.
His book is part of the "America Wins" campaign that includes books by Kirk Cameron and Riley Gaines.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 11:11 AM (pUqS1)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 29, 2026 11:08 AM (g8Ew
Co-founder of Random House, the largest publishing house in the world: Penguin Random House.
Don't forget "What's My Line?"
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 11:11 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 10:57 AM (1o8D5)
I think his original scholarship was ideological, and no amount of walking it back can undo the damage he did.
But...from my perspective, if what he says occurred actually did happen, then Israel did a piss-poor job of driving out the Arabs.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 11:11 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!
LOL. I read about that yesterday. They have no clue what happened to the truck.
Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2026 11:09 AM (lJ0H4)
Willie Wonka has been detained for questioning.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 29, 2026 11:11 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 11:11 AM (q3u5l)
*To Be Read Again.
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qgHp7)
I do have some books I revisit. I'm going to ponder that this week and have my selections for you next week.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 29, 2026 11:12 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 29, 2026 11:12 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qgHp7)
Great topic. What is in regular rotation?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 11:13 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Just Some Guy
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Publishing houses are swirling around the toilet. The future is indy, not gatekeepers.
Same issue in music record labels and with the arrival of AI video, I suspect that home grown entertainment aside from the studio system is likely to become prevalent in less than a decade.
So there will be a lot more choice but a lot harder to find what a reader is looking for.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: microcosme at March 29, 2026 11:14 AM (Va1fx)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 11:11 AM (n9ltV)
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That is known. They drive out the ones especially on the border edges but most of the Arabs who left did so at the Arab armies own callings to evacuate until after the finished destroying the Jewish State. Tsk.
But Ben Gurion was all to liberally happy to grant all the remaining Arabs full citizenship in the hopes for a brighter future.
Lesson still not learned.
About Morris, from what I've read and what I've seen of him on discussion vids, he's not where he originally was.
I prefer the likes of Morris any day over the likes of those just the opposite. Such was Ariel Sharon, may he rot.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 11:16 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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My guess is that AI and computer assisted writing (allows for rapid substitution of characters in a novel or script) allows easy cut and paste put together novellas.
This works in genre fiction like pron to churn out a lot of crappy books in an hurry. And it might work a bit for fantasy if not sci fi.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 11:16 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 29, 2026
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That was What's My Line?
He founded Random House and its subsidiary Modern Library.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 11:16 AM (wzUl9)
*To Be Read Again.
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qgHp7)
Yes, non-fiction science and history books. The first read-through never sinks in and requires a second more thoughtful reread - usually a couple months later. And maybe a third reread.
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 11:17 AM (cfwti)
Posted by: GeoNC at March 29, 2026 11:18 AM (wOaji)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:18 AM (bXbFr)
I am re-reading Stephenson's "Snow Crash" for the second time. There are many elements to it that ring true these days, particularly the idea of how pervasive the web has become in our lives.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 11:18 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 11:18 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Just Some Guy
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Yep. Awful book and worse movie. Lithgow is a talented actor but beyond that, he is scarcely a sage in human affairs.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 11:18 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 11:16 AM (1o8D5)
He still calls Israel an apartheid state based on its control of the "West Bank." He just plays games and says it is based on nationalism rather than race or ethnicity.
As I said, he is a lying cocksucker.
Oy...Sharon? Yeah... Gaza was a big mistake.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 11:19 AM (n9ltV)
we know that he was wrong then, of course there was the Bush and Blair who were pushing him to concede
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:20 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: microcosme at March 29, 2026 11:20 AM (Va1fx)
*To Be Read Again.
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 11:02 AM (qgHp7)
Currently have 1 book open from the TBR bookcase and 1 from already-read, the latter because of a wish to re-read all of my fantasy & science fiction, to determine whether each will remain in the house. Bogged down in Greg Bear's Anvil of Stars.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 29, 2026 11:20 AM (NcvvS)
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Well, I am white but I'm not sure it's from fear. More genetics.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)
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I imagine AI-generated soft porn bodice rippers would read mostly like a hydraulics technical manual.
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 11:21 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:21 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026
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I read and finished that Irving book, but have never been able to finish another. Hotel New Hampshire sounded great on the cover blurb, but he dashed between the past and the present so much and without warning that I lost interest.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 11:23 AM (wzUl9)
Amazon is convenient and, sometimes, offers lower book prices. I'm fortunate to be able to spend a few extra bucks to support smaller publishers. I regard them as lights shining in a deepening darkness.
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 11:23 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:23 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:23 AM (bXbFr)
Quit.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 11:24 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2026 11:19 AM (n9ltV)
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Thanks. I wasn't aware. Grok for the details:
https://tinyurl.com/2fhjb2x7
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 11:25 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: muldoon
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You would be surprised. Basically, most books that have been digitized have been ripped off by AI models from existing books. A test was done using a prompt in various AI models of bits of text from existing books (non AI), and the various models spit back matches of over 90 percent.
Massive lawsuit against AI companies pending regarding copyright infringement and this experiment does not help the AI modellers' side.
To be expected from a tokenized predictive model as there are just so many ways to present word order using grammar.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 11:25 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 11:23 AM (yTvNw)
There's the publishing rub. Amazon is large, but Ingram Spark is connected to Ingram that bookstores and libraries order from. Can you use both to sell your books?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 11:25 AM (1Ff7Z)
Lithgow is best in cartoonish roles -- Dr. Emilio Lizardo in "Buckeroo Banzai" and the malevolent leader of the gang in "Cliffhanger".
Remember, he was in the cast that read the Muller Report for the enlightenment of us all. Asshats, each and every one of them.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 11:25 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 11:26 AM (vAQDP)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:23 AM (bXbFr)
then skydiving isn't for you.
Posted by: Just the punchline at March 29, 2026 11:26 AM (Ucgf4)
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 11:27 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: JTB at March 29, 2026 11:27 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Ditto. Read Garp and could not get into Hotel New Hampshire as a library read. I think I read about 10 percent of it.
I never watched the movie Hotel New Hampshire but understand it was absolutely awful.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: microcosme
A very good, if frightening, book. There is a horrifying picture of Evans being taken into custody with a scared, cornered rat look on his face.
https://is.gd/cPa03MK
He didn't do it but he sure as hell hung for it.99
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: microcosme at March 29, 2026 11:20 AM (Va1fx)
Wow, this one looks to be right up my alley. Not available in ebook format, nor in my library system. Might have to buy that one from thriftbooks.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 29, 2026 11:28 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:20 AM (bXbFr)
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Or local blackmail from Israel's left deep state:
Greek Island Affair:
https://tinyurl.com/27a4ucud
We may never know.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 11:31 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:32 AM (bXbFr)
Considering the TBRA pile, and wondering about a subcategory of it -- what are the ones you most wish you could have written yourself?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 11:32 AM (q3u5l)
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Is there a petition I could sign?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:36 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 11:36 AM (q3u5l)
Possibly more terrifying is the realization that serial killers are more common than you might think. Ultimate depravity.
Posted by: muldoon at March 29, 2026 11:37 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 11:37 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 11:37 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:38 AM (bXbFr)
I need to re-read that. William Gibson gets all the credit for cyberpunk, and his stuff was definitely foundational, but "Snow Crash" looms a lot larger in my mental model.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 11:38 AM (Byin+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 11:39 AM (wzUl9)
Somaliland was British Somalia; Somalia was Italian Somalia, if I remember the map of colonized Africa correctly.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 11:39 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: microcosme at March 29, 2026 11:20 AM (Va1fx)
Wow, this one looks to be right up my alley. Not available in ebook format, nor in my library system. Might have to buy that one from thriftbooks.
--You can borrow it on archive.org
Posted by: microcosme at March 29, 2026 11:40 AM (Va1fx)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:40 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:36 AM (bXbFr)
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Why not the opposite, that Barak was a tool of Epstein?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 11:43 AM (1o8D5)
Byrne's take was that the Metal Men were made of programmable matter (a relatively new concept then, along with nanotech) and the semblance to a particular metal was part of the programming of each one's responsometer, which was what they called the tiny computer that served as their brains. Thus the elemental nature of each was an expression of their personalties.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 29, 2026 11:44 AM (/0z9K)
Texas and Oklahoma are populated by preppers, homesteaders, small towns struggling to survive in the new dust bowl, large scale vandals blowing up infrastructure, and the Texas Rangers who have gone back to their roots for maintaining the peace. The storms bring destruction to the Southwest badlands, and disruption breeds further disruption. Everyone in the Troupe is as displaced as the refugees in the disaster camps, and the continuing thread is uncovering why things are the way they are.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 11:45 AM (rbvCR)
The book is something of an oddity. The title character runs away from home and has adventures. Often very funny but no complete overall story. One episode offers a description of the Dannay/Ellery Queen brothers (with whom AD worked at one point).
Posted by: John F. MacMichael at March 29, 2026 11:46 AM (aYnHS)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 29, 2026 11:47 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: John F. MacMichael at March 29, 2026
***
Yes, Davidson ghost-wrote two of the early and mid-Sixties EQ novels about Ellery. I'd love to read that episode.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 11:48 AM (wzUl9)
I never watched the movie Hotel New Hampshire but understand it was absolutely awful.
Posted by: whig at March 29, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)
Just the title makes me want to yawn.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 29, 2026 11:49 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 11:50 AM (q3u5l)
On the reading side, working my way though a stack of Nero Wolf books…or should they be entitled Archie Goodwin books?
And yes, Tom Bombadil remains an enigma and ray of joy and innocence in a world under attach by orcs and other agents of Morgoth. An archetype of ours.
Posted by: Jupiter Jones at March 29, 2026 11:50 AM (ibmY1)
(NOT the way I speak in real life, thankfully)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 11:50 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 29, 2026 11:52 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 11:54 AM (wzUl9)
Sabrina, thanks for the thread.
Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 29, 2026 11:55 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 29, 2026 11:55 AM (zdLoL)
In a conversation with Jerry Pournelle, the subject of libraries came up. He expressed that he could never allow himself to resent people who read solely via libraries because early in his career, when he was one of the countless number of authors whose career was solely in genre mass market paperbacks, libraries could account for well over half of a book's sales. The publisher picking up your next book could hinge on how well the response was after the book reached the libraries across the country. If you were lucky and managed to build an audience, you might more print runs and eventually outsell the library market at retail.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 29, 2026 11:55 AM (/0z9K)
And now to don pants...
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 11:57 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 29, 2026 11:57 AM (kpS4V)
Don Pants. I think I know that guy.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 12:00 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2026 12:01 PM (bss/y)
Today, Kindle Unlimited has revived this. I've been subscribing for a few years and several authors I've had contact with (always submit corrections directly to the author rather than to Amazon, as Amazon may suspend sales of the book until a corrected version is uploaded) indicate they've done well with it, making a decent living as full-time writers.
I'm reminded of the lyric, "You take the fame, I'll keep the money."
Posted by: Epobirs at March 29, 2026 12:03 PM (/0z9K)
We have one of the original Carnegie Public Libraries here.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 29, 2026 12:03 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2026 12:07 PM (cfwti)
At one time $10M up front for a bio on a 'soon to be famous' politician was a lot of money. And it had to be on actual printed dead-tree. These were sent by the caseload to every book store in every mall in the country and placed prominently at the bookstores mall entrance.
Those that did not sell retail were simply disposed of but the wholesale lot was given credit for 'sales'.
Now with e-publishing the racket has been modified slightly - the boiler room operation that does $5 campaign donations is also buying e-books with significant royalties.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 29, 2026 12:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 29, 2026 11:38 AM (Byin+)
This is like the argument if Edgar Allen Poe or Colin Wilkie should get credit for the detective genre. The answer is "yes".
Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR)
As an aside, I have sadly begun to shed books this week, delivering some to a local used book store.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 12:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 29, 2026 12:21 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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To my surprise, visiting a small Georgia town (Newnan), I noted that they have a Carnegie Library. Pic:
https://shorturl.at/60vjo
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 12:21 PM (XeU6L)
Anyway, I had hoped there would be a sequel of Biegler, McCarthy, and Maida, but, alas & alack, apparently not.
Posted by: March Hare at March 29, 2026 12:59 PM (O/GSq)
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 29, 2026 01:35 PM (p/isN)
*To Be Read Again.
Posted by: muldoon
Unless I dislike a book, I always read it more than once.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 29, 2026 01:41 PM (0U5gm)
After reading the woke disaster that was "Wind and Truth," I have no desire to read any more Sanderson. }
I'd been hearing his name and was strongly considering reading his back catalog of books, especially since the books from authors I really like have become less frequent in hitting the market.
Once I caught news of Sanderson going woke, my interest fizzled out before I bought any of his books. (I read books to be entertained, NOT annoyed.)
I'm not his intended audience, and that's fine. I'll just find another author that writes what I'm looking for and I'll throw some money their way.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 01:44 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 29, 2026 09:26 AM (vAQDP)
I know.
Unsold magazines are tossed in cardboard compactors and crushed.
How do I know this? I've seen it happen on the job.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:52 PM (hJH5n)
I just wanted to say, I think you are doing a great job with the Sunday Book thread -- I'm really enjoying what you are putting up each week!
Posted by: Pooklord at March 29, 2026 05:01 PM (asU3w)
An article on how to do this is here:
https://tinyurl.com/sufu8uwt
Posted by: MartynWW at March 30, 2026 02:03 AM (M9zxq)
Posted by: Mark Falcoff at March 30, 2026 08:17 AM (3MB6a)
Daily Tech News 29 March 2026
Top Story
- DDR5 RAM prices have dipped slightly following Google's TurboQuant announcement that allows AI models to run in a fraction of the amount of memory. (Notebook Check)
While TurboQuant is real and does substantially reduce the amount of memory taken up for quantized vector database used to store LLM weights while - and this is the trick - not noticeably increasing noise in the models, any connection with commodity DDR5 memory pricing is best expressed in the polar co-ordinate system that TurboQuant is built on.
By which I mean it is imaginary.
- Meanwhile the third horseshoe of the Tech Apocalypse has dropped with SSD pricing headed into orbit. (YouTube)
Thanks Steve.
This has been expected since DRAM prices headed the same way starting in November, but it was delayed by the large volume of devices already in the retail channel.
Now reality has hit, hard, with prices doubling and further increases likely. The video notes that spot prices have increased ninefold, though that doesn't mean that drive prices will increase by the same amount.
What it does mean is that the smaller manufacturers who didn't have existing long-term contracts have just been wiped out, while the companies making the NAND flash chips - Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix, again, plus Western Digital, Kioxia, and China's YTMC, can set whatever prices they choose.
(The second horseshoe was the graphics card market, though that has been muted so far unless you were looking to buy an RTX 5070 Ti or higher. Prices of AMD and Intel cards have increased a little, but nothing like the devastation that has hit the memory market.)
Tech News
- What if the bubble bursts? (Financial Times) (archive site)
That would be bad for OpenAI which is 100% bubble and good for Apple which is close to 0% bubble.
As for Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta, they'll survive either way, and Anthropic and xAI will likely do fine on a smaller scale than they had hoped.
- The latest ClickFix attack on MacOS installs Python malware compiled using Nuitka. (Bleeping Computer)
ClickFix is an anagram which means "I'm too lazy to hack you myself but I think you're dumb enough do do the work for me". As the article shows, it presents a page telling users to open a terminal session and execute a command that will download and install the malware in question.
Where upon it steals all your passwords and the contents of any crypto wallets while laughing so hard it makes itself sick.
- The guy who put age verification in systemd is whining that people pointed out that this obviously bad idea was in fact a bad idea. (It's FOSS)
Let them drink whine.
- AI chatbots won't slap you upside the head and tell you you're an imbecile no matter how badly you need it. (Tech Crunch)
Which for many users is very badly indeed.
Tech News
Disclaimer: Yeah, some rain would be nice.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:06 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 04:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 29, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 04:09 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 29, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)
I hate it when it does that!
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:10 AM (fNISR)
Or, as The Temptations put it:
I just wish it would rain. (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Oh, let it rain.
Rain, rain, rain (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Ooo, baby. Let it rain.
(Let it rain) Oh yeah, let it rain.
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:14 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:22 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:22 AM (fNISR)
With musical accompaniment!
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:23 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:29 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:33 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 29, 2026 04:38 AM (Hpgos)
Posted by: fluffy at March 29, 2026 04:55 AM (AN2gy)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 29, 2026 05:13 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 05:13 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 05:21 AM (fNISR)
https://tinyurl.com/yeyvsvze
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 05:13 AM (1o8D5)
It's impressive that virtually everyone in the comments section had that same answer!
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 05:25 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: He-Man at March 29, 2026 05:27 AM (T3GCQ)
Which for many users is very badly indeed.
>At one time they called these parents, republicans and conservatives. AI is a silly beast, but it makes some great porn.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 05:36 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 05:39 AM (Ia/+0)
I fell back asleep
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026
***
So did I, after a dream about 12:45 of meeting the most beautiful of all the graduate students I knew at my last job. A tall Brazilian girl, fair-skinned, black hair, she looked like Jennifer Connelly but was a bit more buxom. Finished her Ph.D. degree in four years, even with the interruption of Hurricane Katrina, and is teaching in TN somewhere. In the dream, she was glad to see me, just as in real life.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 29, 2026 06:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 29, 2026 06:06 AM (KBJGw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)
Mine is in the shop. No, wait, that's my Geiger counter.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 06:09 AM (O7YUW)
On the other hand, the Moties loved "hot chocolate with a drop of machine oil to simulate the waters of the home world."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 06:23 AM (2GVsD)
They've gone all in on ai and have allowed complete crapification of their OS and application suites.
They've now announced they are going to steal all of your code and your IP when you interact with any of their ai agents unless you opt out.
They are doing this under the guise of training their agents but that's just ruse.
I'd say let them burn but I have metric f-ton of their stock.
Have to find safer shores.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 29, 2026 06:23 AM (XV/Pl)
NPCs
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2026 06:24 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 06:28 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 06:29 AM (Ia/+0)
Naivety and helplessness.
I keep hearing stories from my elderly mother about how her friends keep running into bad computer problems, and they end up having to go to the local "fix it" shop and spend one or two hundred dollars every few months to deal with whatever happened now.
The scammers have identified elderly computer users as a target-rich environment with financial savings that can be stolen. They want those bank credentials or session cookies on those computers. The easiest way to get those is to compromise the user of the computer (the wetware attack.)
The scammers are the modern version of Willie Sutton. They're going after the elderly because "that's where the money is."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 06:38 AM (O7YUW)
The "Burn mouse, burn" project continues at Disney, apparently.
