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“WE GOT HIM!” – Shot Down Airman Rescued by US Forces in Iran
From President Trump at Truth Social:
WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is now SAFE and SOUND! This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because his Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow Warfighters were monitoring his location 24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue. At my direction, the U.S. Military sent dozens of aircraft, armed with the most lethal weapons in the World, to retrieve him. He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine. This miraculous Search and Rescue Operation comes in addition to a successful rescue of another brave Pilot, yesterday, which we did not confirm, because we did not want to jeopardize our second rescue operation. This is the first time in military memory that two U.S. Pilots have been rescued, separately, deep in Enemy Territory. WE WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AMERICAN WARFIGHTER BEHIND! The fact that we were able to pull off both of these operations, without a SINGLE American killed, or even wounded, just proves once again, that we have achieved overwhelming Air Dominance and Superiority over the Iranian skies. This is a moment that ALL Americans, Republican, Democrat, and everyone else, should be proud of and united around. We truly have the best, most professional, and lethal Military in the History of the World. GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, AND HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!No American casualties. Prayers answered.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 05, 2026 07:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: DanMan at April 05, 2026 07:37 AM (8uzBS)
Looks like the IRCG, bitter enders all, want to wait us out. They are depending on Leftists in the US, muslim immigrants to the US, and the slavishly anti-American media. Sadly, we now have to hit Iran much harder.
We torched 2 C-130s as the price of getting the WSO out. Very expensive. Aircrew must have soaring morale, to see the efforts we took to rescue one of their own.
Well done to all involved.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 05, 2026 07:37 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 05, 2026 07:37 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 05, 2026 07:38 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 07:39 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: The MSM at April 05, 2026 07:39 AM (vFG9F)
No worries. We have early-morning-post translation abilities.
May coffee dilute the BAC.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 05, 2026 07:40 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 05, 2026 07:41 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 05, 2026 07:42 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Now, Where's The Coffee? at April 05, 2026 07:42 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 05, 2026 07:43 AM (rZCVI)
DM says we lost a SPECFOR Little Bird, too.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 05, 2026 07:43 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Surly Riser at April 05, 2026 07:43 AM (oftw2)
The US worked for years, training, equipping, and testing doctrine to pull this off. Extremely impressive.
And the injured colonel was fit, if reports are to be believed. Hard to believe no deaths among the forces, but a number were injured.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 05, 2026 07:45 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Moki at April 05, 2026 07:45 AM (wLjpr)
Daily Tech News 5 April 2026
Top Story
- North Korea used a supply-chain attack to gain access to widely-used open-source web client package Axios. (Axios)
- And here's a version you can actually read. (CNN)
The name is just a coincidence.
- And here's a version you can read which actually explains what happened. (Bleeping Computer)
The state of the technical media today is a microcosm of the state of the mainstream media, which is to say, it would be a good name for a rock band.
But this story highlights a huge problem: Common "wisdom" involves constantly downloading fresh copies of all the dependencies of your software, building it unattended, and deploying it to production likewise.
Sticking with known-good versions? Old hat. Manual review? Out the window.
So as soon as one key component is compromised this way, the infection spreads like wildfire.
Everyone with any experience knew this was a bad idea, but we were ignored.
Tech News
- Microsoft has pulled a faulty Windows 11 update that was breaking installs. (Tech Republic)
I think this is the same one I reported on the other day. Might be a new one. Who knows?
- Microsoft is moving Windows 11 24H2 into hospice care and forcing all users to update to 25H2. (Tom's Hardware)
Did you ask for that? No.
Does Microsoft care what you want? Also no.
- Can you install Windows 3.1 from 1992 natively on a Ryzen 9900X system from 2024 and forget about all the complexity of modern systems? (Tom's Hardware)
Shockingly, yes. It does depend on a couple of open-source drivers to run smoothly on modern motherboards and video and sound cards, but it loads and runs even without that in 286 compatibility mode.
Bring your own floppy drive.
- There is no cloud, there's just someone else's computer, which just got hit by an Iranian missile. (Tom's Hardware)
If you were running in Amazon's datacenters in Bahrain or Dubai, you no longer are.
Likely the power systems were affected rather than the servers themselves - and storage in Amazon's cloud is duplicated and physically distributed so not subject to easy destruction - but Amazon did not provide much detail or a timeframe for restoration of services.
- There is no cloud, there's just someone else's computer, which just got sold to an AI company. (PC World)
Oh, were you using that? Too bad.
- Linux 7.0, due to arrive in distributions like Ubuntu 26.04 this month, can cut your database performance in half. (Phoronix)
Specifically if you're running PostgreSQL on Amazon's Arm CPUs, but if it happens there it could happen anywhere.
- How many products does Microsoft have named Copilot? (Tey Bannerman)
75.
But they all have one thing in common: They're all named Copilot.
- AI can make anyone a 10x programmer. (The Register)
It just requires 10x the effort.
- Intel's upcoming 42-core Nova Lake S processors will have 44 cores. (WCCFTech)
Basically, there are four models we know of. They all have 4 low-power cores that live on the I/O die, plus one or two CPU dies each with 8 performance cores and 12 or 16 efficiency cores, for a total between 24 and 52 cores, and up to 320MB of cache.
That's the good news.
The bad news? From information that has leaked so far, these will have a peak power consumption of 350W... For the models with one CPU die. For the high end models, 700W.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: The red light just means your computer is on fire.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: clarence at April 05, 2026 04:01 AM (MbRpR)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 05, 2026 04:01 AM (vFawh)
Posted by: clarence at April 05, 2026 04:02 AM (MbRpR)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:02 AM (fNISR)
whoo-hoo!
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:03 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: clarence at April 05, 2026 04:08 AM (MbRpR)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 04:10 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 05, 2026 04:11 AM (Y+4g7)
Posted by: clarence at April 05, 2026 04:11 AM (MbRpR)
Posted by: clarence at April 05, 2026 04:19 AM (MbRpR)
Thank you. I was wondering what that w
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:20 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: SciVo at April 05, 2026 04:22 AM (Sy6m/)
https://is.gd/lT5yU8
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 04:10 AM (w6EFb)
haha!
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:23 AM (fNISR)
https://is.gd/lT5yU8
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 04:10 AM (w6EFb)
NASA
@NASA
This view just hits different 🌍
@Astro_Christina
and
@astro_reid
take a moment to look back at Earth as they continue deep into space toward the Moon.
---
Her hair's a mess.
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:24 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: pawn at April 05, 2026 04:34 AM (jstR0)
Posted by: pawn at April 05, 2026 04:34 AM (jstR0)
It's a silhouette!
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:37 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 05, 2026 04:37 AM (Y+4g7)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:38 AM (fNISR)
https://is.gd/9VvQoS
You're see what they call the "Overlook Effect" hitting him like a freight train there. He's reflecting and pondering. There have been only, what 24 men before who have seen the earth from that far away, and that small a "blue marble" with their own eyes. The effect occurs in orbit, with the earth looming much larger, but this, this is really something, the Blue Marble POV.
Note his words, "Oasis in nothingness". It's hitting him big time. This is a quite profound experience.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 04:38 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 04:41 AM (w6EFb)
Wed, Apr 1, 2026 – Sat, Apr 11, 2026
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:48 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 05, 2026 04:51 AM (Kdi1r)
Elon Musk retweeted
Reid Wiseman
@astro_reid
7h
There are no words.
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:53 AM (fNISR)
Last updated (GMT/UTC): April 05, 2026. 🎉.
Keep the Artemis II Updates coming. 👍
Happy Easter! 🐣 🐰
Posted by: L No nic at April 05, 2026 04:54 AM (NFX2v)
Nasa astronauts
Reid Wiseman
Victor Glover
Christina Koch
Canadian Space Agency astronaut
Jeremy Hansen
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:57 AM (fNISR)
'Absolutely spectacular': Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon
...
The crew shared a photo they took of the Orientale basin of the Moon, which Nasa said marked "the first time the entire basin has been seen with human eyes".
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:59 AM (fNISR)
Nikita Bier
@nikitabier
Apr 4
We’re a few weeks away from where there will be no designers or engineers, but a third secret thing
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 05:01 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: clarence
Yes. They were too busy spying on the normal half of America.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 05, 2026 05:03 AM (Kdi1r)
That's surprising, but true. The Apollo missions were timed such that it was lunar morning on the near side (this had to do with thermal conditions on the surface for landing and moonwalking operations), and thus that side of the (near) far side was in the dark. Apollo 17's command module pilot, during his lonely orbits, managed to get some shots of it with "earthlight", but it's never been seen in full sunlight by human eyes.
Here is it, just coming into view on the right side. It's the right most little dark spot:
https://is.gd/JmVuEA
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 05:03 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 05:03 AM (fNISR)
From time to time
Where shadows lurk
And words still rhyme
We see that the sun
Will still rise
And having fun
Will be the prize
fin
Posted by: clarence at April 05, 2026 05:06 AM (MbRpR)
The geologists and planetary scientists go crazy over Mare Orientale. It's a young impact basin, only 3.7B years old, just a baby. And it's very pristine, and represents a sort of reference, textbook impact basin.
It's been imaged in high resolution by the various lunar orbiters, but one of the NASA geologists this afternoon was almost squeeing like a schoolgirl at thought of human eyes on it, and providing descriptions. The Artemis crew had some intense geology training so they could learn the language to exhaustively describe what they were seeing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 05:11 AM (w6EFb)
@nikitabier
Apr 4
We’re a few weeks away from where there will be no designers or engineers, but a third secret thing
Posted by: m
His account seems like a prime target for h@xxoring. Or a psilocybin overdose.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 05, 2026 05:12 AM (diia5)
"Let us continually repeat to all souls that the invitation of the Savior does not demand anything very difficult or extraordinary from them. He does not ask for talent and ingenuity. All he asks is that their wills be united to him, that he may guide, lead and befriend them accordingly."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 05, 2026 05:13 AM (lQ+/f)
Early church today, so not much posting, and no morning walk.
But....he is risen!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 05, 2026 05:13 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 05, 2026 05:16 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 05, 2026 05:17 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: fluffy at April 05, 2026 05:24 AM (AN2gy)
3D globe view of the Moon:
https://is.gd/5pfIzJ
That will look a little different than viewed from other, because the viewing point is much closer in that map. And it starts out lookin on the east side of the Moon, with the Sea of Crisis to the left. Rotate it to the right until you get the near side in view, then keep rotating right to bring the western limb side into view. You'll soon see Mare Orientale come into view, which looks like a giant bullseye.
As you rotate around the surface, note how very different the far side looks compared to the near side. Why that it is, well there's quite a tale with various theories.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 05:25 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 05, 2026 05:25 AM (lQ+/f)
1. Ask her out and treat her like a lady
2. Tell her she's the one you're dreaming of
3. Take her in your arms and never let her go
That is terrible advice. We do not live in caves, and you cannot just not let a woman go at the end of your first date. People will miss her, they will track her down, and then they will track *you* down. Don't do it!
Posted by: SciVo at April 05, 2026 05:27 AM (Sy6m/)
It tiook me a few seconds to see that. I was wondering how there could be cobwebs in space.
Posted by: fluffy at April 05, 2026 05:27 AM (AN2gy)
Hallelujah.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 05, 2026 05:45 AM (SRRAx)
Here? It's about to rain. The chance of rain at 5 am last night was 37% on the CBS outlet's website; now it's 79%, and the radar shows rain a-comin'. I guess there'll no workout for me today, at least not this morning. The Robe is coming up on Movies! at the top of the hour, and I'm thinking scrambled egg tacos for breakfast.
Whatchoo doin'?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)
That's surprising, but true. The Apollo missions were timed such that it was lunar morning on the near side (this had to do with thermal conditions on the surface for landing and moonwalking operations), and thus that side of the (near) far side was in the dark. Apollo 17's command module pilot, during his lonely orbits, managed to get some shots of it with "earthlight", but it's never been seen in full sunlight by human eyes.
Here is it, just coming into view on the right side. It's the right most little dark spot:
https://is.gd/JmVuEA
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 05:03 AM (w6EFb)
It's very beautiful!
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 05:51 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 05, 2026 05:52 AM (bQ4nt)
Happy Easter everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 05, 2026 05:57 AM (Ia/+0)
I keep hoping there will be a long-abandoned alien base on the far side of the Moon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Wondering at April 05, 2026 06:02 AM (2Ez/1)
https://tinyurl.com/3wfveh4v
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 05, 2026 06:05 AM (lQ+/f)
3D globe view of the Moon:
https://is.gd/5pfIzJ
That will look a little different than viewed from other, because the viewing point is much closer in that map. And it starts out lookin on the east side of the Moon, with the Sea of Crisis to the left. Rotate it to the right until you get the near side in view, then keep rotating right to bring the western limb side into view. You'll soon see Mare Orientale come into view, which looks like a giant bullseye.
As you rotate around the surface, note how very different the far side looks compared to the near side. Why that it is, well there's quite a tale with various theories.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 05:25 AM (w6EFb)
Can you give us a couple of the theories?
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 06:07 AM (fNISR)
Even when I was a little kid, when the first photographs were published (we had to wait weeks in those days) the full color images of the lunar surface were spectacular. I can only imagine how awesome it was zooking 50 miles above at a thousand miles an hour. Instinctively even a little kid knows there is no way to fake that “magnificent desolation”.
There is something inherently frightening about this big ole Universe. We’re pretty small, put it that way.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 05, 2026 06:08 AM (Z7bjG)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 05, 2026 06:14 AM (GDFK9)
I know just enough to be dangerous -- leading theory goes like this. First the most accepted theory of Moon formation is giant impact hypothesis. Mars side planet collided with proto-Erf. Spin/angular momentum plays a big role in just how this could work. That formed a "synestia":
https://is.gd/5svMyP
The outer part of that formed the Moon in orbit. It was much much closer. Both bodies were molten. Now, Moon started to cool, and the key is it tide locked quickly. Thus the near side was exposed to the much, much hotter earth than the far side. This caused a thermal gradient from the near to far side, which produced a much thicker crust on the far side.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 06:15 AM (w6EFb)
Thank you for your most kind wishes and blessings!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 05, 2026 06:16 AM (ZeH0U)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 05, 2026 06:16 AM (tljrc)
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3D globe view of the Moon:
https://is.gd/5pfIzJ
That will look a little different than viewed from other, because the viewing point is much closer in that map. And it starts out lookin on the east side of the Moon, with the Sea of Crisis to the left. Rotate it to the right until you get the near side in view, then keep rotating right to bring the western limb side into view. You'll soon see Mare Orientale come into view, which looks like a giant bullseye.
As you rotate around the surface, note how very different the far side looks compared to the near side. Why that it is, well there's quite a tale with various theories.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 05:25 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 06:17 AM (fNISR)
The other theory is two smaller Moons were formed after than initial impact. One was a lot smaller than the other They finally merged together after a while, but it was a more gentle sort of "melding together" type impact. The smaller moon made the far side. That's the other one, but the first one is the most accepted. But there are problems with it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 06:20 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)
---------
According to "Mutineer's Moon," the entire Moon is an abandoned alien base/spaceship.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 05, 2026 06:21 AM (GDFK9)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 06:22 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at April 05, 2026 06:25 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
https://www.nasa.gov
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 06:27 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
---
Nope. They are still about 76,000 miles away.
Lunar flyby is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. They'll be traveling slow enough that it will take a few hours.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 05, 2026 06:29 AM (ESVrU)
NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)
https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs
Where the astronauts just moments ago gave that ca. 76,000 mile report! LIVE!
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 06:31 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 06:33 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Skip at April 05, 2026 06:34 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 06:36 AM (fNISR)
66
NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)
https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs
Where the astronauts just moments ago gave that ca. 76,000 mile report! LIVE!
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 06:31 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 06:37 AM (fNISR)
Greetings from the Carolinas. Spring rains today.
Jesus saves.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at April 05, 2026 06:38 AM (s8FIw)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 05, 2026 06:40 AM (DqnOM)
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 05, 2026 06:40 AM (w6EFb)
Free Ice Water!
Posted by: Common Tater at April 05, 2026 06:42 AM (DqnOM)
Posted by: Common Tater
Sorry to put a partisan spin on this, but, we all know the trans-national left would have maximized his capture. And, I can only despise them so much.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 05, 2026 06:46 AM (diia5)
Posted by: Skip at April 05, 2026 06:46 AM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/2rwr78dw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 05, 2026 06:48 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 05, 2026 06:52 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone
Ok, but what about the pancakes?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 05, 2026 06:53 AM (diia5)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 06:53 AM (u82oZ)
Rejoice, our Savior is born.
Rejoice, our Savior is risen.
Posted by: Accomack at April 05, 2026 06:56 AM (h/uot)
I just wonder where people get the time to come up with this stuff. Amazingly convoluted, detailed nonsense. Reams and reams of it. In earlier decades maybe they would have been “institutionalized”. I can understand why. Didn’t say I liked it.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 05, 2026 07:00 AM (90Mjm)
Listen, I use AI everyday, pretty much all day, in various contexts, it literally is like magic.
If you use it correctly.
It's not a desert topping AND a floor wax.
If you are a seasoned programmer and you know what you are doing, AI should dramatically increase your productivity and output, qualitatively, not just temporally.
For instance, if I give it an api spec and say make a zod schema, it will do that in seconds. if I say, give me a dummy json with 1000 entries, with this criteria, seconds, it will supply what you need in seconds. If you say, check this 2000 line jsx for syntax errors, again seconds, or here is this class method, provide a validation function for it. And on and on
The problem is people are simply thinking ai can hold the context of 1 million lines of code spread out amongst dozens to 1000s of files and being able to produce reliable results.
AI is great for scaffolding the initial code, working on small subsets, and automating, small defined tasks. Not doing it all, at least not yet.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 05, 2026 07:00 AM (XV/Pl)
Now I have two events to celebrate today. We got the WSO out, with all the rescuers. Some injuries to US forces, and from reports, many IRGC dead.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 07:02 AM (u82oZ)
If it proves accurate, Hollywood will make a movie about this rescue, probably with Zendaya cast as the rescued weapon systems officer, though.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 05, 2026 07:03 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 05, 2026
***
I'm reminded of a character in John D. MacDonald's Condominium. Retired, he spends every day compiling data on conspiracy theories, until at last he concludes that They are sending the hurricane that will level the condo building and much of the area at the book's climax -- sending it directly at him, to silence him.
He is drawn as paranoid, of course, but as the internally consistent, methodical type who does not hear voices or see things that aren't there. But his delusions inform everything he does.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 07:05 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Accomack at April 05, 2026 07:05 AM (h/uot)
NASA is a secret cult of ancient knowledge still practicing the ancient Egyptian "religion". Which comes from an ancient advanced space faring civilization, which came from Mars. Or from earth which colonized Mars......
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 05, 2026 07:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
But what they discovered, the idea that a downed crewman was going to escape and evade for 3 months and live off the land, make spears and go fishing just didn’t happen very often.
The most useful piece of survival gear is your radio or beacon. Realistically, you’re gonna get captured right away, or picked up by friendlies right away. Usually. All that survival gear is kind of moot.
The pen flares are fun, and Doan’s magnesium bar, strobe, etc. Nice little fishing kit, too.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 05, 2026 07:11 AM (90Mjm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)
NASA is a secret cult of ancient knowledge still practicing the ancient Egyptian "religion". Which comes from an ancient advanced space faring civilization, which came from Mars. Or from earth which colonized Mars......
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 05, 2026 07:07 AM (w6EFb)
missing snark tag!
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 07:13 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Common Tater
I would like nothing more than to just wander off into a woods and go fishing forever. I think I would just hook my ankles, tho.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 05, 2026 07:14 AM (diia5)
Don't forget the mostly useless sidearm.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 05, 2026 07:16 AM (Y1sOo)
The name is just a coincidence.
What name? I missed the joke!
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 07:18 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 05, 2026 07:20 AM (diia5)
Is that like code reviews?
Doesn't anyone do Unit Testing and Integration Testing anymore.
Yeah, I am "old school."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 05, 2026 07:20 AM (qFwJc)
If you have to use your pistol, they are too close.
Heinlein approves, however. The man is the danger, not the weapon. A pistol is better than nothing, even a K-Bar knife.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 05, 2026 07:22 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 07:23 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 05, 2026 07:24 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
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What caliber?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 05, 2026
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Weak and underpowered. If a hurricane is a .600, this rain is more like a .25.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at April 05, 2026 06:34 AM (Ia/+0)
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Great news!!! Thanks for posting that Skip. I have been very anxious about the fate of the WSO and the thought of him being captured by the Iranians.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 05, 2026 07:25 AM (rz+jU)
Posted by: Music nerd at April 05, 2026 07:26 AM (2Ez/1)
I thought I read somewhere that Fleming himself thought Burton would have made a solid Bond.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 07:27 AM (wzUl9)
Ryan Gosling will be the WSO.
Posted by: Accomack"
Timothy Faggot will be Hegseth.
mornin yall
Posted by: Guy who misheard at April 05, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 05, 2026 07:28 AM (GhIJO)
Posted by: fd at April 05, 2026 07:28 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 05, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at April 05, 2026 07:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Mar 31, 2026
Anthropic is expanding to Australia.
We’re opening a new office in Sydney in the coming weeks, and we’ve signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian government to cooperate on AI safety research and support the goals of Australia’s National AI Plan.
https://tinyurl.com/4neja8rx
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 07:32 AM (fNISR)
We torched 2 C-130s as the price of getting the WSO out. Very expensive. Aircrew must have soaring morale, to see the efforts we took to rescue one of their own.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)
April 05, 2026
“WE GOT HIM!” – Shot Down Airman Rescued by US Forces in Iran
—Buck Throckmorton
From President Trump at Truth Social
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 07:34 AM (fNISR)
Richard Burton would have been a good James Bond. But all the GRU or SPECTRA had to do was offer him first class booze.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 05, 2026 07:38 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 07:39 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Skip at April 05, 2026
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And that was much later. Check out his turn in 1953's The Desert Rats w/ James Mason playing Rommel. In one particular scene, as he is being questioned by Rommel, Burton projects some Connery and Daniel Craig mixed, to good effect.
If he had done Bond, today we might be quoting "Bond, James Bond" in a Welsh accent instead of Scots.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 05, 2026 07:40 AM (tM8U8)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 05, 2026
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Wasn't that John LeCarre's criticism of Bond -- that he would have switched sides if the Russians had offered him better women, liquor, and cigarettes?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 07:41 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 05, 2026
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SMERSH did have a thick file on him. In From Russia we see them paging through it. We find it fascinating, and resent it when the general skips a page!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 05, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)
Saturday Night Club ONT - April 4, 2026 [D Squared]
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz. blanco tequila
1 oz. carrot juice
3/4 oz. light amber agave
1/2 oz. Amaro Nonino
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
Ice
1 carrot, halved lengthwise, plus 5 carrot tops
Directions
Step 1 - In a cocktail shaker, combine tequila, carrot juice, agave, amaro, lime juice, and cayenne. Fill shaker with ice, cover, and vigorously shake until outside of shaker is very frosty, about 20 seconds.
Step 2 - Strain into a pebble ice-filled Collins glass. Garnish with carrot and carrot tops.
This year, organisers of the famous naked swim known as The Sydney Skinny say the beloved event will not go ahead. It's due to the escalating costs of permits and insurances that come with a giant skinny dip. The annual charity swim at Cobblers Beach in Middle Head has become a bucket-list experience for thousands of enthusiasts willing to step outside their comfort zone, all for a good cause. Founded in 2013 by well-known author and speaker Nigel Marsh, The Sydney Skinny quickly gained international attention. On previous years, participants gathered at secluded Cobblers Beach, a legally designated nudist beach within Sydney Harbour National Park, where they stripped down for the swim itself before being wrapped in the event's iconic sarongs on exit. The event was deliberately untimed and inclusive, with swimmers choosing either a 300-metre or 900-metre course. Over the past two years, proceeds have been donated to the Charlie Teo Foundation, supporting vital brain cancer research. Despite its popularity, organisers say rising costs and a growing list of permits, including National Parks, Harbour Trust, Maritime authorities and multiple insurances, have made it untenable.What kind of a world do we live in when costs for permits and insurance make it too expensive to swim naked?
This is either a standard Japanese toilet or the toilet on the Artemis rocket:
Sharon Osbourne called Lemmy shortly after he moved to the U.S. and offered him "X amount of money" (his words) to write songs for Ozzy's No More Tears album. He accepted immediately. "I wrote six or seven sets of words, and Ozzy ended up using four of them: 'Desire,' 'I Don't Want To Change The World,' "Hellraiser' and 'Mama, I'm Coming Home'." Unsurprisingly, these tracks make up the high points of Osbourne’s album, and that was reflected in sales. "I made more money with those four songs for Ozzy than in 15 years with Motörhead,” he said before adding: "How absurd!"
The Club ONT Jukebox Hoppin' good tunes!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at April 04, 2026 10:01 PM (FZOrC)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 10:01 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 10:01 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
I'm only still up because:
1. I'm still in my poker game
2. Ten Commandments isn't over
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 10:02 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)
First was an elbow to the stomach of the tall skiinny Michigan center, and I think the original aim was a bit lower.
The other two were just run into them and shove.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 10:03 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:03 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 10:04 PM (XV/Pl)
i.e., Muslim rapes.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 04, 2026 10:04 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: scampydog at April 04, 2026 10:04 PM (anlJh)
Prayers up.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 04, 2026 10:04 PM (iMotb)
Still easier to understand than people who vote for Democrats.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)
Account balanced.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 10:04 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
The guard replies, "They are 73 million, four years, and six months old."
"That's a rather exact number," says the tourist. "How do you know their age so precisely?"
"Well," answers the guard, "The dinosaur bones were seventy-three million years old when I started working here, and that was four and a half years ago."
My dear departed Dad would absolutely said this. I love this joke.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 04, 2026 10:05 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:05 PM (FrGmf)
I've had the Mission control feed playing in the background. The space toilet is again in the no-go state.
And I shuddered. They let Christina drive the Orion for a bit. The chick was driving the moon ship.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (w6EFb)
2. Ten Commandments isn't over
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 10:02 PM (h7ZuX)
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Which Commandment are they up to? I'm timing dinner.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (JkO4W)
YGBFKM... No. Just no.
Ain't servin' carrot juice, and 'specially not with tequila!
Damn.
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (3ek7K)
Fight me.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
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Necco wafers have entered the chat
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (JkO4W)
Could it have been garrett?
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 04, 2026 10:07 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Case at April 04, 2026 10:07 PM (pvf3X)
Prayers up.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 04, 2026 10:04 PM (iMotb)
VIA on an ONT?? What's this world coming to??
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:03 PM (FrGmf)
Same. I love a rainy night.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 10:07 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (3ek7K)
Hallelujah!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:07 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 10:08 PM (rdVOm)
Fight me.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
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Necco wafers have entered the chat
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (JkO4W)
Circus peanuts say hold my beer.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:09 PM (FrGmf)
Fight me.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
Wouldn't Peeps be one of them confection things? Still disgusting.
OK, evidently the Finns(? I think) make a salted licorice. Fuck, it keeps getting worse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)
Fight me.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
Lord, they're bad, but...horehounds.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 10:09 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 04, 2026 10:09 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: fourseasons
This is known.
Smore's
Peeps
Toasted Marshmallows
Rice Krispy treats
Fluffernutter
all garbage
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: scampydog at April 04, 2026 10:04 PM (anlJh)
Doggo! We miss you in the Executive Lounge here at the Club.
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (3ek7K)
I agree. Mashmarlows* are nauseating. Peeps are turrible.
*one of many of my Dad's wordplay bits*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 04, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)
The Easter Bunny at the candy store, giving a shout out to his peeps
The geeky Easter Bunny stopped by later, and put a propeller beanie on each one.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 10:11 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 04, 2026 10:09 PM (7D3Aa)
Howdy, LRob!
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Aren't circus peanuts just Peeps mummies?
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)
Cute second joke...
I prefer Hershey's Eggs, which are like big M&Ms. If I have to choose only among the four choices given, it would be Robins Eggs.
Happy Easter!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 04, 2026 10:11 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Doof
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Ha! Was collecting content today... Tale as old as time, nowhere to put it.
Posted by: scampydog at April 04, 2026 10:11 PM (anlJh)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Fight me.
Posted by: Tonypete
Necco wafers have entered the chat
Posted by: Cicero
Circus peanuts say hold my beer.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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You ain't got a load of ME yet...
--Washburn's Old Fashioned Hard Filled Candy
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 10:11 PM (rdVOm)
And I shuddered. They let Christina drive the Orion for a bit. The chick was driving the moon ship.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (w6EFb)
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Isn't NASA big on redundant systems? Seems like a working toilet is one system where you'd have a reliable backup plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 04, 2026 10:12 PM (ESVrU)
Hey Doof!
Yup, past my bedtime, but just finished setting up the alter at church for tomorrow's service, and decided to drop in for a few minutes and see what you miscreants were up to.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 04, 2026 10:12 PM (iMotb)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 04, 2026 10:12 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:13 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 10:13 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:09 PM (FrGmf)
Yeah, those are pretty horrible.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)
Yup, past my bedtime, but just finished setting up the alter at church for tomorrow's service, and decided to drop in for a few minutes and see what you miscreants were up to.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 04, 2026 10:12 PM (iMotb)
Good to see you. Happy Easter to you and Mrs. VIA. Please send her our best!
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
They maybe could boost attendance by inviting Sydney Sweeny?
Posted by: mindful webworker - I'd watch at April 04, 2026 10:14 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: fourseasons
all garbage
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
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Marshmallow is a lie. Like evolution.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
*one of many of my Dad's wordplay bits*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 04, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Your dad is Charles Barclay?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:15 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 04, 2026 10:15 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:15 PM (BI5O2)
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PRO TIP: Stuff it with fermented herring for the best effect.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 10:16 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)
Bless your heart. Circus peanuts are Satan's candies. Peeps....I wouldn't even go there.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:16 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 10:11 PM (JkO4W)
Yes, so do we !
Posted by: Dental Care Professionals at April 04, 2026 10:16 PM (GD0B3)
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Isn't NASA big on redundant systems? Seems like a working toilet is one system where you'd have a reliable backup plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 04, 2026 10:12 PM (ESVrU)
Backup system is duct tape a plastic bag to your ass.
That was the primary system on Apollo. NASA has made progress in the last 50-some years.
Posted by: a.moron at April 04, 2026 10:16 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 10:09 PM (h7ZuX)
Well ... I guess we can tell who has no Pennsylvania Dutch in their family tree
Posted by: browndog says woof at April 04, 2026 10:17 PM (3sXRv)
I wasn't listening to the details the whole time, but apparently a waste water (urine) dump didn't do right somehow, so it's full or something.
If interested, search on the history of zero-g toilets. They first attempted this in Skylab, and the Shuttle and the ISS. And the Rooskies had their own designs. Toilets in zero-g are a real pain in the ass.
They also attempted a space shower on Skylab. They all decided that was far more trouble than it was worth, and haven't attempted another one since.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:17 PM (w6EFb)
Echo and the Bunnymen should have been much bigger. The Killing Moon and Bring on the Dancing Horses as well as the above showed their talent.
Stupid name victim
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 04, 2026 10:17 PM (19SAM)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 10:17 PM (Kdi1r)
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They can't just hang their bare ass out the porthole?
Oh. Probably not.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 10:18 PM (JkO4W)
Fight me.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
Fresh Peeps just out of the package not that bad. The yellow ones.
Stale Peeps the worst.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 04, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 10:20 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 10:20 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Joemarine
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This. Had forgotten about the stale bites of misery.
Posted by: scampydog at April 04, 2026 10:20 PM (anlJh)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 10:20 PM (48JDT)
Fight me.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
Ahem...
Posted by: Candy corn and Necco Wafers at April 04, 2026 10:20 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:20 PM (FrGmf)
They are slowly posting more pictures and video from the mission here:
https://is.gd/9MHvZC
If this was SpaceX, we'd be getting those in near real time. Anyway, scroll near the end, and they've got a really cool video during SLS ascent phase, which shows solid booster separation. Also a video of the big ICPS apogee raise burn, although there's not much to see really.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:20 PM (w6EFb)
Then the "elites" started to think they were food.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)
Prayers up.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
Dunno what site it was, but I read a few minutes ago that they got the WSO out the first day, but dropped the idea he was still out there to attract the goons out to look for them... and obliterated a shit ton of bad guys.
Oh, how I want to believe...
Posted by: MkY at April 04, 2026 10:21 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 04, 2026 10:21 PM (gKWVE)
Stupid name victim
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 04, 2026 10:17 PM (19SAM)
One of my all time favorite bands. They just didn't have savvy enough management. Ditto for The Alarm. Both bands were contemporaries of U2, who had a smart manager in Paul McGuiness. He turned them into a worldwide brand.