Picture here:
https://tinyurl.com/yftfxnts
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 06:46 AM (O7YUW)
https://tinyurl.com/yftfxnts
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 06:46 AM (O7YUW)
I’ve seen a hawk look at me like that, before he decided I was too big to eat.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 06:57 AM (ZPDpH)
https://x.com/soraofficialapp/
status/2036532795984715896
Disney gets rug-pulled on that. Was going to commit $1B to OpenAI as "investment" but probably isn't now.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 06:57 AM (O7YUW)
80 Tuesday and Wednesday
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 06:58 AM (Ia/+0)
"In the Big Apple, protesters marched south from Midtown carrying anti‑ICE, anti‑Trump and anti‑Iran signs, as well as a large sign depicting the Declaration of Independence "
That sign depicting the DoI? It had an anarchist symbol scrawled on it. Dumbasses.
Posted by: fd at March 29, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at March 29, 2026 07:04 AM (vFG9F)
Bruce Springsteen is the Robert DeNiro of washed up, deep fried and irrelevant musicians.
You rock, Old McSpringsteen (ee-eye, ee-eye-oh)!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:06 AM (xG4kz)
A couple of years ago, I just decided I needed to try to adjust to black coffee, because I suspected that the extra sugar and cream daily wasn't doing my health any favours.
The first two weeks were rough. "Oh yeah, this is why I put cream and sugar in my coffee in the first place. Oh dear God this is bitter. Power through, I need to know if this is going to work long term."
By the third week, I wasn't having any of the shock and taste revulsion, and I'd adjusted. Now it's just my morning drink again.
So yes, it can be done, it just won't be a very pleasant transition.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 07:07 AM (O7YUW)
*snort* Lines up very well with "most CEOs are sociopaths."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 07:08 AM (O7YUW)
"We're here about the 'No Kings' throughout all of this country. This is about one person, Donald Trump, being a king, and our displeasure and distrust of that. We need to get to the ballot box and make sure that others don't get in there who want to become kings themselves."
Fking Democrats.
Posted by: fd at March 29, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 07:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at March 29, 2026 07:14 AM (vFG9F)
We have a small, but vocal (on social media) group of leftists here. I saw a couple photos from the local "No Kings" protest. Mostly middle age losers, some black bloc looking weirdos and a few families.
I think there are tools they use to amplify their numbers online because there's nowhere near that many in reality.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 07:17 AM (AkEZC)
Parents let us start having a cup of coffee on weekend mornings around age 8. Lots of milk & sugar, of course. Quit adding milk while in college, went to just black around 22, had to switch to decaf a few years later. Discovered Starbucks mochas about 25 years ago, so one of them every morning and, on weekdays, about a quart of decaf.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 29, 2026 07:19 AM (NcvvS)
From the posting in X:
Where did the Arabs take our forefathers they captured as slaves? Why don't we see black people in Arab lands like we see them in the Western world?
Well, they were not enslaving them to plant and harvest their annual bumper crops of sand, were they?
And, by all accounts, the Arabs took care of certain accoutrements, shall we say, of the males to render them incapable of becoming forefathers of anyone.
'Tis a real mystery!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:19 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 07:19 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 07:19 AM (ZxPkt)
He had a parade on his birthday!!!
Sure, it was the 250th Anniversary of the establishment if the US Army, but we all know it was really to celebrate his birthday. If that isn't kingly, what is?
//do I really require a tag?
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 07:23 AM (GD7iS)
"Scientists hunting for treatments and cures for multiple sclerosis may have found an unlikely ally — the yak.
The high-altitude, cold-hardy relative of the cow could be the key to a medical breakthrough, according to a March13 study published in the journal Neuron.
At the center of it all is the myelin sheath — a fatty, protective coating around nerve fibers that helps signals travel between the brain and body"
Posted by: fd at March 29, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 07:28 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2026 07:30 AM (+nEug)
A jingle for AI:
Crash and burn! Crash and burn!
Crash and burn, today!
Oh, what fun it is to see,
You die badly every day, hey!
A day or two ago,
When I had just awoke,
I read a cheering thing
That said you were going broke!
My heart, it leapt for joy
On hearing this jolly news,
Your plans all coming to naught
Were something that did amuse!
Ohhhhh!
Crash and burn! Crash and burn!
Crash and burn, today!
Oh, what fun it is to see,
You die badly every day, hey!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:31 AM (xG4kz)
Ya know, there was a time that "wisdom of crowds" was ... ok.
Then it went to crap.
Now it seems to be a bit "ok" again.
Wonder if the "crap" time was due to... my $$$?
Hmmm.
Posted by: man at March 29, 2026 07:33 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:34 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: man at March 29, 2026 07:34 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: fd at March 29, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: D. Seuss at March 29, 2026 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 29, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)
Push the button, Frank.
-Dr. Forrester-
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 07:35 AM (0aYVJ)
In MS, the immune system attacks that coating, disrupting communication and triggering neurological symptoms including problems with balance and coordination.
Previous research found that animals living on Tibet’s high plateau — including yaks and antelopes, which roam at average elevations above 14,800 feet — carry a special genetic mutation called Restat that protects their brains from low-oxygen conditions. Crucially, it does so without damaging the myelin sheath
Posted by: fd at March 29, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)
People are realizing these protests are not at all organic.
The really aggravating thing is that we're funding a lot of it ourselves. And have no apparent control over that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2026 07:38 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Gubmint health expert at March 29, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Who needs to buy a new low to mid-range GPU when you can’t afford the new low-end system to put it in?
Everybody who doesn’t really need new, and don’t have around $2000 to spend on new, are saying: “Screw it, I can wait a few years”.
People who can’t wait are saying: “Dude, I wish I had bought everything last summer! This new $2000 system better last until 2036.”
The industry is screwing us, and themselves, for a decade with this bubble.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 29, 2026 07:38 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2026 07:39 AM (GD7iS)
Looked to be a collection of old gray-haired bored white ladies with nothing better to do.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Was there no sign of their putatively male companions, Greek fisherman capped to hide their baldness and sporting a greasy, stringy and gray pony tail, loosely bound? They are so charming to see out in the wild!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:39 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Big Fat Farma at March 29, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)
https://tinyurl.com/yftfxnts
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 06:46 AM (O7YUW)
Jeepers. That's not a smile. It's a threat. I would be pushing my wife behind me and squaring up.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 07:42 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Accomak at March 29, 2026 07:42 AM (wkU1F)
Is there no team out there -- college, professional, of semi-pro -- nicknamed the Yaks?
If not, why not?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:43 AM (xG4kz)
+++
I resemble that remark.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)
Everyone needs a minion who does nothing more than tell you, "That's a stupid idea, and you're an idiot."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:46 AM (xG4kz)
University of Yukon
Posted by: fluffy at March 29, 2026 07:47 AM (AN2gy)
I've decided it's time for me to get one.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Strange.
Posted by: Accomak at March 29, 2026 07:48 AM (wkU1F)
"Scientists hunting for treatments and cures for multiple sclerosis may have found an unlikely ally — the yak.
Posted by: fd at March 29, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)
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So... a yakcine?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 07:48 AM (1o8D5)
Didn't Led Zepplin have a song, "When the Bubble Breaks"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:49 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: fd at March 29, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)
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So... a yakcine?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 07:48 AM (1o8D5)
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And not herd?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 29, 2026 07:49 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:51 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 07:52 AM (wzUl9)
I went bowling with the Cub Scouts yesterday.
1. I performed as poorly as I always have, and
2. It brought me back to my days in process control to witness them practice "bang, bang" process control as their thrown bowling balls careened off the bumpers on both sides of their lanes. My inquisitive, "Why don't you just throw it down the middle?" was met with blank stares.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:57 AM (xG4kz)
-Dr. Forrester-
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026
***
"All of them, Frank."
"Six bottles, Walter."
"All of them, Frank."
( -- Cary Grant and Trevor Howard, Father Goose)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 07:57 AM (wzUl9)
39 degrees, mostly cloudy
Bubble? Burst? O please dear Lord, make this happen!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2026 07:57 AM (MIIRH)
"Tolkien Reading Day" has reached Day 5...(they should really call it Tolkien Reading WEEK).
Aragorn has just summoned the dead at the Stone of Erech and they now go on to cleanse the lower areas of Gondor of Mordor's filth.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 07:59 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 29, 2026 07:59 AM (7PKHh)
The Left is allowed by RINOs to cheat, we get a mass of Dems in office, all pandering to the No Kings base. They follow the extreme base, because, in their mind, they can.
1) Instant Virginia like roll out of gun confiscation, single party power, and active persecution of Trump and supporters. CIA goes full secret police, using your Google files.
2) As the US is now California, Seattle, Portland and NYC, there is no place to go.
Does the US of A have organized defenders that can resist? Will the military go along? Do they even have an Op Plan?
Is it only up to the side-swipped citizens?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bubbles at March 29, 2026 08:00 AM (wVcYX)
"Tolkien Reading Day" has reached Day 5...(they should really call it Tolkien Reading WEEK).
Aragorn has just summoned the dead at the Stone of Erech and they now go on to cleanse the lower areas of Gondor of Mordor's filth.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2026 07:59 AM (ESVrU)
Cinco de Tolkien?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2026 08:02 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2026 08:04 AM (MIIRH)
Elf maidens:
Go, Aragorn. Go!
And was there an example of an elf-child in the saga? The elfs come across as incels. Maybe birthing and mothering children made Arwen's leaving an immortal life palatable.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)
When I was in graduate school, I had the vad luck to work with a postdoc who wore a Greek fisherman's cap out of pride for his baldness.
He was a skulking weasel who skipped town having left behind a broken photomultiplier tube that exhibited very low noise in operation. It was beloved by his irascible Puerto Rican mentor, Marcos, who was the lab's owner. The worthless (and bald) shit heel hid the PMT's corpse in some construction debris in the lab and then, over the phone with Marcos, tried to lay the blame for its demise on my head. Marcos knew him well and bounced that excuse off his bald head. I wonder where he now is?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:09 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:11 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)
A lot companies that need memory to build the things they sell are going to watch revenues drop to the point they have to close permanently if they:
a) Can't get the memory they need
b) Can, but the prices are too high on what they build and sell to their customers, such that their customers simply can't afford to purchase, and this causes a cascade failure effect back up the chain for OTHER components manufacturers because their stuff isn't selling.
The AI bubble pop needs to pop, and it needs to do so SOON to prevent this outcome, otherwise the customers in the commercial/retail sector won't be there when the big three memory manufacturers try to pivot back to selling to it.
"Unexpectedly" due to "bad luck". *rolls eyes*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2026 08:12 AM (O7YUW)
hunnert!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:12 AM (xG4kz)
See what I did there?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:11 AM (xG4kz)
Ralph York
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 29, 2026 08:12 AM (0aYVJ)
Is it only up to the side-swipped citizens?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:00 AM
In your thought experiment, in that case Texas, Florida, and everything in between secedes again, and much of the military with it.
Including the B-52 base and nuclear weapons depot at Barksdale.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 08:13 AM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2026 08:13 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:14 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Accomack at March 29, 2026 08:15 AM (T8bqm)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)
I have a distant cousin who died at a young age in an automobile wreck (I think) back in the 70s when her father was stationed at Barksdale AFB.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:16 AM (xG4kz)
The Noble Duke of Yak
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:16 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 08:16 AM (0ChAx)
The Cleveland DeLauters is a favorite team of one of our 'Ettes, if I remember correctly.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:19 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)
We'll probably never see "low noise photomultiplier tube" in a limerick.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 08:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 08:22 AM (6bqCp)
Posted by: The Savannah Bananas at March 29, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2026 08:22 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:19 AM (xG4kz)
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Now I feel validated!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 08:23 AM (6bqCp)
The phrase "low noise photomultiplier tube"
Sounds science-y to an undereducated rube
Who truly craves puns
And never, ever shuns
Posted links that highlight the side boob.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:24 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 08:25 AM (6bqCp)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)
Now I feel validated!
Posted by: Huck Follywood
The 'Ette, I believe, is she of the "victory tits" celebratory post back in 2016.
You may now double your validation.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:27 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Beau Brummell at March 29, 2026 08:27 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 08:27 AM (Ia/+0)
Yaks live in cold climates. Flannel Shirts, warm leggings and a cravat just won't cut it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:28 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2026 08:29 AM (MIIRH)
Muldoon hears footsteps...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 29, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)
Getting "side boob" into that one gets special praise indeed
Posted by: Huck Follywood
One must know one's audience and appeal to their desires if one truly wants to make their mark.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:29 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)
like COL Blake's fishing hat
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 08:30 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Side boob at March 29, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2026 08:32 AM (MIIRH)
108
I have a distant cousin who died at a young age in an automobile wreck (I think) back in the 70s when her father was stationed at Barksdale AFB.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:16 AM (xG4kz)
My wife grew up about 5 miles (as the crow flies) south of it. She said they never worried about nuclear war because if there was one, they’d be gone right off the bat.
The recent drone activity is interesting and disturbing, especially for the revelation that the base has no defenses for that kind of thing. I get why they’re having trouble determining the source; the front side of the base and main entrance faces Bossier City, but the back side is open to about 10,000 acres of woods and bayous, much of which appears to be impenetrable. Somebody up to stuff back there would be hard to find or catch.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 08:32 AM (ZPDpH)
There were two 'ettes that celebrated that. Bettie Boobs Destroy, and our own lethal ankle bitter, Alez the Chick.
I have those pictures in a shrine inside my protected memory.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 08:34 AM (ZxPkt)
Somehow they are paying these retired people to protest
Posted by: Skip
Coupons for doubled discount Thursday evening meals at The Breakers*
* a proud member of long standing in the chain of "bide-a-wee waiting rooms for their Maker" franchises.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:34 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Robert W. Service at March 29, 2026 08:35 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)
Terrible and sad
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 08:37 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 08:37 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 08:27 AM (Ia/+0)
Far out man! No Kings for me man! That is so squaresville! Hey ho we won't go! Like wow man so groovy! Where is the weed at? Where are the hot young chicks? Nixon's coming! Four dead in Ohio!
Posted by: Dirty Old Hippie Boomer at March 29, 2026 08:38 AM (AknkO)
"The Cremation of a Yac, with a side order of potatoes."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:46 AM (xG4kz)
Bonus points if they only do it when you express a stupid idea and are being an idiot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2026 08:39 AM (ExV1e)
Alex.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
I could not recall her name, thanks!
And the other was "Bebe's Boobs Destroy", a name taken from a South Park episode.
Cartman gets kicked out of the gang when Bebe develops boobs and the boys lose their minds, threatening their friendships and society as we know it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:39 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 08:40 AM (ZPDpH)
Far out man! No Kings for me man! That is so squaresville! Hey ho we won't go! Like wow man so groovy! Where is the weed at? Where are the hot young chicks? Nixon's coming! Four dead in Ohio!
Posted by: Dirty Old Hippie Boomer
Farm out! Don't bogart that joint!!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:41 AM (xG4kz)
Farm out! Don't bogart that joint!!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026
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"Farm out"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2026 08:41 AM (wzUl9)
The entire 1st Infantry Division's Aviation Brigade is on a tarmac right next to a chain link fence off of I-70.
No revetments, anywhere.
I imagine most of our aviation assets are similarly unprotected.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:42 AM (u82oZ)
141 Somehow they are paying these retired people to protest
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 08:27 AM (Ia/+0)
Offer people with nothing to do in their lives a free fruit cup and a day outing to the park? It’s not hard.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 08:43 AM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2026 08:45 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Barry Soetero at March 29, 2026 08:45 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 08:47 AM (Ia/+0)
Just got back from wokking the dog.
Posted by: Barry Soetero[-i]
Someone had Fido Fritters for breakfast!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:47 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 08:43 AM (ZPDpH)
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Is this fruit cup gluten-free? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Accomack
Only RINO's preface their remarks about commie politicians with "My good friend".
Posted by: Auspex at March 29, 2026 08:48 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Don Black
Little known fact: JJ Sefton owns the largest collection of Channel 13 Tote Bags in the Midwest.
Posted by: Marshall Efron's Sunday School at March 29, 2026 08:48 AM (oftw2)
"Farm out"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
A punch line from a sad joke concerning how Squaresville John Denver was, man!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:49 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Stoner living in his parent's basement at March 29, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)
I didn’t fully realize what an asshat Bertrand Russell was. What was he famous for, other than that? He declared that JFK was “worse than Hitler”, this is apparently a go-to on the left.
JFK said something along the lines that people ought to be more concerned with the burglar, than with those who caught the burglar. Some things never change, I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 29, 2026 08:51 AM (QuDWu)
Killer of 84-Year-Old Man, Who Inspired #StopAsianHate, Freed With No Prison
The judge said at the sentencing that imprisonment would have a “poor impact”
March 29, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield
Once #StopAsianHate went national and gained media and corporate backing, everyone pretended that it was about ‘white supremacists’ attacking Asians, but the touchstones of the trend were always about elderly Asian people being assaulted by minority career criminals.
And one of the worst of those cases was ‘Grandpa’ Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Thai man, being killed in broad daylight in San Francisco by a violent thug that was caught on video.
Now the pro-crime system in San Francisco has finalized its verdict and the killer is getting away with it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)
Dude... like how much do those know kings things pay, anyway?
Posted by: Stoner living in his parent's basement
Brah! You'll be like, rolling in Cheetos dust!
Oh, wait, you already are!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 08:52 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 29, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 08:47 AM (Ia/+0)
Blueberry pancakes and bacon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 29, 2026 08:55 AM (dK+Kv)
Funny part is that Bertrand Russell was a notable and vocal supporter of Hitler until well into the war.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 08:58 AM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: Ol' Sparky at March 29, 2026 08:58 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)
I am kind of surprised that the Candace Owens types have not figured out a way to weaponize it against their favorite punching bags.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 29, 2026 08:59 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 09:00 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Noodist at March 29, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Driving back from the grocery store yesterday I passed some No Kingers walking home. Silly looking older folks carrying their Arts and Crafts signs, and looking worried. I gave them a happy wave and yelled out "Go Trump!" as I drove by, in hopes of giving them something to talk about the rest of the afternoon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2026 09:08 AM (deJNz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2026 07:39 AM (xG4kz)
LOL
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 09:35 AM (fNISR)
Strange.
Posted by: Accomak at March 29, 2026 07:48 AM (wkU1F)
Who?
You lost me.
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 09:38 AM (fNISR)
Per Pixy Opera was dumped and Vivaldi was downloaded. My, so many options. Deal breaker for me was spell check. I can't spell but I can spell better than spell Vivaldi spell check.
Opera has the best spell check and is the easiest to use. Just like gamblers to make something efficient and easy.
Well, I'm back with Brave.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 10:11 AM (pUqS1)
Per Pixy Opera was dumped and Vivaldi was downloaded. My, so many options. Deal breaker for me was spell check. I can't spell but I can spell better than spell Vivaldi spell check.
Opera has the best spell check and is the easiest to use. Just like gamblers to make something efficient and easy.
Well, I'm back with Brave.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 10:11 AM (pUqS1)
That's very Brave of you.
; )
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 10:16 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: SMOD at March 29, 2026 06:05 PM (O7XEN)
Saturday Night Club ONT - March 28, 2026 [D Squared]
[Top photo: Pittsburgh Lightning, Dave DiCello]
She grabs a deposit slip, pulls a rectal thermometer out of her purse, and tries to write with it. When she realizes her mistake, she looks at the flabbergasted teller and, without missing a beat, says, "Well, that's just great... Some asshole's got my pen."
Ballpark Paloma cocktail recipe:
*1.5 oz Patrón Añejo
*.75 oz Fresh grapefruit juice
*.5 oz Simple syrup
*.25 oz Fresh lime juice
*1 Egg white
*Peychaud’s Bitters
*Tajin seasoning rim METHOD
1. Combine the first five ingredients in an empty cocktail shaker.
2. Dry shake vigorously until combined.
3. Add ice to shaker and shake again to chill.
4. Double strain into a coupe glass rimmed with Tajín.
5. Top with drops of bitters to resemble baseball stitching.
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed for one minute straight until I watched this. 😂 pic.twitter.com/xUZcGeD2WL
— Steve 🇺🇸 (@SteveLovesAmmo) March 20, 2026
A recording of a dispatcher contacting Saginaw County Animal Care & Control confirmed a 911 call came in about 1 p.m. Wednesday from a St. Charles resident. "Caller has a monkey wearing a diaper that's on their porch trying to get inside their house," the dispatcher says in the recording. "I guess it belongs to their new neighbors." Officers arrived to find the female spider monkey, named Brazil, had already been returned to its home next door. Authorities confirmed Brazil's owner was the same woman who brought a squirrel money into the Bay County Court Facility in 2017. The monkey was inside the woman's purse when she put it through the X-ray scanner. Michigan does not have any laws prohibiting monkeys as pets. St. Charles does not have any local ordinances limiting primate ownership.Congratulations Michigan. Sounds a lot like something that would be reported through the Pittsburgh scanner.
March 25 (UPI) -- Philadelphia International Airport celebrated National Cheesesteak Day by breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest line of cheesesteaks. Airport eateries from PHL Food & Shops teamed up with the City of Philadelphia Department of Aviation to assemble 1,291 cheesesteaks on the concourse between Terminals B and C on Tuesday. The sandwiches were made from a total 225 pounds of cheese sauce, 990 pounds of shaved beef and 1,291 foot-long rolls. A Guinness World Records adjudicator was on hand to confirm the snaking line of sandwich was enough to create a new record.Hmmm.... The Philadelphia airport delays were previously attributed to TSA funding and staffing, but apparently there is another explanation?!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:01 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:01 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 10:01 PM (IictL)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:02 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Joemarine at March 28, 2026 10:02 PM (y171U)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)
"Sacramento cartoonist Darrin Bell known for slandering President Trump as a s*xual predator and pedophıle in his cartoons, was CHARGED with possession of 134 child p*rnographic videos."
Posted by: 13times at March 28, 2026 10:03 PM (RFoC2)
Well almost.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 28, 2026 10:03 PM (55Qr6)
To commemorate the start of baseball season, tonight we feature a Ballpark Paloma.
And the only liquor in it is Tequila? That's rayciss.
Posted by: mikeski at March 28, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)
We are connoisseurs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 28, 2026 10:06 PM (55Qr6)
Yessir! And I've got the rectal probe to prove it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Nah. That’s the nurse’s pen.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 28, 2026 10:08 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 28, 2026 10:08 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 28, 2026 10:08 PM (gcUgZ)
And wrong. As we all know, Jobu only drinks rum.
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 10:08 PM (XuXeR)
Yessir! And I've got the rectal probe to prove it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Nah. That’s the nurse’s pen.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Stream status: crossed.
Posted by: mikeski at March 28, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)
-Just the punchline
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)
Filled with Jersey drivers all having convulsions.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Sneaky way to save on vet bills, there.
Posted by: mikeski at March 28, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: 13times at March 28, 2026 10:03 PM (RFoC2)
It was research!
Posted by: Pete Townshend at March 28, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 10:12 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: mindful webworker howls Wolf! at March 28, 2026 10:12 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Farmer
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It's me being snarky about how leftist are offended by literally EVERYTHING!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:13 PM (VCgbV)
Great photo of lightning in Pittsburgh.
Loved both jokes too!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 28, 2026 10:14 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:13 PM (VCgbV)
Hey!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (QI5FY)
But you'll be unsurprised to lear that Jonah Goldberg 100% believes it.
People on Twitter are currently roasting him with the many, many pictures and videos of Trump standing next to, shaking hands with, and hugging black women.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (Aq1uz)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (V4IXI)
I got something for that no driving child
Get out the way bitch, get out the way
Pull off the road bitch, get out the way.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (IictL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 28, 2026 10:16 PM (GD7iS)
Posted by: 13times
It was research!
Posted by: Pete Townshend
You know what 'Rough Boys' was about, don't you?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
"No one puts baby in a corner."
Posted by: mikeski dances dirty at March 28, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (VCgbV)
Are you serious?
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)
Oh, jeepers, I made the comment list again...
Can't wait to see how our local libtarded paper *once again* slobbers and praises those whining idiots. Probably front-page photos, carefully framed shots to falsely portray HUGE CROWDS of (all the same people as last time) disgruntled LIVs.
Posted by: JQ at March 28, 2026 10:17 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (VCgbV)
Are you serious?
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)
Apparently someone WILL but baby in the corner...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: 13times
It was research!
Posted by: Pete Townshend
You know what 'Rough Boys' was about, don't you?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/)
The low spark of high heeled boys?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)
I think Jonah needs to crawl away somewhere and not talk in public again.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 10:12 PM
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Context? We don't need no stinking context in the comments of the week.
Posted by: TRex - final four dino at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (TyP0R)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (VCgbV)
Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: mikeski dances dirty
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I guess I'm dense because I don't get how the "son of a b*tch" goes with that...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)
I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
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nobody puts Baby in a corner
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)
Half of it is just dropping a syllable, like "sus" or "sketch".
Everything is getting stupider.
Posted by: logprof at March 28, 2026 10:19 PM (gYpwI)
To commemorate the start of baseball season, tonight we feature a Ballpark Paloma.
"Una Paloma Blanca, I'm just a bird in the sky!"
Posted by: Joemarine at March 28, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)
Posted by: mindful webworker stepping barefoot on a one-dot lego brick at March 28, 2026 10:19 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (VCgbV)
Because they're putting baby in the corner...?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/)
Men with chests. Strong men. Men who built everything, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 28, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
"No one puts baby in a corner."
Posted by: mikeski dances dirty
Sorry, I should have looked up the quote first. "Nobody" puts baby in a corner.
Posted by: mikeski has two left feet at March 28, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)
Made it to the Central Texas Veterans Cemetary to say goodbye to my Army basic training buddy. Damn. That was rough. I thought I'd just find him, and say 'wish we had been closer over the last twenty years, you were a good friend and I miss you'.
I fucking cried. Totally unexpected. That was much more difficult than I ever thought it could be.
RIP CSM Carl R. Leonard. You were a solid friend, stood by me through some rough times for the both of us. If any of you are passing through the Ft. Hood area, please stop by and tell him how much he's missed by his family and friends. Section 10, Row X, site 1540.
*dusty in here*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM (Kdl/a)
Because they're putting baby in the corner...?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Ok, but I don't think it's a funny meme...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
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Tell us you never saw Dirty Dancing without saying you never saw it...
Posted by: JQ at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM (rdVOm)
Raspberry. *drops mask* there's only one man in the galaxy who has the balls to give me the raspberry!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM (GD7iS)
Posted by: mindful webworker stepping barefoot on a one-dot lego brick at March 28, 2026 10:19 PM
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Are you one of those people that watches YT videos at regular speed? I've heard rumors those people exist.
Posted by: TRex - top speed dino at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM (TyP0R)
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 10:22 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (VCgbV)
Dirty Dancing is where the quote came from.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 10:22 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Piper at March 28, 2026 10:22 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
That's a screenshot of Patrick Swayze from the movie, who said that line. And who is now quite angry that someone is putting baby in a corner.
Posted by: mikeski feels rothlisbergerish at March 28, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)
I fucking cried. Totally unexpected. That was much more difficult than I ever thought it could be.
RIP CSM Carl R. Leonard. You were a solid friend, stood by me through some rough times for the both of us. If any of you are passing through the Ft. Hood area, please stop by and tell him how much he's missed by his family and friends. Section 10, Row X, site 1540.
*dusty in here*
Posted by: BifBewalski
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What a beautiful and fitting tribute. We will stop this year and pay our respects.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at March 28, 2026 10:23 PM (TyP0R)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)
The priests trusted him with the cathedral keys, putting him in charge of locking up and caretaking. After he set the building on fire, destroying the organ and organ loft, Father Maire took him in, offering him shelter in his own home while awaiting trial.
He then murdered Father Maire."
Nantes Cathedral.
Posted by: 13times at March 28, 2026 10:23 PM (RFoC2)
Posted by: Farmer
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It's me being snarky about how leftist are offended by literally EVERYTHING!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:13
Ahhh, TY I get it. Always good to see you here.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 28, 2026 10:24 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: JQ
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It's been so long I only remember that Swazye and Grey were in it. And the song about the time of our lives, maybe...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)
I thought it was funny.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 10:25 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
RIP CSM Carl R. Leonard. You were a solid friend, stood by me through some rough times for the both of us. If any of you are passing through the Ft. Hood area, please stop by and tell him how much he's missed by his family and friends. Section 10, Row X, site 1540.
*dusty in here*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM
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Well said. Thank you for posting. Condolences.
Posted by: TRex - 21 gun salute dino at March 28, 2026 10:25 PM (TyP0R)
I am going to bed by 10pm tonight to see what happens. Tomorrow may be a good day as there is always hope. Today was a great day except for lingering fatigue from the dam virus.
I've turned our 7mo old grandgirl into a pyromaniac by always giving her bottle near the fire. She knows I control it with a remote and stares at the fireplace til I light it. Today she rolled (not yet crawling) towards the glassed in fireplace we tell her is hot. I think she may be a bit crazy, but very pretty. Photos by the cherry blossoms later in the bachyard. A good day other than feeling like a zombie.
The only mistake in nursing I can think of was as a student nurse working on the floor I later was in charge of. A RN/mentor/friend had me give my first Fleet's enema to an elderly woman the night before surgery. It became a Fleet's douche. After we went to the nurse's lounge to compose ourselves and laugh, I apologized and hit the right mark with another. She was very nice and I didn't kill her. The patient was also very clean for the surgery.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 28, 2026 10:25 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 10:25 PM (V4IXI)
It is, but not when you explain it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: RIP Scooter at March 28, 2026 10:27 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: JQ at March 28, 2026 10:17 PM (rdVOm)
Liberals hate all kinds of kings:
Wor(KING)
Thin(KING)
Fac-chec(KING)
Ma(KING) sense
Posted by: Joemarine at March 28, 2026 10:27 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2026 10:27 PM (77rzZ)
http://tiny.cc/ne01101
Posted by: tankdemon at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM (GD7iS)
Yes, it's a good meme. Although I saw something similar back in the fall when she was announced as the drummer. Not sure why this current one is making the rounds now.
Coincidentally, there is a Rush tribute band playing in my area in 2 weeks. A group of us are going - including 3 women. That's gotta be a record!
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)
I gather there's some cultural reference in the punch line, but (as the saying goes) I don't get it.
No, no, don't explain it to me. Why spoil a go... is it a good joke? I dunno.
Well, that's Saturday ONT. Diving into comments now. If I don't come back up, throw me a cinderblock.
Posted by: mindful webworker stepping barefoot on a one-dot lego brick at March 28, 2026 10:29 PM (jrd4M)
It's my OCD, but my brain hurts that according to the movie "I've Had the Time of My Life" was extant in 1963.
Posted by: logprof at March 28, 2026 10:29 PM (gYpwI)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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🤣😂rotflmao!!🤣😂
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:29 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 10:25 PM (V4IXI)
It is, but not when you explain it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)
Ben Roethlisberger - Son of a Bitch !
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 10:29 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM
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Hello!!
I'd say more, but not sure if it is funnier if I don't explain or if I have to explain.
Posted by: TRex - dinos are allergic to corners at March 28, 2026 10:30 PM (TyP0R)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 28, 2026 10:30 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
"No one puts baby in a corner."
Posted by: mikeski dances
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I still don't get it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 10:30 PM (IictL)
Good tribute to your old buddy.
*raises beverage in honor*
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)
My Tolkien Reading Day is now on Day 4...
Finished Two Towers and about to start Return of the King...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 10:30 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
"No one puts baby in a corner."
Posted by: mikeski dances
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I still don't get it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 10:30 PM (IictL)
C'mon y'all - I bet even TJM gets this one!
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)
Is that like cats stealing the breath of babies or something?
Posted by: Ian S. at March 28, 2026 10:32 PM (Aq1uz)
The priests trusted him with the cathedral keys, putting him in charge of locking up and caretaking. After he set the building on fire, destroying the organ and organ loft, Father Maire took him in, offering him shelter in his own home while awaiting trial.
He then murdered Father Maire."
Nantes Cathedral.
Posted by: 13times at March 28, 2026 10:23 PM (RFoC2)\
Almost Les Mis, but missed it by *that* much.
RIP Fr. Maire. Martyred for his faith.
Posted by: LASue at March 28, 2026 10:32 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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🤣😂rotflmao!!🤣😂
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:29 PM (VCgbV)
Did she say it was time to bring on Dr. Dreamy?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 28, 2026 10:32 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2026 10:32 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
CBTG student nurse - "What did you expect me to do with it? Stuff it up her ass!!?"
Floor Nurse - "Well, yes."
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 10:32 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:32 PM (VCgbV)
C'mon y'all - I bet even TJM gets this one!
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:31
Worse. I get it.
Posted by: Piper at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mikeski dances
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I still don't get it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 10:30 PM (IictL)
C'mon y'all - I bet even TJM gets this one!
Posted by: Doof
I'm having the time of my life and I've never felt this way before.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM (UbePy)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM (Aq1uz)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:15 PM (VCgbV)
Are you serious?
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)
Apparently someone WILL but baby in the corner...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 28, 2026 10:18 PM (xcxpd)
Thanks. I was baffled.
Posted by: LASue at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM (lCppi)
The City of Philadelphia Department of Aviation thinks is A-OK to sponsor a totally worthless "longest cheesesteak project".
Ahem....As of late 2024, the City of Philadelphia Department of Aviation (operating PHL and PNE airports) has approximately $1.37 billion to $1.4 billion in outstanding airport revenue bond debt.
I live in a world infested with retards.
Posted by: Orson at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: logprof at March 28, 2026 10:34 PM (gYpwI)
As to 'healing drink'... let's see...
I'm thinking a Bloody Mary made with Bacon Vodka and the *full salad garnish*-- slice of bacon, spear of pickled asparagus, couple of garlic-stuffed olives, and a dilly bean. Yeah, it's rather high-sodium, but you need it to retain water instead of getting dehydrated.
Or, if you prefer--
The simple couple-a fingers of Bourbon or Scotch... your choice!
Posted by: JQ at March 28, 2026 10:35 PM (rdVOm)
The priests trusted him with the cathedral keys, putting him in charge of locking up and caretaking. After he set the building on fire, destroying the organ and organ loft, Father Maire took him in, offering him shelter in his own home while awaiting trial.
He then murdered Father Maire."
Nantes Cathedral.
Son of a bitch.
I think the world has had enough of "immigrants".
Posted by: Zombie Patrick Swayze at March 28, 2026 10:35 PM (HUHft)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:36 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Zombie Paul McCartney at March 28, 2026 10:38 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 10:30 PM (IictL)
Sigh...
Posted by: jerry orbach at March 28, 2026 10:38 PM (GTqXr)
Which one?
Posted by: Ian S. at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM (Aq1uz)
AF2K (A Farewell To Kings). Have not seen them yet.
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)
--It cop to being a stick in the mud, but I felt the same, knowing how knotted up so many airports have become. I was waiting for at least word that some of the food was offered to passengers stuck in lines. (Maybe so but I'm tired of stupid records that as a child I never would have cared about when I flipped through those Guinness books back then and didn't bother to read the link.)
Posted by: logprof at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (gYpwI)
Posted by: Steve Perry's Analyst at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: JQ
Finally! After umpteen unhelpful "nobody puts baby in the corner" ''explanations'' of the meme, some (dim) light shines through. Never saw DD, though. So, don't really get it. But now I care less.
Posted by: mindful webworker searching for something in the dark at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Zombie Paul McCartney at March 28, 2026 10:38 PM (EXyHK)
Paul is not mort
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
I fucking cried. Totally unexpected. That was much more difficult than I ever thought it could be...
RIP CSM Carl R. Leonard.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 28, 2026 10:21
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Awesome post, that is a great way to honor your friend.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (55Qr6)
I fucking cried. Totally unexpected. That was much more difficult than I ever thought it could be.
RIP CSM Carl R. Leonard. You were a solid friend, stood by me through some rough times for the both of us. If any of you are passing through the Ft. Hood area, please stop by and tell him how much he's missed by his family and friends. Section 10, Row X, site 1540.
*dusty in here*
Posted by: BifBewalski
I know we aren’t supposed to say this on our tough guy blog, but I am proud of you for all the emotions you felt in that moment. Prayers up for CSM Leonard, and for you as you continue to process what is going on in your heart and head.
And now back to the regular program.
Posted by: Piper at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (Wmg4n)
X link
https://tinyurl.com/55nph72h
"@HeyTammyBruce
In the 90s I was a host on a talk radio station in LA, the same that aired Rush. I was president of LA NOW, & the liberal wkend host when he visited the station. He was so vilified by my then-crowd, I expected a monster. Instead, I met a remarkable, kind and encouraging man."