Bono pretty much stole Ian McCulloch's (Echo lead singer) vocal style. Only one made it huge.
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
Paper towel dispenser will never get refilled either
One square of TP will be left hanging on the cardboard roll
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:22 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:22 PM (DoBxX)
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That should be enough, you know.
Posted by: Sheryl Crow at April 04, 2026 10:23 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 04, 2026 10:23 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Circus Peanuts at April 04, 2026 10:23 PM (vTZFs)
They don’t have their own channel on Sirius, but they are on heavy rotation on 1st Wave.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 10:23 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 10:20 PM (48JDT)
With that guest DJ, I was expecting to hear hip-hop.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 04, 2026 10:23 PM (PMi3m)
One square of TP will be left hanging on the cardboard roll
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:22 PM (DoBxX)
Waste not, want not ...
Posted by: Sheryl Crow at April 04, 2026 10:23 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 04, 2026 10:24 PM (gTyJl)
I bought chops and bangers
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)
You can’t hate them enough.
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 10:24 PM (c3Uld)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (w6EFb)
But was she driving 55 parsecs per hour in the passing lane with the blinker on?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 10:25 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 04, 2026 10:25 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 04, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)
Red Jr. will concur.
Posted by: RI Red at April 04, 2026 10:25 PM (UqAH7)
Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis at April 04, 2026 10:25 PM (oftw2)
The found crewman would have or could have seen the other person and chute.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (7D3Aa)
Love Necco wafers, especially the blue and white ones.
Blue may be pink, I can't tell.
I did a couple of contract iventories at the NE Confectioner's factory in the early seventies. In the break room there were tables of bowls of broken wafers, sorted by color/flavor. Heaven.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: Dr Peter Venkman at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (PMi3m)
They don’t have their own channel on Sirius, but they are on heavy rotation on 1st Wave.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 10:23 PM (XV/Pl)
Meh. It's their own damn fault.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
I are affendedt. I kin writ spam that gud. And have!
Posted by: mindful webworker - sincerely joking at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: Joemarine at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 10:27 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 10:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Ready For My Homegoing at April 04, 2026 10:27 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 10:28 PM (c3Uld)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 10:28 PM (3ek7K)
Toilet woes are TMI
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:28 PM (DoBxX)
Seriously, when Christina was "driving", she was just in the pilot seat yanking the joystick to make manual attitude adjustments. They were doing some testing of the camera equipment they'll be using during the lunar flyby and needed manual control to line shots up in the windows.
The optics people want to carefully quantify the distortions Orion's window glass introduces into the system.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:28 PM (w6EFb)
Don't see that fun little guy much anymore.
Posted by: Joemarine
The Mad Men throw out marketing campaigns with fat Doughboys or Michelin Men and no one says a thing.
But Aunt Jemima puts on a few extra lbs and bing bang boom she's off the bottle!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:29 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: tankdemon
If you clicked on it, you would have.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
Known with very reasonable precision. The possible area isn't too large, but a human is hard to spot from the air.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 04, 2026 10:29 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 04, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)
Don't see that fun little guy much anymore.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 04, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)
https://youtu.be/DdDum2KQhes
Posted by: Zombie Pillsbury Doughboy at April 04, 2026 10:30 PM (9vFyc)
The toys were so cool
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:31 PM (DoBxX)
"The compact box is handy to have ready for those moments when you need a shot of salty liquorice."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: MkY at April 04, 2026 10:31 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 04, 2026 10:31 PM (iMotb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 04, 2026 10:31 PM (tWxgu)
Posted by: The Huge Manatee! at April 04, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 04, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)
The Costco Chocolate Easter Bunny is ten pounds of semi-solid dark, milk and white chocolate and can be broken down into 151 servings.
"Ten pounds of smooth, rich chocolate turned centerpiece, basket showstopper, and egg-stagram sensation.”
Posted by: Joemarine at April 04, 2026 10:32 PM (y171U)
The toys were so cool
Posted by: vmom
Another sacrifice on the altar of personal injury lawyers.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)
They don’t have their own channel on Sirius, but they are on heavy rotation on 1st Wave.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 10:23 PM (XV/Pl)
Yeah but First Wave plays the same 4 or 5 songs of theirs. Killing Moon. Lips Like Sugar. Rescue. Dancing Horses. Probably one more I'm forgetting
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:32 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (w6EFb)
But was she driving 55 parsecs per hour in the passing lane with the blinker on?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 10:25 PM (I7pZ1)
No blinkers while weaving through traffic. Orion is like a BMW, and the blinkers aren't connected. ;-)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 04, 2026 10:32 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Mesothelioma Lawyer Hot Line. at April 04, 2026 10:32 PM (oftw2)
THere was a also a "burnt smell" coming from the Orion toilet at some point yesterday. Mission control was scratching their heads. They had them to do gas analysis near the thing to try to see just what it was emanating, but I don't know if that turned anything up.
They mentioned a "mild" such smell was noted during testing on the ground they found in the logs. That is still unresolved, but the think it's nothing to worry about, just something outgassing a bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Case at April 04, 2026 10:33 PM (pvf3X)
https://youtu.be/Z4-Y7UFUJg4
Posted by: mindful webworker - Excellents at April 04, 2026 10:34 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 04, 2026 10:34 PM (tWxgu)
Posted by: Joe From Scranton, PA at April 04, 2026 10:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Any word on the whole cartel gang war thing in Mexico? Still lotsa missing folks and so forth? Another "loud silence" area...
Posted by: RandomDave at April 04, 2026 10:36 PM (ZwAf1)
https://youtu.be/Z4-Y7UFUJg4
Posted by: mindful webworker - Excellents at April 04, 2026 10:34 PM (/rhF0)
Making you pull your hare out?
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 04, 2026 10:36 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: The Great Society at April 04, 2026 10:37 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:37 PM (dE3DB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 10:38 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2026 10:38 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Isophorone at April 04, 2026 10:39 PM (M6jrI)
As for candies, I have a big soft spot in my heart for Cadbury even though brits keep saying we're not even getting the good stuff, but the Robin Eggs can also be delish. Reeses is a distant third, and we do not mention the other one, for it is an abomination unto Nuggin.
Posted by: RandomDave at April 04, 2026 10:39 PM (ZwAf1)
Posted by: scampydog at April 04, 2026 10:39 PM (anlJh)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 04, 2026 10:39 PM (tWxgu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 10:39 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: The Great Society
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Yes, really cool isolation video on youboob.
Posted by: scampydog at April 04, 2026 10:40 PM (anlJh)
Posted by: MkY
+++
It would be great if that rumor was true. It's hard to get reliable info on what's going on over there.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 04, 2026 10:40 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: browndog says woof at April 04, 2026 10:17 PM (3sXRv)
My grammy thought these were great. West Virginian.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 10:40 PM (h7ZuX)
I only kind of
Remember being there. I think it was awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2026 10:40 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
A porthole-potty
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:40 PM (dE3DB)
https://bit.ly/2001-space-potty
Posted by: mindful webworker - flushed with excitement at April 04, 2026 10:41 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:42 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:42 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: RandomDave at April 04, 2026 10:36 PM (ZwAf1)
Well, my Sis and her hubby got home safe and sound from just North of PV on Wednesday. I am with her in Vancouver right now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 10:42 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Hans Hassenpfeffer at April 04, 2026 10:42 PM (oftw2)
>>Yeah but First Wave plays the same 4 or 5 songs of theirs.
On 1st Wave's main channel, sure, but you can go to the 1st Wave Deep Cuts, and get other selections from them.
At the end of the day, Sirus is radio station with rotation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 10:43 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Florida Peasant
Good! I'm so damn old I remember when talking about ship movements or any other active action details would get you posted to Naval Air Facility Adak on snow watch.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:43 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf
But I do have to vacuum a lot less, and the ficus tree in the corner seems to be coming back to life….
Posted by: Piper at April 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt)
What's invisible and smells like carrots?
Bunny Farts!
Posted by: Juvenile Humour at April 04, 2026 10:44 PM (oftw2)
They mentioned a "mild" such smell was noted during testing on the ground they found in the logs. That is still unresolved, but the think it's nothing to worry about, just something outgassing a bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Chicken Chipotle burritos they had the night before the launch.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 04, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:45 PM (BI5O2)
She happened to be the one free to do manual attitude control needed as they needed to line up the windows for some shots to test camera equipment.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:45 PM (w6EFb)
I'm a 'D' in the candy pickin'...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 04, 2026 10:46 PM (qox2u)
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt)
Better than Artemis' Toilet, though. Somehow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:46 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 10:47 PM (IQ6Gq)
Artemis II pilot Victor Glover just gave this BEAUTIFUL Easter message
"So far from Earth, looking at the BEAUTY of creation."
“When I read the Bible and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us...this amazing place."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:47 PM (GhIJO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2026 10:38 PM (n9ltV)
You qualify as a Club ONT host!
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:48 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 10:48 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:48 PM (zZu0s)
I think I heard them mention during that camera test that they managed to get a shot of both Earth and Moon in frame at the same time.
Looking at the tracker, the angle between the two from Orion's viewpoint looks to be around 90 degrees, maybe a little less.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:48 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 04, 2026 10:48 PM (tWxgu)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 10:49 PM (IQ6Gq)
I really have to go but the only available toilet is disgusting and clogged
Those poor astronauts are living my nightmare
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:49 PM (GhIJO)
Fight me.
Those strips of white paper with colored candy dots on them. I think those were invented by someone who hates children.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 04, 2026 10:50 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:50 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Piper
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Ficus persevered - outlasted its biggest threat. Vacuum is now in unemployment line. Sad.
Posted by: scampydog at April 04, 2026 10:50 PM (anlJh)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 10:50 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Hans Hassenpfeffer at April 04, 2026 10:42 PM (oftw2)
It's Coyotes here. When the bottom fell out of the fur market and the Government stopped wholesale trapping and poisoning them, the coyote/jackrabbit ratio returned to its "natural" level.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 04, 2026 10:50 PM (gTyJl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 10:50 PM (I7pZ1)
21
Anything marshmallow sucks.
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (3ek7K)
Peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich made with warm toast is delicious. Best witha glass of milk.
Posted by: firehorse at April 04, 2026 10:51 PM (tyXAh)
Sorry, a little *more* than 90 degrees, I meant to say. Anyway, I'm looking forward to that pic, if they did get one.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: scampydog at April 04, 2026 10:50 PM (anlJh)
His biggest threat was Harvey Weinstein.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:52 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: The Great Society
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Yes, really cool isolation video on youboob.
Posted by: scampydog a
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Forgo the politics, the Airplane was one of the top 4 bands in the late 60s.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 10:52 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 10:52 PM (V4IXI)
Good for him.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10
Dude's in space. He has "fuck you" experience. What are they going to do? Fire him before he can achieve something cooler than slingshotting around the moon?
Good for him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:52 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Piercello at April 04, 2026 10:52 PM (NRGJj)
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)
I really have to go but the only available toilet is disgusting and clogged
Those poor astronauts are living my nightmare
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
My Dad, who was a fearless man, said the only thing that terrified him was being in the head of a troopship during a storm. Solid geysers of filth shooting straight up from the terlits splashing on the overhead and then coming back down to the deck.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:53 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Piper
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Ficus is a Greek word that means, 'dies in the house'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 10:53 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: President Emeritus! at April 04, 2026 10:53 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:53 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 10:54 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: firehorse
I'm gagging here!!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 10:54 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:54 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 04, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)
Yeah. Not that Palmer's nonsense.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 10:55 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:56 PM (GhIJO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 10:56 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 10:56 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Amen. There's a hawk on every electric pole, a fox in every den and a coyote down the holler. How you gonna eat rabbit?
There should be another war on predators, including the winged ones.
50 years ago, there was a bounty for each ear of a yote.
We had more quail, pheasant and bunny hops then.
People actually trapped for a living.
Posted by: MkY at April 04, 2026 10:56 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 04, 2026 10:57 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 10:50 PM (I7pZ1)
One assumes that, like Thomas Crapper, the original inventor, they were flushing a suitable slurry of things like apple cores until they got the thing to work in zero-g, sort of.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 04, 2026 10:57 PM (tWxgu)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 10:57 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: scampydog at April 04, 2026 10:50 PM (anlJh)
His biggest threat was Harvey Weinstein.
Posted by: Aetius451A
I had to stop the sock mid-sentence.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 04, 2026 10:57 PM (/d5KG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 10:57 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Bulg at April 04, 2026 10:58 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*********
I agree, love a good chocolate malted milkshake. DQ probably uses cool whip or something similar, but not 100% real ice cream...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 10:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:58 PM (GhIJO)
I used to have a friend who was a decent dude but his family was a bunch of fucked up hillbilly maniacs. He asked me to come renovate an old bathroom at his mom's house. At some point, the toilet had clogged, and she just used it til it was packed to the rim, and then abandoned the room.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:59 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: pookysgirl has woodwind-player hands at April 04, 2026 11:00 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
The Bowery Boys enjoyed a lot of malts at my Sweet Shop, but hardly paid for any!
Posted by: Louie, AKA Bernard Gorcey at April 04, 2026 11:00 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: PabloD at April 04, 2026 11:00 PM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:00 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 04, 2026 11:00 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Indiana Lurker at April 04, 2026 11:00 PM (3ZVqj)
Posted by: the dirtiest toilet in scotland at April 04, 2026 11:00 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 04, 2026 11:01 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 10:57 PM (V4IXI)
Goetze's caramel creams. Not sure if they are available everywhere. Made in Baltimore. My mom used to work for the company that made their boxes. She'd bring home huge bags of them a few times a year. They are awesome!
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: MkY
Or they started the rumor that they started the rumor, to scare them from looking.
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 11:02 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 11:02 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Braenyard
Doors
Love
Airplane
Chocolate Watchband
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 04, 2026 11:02 PM (KAi1n)
Carry on.
Posted by: Piercello
They now come in various colors. The company that makes them should make some brown ones.
"OMG! Fluffy did something in my Easter basket."
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 04, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)
Hard ice cream, not that Velvet Cream stuff Dairy sells.
Posted by: MkY at April 04, 2026 11:03 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 11:03 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 11:04 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 11:04 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Roger at April 04, 2026 11:04 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: davidt
Ha! Just don't look at your pager, for Gawd's sake!
Posted by: MkY at April 04, 2026 11:04 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Florida Peasant
Send Geraldo.
Posted by: mindful webworker - for a full report on our troops at April 04, 2026 11:05 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 11:05 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 04, 2026 11:01 PM (7D3Aa)
Thanks! Will file that in Peon Brain, leaky though it may be.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 11:05 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:06 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2026 11:06 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 11:06 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 04, 2026 11:07 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
You and me both. The others can have it all! I guess caramel keeps dentists in business, though.
Posted by: Crown Prince at April 04, 2026 11:07 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: The Huge Manatee! at April 04, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)
Emo Phillips had a bit about eating chocolate easter bunnies.
youtu.be/oi_7MdRCPAM
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 11:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: The Great Society
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Yes, really cool isolation video on youboob.
Posted by: scampydog a
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Forgo the politics, the Airplane was one of the top 4 bands in the late 60s.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 10:52 PM (48JDT)
Friend of mine and me sang White Rabbit standing on tables at the Rathskeller in college mumblemumble years ago. We got a standing ovation. We were not particularly sober, and I suspect the ovation had more to do with the mini skirts we were wearing than any singing ability.
But we knew all the words, because Grace Slick was the bomb.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 11:07 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2026 11:08 PM (ZxPkt)
Carry on.
Posted by: Piercello
They now come in various colors. The company that makes them should make some brown ones.
"OMG! Fluffy did something in my Easter basket."
Posted by: nerdygirl
* searches *
There are chocolate-, cinnamon-, and coffee-flavored peeps that are brown. Including the original "baby chick/poop emoji" shaped ones.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 04, 2026 11:09 PM (qox2u)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)
Don, I was shocked the info escaped into the public in the first place. There would be an assumption Iran knew the aircraft was shot down, ejections occurred and where, but the less talk the better for recovery.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 04, 2026 11:10 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Case at April 04, 2026 11:11 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: RandomDave at April 04, 2026 10:36 PM (ZwAf1)
there hasn't been any notice of it on the Spanish sites I follow, but I don't follow Mexican sites. Not sure if it is a "local story" or if it really has mellowed out after the sorting for who is boss.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 11:11 PM (rbvCR)
But we had fun.
Tomorrow, we take the trash....
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 11:12 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 11:13 PM (c3Uld)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:14 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 11:13 PM (c3Uld)
Well, crap.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 11:14 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 04, 2026 11:09 PM (qox2u)
Yes they did. Featuring Ray Manzarek from The Doors on keyboards. Same album as Lips Like Sugar (1987 self titled album).
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 11:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 11:13 PM (c3Uld)
Well, crap.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 11:14 PM (DwqWV)
He did invent the ballcock though which is most important imo.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:16 PM (V4IXI)
Starting at about 4:50 in, Sunni Williams gives you a tour of the ISS space terlet:
https://is.gd/k4ct8E
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 11:17 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Flush With Success at April 04, 2026 11:17 PM (oftw2)
CNN is claiming WSO is rescued, and includes talk of intense firefight.
Posted by: MkY at April 04, 2026 11:18 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: tankdemon
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We're on the same team. I waited all year for that rabbit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 11:19 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: pookysgirl has woodwind-player hands at April 04, 2026 11:00 PM (Wt5PA)
My dad used to dictate letters and documents on a tape recorder for the legal secretary to transcribe, and I got into my head how to use commas, periods, and other punctuation and explain spelling of names and odd words from listening to him in the evenings as he paced around.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 11:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 11:20 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2026 11:20 PM (ZxPkt)
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See's Candy chocolate bunnies are peerless.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 11:21 PM (+HNx/)
CNN is claiming WSO is rescued, and includes talk of intense firefight.
Posted by: MkY
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Link goes to Al Jizz
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 11:22 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: Some People Have All The Luck at April 04, 2026 11:23 PM (oftw2)
There have been reports and videos over the last few hours of dead hajis scattered around the site of alleged rescue, so it tracks.
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:23 PM (GD0B3)
what a gyp
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2026 11:24 PM (ZxPkt)
4h
Breaking News:
The US Army has dropped elite paratroopers onto Iranian territory in an operation aimed at rescuing the second crew member from a downed U.S. fighter jet.
📌Clashes are ongoing between U.S. special forces and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the designated operational area,
which has been marked on an available map.
Kurd Alarm reported this via Telegram at : t.me/KurdAlarm
Going for translation
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 11:25 PM (48JDT)
Oz World
Here in Murica, just today me, Darleen, Marleen, and Charleen and the new neighbors over at lot 162B......
Hell yes it happened but there ain't no damn pics
Posted by: Miklos might be crazy but he ain't stupid at April 04, 2026 11:25 PM (MABMQ)
Wandering off to be with MiladyJo for a bit.
Posted by: mindful webworker - may or may not return, depending, at April 04, 2026 11:27 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:28 PM (3ek7K)
When I had to have an Ileostomy for a couple of months, the only thing that allowed me to replace the appliance properly was to eat 2 jumbo marshmallows 10 minutes before I planned to change it.
Dang if it didn't work, but I don't ever want to see another jumbo marshmallow for as long as I live!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 04, 2026 11:29 PM (SRRAx)
2) Update
n the US special ground operation to rescue the pilot :
On the attack, many Iran regime forces have been killed, and IRAN regime media is saying 4 US soldiers were also killed, but we have not been able to confirm this.
What we can confirm is that the local hospital is full of dead and injured Basij.
Kurd Alarm reported this via Telegram at : t.me/KurdAlarm
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 11:29 PM (48JDT)
"A U.S. government official told Al Jazeera the rescue operation is ongoing after the missing F-15E crew member was recovered, but the individual is not yet safe as forces work to extract from Iran"
I guess they can no longer keep it under the lid. Might as well get the partial good news out.
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:30 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:16 PM (V4IXI)
Most men are very fond of that pairing, I have found.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 11:30 PM (DwqWV)
--------
The Virgin Distribution System is expected to come under considerable pressure, with inventories low.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 11:31 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:32 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 11:31 PM (+HNx/)
I haven't figured out how they find enough virgins what with all the hajji raping and such.
Those dudes will stick it into anything.
Remarkable they haven't all died with syphilis.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 11:32 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: fourseasons
Not entirely
I thought I would have some fun by poking a hole in Darleen's innertube.
Turned out it was not an innertube, just Darleen.
Posted by: Miklos cliamed is must have been some freshwater swordfish at April 04, 2026 11:33 PM (MABMQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 11:31 PM (+HNx/)
yes, well apparently last night in Tehran there was a big in person collaborative meeting of military officials. you will never guess what happened!
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:33 PM (GD0B3)
they dropped us by Huey in the German backcountry and we were supposed to navigate to a rally point. Somehow we ended up at a gasthaus with beers and sausages
I wish I could show you that photo!
Posted by: Don Black at April 04, 2026 11:33 PM (ZxPkt)
Supposedly in the baggie days, the astronauts had a contest for longest poop. Believable, guys will make anything into a contest.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 11:34 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 11:35 PM (48JDT)
🚨#BREAKING: Officials from the US Government have just confirmed that the second crew member from the downed F-15E has been recovered following what they described as a heavy firefight."
So a more trusted source, I guess, than Al Jazeera.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 04, 2026 11:36 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:37 PM (GD0B3)
Recovered? As in, "Rescued Captive?"
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 11:38 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: PaleRider
And the winner grew up to be James Comey
Posted by: gKWVE at April 04, 2026 11:39 PM (gKWVE)
I am not kidding.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 04, 2026 11:40 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:41 PM (3ek7K)
As an aside, Todd Bridges is getting a divorce. His "wife" looks like a troon.
I am not kidding.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic
Whatchu talkin' about?
Willis?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 04, 2026 11:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Jimmy J.J. Walker at April 04, 2026 11:43 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Case at April 04, 2026 11:43 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:41 PM (3ek7K)
Troon is an appropriately derogatory term for a dude pretending to be a lady.
I refuse to play the game of calling someone something else.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 04, 2026 11:46 PM (0aYVJ)
For an Artemis I, you use the CCU, the collapsible contingency urinal, which Don Pettit shows here:
https://is.gd/tdF1se
For an Artemis II, it's back to the Apollo tape the bag to your ass....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:46 PM (3ek7K)
@JenGriffinFNC
2m
2nd American F15E crew member rescued and safe after complex rescue operation that began Friday morning, two senior US officials confirm to me."
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:48 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:49 PM (GD0B3)
Whatis a troon?
Posted by: fourseasons
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There are two bona fide deviants Queens and Dykes.
These deviants encouraged by the communists and promoted by the media have divided themselves into multiples of subsets causing one to not know which end is up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 11:49 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:46 PM (3ek7K)
Heh. It's an ever-evolving lexicon. I have a notebook.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 04, 2026 11:49 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Flush With Success
(slowly raises hand). Yes. Yes I do. If you visit my parental units in Western PA, you would see an actual "Pittsburgh pottie" that is still in use. We never called it that when I was growing up. It was just the other 'toilet'. To be fair, I had no idea it had a designation or name. It was just the other toilet. (shrugs)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 11:49 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Chuck Norris. Wiped out the inventory in 3 days.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 11:49 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:50 PM (GD0B3)
@JenGriffinFNC
2m
2nd American F15E crew member rescued and safe after complex rescue operation that began Friday morning, two senior US officials confirm to me."
Posted by: runner
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Good find. I'm sure it's in Jennifer's craw to report that which is all the more, better.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 11:51 PM (48JDT)
"Fox News can confirm that the 2nd crew member of the downed F15E fighter jet has been rescued and he and the members of the rescue team that extracted him from behind enemy lines in Iran are all safely out of Iran. That according to two senior US officials and multiple well placed sources in the region. The Weapons Systems Officer ejected along with the pilot when their F15E Strike Eagle they were flying was struck Thursday night (early Friday local time) in southwest Iran.
The WSO used the SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) training to evade capture, hiding on an elevated ridge after hiking away from the wreckage and putting out an emergency beacon.) US Special Operations rescue forces to include PJs (United States Air Force Pararescuemen (PJs) and many layers of elite rescue forces took part in the complex, layered mission to both find the crew member and also keep the Iranian forces who were hunting the American weapons system operator at bay. There are videos that have appeared from local eyewitnesses that show what appear to have been injured and dead Iranian members of the IRGC and Basij who were looking for the downed American crew member.
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:51 PM (GD0B3)
"Fox has learned there was fighting on the ground but no Americans killed during the operation. “It was a very complex operation to retrieve the downed service member,” a well placed source briefed on the operation told me. Many different branches of the US military were involved in the rescue.
Fox News can confirm the A10 Warthog that crashed Friday was involved in providing cover for the rescue teams searching for the pilot. That A10 crashed in Kuwait (first reported by ABC Friday) but the A10 pilot managed to eject safely and was rescued. There was destruction of aircraft which have sensitive equipment on board, I am told, all part of this complex CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) mission.
The F15E was pretty much destroyed on impact. Two rescue helicopters were hit by enemy fire on Friday and crew members onboard were injured by enemy fire but managed to make it out of Iran.
There were a lot of elements to this rescue, I am told."
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:53 PM (GD0B3)
On Friday I tested my 1RM for the big three lifts.
I got 475lbs deadlift
275lbs bench
390 squat.
All three are PRs by 20+ lbs.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 04, 2026 11:53 PM (1OM5W)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:53 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 04, 2026 10:50
I wonder if coyotes were partially responsible for the disappearance of pheasants on the family farm here in N IL. I farmed from 1980-2012 and there were pheasants and no coyotes, or few, at the start and by the end it was reversed.
I always thought the state-introduced wild turkeys displaced the pheasants but maybe both were factors.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 04, 2026 11:54 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:54 PM (GD0B3)
🇺🇸🇺🇸
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:55 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:55 PM (3ek7K)
Fire them all. Eliminate the program.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 11:55 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:55 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 11:57 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: 13times at April 04, 2026 11:57 PM (JXoBQ)
"There are videos that have appeared from local eyewitnesses that show what appear to have been injured and dead Iranian members of the IRGC and Basij who were looking for the downed American crew member. Fox has learned there was fighting on the ground but no Americans killed during the operation. " Fuck the IRGC and Basij to hell.
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:58 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 11:58 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Puddleglum
So a log on the edge of the woods or property line that you kind of sit on with your ass hanging off the backside.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 04, 2026 11:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: raimondo at April 05, 2026 12:00 AM (/tFSm)
The rocket is a different system from life support. I agree the rocket was a Complete Waste Of Time, but life support for a mission on this timescale did need to be prototyped. This is the prototype.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 05, 2026 12:00 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 05, 2026 12:01 AM (WF/xn)
Posted by: runner
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Hospitals are full of dead and injured IRGC and Basij.
Go Team.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:01 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:58 PM (GhIJO)
Came with the phone 😂
246 @203 Well hello Teresa. You doing OK?
Posted by: Case at April 04, 2026 11:11 PM (pvf3X)
Hello! Latest scans looked the same, which we are counting as "good"; cancer marker numbers are back down in the normal range, so we will take it.
The next few weeks are chock full of activity/bucket list stuff, including three weekends without Mr. TiFW in tow. I am going to both Lubbock and NYC with a friend, and I will be venturing to Salt Lake City solo (should be interesting!).
I have a newer model of my old motorized scooter coming along for the ride, and right now I am trying to figure out how to attach my luggage to the scooter to get from place to place. So far, a big strap seems to be the best solution.
That, and batting my eyelashes and doing my best Blanche Dubois impression (us Southern gals learn REALLY early how to twang it up and turn on the charm 😂😂😂
.Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 05, 2026 12:02 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 05, 2026 12:02 AM (WF/xn)
All of Iran is "behind enemy lines" since there are no friendly occupied areas.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 05, 2026 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum
So a log on the edge of the woods or property line that you kind of sit on with your ass hanging off the backside.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
No. That's the Amish.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 05, 2026 12:02 AM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: gKWVE
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Life support is part of the deal.
They. Fucked. Up. Again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:04 AM (48JDT)
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oh, there's gonna be a backup alright
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:06 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Case at April 05, 2026 12:06 AM (pvf3X)
Go Team.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:01 AM (48JDT)
I hope some of the A-10’s said Hello to them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 05, 2026 12:06 AM (Fc1oG)
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:07 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 05, 2026 12:08 AM (KAi1n)
If the WSO has children this a gift.
Hey what did the Easter Bunny bring you?
My mommy or daddy.
.............
Don't know the sex of the WSO yet.
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 12:08 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 05, 2026 12:02 AM (WF/xn)
Darmok, his face red, his toilet clogged.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 05, 2026 12:08 AM (Fc1oG)
So a log on the edge of the woods or property line that you kind of sit on with your ass hanging off the backside.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
--
No. That's the Amish.
Posted by: Puddleglum
--
Plumbing became functional at Mom's when she was 13, (she hated out houses - we had one at the summer place) I asked her, if she hated them, what did you do?
"I went out into the woods."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:08 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 11:07
You just brought back a memory of my wife Jules singing on stage, as Grace Slick, after work at the college bar we worked at.
Fun times, we were both asst managers and the boss let the closers stay after hours, drink draft beer and rail drinks for free, gave us quarters to play pool and pinball.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 05, 2026 12:09 AM (55Qr6)
'It's just not a contingency we've remotely prepared for'
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:09 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 05, 2026 12:09 AM (SRRAx)
Now I think that yes, Trump is going to let them have it on Monday.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 05, 2026 12:10 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Those guys are in the trash bags down the hall.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:10 AM (48JDT)
- State Dept
Apparently they have been cheering on the IRGC while LPRs here.
It would be terrible if they get hit in a bombing raid right after they get back to Iran.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 05, 2026 12:11 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 11:07
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Enunciation used to be a thing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:12 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 04, 2026 10:57 PM (/d5KG)
I type fast.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 05, 2026 12:12 AM (bss/y)
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oh, there's gonna be a backup alright
Posted by: Don Black
Right. But there's no plan for when it happens.
Posted by: mikeski at April 05, 2026 12:12 AM (VHUov)
"President Trump @POTUS:
"FROM PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is now SAFE and SOUND! This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because his Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow Warfighters were monitoring his location 24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue. At my direction, the U.S. Military sent dozens of aircraft, armed with the most lethal weapons in the World, to retrieve him. He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine. This miraculous Search and Rescue Operation comes in addition to a successful rescue of another brave Pilot, yesterday, which we did not confirm, because we did not want to jeopardize our second rescue operation. ..
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:13 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:13 AM (GD0B3)
Before anyone says "yeah, but" about invasive species, our Ring-Necked Peasants are not native, either. Brought over for hunting, then got established in the wild. Both pheasant breeds hail from Eurasia.
Posted by: RIP John Capuano at April 05, 2026 12:14 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:14 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)
There's a candy store with old time stuff on Red Hills Drive in St. George, UT....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 05, 2026 12:14 AM (1Ff7Z)
Blah blah blah
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
The toilets backing up!
And it's smelling in a most unusual way!
Even though I've flown 100000 miles,
This bitch won't shut up about the smell!
Me: Ok, it broke down there toward the end.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 05, 2026 12:14 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 12:14 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:14 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: mikeski at April 05, 2026 12:12 AM (VHUov)
I'd assume they'd have backup diapers. Plus, don't they get constipated anyway?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 05, 2026 12:15 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:15 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:15 AM (GD0B3)
"I went out into the woods."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:08 AM (48JDT)
On one of the internet archives they have a lot of old house plan books. The kitchen sink was common long before indoor WCs. Earlier 'indoor' WCs were separate rooms attached to the house but you had to go onto the porch and then back into the WC. Some houses had indoor baths before the WC was moved in.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 05, 2026 12:16 AM (/lPRQ)
But "escalation" is not exactly correct.
Iran has been hitting, or attempting to hit, every kind of economic and infrastructure target in the Gulf nearly since the start. Their crude systems can't penetrate Israeli defenses except on rare occasions and have mostly turned to cluster-bomblet payloads, need to be intercepted at higher altitudes but in any case are generally ineffective.
Oil and gas production and refining and transportation, desalination, etc have been targeted by Iran for weeks now. My glorious MSM blackout means I'm not sure, but I sense that this fact has not received much emphasis.
So if/when the US "escalates" in this fashion, it will be a response to something the Iranians started weeks ago. Which will be a typical false framework of the story.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:16 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)
and then one day, it's for real
and our guys GET IT DONE
Fuck Yeah!
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:17 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:18 AM (ZxPkt)
Carry on.
Posted by: Piercello
They now come in various colors. The company that makes them should make some brown ones.
"OMG! Fluffy did something in my Easter basket."
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 04, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)
You mean the Dr Pepper Peeps?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 05, 2026 12:18 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)
There's a candy store with old time stuff on Red Hills Drive in St. George, UT....
Posted by: OrangeEnt
You used to be able to go to Cracker Barrel for that kind of stuff.
Used to.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 05, 2026 12:19 AM (/lPRQ)
Now I think that yes, Trump is going to let them have it on Monday.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 05, 2026 12:10 AM (n5tGW)
Why wait until Monday? I wanna see a picture of Trump piloting one of our biggest, baddest warplanes ala that "Washington Crossing the Delaware on Christmas Day" meme saying "We will F&%$ you up on Easter Sunday".
Someone with better Photoshop skills than I ('cuz I don't have any) needs to make it so!
***goes looking for minions to carry out request***
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 05, 2026 12:19 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:19 AM (GD0B3)
It would be terrible if they get hit in a bombing raid right after they get back to Iran.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Could it be that Trump is getting the mushy middle comfortable with the ousting of dissidents? Therefore, when the mass deportation of Somalis and then Islamists happens, it won't upset them?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:19 AM (48JDT)
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Don't stay up late waiting for pride and unity. Democrats hate America and hate our military.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 05, 2026 12:20 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 05, 2026 12:21 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 12:21 AM (3ek7K)
That is, if either are still there, it's been a while. But the Paso one was fantastic. Amazing the memory jolt you get when you see some candy product you used to love when you were 11 years old, but haven't seen since LBJ was president.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:21 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Inventiveness to Infinity at April 05, 2026 12:23 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 05, 2026 12:24 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:24 AM (U/Byj)
"This is the first time in military memory that two U.S. Pilots have been rescued, separately, deep in Enemy Territory. WE WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AMERICAN WARFIGHTER BEHIND! The fact that we were able to pull off both of these operations, without a SINGLE American killed, or even wounded, just proves once again, that we have achieved overwhelming Air Dominance and Superiority over the Iranian skies."
eat that , blackpillers
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:26 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 05, 2026 12:24 AM (n5tGW)
***stomps foot***
I WANT MY MEME!!!!!!
***pouts, kicks over trash can, leaves in a huff***
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 05, 2026 12:26 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: runner
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Think maybe we hit a few incidental targets along the way to and from the rescue?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:28 AM (48JDT)
Now Mr. President .........................................
"LEVEL THE F**KING PLACE TO RUBBLE"
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 05, 2026 12:28 AM (/Uzmo)
That is a really nasty drink.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 05, 2026 12:28 AM (2WIwB)
My husband doesn't read here. He has his own stuff he reads.
He has been asking me several times a day what the latest news has been about the WSO.
He told me today he's very impressed how fast people here on AOS find out the latest news.
This place is amazing.
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 12:29 AM (3ek7K)
It complements and does not contradict the main emphasis on US focus and professionalism. Doubt many in uniform are taking anything for granted, but much of the public is quite susceptible to hysteria or despair at any setbacks. A fundamentally unserious populace (alas) needs to be managed.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:29 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 05, 2026 12:30 AM (n5tGW)
That is a really nasty drink.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Indeed. I refuse to serve such a thing! Yeesh.
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at April 05, 2026 12:31 AM (pvf3X)
THIS is how you turn a potential disaster into a victory!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 05, 2026 12:31 AM (UA2di)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 05, 2026 12:31 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:32 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 04, 2026 10:24 PM (gTyJl)
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That ribbon stuff is the worst.
Also spiced jelly beans. My mom liked them so we ended up with them. Yuck
Posted by: 496 at April 05, 2026 12:32 AM (5jF9Z)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Your PJs have a bit more firepower than your average infantry unit on patrol. That and pre-coordinated CAS. Don't know if they have any gunships in theater but those are always crowd pleasers.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 05, 2026 12:33 AM (/lPRQ)
and then one day, it's for real
and our guys GET IT DONE
Fuck Yeah!
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:17 AM (ZxPkt)
***
And come Monday, they are back to training.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 05, 2026 12:34 AM (2WIwB)
IRAN is a dead man walking country and GOD has given the US Military his strength/wisdom to eradicate the evil Iran is ....
So, it is said.............
So, it is written .............
So, it is DONE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 05, 2026 12:35 AM (/Uzmo)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:29 AM (U/Byj)
Someone noted today that the people who are hyperventilating about the lost aircraft don’t remember that the US lost over 10,000 aircraft in Vietnam. (Helicopters included)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 05, 2026 12:35 AM (UA2di)
eat that , blackpillers
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:26 AM (GD0B3)
The Americans' insistence on getting everyone out alive while the IRGC proudly sacrifices countless of its own to fight them just show that the proud people of Iran are more committed to winning than the American dogs.
Posted by: totally not nazi islamic apologist, probably in media at April 05, 2026 12:36 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:38 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:39 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 05, 2026 12:39 AM (DoBxX)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 12:41 AM (3ek7K)
....
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:29 AM (U/Byj)
I seem to recall President Trump mentioning that in his first comments after the bombing started, something about there always being casualties in war. One line in passing seems to have made less of an impression than the previous operation in Venezuela?
Posted by: Methos at April 05, 2026 12:42 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Doof at April 04, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)
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The Vermont Country Store has them - and almost any other old fashioned candy you could ask for
https://tinyurl.com/yw8f6jby
Posted by: 496 at April 05, 2026 12:43 AM (mwGzm)
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:43 AM (GD0B3)
And someone noted earlier (I hadn't seen this anywhere) that the crashed aircraft had been heavily bombed. SOP where any sensitive gear or info are involved. Since it's a remote area, sadly it is unlikely any locals had managed to get to the site by the time we obliterated it.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:43 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:46 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Jalad, on the brown ocean, his legs wide, his nostrils burning.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 05, 2026 12:46 AM (KAi1n)
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I am sure they are looking at all angles. Last time 3 F15 came down was in Kuwait from "friendly fire".... they need to investigate everything. Sounds like the crew was highly professional.
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:47 AM (GD0B3)
he's in everything, I think they passed a law or something
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:50 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 12:51 AM (ZxPkt)
I've even seen non-stupid specialists already talking breezily about "ambush tactics" by Iranian air defense, etc - without any basis whatsoever in the actual facts of this case.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 12:51 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Tuna at April 05, 2026 12:52 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 05, 2026 12:54 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Gretchen Witherspoon, Brattleboro Ladies Pickleball Auxiliary at April 05, 2026 12:54 AM (/rhF0)
Posted by: Tuna at April 05, 2026 12:52 AM (lJ0H4)
I just watched a video from 9-hole reviews on the sniper rifle from Behind Enemy Lines.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 05, 2026 12:54 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 05, 2026 12:54 AM (52ERr)
We will be following the story as it progresses...
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 05, 2026 12:55 AM (/Uzmo)
14h
Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Game show time stamp music plays in background.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:56 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 12:56 AM (3ek7K)
Probably a Boulder Terlit Hobo. They're usually to drunk to stand, so....
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 05, 2026 12:56 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:57 AM (GD0B3)
he's in everything, I think they passed a law or something
Posted by: Don Black
Who would play the leader of the search and rescue team? Chris Pratt maybe?
Posted by: Tuna at April 05, 2026 12:58 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Jalad, on the brown ocean, his legs wide, his nostrils burning.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 05, 2026 12:46 AM (KAi1n)
Picard with bowels unfurled.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 05, 2026 12:59 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 05, 2026 12:59 AM (X+xvk)
ChatGPT literally just flagged the Seven Last Words of Jesus on Good Friday....hit a policy violation & marked it as "dangerous"
My friend was just doing sermon research. That's it.
But here's the wild part..... ChatGPT has no problem giving a step-by-step guide for suicide… yet somehow a quote from the Bible is marked as harmful and blocked as a policy violation
Make it make sense...ChatGPT is just utterly woke AI
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 12:59 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 12:59 AM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 12:56 AM (3ek7K)
Perfect! We have test subjects for the next Zero-G toilet design contest!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 05, 2026 01:00 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 05, 2026 01:00 AM (52ERr)
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 01:01 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 01:01 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 05, 2026 01:00 AM (52ERr)
The closest we got was the shower scene with V'Ger's probe in the shower in ST:TMP.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 05, 2026 01:02 AM (S/Y4j)
Gwynne Shotwell says SpaceX wants a Moon settlement and manufacturing facility within 10 years, ideally five.
The plan includes building AI-powered satellites and data centers directly on the lunar surface through NASA’s Artemis program.
--
Elon Musk@elonmusk . 6h
True
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 01:02 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 05, 2026 12:41 AM (3ek7K)
Marshmallows toasted over a fire on a stick are yummy. There is an art to toasting them just right, without setting them afire. Caramelized sugar is great.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 01:03 AM (I7pZ1)
The Home Care Service in Sweden hired a Syrian gangster to take care of the elderly.
It ended with him recording himself abusing and torturing them while shouting “Allahu Akbar”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 01:04 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 05, 2026 01:04 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Major Healey at April 05, 2026 01:07 AM (abIsI)
The security forces of the Islamic regime in Iran just found the bodies of a group of Basij militia terrorists who were out looking for the downed American airman in the mountains of south-western Iran.
Looks like they ran into an American search and rescue group
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 01:07 AM (48JDT)
The question continues to burn from last June and before: what in the wide wide world of sports is these jokers' sense of personal security?
You'd think Grim Beeper plus the better-than-fiction massacre of leadership last June would have moved these clowns to radically change their activities.
A few weeks ago a nuke scientist was hit, at his home (with his famlly). WTFF? Years of targeted hits on his colleagues, and currently US/Israel plinking down to the level of Basij checkpoints, and he's ...... at home??
I remain thankful, but baffled.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 01:08 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Beverly at April 05, 2026 01:09 AM (reMys)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 01:10 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: Braenyard
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It's twue, it's twue! It really IS the religion of PIECES!
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
A couple of years ago, it was nearly impossible to go for a stroll in these areas as they were controlled by some of the world’s most violent gangs
Today, they are full with domestic & international tourists
https://tinyurl.com/3htwkxhv
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 01:20 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 01:20 AM (ZxPkt)
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If your view of causality is entirely summed up by "allah wills it", you may make some careless mistakes from time to time.
Posted by: Methos at April 05, 2026 01:21 AM (vSvIl)
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they're just not that bright
dumb brutes
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 01:24 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 01:29 AM (I7pZ1)
Though I hope it's a long time from now.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 05, 2026 01:30 AM (U/Byj)
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THere was a also a "burnt smell" coming from the Orion toilet at some point yesterday. Mission control was scratching their heads. They had them to do gas analysis near the thing to try to see just what it was emanating, but I don't know if that turned anything up.
They mentioned a "mild" such smell was noted during testing on the ground they found in the logs. That is still unresolved, but the think it's nothing to worry about, just something outgassing a bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 10:33 PM
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It's this one guy. It's been him all along. He won't admit it.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 05, 2026 01:31 AM (VWtfl)
I made a small batch of deviled eggs, to split with hubby tomorrow. He loves those!
Yesterday, I trimmed his beard & today wanted to get a picture to send to son and niece, but he didn't want to do that.. Maybe can do it tomorrow..
Meanwhile-- I got the lawn mowed this afternoon. Man, what a chore. Should've done it last weekend but had to concentrate on tax paperwork instead.
Lots of cleanup yet to do outside. Never a dull moment!
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)
This is the part that way more people need to respect. Your personal curiosity is not more important than the military maintaining opsec. The OSINT clown show is worse than the media cameras set up to watch Desert Storm kick off. It's a free, constantly live intel service to our enemy, selling American lives for ad revenue.
Posted by: Sjg at April 05, 2026 01:32 AM (aqZN1)
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 05, 2026 01:33 AM (/Uzmo)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 05, 2026 01:31 AM (VWtfl)
Outgassing has never presented a problem for me.
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 05, 2026 01:33 AM (I7pZ1)
Wait a minute. "Found in the logs?"
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 05, 2026 01:33 AM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 01:35 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 05, 2026 01:33 AM (VWtfl)
Like, say, kernels of corn?
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 05, 2026 01:36 AM (I7pZ1)
This makes us Democrats look bad and we intend on an in-depth investigation in order to waste time and accomplish nothing till the midterms.
Posted by: Hakeen Jefferies at April 05, 2026 01:37 AM (38587)
The security forces of the Islamic regime in Iran just found the bodies of a group of Basij militia terrorists who were out looking for the downed American airman in the mountains of south-western Iran.
Looks like they ran into an American search and rescue group
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 01:07 AM (48JDT)
I hope they fucking mag dumped them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 01:39 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Don Black at April 05, 2026 01:41 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 01:42 AM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Berserker
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This was most satisfying to read:
434 There's video but it's mostly pieces only a couple of intact bodies.
Posted by: Braenyard
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)
The Home Care Service in Sweden hired a Syrian gangster to take care of the elderly.
It ended with him recording himself abusing and torturing them while shouting “Allahu Akbar”
Posted by: Braenyard
Did they at least fire him? He'd just get re-hired in the UK but still...
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 05, 2026 01:44 AM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 01:44 AM (I7pZ1)
eat that , blackpillers
Posted by: runner at April 05, 2026 12:26 AM (GD0B3)
They found the second F15 dude?? Frigging awesome, now they can lay waste to the whole fucking place.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 01:46 AM (snZF9)
...
This makes us Democrats look bad and we intend on an in-depth investigation in order to waste time and accomplish nothing till the midterms.
And-then Trump authorizes $152M for the refurbishing of Alcatraz for MSNBC's favorite UncleSourPuss as it's first, prime and perhaps only permanent resident. the bulk of the year over year operating costs being funded by the 250ft statue of Prometheus and Technology Museum also housed there as prelude to the eagle which will eat Brennan's liver daily -- and America250 can move-on beyond, rather than forWAR'd forever....
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 05, 2026 01:46 AM (jrUFg)
Posted by: Frankie at April 05, 2026 01:48 AM (4hkzn)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 01:52 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Skip at April 05, 2026 01:52 AM (Ia/+0)
Indeed. contrast this to Bill Clinton who when the BlackHawk Down families visited the oval office he literally told them that "it was their OWN FAULT that they were dead".
I remember Judas.
That was Bill Clinton before he Disgraced his office and Betrayed us ALL.
Had he done back in '92 in Mogadishu what Somalia accomplished in a week nearly a decade later, there factually would have been no OBL, no 911, no endless forever war -- and Zelensky and noodle headed Macaroni following in his footsteps of moral corruption would never have ended up on display in carbonite for thinking that either would fare any better than Hitler or Napoleon against Russia.
forWAR'd !!!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 05, 2026 01:53 AM (jW61b)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
*to our military*
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
America, Fuck yeah!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 02:00 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It would also expose some remaining air defenses.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 02:01 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 02:01 AM (48JDT)
Yes it would. Sort of a Judas goat, if you will.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 02:06 AM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 02:09 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 02:10 AM (I7pZ1)
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Gee, if only we had some sooper-sekrit agency what would DO shit like that... hmmm...
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 02:09 AM (snZF9)
Robots, Berserker. Dressed up like djinn, ten feet tall and made of radiation. Shoot lasers from their eyeballs, and breathe fire from their noses.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 02:13 AM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 02:15 AM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 02:16 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 05, 2026 02:15 AM (I7pZ1)
Shit yeah.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 02:17 AM (snZF9)
ROFL. I was sitting here with the Mission Control Artemis feed on in the background. I got to noticing a high pitched whine come from something and I got a-skeered some piece of hardware here was failing. After carefully listening to the actual computer case, it didn't come from that. Then I narrowed it down to the monitor, or some of the shit behind hind. High pitched little whine from some power supply dinky coil. Tons of such shit in the power adapters for the network equipment.
Then I muted the sound. That was it. There is a background whine coming from that MIssion control feed. Sheesh.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 02:20 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miklos Kate-Smith at April 05, 2026 02:20 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 02:21 AM (48JDT)
Posted by: Miklos
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Wow, Miklos-- didn't know you could Belch In Tongues. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)
And yes, they rounded out the day with more space toilet talk. Terlet is a go for the rest of the night.
They're having problems with the primary dump system apparently. It's too slow. Christina had to describe, in detail, what both the output from the primary and secondary venting nozzles looked like. The primary is "blowing chunks", she used some phrase similar to that.
When the shitter's full, Clark, you've got to dump it, and that's a slow process. They've got a go to use the thing all night, but apparently with some precautions that were discussed on the private channels. Probably TMI stuff involved, maybe.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 02:24 AM (w6EFb)
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Let the civilians all have a run at them, knives in hand-- death by a thousand cuts.
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
My freshman roommate could actually belch a good portion of the National Anthem after a beer or two.
And people question the value of a college education
Posted by: Miklos leart hisself good at April 05, 2026 02:27 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah the tires were too old. The bike is a 1997 and the tires are original. They got more dry rot than pelosi's face. I didn;t want to risk riding it. Back roads would have been ok, but the first 3/4 of the 50 mile ride was highway, and major truck route highway.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 02:28 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
And people question the value of a college education
Posted by: Miklos leart hisself good at April 05, 2026 02:27 AM (MABMQ)
I had a friend who could have pissed out Lincoln's Gettysburg address in the snow after a few beers. There was another who could piss over a clothes line. He called it "doing pressure". Another could fart out the beats to music when it was playing. It was like hanging out with the dudes from animal house.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 02:37 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
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I swear-- I worked with those guys! LOL. (parts of the job that I'm not really sure I miss...)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)
And the rescue teams are amazing. God bless 'em.
https://youtu.be/MAU2TgfZAcc
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - American by birth and choice at April 05, 2026 02:42 AM (/rhF0)
Fucking cigarettes, man...
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
Good night.
https://tinyurl.com/bdd9vzwv
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 05, 2026 02:53 AM (48JDT)
Call up the gift shop, and if they have flower arrangements, order one and have it delivered to the patient's room! Best of all, you can usually get a pretty decent arrangement at a reasonable price.
Can't believe I never thought/heard of this before....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 05, 2026 02:57 AM (SRRAx)
This was something interesting I did not know. The Artemis crew is going to be the first human eyes to ever see Mare Orientale in sunlight. Look up the details, but that's a very young impact feature that's barely, just barely visible peaking on the western limb of the Moon over the full libration cycle. It's at the extreme limits of that, so seeing it edge on from earth the most possible is rare thing over a 6, if not 18 year cycle.
Apollo did not see it in sunlight, because of the timing. Apollo 17 managed to get enough earthlight to get some dim images. Early orbiters did image it, but no human eyes have seen it in full on sunlight.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 02:58 AM (w6EFb)
Fucking cigarettes, man...
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)
I know, trust me, I know.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 05, 2026 02:59 AM (snZF9)
They've got a photo up. Mare Orientale is just swinging into view here:
https://is.gd/eye0q7
The Moon is upside down from our usual POV here in the north -- note Tycho is on top. Anyway, Mare Orientale is the little dark spot on the mid-right edge.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 03:05 AM (w6EFb)
Thanks, Bers. I know you understand.
Guess I need the full-strength patches for a longer while than "recommended" because that first day of stepping down *really* left me craving in a very bad way!
Here we go again. Too bad the gum & lozenges taste so nasty (and would be nearly as expensive as smoking)! Patches take the edge off, so that's nice.
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)
G'night, all. Blessed Easter to you!
<3
Posted by: JQ at April 05, 2026 03:11 AM (rdVOm)
Note by "very young", I mean 3.7B years old. It's the younger YUGE impact basin, and the most well preserved. It's a reference for impact processes and all that.
One of the planetary geologists, present at press conference who trained the crew on Moon geology and geography was nearly squeeing at the thought of human eyes seeing Mare Orientale for the first time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 03:14 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 05, 2026 03:36 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 05, 2026 03:14 AM (w6EFb)
It's only the first time if you don't count the Nazi flying saucer base there.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 05, 2026 03:42 AM (gTyJl)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2026 10:38 PM (n9ltV)
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Leaven help you!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 05, 2026 03:52 AM (Y+4g7)
Posted by: clarence at April 05, 2026 04:02 AM (MbRpR)
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:02 AM (fNISR)
post 265+
Posted by: m at April 05, 2026 04:15 AM (fNISR)
Music Thread: -- Open Thread -- Music Thread -- Open Thread
Yes, Red Sox fans are vile, but...
NEW: Fenway Park ERUPTS in boos as Governor Healey and Mayor Wu take the field on Red Sox opening day — 37,000 fans making their feelings very clear pic.twitter.com/i51cYVpkYd
— Mass Daily News (@MassDailyNews) April 3, 2026
Yes, this is mostly symbolic, but I think there are other, more important issues that I wish the President would focus on before he tries to fix college sports, which has been crooked since almost the beginning. President Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting 'Illegal' NIL Payments, Seeks To Limit Number Of Transfers
Some of the key topics included in the new order try to curtail NIL collectives, along with allowing players to have five years to play five seasons. But, one of the most drastic changes was the committee who helped write this executive order helping implement a change to the transfer process.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 07:37 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 07:37 PM (kpS4V)
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Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: epador at April 04, 2026 07:40 PM (TRnzq)
One on One .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 07:40 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Buster Brown (and Tige) at April 04, 2026 07:41 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 04, 2026 07:41 PM (/Uzmo)
https://tinyurl.com/2p9358r
"A man's gotta be a lot tougher than the timber he's cuttin'"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 07:43 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 07:44 PM (kpS4V)
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Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 07:51 PM (h7ZuX)
ace is teaching him Endorian shibari
Posted by: Such a knotty boy at April 04, 2026 07:52 PM (TbWk/)
FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS!! I'm at work and the TV in the office doesn't have TBS so no Final Four! OUTRAGE!! Now I have to actually work or something.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 07:53 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 04, 2026 07:53 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:56 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 07:56 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 04, 2026 07:53 PM (XMwZJ)
It's more than a feeling.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 07:56 PM (V4IXI)
https://youtu.be/pRhjWdr-LAA
Posted by: tankdemon at April 04, 2026 07:59 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Angzarr
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The demographic that attends baseball games is not the demographic that voted in those cunts.
This being Boston, a Democrat machine run city, it's highly likely that the demographic that voted in those cunts is both fraudulent and imaginary.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 04, 2026 07:59 PM (0r3iH)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 07:59 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 07:56 PM (Kdi1r)
Once the Iran war is over, the bottom will fall out of the pistachio market.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:59 PM (I7pZ1)
On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter. From the score of the film "Hamnet". Beautifully haunting piece of music.
Posted by: Tuna at April 04, 2026 08:00 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Ronster at April 04, 2026 08:01 PM (LjEfn)
https://tinyurl.com/y5v8pxev
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 04, 2026 08:03 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:06 PM (FrGmf)
https://youtu.be/pRhjWdr-LAA
Posted by: tankdemon
I believe Handel's 'Messiah' is chronological.
Worthy is the Lamb- youtu.be/vCcGqMHndxo
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 08:06 PM (Kdi1r)
On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter. From the score of the film "Hamnet". Beautifully haunting piece of music.
Posted by: Tuna at April 04, 2026 08:00 PM (lJ0H4)
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Used in "Interstellar" too. Beautiful.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 08:08 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 08:10 PM (pFJNq)
Yeah, forgot to add that. I guess it is known under both labels. Thanks for the correction.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 04, 2026 08:12 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:12 PM (FrGmf)
From a comment from last thread, am I correct in believing Berserker that you have never had biscuits and gravy?
How is that possible?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:13 PM (zZu0s)
From a comment from last thread, am I correct in believing Berserker that you have never had biscuits and gravy?
How is that possible?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:13 PM (zZu0s)
He has been to MoMee's. Kind of like going to Boston and not getting scrod.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 08:15 PM (I7pZ1)
FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS!! I'm at work and the TV in the office doesn't have TBS so no Final Four! OUTRAGE!! Now I have to actually work or something.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 07:53 PM
It's also on TNT.
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 08:17 PM (rbKZ6)
From a comment from last thread, am I correct in believing Berserker that you have never had biscuits and gravy?
How is that possible?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:13 PM (zZu0s)
I don't do white gravy so I'm with Berserker and I grew up in Louisiana.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:17 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 08:18 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 08:18 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 04, 2026 08:12 PM (ceJ0R)
They still have annual Shag weeks at Ocean Drive Beach (North Myrtle Beach) Not my scene, but I've been there visiting family. They seem to have fun.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:18 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:17 PM (V4IXI)
Thats just... I mean... damn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Complete with a phallus placed not so discretely on the cover.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 04, 2026 08:19 PM (G+z7f)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 07:53 PM
It's also on TNT.
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 08:17 PM (rbKZ6)
Final four what? Horses in the race, destined to become dog food?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 08:20 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Hardware Fan at April 04, 2026 08:20 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:17 PM (V4IXI)
Your kind isn't welcome here...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2026 08:20 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 08:18 PM (I7pZ1)
I love onions. I love biscuits and gravy.
I never even contemplated mixing them. Why?
Choice of sausage.
Flour.
Whole milk.
Salt and Pepper.
Infinite variations on that theme.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:23 PM (zZu0s)
I'm not the one who ruined a perfectly good deviled egg recipe. ( I'm not a ranch dressing fan either)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:23 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:17 PM (V4IXI
Shreveport?
(You, Wolfus A, and me laughing hysterically and everyone else is looking at us funny)
Posted by: Piper at April 04, 2026 08:23 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:17 PM (V4IXI)
Your kind isn't welcome here...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2026 08:20 PM (n9ltV)
Spirit of the staircase: 'Please, sir! There are women and children present!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:23 PM (V4IXI)
They came out damn tasty. I did not have any mayo.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:25 PM (zZu0s)
https://tinyurl.com/y5v8pxev
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 04, 2026 08:03 PM
I grew up on beach/shag music in the 70s in NC. I still love it and have a whole playlist of it. The Embers and Chairmen of the Board were very popular live performers. Beach Music festivals were very common in these parts.
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 08:25 PM (rbKZ6)
(You, Wolfus A, and me laughing hysterically and everyone else is looking at us funny)
Posted by: Piper at April 04, 2026 08:23 PM (Wmg4n)
Hah.
West of New Orleans where proper gumbo is . made.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:26 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 08:18 PM (I7pZ1)
That is just...wrong. Green onions? Fennel? WTF? Hipsters ruin everything.
Brown the sausage. Add flour to the meat and grease. Add milk or cream. Season with pepper and Slap Ya Mama. Ladel the precious over biscuits. Happy Ending.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:26 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Biscuits and gravy recipes at April 04, 2026 08:26 PM (vFG9F)
FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS!! I'm at work and the TV in the office doesn't have TBS so no Final Four! OUTRAGE!! Now I have to actually work or something.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 07:53 PM
It's also on TNT.
Posted by: Moonbeam
Which also isn't available at work. :-(
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 08:26 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 08:26 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:26 PM (FrGmf)
This woman gets it.
No mention of roux. As it should be.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 08:28 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:25 PM (zZu0s)
I'm sure they did. I'm just lashing back😀
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:28 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Steck at April 04, 2026 08:29 PM (LlRQB)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:23 PM
More layers for the butter!
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 08:29 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Biscuits and gravy recipes at April 04, 2026 08:26 PM (vFG9F)
Mammaw would often just use her ever present butter tub of sausage/bacon grease and put the flour in that. Better than anything I can make. I need to start capturing grease.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 08:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 08:28 PM (h7ZuX)
I tried listening to it on this laptop. Audio just terrible to my admittedly bad ears. And for some reason, all the Ewetoob "suggestions" on the sidebar were the worst sort of clickbait crap.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 08:32 PM (I7pZ1)
That lady was born to cook.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:32 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 08:32 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 08:33 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:34 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 08:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 08:30 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm not at that many but at least a dozen times. And even after all those times I never noticed the scarecrow had a gun when they were in the haunted forest until it was pointed out to me.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 08:35 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 08:35 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Mel's Rockpile at April 04, 2026 08:36 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 08:37 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: epador at April 04, 2026 07:40 PM
One of the best concerts I've seen was Natalie MacMaster maybe twenty years ago. The woman was a whirlwind of fiddling and dancing and had given birth about 6 months before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lGC3uPaZ1o
Natalie, Donnell Leahy and Mary Frances Leahy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYX6scSSyVs
Posted by: huerfano at April 04, 2026 08:37 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 08:37 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:34 PM (FrGmf)
I'll probably love it. Need something to freshen up the Spotify.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 08:37 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 08:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Deport. Denaturalize if you have to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:39 PM (zZu0s)
(You, Wolfus A, and me laughing hysterically and everyone else is looking at us funny)
Posted by: Piper at April 04, 2026 08:23 PM (Wmg4n)
Hah.
West of New Orleans where proper gumbo is . made.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at
So many good memories in Breaux Bridge, of all places. And yes, you are correct.
Posted by: Piper at April 04, 2026 08:39 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 08:40 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 08:41 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 08:41 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)
----
It's the best way to capture hobbits.
They go crazy for mushroom soup...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 04, 2026 08:43 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Tom Servo
When I sold off my LP collection Brain Salad Surgery brought some pretty good $$. That copy was damn near brand new as my original was fed to the party gods during the Great Dorm Room Fire of 1974.
Who'da thought macrame' candle holders, posters covering the walls, and a parachute tacked to the ceiling could have contributed to it. (We had the music so loud we didn't hear the fire alarm)
Good times, good times. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 08:44 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 08:44 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 08:28 PM (h7ZuX)
This will give you a good start:
https://tinyurl.com/3dn5j2w5
But 60s beach music was a bit different from that of the 70s. It was more similar to the crooner stylings of the 50s, while 70s beach started to sound more modern. The beat of the songs and the shag dance is what held them together.
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 08:45 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel "
I had some mushroom soup in college. What a trip. I can see how it could make you crazy.
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 08:45 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 08:46 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 08:37 PM (h7ZuX)
78 Re Shag
Kind of doowop-y.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)
Shag music makes me think of Dr Hook songs from the 70s. Of a certain time and place. Not what I want to hear all the time, but nice listening sometimes.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:48 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)
Would actually be a step up from the fennel-laden shite I got in PA.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 08:48 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 08:48 PM (vFG9F)
ace is teaching him Endorian shibari
Posted by: Such a knotty boy
I saw Endorian Shibari open for If These Trees Could Talk at The Star Loft in 2016.
https://youtu.be/thz_JqagxRU
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 08:49 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 08:50 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 04, 2026 08:51 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 08:52 PM (I7pZ1)
In a now deleted post, Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) said of President Trump going to SCOTUS this morning:
"So fucking fucked up. I'll pray they fuck him to his face."
(She ran as a bipartisan consensus builder.)
Made me think of the old Dion song, Runaround Sue.
Now listen people what I'm telling you
A-keep away from-a Fuck Face Sue, yeah
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 08:53 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 08:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Deport. Denaturalize if you have to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
=====
Dismember
Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 04, 2026 08:53 PM (gpQ8/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 08:46 PM
Better is subjective. Yacht rock makes me think of Christopher Cross. Or Loggins and Messina. Beach music is a subcategory of bands like Chairmen of the Board. Or Band of Oz.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:54 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 08:55 PM (I7pZ1)
Woke up the other morning with the earworm "Please don't let me be misunderstood" and ended up searching for versions on YooToob. I found
Nina Simome - almost kinda good
https://youtu.be/JS8LWRCS6do
Cindy Lauper Live - why do women always try too hard?
https://youtu.be/-XvHy4PY_dg
Santa Esmeralda, the unbuttoned disco version
https://youtu.be/uvXeeus94GY
Ozzy Osbourne unreleased track - I see why
https://youtu.be/ASHuUC3DJAc
Yusuf / old Cat Stevens - he did have a good voice, but
https://youtu.be/qXL0ow4-sR0
Some of those mess with the pacing. Some mess with the simple lyrics: "Life has it's problems and I've got my share" fits with the "like any other one" and "I'm just a man" theme. Making it "I've got MORE THAN my share" is just hoobris or something. Nope nope nope.
So…
Eric Burdon and the Animals - still the best version
https://youtu.be/YMDrTMnm1IE
Posted by: mindful webworker - with a joy that's hard to hide at April 04, 2026 08:56 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 04, 2026 08:56 PM (f0sNM)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:58 PM (FrGmf)
John Lennon faced a plagiarism lawsuit over "Come Together" due to its similarities to Chuck Berry’s song "You Can’t Catch Me," which was settled out of court.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 08:58 PM (ndZc7)
This is a plot point of that Substance parallel show, "The Beauty".
Cross was, as you may know (or, if over 29, remember) big. Sold platinum. Even I remember hearing a lot of his stuff on the radio although as a very young boy I didn't much like it.