Posted by: illiniwek at March 28, 2026 10:41 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
--At least that's what the papers say.
Posted by: logprof at March 28, 2026 10:41 PM (gYpwI)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:42 PM (VCgbV)
Funny because it's true.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 10:42 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: He Blew His Mind Out In A Car at March 28, 2026 10:42 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Steve Perry's Analyst at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (oftw2)
My sister is a fan. Went with her to see them during the R40 tour in 2015. All kidding aside, it's probably 75/25 Men/Women at a Rush concert.
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)
There are. On their 90s and 2000s tours it wasn't unusual to see entire families at a show.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 28, 2026 10:42 PM (Aq1uz)
Tell us you never saw Dirty Dancing without saying you never saw it...
Posted by: JQ
Never saw it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2026 10:42 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: TRex
Heh. I actually watch a lot of them at as fast a speed as I can handle. (Sometimes, it doesn't help.) MiladyJo marvels that I can do that.
Even though I'm generally pretty sloooowww.
Posted by: mindful webworker running at 0.25x at March 28, 2026 10:42 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Zombie Patrick Swayze at March 28, 2026 10:35 PM (HUHft)
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And enough of people who harbor them among the innocent and protect them from justice for they are colluders in all their crimes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 10:43 PM (RIvkX)
Remember the "medical evacuation" of the ISS Crew-11 back in January? They finally revealed what it was. Astronaut Mike Fincke had an episode of aphasia lasting about 20 minutes on Jan. 7. He suddenly couldn't talk, but was back to normal after whatever it was was over.
They've ruled out a heart attack or stroke, but still don't know what it is. Was it related to zero-g? Maybe possibly, but they don't know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 10:44 PM (w6EFb)
100
I'm having the time of my life and I've never felt this way before.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM
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I don't feel this way right now.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 28, 2026 10:44 PM (mS8PE)
Posted by: Steve Perry's Analyst
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✋🏻
I'm a fan, not a fanatic like some of you guys.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 28, 2026 10:45 PM (VCgbV)
AF2K (A Farewell To Kings). Have not seen them yet.
Posted by: Doof
Have they ever played at a No Kinks rally?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2026 10:45 PM (Cqx++)
Doof-
It isn’t she’s like the wind through my tree, is it?
Posted by: Piper at March 28, 2026 10:45 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 10:46 PM (cYBz/)
Every Saturday in my goofy little town, from noon to 1pm, we have a sad little group of ancient hippies and their grandkids doing a 'no kings' protest. I'm pretty sure most of them don't even know where they are. I think they're waiting for Meals on Wheels...or maybe the bus to go gamble their nickles...🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 28, 2026 10:46 PM (QI5FY)
I'm having the time of my life and I've never felt this way before.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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I don't feel this way right now.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
Do you feel like we do?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2026 10:46 PM (Cqx++)
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Wow, COMM! Really?! Heh. Can't fix stoopid, right?
Posted by: JQ at March 28, 2026 10:48 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)
Yeah, everyone knows Geritol.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 28, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)
1) More cars on the road mean you are more likely to end up with two assholes side by side going 10 under.
2) People can only track so much activity before brains lock up. When it gets so busy just having something on the side of the road many drivers will just stop.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: TRex - top speed dino at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM (TyP0R)
I'm one of them. I can't stand listening to real people who are fast talkers, so I'm certainly not going to do it on purpose! It's actually an internet pet peeve of mine. I will actually slow a video down if someone is talking too fast!
Other pet peeves of mine -
Videos with either of the 2 current prominent AI voices or whatever they are. One is male, the other is female. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. As soon as I hear either voice - skipped!
Photos / videos in mirror image. If you can't image flip or video flip, I will not pay one damn bit of attention.
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:49 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 28, 2026 10:49 PM (MNCvZ)
My Tolkien Reading Day is now on Day 4...
Finished Two Towers and about to start Return of the King...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 10:30
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You do know if you just wanted to escape reality you could have taken some acid.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 28, 2026 10:50 PM (55Qr6)
Be happy knowing the dirty old hippies are leaving their shithead grandkids a mountain of debt which the shithead grandkids grand kids will be dog cussing them as they pay it off from the salt mines. Remind them of this when you can.
It's the little things that count in life.
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at March 28, 2026 10:50 PM (HUHft)
103 Things that piss me off:
The City of Philadelphia Department of Aviation thinks is A-OK to sponsor a totally worthless "longest cheesesteak project".
Ahem....As of late 2024, the City of Philadelphia Department of Aviation (operating PHL and PNE airports) has approximately $1.37 billion to $1.4 billion in outstanding airport revenue bond debt.
I live in a world infested with retards.
Posted by: Orson at March 28, 2026 10:33 PM
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The Cheese Steak Fund is separate, and running a surplus.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 28, 2026 10:50 PM (mS8PE)
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Uh huh. Faul doesn't look anything like Paul.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 28, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)
Women sympathized with cheaters, while men liked cheaters being punished.
https://tinyurl.com/7ucpkfut
Posted by: illiniwek at March 28, 2026 10:51 PM (vbXSk)
They've ruled out a heart attack or stroke, but still don't know what it is. Was it related to zero-g? Maybe possibly, but they don't know.
Posted by: publius
Sorry, I'm not that good with Earthling biology. Put the probe in the wrong hole.
He did cough it up eventually.
Posted by: the alien responsible at March 28, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 10:51 PM (ZxPkt)
I think people ignored her or she was not popular and shy, as I saw the movie a long time ago. It was at a camp of old people in upstate NY.
Patrick Swayze was the dance instructor (and still alive). He/they fell in love and he taught her to dance and "no one was going to put the big nose in the corner." Or something. And the dance was grand.
What is not grand is that brides sometimes make grooms learn this for their reception (so I read). I hope at least one groom drops Bridezilla. If any of you lady's did this forgive me. All my groom had to do was show up.
He DID revoke our promise of the brief kiss after our vows, and kissed me so hard I beat him with my bouquet. I could hear my father snickering.
This is more disjointed writing than usual so I am going to bed. Good night and send energy rays and good thoughts to me during daylight hours. This same husband thinks I might be going more loco than normal with my "where is my energy" whines.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 28, 2026 10:53 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 10:53 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 28, 2026 10:54 PM (k4dYt)
it's 42 seconds out of your day, and it is so good
https://tinyurl.com/mrxvvsfd
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)
Recently tried 'the best cheese steak' place in town. Way overpriced, when I finally got it the 'cheese steak' it resembled a brat that sat on a 7-11 roller grill for 17 hours - dried out, no visible cheese or onion, but could sort of taste them. This, and the place was not particularly busy. Will never go back.
Tried another place a couple years back. Same garbage. Never went back to that one.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)
We Americans are still without a King.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 10:46 PM (cYBz/)
How many Burger King's were burned to the ground?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 28, 2026 10:56 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: mikeski dances
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I still don't get it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 10:30 PM (IictL)
C'mon y'all - I bet even TJM gets this one!
Posted by: Doof
I'm having the time of my life and I've never felt this way before.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 28, 2026 10:33
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I still don't get it. "Nobody puts baby in a corner" is an expression from ???
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 28, 2026 10:57 PM (55Qr6)
And now back to the regular program.
Posted by: Piper at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (Wmg4n)
Agree. (They ain't that tough but kind. Except when picking on me, and I can handle it as this is my life since birth).
I got tears in my eyes the other night watching NCIS, so I think this is part of the never-ending virus as well (from chy na, as we know they have messed with all of them).
How is your daughter today? Hope much better. I can't handle husband,sons or grands hurting at all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 28, 2026 10:58 PM (WONhk)
Recently tried 'the best cheese steak' place in town. Way overpriced, when I finally got it the 'cheese steak' it resembled a brat that sat on a 7-11 roller grill for 17 hours - dried out, no visible cheese or onion, but could sort of taste them. This, and the place was not particularly busy. Will never go back.
Tried another place a couple years back. Same garbage. Never went back to that one.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Agree. Cheese steaks suck and there are much better sandwiches out there like Italian beef or a Philly roast pork.
The only thing a cheesesteak is good for is making it hard to shit right for a week or so. Flavorless drek.
Posted by: The Thunder Bucket at March 28, 2026 10:59 PM (HUHft)
lol! My sis in law was a nurse, at times she worked ER, sometimes she’d float on night shifts. On night shifts one of her duties was to give the nightly dosages to all the patients on her flow.
So she was horrified when she realized one night that she had switched medicines and given one man a very strong heart medicine instead of what he was supposed to get.
She was horrified, realizing she could have killed him. She agonized over whether she should tell the head nurse, but she went to her and said “I’ve done something terrible!” The head nurse said “What was it?” So she told her.
And got the surprise of her life when the Head Nurse said “oh that’s all! We’ve all done that.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 10:59 PM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 11:00 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 11:02 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Getting better, she was more herself this evening. Ate some ramen tonight, I thought the ginger might burn, but it didn’t. She is sleeping down here tonight again, though, which is fine if that makes her feel safer. She had the dog’s frozen green beans strapped to her cheeks, definitely has swelling despite this, but we are going straight Motrin tomorrow.
Posted by: Piper at March 28, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2)
I started reading "Return of the King" on "No Kings Day."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 11:00 PM (ESVrU)
I have an hour left in the day. More than enough time for the aforementioned "A Farewell To Kings" album!
https://youtu.be/w1p6jF634Dw
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 28, 2026 11:02 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Also, thank you for asking!
Posted by: Piper at March 28, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2)
You have unlimited free articles remaining because we don’t have a paywall.
Would like to see more of those.
Posted by: mindful webworker is tempted to actually contribute at March 28, 2026 11:02 PM (jrd4M)
Dangit, I'm going to have to search my house for hidden cameras again!
Posted by: pookysgirl, now paranoid at March 28, 2026 11:03 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)
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There is only one good place in town and they fly in Amoroso rolls from Philadelphia. They used to sell Tastykakes too but not anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 11:03 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 28, 2026 11:04 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)
C'mon. lin-duh was just trying to live up to her name.
**I should talk. I didn't get it either.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 28, 2026 11:05 PM (syz1S)
They gave my late father a double dose of nitroglycerin in the ER one night a while after his heart attack and stents. He was having a bad angina episode.
It was human error pure and simple. Two nurses read the same order and the second one didn't know the first had already given it. His vitals crashed, but they got him revived pretty fine, no damage done.
This is why they've instituted those procedures where they scan the bracelet and ask the patient name and date of birth for every medicine or procedure they do. That is to try to eliminate the possibility of errors like that happening.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
About 50 years ago, my bro-in-law was an intern for med school, and I was visiting them in Chicago. He mentioned he saw another intern "kill someone", via some mistake or some such. Seems to be how things go ... we all make mistakes.
It does kinda suck that when doctors or cops make such mistakes, innocents can die. And often it is overlooked/dismissed, apparently.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 28, 2026 11:05 PM (vbXSk)
Ha! My guy pal hails from Wallensburg! I don't think he knows about this! What a hoot...I will have a great laugh when I tell him😜!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 28, 2026 11:07 PM (QI5FY)
Posted by: logprof at March 28, 2026 10:19 PM (gYpwI)
You really just have to supermaxx your inner gigachad
Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 11:08 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 28, 2026 11:08 PM (iwl6y)
I see the path ahead diverges. One leads to sitting here reading more comments for hours. The other leads off into dark and uninviting woods. Dark and uninviting it is!
Back later. Or not. Depending.
Posted by: mindful webworker the toad not raken at March 28, 2026 11:09 PM (jrd4M)
Remember the "medical evacuation" of the ISS Crew-11 back in January? They finally revealed what it was. Astronaut Mike Fincke had an episode of aphasia lasting about 20 minutes on Jan. 7. He suddenly couldn't talk, but was back to normal after whatever it was was over.
They've ruled out a heart attack or stroke, but still don't know what it is. Was it related to zero-g? Maybe possibly, but they don't know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 10:44 PM (w6EFb)
Publius, thanks for the update. That must have been a scary episode for his crewmembers.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 28, 2026 11:09 PM (y171U)
Nope, nothing. Just a couple dickheads slowing down is enough to cause a complete stoppage 10 miles back, or something like that.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 28, 2026 11:10 PM (bssx/)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 11:10 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Zombie Paul McCartney at March 28, 2026 10:38 PM (EXyHK)
Paul is not mort
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Yeah, but there was the whole Paul is dead thing. Judges rule: Fair Game!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 28, 2026 11:10 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 10:59 PM (ZPDpH)
I nevah did! Lawsie.
I taught (as a clinical instructor or the fancy adjunct professor!?!) a group of a dozen RN students for 4yrs. Four long years of at least one giving me diarrhea weekly thinking they might kill someone.Husband and sons always knew which student.
The first day I met them I told them it would take a lot of trust for me to let them give meds alone this year. A lot. That they could kill someone. This seemed to sink into their pea brains. Thanks be to God they could not give IV meds, as you had to be a real RN.
The last week of my last class two made med errors, and one with a cardiac med.The only time. They were mortified and I was po'd as I drilled this into them. They got careless and admitted it. The girl was almost sobbing.
One dingbat girl, with a heart medicine where she had to LISTEN to the heartbeat with a stethoscope, asked me if she needed her stethoscope. My sarcastic mind thought, "Well, unless you want to be Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and put your ear to her chest, indeed!" Instead I said yes.UGH
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 28, 2026 11:10 PM (WONhk)
Probably on their phone and paying no attention to their driving. Like the people driving 10 mph faster than the speed limit. Or maybe they are just jerks.
Posted by: Case at March 28, 2026 11:10 PM (pvf3X)
My older sister did when we were kids. I was pumped to have a tiny sea monkey.
We got brine shrimp.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 28, 2026 11:04 PM
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Amen. Good lane discipline would solve a lot of problems.
Posted by: TRex - driving etiquette dino at March 28, 2026 11:11 PM (TyP0R)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 28, 2026 11:02 PM (xT8gx)
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Just met him in book one. Then he's got some big shoes to fill.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 28, 2026 11:11 PM (lHkiG)
besturl.co/xmjzys
Posted by: Rex B at March 28, 2026 11:13 PM (DqQS/)
One of those rando YouTube videos says man can't return to earth after a couple years in space, due to the low gravity negative effect on bone marrow and other factors. But this guy wasn't up there that long, compared to others.
Not sure if maybe some artificial gravity (like a spinning section of the spacecraft, as sci-fi often shows) could maybe negate that, except for the low G time on Mars, or the moon.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 28, 2026 11:14 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2026 11:15 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I have had some really good rolls at 'the best' cheese steak places.
But it was just a dog turd on a really good roll.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 11:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
And pacing another asshole driving slow in the other lane(s).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 11:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at March 28, 2026 11:19 PM (CDX35)
wait, that's not a harmonica its a trumpet mouthpiece and it's, it's Clark Terry.
Also in the backup band is Dizzy Gillespie, and Stan Getz.
What a rabbit hole.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 11:20 PM (IictL)
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They tailgate everywhere, including on the on-ramps, so when people see a on-ramp they move out to the left lane. Slow ones, fast ones, crazy ones. Seen that - in bumper to bumper traffic, one guy hits the brakes and three miles back, it's a full stop. Just don't go to town is all I can figure.
The traffic jams here involve two neighbors that live next to each other but haven't seen each other since last spring asking, "How is every little thing?" Or cattle on the road. Hint to urbanites: Don't honk the horn to get them to move. They'll think it's feedin' time. The cowboys kick hay off the back of the truck and the cattle come running.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 11:20 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 28, 2026 11:22 PM (w/O5Q)
There's speculation FIncke could've had a TIA, or some other "brain glitch". In zero-g, fluid redistributes and there is a slight increase in fluid pressure. This is known to cause vision problems sometimes, which can take a while to recover after getting back on the ground.
There doesn't seem to be any evidence of similar "brain glitches" in zero-g, but they are reviewing all the flight data to see if there's anything they may have missed about that -- something minor that might be related. It's very plausible that the fluid shifts could cause something like this, and it might vary with the individual, with some being more susceptible to it.
It's possible it was just some random TIA-like thing that just happened, not related to spaceflight, it just happened to him while he was in space, too.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 11:22 PM (w6EFb)
At this time Walsenburg is experiencing major water and sewer issues. The water there is terrible due to past mining. No doubt bringing in AI facilities will fix things right up (sarc of course)....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 28, 2026 11:23 PM (QI5FY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2026 11:24 PM (JkO4W)
No matter what happens Donald Trump is the most consequential president in our lifetime. He's altered the trajectory of the world. I never thought I'd say that but here we are.
It's astounding where we are today.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:24 PM (viF8m)
Probably on their phone and paying no attention to their driving. Like the people driving 10 mph faster than the speed limit. Or maybe they are just jerks.
Posted by: Case
People do tend to drive slower when on the phone -
Ef You, I am a lawyer and this is billable time!
vs
Having to commute on your own time.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 11:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Piper at March 28, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2)
Glad she's better! When my sons are sick they still call Mama.
Son here had sinus surgery a decade ago. Once home his wife and I were in the LR talking and he suddenly yelled, "MOM!" due to bleeding. They still need their crazy mother now and then. He calls me less and runs things by his father now.
Son in FL still calls me for everything, so I still got it. Bless them, it was bad enough having me for a mother much less a RN.
They both got a virus with very high fevers and no symptoms once in junior high.
I was giving meds and applying cold cloths to their heads and yapping away about them imagining Pac Man eating the virus as their macrophages creating phagocytosis, which is not a gay bathhouse). I might have been sick too as I can't remember. But they do.
Going to bed so I can grow an immune system again. I used up all my macrophages.
https://tinyurl.com/yy7uuasp
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 28, 2026 11:25 PM (WONhk)
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Oh, yeah. Walsenburg is probably hoping to get another sugar daddy out of this one. Seems they didn't like the one they had before, the prison on the east side of the highway...
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 11:25 PM (UajcV)
I see the path ahead diverges. One leads to sitting here reading more comments for hours. The other leads off into dark and uninviting woods. Dark and uninviting it is!
Back later. Or not. Depending.
Posted by: mindful webworker the toad not raken at March 28, 2026 11:0
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I think I saw Little Kings in the liquor store. Small green bottles or was that Schoeling Cream Ale?
Where do these dark and univiting woods go to?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 28, 2026 11:26 PM (55Qr6)
Yep, prolonged zero-g/micro-g is very bad long term, in all sorts of ways. Too much g is a problem as well.