Then Cross vanished. Poof! I didn't hear any more of his songs. And his older songs got shifted over to the fossil stations. "A thousand thousand slimy things lived on, and so did [he]."
"The Beauty" suggests that was because he showed up on TV to sing his own stuff and he was short and ugly. The young(ish) women watching would rather watch George Michael.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 04, 2026 08:59 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:00 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 09:00 PM (I7pZ1)
Interesting study. I like the Eric Burden version. Might like Nina Simone.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:00 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 09:01 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:58 PM (FrGmf)
Ah, I do love this one. Is this considered shag?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:02 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 04, 2026 09:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 09:03 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 08:46 PM
For the most part, beach music is dance music. The Shag is the dance that pairs with beach music.
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 09:03 PM (rbKZ6)
I thought he looked like a regular kind of guy. Women thought he was ugly? Looking at his photos now he looks like Chris Pratt's less attractive brother.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:05 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: gKWVE
Works for me!!
Posted by: Stephen Tyler at April 04, 2026 09:06 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 09:03 PM (yTvNw)
https://youtu.be/Cde5bhjXD5w?
si=F-nIal_bJE8C9Gad
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 09:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:02 PM (h7ZuX)
I don't think it is shag music per se. But it was one I heard a lot growing up in SC in even into the 80s. It was a popular song even then. I'm sure plenty of people shagged to it 😆
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 09:06 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 04, 2026 09:06 PM (QaH55)
Someone here recently posted the odd fact that the keyboard player in that original video had no connection to the band at all, but in fact was a young Hans Zimmer. (Who went on to become a well known composer)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 09:06 PM (pFJNq)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:07 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 09:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 09:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 09:06 PM (FrGmf)
No doubt!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:07 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
Was that what one listened to with one's "beach friends"? Or, wait, was that a West Coast thing?
Googoyl Dr. Christine Blasey Ford for those too young to get the reference.
Posted by: mindful webworker - boof at April 04, 2026 09:09 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 08:58 PM (FrGmf)
Ah, I do love this one. Is this considered shag?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:02 PM
This is one of my all-time favorites:
https://tinyurl.com/46h5ka6e
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 09:11 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: mindful webworker - boof at April 04, 2026 09:09 PM (/rhF0)
That was like 6 years ago! I don't think too many toddlers except TJM hang out on AOSHQ.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 09:11 PM (zZu0s)
https://youtu.be/MfHM82gzv7k
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 09:12 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:00 PM (V4IXI)
Drunk Caribean Rock and Roll.
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 09:13 PM (suTS9)
Posted by: mindful webworker - boof at April 04, 2026 09:09 PM (/rhF0)
"Googoyl" Heh! You are an artist, Mindful. Create some images of Googoyles, chimerical beasts with their beaks up peoples' butt cracks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 09:13 PM (I7pZ1)
The Ronettes.
https://youtu.be/NnWOBMQhNBQ?
si=CMrJsJgfm4kN76dK
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 09:13 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 09:14 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 09:15 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 09:13 PM (suTS9)
With a fair chunk of country thrown in, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 09:15 PM (I7pZ1)
https://tinyurl.com/46h5ka6e
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 09:11 PM (rbKZ6)
Oh wow! I remember this song from growing up in SC. It was a good one. Thanks!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 09:15 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Guy who misheard at April 04, 2026 09:15 PM (vFG9F)
(You, Wolfus A, and me laughing hysterically and everyone else is looking at us funny)
Posted by: Piper at April 04, 2026
*
Hah.
West of New Orleans where proper gumbo is . made.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026
***
Shreveport? Dat's way way up nawth.
( -- Justin Wilson)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 09:15 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Heh, yeah, that was the subtle humor. I was going to say it outright, but didn't want to deprive you of the chance. 😏
Posted by: mindful webworker - all play and no work at April 04, 2026 09:15 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: JTB
Had a buddy who'd fight over calling a specific style of 'Western' music by (his) proper name:
Cowboy/Western, western swing, Honky-Tonk, Bakersfield sound, heavy western/cowboy, texas country-Red Dirt, New Mexico-southwestern, outlaw country, Cowboy/Western Revival, Nashville Sound, or Western Harmony.
I can't tell you what makes them different but sometimes, I can hear it.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 09:16 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 09:20 PM (I7pZ1)
Rock
Metal
Heavy Metal
Speed Metal
Thrash Metal
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:20 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 09:16 PM (cYBz/)
True. Not familiar with some of those, like New Mex or Western Harmony, but I associate Bakersfield sound with my childhood (lookin at you, Buck Owens and Hee-Haw).
Now I have to go down this rabbit hole.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:22 PM (h7ZuX)
( -- Justin Wilson)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 09:15 PM (wzUl9)
North of Turkey Creek? Yankee...
At least, that's what the guys in Ville Platte say....
Posted by: Boswell at April 04, 2026 09:23 PM (j10i6)
Oddly Ace had Wet Leg once somewhere and besides it showing up heard it on a modern radio station a week or so ago.
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 09:23 PM (Ia/+0)
I can't tell you what makes them different but sometimes, I can hear it.
Posted by: Tonypete
Sounds like the subgenres of metal. That's nu-metal, that's technical death metal, that's progressive metal, that's blackgaze, that's kawaii metal, that's.....
I think there are more metal genres than there are metal bands.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 09:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tonypete
Obligatory Blues Brothers
https://youtu.be/0UVNvoU_Qp8
Posted by: mindful webworker - two fried chickens and a coke at April 04, 2026 09:23 PM (/rhF0)
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 08:46 PM (Q+gd/)
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Reggae would appear like Godzilla and crush beach music like a flimsy office building.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 09:24 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 09:15 PM (BI5O2)
Be My Baby.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 09:24 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 09:15 PM
Do you remember Crazy Zack's? We used to go to the one in Raleigh all the time and occasionally made it down to the one at OD. But I think there was another more popular place for dancing down there?
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 09:24 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Boswell at April 04, 2026 09:23 PM (j10i6
The car that crashed into a parade today happened in New Iberia.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:25 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:25 PM (V4IXI)
Driving while muslim?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 09:26 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 09:26 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 09:27 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:27 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 09:26 PM (I7pZ1)
I don't think so. I don't think even a Muslim would voluntarily live in New Iberia. I think the exact location may have been Broussard though.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:29 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:25 PM (V4IXI)
I tried not to go further south than Opelousas, but found myself in New Iberia once...can't say I am surprised.
Posted by: Boswell at April 04, 2026 09:30 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: JTB
How big can a jazz combo be and still be a small combo? Add keyboards and four saxophones to the guitar/bass/drums?
https://youtu.be/lHtZr8PE_Io
If that's not "small," anything with Senri Kawaguchi on drums is still worth a watch/listen. I think she lives her whole life at 150% speed.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 09:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 09:07 PM (Ia/+0)
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My algorithm fed it to me and now I can't stop.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:33 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Indiana Lurker at April 04, 2026 09:34 PM (3ZVqj)
Forbert's Jackrabbit Slim is a good bit of music. Still have album but no turntable.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 04, 2026 09:34 PM (19SAM)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:34 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fred durst at April 04, 2026 09:34 PM (jrgJz)
I mean, The Shmenges are not the same as Frank Yankovic and His Yanks.
Grok says: Slavic Styles (Polish-American, Chicago Style and Eastern Style). Slovenian-American Polka (often called Cleveland Style) Frankie Yankovic is the biggest name here. Cleveland has long been called "America’s Polka Capital." Czech-American Polka (including Czexan or Texas Czech style): Found in rural Midwest and especially Texas/Nebraska. Germanic Styles: also called Dutchman Style or "Oompah". Southwestern Styles: Mexican-American Polka, Papago-Pima Polka: A Native American variation in the Southwest with unique adaptations.
I'll bet.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 09:34 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 09:24 PM (rbKZ6)
No, I don't recall that club. My Grandma lived in Myrtle Beach when I was a teenager in the 80s. Later on, family bought a condo in OD. I remember the music though!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 09:39 PM (FrGmf)
Another plug for the mindful 2003 comic webwork, Jerusalem Report, kinda steampunk cartoonish speculation on the Deep State media of the day reporting and misreporting on the events of one amazing week.
Page 1 of 7 linked in nic.
Takes some liberties, but respectfully, with the Gospel accounts, so I suppose not recommended for the easily offended doctrinaire.
A sample panel, if you want a peek
https://bit.ly/jeru-report-two-brothers
Characters based on this painting
https://bit.ly/melcher-2-brothers
Posted by: mindful webworker - he was right there! at April 04, 2026 09:39 PM (/rhF0)
Even though a lot of bands aped their style, no one could really match them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 09:39 PM (XV/Pl)
I'll bet.
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Elizabeth Warren remembers doing that one with the tribal elders when she was three.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 09:40 PM (JkO4W)
Let the Free Market rule.
Not that anybody ever really believed there wasn't shenanigans in college sports.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 04, 2026 09:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 09:00 PM (V4IXI)
Drunk Caribean Rock and Roll.
Posted by: Reforger
For some bizarre reason the have named A1A (in Florida) the Jimmy Buffet Memorial Highway. I know the guy had like two songs and there are some bars around here that play them in an endless loop... even worse with a Jimmy Buffet Memorial Band.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 04, 2026 09:44 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Javems at April 04, 2026 09:48 PM (OhQS6)
Forbert's Jackrabbit Slim is a good bit of music. Still have album but no turntable.
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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I thought Forbert was going to be a huge success. I loved his music back in the day. I guess you never know.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 04, 2026 09:49 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 09:50 PM (XV/Pl)
If I hear Margarritaville again, I'll stab someone. That is
one painful ass song. There'll be a woman to blame. I'll own it.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 09:50 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 09:50 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Cicero
Don't forget his senior retirement spots.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 09:51 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 09:52 PM (BI5O2)
https://youtu.be/kGHp2Ita5R8
"OK Computer" Radiohead, not "Pablo Honey" Radiohead.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 09:52 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: You Can Hear Her at April 04, 2026 09:55 PM (oftw2)
I usually think of small combo as no more than five. Percussion, guitar, bass, keyboard, maybe a sax. (I grew up hearing Dave Brubeck.) Some songs might add a flute. Thinking of Van Morrison's Moondance or Herbie Mann.
Just my opinion based on nothing official.
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 09:55 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Kinda makes sense. You can walk into pretty much any bar with live music anywhere up and down A1A and pretty soon you're gonna hear a Jimmy Buffet song.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 04, 2026 09:56 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 04, 2026 09:57 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 04, 2026 09:57 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: You Can Hear Her at April 04, 2026 09:55 PM (oftw2)
Interesting factoid, Mr oftw2.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 09:58 PM (FrGmf)
Zappa has three gold records by contrast.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 09:59 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: You Can Hear Her at April 04, 2026 09:55 PM (oftw2)
Also the Crystals, not Ronettes. But produced by Phil Spector.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:00 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Javems at April 04, 2026 09:48 PM (OhQS6)
The Pig Stand in Ville Platte - wash it down with beers at the Kit Kat Lounge.
Good times.
Posted by: Boswell at April 04, 2026 10:01 PM (j10i6)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8cnRm-D4t1I
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 09:52 PM (BI5O2)
Nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 10:01 PM (zZu0s)
Zappa has three gold records by contrast.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 09:59 PM (XV/Pl)
Accolades do not automatically equate talent, nor quality. I choose Zappa.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 04, 2026 10:02 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 04, 2026 10:03 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Javems at April 04, 2026 09:48 PM (OhQS6)
Took Little there for a late lunch during our summer escape from California. Grilled oysters, and fried catfish. Crawfish was out of season, unfortunately. Abita amber was available, so all was right with the world.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 04, 2026 10:04 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 10:06 PM (yTvNw)
"On a dark desert highway" is pretty good, too, but that ain't Buffet.
Then there's "I've been warped by the rain," maybe my all-time favorite.
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 04, 2026 10:08 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Buffet Wisdom at April 04, 2026 10:31 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 10:32 PM (vTZFs)
I'm not a "Parrot Head" buy I am proud of my Florida Beachtown heritage.
There are far worse things and places to be associated with.
Posted by: pawn at April 05, 2026 03:14 AM (jstR0)
Posted by: pawn at April 05, 2026 03:22 AM (jstR0)
Hobby Thread - April 4, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. It is that time of the year, a spin of the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) naturally came up with Easter as a theme for this Hobby Thread.
[Top photo: Buc-ee's Bunny]
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
Caution - not all rabbits are peaceful. Proceed accordingly. If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your own. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:32 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 05:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:35 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 04, 2026 05:36 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 05:36 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 05:36 PM (zZu0s)
Yes. Peeps are smores on steroids. Graham crackers are also gross.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:39 PM (FrGmf)
I know that some of you enjoy studying the heavens, and likely have a nice telescope as well with the knowledge that comes from using one. So you might be able to answer this.
With all the advances in technology over the decades, is there a commercial/ scientific telescope that is capable of viewing the Artemis Mission in real time? I would think that this is currently achievable, and I'm a bit surprised that the media hasn't taken advantage of it (unless they are trying to play down achievements...which is possible). Clear night; massive state of the art telescope; I would think we could peek in on Artemis any time we wanted. But, no media efforts or YouTube channels seem to be doing it.
Posted by: Orson at April 04, 2026 05:39 PM (dIske)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:35 PM (FrGmf)
Oh, I did end up making the deviled eggs in the rice cooker. Pretty darn good. Did not use bacon as the recipe I tried for oven cooking the bacon gave me carbon- except for one piece which I ate.
So just:
Eggs
Kens Buttermilk Ranch
French's Mustard
Smoked Paprika (which was really tasty.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 05:39 PM (zZu0s)
So just:
Eggs
Kens Buttermilk Ranch
French's Mustard
Smoked Paprika (which was really tasty.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 05:39 PM (zZu0s)
Sounds pretty yummy. What time do you want the Horde to arrive? 😆
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:41 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:45 PM (FrGmf)
Our family when I was growing up had no religious affiliation at all. (Though Mom did once suggest Sunday School, and you'd have thought she'd spoken of swallowing rat poison or broccoli. "School?!? SIX DAYS a week?!?" was our reaction.) So our Easter was pretty much painting the hardboiled eggs and snacking on various kinds of chocolate.
There was a time in America when Easter was the holiday where men and women, and their children, got new outfits -- the men new suits or a new hat, the women dresses or frocks, the boys their first suit, etc. Again, the renewal theme, I guess. Now I suppose, if the old custom is observed at all, it's new running shoes or a new T-shirt. Maybe it's different where you are.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 05:46 PM (wzUl9)
I've gone back to trying the "spiral" method of loading one's pipe. That is, you put the leaf in the palm of your off hand, invert the pipe, and "swirl" it around in a spiral fashion to push the tobacco up into the bowl. The idea is that it will be fairly evenly distributed but not tightly packed in there, and will burn evenly. The method doesn't always work for me, but then the whole pipe smoking thing is a journey, and every session is a little different. Recall Ian Malcolm's lecture about chaos in Jurassic Park.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 05:51 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 04, 2026 05:53 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 05:56 PM (+89TD)
Those wooden Celtic eggs look interesting.
Happy Easter!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 04, 2026 05:57 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 04, 2026 05:57 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 06:00 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 06:01 PM (+89TD)
People are documenting ‘sad’ Easter Bunnies at their local malls
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 04, 2026 05:57 PM
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They need to go to Buc-ees. Happy bunny there!
Posted by: TRex - hippity hoppity dino at April 04, 2026 06:01 PM (IQ6Gq)
Not a hobby, of course, but ancient tradition.
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 06:02 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 06:03 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 06:03 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 06:10 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Steck at April 04, 2026 06:15 PM (LlRQB)
Yes, we have an Easter egg tree...it was TRex's grandmother's with all the eggs she decorated. We made so many more that we needed to get a new tree so it could all of them!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 06:17 PM (IQ6Gq)
As for Easter, I ate some Cadbury mini eggs. As much as I like them, I really enjoy the dark chocolate ones. Like crack. I had my obilgatory Cadbury Creme egg and Reese’s peanut butter eggs so all is good. Alles gut.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 04, 2026 06:18 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:45 PM (FrGmf)
It was cold oven. 400 degrees. 15 min for normal cut.
My oven thermostat might be wonky but I had just made an egg casserole a couple days before and it was fine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 06:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026
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Color, real color, epic scenes, great performances from Heston, Brynner, Anne Baxter, and Edward G. Robinson, plus Vincent Price. My man Robert Vaughn had a non-speaking role in it. He said John Derek didn't want anybody in his scenes who looked like him, so the young Vaughn, who resembled JD quite a bit, was kept off camera whenever Derek was on.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 06:19 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 06:20 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 06:03 PM (wzUl9)
Or…this would be a ballsy move…
A network has Standards and Practices look away for just long enough for it to broadcast The Passion of the Christ.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 04, 2026 06:20 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 06:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
Notice how we don't say world wide web anymore?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 06:21 PM (zZu0s)
I know that some of you enjoy studying the heavens, and likely have a nice telescope as well with the knowledge that comes from using one. So you might be able to answer this.
With all the advances in technology over the decades, is there a commercial/ scientific telescope that is capable of viewing the Artemis Mission in real time? I would think that this is currently achievable, and I'm a bit surprised that the media hasn't taken advantage of it (unless they are trying to play down achievements...which is possible). Clear night; massive state of the art telescope; I would think we could peek in on Artemis any time we wanted. But, no media efforts or YouTube channels seem to be doing it.
Posted by: Orson at April 04, 2026 05:39 PM (dIske)
That speck of dust? I doubt it. Probably the only way to see it is of it does a night reentry.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 04, 2026 06:22 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:32 PM (FrGmf)
Same to you, and other Hordelings!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 06:24 PM (I7pZ1)
What a world...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at April 04, 2026 06:26 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 05:36 PM (zZu0s)
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I saw "Dr. Pepper" Peeps at Walmart this morning.
I was half-tempted to give them a try, though I'm not overly fond of Peeps.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 04, 2026 06:27 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 06:29 PM (yTvNw)
Two days ago I went up on our roof to survey wind damage from some storms. We've had some pretty high winds.. 40+ MPH. It tore off some shingles... not many, but some.
I grabbed a ladder and went up to attempt some repairs.
The wind blew my ladder down.
I spent about 2 - 21/2 hours up there before my wife came home.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 06:34 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 04, 2026 06:34 PM (38587)
I was half-tempted to give them a try, though I'm not overly fond of Peeps."
Perfessor,
I tried some this week. There is an initial burst of Dr. Pepper flavor that lasts for a few seconds then the usual Peeps taste takes over. Okay as a novelty but I've never been a big fan. Preferred the chocolate bunnies.
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 06:35 PM (yTvNw)
I have to rewatch s1 first though.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 06:35 PM (dE3DB)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
So, prune juice Peeps?
Preeps?
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 06:36 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 06:37 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Ben Hur is on TCM tomorrow morning/afternoon depending on your time zone.
Posted by: Tuna at April 04, 2026 06:38 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
They're marshmallows (so, fluffy sugar), rolled in sugar.
Eight-year-old mikeski liked them, because eight-year-old mikeski would have liked a tablespoon of sugar right out of the Crystal Sugar bag.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 06:39 PM (VHUov)
You can see it if it's close enough, like LEO distance. Some may have done that. But now, it's a dust speck pushing 180,000 miles away.
This outfit here claimed to have imaged the separation of Orion from the upper stage at 30,000 miles here:
https://is.gd/78xQtv
That's crazy and you'll note some doubt it's real. But that is well, well beyond any backyard capabilities. That is military NSA grade stuff there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 06:39 PM (w6EFb)
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This is like Jeopardy!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 04, 2026 06:40 PM (Gx2ed)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 06:43 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)
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This is like Jeopardy!
Posted by: Cicero
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I'll take chocolate Easter eggs for 500!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 06:45 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 06:37 PM (IQ6Gq)
Mmmm...malted milk eggs. I wonder where they are sold in Vancouver. I am like 2 blocks off the West Broadway shopping strip.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 06:46 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 06:47 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Malted milk balls are like crack to me. Once I start eating them I can't stop.
Posted by: Tuna at April 04, 2026 06:48 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tuna
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you are speaking my language!!!!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 06:50 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 06:51 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 06:29 PM (yTvNw)
That reminds me. I have, in Arizona, a replica 1861 Remington Old Army cap and ball revolver, manufacturer unknown. It works OK using Pyrodex powder, but I acquired some Pyrodex cylindrical "pellets" and loaded it up with those. Big mistake; it lead to chain fire incident. Scary, but no evident damage.
If I were to use greased patches for the balls, would that obviate the need to pack the front of each charged cylinder cavity with bore grease?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 06:51 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: PaleRider
That's my childhood, also. Those two-piece plastic snap-together eggs with a bit of candy hidden inside. Or maybe a quarter, back when 25 cents was worth something..... to Pac-Man or Donkey Kong it was, anyway.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 06:51 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: PaleRider
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You are absolutely correct...it's my first world problem I suffer thru each year....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 06:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Tuna at April 04, 2026 06:38 PM (lJ0H4)
I have Ben Hur on a disc with The Ten Commandments. It will be an epic day.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 06:54 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at April 04, 2026 06:54 PM (xcxpd)
So I post a pic or something daily for them.
Very low-effort but the consistency of doing it is a good challenge for my adhd brain.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 06:55 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 06:55 PM (yTvNw)
I have to rewatch s1 first though.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 06:35 PM (dE3DB)
First episode of season 2 is just a confused combat scene with girl power and bad lighting. It could be worse but...it's not great.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at April 04, 2026 06:56 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 06:57 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 06:55 PM (yTvNw
I know black jellybeans matter to some people, but not to me.
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 06:57 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 06:55 PM (yTvNw)
I loathe anything like licorice, that tastes of anise. You can have all my black jelly beans.
Sour gummi bears are where it's at.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 06:58 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 06:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 06:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JTB
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THIS....of course I do like them all...now I'm starting to regret not getting any. Then again, they all go on sale on Monday!!!!!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 06:59 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Piper at April 04, 2026 07:00 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 07:00 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Tuna at April 04, 2026 07:01 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:02 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:02 PM (zZu0s)
Sat at a sidewalk table, and watched traffic go by. There goes a city transit bus with a big poster on the side: "Join the B.C. Transit Police! We are expanding." When I lived in Vancouver, before 1980, there were no transit police. Not needed. What has changed in the intervening 45 years?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:03 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 07:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
That Anduril thing is real. They are a defense tech outfit, and that little post was just bragging and showing off. We can image two dust specks separating at 30,000 miles. We own the sky. There is nothing you can do that we can't see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)
Jagermeister
There are a ton of licorice liquors.
All it's works are evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)
Fist bump!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:04 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 06:51 PM (I7pZ1)
They sell grease impregnated felt wads and plastic cups for just that use. They seat between the bullet and the powder to avoid the need to grease the balls.
You can make the felt wads yourself using an appropriate sized hollow punch.
The other thing used to be to get pistol balls sized so that they would leave a tiny ring of lead sheared off the bullet an the chamber mouth when you ram it home .which tried to make sure there was obturation and less risk of flash-over.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 07:05 PM (rbvCR)
Sat at a sidewalk table, and watched traffic go by. There goes a city transit bus with a big poster on the side: "Join the B.C. Transit Police! We are expanding." When I lived in Vancouver, before 1980, there were no transit police. Not needed. What has changed in the intervening 45 years?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:03 PM (I7pZ1)
Drug legalization and massive immigration
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at April 04, 2026 07:06 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 07:06 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Tuna at April 04, 2026 07:06 PM (lJ0H4)
What?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:07 PM (zZu0s)
Sour gummi bears are where it's at.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 06:58 PM (I7pZ1)
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Amen, brother!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 04, 2026 07:07 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Tuna
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Me too, actually I gave them to my Daddy who loved them. But as I got older I grew to like the taste.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 07:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 07:09 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 07:09 PM (FrGmf)
1 do you have extra shingles ?
Do you know how to repair a spot?
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No extras.... but I did have some sealant and epoxy. I figure the winds didn't allow enough time to cure.
I know there are commenters here who live in wind prone areas... but this, here, was wild.
The storm that did this was a tornado spawned nearly 40 miles away and traveled some 48 miles into KY. Hit my daughter's house. "Catastrophic" damage to their place. Not destroyed, but pretty close.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 07:09 PM (AkEZC)
Gotta use the "chick" shaped ones. Each team chooses a different color. Stick a half-toothpick in each Peep, and place 2 on a paper plate, facing each other. Zap until they rise up and one is first to poke the other. Winner!
Messy. Silly. Fun.
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 07:11 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 04, 2026 07:11 PM (Smewp)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 07:09 PM (FrGmf)
Yeah, some parents made kids eat all bran or grape nuts.
Mom had one i did like: Almond Delight with cross section slivers of real almonds. And sugar.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:11 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 07:13 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 07:09 PM (AkEZC)
Hope they are ok.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:13 PM (zZu0s)
Mom had one i did like: Almond Delight with cross section slivers of real almonds. And sugar.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:11 PM (zZu0s)
I still buy Grape Nuts. I like the nutty flavor. Use 18% coffee cream with them. Decadent, but good.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:13 PM (I7pZ1)
Mom had one i did like: Almond Delight with cross section slivers of real almonds. And sugar.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:11 PM (zZu0s)
Mom fed me instant oatmeal. One morning, I noticed there were grubworms in it. To this day, I don't prefer oatmeal. Or breakfast. Brunch is okay.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 07:14 PM (FrGmf)
Mom had one i did like: Almond Delight with cross section slivers of real almonds. And sugar.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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My mother only allowed Wheaties. Yuck. My grandparents took me to their home in NYC every summer. First stop? Grocery store to buy whatever sugared cereal I wanted!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 07:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 07:17 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at April 04, 2026 07:18 PM (IX8iX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:13 PM (I7pZ1)
When I was in high school and working out a lot I would eat Raisin Bran with Half & Half!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2026 07:20 PM (n9ltV)
Feel free to hang in the Hobby Thread comments for a while, but don't forget to stop in Club ONT later.
Posted by: TRex - jelly bean philosopher dino at April 04, 2026 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
Anyone do that at home?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2026 07:22 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 07:22 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 04, 2026 07:20 PM (n9ltV)
Ahhh, the metabolism of youth.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:22 PM (zZu0s)
Anyone do that at home?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Loved watching this in Belgium and Switzerland, but end result is I am too intimidated to try it myself
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 07:25 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 07:26 PM (vFG9F)
If I were to use greased patches for the balls, would that obviate the need to pack the front of each charged cylinder cavity with bore grease?"
AOP,
I assume this is a reproduction, probably made by Pietta. I never use Pyrodex pellets, just loose powder. A lot of opinions about why chain fires happen. I think it's most likely due to caps too loose. My loading process is: pour in the measured powder charge, put a lubed felt wad (I make my own but they are available commercially) on top of the powder, then ram the ball down. The round ball should be slightly oversized so a thin ring of lead is shaved at the chamber mouth. That should seal the chamber from the front. Make sure the caps fit well enough so they don't just fall off due to recoil. That should seal the rear of the chamber. I don't use grease on top of the ball and have never had a chain fire using this process.
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 07:29 PM (yTvNw)
Mom had one i did like: Almond Delight with cross section slivers of real almonds. And sugar.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:11 PM (zZu0s)
Luxury. The only slivers of anything we got were wood or glass with a tablespoon of fetid pondwater instead of milk. And if we didn't eat everything in the bowl we were buried up to our necks in a compost heap and hit in the head with a 3-wood until dinnertime when we were made to finish what was left from breakfast.
Posted by: It's rough growing up in Yorkshire at April 04, 2026 07:29 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 04, 2026 07:32 PM (nZNS1)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 07:14 PM (FrGmf)
That'll put you off oatmeal forever.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 07:33 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)
We got beat with a length of rebar Dad pulled out of the scrap heap that he had to use as a cane!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:33 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:35 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:36 PM (zZu0s)
I never did the Easter bunny thing with my boys. We went to Mass. we celebrated the Risen Christ with time in nature and a wonderful meal.
After my divorce, I saved and saved so we could go to Maui for spring break. We went to Easter Mass at Maria Lanakila, a small parish in Lahaina. The parochial school kids did a hula dance and there was a TON of flowers and happiness and singing. We spent Spring break snorkeling and surfing and enjoying Maui.
No bunnies or egg hunts.
Sorry.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2026 07:36 PM (A5RD0)
The pistol is quite devoid of markings of any kind.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:36 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 07:38 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:38 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:36 PM (I7pZ1)
Ghost Gun!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:39 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 07:39 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 07:40 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: fd
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I loved Captain Crunch....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 07:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 07:41 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 07:40 PM (LHPAg)
Sounds pretty good.
Biscuits and Gravy are proof God loves us and wants us to enjoy life.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)
It is gorgeous out here! Went whale watching a bit ago. No whales, but the moon tains are out and so are the seals and birds.
Lucy says hello!
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2026 07:42 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 04, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)
One day I'm going to try that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 07:42 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 07:43 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026
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There were some bags of Escudo blends at my local shop a couple of weeks ago. Does this Navy De Luxe have perique in it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:43 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 07:43 PM (vFG9F)
How we ever got to the moon is a mystery. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 07:44 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: fd
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Wow, I didn't think anything could make Wheaties sound good.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 07:45 PM (IQ6Gq)
If you had both on your Hobby Thread discussion topic bingo card, you earn a Club ONT restroom token as a prize.
Posted by: TRex - prize closet dino at April 04, 2026 07:46 PM (IQ6Gq)
Lucy says hello!
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2026 07:42 PM (A5RD0)
Can't really see the mountains from here, unless I go out in the middle of the street, where I would risk being run over by a hipster on an e-bike. Sis and I walked up to a Greek cafe on W. Broadway for lunch. Sat outside with the doggeh.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:46 PM (I7pZ1)
Yes, a small amount which adds some flavor but doesn't overwhelm the Virginia.
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 07:47 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:43 PM (wzUl9)
Avoid the blends containing peruke.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:47 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 07:43 PM (vFG9F)
How we ever got to the moon is a mystery. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 07:44 PM (snZF9)
Get Mad Squirrel Disease that way.
Posted by: Start craving acorns and scurrying up trees at April 04, 2026 07:48 PM (TbWk/)
Goddaugher and nieces. We do an adult egg hunt and search for hidden airline bottles of booze. It’s hilarious. And the kids are all adults now, so it’s a free for all.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2026 07:49 PM (csvZG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026
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Avoid the blends containing peruke.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026
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I mostly do. My local shop has two blends of perique by itself. One smells musty but basically okay. The other is almost nauseating. I can't imagine putting that stuff into another blend and smoking it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:50 PM (wzUl9)
Goddaugher and nieces. We do an adult egg hunt and search for hidden airline bottles of booze. It’s hilarious. And the kids are all adults now, so it’s a free for all.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2026 07:49 PM (csvZG)
That sounds like fun! Enjoy! My BIL and niece flew to Montreal this morning to take in a couple of Habs games. Big hockey fans.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:51 PM (I7pZ1)
Yes, a small amount which adds some flavor but doesn't overwhelm the Virginia.
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026
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About the only blend I smoke with perique is the Luxury Bullseye Flake. I don't really notice it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:52 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:50 PM (wzUl9)
Eh... You missed the joke. "Peruke" is an archaic word meaning "wig" like worn by Brit lawyers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:53 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:53 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:54 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026
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Oh, I saw that, but I thought you were combining "perique" and "puke."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:54 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 07:53 PM
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Is there anything you do not know something about?
Posted by: TRex - dictionary dino at April 04, 2026 07:55 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 07:55 PM (yTvNw)
My ".44" black powder Pietta doesn't create a nice circular ring with a .452 lead ball.
It does with the .457 lead ball.
Lesson?
My replica .44 is most probably a .45.
Posted by: MkY at April 04, 2026 08:10 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: MkY at April 04, 2026 08:11 PM (q6tQZ)
Can't find any 2F or 3F in stock at the usual outlets. The canon and 1F and 4F is available.
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 08:18 PM (yTvNw)
Midwayusa has some Swiss in stock but at 60 bucks a pound it makes me wince. I wish Goex would get off their ass and get production going. If you are shooting percussion, consider Pyrodex. I prefer real BP but Pyrodex will do the job. Just clean carefully.
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 08:22 PM (yTvNw)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 4
Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals. Would you like a treat? Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.
The image is fine, but the comments are better. Including on the original post.
"Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest! What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent airline meal?" https://t.co/fgzPfy5nZb
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 2, 2026
Tutti Fruitti 4/08 to 4/3/26. Best beloved cat ever. Miss you forever. Nan in AZTutti Fruitti was a beautiful cat with personality! So sorry that you have lost her.
Hi, I’ve been a long time reader, mostly lurking. I sent in a picture of Huey a while back that got posted here. I adopted him from a shelter 13 years ago and he has gotten me through a lot of dark times. I lost him to cancer yesterday. He was the most gentle and sensitive soul. He didn’t chase squirrels and rarely barked. I never needed a leash with him, he always stayed by my side. Everyone who met him fell in love with him.So sorry that you lost your wonderful Huey this week. He looks just like you describe him. Keep in touch.
His loss hurts like no other. Goodbye my good boy. TCinNC
This is Yuki, my sweet American Eskimo dog. She was nearly 15, but I had to let her go this past Tuesday. Her heart was strong, but her body just gave out. I didn’t want to do it, but now she’s out of pain. I only wish I believed there was something beyond this life so I could see her again. My heart is broken. Christopher (MP4)It is so hard when you have to let a sweetheart like Yuki go. Keep in touch and keep your memories of her alive.
Encountered by Members of The Horde
Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!petmorons at protonmail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, March 28 I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)I might not be around for the Pet Thread, so am just mentioning here that on Tuesday I had to put my poor 15-year-old American Eskimo dog to sleep. She had leg and kidney problems and was in constant pain; I wanted her to stay, but it would have been too selfish.
I feel awful.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 04, 2026 01:18 PM
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 03:39 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 03:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 04, 2026 03:41 PM (Kt19C)
MP4, Nan, and TC: Honor your long-time friends by recalling them as they were. I wish I could find the Nero Wolfe line where NW tells Archie, or someone else, that he does just that with friends who have passed, and how it honors them.
You'll miss them every day, yes, but you can remember them every day as well.
I too remember all my cats, warts, stubborn attitudes, and loving purrs all together.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 03:45 PM (wzUl9)
As for Tutti Fruitti, she looked like a great beauty, and I'll bet she knew it too.
TC, Huey sounds like the kind of dog to win over people who don't usually like dogs!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 03:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 04, 2026 03:48 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: NR Pax at April 04, 2026 03:50 PM (+NIRm)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 04, 2026 03:54 PM (sAmhv)
This week, I saw my own pet-adjacent animal. Aside, that is, from the long smooth short-haired grey ("blue") cat who visits nearly every day for some dry food. On Thurs. afternoon I happened to go out to the car, and spotted an opossum curled up by the curb. He seemed listless and peered around at me as if his neck hurt to turn it. Not that I know much about opossums. I went back about two hours later, and he was still there, quite still, as if he had passed on to the Great Marsupial Beyond.
The next morning, early, long before any city employees could have come by to remove him, I saw that he was gone. Was he just doing the "playing possum" routine the previous evening? I'd like to think so. They are very primitive-looking creatures, aren't they? As if God did a first draft of the cat, looked it over, and said, "Come on. I can do better than *that*."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 03:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 03:56 PM (LHPAg)
Condolences to all who have lost beloved pets.
Hubby and I are almost at the 50 year marriage milestone. We have had lots of dogs and whenever we have "lost" one it takes a bit of our souls.
Posted by: four seasons at April 04, 2026 04:01 PM (3ek7K)
190 I feel awful.My daughter lost her dog tues as well Cancer she was only 7 We feel ya it sucks
Posted by: doug at April 04, 2026 01:29 PM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 04:03 PM (Sco7b)
Now that she has been "rescued" back into the house, she is essentially velcroed to me. If I stop moving, the cat is on me in less than 30 seconds.
I believe that in her meows she is claiming to have PTSD far worse than any vet that did two tours of duty of Vietnam. She is most displeased when I express skepticism regarding her claims.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 04, 2026 04:04 PM (HlyYF)
Dagny is my fourth Siberian. Aside from her sort of standoffish ways, she is the most *normal* of them all. A Kipling "I am the cat who walks by himself" type, she is.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:06 PM (wzUl9)
When I have my house, I plan to have two pans for them, one in a bathroom or laundry room, and one in the basement.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:09 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 04:09 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 04, 2026 04:10 PM (gqqeA)
It is nice to have a cat who engages.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 04:11 PM (rbvCR)
https://is.gd/Uf7obY
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 04, 2026 04:12 PM (f0sNM)
Currently visiting my Sis, who has a Labradoodle and two cats here in Vancouver. Dog is named Rocky, and is a very friendly fellow. He had a ride in my car down to the tire shop, where I had a flat fixed.
It is a beautiful day here, sunny and about 60 degrees. Gardens and trees all blooming like mad.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 04:14 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: four seasons at April 04, 2026 04:14 PM (3ek7K)
Seperately, my experiments are going well. Horror movies, no matter how disturbing are about 20% less scary with a cat laying in your lap.
Even more so if they're purring.
Ralphy is better. I'm holding him as he goes down steps. I think that's best.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 04:14 PM (Sco7b)
Now that she has been "rescued" back into the house, she is essentially velcroed to me. If I stop moving, the cat is on me in less than 30 seconds.
I believe that in her meows she is claiming to have PTSD far worse than any vet that did two tours of duty of Vietnam. She is most displeased when I express skepticism regarding her claims.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 04, 2026
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My boyhood cat Rusty, indoor and patio only, got lost at one point for about two and a half days. We were afraid he'd gotten into the shop whose back door opened into our patio and then onto the street. My mother, brother, and I searched around the block and beyond for a long time. We were beginning to believe he was gone for good. Then, early on the third morning, there he was at the kitchen door, meowing to come in. He was starved, but unhurt. He probably got into that shop and then hid in terror of strange people for all that while.
He was very pleased to be back and never disappeared again.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:15 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 04, 2026 04:15 PM (f0sNM)
https://is.gd/Uf7obY
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 04, 2026
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She looks much like my late Wolf, even to the brownish tinge to her fur. Black cats seem to have the best personalities, don't they?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:17 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 04:17 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 04, 2026 04:18 PM (f0sNM)
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Indeed. I really, really like this one.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 04, 2026 04:18 PM (f0sNM)
I CAN KILL SOME DUCKS!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 04, 2026 04:21 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 04:22 PM (+89TD)
Talisker is a good one. Nice and smokey.
Posted by: Orson at April 04, 2026 04:23 PM (dIske)
Beautiful cat.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 04:17 PM (FrGmf)
He somehow fell out of my bed around 3am in the morning 2.5 weeks back. He does have arthritis but everyone's amazed at how much life he has for14.7 years.
I hope everyone has a happy week.
It's about to storm here. Snowflake went home to eat and I just brought her in until it passes.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 04:24 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 04:25 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Wenda at April 04, 2026 04:25 PM (dd+qC)
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Indeed. I really, really like this one.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 04, 2026
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They look so fierce, and sometimes fussy, but are adaptable and easygoing. And the late Marie-Antoinette, a medium-hair black like Stirling, was the smartest I've ever known; loved to walk on a lead, for instance..
Miss Linda likes to say that Tatiana, my first Siberian, was the smartest. "She pulled open the drawer to get to her toys!" Me: "Marie got *us* to bring out her toys. That's pretty darn swift."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:26 PM (wzUl9)
Thank you for the Pet Thread, KT! I'll attempt to find additional back yard flora to send to you.
*game camera, bird feeders...*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 04, 2026 04:26 PM (QVmho)
The next day I went in to check and make sure that the animal was okay. I showed the young lady the picture I’d taken the morning prior. She said that the cat was left there and pregnant. I was furious. I’m not a cat person and I can’t take care of a pet right now, but I’m going to go back this Monday and give them cash to pay for the animal’s expenses.
I wish people wouldn’t get a pet, and then bail on the responsibility of having one. Humans can be real cruel jerks.
Posted by: Unkaren at April 04, 2026 04:27 PM (OTOad)
Posted by: Wenda at April 04, 2026
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I'm not sure. Seems I've read that cats are not as color-blind as dogs. Certainly the felines all seem to know where they look the best, or the places that, when they lounge or curl there, their humans go "Awwww!" more often.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Unkaren at April 04, 2026 04:27 PM (OTOad)
Bingo! You get the pick of the litter. And that one will be your buddy for a long time.
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 04:31 PM (LHPAg)
Small update on our cats
https://tinyurl.com/dg65258
Very sad to see all the pets that have found their wings. My condolences to the pet parents.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 04, 2026 04:32 PM (2F0/Y)
It's not on the online schedule; The Snows of Kilimanjaro w/ Gregory Peck is listed as running until 4 pm.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:32 PM (wzUl9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WADObNeVG4
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 04, 2026 04:34 PM (f0sNM)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 04:34 PM (FrGmf)
Feral farm cat news: Little Rascal, whom we think is the mama of the getting-bigger-all-the-time kittens (who remain shy and elusive), was getting rather rotund, but then suddenly this week she is skinny again. We've looked around the tin barn but haven't seen any signs of new kittens. It's early yet.
Daisy the feisty Oklahoma Malinois, is pretty smart. Had a much-needed heavy drought-breaking storm night before last. Yesterday morning, I got up and Daisy was there at the back door, as she often is, to go outside first thing. I warned her it was pretty wet out there. Opened the door, and she looked out but didn't even poke her nose out. Nope, nope, nope, she turned around and went back to bed.
Domestic indoor farm cat news: Ony, the old yellow-eyed black cat, just keeps rolling along. Getting on in years, so, glad to see. She is very vocal in demanding food and "requesting" her litter box be cleaned. Enjoys lying in bed with us, and sitting in my lap when I'm at the computer.
And, that's the critter report from Webworks Acres.
Posted by: mindful webworker - pandemonium! at April 04, 2026 04:36 PM (/rhF0)
Rodent patrol is no small matter around here.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 04:37 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 04:37 PM (FrGmf)
Mr Poppins,
I’m so sad to hear about your sweet pup. I know how much you love your four legged friends.
I like most animals more than most people. Except evil river otters. Don’t trust those bastards. I saw one yesterday on the beach. He was just daring the dog to come investigate. Woulda ripped its frigging face off.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2026 04:39 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 04:37 PM (DwqWV)
Yesterday, here at my sister's home, one of the cats, Pancho, was observed trying to bring a dead baby rat in by way of the kitty door. He was shooed out, and spent some time body-slamming the dead rat, until it vanished somewhere. Vancouver, being a port city, definitely has a rat problem.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 04:41 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026
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That would be entertaining! No, this one recently showed up amid a cluster of new over-the-air channels around the local digital channel 41. The onscreen guide lists its name, but says "No Info Available."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:42 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at April 04, 2026 04:42 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 04:44 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:42 PM (wzUl9)
Tune in for the long-running reality series, "Adventures in Shelving."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 04:44 PM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 04, 2026 04:49 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
American possum = rat + badger
Australian possum = squirrel + bunny
https://is.gd/XIEUGB
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 04:53 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 04:44 PM (u82oZ)
We have vultures hanging around. They enjoy sitting atop the utility pole in the front yard. People are surprised when I tell them that they are birds of prey and protected. They have their place in the economy of things.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 04:58 PM (FrGmf)
Thanks for the link. I am disappoint. Although if he sees himself as green/blue and the rug as green/blue, perhaps he still thinks he blends in!
Posted by: Wenda at April 04, 2026 05:00 PM (dd+qC)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:08 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 04:44 PM (u82oZ)
We have vultures hanging around. They enjoy sitting atop the utility pole in the front yard. People are surprised when I tell them that they are birds of prey and protected. They have their place in the economy of things.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 04:58 PM (FrGmf)
I have never heard of a buzzard eating something live.
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 05:10 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 05:16 PM (RIvkX)
Sea otters hold hands at night because they're gay
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 04, 2026 05:17 PM (Kt19C)
For one thing Jax has a job and does not live off of Government programs !!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 04, 2026 05:19 PM (38587)
Posted by: fly gal at April 04, 2026 05:20 PM (Gpgvi)
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 05:10 PM (LHPAg)
No. Me either. But they are technically considered birds of prey, and it is a federal offense to kill them, according to the Migratory Bird Act of 1918.
My rancher neighbor has had issues with caracaras preying on newborn calves. We call those Mexican eagles, or Mexican buzzards but they are falcons. They are also considered a bird of prey.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:21 PM (FrGmf)
Owney (ca. 1887 – June 11, 1897) was a terrier mix[1] adopted in the United States as a postal mascot by the Albany, New York, post office about 1888. The Albany mail professionals recommended the dog to their Railway Mail Service colleagues, and he became a nationwide mascot for nine years (1888–1897).[2] He traveled over 140,000 miles throughout the 48 contiguous United States and around the world as a mascot of the Railway Post Office and the United States Postal Service. He was the subject of commemorative activities, including a 2011 U.S. postage stamp.[3]
Pic at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owney_(dog)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 04, 2026 05:29 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Orson at April 04, 2026 05:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 04, 2026 05:33 PM (FrGmf)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._ZIP
And, the Eagle:
https://logos-world.net/usps-logo/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 04, 2026 05:34 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 04, 2026 05:35 PM (XeU6L)
I understand it's the same with the Baldwin brothers.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 04, 2026 06:25 PM (f0sNM)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, April 4
Here are photos of my Anemone Clematis, almost at its peak. I've been training this vine almost 20 years. San FranpsychoTwenty years! The flowers DO look like anemones, but also like clematis! I love them. How about you?
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By Grow some greens!
Well, Spring is definitely in the air! I managed to get a photo of something rarely seen in the wild--two FedEx trucks mating. Number of offspring varies, but delivery sometimes happens later that same day. Thanks for the weekend threads! BeckoningChasm
Cherry Blossoms Hi I finally made the walk to Kenwood. This was the first time I was able to do a walk of that length since well before my hip surgery but I had a goal. Was determined to get there. And it was just in time. Blossoms had mostly gone white already and when the wind blew it was raining blossoms. The little yellow flowers were literally a carpet on the forest floor. The other pictures are mostly Kenwood where the trees are just ancient and have shapes out of a fantasy novel.
The last picture, I think it's a redbud? Looks like the flowers are growing right out of the branch.
Hope you enjoy these as much as I did taking them. Sharon(willow's apprentice)
Hi KT! Hope you're doing well. I've been absent from Saturday postings for awhile, but I wanted to share this photo of our red bud tree. Back in 2021, our first spring at the new house, I got one of those free tree packs from the Arbor Day Foundation. Since all we had was bare clay around the place (we built in a field) I had to put them all in pots. Eventually, they made it into 10" pots. We got the red bud into the ground in early summer of 2024, and it's budding now. So cool! Two hawthornes and two crapemyrtles survived as of last year, still in pots. My Darwinian torture chamber of procrastination and neglect produces hardy survivors. I'll try to get a photo of the whole tree later on, when it starts to get leaves. Publius said it's a nice-looking tree, and he rarely gives unsolicited commentary on the plantings around here. He likes the hostas, too. Their little horns are sticking up. My current project consists of digging up wild onions, which are EV.REE.WHERE. MileyThanks for the great photo, information and garden update. I see a few Redbud blossoms sneaking out on that three last week . . .
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Ia/+0)
And put snow blower in back of the garage
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 01:39 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: KT at April 04, 2026 01:54 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: KT at April 04, 2026 01:55 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: 40 Miles North at April 04, 2026 02:05 PM (EaLNz)
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I once heeled in four bare root roses for later planting, got lazy and neglected them, and let them bloom right in that spot. Sometimes you've got to lower your standards and give your inner Martha Stewart a day to eat Cheetohs in front of the tube.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 02:08 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 02:10 PM (kpS4V)
https://tinyurl.com/y67sjmdm
It's got me thinking I need to plant a patch of gladioli and dahlias.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 02:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 02:15 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 04, 2026 02:16 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 02:18 PM (RIvkX)
He will meet you where you are.
Call out to Him. He’s right there with you.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 04, 2026 02:20 PM (9MWCZ)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 02:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 02:24 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 02:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 02:31 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 04, 2026 02:34 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 02:37 PM (yTvNw)
Hopefully the 2 pear trees' flowers were not damaged in the frost - peach flowers were probably already pollinated. Redbud is gorgeous, dogwood starting to show fat buds. I should send in a photo of our forsythia. The lily of the valley under the forsythia will probably crowd out the few surviving daffodils, which I will dig - along with all the bulbs behind the kitchen - so we can fill the raised bed we plan behind the kitchen as part of dealing with the drainage issue.
We bought some paving edgers for the back of the house project idea. Also trying to decide what to do with annoying barberry bushes immediately in front of the house... they tore up my Pine Tree flag.
I repotted all 5 surviving SunGold tomatoes, 2 red bell peppers and 2 poblanos. I'm leaving the smaller pepper plants in the original six-packs to grow more, especially more roots.
Have not yet caught the second raccoon. Hoping it isn't a pregnant female...
A blessed Easter to all!
Posted by: Pat* at April 04, 2026 02:38 PM (vJisi)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 04, 2026 02:39 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: JTB at April 04, 2026 02:37 PM (yTvNw)
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*tips dunce cap*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 02:49 PM (RIvkX)
Started my indoor starts this past week. With any luck, I will be in the greenhouse in about a month. Tons of work to do in the raised beds. I need to dig out all of the crappy strawberry plants and that nasty rhubarb, and replace them with actual, productive stuff. Need to top all of the beds with new dirt, too.
Wish my shoulder worked better since there will be a lot of digging. Maybe I can get the dogs to help!
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 04, 2026 02:51 PM (DwqWV)
Yard man mowed the grass last Sunday, and in 2 days, dandelion stems shot up by 6-8 inches all over the yard! crazy looking. Breezy and warm today in the Appalachian mountains.
Have a blessed Easter, friends.
Posted by: Beverly at April 04, 2026 02:54 PM (reMys)
But my tulips and daffs are making me happy.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 04, 2026 02:57 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)
I straightened it, added a stake for support, and fastened it loosely with a twist tie. It seems to be surviving so far...
Posted by: Beverly at April 04, 2026 02:58 PM (reMys)
I planted my fall mums and mounded mulch around them and Huzzah!, some of them seem to have survived the winter.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 03:06 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Ronster at April 04, 2026 03:07 PM (LjEfn)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 04, 2026 03:08 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 03:09 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 03:19 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)
But I'm going to turn over the annual patches to vegetables next week. I'm tired of not getting anything to eat but herbs and tea.
I'm thinking herbs, peppers, & tomatillos on one patch, for a green chile garden. Then some tomatos and other herbs for a pizza garden. Not sure what to do with the the third one. It's smaller.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 03:21 PM (BI5O2)
I mostly lurk on weekdays and weekends but wanted you to know how much I appreciate your weekend efforts.
Happy Easter!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 04, 2026 03:23 PM (vrNzf)
Mom used to try to plant beginning in June, but she taught school, and that was when she had time to work the garden.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 03:29 PM (rbvCR)
I need to frame that and hang it on my wall 😂
The poppies are starting to bloom in the compost pile (they HATE manicured gardens), the jackmanii clematis is starting to come up, the tiny rosebush is starting to bud, and the lawn service just planted vincas in the flower beds for the summer.
We have some antique roses scheduled to be delivered for planting in a week or so - it will be nice to have those back after all these years!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 04, 2026 03:33 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 03:40 PM (Ia/+0)
I am happy to report that this year it is absolutely beautiful, and still giving me joy ♥️♥️♥️
And all of the bulbs that they planted for me have been blooming their hearts out!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 04, 2026 03:42 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Cutting garden? Flowers and bulbs.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 03:46 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 03:48 PM (kpS4V)
I am watching stuff I planted last year slowly emerge. May have to replace my azalea which is brown and ugly. Going to wait and see if it recovers but looks pretty bad.
Have a great week all and promise to be more prompt next week.🌺🌷🌻🌳
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 04, 2026 07:08 PM (t/2Uw)
Holy Saturday and the world keeps turning
Artemis is an absurdly expensive boondoggle & it will cost the same as ~14 hours of Medicare/Social Security spending
We didn’t choose to police the world—we earned the burden by pretending we didn’t have to. In a borderless, asymmetric world, refusing to act early doesn’t prevent conflict—it guarantees a bigger one.
People wonder why America is filling the role of global police when Trump promised no more new or “forever wars.” I think there is a simple reason—and it is one I have personally experienced over a business career that included frequent international travel, extended assignments abroad, and even a few years living overseas. 9/11 changed more than just America; it changed our relationship with the rest of the world and how American citizens moved through it. Personally, I went from believing I had a kind of protective aura because I was an American to understanding I was a target. As terrorists grew emboldened, it became clear that if I were detained or kidnapped, there was no guarantee American assets would be coming to retrieve me. Holding an American passport was no longer a guarantee. When I landed in Dubai in 2002 on an American Airlines flight, I remember thinking that being an American on an American airline, flying over Middle Eastern terrain within MANPAD range in a plane with a big American flag on the tail, might not have been the best idea.
It also awakened me to the reality that as America pushed globalization, we failed to recognize that globalization works in reverse—importing cultures and people not aligned with American principles and values. That realization only deepened when former President Obama worked to diminish American standing and leadership in an effort to make us just one nation among many. He and his allies believed that being a superpower drew too much attention, and that if we were simply another country—like those in Europe—there would be less threat to America and Americans. Ludicrous. When America appears weak, as it did during the Carter, Obama and then the Biden administrations, the threat does not recede—it grows.
The truth is that America has always been more than “Team America: World Police.” It has been the world’s sin eater.
In historical lore, a sin eater is someone who takes on the sins of another through a ritual act, absolving them and allowing them peace. America has often played that role—absorbing the consequences of global disorder and, in the process, preventing humanity from being permanently stained by the worst evils men inflict on one another. At times, this “sin eating” has not only preserved peace but advanced the broader cause of civilization.
There is a simple rule about problems: they rarely improve when ignored. More often, they grow—and once they metastasize, they become far more difficult to resolve quietly. That is why I find the assertion that Iran “presented no imminent threat” to America so unconvincing. . .Read the whole thing, if you have time. I have seen arguments from the Woke Right that if the Ayatollahs really intended to destroy "all Jews", "all Infidels", etc. they would have already murdered members of minority religions in their own population (rather than murdering protesters?) Perhaps they have never heard of the Hidden Imam.
It was a busy week! The Democrats conducted one of their periodic “no kings” self-owns, while the Noem family experienced an unexpected bump in the road. April Fools Day came and went, and Tiger Woods’ vehicle once again let him down. The conflict in Iran continued, but memesters didn’t seem to notice. The Supreme Court heard a big birthright citizenship case, and if some of this week’s memes puzzle you, google “KitKat.”
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 11:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 11:24 AM (SCCU1)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 11:25 AM (SCCU1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:26 AM (V4IXI)
Artemis is an absurdly expensive boondoggle & it will cost the same as ~14 hours of Medicare/Social Security spending
That mostly tells me Medicare /SS fraud is out of control.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:27 AM (V4IXI)
The three most easily disprovable conspiracy theories.
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 11:29 AM (SCCU1)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 04, 2026 11:29 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 11:30 AM (SCCU1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:30 AM (V4IXI)
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who does probably does not vote, because the government is illegitimate in the first place !
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:31 AM (GD0B3)
We also apparently "faked" the Apollo XIII mission, which never made it to the moon. We were damned lucky to get that crew back to Earth alive.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 11:33 AM (X+xvk)
Hands off our social security and medicare/medicaid.
We need all the help we can get while escaping persecution and poverty in our homelands while doing the jobs people don't want to do.
Posted by: Undocumented Visitors and Guest Workers at April 04, 2026 11:35 AM (EJoEY)
Buzz Aldrin conducted work and moving without growing fatigued during EVAs, something that had not been accomplished satisfactorily in the Gemini flights prior to Gemini 12.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 04, 2026 11:36 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 04, 2026 11:37 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 11:37 AM (qVGoX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 11:38 AM (BI5O2)
I think what's holding us back from leaving nato is the access to bases. Of course, not being able to use them is a strong reason to leave.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
Work out bilateral agreements for those bases that we do need, and dismantle or abandon the rest. Europe has Muzzy fever and it doesn't look good for them to cure it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 04, 2026 11:40 AM (xG4kz)
Is training AI to create deep fakes of AOC's tits and big juicy booty of a higher priority than establishing a space station on the moon? Can we not multitask?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 04, 2026 11:40 AM (UqSya)
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relocate to Greenland!
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:40 AM (GD0B3)
I wonder if Charlie Kirk would have been considered a member of the "woke right" were he still alive, considering he was against removing the Ayatollahs and against war in Iran in general.
YouTube (Charlie Kirk June 2025): https://bit.ly/3NERJ6I
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 04, 2026 11:41 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:30 AM (V4IXI)
And some love them til Meal Team Six raids their church in an APC, looking for cooties.
It's like anything else involving governmental use of force - you need it sometimes, but never, ever trust them implicitly. They are people, and some will be fine, and many will be evil.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 11:41 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Buck at April 04, 2026 11:42 AM (d3Hs5)
Two of the biggest lies foisted on this country. This and the “big switch” how magically every southern racist became a Republican..
Posted by: JROD at April 04, 2026 11:42 AM (PLgLU)
Life moves on. Thank you God.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 11:42 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 11:38 AM (BI5O2)
John Glenn maybe?
Posted by: Part of the Keating Five at April 04, 2026 11:43 AM (TbWk/)
I’d be happy if the world were put on notice that you fuck with an American, your capital city doesn’t exist the next day. Kabul and Riyadh should have been glass on 9/12.
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 11:45 AM (c3Uld)
Not saying he is a Democrat, but he’s from an era when a much larger population didn’t care as much about party as about who was actually running. You could support John F. Kennedy over Richard Nixon in one election, and Richard Nixon over Lyndon Baines Johnson in another without thinking you’d betrayed some political religion.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2026 11:45 AM (EXyHK)
Nope. No Soviet achievements are ever questioned. The doubt is singularly reserved for one of mankind's highest technological achievements, and that is because that accomplishment can be attributed directly to Americans.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 11:45 AM (X+xvk)
It costs a lot to do very little.
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 11:45 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Buck at April 04, 2026 11:42 AM (d3Hs5)
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*tips hat*
Come on in, water's warm! Seriously, de-lurking is way easier than we generally imagine it to be...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 11:46 AM (qVGoX)
Posted by: KT at April 04, 2026 11:46 AM (7vIsy)
That's why we need a bit of modern colonialism. Either working with other or just by declaration, establish a few small, strategic territories, held by massive military bases. Personally, I think Gibraltar should be the first, maybe Cyprus later.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 11:47 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 11:47 AM (qVGoX)
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Perhaps. I was against those things, but it's happening without my input, so - I know it sounds crazy - I'm rooting for us to win. Same as I would if Biden did this (though I'd be way more scared of losing in that scenario).
I don't know what a dead man would say, but I have to figure he'd take a roughly similar position, since he wasn't a total cheeseball hustler like Carlson, et. al.
I think to be whatever "woke right" means you have to be screaming that America will lose, and deserves to because they are controlled by Jews.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 11:48 AM (BI5O2)
Not saying he is a Democrat, but he’s from an era when a much larger population didn’t care as much about party as about who was actually running. You could support John F. Kennedy over Richard Nixon in one election, and Richard Nixon over Lyndon Baines Johnson in another without thinking you’d betrayed some political religion.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2026 11:45 AM (EXyHK)
Today JFK would be considered far right by the woke left.
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 11:48 AM (c3Uld)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 11:49 AM (qVGoX)
Posted by: RNB at April 04, 2026 11:50 AM (ShYyF)
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 11:48 AM (c3Uld)
I think one of TBE reasons they hate Trump so much is that his policies are those of a sober, competent JFK.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2026 11:51 AM (lFFaq)
The one guy reminded me of all the retarded Canadians - sorry for the redundancy - that travel with the Canadian flag displayed. Like there's a difference to most foreigners.
I did see a tv commercial for a Neil Diamond tribute at a huge, fancy Toronto theatre. On the playlist is 'America.' I'd bet money, American money, that doesn't stay on the playlist until the end of the run.
And only 76 days to get your tickets for obama's presidential library of doom. You can win tickets or volunteer on his website!! Sorry, that just makes me laugh
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 11:51 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2026 11:45 AM (EXyHK
True enough, because it was a time before the complete rupture between Left and Right. Nobody is going to ostracize a neighbor who converts from Baptist to Methodist, but from Baptist to Satanist is another story.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 11:52 AM (BI5O2)
Two of the biggest lies foisted on this country. This and the “big switch” how magically every southern racist became a Republican..
Posted by: JROD
Mossadegh ran his own leftist coup before he was deposed. "His government came under scrutiny for ending the 1952 election before rural votes could be fully counted.[7] According to historian Ervand Abrahamian: "Realizing that the opposition would take the vast majority of the provincial seats, Mosaddegh stopped the voting as soon as 79 deputies—just enough to form a parliamentary quorum—had been elected." Later he rammed through a law from that Parliament giving him 18 months total of dictatorial power to rule by decree. And usurped the Shah's constitutional power to pick the Minister of War and Military Chief of Staff.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)
Trump’s election in 2016 was an incredible opportunity for the Democrats to return to their own golden age of JFK and, to a lesser extent, Clinton.
Instead, they chose James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and 1860.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2026 11:53 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:54 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 11:42 AM (sl73Y)
Good for you. Enjoy the healing power of coffee and bacon.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 11:54 AM (Sco7b)
Not saying he is a Democrat, but he’s from an era when a much larger population didn’t care as much about party as about who was actually running. You could support John F. Kennedy over Richard Nixon in one election, and Richard Nixon over Lyndon Baines Johnson in another without thinking you’d betrayed some political religion.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2026 11:45 AM (EXyHK)
Today JFK would be considered far right by the woke left.
Posted by: Heroq
Ike ushered in the Uniparty as the GOP accepted the New Deal and spent most of its time and energy on foreign affairs through Gerald Ford. The Great Society finally got pushback but not from the uniparty types of teh GOP represented by Ford, it took Reagan to start to try to roll back the uniparty.
GHWB and GWB reinstalled it as GOP's destiny. Now, Trump is fighting that same battle as Reagan did today with the GOP wing of the Uniparty.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)
Life moves on. Thank you God.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 11:42 AM (sl73Y)
A young man I know well is going through chemo now for a brain tumor. He's having a tough time. Prognosis isn't great. He's still in his 40's.
Damn.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 04, 2026 11:57 AM (2WIwB)
YouTube (Charlie Kirk June 2025): https://bit.ly/3NERJ6I
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 04, 2026 11:41 AM (P5BPp)
I always considered the attacks on Erika Kirk to be the first step in "cancelling" Charlie Kirk and either destroying TPUSA or serving it up to the "moderate" neocons to use for their own goals, like the Tea Party was turned into a skin suit.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 11:58 AM (rbvCR)
Some people have compared the Obama
Presidential 'Library' to a WW2 German flak tower. But there important differences. For example, the German flak towers were so strongly built that it was found to be too difficult to dismantle them, and they stand to this day; while the Obama tower is so poorly constructed that it is likely to collapse on its own.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 04, 2026 11:58 AM (iTNuP)
I would agree on two of the three.
The 3rd, well, that's just a slang term for geoengineering which has been admitted to. The excuse, to save us from global warming.
Not to mention I see it very often. And why do they start right there and end right over there. Nothing different in the atmospheric conditions to cause that.
Not to mention short, say 2 second, "gaps" that appear at times before continuing on. I've seen that many times too.
Those jet engines burp or something?
Have you ever looked at evidence from the other side?
https://tinyurl.com/3h4x49fj
Time for me to get around.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 04, 2026 11:58 AM (LajFB)
I always said the Soviet probe onto the hellworld, which they kept alive taking pictures for an hour, was the most awesome accomplishment of any space program.
Maybe the Cassini-Huygens mission comes close.
Speaking of atheism, that does however mean Venus remains NOT under the Russian Orthodox Church. The Moon, of course, sits in the episcopacy of the Orlando diocese of Catholicism.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 04, 2026 11:59 AM (E6ouU)
“In sixty years, your party is going to demand the segregation of blacks, build their platform on the inferiority of blacks, and of women of all colors, and…”
“Well, it’s happened before.”
“…and forced acceptance of child mutilation and rape.”
“Wait, what?”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 04, 2026 11:59 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: runner
Yep. But the interesting thing is to witness exactly how the CIA and British coup was instituted. You see the same tactics today. That is also why I am reading William Colby's autobiography--these techniques now used in the US were well developed in Europe and elsewhere during the Cold War (and the Soviets had their variant as well) to change regimes that they did not like.
Those nasty color revolution techniques are now being employed in the US augmented by the left's study of Russian and Chinese cold war doctrines of overturning national governments.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JROD at April 04, 2026 11:59 AM (PLgLU)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:59 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: JROD at April 04, 2026 12:00 PM (PLgLU)
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It is my understanding that there are no documents to support CIA involvement and the sites promoting this line like are fake. Some created by Mosaddeh fanboys.
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:02 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 11:58 AM (rbvCR)
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You're probably right.