The gravity tolerance of a human (and plants and animals) is really unknown. It will be some 1g +/- some factor. That factor is unknown, but probably pretty small.
Absolutely not much know about say reproduction in something other than 1g. All life on earth has developed under 1g, it's baked in the cake for just about every biological process there is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
But it was just a dog turd on a really good roll.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 11:17 PM (/lPRQ)
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I'm going to pretend you are referring to Geno's. It's better that way. Because Pat's Steaks is heaven on earth.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 11:26 PM (RIvkX)
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Aphasia could be secondary to syncope also.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 11:29 PM (RIvkX)
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Brings to mind a question that has bugged me about those artificial gravity rotating spaceships.
If you ran like a hamster (or here, a space hamster) in the opposite direction of the spin at the exact speed of the spin (so, remaining in one spot relative to the axis), would you float away?
Show your work, Dave.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2026 11:29 PM (JkO4W)
When I took time away, I watched MS Now and No Kings Day 3 coverage.
Screw it, the movie thread inspired me to watch "Freddy Got Fingered." Tom Green didn't even crack the top 5 of annoying people today.
I'm thinking of making it an epically horrible Horde entertainment day. My friends cat is sleeping on my bed. I could squeeze in one more movie.
How bad is 'Prometheus?'
I'd have to rent it which would make it hurt more. But today's the day.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 9 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 28, 2026 11:30 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 28, 2026 11:32 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:32 PM (viF8m)
It's possible it was just some random TIA-like thing that just happened, not related to spaceflight, it just happened to him while he was in space, too.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 11:22 PM (w6EFb)
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Stroke number two was minor, more like a TIA, but even that left its mark on the noggin.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 28, 2026 11:36 PM (R3+Al)
It's astounding where we are today.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:24
It truly is. He has realigned so much in just over a year into his 2nd term. Trump learned a lot during his first term.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 28, 2026 11:37 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
I40 between a) Knoxville and Nashville and
b) Memphis and Little Rock
have joined the chat.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 11:37 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 9 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 28, 2026 11:38 PM (Sco7b)
Show your work, Dave.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2026 11:29 PM (JkO4W)
No. I feel pretentious being technical here, but it’s a matter of centripetal acceleration. What is mimicking gravity is that the curve of the spinning section is rising relative to you as it turns. When you turn and run in place your motion is parallel to the ships structure, but is not falling so you can’t counteract the ships motion.
It is interesting to think about what would happen if you were able to run along a track inside that curved section opposite to but at the same speed as its motion. You may be able to take great leaps, but as soon as your feet left the floor you’d lose traction and experience the pseudo gravity again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 11:39 PM (ZPDpH)
Something I did not know. Your sense of "up" depends on some very non-zero g load. Just a little won't do. Turns out that range for humans appears to be 0.16 - 0.38g, mean being maybe 0.2g That's over 1/3g required for some.
The Moon's gravity is on the low end of that, and it turns out the Moonwalkers did have some trouble with "up". It made it hard to notice tilting, say if the LM was trying to lean. They were top notch physical specimens all of them, and and they adapted well.
You may have seem the "Moon pratfall" videos of the Moonwalkers stumbling and tripping and all that. That marginal "which was is up" problem contributed to some of that, turns out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 11:43 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:32 PM (viF8m)
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Gusts to 12 knots, serious heel and a big wake. So, yes.
Then to top it off, we got back in the slip around 4 pm to find a reggae band warming up on the bridge of a boat across the main channel from us. Had wine and cheese to the rhythm of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff.
A perfect day, in other words.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2026 11:43 PM (JkO4W)
It's astounding where we are today.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:24
I agree completely - and most people, even on our side, have no clue how massively the world is being rearranged.
Read an interesting speculation today - that with full effort, we could have re-opened the Straits of Hormuz days ago, but were intentionally slow walking it to put maximum pressure on the Euros, the Australians, and the Chinese, all of which are seeing their supplies being disrupted to a far greater degree than we are. (Australia only has 20 days of diesel left)
Maybe the point is to remind them all just how badly they need us.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 11:45 PM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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They need those circular levels used on travel trailers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 11:46 PM (IictL)
I'm sure he did but I think it's also easy to forget what he went through in his first term. It was the first time in US history we didn't have a peaceful transfer of power. Virtually the entire federal government that has the power to take down countries was dedicated to destroying Trump. And us. Trump was on defense from day 1 and almost nobody wanted to work for him. Now everyone does.
Trump beat Biden as easily as he beat Harris. The only difference is we've all seen behind the curtain. And we won't ever forget.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:47 PM (viF8m)
The Coriolis force is also a bitch for rotating artifical gravity. That depends on the rotation rate. A small, high speed set up is very bad. To minimize that to acceptable levels, you need large radius, low RPM.
Keeping something like that in balance with mass shifts (people and cargo moving around) is also a big problem. Get out of balance and start tumbling. I've seen ideas of using to dense liquid that you can pump to and fro to compensate with a control system.
This is not as viable as a lot of the "realistic" space movies like to make it out to be.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)
I can’t get an accurate count of how many marched in downtown as the press lies bigtime. Like cropping photos, severely overstating attendance and understating property damage and assaults.
So hard to tell.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 28, 2026 11:48 PM (A5RD0)
So, is it the scope of forgetting, like you forget a great number of words? Or is it the criticality of the specific words, like forgetting your own name or the name of a close relative, or a very common word like "the"?
Posted by: banana Dream at March 28, 2026 11:48 PM (3uBP9)
Maybe the point is to remind them all just how badly they need us.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 11:45 PM (ZPDpH)
I was thinking how nice it would be to have Australia suffer a bit.
Sadly, I think they'd forget the lesson 3 weeks after things got back to normal.
My friends' cat is so cute and comfortable. I don't want to toss her out...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 9 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 28, 2026 11:49 PM (Sco7b)
Maybe the point is to remind them all just how badly they need us.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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No. Oh, no, Trump would never do a thing like that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 11:49 PM (IictL)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 28, 2026 11:48 PM (A5RD0)
I watched "Freddy Got Fingered" tonight and thought of you nurse.
It took place in Portland!
Posted by: Stateless - Day 9 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 28, 2026 11:50 PM (Sco7b)
>>Then to top it off, we got back in the slip around 4 pm to find a reggae band warming up on the bridge of a boat across the main channel from us. Had wine and cheese to the rhythm of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff.
>>A perfect day, in other words.
Amazing how many perfect days happen on a sailboat.
Happy for you.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:51 PM (viF8m)
The Coriolis force is also a bitch for rotating artifical gravity. That depends on the rotation rate. A small, high speed set up is very bad. To minimize that to acceptable levels, you need large radius, low RPM.
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I tried to tell them.
_Werner
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 11:51 PM (IictL)
There was a buxom young woman from Zubes
Who had ginormous, magnificent boobs.
But the years had their way,
Gravity won the day:
Left 3 inches from her boobs to her pubes.
Posted by: bradc at March 28, 2026 11:53 PM (3hcA3)
Posted by: 13times at March 28, 2026 11:54 PM (RFoC2)
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2026 11:54 PM (wvc0i)
From what I gather Fincke's aphasia was obvious, talking gibberish, stroke like. For 20 minutes, he couldn't talk, then boom, he was fine.
I remember when my mother had her stroke. She had a couple of speech "glitches", and it was time to get her to the ER quick.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 11:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 28, 2026 11:48 PM (A5RD0)
Here it looked like a couple of hundred. The media said, "thousands."
It might have been tens and superimposed with the same people. I'm sure homeless were paid and had no idea what planet they were on.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 28, 2026 11:57 PM (WONhk)
1924 Hispano-Suiza H6C "Tulipwood" Torpedo
Posted by: 13times
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Like a modern jet fighter; a giant motor with a place for the operator to sit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 11:57 PM (IictL)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Ok, but hear me out - a continent sized tube full of humanity~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 28, 2026 11:57 PM (diia5)
Charlie said he had a really weird dream before launch. The dream was, they were on the Moon, him and John Young, driving the Lunar Rover.
They found Lunar Rover tracks already on their first run. They told Mission Control about these tracks, and they wanted them to check those out. Find out where they go, who was making them?? Who could it be?
So they finally find this mystery Lunar Rover after investigating. There were two astronauts in the Rover, but … they were dead. On the Moon. Then he woke up. I think maybe they were training a little too hard LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at March 28, 2026 11:58 PM (xMjcM)
Posted by: Case at March 28, 2026 11:58 PM (pvf3X)
I watched "A Simple Plan" which is one of those heartbreaking things. It's really good but not for everyone.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 28, 2026 11:58 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Archer at March 28, 2026 11:54 PM (wvc0i)
At least during the coverage I saw there were no 'FREE LOVE' signs.
So there was that.
Screw it. Animals then bed...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 10 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 29, 2026 12:00 AM (Sco7b)
It's astounding where we are today.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:24
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Agree. He's the only President I have ever prayed for nightly...plus his VP and cabinet. Because it is that important for success. Prayers for good health and protection. I don't mess around with my prayers, in addition for our country, military and military bases to be safe.
A real good-night as I have done all of my beauty routine and all my voodoo. Hoping to sleep all night and consider it a miracle.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 29, 2026 12:01 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:02 AM (IictL)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:47
The truth is J and I watched all night, we saw 6 states stop counting, Trump was leading in all. When they started counting hours later Biden was leading in all.
We even saw votes being deleted from Trump's total right on the screen. J was an IT manager, knew the results were being tampered with.
NEVER FORGET. It was stold, we saw it.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 29, 2026 12:03 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 29, 2026 12:03 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 28, 2026 11:58 PM (xMjcM)
I wonder if he had the dream where he’s leaving the LEM, going down the ladder, being broadcast live back home, and suddenly he realizes he’s buck nekkid.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2026 12:06 AM (ZPDpH)
Yeah! We must had at least five, holy cow, maybe ten. Lots of baggy tits wearing badly home made tie dye t-shirts from Hobby Lobby kits. Real hipsters, that crew😯!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 29, 2026 12:08 AM (QI5FY)
I enjoyed it but I think the most logical explanation of what the ending means puts something of a damper on the message of the movie...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2026 12:08 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 29, 2026 12:09 AM (55Qr6)
Read about John Young getting the farts on the Moon, and announcing live on the public channel. "I got the farts, Charlie!"
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 29, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)
There are tens of millions of us who will never forget what we saw.
Never.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 12:11 AM (viF8m)
1) Raise speed limits on highways: They were mostly built for 50s era cars to go 75 MPH.
2) With less of a focus on speeding then you can get around to ticketing tailgaters and people that park in the left hand lane.
3) Design off ramps to have their own lane BEFORE the onramps. This gets rid of the merge difficulties
And 2 and 3 alone would get rid of most of those traffic waves that cause all the phantom "there is no accident why did traffic just come to a stop?!?" moments
Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2026 12:12 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 29, 2026 12:12 AM (QI5FY)
Never.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 12:11 AM (viF8m)
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Babbling Joe literally bragged about his voting fraud operation.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 12:13 AM (JkO4W)
Of course the more amusing part of it is the Dems are now claiming both the 2016 and 2024 elections were stolen.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2026 12:13 AM (sKqQm)
The left will tell you Elon Musk raising his arm, just like any number of leftwing pols have done, is a sekret NATZI salute but they'll also tell you Joe Biden talking about his vote fraud operation is just a slip of the tongue.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2026 12:14 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 12:15 AM (pvf3X)
John Young's farts:
https://is.gd/CHgQVE
Houston: "Orion, Houston".
Young: Yes, sir?"
Houston: "We've got a hot mike".
Young: "....how long we had that?"
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 29, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)
John Young held the record for lowest heart rate, I think. Leisurely 70 during Saturn V launch to orbit.
He did get really excited when landing the LM, though. His heart rate got to 90. Neil Armstrong was hitting over 150 when he landed.
Young was one cool customer.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 29, 2026 12:18 AM (w6EFb)
Never.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 12:11
Since we are discussing something which much never be said...did you ever here a reason for the 6 shutdowns, other than the "Atlanta urinal leak"?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 29, 2026 12:19 AM (55Qr6)
And my Emerald Beauty is in trouble. The cutting, it's nearly a year old and has three leaves, one died so I re-potted today and half the roots are dead. Cleaned it up but am at a loss on promoting root growth.
So far the the Kalanchoes are unaffected by the mess.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:21 AM (IictL)
_-_
They have one of these on I-25 south at Fort Carson...cleaned-up a really bad backup there.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 29, 2026 12:24 AM (UajcV)
ON lefty sites they just say that never happened. Republican observes went home and the FNM said the counting had stopped because they were both "mistaken"
Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2026 12:24 AM (sKqQm)
Anyone who has been so fortunate has to march in military columns, is familiar with the accordian effect. The rear of the column is a bad place to be.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 12:24 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Archer
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It's weird.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2026 12:27 AM (XeU6L)
Been waiting, impatiently, all my life for this moment. As crazy as it sounds, the left is now all in on illegal aliens and no rules for voting among other idiotic things. And all it took was for some ball breaking real estate developer from Queens.
We're going to lose more battles but the tide has most definitely turned. In year 250.
What an incredible time to be alive.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 12:28 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2026 12:13
Yes he did, I forgot about that. Well, the Dems did us a favor by cheating for a dementia patient. The truth was said by old Joe.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 29, 2026 12:30 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 29, 2026 12:33 AM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Archer
They need to break out the firehoses and police dogs for the full experience. Toss in some Chicago cops with nightsticks and bad attitudes for good measure.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 29, 2026 12:34 AM (JjVZx)
The poor guy is suffering from fake stage 4 prostate cancer!
Posted by: wth at March 29, 2026 12:35 AM (BT3km)
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Application of fungicide is in order for your "Althea" (Rose of Sharon?) Take it outside for this. Chemical and sprayer are available at home improvement store or even walmart. Be sure the spray covers undersides of leaves, too.
Not sure which plant is "Emerald Beauty" -- I'm guessing a cotoneaster in this case -- and don't know what, if any, solution could be had given what you describe. Perhaps a stem-dip in rooting hormone powder? You'd need to uproot it from the soil *again* for this... sounds like there's not much to lose at this point, but at least you'll have the product for *next time* you take a cutting.
Glad the kalanchoes are okay so far-- move them away from the diseased plants.
That's all I got.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:42 AM (IictL)
The slimey would indicate over watering/rot. Dried out, can't be sure if insufficient water or something else.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 12:42 AM (rdVOm)
Have a great night.
https://tinyurl.com/5ckxnuc7
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 12:43 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 12:46 AM (pvf3X)
I think they say an aspirin or two as soon as those symptoms are detected can also help quite a bit. One doc says it makes the blood more "slippery" or something like that.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 29, 2026 12:46 AM (vbXSk)
Well, I broke down and got some new sneakers. Old ones lasted since 2018 or 2019. Should've lasted 10 years at least.
And the new ones seem to fit. They'll burn my feet until they get broken in, though. I hate change.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 29, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 29, 2026 12:09 AM (55Qr6)
We had SOOOO much fun! Then we turned around and went to San Francisco and Reno to visit the grandkids (they are in the process of moving, and we wanted to see Jeff Dunham in Reno).
The next few weeks full to the brim with activities and travel plans, culminating with a trip to New York City to see the sights and some shows. After that, there isn't much planned, but I am sure that I can come up with something! 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 29, 2026 12:50 AM (SRRAx)
2) With less of a focus on speeding then you can get around to ticketing tailgaters and people that park in the left hand lane.
And 2 and 3 alone would get rid of most of those traffic waves that cause all the phantom "there is no accident why did traffic just come to a stop?!?" moments
Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2026 12:12 AM (sKqQm)
Which is of course, why Calif LOWERED their speed limits last January. /Facepalm
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 29, 2026 12:53 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2026 12:55 AM (IictL)
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Classic root-rot.
>>Cleaned it up and cut the sour nub off. Re- potted with much vermiculite an wedged pot up to allow ample drainage.
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Good move. Give it 3-4 weeks to show improvement, (one week isn't enough) and water half as much as you've been doing.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)
Always enjoyed Amy Lee of Evanescence. Phenominal voice...some good rock. And, Emily Armstrong (the woman that stepped into Linkin Park) has chops.
Posted by: Orson at March 29, 2026 01:16 AM (dIske)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 28, 2026 10:44 PM (w6EFb)"
Severe migraines can do a really decent job of mimicking a stroke.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 29, 2026 01:19 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Doof at March 28, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)
I think the record, per Rush themselves, was 7. The shortest lines to the women’s restrooms anywhere were at Rush concerts.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:23 AM (muXU/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2026 01:29 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 29, 2026 01:29 AM (0nHVk)
RIP CSM Carl R. Leonard. You were a solid friend, stood by me through some rough times for the both of us. If any of you are passing through the Ft. Hood area, please stop by and tell him how much he's missed by his family and friends. Section 10, Row X, site 1540.
*dusty in here*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 28, 2026 10:21 PM
This reminds me of the time when I was in the area where my father would be and is buried. Walking around there at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery, I came across a grave with a name and rank that sounded eerily familiar. So later I ran it through a search engine and tallied to some people who had a good chance of knowing that individual. Sure enough…he was a former group commander that I knew and held in high regard. And there are others buried at that cemetery that I knew, my father among them.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:29 AM (muXU/)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm)
The first few were interesting in tacking general philosophy but then they got into specifics and...clown time.
The tragedy of the commons? Apparently fake, if you just let everyone use whatever they want they'll use if justly and fairly.
Harrison Bergeron? Fake News. No one one ever attempt to implement equality from weighing down the more competent, no! In fact...the is a story about how inequality is wrong!
Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2026 01:31 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 29, 2026 12:53 AM (mP0Kj)
Also why speed limits in TX drop when you reach Harris County and adjacent counties. For “public safety”, of course.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:31 AM (muXU/)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)
Old greybeards needed a nap after that, and the stoopid kidz probly lost focus due to ADD.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Turns out there are real dangers in the woods.
Ticks.
Spring is here!
The temperatures keep going down near freezing, then up to the 90s. That's not a thermometer. It's a yoyo.
Why would someone name their child Yo-Yo? Don't they know that curses them to be a cello player?
Brain is obviously agitated. Shot of takillya with a slice of lime should help with that.