I've seen more Charlie Kirk vids since his death than in all the time before. I am convinced he was a once in a lifetime intellect. The Left cannot have that and will absolutely destroy TPUSA if they can.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 04, 2026 12:02 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 12:03 PM (Ia/+0)
I've grown more jazzed about Artemis II the more I learn about it beyond the technical setbacks and curated makeup of the crew. These are eminently qualified people and the stink of *Biden has hopefully been vented.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 04, 2026 12:03 PM (kpS4V)
TL ; DR -- How roughly 80% of the "working able" are dissuaded from entering the workforce through the various welfare programs that supply food, medical care, housing and even a basic monthly income. It's a huge factor in the fraud, and a reason why there's little interest in Congress to eliminate said fraud.
The author thinks it's essentially reparations given to this group to remain dependent on government, which in turn provides government with a side revenue taken from the actual productive people (taxes). And a reason why DOGE, an outfit that exposed the fraud, was the shortest lived government department in American history.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 12:04 PM (AkEZC)
Iran calls on public to find a enemy pilot as US frantically searches
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 12:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:04 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2026 12:04 PM (Nx5jP)
Nope. No Soviet achievements are ever questioned. The doubt is singularly reserved for one of mankind's highest technological achievements, and that is because that accomplishment can be attributed directly to Americans.
Posted by: Sam Adams
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That is because most yutes today have never been trained in logic, deduction, and the rest of scientific methodology/epistemology. And most of our current crop of teachers are probably one standard deviation lower in iq than teachers were during the Baby Boom or earlier. These teachers are capable of being indoctrinated but lack the critical iq level of actually being able to think for themselves. Lower end of midwittery.
For a long time now, journalism and education colleges have the lowest SAT/ACT scores and the most inferior graduate degree programs on campus.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)
CBC....Trump will reign down hell
CNN and MS Now - Bondi. Did you know she got fired!
FoxNews - Artemis but US still searching for missing pilot.
MS Now had people on Velshi earlier explaining to us that President Trump is a pathological, narcissistic misogynist trying to have his political enemies prosecuted.
I've heard all that before, but not vomitted up within 2 minutes.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 12:05 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:06 PM (0iYbF)
Posted by: Doktor Jill, Fund Chair at April 04, 2026 12:06 PM (oftw2)
Perhaps they are making sure the homos are eliminated first?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 04, 2026 12:06 PM (/lPRQ)
It costs a lot to do very little.
Posted by: Skip
Yah think?
In a June 2010 interview Charles Bolden (NASA Administrator appointed by Obama) stated that Obama had given him three main priorities when he took the job:
1.
2. and
“Third, and perhaps foremost,” find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations “to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering.”
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 12:06 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Diabeetus at April 04, 2026 12:07 PM (+9A0s)
Where have I seen that before?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 12:07 PM (V4IXI)
Maybe the Cassini-Huygens mission comes close.
Speaking of atheism, that does however mean Venus remains NOT under the Russian Orthodox Church. The Moon, of course, sits in the episcopacy of the Orlando diocese of Catholicism.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Photographing the surface of Venus is profoundly impressive. I would say the United States throwing our toys out of our crib with the Voyager missions is a greater accomplishment. We went on a grand tour of our solar system, set our sights on exiting it completely, and that technology built in the early 1970's is still broadcasting.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 12:07 PM (X+xvk)
1.) Communists make common cause with Islamists, because they are common enemies of the West and capitalism.
2.) Communism is an ideology for coddled intellectual materialists, and Islam is a spiritual ideology, and thus inherently much more powerful - so at the nearest feasible moment, they break their bond, and feast on their erstwhile ally.
It happened to the Soviets in Iran and Afghanistan, and it happened to the various Leftist terror orgs in Europe, and now it's happening to the half the European continent.
At this point, the Left ain't coming here for the hunting. I think they have a deep-seated psychological urge to be dominated by Islam.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 12:08 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:09 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner
There are some of the US documents released eventually under FOIA. Basically we ran a low rent version by bribes, spending on grants, etc. to intellectuals, spent some money on propaganda against Mossadegh's regime, etc.
Brits, however, were more deeply involved due to the situation regarding the nationalization of their oil assets in Iran (they were broke and this would make them even broker). And they persuaded Ike to send Kermit Roosevelt to Iran to take over the joint operation to oust Mossadegh.
We had the money, the Brits had the contacts, and both were used to get rid of Mossadegh by persuading the Shah at the time to finally dismiss Mossadegh again.
Mossadegh though was a thorough going participant in making things worse and worse by becoming a tyrant himself well before he got ousted.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 04, 2026 11:58 AM (iTNuP)
Provided that no one gets hurt, I'd love to see his stubby, penile edifice come crashing down like a man seeing a fat tubby broad naked.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 04, 2026 12:13 PM (1Ff7Z)
Again all of our missions had the purpose of advancing the next mission and not just being first. That's why we have 4 vehicles on the moon , nine robotic rovers on Mars, the Hubble & Webb and a spacecraft outside of our Solar System.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 12:13 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:13 PM (0iYbF)
Posted by: JROD at April 04, 2026 12:13 PM (PLgLU)
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Maybe it's because I am almost 29, but the Hostage Crises is enough to eliminate the Islamic Republic, forever. Popular protests in Iran showed it's a good time to shit or get off the pot.
'Threat' matters not to me, revenge that has a chance of sticking now that the people seem pretty sick of the theocracy.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 04, 2026 12:15 PM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/2j89fzkh
Reminds me of the death of the Chinese-American physicist Ning Li, who refused an "offer" from the Communist Chinese to leave the United States and bring her anti-gravity research to China. She wound up being run over by a car....
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 12:17 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:17 PM (0iYbF)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:18 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 04, 2026 12:13 PM (1Ff7Z)
I wish I was as nice as you.
Day one, all the 'dignitaries', Democrats and donors....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 12:18 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at April 04, 2026 12:19 PM (j7INY)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 12:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Day one, all the 'dignitaries', Democrats and donors....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 12:18 PM (Sco7b)
Hi, I'm OrangeEnt and I'm not a nice person. - George Peppard
Yes, I would amend it to add all the D dignitaries and subversives be inside when it falls.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 04, 2026 12:21 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)
And he would have, for that reason, been ousted by the mullahs eventually, just a lot sooner than if we hadn't intervened.
Reference Afghanistan, 1973-1979.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 12:21 PM (BI5O2)
part 1
"Did CIA Restore the Shah to His Throne? (S) TPAJAX did not "restore" the Shah to his throne either technically or constitutionally. Although the Iranian monarch left Tehran during the operation, he never abdicated. Mossadeq's argument that the Shah's firmans were invalid was disingenuous. The Iranian constitution gave the Shah the right to dismiss the Prime Minister. As soon as Mossadeq refused to obey the Shah's legal order, he was rebelling against constitutional authority. "
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:21 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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I agree. The Soviets also refused to acknowledge any failures in their space programs, ever. They had cosmonauts burn up in re-entry owing to the failure of heat shields, they had capsules flattened on impact owing to the non-deployment of parachutes, and they always reacted with radio silence. America's failures in space were always open for the entire world to witness.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 12:21 PM (X+xvk)
I read 20th century public affairs history as a hobby and a lot of the old supporting documentation has eventually dribbled out.
Sifting through the JFK and RFK recent releases along with other released documents from that time has given me a new appreciation for CIA tactics domestic and foreign.
Essentially I learned, there is NO such thing as a former CIA officer, asset, or informant. Second, they rely on plausible deniability tradecraft where the lowest level 'handler' does not keep contemporary notes (the FBI does something similar with their notes) but gives edited paper reports to their superiors summarizing a situation report from the asset.
Second, the attitude among the intel officers is pretty much us against the world.
Third, given Colby's excellent account of his time in Italy when the US was battling Communists there, Colby describes trying to separate the domestic leftists from the Comintern sponsored evil ones. He spent time cultivating and essentially bribing all kinds of leftists and their papers/comms, despite these were political competitors for the main Christian Democrats. Thus controlled opposition technique.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JROD at April 04, 2026 12:23 PM (PLgLU)
interesting
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:24 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 04, 2026 12:25 PM (19SAM)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:25 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:25 PM (0iYbF)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega
>Next you'll be telling me that Cucker Tarlson is suggesting that zionists and the mossad are responsible for crucifying Jesus.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 04, 2026 12:25 PM (UqSya)
Posted by: runner
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Absolutely true. In the purest form, Mossadegh was usurping the constitutional powers of the Shah and he was relying on control of urban mobs to stay in power. Thus, Mossadegh was trying his own coup before he got legally fired by the Shah as PM.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:25 PM (E4rtv)
The attached article is good
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 12:26 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:26 PM (GD0B3)
I'm generally a smartass agnostic, but there remains evidence of greater power than we can imagine... for all time.
SDG
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 12:26 PM (XuXeR)
Sorry for your being in the hospital. Gout is a miserable condition. I will pray for your healing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2026 12:28 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:28 PM (0iYbF)
Posted by: JROD
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I think the morale stiffening of the Shah to do what he feared doing was more important than what the CIA accomplished in the streets.
Iran is an interesting country as that Pahlavi shah was instituted, in part with British power, because the older Qajar dynasty Shah was deposed in the 20's over something very similar to Mossadegh's usurpation.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:32 PM (0iYbF)
One of the things that historians (writing from the left) keep insisting is that Mossadegh was so popular. I think that the nationalization of the British oil industry was popular (just like Nasser seizing the Suez Canal) but not Mossadegh personally as much. What is untold is the Soviet archives of what the KGB was doing there, they directly subsidized the Tudeh and had networks there in the Northern half from WWII before withdrawal. Similar to what they left in Austria or Greece. What is unclear is how much leftists taht were Mossadegh's base who were not overt communists were subsidized and provoked by Soviet black propaganda.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:35 PM (0iYbF)
NPR was whining the other day that NASA was not promoting the diversity element of the mission/crew.
- first black to orbit the moon
- first female to orbit the moon
- first female launch director in NASA history.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 12:36 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: JROD at April 04, 2026 12:38 PM (PLgLU)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 12:38 PM (SCCU1)
Barky was brought up in Islam so he wasn't doing it.
Trump 1st had to many Barky people to keep it from getting hot
Auto-Pen administration gave the Taliban billions in arms
So here we are
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 12:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 04, 2026 12:13 PM
We have our admirers, you know, including some here.
Posted by: Lena D., Trigglypuff, Stacey, and The View panelists at April 04, 2026 12:41 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:42 PM (0iYbF)
Posted by: Boss Moss
One of the political problems with the Shah Reza Pahlavi was that his father was deposed by the Brits in 1941 for being too pro Not See and Persian oil was absolutely necessary for the Brits to fight. So the Brits, with US acquiescence installed the son as Shah. For whatever reason, the last Shah's tumultuous term in office in his early years probably led to his reliance on SAVAK secret police later. He left to Rome during the peak of the Mossadegh era, had fired but then retracted his firing of Mossadegh as PM, and most likely had little stomach for being in the midst of a civil war.
An interesting sidenote is Averell Harriman who later married Randolph Churchill's first wife, Pamela Digby, was sent to Iran to straighten out its rail system for Lend Lease shipments to the Russians. That is in part how he became the Democrat's senior foreign policy advisor on the Middle East and Russia.
It was both UK and US coaxing that they would support him returning and firing Mossadegh for the final time that probably persuaded him to do it.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:42 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 12:38 PM (SCCU1)
That would suck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 04, 2026 12:43 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Reforger
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That would not surprise me.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 12:44 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 12:44 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Butch at April 04, 2026 12:45 PM (98xTj)
Thank you for reminding me 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 04, 2026 12:46 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:46 PM (0iYbF)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 12:47 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 12:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 12:38 PM (SCCU1)
Was she a major?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 04, 2026 12:49 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:50 PM (0iYbF)
Suposedly there is a capsule with a female cosmonaut still out there somewhere. Some Finns caught her last transmissions.
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 12:38 PM (SCCU1)
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Can't verify.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 04, 2026 12:51 PM (nqb3H)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:52 PM (0iYbF)
The cab was empty and no sign of the driver.
So far, the choices are:
1. Illegal driver
2. government false flag operation to get Americans to fear Muslims and support Trump's illegal war
3. People protesting Trump's illegal war
4. Iranians
5. Mossad (see #2 because Jews control the US government)
6.
4.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 04, 2026 12:52 PM (Rqi4p)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:50 PM (0iYbF)
But as a practical Russian, she probably slit her wrists, screaming 'I knew you bastards would leave me up here! comrades, my ass!'.
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 12:53 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: JROD
Undoubtedly. And that shah came into office himself via a coup from the older Qajar dynasty. He was PM and used that to oust the decadent Ahmad Shah Qajar. Apparently viewed Ataturk as someone to emulate and he was the one that created the hatred of the mullahs toward the Shahs. The whole 1941 Anglo Soviet invasion and the deposing of the current shah makes for interesting reading that I have really neglected.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 12:53 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 04, 2026 12:53 PM (gzX6N)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:53 PM (0iYbF)
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attention whores
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:54 PM (GD0B3)
Ha ha
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 04, 2026 12:54 PM (Rqi4p)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 12:38 PM (SCCU1)
Was she a major?
Posted by: OrangeEnt"
Major Thong?
Posted by: Use your imagination at April 04, 2026 12:54 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 12:54 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 04, 2026 12:55 PM (gzX6N)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:55 PM (0iYbF)
1. Illegal driver
2. government false flag operation to get Americans to fear Muslims and support Trump's illegal war
3. People protesting Trump's illegal war
4. Iranians
5. Mossad (see #2 because Jews control the US government)
6.
4.
Posted by: NaughtyPine
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Most likely illegal wrecked it and could not understand English and did not have the hazmat certifications on his CDL.
Shady truck brokers and subcontracting is how a lot of illegals get hired without scrutiny by apparently above board businesses.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 12:48 PM (Ia/+0)
It must have been a further distance than typical for the Soviets, I guess. To have lasted this long up there it would have to be about 3x further than what their manned missions usually did.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 12:57 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 04, 2026 12:57 PM (gzX6N)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 12:58 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 12:58 PM (48JDT)
Shady truck brokers and subcontracting is how a lot of illegals get hired without scrutiny by apparently above board businesses.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 12:55 PM
That's my thought, but I'm open to it being an American without the certification.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 04, 2026 12:59 PM (Rqi4p)
https://www.youtube.com/live/8n1GGe0fUBs?si=bG9vgUUzM64gtuTo
Run by a bunch of space geeks. And I am digging the back ground music they currently have playing.
Even though I lived through the Gemini and Apollo missions, I still am amazed what we have been able to do in space.
Godspeed to the Artemis II crew.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 04, 2026 12:59 PM (dZE4s)
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And we wonder how the Democrats keep their 33% constituency.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 01:00 PM (48JDT)
The disastrous effects of the Obama Administration (shutting down NASA, bowing to radical Islam, sending billions to Iran) and the Biden Administration (surrendering to the Taliban, sending billions to Iran) will also reverberate through the ages, to the detriment of all civilized peoples.
Democrats excel at shitting on America's future.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:00 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 01:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 12:58 PM (48JDT)
Perhaps. Perhaps he just really wanted to go the moon. Either way, ballsy AF.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 01:04 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 01:05 PM (0iYbF)
Posted by: Sam Adams
I think some of the problems lie with CIA and State Department analysts that become 'native'. It is always a risk when you study a country deeply that you essentially forget you are an American and take on the foreign persona. If you hate a country and its peoples, it is difficult for most people to set that aside enough to ever want to study it enough to know how their people think.
There is also a class bias to the issue--most analysts/diplomats only deal with people of their class or higher. Thus our diplomats and analysts rarely deal with the average person in a country on an extended basis and thus are susceptible to assuming that the people they meet or study are the representative of the whole organization.
This too is in part the story of NATO. Our top leaders are feted, go to Potemkin parades, see only the tip of the iceberg. They rarely go below the surface to see NATO countries withered military capabilities and the budding anti Americanism and defeatism due to Islamic infiltration in those societies.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner
I guarantee an investigation of that particular wart on the ass of humanity would reveal child pron and molestation. I toy with the idea though that Milo is actually a Brit asset along with Dearlove, Steele, etc. aimed at disrupting and demoralizing the Right in the US in favor of globo homo.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 04, 2026 01:08 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Skip
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Johnny Chung, John Huang and Charlie Trie say hello. Clinton moving the launches of our critical intelligence satellites to China was just jaw-dropping. The Chinese pulled American security teams off of the launches, the launches, failed, and the burned remains of the satellites showed no trace of the encryption boards. The acts of open treason were in your face, one after another.
And then Hillary helped force through the sale of uranium to the Russians....Staggering betrayals, from a staggering Commie drunk.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:08 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)
Sorta like the guy who asked the diplomats to point to their country on a globe and they all pointed to their assigned places instead of America.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 04, 2026 01:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
I like this bit of smartassery, but the standard units of fraud now are "Learing Centers" and "California Choo-Choos".
Posted by: Ian S. at April 04, 2026 01:09 PM (QZThv)
As of April 2026, there are no female cosmonauts currently in space. The most recent female cosmonaut to fly was Svetlana Savitskaya, who made her last spaceflight in 1984
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 01:10 PM (48JDT)
I doubt that, just on the basis that Brit assets now would be pushing Islam, not gay race communism.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 04, 2026 01:10 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 04, 2026 01:09 PM (QZThv)
Don't forget us...it's not easy taking care of these old bastards and having to watch CNN all day.
Posted by: Home Health Senior Care Scammer at April 04, 2026 01:11 PM (EJoEY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 01:12 PM (0iYbF)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 12:53 P
Apparently not. I saw an interview with someone claiming this happens often.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 01:12 PM (Sco7b)
Wrong question. Better question would be if a fema!e cosmonaut were ever lost in space.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2026 01:12 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 01:13 PM (0iYbF)
This too is in part the story of NATO. Our top leaders are feted, go to Potemkin parades, see only the tip of the iceberg. They rarely go below the surface to see NATO countries withered military capabilities and the budding anti Americanism and defeatism due to Islamic infiltration in those societies.
Posted by: whig
Perhaps this serves to illustrate the separation between the GOP-e and the average American. God knows that none of the twinks running our party have the slightest understanding of the average American. They're busy speaking with K-Street and the donor class. Screw the rest of us.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:13 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Ian S.
Same as Middle East, Red-Green alliance. The purpose of both is to destroy what exists now, then the two will go head to head.
Same tactic used in Iranian Revolution and you saw the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks do the same to get rid of the czar and Kerensky.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 01:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: One of the All-Time Greats at April 04, 2026 01:15 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 01:17 PM (I7pZ1)
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Loral, I think, Clinton allowed the sale/transfer if rocket stage separation to the Chinese.
The Chinese could not launch a two stage rocket until Clinton got them the information. That's how primitive they are/were.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 01:17 PM (48JDT)
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I saw a photo of a "mockup" of that thing. I'd imagine it takes about an hour of training to actually use the thing without making a mess.
I seriously think that figuring out how to go to the bathroom in space is going to be mankind's greatest challenge.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 01:17 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:17 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 04, 2026 01:17 PM (gzX6N)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 01:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Special Edward at April 04, 2026 01:18 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Dr_No at April 04, 2026 01:18 PM (ayRl+)
I might not be around for the Pet Thread, so am just mentioning here that on Tuesday I had to put my poor 15-year-old American Eskimo dog to sleep. She had leg and kidney problems and was in constant pain; I wanted her to stay, but it would have been too selfish.
I feel awful.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 04, 2026 01:18 PM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 01:20 PM (znREB)
Posted by: Special Edward at April 04, 2026 01:21 PM (oftw2)
The Chinese could not launch a two stage rocket until Clinton got them the information. That's how primitive they are/were.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Yes, it was Loral Space and Communications that helped the Chinese get the Long March through Stage III. The rockets were shaking themselves apart. Loral fixed their gyroscopes for them. Clinton sold them all of our nuclear secrets, as well as MIRV technology, enabling them to put ten miniaturized warheads on each ICBM. That is Bill Clinton's true legacy.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:21 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Japanese are bathroom freaks. NASA should call up Toto Ltd. and ask for their help. They've been making toilets since 1917. Primo.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 01:24 PM (48JDT)
I will forward your message
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 01:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Sam Adams
Absolutely. Happens with CEOs and companies, heads of agencies versus the street level bureaucrats, and obviously with politics.
And the increasing world homogeneity of thought by a transnational upper class; not the petty differences in skin color, sex, or ethnicity is what promotes the globo homo agenda--you will own nothing and be happy as 'good'. Also see the idiotic Flat World hypothesis by Tom Friedman.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 01:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 04, 2026 01:18 PM (ufSfZ)
Peace be with you! I felt the same way about my best animal companion in the world. Ignatius Loyola said take strength from the times you were in consolation when in times of desolation. Look forward to consolation ahead and be aware that you have already been given the grace in any time for salvation.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 04, 2026 01:25 PM (YlWIZ)
I'm so sorry.
I looked up American Eskimo dogs. Absolutely beautiful. I'm sure yours had a wonderful life.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 01:25 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 12:53 PM (vFG9F)
Uhh, yes. But it wasn't my fault!!
Posted by: Astronaut Howard Wolowitz at April 04, 2026 01:26 PM (5xuJ/)
I might not be around for the Pet Thread, so am just mentioning here that on Tuesday I had to put my poor 15-year-old American Eskimo dog to sleep. She had leg and kidney problems and was in constant pain; I wanted her to stay, but it would have been too selfish.
I feel awful.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
I am so sorry. Words are little recompense to your loss and the fact that we have to make that decision for our beloved four pawed friends makes it very hard. Feel comforted by the fact that your faithful companion no doubt awaits at the end of the Rainbow Bridge to greet you when you arrive.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Article said 10 in 2025 and all associated with a USAF program.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 01:28 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 04, 2026 01:28 PM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: whig
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I want all of the "You will own nothing and like it" people to go first. By FORCE. I want them stripped of all earthly possessions, all wealth, all influence. Show me how much you "like it," folks. Let's start with the WEF and the Bilderbergers.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:28 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: doug at April 04, 2026 01:29 PM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 04, 2026 01:09 PM (QZThv)
Yeah, superseded, "How many Solyndras is that?" Why yes, that was in California too.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 04, 2026 01:29 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Problem is they think that they are nobles--more moral and smarter than those that they view as peasants. All noblisse and no oblige.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 01:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Article said 10 in 2025 and all associated with a USAF program.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Look up Ning Li, female Chinese-American physicist specializing in anti-gravity research. She refused an "offer" by the Communist Chinese to bring her research to China. Then someone ran her over.
I think Dr. Travis Taylor and Dr. Salvatore Pais might need to be placed into protective custody.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:32 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Dr_No at April 04, 2026 01:18 PM (ayRl+)
Just a variation of 'there are no atheists in a foxhole'
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 01:33 PM (V4IXI)
https://tinyurl.com/svhabm78
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 01:34 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 01:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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We were not yet a disposable society.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 01:37 PM (48JDT)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 01:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: doug at April 04, 2026 01:29 PM
doug. I'm sorry for all of you also. We had three purebred Collies growing up. Beautiful animals but they didn't last long.
GatewayPundit has an article on the NYT and the 'NORTH AMERICAN TREATY ORGANISATION.'
President Trump should leave NATO and start that up. Keep the US as the only member.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 01:38 PM (Sco7b)
They are as addicted to public virtue signalling as any nitwit on the loud left, and it is as fueled by social media as it is by allowing any and everything to be made to be about Trump.
I don't know how to fix it, other than to attempt to snap people to actual reality--"yes, I understand, orangeman so bad america so evil, now, about this specific problem, how do we fix it?" and just keep slapping them with specifics until their eyes clear a bit, they grow a spine of their own that isn't constructed of likes and cares and shares from the cool kids, or until they STFD and STFU.
Happy Easter everyone!
Posted by: barbarausa at April 04, 2026 01:38 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: doug at April 04, 2026 01:39 PM (Hy+R4)
https://tinyurl.com/svhabm78
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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My eyebrows went up at the murder of the first scientist at MIT. No one seemed capable of furnishing a motive. Then the guy at Cal Tech got whacked at his own home. That really raised the antennae. Then Maj. Gen. McCasland went missing. Then they bring up Monica Reza. The list just grows and grows. This is a five-alarm intelligence fire. Where is our FBI? Where is our media? Why the hell aren't we talking about this?
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:40 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 01:42 PM (Y1sOo)
Daily Mail/US has been all over it.
Posted by: one hour sober
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I sent links to Ace, CBD and Buck Throckmorton yesterday. This is literally a five-alarm fire in our intelligence community.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:45 PM (X+xvk)
All a coincidence?
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 01:49 PM (Ia/+0)
What we saw on TV was an animation, but what we heard at that time was live radio communication from the LM.
IIRC (I was twelve YO at the time), as Armstrong descended the ladder from the LM, he activated a TV camera on one of the lander's legs, which, as grainy as the B&W image was, showed Neil stepping on to the surface of the Moon.
Once the astronauts returned to Earth, the 16mm Point of View film shot from a camera mounted in a LM window was developed, and that's when we were able to see what Neil and Buzz saw as the LM was coming in for its landing.
Posted by: Reno_NV_Dave at April 04, 2026 01:50 PM (XTURA)
All a coincidence?
Posted by: Skip
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My money is on China. They have openly allied themselves with the cartels in Mexico, with Maduro in Venezuela, with the Islamists in Iran, with any and all opposing America. They have smuggled wheat blight organisms into the US to try to wipe out our crops. They have chemical weapons labs all over the US. They work tirelessly for our destruction.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 04, 2026 01:54 PM (X+xvk)
Happy Easter everyone!
Posted by: barbarausa
Most of the top ones on social media or in print are simply shameless grifters that get paid by leftist donors (Billy Kristol or David French for example) or actual leftists.
Nick Fuentes for example is a leftist psy op. Under no current circumstances can one say generally that voting for the Democrats is better than voting for the GOPe.
And the reason is that mass propaganda has been perfected in the world in the twentieth century. How to correct it; first you have to learn logical fallacies and formal logic. There is a reason that engineers and trial lawyers are probably the most resistant to propaganda of some sorts. The former, because they focus on what works, the latter because they are bullshit artists themselves and recognize it
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)
And enough operatives here to do it
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 02:15 PM (Ia/+0)
I see step one and their grand utopia but there are so many real world consequences left out in between those two that never get addressed.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 04, 2026 02:18 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Boss Moss
>Diversity and misogyny; they made the chick plunge the shitter.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 04, 2026 02:19 PM (UqSya)
Racism, pushing Transgender, some class warfare making taxes to be paid by the richer civilians.
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 03:00 PM (Ia/+0)
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Well stated, but I'd emphasize that it's an American art form. The other countries rely on censorship much more than us. We made rigid institutional conformity "cool" here, which is a real feat.
It was very artful.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 03:06 PM (BI5O2)
My mother thinks my sister and me are Trump Cult members
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 03:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 04, 2026 03:39 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: Azjaeger at April 04, 2026 03:39 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 03:40 PM (Ia/+0)
He said the moon landing was real and the reason some people thought it was faked was because the miniatures performed so well they appeared to be the real deal.
Levi (Walking Bear) are still out there and do you still have the bubba-butchered Bisley Colt my dad gave you?
Posted by: waepnedmann at April 04, 2026 04:06 PM (/o2QZ)
Posted by: Clark at April 04, 2026 08:34 PM (VeW9y)
Be sure and come back to let us know if Christ ever finds you, Clark.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 04, 2026 10:58 PM (4NO2D)
The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival-Happy Easter Edition
2) Be kind. Be nice. And for heaven's sake no egg fights later today.
3) Running with sharp objects and juggling with filet knives is really, really frowned upon.
4) Have a great weekend. He is Risen!
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests: 2/14 – L gave an update on her brother Ron. He has been in declining health for the last 6+ months, and has been transferred to a nice facility for hospice. They had been discussing this possibility for months. He would make improvements, then relapse, each time ending up more disabled. The best part is that he is at peace with the decision. He is aware enough to assist with the final plans and is enjoying parceling out his remaining possessions to family and friends. L’s daughter’s cardiac recovery continues. L says she cannot thank all sufficiently for the many prayers.
3/21 Update – Ron’s struggle is over. He died on 3/9. His 65th birthday would have been 3/22. His funeral was well attended and many people described him as their “best friend”. Despite never being married of having children, he leaves a legacy to be proud of. L’s daughter has finally recovered enough to start cardiac rehab. They expect great progress. L and her husband are rebuilding their relationship after putting it on the back burner for far too long, and working to get healthier. Thanks to everyone who prayed. It has meant a lot. 3/5 – IrishEi has learned that she needs major surgery on 3/16, and she would really appreciate prayers.
3/22 Update – JackStraw asked for prayers for IrishEi. She has been in the hospital for nearly a week. It sounds like she is on the mend, hopefully.
3/28 Update - Bluebell was happy to report that IrishEi is home from the hospital and is doing well. She’s very grateful for all the prayers as she knows they helped. 3/7 – Uncle Slayton posted the good news that his son-in-law, Kenny, is almost 3 years cancer-free. He beat lymphoma and leukemia, and Uncle Slayton wanted to thank everyone who prayed for him. 3/7 – Joe Kidd sent an update on a previous prayer, for a young girl named Jasmine. She is the adopted daughter of a friend of a friend. She had been rescued from abuse, but was withdrawn, etc. The friend took the family on an RV trip, and with lots of TLC for Jasmine, things have improved. It appears that God has surrounded this young girl with an army of angels, and your prayers for her are being heard. May those listed here and whispered elsewhere receive similar affirmation. 3/7 – vmom deport deport deport requested prayers for GB, the husband of her friend; he just had a quadruple bypass a couple of days ago, following a heart attack. 3/10 – Warai-otoko asked for prayers for a sister-in-law with some respiratory issues, who just took a hard turn for the worse. Thanks to everyone, even if you just take a fraction of a second for it. 3/10 – Update on Susan, who we have been praying for as she battles cancer. She is hospitalized again with an infection in her colon that quickly turned bad. The doctor says the signs are sepsis but they are running tests to make sure. The good news is that the pancreatic cancer was and is responding to the chemo and her cancer numbers are going down. God bless and thank you!
3/23 Update – Susan finally was able to come home. She is doing better than expected. Thanks to everyone for your prayers. 3/11 – Bulg sends a prayer of thanks. He called his formerly estranged sister on her birthday, and they had a wonderful conversation. It was their second conversation since February, and there was no animosity at all. 3/11 – Doof sent his appreciation for the Horde’s prayers for his mom, who has been in post-hospitalization rehab since mid-January. She has recovered from her illnesses, but her body seems to be increasingly giving up on her. PT has become too painful and exhausting for her. She is also having increased brain fog and is rapidly losing the ability to do things like answer her phone or send texts. Continued prayers requested for her, as she is very sad, and also for Doof and his sister as they figure out what’s next.
3/16 Update – Doof’s mother is not doing very well. Her 100 days of post-hospital rehab will be ending soon, and she is not nearly recovered enough to live alone. She’s almost completely confined to bed. She will be moved to long-term care soon, and will likely be there for the rest of her life. They appreciate the prayers. 3/14 – Retired Buckeye Cop asks for prayers for Mrs. Cop’s cousin, “A.B”. He has been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. He is a retired police officer who was hit by a car years ago. He attempted to deal with the pain by self-medicating with too much Tylenol, which ended up poisoning his liver. His only alternative is a liver transplant, but he is uncertain if he wants to have surgery.
3/21 Update – A.B.’s situation isn’t quite as dire as originally thought. It’s still bad, but his readings are better than originally thought. 3/18 – TecumsehTea requests prayers, as her husband was fired from a job he enjoyed very much on 3/17. Prayers are needed for peace, direction, and clarity. They trust God will provide the right job at the right time, and that He would give them peace in the waiting. TecumsehTea is still dealing with the effects of her heart attack last July. Prayers for healing, as her BP continues to be unstable. Chronic Lyme disease and autoimmune disease complicates everything. She trusts that God is faithful and good and He will take care of their needs. 3/21 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers for her son, who is still looking for work. He has a horticulture major, and would ideally like something related to research, but he is certainly willing to labor outdoors. 3/21 – Count de Monet gave prayers of thanks for a son who has been accepted into the IBEW Apprenticeship program. He will earn while he learns for 4 years on his way to becoming a Journeyman Electrician. 3/21 – pookysgirl asked for prayers as they start IVF again. 3/22 – Retired Buckeye Cop has a happy prayer request. His 16 year old grandson said he is feeling a call to the priesthood within the Catholic Church. He is a devout young man who has particular compassion for the poor. (He thinks he might want to be a Franciscan friar.) Please pray for L. H. as he pursues the vocation of religious life.