Posted by: mindful webworker hates blood suckers at March 29, 2026 01:39 AM (jrd4M)
It's astounding where we are today.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 11:24
It truly is. He has realigned so much in just over a year into his 2nd term. Trump learned a lot during his first term.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 28,
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Yes, but I think he learned more, thought more, while he was out of office for those years. It was it clean break from the practices and the personnel that he had in the first term
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 01:43 AM (EKnxG)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 12:46
Was that where they kicked out Rep observers, closed down, and then wheeled in draped tables with boxes of ballots hidden underneath?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 29, 2026 01:47 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 29, 2026 01:47 AM (0nHVk)
That "4 year break" provided him *enlightenment* that he otherwise would not have had.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mindful webworker
.....or possibly a rapper.
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 01:53 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ
If "a bullet an inch from your brain case" is "enlightenment," I'd prefer to remain unenlightened.
Posted by: mikeski contemplates his navel, in his foxhole at March 29, 2026 01:54 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Any book about PDJT, should be written by The People, not some phaggy "historian"-- from multiple points of view, both pro- and con-, IMO. Let the readers decide their own opinions.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
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Setting the attempted ass@ssination aside-- Trump STILL learned a few things during that 4 years, that have made him better and more effective *this time*.
IMO, of course.
Yeah, and then there was a whole OTHER stinking shitload of stuff regarding "the attempt"...
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Love my family of Lefties at March 29, 2026 02:02 AM (InsZQ)
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2026 02:04 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Love my family of Lefties at March 29, 2026 02:05 AM (InsZQ)
Mustard or mayonnaise? Both? How much work for the payoff?
Where are we at in the gulf? Pull back on the lettuce, tomatoes, pickle and onion. A sprinkle of pepper, a shake of salt.
Let it play out. The UN, NATO, EU. Step up and control your so-called economies. Grow some fucking balls.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 02:05 AM (Fbc0I)
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As long as Cheeto is gone! That's it... that's where their programming ends.
My sister had TDS before it was cool, and told me in 2019 that she hoped someone would k1ll him. Bitch. I told her it was disgusting to me, that she would think that way. We don't contact each other at all any more.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
it's 42 seconds out of your day, and it is so good
https://tinyurl.com/mrxvvsfd
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)
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That twit with the BK sign might have slammed Trump for working at Mcdonald's. She had nothing.
Posted by: Love my family of Lefties at March 29, 2026 02:13 AM (1TG+Y)
Sweet dreams Horde, tomorrow is another day.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 29, 2026 02:14 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
Serve with cup of bean or split pea soup.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)
Serve with cup of bean or split pea soup.
Posted by: JQ
>Very nice. I haven't made split pea this year, but it's always a good choice.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 02:33 AM (Fbc0I)
It's been a good while back, but I'm sure I remember seeing that tape. When the media stopped talking about it I was thinking there must have been nothing to it. Someone must have given a good reason why people were in there. But now I wonder. Given all we have seen with the way Biden and company ran this country I wouldn't put anything past them.
And Georgia was stolen.
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 02:34 AM (pvf3X)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)
Hmmmm
Taking my hunger to bed instead of to the kitchen.
More lightning.
https://youtu.be/w83Q110GtDQ
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker still wants a sammich at March 29, 2026 02:51 AM (jrd4M)
Thawed a half-package of gizzards, too. Will cook those up for hubby's lunch-time treat.
He's up to 145#! Yay! He was down to 130# this winter.. crappy institutional food.. I don't blame him for not eating much of it, so have been supplementing with "home cookin' " and favorite snacks. It's working!
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: raimondo at March 29, 2026 03:01 AM (0ioMF)
>Gizzards and hearts are one of the few things that are good either hot or cold if you like that sort of thing. Not so much liver, but they can all make a great gravy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 29, 2026 03:04 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 03:05 AM (muXU/)
Have a great night.
https://tinyurl.com/5ckxnuc7
Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2026 12:43 AM (viF8m)
It was so all over the map at the beginning I was done with it. Never will see the rest.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 03:08 AM (muXU/)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 03:11 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
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I'm sorry to hear that; family should stay together. My family knows I support trump; fortunately, they say little. My dad was the one for the angry monologue. I think we all got tired of that
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 03:26 AM (yJi77)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 03:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 03:30 AM (yJi77)
It really is a shame, but I'm done reaching out. She knows my email, phone *and* street addy. Pfft.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)
The Jehovah's Witnesses were there, but I avoided asking them how they knew they were one of the 144,000 that got to go to heaven. DH hates it when I poke that particular bear.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 29, 2026 03:36 AM (OhEuo)
I think they say an aspirin or two as soon as those symptoms are detected can also help quite a bit. One doc says it makes the blood more "slippery" or something like that.
Posted by: illiniwek at
No. This is not for stroke. Depending on the type of stroke aspirin may kill the patient.
Posted by: Dandalo at March 29, 2026 03:37 AM (3QsZU)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 29, 2026 03:30 AM (yJi77)
When we took away Dad's car keys, he told my husband, not me mind you, but my husband, to "remove this woman," and that he never wanted to see me again. I honored his wishes, right up until he needed to go to the ER because he was peeing blood. Died from the damned clot shot not two months later. They mostly let him bleed to death.
Bastards.
Families are a big mess, but that's just life.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 29, 2026 03:38 AM (OhEuo)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 03:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 03:47 AM (snZF9)
Sis tried to convince me to get it too. Nope. No way. And I told her precisely *why* -- I suppose that's why she cut me loose?
Whatever.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)
Sis tried to convince me to get it too. Nope. No way. And I told her precisely *why* -- I suppose that's why she cut me loose?
Whatever.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)
Covid broke people, seriously broke people. My cousin was normal growing up. Nice cars, chased chicks, did all the he man stuff. Covid broke him, thinks biden was a honorable man, hates trump. He became super religious, and sends all kinds of anti trump texts to my brother. My brother is not like me. I have no fucks left to give, he never had any. My brother breaks it right off in his ass, tells him jesus would probably kick him in the nuts for impersonating a christian and if he don't understand he'll send him a nice coloring book since he can't read a history book.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 04:00 AM (snZF9)
*Woodford, if ya want it*
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)
yup, pass it over. I'll add it to the one I got in front of me. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 04:00 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:03 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah, the 'vid was a scourge on ALL people.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:02 AM (rdVOm)
Yup, but it didn't break anybody in my normal sphere of influence. It didn't really break anybody here either, well maybe a couple if I remember. I remember everybody here flying the middle finger proudly. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 04:05 AM (snZF9)
Help y'self, man...
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:03 AM (rdVOm)
Got a straw? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 04:05 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2026 04:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at March 29, 2026 04:06 AM (fNISR)
Oh, it was a glorious take-down of her parrot-like squawking of all the media talking points.
Yeah, pretty sure that created a rift.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker
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Hell yeah! Got some 2ft long straws that we used to serve with a pitcher-drink at the bar. Various rums and fruit juices, of course.. with a float of 151.. served ONLY with straws, no glasses.
Required a group of at least 4, or we wouldn't serve it.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:11 AM (rdVOm)
Required a group of at least 4, or we wouldn't serve it.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:11 AM (rdVOm)
Nice, can play guitar and drink from the glass on a table next to me without stopping, or type without stopping. A 2 foot straw would do it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 04:19 AM (snZF9)
We're nowhere near 400! Holy moly, it used to be so active...
Guess we're all getting older. Bleh.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:32 AM (rdVOm)
We're nowhere near 400! Holy moly, it used to be so active...
Guess we're all getting older. Bleh.
Posted by: JQ at March 29, 2026 04:26 AM (rdVOm)
We used to hit 666 and beyond no problem.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2026 04:33 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Case at March 29, 2026 12:46 AM (pvf3X)
First of all, it's not on "film". Or on tape. It ALL exists on a hard drive in digital form. Not in any physical form. That fact alone makes the video very easy to delete. It exists somewhere on someone's computer. I need to check my own external drives, as well.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 29, 2026 09:34 AM (5xuJ/)
Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 3/28/2026
John Wick
Ooo...edge-lord alert!
Why do the John Wick movies...leave me cold?
Why are they overlong slogs of poorly thought out worldbuilding, self-seriousness, and and self-indulgent senses of coolness that just bore me to tears?
Why do these movies make so much money? Granted, removing Keanu Reeves from a starring role in the spin-off (he has an extended, mostly pointless cameo sprinkled throughout), Ballerina: From the World of John Wick seemed to hurt the last entry's ability to make money at the box office (it pretty obviously lost money considering its reported $90 million budget and $137 million haul at the worldwide box office), but my main focus is the four main entries themselves. I've seen Ballerina, and it does have some of the same problems as the first four, but it fixes one of my main complaints while creating others.
Could these movies have been written...better? Could they have covered the same ground but just been compelling in the interminable two hours of each film that wasn't dedicated to action?
The Movies As They Are
Okay, I actually like the first entry. John Wick is a simple story of revenge that lasts for a grand 100 minutes (including credits) that is a thin reed on which to hang action sequences. The clear emotionality is just enough to support the action, make it all make sense, and make it compelling enough to watch in between the action beats. It's not great drama, but it's functional and clear. There are clear moments where it's obvious the creative team is inventing reasons for the movie to keep going, inventing reasons for Wick to not take revenge on the Russian gangster punk who killed his dog just so the movie can keep going. It's the ravages of making a supernaturally gifted assassin one's main character.
However, it does come other things as well. It implies relationships with Wick talking to figures from his past in cryptic terms about who he is, what he's capable of, and how he got out of the assassin game. It works well enough in the first entry because it's about building a mythos around this central figure on a killing spree, but the writers and director took the exact wrong lesson from it.
Because every movie after that takes that approach to character as gospel. John meets someone, like the main antagonist of the second film, Santino, who forces John to re-enter the game by invoking a marker that John had to swear to in order to leave. (I assume this works with the first movie where it was that movie's bad guy who gave him the task, but whatever.)
So, the film spends more than thirty minutes getting John from his house to the target he's supposed to kill (Santino's sister) so that Santino can take her seat at The Table, the governing body of the assassin underworld, or whatever. And when he meets Gianna, Santino's sister, they imply some kind of deep history, talk in serious tones for a long stretch, and action finally breaks out.
The space between the action is...interminable. And there's a lot of space between the action. The action itself is quite good. Not perfect. There are moments where it's obvious people are just waiting for the next hit, but with so much action, not every beat of every fight is gonna slap. Really, the quality of the action is very, very high. It's just, there's so much of it, and the stuff in between is so boring that the action beats are extended demo reels for the stunt team and little else. They don't really mean much because John Wick ceases to be much of a character, the character interactions he has are mostly implied relationships of characters who appear only briefly before he's off to another locale to fight more faceless goons.
However, watching all of the films in a row made it obvious that there was an attempt at a larger story. It's just it's told really badly. The overall story is Wick being forced back into the life, him making the choice to either become a tool of the High Table or be free, and then his quest to destroy the High Table, effectively, to overturn the system. It's just that the movies are more concerned with looking cool than actually telling the story.
I'm deeply, deeply frustrated by the bloated, 2.5-3 hour sequels to the focused, 100-minute long original. And I thought that the problems wouldn't be that hard to fix from a screenwriting point of view. So, I sat down and wondered...if the director of the movies, Chad Stahelski, came to me before the filming of Chapter 2,handed me the three scripts for the second, third, and fourth entries and asked for a rewrite. I couldn't scrap them completely because they were already building sets, had cast everyone, and had practiced every fight for months. I needed to keep the major elements, but I could change dialogue, rearrange scenes, expand and contract roles. That sort of thing.
So, what would I do?
Rewrites
I've had Dante's Inferno on the brain for a bit, and my first direction would be to take the ending of the first movie as a death. He's following his wife, Helen, into a metaphorical death. Each of the three following movies would be concerned with three circles of Hell each.
John Wick: Chapter 2, Limbo, Lust, and Gluttony
Wick makes his way home, and he's confronted by the fact that he's alone. He has no one anymore. He reflects on Helen, his passed wife, and then he starts to think of the people he had before he left the life. He focuses on Gianna, the last woman he loved before he met Helen. Lost and without purpose, he tries to contact her, but the five years away from the life has made it difficult. He wanders the haunts he had with her, but he's seen by Killa Harkan (a character from Chapter 4). Grotesquely overweight, he dangles the promise of meeting Gianna. John must kill someone for him, and he will let him know where Gianna is.
So, John takes the job, and he goes to Rome to kill the target, a woman. After fighting through a host of goons, it turns out that the target is Gianna herself. She asks him why he's doing this. He doesn't know. He doesn't ask. That's not the job. But, now that he has what was promised him, he feels the need to break the contract. However, she gets hit by a second assassin (Cassian, played by Common) sent by Harkan to make sure the job is done.
It becomes a chase to get to Harkan. John versus Cassian as John wants further vengeance, and we enter into Gluttony with Harkan being a king of excess, and when John ultimately gets Harkan, Harkan tells him that he was just following orders from Gianna's brother, Santino, because he can take her place at the High Table upon her death. That ends the first sequel.
John Wick: Chapter 3, Greed, Anger, and Heresy
We start in media res with John fights his way towards Santino in his mansion in Paris. Upon reaching something like a throne room, John is stopped by the presence of the Adjudicator. The Adjudicator confronts John, offering him whatever he wants in order to stop. He's killed too many of the High Table's agents, and they are willing to pay any price to get him to stop. However, the conversation cuts to the core of why John is doing what he's doing. She knows why he left in the first place. It wasn't love. It was because he knew that the work he did was evil, and he needed to get out. He's on a rampage because of his wife? His dog? Gianna, a woman he hadn't even thought of for five years? John can have Santino as long as John is done after that, but what does he actually want?
John sets out to find Santino, and he's in Arabia. John goes and meets with Sofia (Halle Berry) who helps him get into Santino's fortress where he fights through hordes of people to get to Santino, eventually killing him. The Adjudicator arrives, and offers him everything he wants, but he has to say what it is. What he actually wants is...blood. He only lives for violence. So, she offers him Santino's spot on the High Table.
On the High Table, John becomes ruthless, ordering the execution of his enemies, becoming the evil, embracing the heresy, that he had tried to escape.
John Wick: Chapter 4, Violence, Fraud, and Treason
John has become a tyrant of the High Table, and a rebellion is brewing against him. But not only is he a tyrant, he's a general who leads his men into battle. In Arabia, he strikes out against the palace of the fellow High Table member the Marquis. John leads a dozen men on an assault on the palace, killing everyone in his path in order to get to his target, an impediment to his power. He confronts the Marquis who has a trump card. He has dug up Helen's coffin and uses it as a bargaining chip. Defended by the blind assassin Caine (Donnie Yen), the Marquis makes a deal. He will bend to Wick's vision of the table, not desecrate Helen's dead body, and nominate John to be the High Commander of the Table if John does something for him. John must go to Japan and prove that the owner of the Osaka Continental, Koji, has defrauded the High Table.
John agrees, and he goes to Osaka. There, he confronts Koji, an old friend, and learns that yes, Koji has been defrauding the High Table for years. However, it's because of the corruption of the High Table that he did it. This conversation reveals to John the depths into which he's sunk. Thinking he was in control, he realizes that he's only been the tool of corruption, a last gasp effort by the High Table to recruit him rather than have him dismantle them. So, he decides that he must turn traitor to the High Table but also deal with the fact that he had become a traitor to Helen in re-embracing the life he'd promised to leave.
John heads to New York and the Continental run by Winston, recruits the help of the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne), and becomes the one man killing machine against the High Table once more. He fights through his goons to find the High Table together, and he must execute them all. The fight leaves him fatally wounded, and he succumbs to his wounds, dying.
We fade to black, and we hear Helen's voice calling out for John.
No More than a Thought Exercise
The main problem I have with the overall feel of the actual sequels is that despite there being something like an overall story from one entry to the next, it's approached with such lack of care that it might as well not be there. John ends up just being a killing machine moving from one action sequence and thin interaction with a character with an unexplained backstory to the next. I want some kind of structure imposed on it, some kind of real progression of his character.
I really don't think there is one, that the John at the start of Chapter 2 is still the same at the end of Chapter 4, that he's nothing more than a cipher caught in someone else's plot for the vast majority of things, and that he has little agency. From the moment Santino shows up the marker and forces him back into the game, instead of John choosing to go back, the sequels are off the rails, forcing John into situations rather than having him guide himself. He does kind of gain his own direction in the fourth film, but it's very little very late, and we have so much obsession with other characters, lore, and world-building around rules of the organization that Wick ends up something of a side character in his own franchise.
Imposing a stronger structure from the beginning, borrowing from something like Inferno and having an eye towards John's journey first and foremost would have tremendously helped the sequels.
To No Avail
Chad Stahelski did not some to me before production and ask for my help. I am just a nobody off in the hinterlands wondering if I could have found a better way to give the people who love the 1/3 of these films that are no-holds barred action a bit more to grasp onto in between those action sequences.
The movies got really long, really obsessed with self-important world-building, and lost sight of its central, eponymous character really quickly. And I do not understand the money they made and their relative popularity.
Do people really remain gripped in between the action scenes? Or do they wander off, look at their phones, and do other things as they wait for the sound of gunshots and pumping music to reappear? I imagine that there are some, but I am not one of them. All of the praise I hear of the films is the action itself. The stuff in between could use some punching up, right?
Movies of Today
Opening in Theaters:
They Will Kill You
Forbidden Fruits
Movies I Saw This Fortnight:
The Rossiter Case (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's not the most involving thing, but it's a good melodrama that understands what it needs to do and how to do it." [Library]
To Have and to Hold (Rating 2/4) Full Review "I mean, the films' not bad, but it kind of makes no real sense and doesn't connect. It's very bland and a bit frustrating." [YouTube]
A Case for PC 49 (Rating 1/4) Full Review "The whole "based on a BBC radio serial" was mostly a mark of warning in this era, it seems." [YouTube]
Cloudburst (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "Pure noir with a solid emotional foundation and good performances, very well filmed by Searle, but with an ending that just doesn't quite hit the way it should." [YouTube]
Death of an Angel (Rating 2/4) Full Review "So, it's handsome but rather inert." [YouTube]
The Last Page (or, Man Bait) (Rating 3/4) Full Review "And the end result is a tense, knowing thriller that works solidly well. Welcome to the Hammer club, Mr. Fisher. I think you'll be a welcome addition." [YouTube]
Wings of Danger (Rating 2/4) Full Review "It's not good, but it's a mild entertainment that looks good while it plays things out." [YouTube]
Never Look Back (Rating 2/4) Full Review "It functions, and no more. It's unexciting and largely unmemorable, but it works. Kind of." [Library]
Do check out my other recent videos:
A Tour of My Movie Collection
Thoughts on Megamind
My celebration of a Bogus Journey
My complaints about the Oscars
Contact
Email any suggestions or questions to thejamesmadison.aos at symbol gmail dot com.