3/24 – GMAC posted that he has received his death sentence. His prostate cancer has metastasized into his bones. Medication will slow it down, but there is no stopping it. He doesn’t know how much time he has, but plans to do some travelling while he can. He sends his compliments to “the wittiest group of morons” he has ever had the pleasure of reading. He will still be lurking. 3/28 – Cosda posted the happy news that a new grandson should be arriving on 3/28. 3/28 – Defenestratus asked for prayers for grief at the loss of a dear friend and boss of 20 years, who passed away unexpectedly on St. Patrick’s Day. 3/28 – San Franpsycho posted that Pnina bat Surel is not improving, sadly. She has had a third hospitalization, and this has taken a toll on her. She is not bouncing back like she has before. 3/28 – From about The Time posted that prayers would be appreciated after the last chemo treatment for Lymphoma. It went reasonably well - thanks for the prayers. 3/28 – Hrothgar asked for prayers for a dear and long time close friend and former neighbor, Daniel, who is scheduled for open heart surgery in mid-April. Prayers for his wife would be appreciated as well, as she will be carrying a heavy load for the next few months. 3/28 – NR Pax posted an update on his father, who we had prayed for in January after his stroke. Dad is going through PT and OT every day at home. Mom got some cooperative people at the VA and a note was put in his record that he was not to have any appointments more than fifteen miles from his house. Things are still rough as Mom is handling things like taxes, investment accounts, and the banking. And Dad’s condition is stable, but it will change sooner or later. But they are living in a great retirement community and he’ll be taken care of. 3/28 – Jordan61 posted that Mr. Jordan61 is back in the hospital. His sepsis has returned and gotten into where his compression fracture is, and he has vertebral osteomyelitis. The doctor is supposed to come in today and let them know the plan.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
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Back to peruse the content....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 08:06 AM (kOluj)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:07 AM (ZOv7s)
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Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 08:08 AM (Y1sOo)
involving the war between Japan/Russia on the island of Hokkaido...Good Bad and the Ugly Nippon style...it just ended so binge worthy now...what a great ride!!!
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Congratulations, Duke. I know how hard it is to quit nicotine without leaving a trail of corpses..... keep up the good fight. For me, the nicotine patches helped.... start with one on each temple 😉
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Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)
And thank you Almighty God for hearing our prayers and answering them.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 04, 2026 08:13 AM (7v6oI)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 08:10 AM (Ia/+0)
Comment checks out.
Posted by: Manfred A. Von Richthofen at April 04, 2026 08:13 AM (wVcYX)
This. Air supremacy means no effective counter from air forces...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 08:15 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 08:08 AM (Y1sOo)
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All conditions will be challenged. The enemy gets a vote. The notion that we would lose no aircraft to enemy action is absurd. Iran had decades to prepare with the best systems Russia and China could provide, with on-site training and we still rule the skies.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:16 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)
Lungs are great though.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 04, 2026 08:18 AM (qFwJc)
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 08:18 AM (RIvkX)
An additional prayer for the WSO on the run in Iran, and the SAR community flying low and slow looking for him. May he escape the IRGC.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)
And we're not done! The January intake for OCIA is already pretty big, and in September I intend to become a sponsor. I did it in 2016 and really enjoyed it, but I had to promise not to do it until the kids were grown and I was out of the Guard. The grandkids forced a delay, but now I think I shall do it again.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 08:21 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 08:22 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 04, 2026 08:23 AM (xT8gx)
Wow, the things you learn on this smart military blog.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 08:21 AM (Y1sOo)
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I haven't been paying attention, but I did see that when the operation started the Iranians blocked *their own* runways to forestall commando raids and prevent their leaders from "getting Maduro'd." They've disabled their own air bases. Sure, they're totally winning.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:24 AM (ZOv7s)
Our very low loss rate in Iran is a testament to our prowess in the air, and well-maintained aircraft.
We've lost 16 UAVs, 5 fighters, one KC-135. 22 total.
Well, and some ground losses. The E-3 Sentry was the one that hurt. Don't have a lot of them.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)
Yes, yes, this!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 08:25 AM (h7ZuX)
Maintenance issues? I await the CENTCOM briefing.
God bless the ground crews. This would all be impossible without their skill and endurance.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)
I did SERE in Warner Springs, CA in February, 1985. The desert mountain terrain where we did the evasion portion of the training offered select places to conceal oneself to avoid being "captured" by the pretend bad guys. In Iran, I'm guessing that isn't the case. Hopefully, he was taken in by friendly locals and is being hidden. That might be a pipe dream, though.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 08:27 AM (Y1sOo)
Statemen are required to use foresight and reason to guide their decisions and so all that they can to protect their people and their national interests. Allowing a first strike is an absolute betrayal of the trust and power given to them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:28 AM (ZOv7s)
And this is what we are seeing in multiple cases, not in all cases. I’d say in most cases they probably vote the same way. But there have been several cases where Ketanji Brown Jackson is just way out on a limb and actually very derisive of her colleagues. She called the majority in her dissent, in this case, she called the majority decision unprincipled.
She’s very vicious in the way she attacks her colleagues on the court, which is not the way it normally goes. Normally there’s a sense of collegiality, but she goes right after them. And we’ve seen that time and again in very demeaning terms, calling the majority unprincipled, and essentially saying, because you don’t agree with my viewpoint on conversion or on gender identity, you are unprincipled.
And it’s really terrible what she’s doing. She’s, I saw somebody refer to it on Twitter, so it’s not my original idea. But basically what she’s done is she has turned her dissenting opinions into the equivalent of blog posts, it’s that opinionated and attacking people. And in you would expect a lot of what she says to appear on TikTok or X or Instagram. It’s really embarrassing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 04, 2026 08:30 AM (skR0U)
Prayers up for all asking and those needing but not asking.
My wifes dad passed away yesterday. After a 50 years battle with Hep C he fell and broke his neck. Lasted about a month after that in and out of induced comas and now the pain is over.
Quite the character he was. Deeply flawed individual but my wife loved him and that's enough for me. We had our issues over the years but he will be missed.
So I lost my dad on Holy Saturday (years ago) and my wife lost her dad on Good Friday.
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 08:31 AM (SCCU1)
A A-10 and Blackhawk were also brought down though reports are those aircrew were all recovered.
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 08:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)
Three modern armed forces know this and can act on it. The US, Russia, and The IDF. Not China.
We got tactical surprise in Iran and Venezuela. We got strategic surprise in Venezuela but not Iran.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)
No word if any individuals were involved with the ‘Unknown Substance’.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 04, 2026 08:35 AM (/lPRQ)
For those that don't know, the strategic reality was that Germany was rearming, but years away from being able to prosecute a war. France had a commanding superiority in ground forces, and Britain ruled the seas. Their air power was inadequate, but Germany's was far from mature.
Had war resulted, the Wehrmacht would have had its hands full fighting the Czechs, who were dug in, well armed and ready for them in tough terrain, leaving France free to roll in on them.
The problem was that Neville Chamberlain abhorred war, and desperately wanted to avoid it, and so he was willing to do anything to avoid it, and completely misjudged Hitler's intention. France was reluctant, but willing to fight, and needed Britain to back her up, but that didn't happen. (cont)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)
1. Right/Proper intent
2. Right Authority (The mayor of El Paso cannot declare war on Juarez)
3. Just cause
4. Last resort after diplomacy fails
5. Probability of success.
By my reckoning, all five boxes are checked.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 04, 2026 08:36 AM (qFwJc)
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
St. Isidore of Seville, pray for us.
I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 08:37 AM (ksbjf)
Indeed. IMO, poster wishes to be somewhat gloom mongering...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 08:39 AM (SCCU1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tonight on TNT at April 04, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at April 04, 2026 08:40 AM (IX8iX)
He was heard to be singing “I think I’m in trouble (no no no)”…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 04, 2026 08:40 AM (xT8gx)
But what is rarely, if ever, brought up is how Germany's military situation was radically transformed. One of the arguments against conflict was that the RAF and the British Army were in terrible shape, and needed time to rearm. The longer the delay, it was argued, the more Spitfires and Hurricanes would be available. All well and good.
BUT! When Germany got Czechoslovakia, it also got its peerless arms industry and a rich haul of weapons, including advanced T-35 and especially T-38 tanks, without which, the Blitzkriegs of 1939 and 1940 would have been impossible. Millions of rifles, artillery, ammunition - all of that was rocket fuel to rearmament. Germany was critically short and would take years to build up wartime levels of those, but now they were there.
That was the opportunity lost that everyone misses, and that's what so many religious leaders do not realize. (cont)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 04, 2026 07:59 AM (u73oe)
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When I quit smoking my friends helped by beating my ass every time I lit up.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:44 AM (ZOv7s)
21 Even in best situations, aircraft in a war zone can be brought down. Ground fire can never be totally eliminated
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 08:10 AM (Ia/+0)
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a manpad or the equivalent; there will always be some of those around.
I see there’s still nothing but rumor about the missing pilot.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 08:45 AM (pFJNq)
Personally I think we're at the "whack-a-mole" phase with them. And they're still in control of a dwindling stockpile of drones, rockets and ballistic missiles. The UAE issues daily "counts" of intercepted drones and missiles. Just yesterday the counts were still double digits.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 08:45 AM (AkEZC)
I've done up my coffee for the morning -- Cafe El Morro from Aldi, if it matters -- had breakfast, shaved, and am about to run out to get all my hairs cut.
Speaking of the shave: I discovered that the Japanese Feather blade, considered one of the sharpest in the double-edge world, is a bit too aggressive to use in my Italian Fatip slant razor. At least with a one-day beard. A couple of tiny nicks resulted on my lower lip. So I moved the fresh blade to a much less aggressive razor, and changed the slant's blade to a sharp but not Feather-sharp Rapira.
The furry thugs are doing well. Stirling woke me, but only about ten minutes ahead of my alarm. They are taking to the new Fresh Pine litter material, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 08:46 AM (wzUl9)
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I think it is also important to point out that already having occupied the Sudeten region Czechia was militarily indefensible.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 08:46 AM (Ia/+0)
I read a bit about his stalker. It sounds like she and reality had a bad breakup and she's never gotten over it.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 04, 2026 08:47 AM (+NIRm)
In the hood we call this acting "ghetto".
Posted by: Jasmine Crockett at April 04, 2026 08:47 AM (onPc6)
Indeed. Not a lot of reliable info.
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)
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https://youtu.be/heC_FoP7RQ4
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 08:48 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)
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Bird strikes caused the Miracle on the Hudson. They are a real hazard.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:48 AM (ZOv7s)
Teresa in Fort Worth posted that the chemo seems to be holding things steady for now.
IrishEi explained that she had a small cancerous spot removed from a lung. She is feeling better and stronger every day, and sends thanks for the prayers and encourages everyone to take their cancer screenings.
Posted by: Annies Stew at April 04, 2026 08:49 AM (VEsJT)
Posted by: Joe In Rehoboth Beach at April 04, 2026 08:50 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: NR Pax at April 04, 2026 08:47 AM (+NIRm)
So she goes after a guy who made two careers out of one?
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 08:50 AM (SCCU1)
Posted by: Moki at April 04, 2026 08:50 AM (wLjpr)
1. Right/Proper intent
2. Right Authority (The mayor of El Paso cannot declare war on Juarez)
3. Just cause
4. Last resort after diplomacy fails
5. Probability of success.
Did the American Revolution check box 5? Not so much IMHO.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 08:51 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 08:46 AM (wzUl9)
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The last time I was clean-shaven was for my retirement ceremony from the Guard in December 2022. My father found a cheap source of disposable razors on Amazon and sent me two boxes of 50 each. That's likely a lifetime supply.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:51 AM (ZOv7s)
IrishEi explained that she had a small cancerous spot removed from a lung. She is feeling better and stronger every day, and sends thanks for the prayers and encourages everyone to take their cancer screenings.
Posted by: Annies Stew at April 04, 2026 08:49 AM (VEsJT)
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b"h for good health
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:44 AM (ZOv7s)”
It’s a daily occurrence for critics to say this war was “unnecessary” and that Iran would have stayed quiet. But the vast number of missiles they had stockpiled - which I suspect exceeded even our best military assessments, not just the publicly available estimates - is evidence that Iran had been planning a massive regional war for decades.
They truly were planning to dominate the entire region, and by control of a vital resource, force the entire world to bow to them and acknowledge their dominance. Either that or blow up that part of the world trying.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 08:53 AM (pFJNq)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 08:53 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 08:53 AM (pFJNq)
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It is a failure of imagination, and it's sad to see so many professional Christians take everything Iran spouts as pure truth, while demeaning Trump and his cabinet as total liars.
Stick to scripture, and leave war to the professionals.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:54 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026
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My beard is the "Commander Riker" type -- though I grew mine before he did. I shave the cheeks, lower lip, and throat up to the sharp line of the beard under my chin. It's quite enjoyable when you do it with soap/cream and a brush. Our grandfathers had it right.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 08:57 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)
Yeah, sometimes you just have to fight the odds because surrender is just too onerous.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 04, 2026 08:58 AM (qFwJc)
Excellent summation of the run up to WWII. Thank you.
We can disagree a tad. I still think the key to winning was the delay needed for Dowding to get the radar stations and ground control links operational.
Could the Germans have taken France without the T-38s? Maybe, as France had incredible command and morale problems. The Czechoslovakian defenses were quite robust, but leaving that nation neutral would work, IMHO.
This would have been a brake on German intentions to attack Russia, which is what, with the DOW on the US, doomed the Germans.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 08:58 AM (wzUl9)
Apparently the old "ohmahgerd, it's a Medieval forgery" has gone by the wayside. I guess it's become too hard to wave-away the pollen of plants common to ancient Judea impregnated upon the fabric. (The carbon dating has been completely discredited).
The details that you can see of the photographic negative would not have been obvious to viewers in earlier times: distinct scourge marks showing the impact of the weights on the ends of the lashes, different directionality of the marks, swollen right cheek, broken nose, nail marks in the wrists (not palms), blood deposited on the fabric before the image. PLUS, 3-D data that can be reconstructed via computer.
The skeptics have never been able to duplicate it. The image is oxidation a few fibers deep -- not paint, dye, stain, etc. If the image is not Jesus, it sure matches the abuses He suffered during His sorrowful Passion.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 08:58 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 08:59 AM (kOluj)
How did the lunch rant go?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2026 08:59 AM (lFFaq)
Me: "Yay! I have a zero balance on my credit card."
Dog: "Cool. Well, I tore out a claw and need to get looked at. Naturally, this is the one Saturday our normal vet is closed so we have to go to the Urgent Care vet."
Posted by: NR Pax at April 04, 2026 08:59 AM (+NIRm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 09:01 AM (u82oZ)
You are largely past the physical nicotine dependence (3-4 days). It's all a matter of the will this point forward.
Posted by: Halfhand at April 04, 2026 09:02 AM (YV31+)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 04, 2026 09:03 AM (gQ15S)
In the hood we call this acting "ghetto".
Posted by: Jasmine Crockett at April 04, 2026 08:47 AM (onPc6)
She’s basking in the glow of adulation from the far left peanut gallery; but she hasn’t considered that the institution she’s part of now has always been a small, tightly knit group. She can’t imagine what it’s going to be like doing a job for life where everyone she works loathes and despises her, and considers her writing to be a bad joke, the work of an incompetent.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 09:03 AM (pFJNq)
Yeah, I'm not really sold on 5 being a requirement. Sometimes a fight has to happen even when there's low/no chance of success. There may be a miracle, it may encourage future people to take a stand, we don't know and may never know in our lifetime.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2026 09:04 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)
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If France had stayed in the War, the extended range would have precluded decent fighter escorts for German bombers.
There is no way the 10-day Blitz of northern France could have happened without those extra tanks.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:05 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 04, 2026 09:05 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 09:03 AM (pFJNq)
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She seems to me incapable of comprehending her position. Like she knows nothing of the Supreme Court or its history.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 09:07 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 04, 2026 09:08 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 04, 2026 09:08 AM (xT8gx)
I respect that assessment.
If I had a good war-game available, with those tank restrictions, I could play it out a few times. HOI-4 is not that game.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 09:09 AM (u82oZ)
It would be psychologically catastrophic for her to admit the truth to herself: she's an utterly incompetent racist who is only in her position because the person who nominated her was an even more incompetent racist.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 04, 2026 09:09 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:10 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"
--- some dead white guy
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 09:12 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:05 AM (ZOv7s)
The Germans had several "Light" divisions (a hybrid mech/motorized organization -- neither fish nor fowl) because they didn't have enough tanks and trucks, when they invaded France.
Even during the Blitz, the Germans had to do an operational pause -- which allowed the Brits to disengage and retreat to Dunkirk (the Germans were astounded at the level of motorization available to the Brits).
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:12 AM (ksbjf)
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I can see her resigning or whatever. Maybe not by her own choice either, but I do not think she'll do a "lifetime" appointment.
The whole lifetime thing needs to go away too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 09:13 AM (AkEZC)
When the opportunity comes, will they have the means to act?
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 09:13 AM (vTZFs)
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In a Franpsycho Administration this piece of sh*t would be incommunicado in Leavenworth.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:14 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)
I wonder if she has even read the Constitution!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at April 04, 2026 09:14 AM (hOUT3)
Look up the term "Fifteen Second African."
Posted by: NR Pax at April 04, 2026 09:14 AM (+NIRm)
You'd think that I ought to be smarter
But some decisions seem to be harder
My choices are either
To start the bird feeder
Or alternatively feed the bread starter...
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 09:15 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at April 04, 2026 09:15 AM (yTvNw)
Fortunately for her, the chance of that happening is 0.0%.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 09:15 AM (vTZFs)
They can wait until world's end for all I care. As long as the jackass gets a bloody nose, I'm good.
Attempting to force a Westphalian State on tribal peoples?
Not so much.
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 09:15 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2026 09:16 AM (lFFaq)
"read"? I'm doubtful that she can spell it. Or spell "read"...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 09:16 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 08:58 AM (ksbjf)
There’s a fascinating speculation as to the provenance of the shroud over the centuries; how did it turn up in rural France suddenly? The timeline starts with Helen, the mother of Constantine the Great, who financed a great expedition to the Holy Land in the 300’s in order to collect every Holy artifact that could be found.
Now many of these were placed in cathedrals for the adoring public to view, but it’s long been thought that the most Holy artifacts were kept private, reserved only for the eyes of the Imperial Familly and the highest levels of the Church hierarchy. There are consistent rumors of some strange cloth with an image of it that was rarely shown on High Holy festivals. (Cont’d)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 09:17 AM (pFJNq)
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When the opportunity comes, will they have the means to act?
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 09:13 AM (vTZFs)
Some 40,000 got killed for the demonstrations earlier this year. So there's the will. I suspect that we will have some sort of "Pew-Pews for Persians" and provide weaponry to the anti-regime forces.
The Iranians did the same sort of thing to us when we were in Iraq. Turnabout is fair play.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 04, 2026 09:18 AM (3uBP9)
“Today the one who holds all creation in his hand is himself held in the tomb,
a rock covers the One who covered the heavens with beauty,
Life has fallen asleep,
Hades is seized with fear,
and Adam is freed from his bonds.
Glory to your work of salvation;
through it you have accomplished the eternal Sabbath rest,
and You grant us the gift of your holy resurrection.”
- From the Byzantine Matins of Great & Holy Saturday
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 09:18 AM (fb0M4)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at April 04, 2026 09:15 AM (yTvNw)
My cousin just got fired for asking for his first raise in 8 years.
I should have him working with me by Wednesday for 7 dollars an hour more. I'll have to do the computer side of everything, like I do now, but I'll have someone to hold the other end of the tape measure.
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 09:19 AM (SCCU1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 09:13 AM (AkEZC)
One of the subtleties of a founding document that old, is it was based on two erroneous (but quite reasonable for the time) concepts:
1. People that would run for any public office had integrity and a sense of honor.
2. People that held any public office would never attempt to make it a lifetime career!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at April 04, 2026 09:19 AM (hOUT3)
This applies to many.
Posted by: davidt at April 04, 2026 09:20 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:22 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 04, 2026 09:23 AM (qFwJc)
Are there still holdouts from the Auto-Pen administration there?
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 09:23 AM (Ia/+0)
That makes me irrationally angry. Older folks complain how the younger folks have no loyalty and refuse to show any themselves.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 04, 2026 09:23 AM (+NIRm)
The Iranians did the same sort of thing to us when we were in Iraq. Turnabout is fair play.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
Then there is the whole gereration of protesters they killed off back in Obama days during the green revolution. Untold numbers died.
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 09:24 AM (SCCU1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 09:13 AM (AkEZC)
One of the subtleties of a founding document that old, is it was based on two erroneous (but quite reasonable for the time) concepts:
When the Constitution was written, people didn't live as long, and so wouldn't be on SCOTUS as long as the current barnacles. They'd either die, or become too feeble to carry out the duties, and so retire.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 04, 2026 09:24 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:22 AM (RIvkX)
Knowing when to strike is as important as being ready to strike!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at April 04, 2026 09:24 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 04, 2026 09:25 AM (xT8gx)
Sadly, I agree with you.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 04, 2026 09:26 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:26 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 09:17 AM (pFJNq)
Yes, I can't recall the name of the cloth, but the Eastern Orthodox had some sort of image of Jesus Christ's face on a cloth. They had it for centuries.
There's been conjecture that the Crusaders pilfered that image from the Byzantine Empire when they sacked Constantinople.
There is a very curious fold mark, or crease, across the neck of the Man in the Shroud. The Catholic Church regards the Shroud of Turin as a private revelation, not a matter of dogma.
The Man in the Shroud just happens to display all of the injuries (in a very realistic way) consistent with the Biblical descriptions of Jesus Christ's Passion. I choose to believe that the Shroud of Turin is His burial shroud.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:26 AM (ksbjf)
People need to quit calling the muslim nazis "Iranian" They are not. They are foreign invaders.
Posted by: Will Robinson at April 04, 2026 09:27 AM (cO6oP)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:17 AM
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Where does that number come from?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 04, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: mrp at April 04, 2026 09:30 AM (rj6Yv)
Are there still holdouts from the Auto-Pen administration there?
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DoJ is infested with leftists. Some drone from that department lamented it upon resigning a couple days ago. Saying there are too many leftists in Justice and there's no way to get rid of them.
That person's probably correct.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 09:30 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 08:58 AM (ksbjf)
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It also perfectly aligns with a face cloth kept in Spain since the 6th Century.
I do get weary of the annual "let's crap on Christianity at its holiest time of year," but I now understand that these people are objectively on Satan's team. They're not merely mislead, absolutely not well meaning, they hate God, and they really hate Christ.
They keep pushing Christianity as oppressive, "patriarchal" (what does that even *mean*?) and literally valorize witches and demons as showing a better way, a world of "equity" were no babies are born and children are chemically castrated. Oh boy, sounds great!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
The Iranians did the same sort of thing to us when we were in Iraq. Turnabout is fair play.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
Then there is the whole gereration of protesters they killed off back in Obama days during the green revolution. Untold numbers died.
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 09:24 AM (SCCU1)
Very true. I was mentioning recent events, and not intentionally ignoring the previous brutal repression of the anti-regime Iranians. I don't know if there's even a close estimate of how many of their own citizens the Islamic regime has killed. 500,000 - 1,000,000 or more?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 09:31 AM (nLlkW)
For the next century, they grew more and more powerful, while critics of theirs claimed that they privately worshipped some strange image on a cloth that they jealously guarded from the eyes of any outsiders. Using this and other claims of heresy, in 1312 Philip of France attacked the order, brutally killing their top leadership and attempting to seize all of their wealth. However, except for the very top levels, most of the Templars and most of their wealth simply disappeared. No one can say where they went to, they were very good - perhaps equivalent to the KGB of their day. (End part two)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 09:32 AM (pFJNq)
Take the W you’ve already earned
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 04, 2026 09:32 AM (xT8gx)
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eh. I don't need the schoolmen telling me when war should be fought.
I'll take path of Joshua--the kill 'em all; women, children and men.
The muslim religion is a demonic, idol-worshiping, death cult that has no claim to any land on Earth, no different than what he faced.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 04, 2026 09:33 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:26 AM (RIvkX)
I'd bet it's higher than that. Probably close to half. I've been admonishing him for years but he fucking loved his job. There's a whole years long arguement ending between us over this.
"You need a better job."
"There isn't one."
He ran the facilities side of a small private grade school. Loved being Mr. D to the kids.
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 09:34 AM (SCCU1)
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That would require internment of half the population of El Paso as enemy foreign nationals.
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 09:34 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 04, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)
I do get weary of the annual "let's crap on Christianity at its holiest time of year," but I now understand that these people are objectively on Satan's team. They're not merely mislead, absolutely not well meaning, they hate God, and they really hate Christ.
They keep pushing Christianity as oppressive, "patriarchal" (what does that even *mean*?) and literally valorize witches and demons as showing a better way, a world of "equity" were no babies are born and children are chemically castrated. Oh boy, sounds great!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
The swelling numbers of converts to the Catholic Church just demonstrates how much people are tired of the empty promises of an Earthly "utopia" (which just happens to be Hell-on-Earth, instead).
King Charles III intentional ignoring Easter, but praising Ramadan, isn't going to have the effect he thinks: as the Head of the Church of England, he just gave the green-light for devout CofE Christians to abandon ship and swim the Tiber.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:36 AM (ksbjf)
“I would think under the just war theory, it is not,” Archbishop Broglio said. He explained that while Iran’s nuclear ambitions present a real concern, military action in this case risks addressing “a threat before the threat is actually realized.”
Oh, so they have to HAVE the nukes before we can wage war. Got it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 04, 2026 09:36 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 04, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)
But let's not get the vapors over her dissents being derisive toward her colleagues. Most of them are, in point of fact, dirty unprincipled whores who don't deserve any more respect than you'd show used toilet paper.
This is just a case of a filthy pot calling a filthy kettle black. If these hothouse carrion flowers want to experience some *actual* disrespect, let me write a dissent. The assertion that these ruling class dolts should be exempt from criticism is galling.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 09:36 AM (BI5O2)
When the opportunity comes, will they have the means to act?
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 09:13 AM (vTZFs)
They're willing to fight but lack the weapons to do it. If nothing is done to arm them, then it'll be just another disappointing (and deadly) street event.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 04, 2026 09:37 AM (g8Ew8)
Good on all the Bondi haters, she's gone and replaced by someone that is actually worse.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 04, 2026 09:37 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 09:38 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Paul at April 04, 2026 09:38 AM (4k7hx)
What's pessimistic about that? It's been an effective effort, and that's what matters.
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 09:38 AM (XuXeR)
France24, April 2nd, 'Iran hangs 18-year-old over protests in latest wartime execution: activists'
Paris (France) (AFP) – Iranian authorities Thursday executed a teenager convicted over January protests after a fast-track trial rights groups labelled as "grossly unfair", as the Islamic republic ramps up executions during the war with the US and Israel.
Al Jazerra, April 4th, 'Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group, in the latest action targeting dissidents, even as the United States-Israeli war on Iran drags on.'
The two were executed on Saturday morning after the country’s Supreme Court upheld earlier sentences that convicted them of PMOI/MEK membership, and “armed rebellion through involvement in multiple terrorist acts”.
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 04, 2026 09:38 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:36 AM (ksbjf)
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I have to say that I have thrown quite a bit of (well-deserved) shade at the C of E, but nothing I could write is as damning as how absurd that woman looked in her episcopal costume.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:38 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at April 04, 2026 09:38 AM (FIwBs)
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 09:34 AM (qgHp7)
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Go on...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:39 AM (RIvkX)
May God shower all of His children with mercy and grace.
And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 04, 2026 09:39 AM (vrNzf)
It seems you and I have a differing definition of "ground fire."
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 09:39 AM (Y1sOo)
Only half?
/kidding. sort of.
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 09:39 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 04, 2026 09:36 AM (0U5gm)
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Very heavy rains here, the back yard has standing water. It usually does this time of year, but it's a bit more than usual.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
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Hunh. There were Christians in the Old Testament?
This changes things.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 04, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
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I think the same thing whenever I see some stupid person wear a Che t-shirt. They so love the thought of killing other people, that "power" is their authority to rule.
Posted by: mrp at April 04, 2026 09:41 AM (rj6Yv)
Que? "Ground Fire" doesn't mean only a 10/22...
*sigh*
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 09:41 AM (XuXeR)
Let the enemy combatants decide what comes next for them. Take your losses and join modern, western civilization once again.
No more terrorism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 04, 2026 09:42 AM (UqSya)
The checkpoints are being steadily taken out by small groups of protestors.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 04, 2026 09:42 AM (+nEug)
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Yup, you're taking food off of your table as a favor for assholes who barely know your name.
If you don't get an annual raise every year, you need to be looking for a new job.
Because, if they fire you, they'll sure as hell pay the new guy what you'd been asking for.
It isn't about them not having the money--it's about them not wanting to pay you that money.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 04, 2026 09:42 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 09:42 AM (XuXeR)
Does $151 agree with that part ?
Posted by: Paul at April 04, 2026 09:43 AM (4k7hx)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 09:43 AM (Ia/+0)
It's basically Church LARP for everyone involved.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)
The video doesn't show much, but I've been wondering if we were going to do a "Highway of Death" on those a-holes. Perhaps this was just a warning that if they continue onwards, that's what awaits them.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 04, 2026 09:43 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Reforger
May their souls rest in peace, and may the Lord comfort your family in your time of grief.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 09:44 AM (nLlkW)
“I would think under the just war theory, it is not,” Archbishop Broglio said. He explained that while Iran’s nuclear ambitions present a real concern, military action in this case risks addressing “a threat before the threat is actually realized.”
Oh, so they have to HAVE the nukes before we can wage war. Got it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
We're still suffering from the after-effects of the "Spirit of Vatican II." Christianity is not a pacifistic religion: there's a reason why the living members of the Catholic Church are termed "The Church Militant."
Love is being truthful, not being "nice." I would argue that Pres. Trump is acting in the spirit of agape' for the entire world. Is it better to have a bunch of religious fanatics have nukes and blackmail the world, or make certain that doesn't happen.
It might not be "nice" but bombing the $h!t out of the Islamic regime's weapons programs is necessary.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:44 AM (ksbjf)
Tweeeet!! Flag on the play!
Unalive? As a verb? I guess he meant 'commit suicide' but didn't know how to spell it.
He actually took a made-up adjective and 'verbed' it.
Yeah, we can have a meaningful dialogue with people like that.
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 09:45 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 09:45 AM (XuXeR)
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it was not over in 2.5 hours. like in the movies. so much garbage media, and black piller picked it, because they are miserable bastards, and misery loves company
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 09:45 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 04, 2026 09:42 AM (HXT0k)
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In my former profession the only way to get a decent raise is to quit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:45 AM (RIvkX)
Low expectations are the key to satisfaction.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 04, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Joe In Rehoboth Beach at April 04, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)
“I would think under the just war theory, it is not,” Archbishop Broglio said. He explained that while Iran’s nuclear ambitions present a real concern, military action in this case risks addressing “a threat before the threat is actually realized.”
Oh, so they have to HAVE the nukes before we can wage war. Got it.
It is for this sort of thing that I have such contempt for most church hierarchy, including the Episcopal Church. Most of these soft-handed, soft-headed fools have no idea what they're talking about but they certainly want to tell the rest of us what's what.
If you want to go into politics or policy, you're in the wrong field.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 04, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)
And that softness will get people killed.
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 09:47 AM (XuXeR)
But what of the shroud? It suddenly appears, apparently out of nowhere in the small town of Lirey, France, part of the inheritance of the local Lord Geoffrey de Charney, who had said nothing of it during his life. Its public history pops into existence at that moment.
Did he have a connection to the Templars? An earlier relative of his with the same name was the Head of the Templars in Normandy, and one of the top leaders burned at the stake by Philip of France.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 09:47 AM (pFJNq)
Well, there is high blood pressure, deebeetus, strokes, heart attacks and of course The Itis.
Posted by: Dave Chappelle at April 04, 2026 09:48 AM (onPc6)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:48 AM (ksbjf)
Are there still holdouts from the Auto-Pen administration there?
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DoJ is infested with leftists. Some drone from that department lamented it upon resigning a couple days ago. Saying there are too many leftists in Justice and there's no way to get rid of them.
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Rumor is, there was a plan for DOJ, same as was given for State and HHS for example, to fire whole chunks of identified anti-Americans.
Bondi was fired because she wasn't following that plan.
DOJ needs a non-lawyer head. Because all lawyers, no matter their politics, are way too enamored with the rules and the majesty of the "system."