I've also archived all the old posts here, by request. I'll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.
My next thread will be on 4/18 and it will discuss something or other.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at March 28, 2026 07:54 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 28, 2026 07:56 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: BifBewalski at March 28, 2026 07:58 PM (Kdl/a)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2026 07:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 28, 2026 07:56 PM (h7ZuX)
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Agreed. The first one was an OK self-contained film. Simple plot, generally well-executed.
We didn't need three sequels of world-building mystique.
The sequels would have been far better served with more actual plot and character development than showing increasingly ludicrous action sequences.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 07:59 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 08:00 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 08:01 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: troyriser at March 28, 2026 08:02 PM (DPeYO)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 08:00 PM (kpS4V)
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*** Highlander has entered the chat...***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 08:02 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: troyriser at March 28, 2026 08:02 PM (DPeYO)
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Law enforcement doesn't seem to take particular notice of the dead bodies dropping by the dozen in various public locations.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 08:03 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 08:03 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Tuna at March 28, 2026 08:04 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Desinex at March 28, 2026 08:04 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Desinex at March 28, 2026 08:04 PM (jrgJz
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*nods sagaciously*
Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:05 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes"
Thelma and Louise, so we can see them drive off a cliff again.
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2026 08:07 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 08:07 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes"
Thelma and Louise, so we can see them drive off a cliff again.
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2026 08:07 PM (vFG9F)
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The sequel has them crash-land in Hell.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 08:09 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:09 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:11 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Desinex 08:04 PM
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*nods sagaciously*
Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TJM's phone
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Drop Dead Fred?
Posted by: BifBewalski at March 28, 2026 08:11 PM (Kdl/a)
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 28, 2026 08:11 PM (fcDpY)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:12 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:12 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 07:59 PM (ESVrU)
Keanu's curse is that he makes unique one-off movies very memorable and gets people to talk about them. He obviously likes leading roles in these sort of movies. But that buzz engenders a desire in the studio to make sequels to capitalize on it and the sequels are not as good. Like The Matrix. Hopefully is does well financially off of it. I'm sure he does. Good for him.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 28, 2026 08:12 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:12 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:13 PM (bXbFr)
youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA
Posted by: Mister Horse at March 28, 2026 08:14 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:14 PM (bXbFr)
The film-makers actually were protesting EU censorship, film funding, etc I guess so they did set out to make it as horrible as possible.
'Human Centipede First Sequence' was good. It was plausible which made it nice and creepy. The second one had so many plot holes and was almost a comedy. I'm not a person that usually cares about plotholes. The third one I finished about an hour ago. Not scary at all. Completely stupid.
There's 2 Japanese horror movies on YT. 'Death Tube 1' and two. I was drinking a bit when I first saw them but they were great and very enjoyable.
I'm watching horror movies for my anxiety. They have been helping me learn that my anxiety creates things worse than they actually are.
Except, I also had MS Now on when I wasn't watching the movies and saw Springsteen, Debbie Whatsername Shultz and Al Sharpton. There's your horror.
Good night.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 9 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 28, 2026 08:15 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:17 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:18 PM (XV/Pl)
- no sequel to the Matrix
-no Indiana Jones after Last Crusade
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:17 PM (bXbFr)
Heh!
I only saw the first Matrix, so I couldn't say if the typo is appropriate or not.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 28, 2026 08:18 PM (h7ZuX)
Is it up to the Indianapolis Scene yet?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Jaws is not the greatest movie of all time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)
I finally saw Nobody 2. I liked it but it couldn't catch the lightening of the first.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 08:19 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:20 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 28, 2026 08:12 PM (3uBP9)
From everything I have heard he is just a decent human being and swell guy too.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Watch Jaws backwards. It becomes the heart warming tale of generous shark that dispenses arms and legs to people in need.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 08:21 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:22 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 08:21 PM (cxFcK)
Hey! He rebuilds Quint's boat!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:22 PM (zZu0s)
>> Jaws is not the greatest movie of all time.
Jaws is a perfect movie and is endlessly rewatch able.
I’ve seen it at least 100 times, in either full or part and I could probably watch it 100 times more.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:23 PM (XV/Pl)
If John Wick were left alone as a stand alone movie - remember those? - you'd like it more. It would be treated as a classic. Then...Hollywood started cranking out sequels, which were never part of the equation, but John Wick took off, and instead of making different movies with different characters in the same vein, or, heavens! - reviving the action genre, they just decide to crank out a bunch of sequels to cash in.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 28, 2026 08:23 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:24 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
The NeverEnding Story.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 08:24 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:23 PM (XV/Pl)
You may like Jaws sexually, but that doesn't make it the greatest movie of all time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:24 PM (zZu0s)
Take the night off. Thank you, Mr Wick.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 08:24 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Desinex 08:04 PM
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*nods sagaciously*
Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TJM's phone
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Drop Dead Fred?
Posted by: BifBewalski at March 28, 2026 08:11 PM (Kdl/a)
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Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 08:24 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Judge Dredd. The good one, I mean.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 08:25 PM (cxFcK)
>> Jaws is not the greatest movie of all time.
Jaws is a perfect movie and is endlessly rewatch able.
I’ve seen it at least 100 times, in either full or part and I could probably watch it 100 times more.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:23 PM (XV/Pl)
I respect that.
For me, that movie is The Hunt For Red October.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 28, 2026 08:26 PM (hJH5n)
I have stressful job, with long hours, a long commute back-and-forth to get to it, so I need some brainless escape. All the cerebral analysis aside, it works for me.
But I also feel the same way about Down Periscope and The Beekeeper. Seen both many, many times, and will probably do them both again.
Therapy, of sorts, for me. Just escape and brainless entertainment.
Posted by: Gunslinger at March 28, 2026 08:26 PM (HZfH/)
>> You may like Jaws sexually, but that doesn't make it the greatest movie of all time.
Ok, how about Amadeus?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 08:24 PM (cYBz/)
I must be the only person who was a kid when it came out who didn't like it and no, it does not need a sequel.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 28, 2026 08:27 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2026 08:27 PM (Ia/+0)
Judge Dredd. The good one, I mean.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 08:25 PM (cxFcK)
This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Why would it need a sequel? It's Never-ending.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 08:28 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Tuna at March 28, 2026 08:28 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 28, 2026 08:27 PM (hJH5n)
I never thought it was anything special. Hell, I found Krull more captivating at 8 or 9.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:28 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Desinex
*nods sagaciously*
Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TJM's phone
Drop Dead Fred?
Posted by: BifBewalski
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Who are you people? It's obviously PrometSKE.3HSad3Z$ NO CARRIER
Posted by: mikeski at March 28, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Good music, but a bit hammy. Overdone.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Desinex 08:04 PM
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*nods sagaciously*
Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TJM's phone
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Drop Dead Fred?
Posted by: BifBewalski at March 28, 2026 08:11 PM (Kdl/a)
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Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 08:24 PM (kpS4V)
What was that one with Demi Moore and... Dan Akroyd? Better Off Dead?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
It introduced us to F. Murray Abraham. His voice alone could carry some the bad scripts he's had to work with. I could listen to that guy read a phone book. Hulce was kinda miscast.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 08:32 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 28, 2026 08:35 PM (0sNs1)
Better off dead was John Cusak. I liked it.
I think the one you’re thinking, is with Chevy Chase too.
Big Trouble, maybe? Silly, but entertaining like most ‘80s movies…
Posted by: Gunslinger at March 28, 2026 08:35 PM (HZfH/)
And after too many bang-bang-bangs, the blah-blah-blah wasn’t worth sitting through.
Your rewrite is intriguing. Messing around with Helen’s coffin is a bit too grisly and weird, though, unless this is going to be a Hammer Film.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 08:35 PM (ZPDpH)
Second Hand Lions. Princess Bride. ORIGINAL Wiz of Oz.
I put the first Wick movie in that category. It was good, and a complete story arc, and the sequels just detract.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 28, 2026 08:37 PM (mP0Kj)
There are some so-called great films that I will never watch again.
Saw Dog Day Afternoon, once, never have to see it again.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:37 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 08:35 PM (ZPDpH
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Gotta bring Helen back to the forefront somehow!
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:37 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:38 PM (bXbFr)
Cocaine Otter, Cocaine Penguin, Cocaine Bat, or Cocaine Yak?
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2026 08:39 PM (Q+gd/)
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I saw a thing about the death of Elizabeth Montgomery. Among her last words was to elicit a promise from her husband, actor Robert Foxworth, to marry again.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 28, 2026 08:39 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:39 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr)
I will add that if one is willing to appreciate "Alien 3" for the movie it is, and not the movie one wished it to be, it has it's good points.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 08:40 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr
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Cocaine Octomom.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:40 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:41 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:41 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr)
See it in 3D on IMAX Feel-a-Round!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 08:41 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 08:40 PM (kpS4V)
Hmmm. Even on its own merits. I think it is too dour and nihilistic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:42 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 08:40 PM (kpS4V)
Hmmm. Even on its own merits. I think it is too dour and nihilistic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s
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It's a mess, but it's an interesting mess.
I wish it had kept the original setting of the wooden world populated by monks, though.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:43 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro, VT at March 28, 2026 08:43 PM (/BWUD)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 08:44 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro, VT at March 28, 2026 08:43 PM (/BWUD
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When she's right, she's right!
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:44 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro
Maybe sharks, especially Great Whites, don't like dark meat.
/self-denounced
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2026 08:45 PM (Q+gd/)
Yes, they needed a rewrite, and the sequels needed to be shorter. A lot shorter. All three should have been trimmed. With a pencil. With a freakin' pencil.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 08:45 PM (q3u5l)
Sure there’s a xenomoroh in both of them but one is a horror film, perhaps the best ever, the other is an action adventure.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:46 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2026 08:46 PM (Ia/+0)
Thought experiment: which movies NEEDED a sequel?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
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Gone with the Wind
Did she ever get him back?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 28, 2026 08:46 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:43 PM (JmKZX)
Sounds interesting at least. More than what we got. Even then though, you know how the monks would be portrayed:
1) all would be hypocrites.
2) two sexual predators. Ripley would be menace more than the prison of rapists and murderers.
3) one noble guy, disillusioned with the church- which he would have a long, heartfelt story.
4) one wise older monk who we think is good, but who betrays the young hero at the last minute.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 08:24 PM (cYBz/)
I must be the only person who was a kid when it came out who didn't like it and no, it does not need a sequel.
Posted by: Cow Demon
Well, for one thing, it never ends.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 28, 2026 08:47 PM (ndZc7)
And I don't want a movie or movie series that tries to be high literature when I watch an action movie. Give me a semi-plausible plot start; don't go to Speed levels of defying plausible physics with the action, and I'll suspend a fair amount of disbelief and just enjoy the movie.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 28, 2026 08:47 PM (+89TD)
Sounds interesting at least. More than what we got. Even then though, you know how the monks would be portrayed:
1) all would be hypocrites.
2) two sexual predators. Ripley would be menace more than the prison of rapists and murderers.
3) one noble guy, disillusioned with the church- which he would have a long, heartfelt story.
4) one wise older monk who we think is good, but who betrays the young hero at the last minute.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s
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The script by Vincent Ward is findable. I’ve never gotten around to actually trying to read it, though.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:48 PM (JmKZX)
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
Come on, somebody had to do it.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 08:49 PM (q3u5l)
Thought experiment: which movies NEEDED a sequel?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
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Gone with the Wind
Did she ever get him back?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 28, 2026 08:46 PM (XJ22o)
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There was a sequel done as a TV series with Joanne Whalley and Armande Asante.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 08:49 PM (cWLG3)
>> I am watching the greatest movie of all time
I remember ace really hating a Conan movie. If I recall correctly years back, he thought it was gratuitous violence.
And I remember him hating 'Freddy Got Fingered.' With Canadian 'comedian' Tom Green. And free on Tubi. All 87 minutes in all it's glory.
Screw it. I've been watching the most messed up stuff I could find. 'Freddy Got Fingered' can't be worse than the third Human Centipede movie. Or MS Now. It just can't.
Through the looking glass people.
The greatest movie ever made....
Freddy Got Fingered...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 9 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 28, 2026 08:50 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 28, 2026 08:50 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 28, 2026 08:51 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 28, 2026 08:50 PM (ndZc7)
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Isn't that just a mashup of Pet Semetary and Cujo?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 08:51 PM (ESVrU)
Cocaine Otter, Cocaine Penguin, Cocaine Bat, or Cocaine Yak?
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2026 08:39 PM (Q+gd/)
Rapey Dolphin.
On second thought, no one wants to see that shit. Except maybe Kurt Eichenwald.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 08:52 PM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
I believe it was Timothy Dalton not Assante.
Posted by: Tuna at March 28, 2026 08:52 PM (lJ0H4)
I'm going to go against the grain and say no sequel to Dredd 2012.
It's too good as a stand alone movie.
Posted by: davidt at March 28, 2026 08:53 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Desinex
(nods)
Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 28, 2026 08:54 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 08:54 PM (cWLG3)
Arnold is training again.
He's going to make King Conan. Directed by Chris McQuarie (the last few Mission Impossible movies).
Arnold is hoping to get in the same shape as he was in his Conan films from the 80s. I suspect he's going to die of a heart attack while training.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:54 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 28, 2026 08:51 PM (gcUgZ)
If tv has to be on, I like golf. It's calming.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 28, 2026 08:54 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 08:55 PM (cWLG3)
Chuck Norris, though...he is not A force of nature, he is the embodiment of ALL all forces of nature on Earth. Immovable objects rapidly got out of the way of the irresistible force we mortals knew as Chuck Norris.
Posted by: Gref at March 28, 2026 08:56 PM (5rh/l)
>> I suspect he's going to die of a heart attack while training.
He’s been on TRT most of his life, just has to turn the dial up a bit and he will be in Barbarian shape in no time.
King Conan needs an in shape Russel Crowe to make it epic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:57 PM (XV/Pl)
I mean, one is fine, but we're on about the third now, and I get to hear about his personal memories again with each one. I am trying to be a good wife. LOL
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 28, 2026 08:57 PM (h7ZuX)
King Conan needs an in shape Russel Crowe to make it epic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 08:57 PM (XV/Pl
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So it cannot be epic.
Jk
Arnold got a pacemaker a few years ago. I don't know what's in his head.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:58 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 08:59 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Gref at March 28, 2026 08:56 PM
The fact of the *true* story that he once told an upset woman to calm down, and she did, is indisputable proof of this.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 28, 2026 08:59 PM (0sNs1)
>> Arnold got a pacemaker a few years ago. I don't know what's in his head.
One last hurrah before he journeys to The Undiscovered Country I would imagine.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 09:00 PM (XV/Pl)
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Norris' film debut as a thug in the Dean Martin Matt Helm flick, The Wrecking Crew. 3:40
https://is.gd/6e5rYI
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 28, 2026 09:01 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2026 09:02 PM (Ia/+0)
As for movies I love completely, a very short list. Galaxy Quest is one of them. I love it, and it makes me happy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 28, 2026 09:02 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2026 09:02 PM (Ia/+0)
(All time best I only put Magnificent 7, the Big Country, and Ben Hur above it)
For me, what determines whether I want to watch a movie more than once is almost always the music.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 09:03 PM (ZPDpH)
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)
That's okay, according to Jack Posobiec it's all pagan anyway
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:03 PM (gKWVE)
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How a marching cadence should be done.
https://is.gd/t0s0JU
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 28, 2026 09:04 PM (ndZc7)
Coincidence both have the dude persona?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:04 PM (V4IXI)
"We need no damn kings! But we do need a boss!”
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 28, 2026 09:04 PM (0sNs1)
The so-called Kevlar suits he wears might stop a bullet but he still feels the impact. In 4, he gets hit by multiple cars without, apparently, any broken bones, bruises or concussions. I don't mind superheros in superhero movies but not when they are supposed to be mortals like the rest of us.
If he makes a fifth, will he take on Thanos, Galactus or the Living Tribunal?
Posted by: JB1000 at March 28, 2026 09:05 PM (VWqVs)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Skip
Just be thankful Jimmy Kimmel is not writing a fifth Gospel.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 28, 2026 09:05 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 28, 2026 09:05 PM (0aYVJ)
Barbie Wick
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2026 09:06 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: Skip
If I remember right, he had an extremely brief cameo in one the LOTR films. I don't remember which one, but not the first.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 09:06 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 09:06 PM (bXbFr)
Jeremiah Johnson
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Natural
Uncle Buck
Casablanca
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:06 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:03 PM (gKWVE)
Before that I had been thinking that Prosobiec was kind of an idiot.
Now I have no doubts.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 28, 2026 09:07 PM (ZPDpH)
If I remember right, he had an extremely brief cameo in one the LOTR films. I don't remember which one, but not the first.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 28, 2026 09:06 PM (cxFcK
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Second Hobbit film.
He has a close up where he flips an eyepatch down as the dwarves and Bilbo enter Laketown.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:08 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 28, 2026 09:08 PM (+NIRm)
It's too good as a stand alone movie.
Posted by: davidt
I'mma go against your knotty pine and say it deserves a hardcore TV show. Bad guy of the week and everything with a kickass synth soundtrack.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 28, 2026 09:08 PM (diia5)
"We need no damn kings! But we do need a boss!”
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I must be slipping into the Twilight Zone because I agree with Crazy Maizie Hirono.
Senator Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono
Donald Trump is not, never will be, and has never been a king. #NoKings
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 28, 2026 09:09 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 28, 2026 09:08 PM (+NIRm
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First 30 min is perfect.
The second act is good.
The third act contracts rather than expands. That bugs me.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:09 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:54 PM (JmKZX)
What is the best in life?
Toilet paper, indoor plumbing, shoup.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 09:09 PM (rbvCR)
.......
Makes me want to buy another gun and a Lincoln.
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2026 09:11 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 08:54 PM (JmKZX)
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Sly got into ridiculously good shape for "Rocky Balboa", so I guess it can be done. I for one will see this "Old Conan" movie. Too bad Milius isn't around to help write it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 09:11 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:12 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2026 09:12 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 09:13 PM (ZxPkt)
Of course she intended the opposite of what she wrote. She believes Trump wants to be King and she thought this statement was an insult to that desire. She's as dumb as a rock.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:13 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 09:13 PM (bXbFr)
Too bad Milius isn't around to help write it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 09:11 PM (kpS4V
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He's actually still alive.
He's just in awful health. I'm honestly surprised the 4K of the first film ever got released. New remasters require approval of the directors if still alive, and I have heard for a while that he's almost non communicative. He had a big stroke in 2010 and is suffering from cancer.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:13 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 28, 2026 08:59 PM (0sNs1)
I was talking with my niece the other day. Her dad, my BIL. is having some very serious health problems and my sister is not taking it well. Sis rolled into the hospital and started trying to do everything and order the staff around, and my niece said that she told her mom to "calm down" which did not work.
I laughed at my niece.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 09:14 PM (rbvCR)
As for movies I love completely, a very short list. Galaxy Quest is one of them. I love it, and it makes me happy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 28, 2026 09:02 PM (0aYVJ)
It is just about as close to perfect as a movie can get. So is "The Freshman" with Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 28, 2026 09:15 PM (SRRAx)
The Day After
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 09:13 PM (ZxPkt)
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The Day After 2: The Day Before The Day After Tomorrow
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:15 PM (cWLG3)
Most movies are selfcontained or they're failures. If they are written for the purpose of inviting sequels ("Dune", the novel; less so the original "Dune World") then it's difficult to get them onto the screen in the first place. Because audiences don't like that they are unfinished.
One reason all the "Dune" adaptations have tended to be controversial. It doesn't really work without "Dune Messiah" to explain to the (dense) reader that Paul's jihad is going to be a disaster.
"Neverending Story" succeeded BECAUSE it omitted the whole back half of the book, which was a long deconstruction of the fantasy audience.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:15 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 09:15 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 09:16 PM (q3u5l)
I saw Nobody 2 this week. What a piece of crap. Nobody (#1) was awful writing but it was a lot of fun. #2 is just a bad mistake
Posted by: 496 at March 28, 2026 09:16 PM (HKank)
It was one of those all-Lefty-hands-on-deck protests: NO KINGS, Free Palestine, LGBTQ, No War, etc. I flipped many birds.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 09:17 PM (kpS4V)
The Book of Eli, Fallout, A Boy And His Dog . . .
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:17 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 09:16 PM (q3u5l)
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That sounds like the story of the monster at the end of the first movie having to rediscovering his humanity.
Probably would have been good stuff.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:17 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
......
He's not climbing the Alps barefoot anytime soon.
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2026 09:17 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
To crush a pickleball.
To see without cataracts.
And not hear the lamentations of your skeletal system.
Posted by: mikeski the cimmerian at March 28, 2026 09:17 PM (VHUov)
GoodFellas and Casino are always worth a rewatch.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 28, 2026 09:17 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 28, 2026 09:18 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2026 09:18 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 09:19 PM (q3u5l)
GoodFellas and Casino are always worth a rewatch.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 28, 2026 09:17 PM (MNCvZ)
The Departed is, too.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 28, 2026 09:19 PM (SRRAx)
https://tinyurl.com/RandolphScottt
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 09:19 PM (UajcV)
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It really is. I love the scene in the Italian restaurant where Matthew Broderick's character spots a picture of Il Duce on the wall. "Is that....?"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 09:19 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 09:19 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 09:19 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 28, 2026 09:21 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2026 09:12 PM (+nEug)
I can watch the first Equalizer multiple times. And Man on Fire.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 28, 2026 09:21 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 09:21 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 09:22 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 28, 2026 09:21 PM (Fbc0I)
Risk aversion, probably caused by funders influencing the committees that make the films nowadays.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 09:22 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:22 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2026 09:22 PM (+nEug)
_-_
Yet another reason not to go to town. Even tiny little Walsenburg has people protesting that their guy's not in office and they are pissed about it.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 09:23 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: mindful webworker wonders aloud at March 28, 2026 09:23 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:23 PM (gKWVE)
sicario !
the *lead character was trash
sequel was, sicario day of the soldado
ten times better because they ditched the *chick
Posted by: cherries in season at March 28, 2026 09:23 PM (43wzR)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 28, 2026 09:22 PM (bXbFr)
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Terrific soundtrack.
Same time period?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 09:24 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:23 PM (gKWVE)
I was hoping to hear of the planned protests at airports to protest ICE, and the subsequent federal terrorism arrests.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 09:24 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 09:19 PM (rbvCR)
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The thinking was, "you liked Twister? Well how about more? Twisters!"
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:24 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2026 09:24 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2026 09:24 PM (BT3km)
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Emily Blunt does clean up nice.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:26 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 09:27 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 09:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
The NeverEnding Story.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 28, 2026 08:24 PM
Like the sequel in 1990 with Jonathan Brandis? (Who later committed suicide in 2003)
https://imdb.to/4lXMHi1
He was also in "Sidekicks" with Chuck Norris.
Posted by: Calvin Coolidge at March 28, 2026 09:27 PM (P5BPp)
Did he stay and marry the girl with the AK?
Go back to Saigon?
Get a job at the refinery?
Read Moby Dick?
Lots of plot holes a sequel could answer.
Posted by: Accomak at March 28, 2026 09:27 PM (wkU1F)
>> The popularity of "Project Hail Mary" is heartening.
It thinks it’d owed to great trailers and very little CG.
Plus, Ryan Gosling was due for a win.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 09:28 PM (XV/Pl)
I spent this afternoon watching the latest Jason Statham flick, Shelter. I appreciate that they actually have him do some acting in addition to killing most of MI6. Tying into the topic, it has some really obvious lifts from the original John Wick. Most blatantly, MI6 shows up at his place fairly early on and his dog must go. At least that's not actually the hook the rest of the movie hangs on. And later on there's a nightclub with red neon decorations where lots of shooting occurs followed by a mad stampede out the doors.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 28, 2026 09:29 PM (QZThv)
Did Charlie ever learn to surf?
Posted by: wth at March 28, 2026 09:29 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:30 PM (cWLG3)
"What do you need?
Guns. Lots of guns. "
Also, the trailers for JW4 played that link...
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:30 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 09:30 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 09:31 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 09:32 PM (q3u5l)
[ . . . ]
Posted by: Accomak at March 28, 2026 09:27 PM (wkU1F)
Ran away to Cambodia to try to make a new start and make a difference.
'Cause Apocalypse now was just not grim enough.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 09:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:33 PM (XuXeR)
Arnold got a pacemaker a few years ago. I don't know what's in his head.
Posted by: TJM's phone
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Bro-brain. He wants to finish on a high note instead of failing out as lousy governor of California followed by the guy who knocked up the Mexican help.
But holy lord, I saw a video of him recently, hunched and shuffling and laboring down the street with body guards around him and climbing stiffly into an SUV. He needs to work out just to get ambulatory.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 28, 2026 09:33 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 09:30 PM (XV/Pl
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The Vietnam Cinematic Universe was never quite as holistically compelling as the Space Mission cinematic universe that started with The Right Stuff.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:33 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 09:33 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2026 09:35 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 09:35 PM (IictL)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:35 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 09:33 PM (RIvkX
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Really, its the lack of puppies in the sequels.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:35 PM (JmKZX)
Would very much like to have a "ballerina" model Taran Tactical, but $4.5k for a modded Glock?
Yikes
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:36 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: gKWVE
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not in a state where the governor is a queer socialist
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 09:36 PM (ZxPkt)
My how time flies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
>The problem with the next generation of women is the duck face, fat lip, brazillion butt lift. Women are some much more attractive with their natural, sensual lips. When did they lose their minds for the cartoon look?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 28, 2026 09:37 PM (Fbc0I)
_-_
Speaking of which, the stores here stopped carrying tannerite. I think those guys in Denver should protest that.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 09:37 PM (UajcV)
Hilarious and confirms dirty hippies will still be hated 500 years from now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:37 PM (V4IXI)
Same as it ever was. Capitalism for them, socialism for their voters, fascism for us.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:38 PM (gKWVE)
Hey, check out my new phone! It's called the iPhone...
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:38 PM (XuXeR)
Face it, the perfect movie by every possible standard of cinematic art is The Crawling Eye. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. For a few minutes, anyway...
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 09:38 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2026 09:38 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 28, 2026 09:39 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2026 09:38 PM (+nEug)
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HULU series a year or so ago.
Apparently terrible.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:39 PM (JmKZX)
Tim Walz shouting to the MN No Kings rally, before introducing Bruce Springsteen:
"We need no damn kings! But we do need a boss!”
Same as the old old old old boss.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2026 09:41 PM (Cqx++)
The Book of Eli, Fallout, A Boy And His Dog . . .
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:17 PM (gKWVE)
Word on the street is that Threads is being remade…
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 28, 2026 09:41 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:41 PM (XuXeR)
_-_
Speaking of which, the stores here stopped carrying tannerite. I think those guys in Denver should protest that.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 09:37 PM (UajcV)
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Since the right to blow stuff up isn't addressed in the US Constitution it probably is deferredl to the states.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:41 PM (cWLG3)
Hilarious and confirms dirty hippies will still be hated 500 years from now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:37 PM (V4IXI)
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Yea, Brother. We reach
It was interesting in that not everyone was down with the Federation .
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 09:41 PM (kpS4V)
There's a nice line in the Paul Newman flick Twilight. "I saw another movie where your husband shot twelve guys with a six-shot revolver." That doesn't happen in John Wick, at least not so I noticed.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 09:41 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:41 PM (XuXeR
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Greenlit and written. Shooting soon, I think.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:42 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: TJM's phone
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If only NASA had watched that movie before starting the Shuttle program.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 09:42 PM (IictL)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:43 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:43 PM (V4IXI)
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Interesting short YT about a woman who lived as a man for a year and what she discovered about how men are treated. Some rings true, other not so much. Maybe 2 or 3 minutes.
https://is.gd/cauMiz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 28, 2026 09:43 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:41 PM (cWLG3)
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God-given natural rights don't have to be delineated in some old document.
*shoots blunderbuss at pumpkin stuffed with tannerite *
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 09:43 PM (kpS4V)
_-_
Aye, this the need for a protest.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 09:44 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:43 PM (V4IXI
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Gene Wilder helped...a lot.
When Wilder didn't cowrite, the movies just weren't as good.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:44 PM (JmKZX)
AN is a two hour meme.
Moby Dick is the same. You just have to imagine every scene with the cat and the two screaming Karens.
Posted by: Accomak at March 28, 2026 09:44 PM (wkU1F)
True, but some of those reloads are a bit... well, faster than reality.
And yes, saw the bit for spaceballs 2. I'm preparing to be disappointed.
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:44 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 28, 2026 09:45 PM (4NO2D)
That would be about two full-sized crowds in Michigan stadium.
Pathetic, but about what one would expect after the decapping of the left-wing funding machine.
Posted by: mrp at March 28, 2026 09:45 PM (rj6Yv)
You reminded me of Where Eagles Dare and the infinite magazine.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:46 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:43 PM (V4IXI)
They suffer the same problem as the Monty Python movies. They get to the more or less end, and they don't know how to close the deal, and then do a lot of silly stuff and call it good.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 28, 2026 09:46 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:43 PM
Thank you. I was considering watching it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 28, 2026 09:47 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 09:47 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 09:47 PM (IictL)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 09:47 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 28, 2026 09:03 PM (gKWVE)
Before that I had been thinking that Prosobiec was kind of an idiot.
Now I have no doubts.
Posted by: Tom Servo
hE'z a iNFLuenCEr!! He's a whore for clicks and attention.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 28, 2026 09:48 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 28, 2026 09:48 PM (4NO2D)
Why didn't "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" have a sequel?
Why didn't "Leonard Part 6" not have any prequels?
Posted by: mikeski at March 28, 2026 09:48 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 09:47 PM (ZxPkt
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Two sequels!
Made concurrently.
Like Back to the Future
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:48 PM (JmKZX)
Well, we're gonna work up a number 6 later on...
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:48 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: mikeski at March 28, 2026 09:48 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Accomak at March 28, 2026 09:49 PM (wkU1F)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 28, 2026 09:49 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:49 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Accomak at March 28, 2026 09:49 PM
You're thinking of Thunder Road.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 28, 2026 09:50 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 09:47 PM (ZxPkt
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Two sequels!
Made concurrently.
Like Back to the Future
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:48 PM (JmKZX)
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Christ Returns Part 1. The second part we can't know the date.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:50 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 09:50 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2026 09:50 PM (+nEug)
Because you are a toad.
Lots of guns, lots of killing, lots of tough guys.
I guess that isn't your bailiwick.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 28, 2026 09:51 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Case at March 28, 2026 09:51 PM (pvf3X)
Lots of guns, lots of killing, lots of tough guys.
I guess that isn't your bailiwick.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 28, 2026 09:51 PM (n9ltV
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What about th3 stuff in between?
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:51 PM (JmKZX)
Caddy Shack 2
Lost Boys 2
( I forgot Lost Boys as one I've watched a dozen times)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:51 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Case at March 28, 2026 09:51 PM (pvf3X)
The other characters are even less appealing in the book!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 28, 2026 09:51 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 09:51 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:52 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 28, 2026 09:52 PM (EXyHK)
Ladyhawke.
Rutger Hauer being awesome, Michell Pfieffer being hot, and Matthew Broderick being comedic without being obnoxious.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 28, 2026 09:52 PM (+NIRm)
Posted by: mrp at March 28, 2026 09:52 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 09:52 PM (IictL)
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:53 PM (XuXeR)
"We need no damn kings! But we do need a boss!”
Walz posted "No Kings!" on Twitter. The RNC replied with a GIF of Walz gayly flouncing around a stage and the text "No Queens!". Which is remarkably funny, and probably will be a hate crime momentarily.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 28, 2026 09:53 PM (oyazo)
Posted by: Accomak at March 28, 2026 09:53 PM (wkU1F)
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:52 PM
You're thinking of Brian Dennehy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 28, 2026 09:53 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 28, 2026 09:52 PM (EXyHK
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Early Mario Bava!
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:53 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 09:54 PM (rbvCR)
There's a Number Six Dance later on...
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:54 PM (XuXeR)
_-_
Is this gonna be on the test?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 09:54 PM (UajcV)
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:55 PM (XuXeR)
Ladyhawke.
Rutger Hauer being awesome, Michell Pfieffer being hot, and Matthew Broderick being comedic without being obnoxious.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 28, 2026 09:52 PM (+NIRm)
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I heard there was an alternate soundtrack for that movie. The 1980s synth score just doesn't hold up IMHO. It's, how you say, not lore faithful.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:55 PM (cWLG3)
I’d like to think there’s some higher meaning to all this.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 28, 2026 09:55 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 28, 2026 09:55 PM (MNCvZ)
I didn't like "Jaws". I was pulling for the shark.
Posted by: Case
Have a pulled shark sandwich.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2026 09:55 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:56 PM (XuXeR)
Yes, and I’m pretty sure some actors were speaking English and others had originally been speaking Italian.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 28, 2026 09:56 PM (EXyHK)
I don't know how this was even possible.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 28, 2026 09:57 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
You obviously had not seen the extended director's extended dance mix cut of Apocalypse Now. If you did you would become a believer.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 09:57 PM (/lPRQ)
And on that happy note, outta here for the evening. Thanks for the thread, TJM.
Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 28, 2026 09:58 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 28, 2026 09:58 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2026 09:58 PM (Cqx++)
Yes, and I’m pretty sure some actors were speaking English and others had originally been speaking Italian.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 28, 2026 09:56 PM (EXyHK
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They didn't record sound live in Italy at the time. Too expensive.
So they shot silent, and it didn't matter what the international cast spoke during filming because it was all going to be dubbed anyway.
Posted by: TJM's phone at March 28, 2026 09:58 PM (JmKZX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 28, 2026 09:57 PM
But that comes at the cost of enduring the plantation scenes.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 28, 2026 09:58 PM (4NO2D)
Heck, I'd pay $$$ to watch Michell Pfieffer read the phone book...
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:58 PM (XuXeR)
The "Staying Alive" bit is awesome.
Posted by: man at March 28, 2026 09:59 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ian S.
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Thank you. I have suggested that we forgo the whimsical, confusing, post-modern terms and simply use the traditional and direct terms Queen and Dyke.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 28, 2026 10:00 PM (IictL)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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It takes years.of study of the art of filmmaking to understand.
Posted by: Sophisticated Connoisseur of Film at March 28, 2026 10:00 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: mrp
But enough about 'Driving Miss Daisy'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 28, 2026 10:02 PM (gcUgZ)
I like the first one quite a bit. The second was interesting and I like worldbuilding even if it isn't perfect in this series. But it got increasingly...silly. Like the assassins everywhere, it just broke free from reality and I couldn't take it seriously.
Great stunts, great fights, wonderful gunplay. Worth seeing for that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 28, 2026 10:06 PM (xcxpd)
Ladyhawke.
Rutger Hauer being awesome, Michell Pfieffer being hot, and Matthew Broderick being comedic without being obnoxious.
And Leo McKern.
Did you ever notice that the guy who played the Bishop played against Broderick in Wargames two years before as Professor Falken?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 28, 2026 10:08 PM (XndHb)
Art suffers from the inability to separate the perfect entasis of columns in ancient Greece from Obama's Dildo.
Posted by: Accomak at March 28, 2026 10:09 PM (wkU1F)
I learned this when I had the brilliant idea that watching classic Italian movies would help in learning Italian. I don’t remember which one this was obvious in but I was seriously considering the possibility that Criterion had somehow made a defective sync for that particular DVD before I learned the truth.
Great movies, but the lack of correlation between lip movement and dialogue makes them far less useful for my original purpose.
Ballando Ballando turned out to have an entirely different problem with respect to learning Italian.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 28, 2026 10:11 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 28, 2026 10:16 PM (QaH55)
Since then, hungry is becoming more common, but John Wick was a trailbreaker.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 28, 2026 10:38 PM (rJ+qD)
Otherwise, it's just another comic-book movie. But Keanu took the shooting seriously, and does it very, very well. Real trained shooters know.
Posted by: Frank Nobody at March 28, 2026 10:44 PM (75cud)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 28, 2026 10:53 PM (qFwJc)
The Day After
Posted by: Don Black at March 28, 2026 09:13 PM (ZxPkt)
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The Day After 2: The Day Before The Day After Tomorrow
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 28, 2026 09:15 PM (cWLG3)
Not Nuclear Boogaloo?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 29, 2026 01:17 AM (muXU/)
Posted by: p-squared at March 29, 2026 06:50 AM (0prFs)
The John Wick movies a fcking awesome and there is something wrong with you as a male if you don't like them.
That is all.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 29, 2026 07:01 AM (WYStd)
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