For example, the whole state bar association system, accreditation and licensing--it's a merchants guild to protect the lawyers, not to serve the public.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 04, 2026 09:48 AM (HXT0k)
Let the enemy combatants decide what comes next for them. Take your losses and join modern, western civilization once again.
No more terrorism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 04, 2026 09:42 AM (UqSya)
Damn. Maybe you should be Sec of State. So brilliant.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 04, 2026 09:49 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:49 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 08:01 AM (XuXeR)
There is no adequate replacement. On trips I take along caffeinated chocolate bars just in case coffee or Diet Coke is unavailable first thing in the morning. (Caffeine withdrawal brings terrible headaches!) It helps get me get going but only the first cup of coffee really wakes me up.
Posted by: Gref at April 04, 2026 09:49 AM (5rh/l)
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet; and
Prayers up for those who pray alone, asking for help in silence, and whose prayers are known but to God!
Prayers up even for all "our" politicians who have decided that their 10% graft and power are still far more desirable than their honor or integrity, may they see the error of their ways, repent, and become true representatives of we the people!
And lastly, prayers up for President Trump, keep him and our beloved country safe from harm and may the many forces of corruption and evil arrayed against both him and our country be rendered ineffective and their plans come to naught!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at April 04, 2026 09:50 AM (hOUT3)
He ran a pic yesterday of what was claimed to be Iraqis massing at the border with scores or hundreds of pickup trucks. My thought was what are cluster bombs for it not for this.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 09:50 AM (vTZFs)
groundfire
American
noun
small arms fire directed against aircraft from the ground.
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There. Small arms fire.
What else can I help you understand?
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 09:50 AM (Y1sOo)
The constitution was not a suicide pact.
Catholicism was not a suicide pact.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 09:51 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 09:52 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Joe In Rehoboth Beach at April 04, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)
I would pay to see it. How do we get YD on SCOTUS?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:53 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 09:53 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 09:53 AM (pFJNq)
He actually took a made-up adjective and 'verbed' it.
Yeah, we can have a meaningful dialogue with people like that.
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 09:45 AM (qgHp7)
Childish bowdlerization by our beneficent Tech Lords. These platforms all nuke anything containing words like "suicide, kill, rape," and so on.
So people have to come up with these puerile euphemism to get past the robo-censors.
"Unalive" has been in use for years now - so the censors could definitely ban that, too, but choose not to - because the exercise is purely about training people to comply with approved speech codes.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 09:53 AM (BI5O2)
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I should have specified:
That would require internment of half the
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 09:53 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 09:54 AM (GD0B3)
God measures souls as valuable.
I'll not be lectured by atheists on what is moral.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 04, 2026 09:54 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 09:55 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 04, 2026 09:44 AM (ksbjf)
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What the leaders fail to understand is that there was no actual peace. Iran remained in a state of war with the United States for 47. The war went through long dormant phases, but never ceased.
There are Catholics who understand this distinction, and also that being an unlawful regime, Iran's theocracy did not obtain the same benefits as a lawful government.
More disturbing is the tolerance - which is new - for evil governments. The Vatican's deal with the PRC is one of the most shameful acts in Church history. That they are now saying Americans should "negotiate" with dishonest people whose hands are still wet with human blood is a scandal.
It is my fervent hope that God will see the right through, and that these same people be confronted with the reality of a liberated Iran, and be forced to apologize to the people whose freedom they so stridently opposed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)
Before or after he fit the Battle of Jericho?
Posted by: man
He was a Democrat. He made the walls come tumbling down.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 04, 2026 09:56 AM (+nEug)
Nobody wants to work anymore!
Posted by: Reforger's cousin's former boss at April 04, 2026 09:56 AM (TbWk/)
It's like that on all social media I think.
Very stupid.
Very commie.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 09:56 AM (4C4pO)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 04, 2026 07:59 AM (u73oe)
It sucks. It will get better. Hard to believe, but it is true.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 09:56 AM (rbvCR)
Low expectations are the key to satisfaction.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 04, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
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Something about what "they" say and what "they" do.
The Vatican's Swiss Guard and Gendarmerie continue to bear arms and to enforce the state's territorial border with Italy.
And I'm too lazy to research whether the current Holy Father ever demanded that the Chicago PD disarm themselves.
Posted by: mrp at April 04, 2026 09:57 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 09:57 AM (GD0B3)
Well within just a few hours, we did something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 09:57 AM (pFJNq)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 04, 2026 09:56 AM (+nEug)
Tousi does a lot of clickbait headlines.
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 09:57 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 09:45 AM (qgHp7)
But the English language is just too hard to speak and write, man!!
Posted by: dantesed at April 04, 2026 09:58 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Gref at April 04, 2026 09:49 AM (5rh/l)
I think it's more than just the caffeine in the coffee. It's the entire sensation of aroma and heat that we've developed a Pavlovian response to over many years of enjoying coffee.
A No-Doz doesn't cut it. All the jitters, none of the pleasant wake-up.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:58 AM (h7ZuX)
What else can I help you understand?
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 09:50 AM (Y1sOo)
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Source? What dictionary did you consult?
Ground fire can include AAA, and there is an overlap between small arms and AAA.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)
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You better believe they and Israelis are watching everything and listening to everything.
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 09:58 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 04, 2026 09:48 AM (HXT0k)
The Ivy League Liberal Lawyers Guild has way too much influence in our politics!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at April 04, 2026 09:58 AM (hOUT3)
Moses appointed Joshua to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land, as Moses himself was forbidden from entering.
Originally named Hoshea, he was renamed Joshua (Yehoshua) by Moses.
He commanded the army to conquer Canaan and split the Jordan River through divine power, and recognized as a prophet in both biblical and Jewish traditions.
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 04, 2026 09:59 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)
In picket fence, lawn mowers abounding suburbia, we call this "Having No Balls".
Posted by: Ken and Karen, Mask Wearers and Booster Takers at April 04, 2026 10:00 AM (onPc6)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 04, 2026 10:00 AM (+nEug)
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Thanks. Your explanation is almost more depressing than mine was. SMH.
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)
I also pray that for my family, my friends, and my enemies.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:01 AM (4C4pO)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 04, 2026 10:01 AM (Q+gd/)
Take the OIL!
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:02 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:26 AM (RIvkX)
Giving inflation-based raises is stupid! They didn't earn it! You want a raise, then exceed my expectations! Besides, once the inflation is over you have to take the raise away, stupid! Beans and rice, working two remote jobs is stealing, buy my book! *waves gun around*
Posted by: Dave Ramsey, boomer meme incarnate at April 04, 2026 10:02 AM (TbWk/)
While they are both types of ground-based fire, they are distinguished by their purpose, caliber, and intended targets.
Small Arms Fire: Refers to weapons designed for personal use, such as rifles, pistols, carbines, and machine guns, typically with a caliber of 15mm (.60 caliber) or less.
AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery): Refers to dedicated, often crew-served, guns designed to destroy aircraft. These typically use autocannons (like 20mm, 23mm, 30mm, 35mm, or 40mm) or larger-caliber artillery pieces (like 88mm or 100mm).
U.S. Department of War (.gov)
U.S. Department of War (.gov)
+4
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 10:03 AM (Y1sOo)
But when hear "ground fire" in context of modern warfare, I don't even consider small arms... just flak guns, SAM batteries, MANPADS, etc.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:03 AM (BI5O2)
*scowls*
Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 04, 2026 10:01 AM (Q+gd/)
Perfect!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana! ~ at April 04, 2026 10:03 AM (hOUT3)
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' unalive
- Zombie Night Fever
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 09:53 AM (qgHp7)
I don’t think most people understand the attitude of Texas towards El Paso; it really isn’t Texan, it’s a weird little piece of Old Mexico that somehow Texas ended up with title to.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 10:04 AM (pFJNq)
The term is now common across many social media platforms as a euphemism for "suicide," "murder," "killed," even just plain old "died" because they use automated scanners for badthink and demonetize or auto-ban anyone for using them. Just more woke stupidity but there it is.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 10:04 AM (vTZFs)
God bless all of you and your loved ones. And Happy Easter!
IrishEI was here yesterday on the health thread.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 10:05 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 08:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Recent comment on some Twitter was that Iran was seeking the "North Korean Path to Nukes" by developing its missile and drone force to the point that they could hold the Middle East and Europe hostage while they finished their nukes, the way that North Korea had Seoul within artillery range so they couldn't be pushed at all while they developed their nukes, way up in the North.
That with the revelation that the Iranians walked into a negotiating session and said they had 60% refined Uranium ready to go, and were ready to go with it was enough for Trump to give up negotiating and start waling on them instead.
The Iranians could have cobbled together a dirty nuke on that intermediate missile they lobbed at Diego Garcia, and they could have hit Tel Aviv or Paris.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 10:06 AM (rbvCR)
“It was not the American crew, I believe, who chose our suburb. God’s providence chose Urakami and carried the bomb right above our homes. Is there not a profound relationship between the annihilation of Nagasaki and the end of the war? Was not Nagasaki the chosen victim, the lamb without blemish, slain as a whole-burnt offering on an altar of sacrifice, atoning for the sins of all the nations during World War II?
"Only this holocaust in Nagasaki sufficed and at that moment God inspired the Emperor to issue the sacred proclamation that ended the war. The Christian flock of Nagasaki was true to the faith through three centuries of persecution. During the recent war it prayed ceaselessly for a lasting peace. Here was the one pure lamb that had to be sacrificed as a holocaust on His altar ...so that many millions of lives might be saved."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:07 AM (4C4pO)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:07 AM (GD0B3)
That is beautiful
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:08 AM (4C4pO)
Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
@DeAngelisCorey
Idaho Democrat Senator: "When your children walk into our classroom, they become ours... those kids in that classroom, they're ours. They're ours, too."
These Communists think they own your kids.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)
But let's not get the vapors over her dissents being derisive toward her colleagues. Most of them are, in point of fact, dirty unprincipled whores who don't deserve any more respect than you'd show used toilet paper.
This is just a case of a filthy pot calling a filthy kettle black. If these hothouse carrion flowers want to experience some *actual* disrespect, let me write a dissent. The assertion that these ruling class dolts should be exempt from criticism is galling.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 09:36 AM (BI5O2)
This ought to be a guest post.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 04, 2026 10:09 AM (ULPxl)
Trump and America.
Posted by: Eromero at April 04, 2026 10:10 AM (LHPAg)
It's like that on all social media I think.
Posted by: vmom
**********
Yet another reason to avoid social media.
(Although my dog who died 13 years ago still has a MySpace page. 0 Friends. 0 Likes.)
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 10:10 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 04, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Under Xerxes (or maybe Darius, I forget), the Persians created a military assault force called the Immortals, which had the innovation of being a formed unit that always was re-enforced when it had combat losses. It was used to great effect in the Peloponnesian war and later.
In a way it is a call back to the past, like Minutemen are for us, and a symbol of liberty and greatness of the Persians, and not the Islamic Revolution.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 10:11 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:11 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 04, 2026 10:13 AM (Aq1uz)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2026 10:13 AM (pcG5m)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 10:03 AM (Y1sOo)
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Yes, and there are weapons that can be used in either role, which I'm sure you are aware of.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 10:13 AM (ZOv7s)
https://is.gd/gLgkjL
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That's a head scratcher alright.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:15 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:15 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 04, 2026 10:16 AM (VCgbV)
It's a war. It's total chaos. Peril incarnate. Literally anything can happen. And, as usual, all news concerning it is a lie, and any truth gleaned from it is coincidental.
All we can do is pray for the best outcome - and considering that we currently seem to have the whip hand, that means praying that Trump & Hegseth have set reasonable, achievable objectives, and have a solid plan to achieve them quickly.
If you think we can somehow install a Jeffersonian democracy in this Muslim hellhole, you're deluding yourself. If you think we have no path to a successful outcome of some kind, you are also deluding yourself.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:16 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner
>They're also not crazy Islamists looking to terrorize and conquer western civilization.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 04, 2026 10:18 AM (UqSya)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:18 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: DShKs at April 04, 2026 10:18 AM (onPc6)
*STANDS AND APPLAUDS*
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:19 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:22 AM (GD0B3)
Beautiful day here in the DMV. I will never understand how weather can go from winter to summer overnight but it's all good.
Going to see Project:Hail Mary this afternoon with Iris. Lucky to get seats even for a matinee. I am trying to remember when it started that you actually had to reserve a seat to see a movie.
Trump refused to pay Jizya to the insane Mullahs and saved the planet.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 04, 2026 10:22 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 04, 2026 10:13 AM (Aq1uz)
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Arab-Persian hate goes way back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 10:22 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:15 AM (GD0B3)
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Maybe they'll also be will to pay us, you know, for letting their ships transit the Atlantic. Just spitballin here, but it sounds like there is money to be made.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 04, 2026 10:23 AM (EdSgZ)
Posted by reforger
May your FIL rest in peace. Prayers for your wife & family for comfort & strength. 🙏
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 04, 2026 10:24 AM (NFX2v)
Bbbut they're all the same!
/wine box types. And State Dept...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:24 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:24 AM (GD0B3)
Well, to be fair, it's an outlook file, so...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:25 AM (XuXeR)
That's funny right there.
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:18 AM (XuXeR
I just wanted to see if there was any news on the pilot or the war so I started channel surfing.
Velshi on MS Now, - within a few minutes I learned that President Trump is a pathological narcissist misogynist that's trying to have his foes prosecuted with no evidence.
I grew up in a very small farming community so I never got to see the Pathological Narcissist Misogynists in concert.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 10:25 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 10:25 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 10:25 AM (pFJNq)
75% of Murder Defendants in This County Are Illegal Aliens
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)
Well, after the drummer died they just sorta tapered off...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:27 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 10:25 AM (Ia/+0)
But I saw John Wayne pick up a .50 cal and shoot down a Jap plane from the waist!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 10:27 AM (pFJNq)
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I love this idea very much.
"OK, you want to run with Iran? Solid plan, frogboy. Prepare to be boarded. We'll let you have these tankers back when you pay the US Treasury 500% of the purchase price for their cargos. Thank you for your attention to this matter. PS, your wife's dick is super gross. You should have a doctor check that out."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:28 AM (BI5O2)
And why not? It's worked so well for them so far.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 10:28 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by reforger
I'm sorry reforger. Obviously for your father in law and the entire family, but also for all the work and stuff she'll have to go through - banking, taxes, estate, personal possessions.
I was there for Mom.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 10:28 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 10:25 AM (Ia/+0)
Our arab "allies" could have snuck in something from Iraq. Khuzestan has a nice long border with Iraq.
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:29 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 04, 2026 10:13 AM
They need to $hit or get off the pot because they have been talking about doing this since the 70s when iran first shut the straits down during the hostage crisis and caused gas price spikes all over the world.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 04, 2026 10:29 AM (0N4FZ)
Those of the physical line of Abraham, Iaasac and Jacob, before our Lord's sacrifice, obtained salvation in the same way as we do today.
Through faith. See Hebrews chapter 11.
Before Christ it was true faith in God and the sacrificial system He provided.
That system went away when the Only Begotten Son of the Father became the once and for all sacrifice for our sins and it is now through faith in that sacrifice, faith that is a gift from God, not something we earned, that is the only way to eternal life with God, our Lord a n Saviour.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 04, 2026 10:30 AM (LajFB)
Been doing that for Dad. It seems that every time something is wrapped up, it's "woops... we need a signature on this", or a notarized copy of that...
Sigh
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:30 AM (XuXeR)
So anyone want an example of MAID being used as a form of dispute resolution and attempted patricide?
https://tinyurl.com/2cmdss42
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2026 10:30 AM (dpXJq)
They're as effective as High Speed Rail builders in California...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:32 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 10:25 AM (Ia/+0)
Right, which I why your comment about our aircraft being downed by ground fire had me scratching my head.
Latest DoD definition I could find:
ground fire — Small arms ground-to-air fire directed against aircraft.
Again, small arms.
I'm quite certain neither the F-15 nor the A-10 was brought down by small arms.
Mechanical? AAA? SAM? Possibly. Not small arms, though.
I'm now done with pedantically beating this horse.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 10:32 AM (Y1sOo)
Quite the character he was. Deeply flawed individual but my wife loved him and that's enough for me. We had our issues over the years but he will be missed.
So I lost my dad on Holy Saturday (years ago) and my wife lost her dad on Good Friday.
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 08:31 AM (SCCU1)
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Please accept my condolences on your loss.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 10:35 AM (Ia/+0)
𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎
@NiohBerg
This is the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq.
A large convoy of Iraqi shia terrorists were bombed as they attempted to enter Iran at the regime's invitation.
They were brought in to massacre Iranian citizens in the next uprising.
Thankfully they are now gone.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 10:35 AM (E4rtv)
You're confusing "ground fire" with "small arms fire". Not me.
Now get your shinebox...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:35 AM (XuXeR)
Sigh
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:30 AM (XuXeR
I'm sorry for you and your family also.
It is a 'gift that keeps on giving' but it does end. Although I did get calls from a machine for my mother yesterday, who's been gone 17 months, saying there was a problem with her credit report. And occasional mail.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 10:36 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:36 AM (XuXeR)
I'm still getting meds for Dad (express-scripts), even tho they confirmed cancelation nearly a month ago.
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:38 AM (XuXeR)
"Remember when I gave (the regime) ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT.
Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them.
Glory be to GOD."
Ok, then.
President DONALD J. TRUMP
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:38 AM (GD0B3)
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I wonder which accent she used.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:39 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:39 AM (GD0B3)
And why not? It's worked so well for them so far.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 10:28 AM (vTZFs)
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He means to say they intend to write additions to the files "proving" PDJT is guilty of every crime imaginable. That is what "getting started" refers to.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 04, 2026 10:40 AM (eZeWG)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:40 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:40 AM (GD0B3)
In their shoes, I'd be keeping my distance, preparing for the new reality, and marshaling every resource I had to defend my own position in Iraq - not wasting them in a pointless sacrifice for the mullahs.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:40 AM (BI5O2)
But it can be ground fire.
And quite effective.
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:36 AM (XuXeR)
I don’t really believe John Wayne could have picked one up like that. But Chuck Norris could have.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 10:41 AM (pFJNq)
1 Peter 3:18
Posted by: Marcus T at April 04, 2026 10:41 AM (Pu/zx)
Didn't she "testify" on a farm meeting because she... played a farmer's wife or such?
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:42 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 10:35 AM (Ia/+0)
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In the definition above, weapons of .60 caliber or less were lumped in with "ground fire" and not included in AAA.
IRL, you can have .50 call weapons serve dual roles, and in fact many are designed to engage both ground and aerial targets.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Chuck Norris just nods, and it jumped in his arms...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:43 AM (XuXeR)
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Ooooooh! Somebody got a new Roget's Hate Thesaurus for their birthday!
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 10:43 AM (qgHp7)
I'm using both the dictionary and DoD definition of ground fire, princess. If you want make up your own definition, have at it.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 04, 2026 10:43 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 10:27 AM (pFJNq)
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Burt Lancaster used a .30 cal. Browning to shoot down a Japanese aircraft in "From Here to Eternity."
There actually is combat footage of troops carrying those on a sling and using them to hose down treetops and underbrush as a form of "walking fire." It looks quite badass.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 04, 2026 10:45 AM (ZOv7s)
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In addition to the number of days smoke-free, add another column alongside each day -- tallying the money available for spending elsewhere -- which might strengthen your resolve.
Posted by: Kathy at April 04, 2026 10:45 AM (zuKcR)
I note that you're still not addressing your initial comment on air superiority.
And AI isn't a source...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:46 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Mick at April 04, 2026 10:47 AM (HFx9z)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Pu/zx)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 10:25 AM (Ia/+0)
I assume all of our aircraft that can accomplish mission without gong below ground-fire altitude, are ordered to stay above that altitude until near the landing field. However at this point USAF may be sending fast-movers low-low to accomplish mission. My guess is the Iranians saw a pattern in USAF aircraft going from-to bases in Kuwait. Then set an ambush. Many shoulder-fired heat seeking missiles launched simultaneously, or placed AA radars and missiles in a location that is somewhat shielded from airborne jamming. Perhaps a narrow canyon along a too-often used USAF aircraft flight corridor. Or ???
I'm probably wrong. Armchair generalship is too easy to do.
Posted by: Gref at April 04, 2026 10:47 AM (5rh/l)
@RNCResearch
Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver begs her voters for money to help with her legal case after assaulting an ICE agent:
“We need more resources fighting this case…the case is extremely expensive.”
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For just $19 a day, we'll have little LaMonica up and assaulting law enforcement in no time!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)
30mm from a A-10
20mm from a F-15
50 BMG casing
9mm
https://tinyurl.com/255f9mww
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 10:48 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:11 AM (GD0B3)
"your argument is invalid! Minute men is a terrible idea for the United States because SO MANY of the people here come from later immigrants"
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 10:48 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:40 AM (BI5O2)
“In their shoes” - reminds me of the phrase, it’s much easier for a civilized man to act like a barbarian, than for a barbarian to act like a civilized man.
The Iraqi militias are being offered the chance to shoot unarmed men and rape women and children with the government’s blessing. That’s like catnip to a cat, a case full of MD 20/20 to a wino. There’s no way they won’t jump on that, no matter the long term consequences. Doing this type of thing is the one true goal of their lives.
(I hope, when this is over, that the Persian people brutally execute every Arabic speaker they can catch inside their country)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 10:48 AM (pFJNq)
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 10:49 AM (c3Uld)
One of my grandfathers left behind a pretty young wife and nice business in Pittsburgh to go get burned badly fighting the Germans in North Africa. The other's last tour was also against the Germans in North Africa, though he was older - the US Army was his last of three armies he'd served in since the age of *12* (Imperial Russia, Britain, then us).
Those were real tough guys playing their roles with no script, and I can't blame the veterans in H'wood back then for giving him a hard time for his draft deferment.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 10:50 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:50 AM (GD0B3)
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Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn used a Civil War cannon to bring down a helicopter in "Sahara."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 04, 2026 07:59 AM (u73oe)
*******
Congrats Duke, first three days are a milestone....or so I was told. 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months. But it's one of the best things I ever did for myself, and I thank God everyday for giving me the strength not to falter. I'll say the same prayer for you.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 04, 2026 10:51 AM (IQ6Gq)
That was kinda fun...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:52 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 10:52 AM (GD0B3)
Thanks, now I have the Beastie Boys stuck in my head.
Posted by: PabloD at April 04, 2026 10:54 AM (8sD0/)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:54 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:55 AM (XuXeR)
EMPLOYEE NOTICE
Due to the current financial situation caused by the fuel crisis and the slowdown in the economy, the Government has decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 50 years of age and above on early, mandatory retirement, thus creating jobs and reducing unemployment.
This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early).
Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to the Government to be considered for the SHAFT program (Special Help After Forced Termination).
Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW program (System Covering Retired-Early Workers).
A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as the Government deems appropriate.
Persons who have been RAPED could get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependents & Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance).
Obviously persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by the Government.
Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHIT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. The Government has always prided themselves on the amount of SHIT they giv
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 04, 2026 10:55 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 10:56 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 04, 2026 10:57 AM (E6ouU)
A masterpiece
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 10:57 AM (YfZCH)
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In a Franpsycho Administration this piece of sh*t would be incommunicado in Leavenworth.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 09:14 AM (RIvkX)
In a berserker administration he would be striped naked, tossed onto a hellish island, then then hunted with automatic weapons.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 10:57 AM (snZF9)
I don't much care what happens to government wankers I mean workers.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 04, 2026 10:58 AM (E6ouU)
Most, if not all, of the rockets, drones and ballistic missiles still being fired by Iran are likely under IRGC control. No idea how deep their stockpiles are, but the UAE recorded double digit numbers lobbed their direction yesterday.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 11:00 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Reforger at April 04, 2026 11:01 AM (SCCU1)
Heh, I had a typo upthread myself.
Actually 1Peter 3:19. By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison.
I do highly recommend however starting at 3:8 and continuing through 4:8. Context is important.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 04, 2026 11:02 AM (LajFB)
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Trump Seeks $152 Million to Reopen Alcatraz
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My only concern is it might not be big enough to hold them all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 04, 2026 11:04 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 04, 2026 11:05 AM (uQSQI)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 11:07 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 04, 2026 09:53 AM (h7ZuX)
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Ace / CBD 2028?
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 11:08 AM (qVGoX)
There are Komodo dragons who will happily do the job for free.
Posted by: PabloD at April 04, 2026 11:08 AM (8sD0/)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:11 AM (GD0B3)
How about voter rolls?
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 11:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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40s
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Sec. Marco Rubio just CANCELED the legal status of slain Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani's family members living in the US
They're now in ICE custody, pending DEPORTATION. 🔥
Long overdue, thank you Marco! 🇺🇸
RUBIO: "Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living in lavishly in the United States.
Afshar is the niece of deceased Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. She is also an outspoken supporter of the Iranian regime who celebrated attacks on Americans and referred to our country as the "Great Satan."
This week, I terminated both Afshar and her daughter's legal status and they are now in ICE custody, pending removal from the United States.
The Trump Administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes." 🔥
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:12 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:12 AM (GD0B3)
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Based!
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:13 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 04, 2026 11:13 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at
I did that myself, and triple checked later. Rhode Island, didn't need any new Dem voters.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 04, 2026 11:13 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: runner at April 04, 2026 11:14 AM (GD0B3)
Dems are open about being for Trans over girls, illegals over citizens and Islamic terrorists over America.
It's literally insane.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:14 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: whig
And now some judge will stay that order and they will remain in the US.
Don’t tell anyone anything until they are ALREADY GONE.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 04, 2026 11:15 AM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 11:16 AM (IadJe)
BM Threat - Policy & Procedure
When receiving a phoned BM threat, ask the caller:
-where is the BM located?
-when will the BM go off?
-is there more than one BM?
-how explosive is the BM?
-are you part of a political movement?
While keeping the caller on the line, have a co-worker evacuate the NBN and call for the BM Sniffing K9 team and a BM Disposal Unit.
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 11:17 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 11:17 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Of course. Of course.
Swalwell house gov:
Swalwell Statement on Court Decision Allowing January 6 Lawsuit Against Donald Trump to Proceed
The former House Impeachment Manager Swalwell, that is. The man of uncertain residency & other open issues.
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 04, 2026 11:18 AM (NFX2v)
Most, if not all, of the rockets, drones and ballistic missiles still being fired by Iran are likely under IRGC control. No idea how deep their stockpiles are, but the UAE recorded double digit numbers lobbed their direction yesterday.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 11:00 AM (AkEZC)
I bet the IRGC Navy also has a shit-ton of ground-launched anti-ship missiles still ready to go. Some have been destroyed but I expect a lot have survived the air attacks. This is the major threat to warships and commercial shipping near the Iranian coast and in the Strait. This is why I'm not betting on a Marine amphibious assault on an IRGC- defended location. Unless nothing else will send the IRGC into collapse. The Marines and paratroops staged-in so far and still coming may be planned for use as stiffeners for anti-IRGC forces that are making headway or need help, or for mop-up seize-and-hold missions. Again, pure armchair generalship by me.
Posted by: Gref at April 04, 2026 11:19 AM (5rh/l)
But this is the equivalent of giving Pol Pot, Jr. a green card when he won't quit shouting "Angkar is the Master!!!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 04, 2026 11:20 AM (BI5O2)
Don’t tell anyone anything until they are ALREADY GONE.
Posted by: nurse ratched
That path is over in about 1/3 of the circuits. 5th, 7th, 8th. There is a reason that administration is shipping ICE detainees to Texas and Louisiana. That circuit is not amused by district court judges running amuck.
The only reason blue states have asshole district court judges and limp wristed federal DA's is the insane blue slip policy that Grassley continues.
Democrat senators then block any GOP district court judge or DA without forcing the president to fill a vacancy with a judge or attorney of their choice.
Blue areas will continue to suffer from illegals and asshole foreigners as a result.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:20 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 11:20 AM (qgHp7)
For some reason I'm getting flashes of a raft made out of giant, mushroom stalks and people on it getting caught in a giant whirlpool.
Could be misremembering.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 04, 2026 11:21 AM (LajFB)
Bait them into sticking their heads out.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:21 AM (V4IXI)
*ducks and covers*
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 04, 2026 11:21 AM (qVGoX)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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🚨 JUST IN: Sen. Mike Lee says the SAVE America Act WILL PASS if Leader Thune forces floor debate again
"This is why I maintain we need to get back onto the SAVE America Act as soon as possible!" 🔥
"If we debate this thing, it will continue to become more popular, and it will pass as long as we just make sure that we keep debate open and aggressive until we are ready to bring it to a vote and win."
"We could bring an end to what I call the zombie filibuster, which is the filibuster but without the speaking! Filibustering is about speaking, and the way we do it these days, it's not only a silent filibuster. It's as though it's coming from the world of the undead!"
"These are speeches that are never given. Instead, it becomes a de facto 60-vote passage threshold, which it is not."
"We debate that. 85% of Americans want this, even among Democrats. The only place where it's unpopular among Democrats is in Congress, literally."
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 11:22 AM (Ia/+0)
A former Ukrainian FM is butthurt that the US seems to be diverting weapons from the Ukraine.
The horror. The french can get right on that.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 11:23 AM (Sco7b)
Could use some myself. Spent the the night hospital because of a nasty gout outbreak. Probably overnight tonight as well
If I don't check in a blessed Easter to all
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 04, 2026 11:24 AM (19SAM)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 11:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Most, if not all, of the rockets, drones and ballistic missiles still being fired by Iran are likely under IRGC control. No idea how deep their stockpiles are, but the UAE recorded double digit numbers lobbed their direction yesterday.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 04, 2026 11:00 AM
Just spitballing here but we left a couple of thousand Stinger missiles in afghanistan when biden botched the withdrawal a few years back. I imagine more than a few wound up in iran.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 04, 2026 11:24 AM (0N4FZ)
I feel your pain. After my dad died I decided dropped DirectTV, owned by ATT. The account was still in my mom's name, she had died 12 years previously, I had to take a copy of her death certificate to a main ATT store physical location, so they could call the ATT billing people and actually get them to cancel the account. Sounds like Verizon may be even worse to deal with.
My electric bill is still in my dad's name. I had switched to autopay from my checking account a couple years before he died. Periodically I think "I should get them to put my name on this account" but since the bill is paid and I have electricty it is not urgent and I never get around to doing it.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 04, 2026 11:24 AM (+89TD)
Posted by: Stateless
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Amanpour is an example of people that despite living in the US for years never became Americans at heart.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:25 AM (E4rtv)
Could use some myself. Spent the the night hospital because of a nasty gout outbreak. Probably overnight tonight as well
If I don't check in a blessed Easter to all
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Prayers for rapid recovery aided by the Lord above. Take care of yourself.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)
***********
We've been seeing a whole rash of that lately...
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 11:27 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 11:30 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 11:31 AM (Sco7b)
Could use some myself. Spent the the night hospital because of a nasty gout outbreak. Probably overnight tonight as well
If I don't check in a blessed Easter to all
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 04, 2026 11:24 AM
Prayers sent.
Be well.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 04, 2026 11:32 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: muldoon at April 04, 2026 11:27 AM (qgHp7)
I always said Dark humor is a trait of conservatives.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 04, 2026 11:34 AM (V4IXI)
***********
We've been seeing a whole rash of that lately...
Posted by: muldoon
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And some folks on the pseudo Right are tired of waiting and thus want to burn everything down to hasten the boogaloo via blackpilling and demoralization.
You seen them spout pseudo Marxist twaddle like we must make conditions horrible by wrecking the present for the new world to emerge.
Not much different than the insane Twelver belief of Shi'as, The truth is historically most Revolutions and civil wars for secession fail and the cost is a lot of blood.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)
They're now in ICE custody, pending DEPORTATION. 🔥
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Denied!!
- A random judge, soon
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 11:37 AM (c3Uld)
Posted by: Stateless
Thanks. Hope all is well at casa Stateless and for your doggie and feline companions.
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at April 04, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 04, 2026 11:42 AM (znREB)
The shortest word in that sentence is doing the most work.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 04, 2026 11:50 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 04, 2026 07:59 AM (u73oe)"
Duke, I used to smoke a pipe. I decided to quit, and then realized that it was going to be impossible to quit tobacco without also quitting alcohol, as whenever I drank I REALLY wanted to smoke. Well, I was determined to quit because my mother had emphysema from smoking and I could not tell her to quit smoking while I still did.
So I quit. I went cold turkey. I had been smoking a pipe for years, but took the pipe, the expensive gold lighter, the tobacco pouch and tobacco out to the side of my ship and threw it overboard. I've never smoked or drank alcohol since. It's going on 40 years now and I've never looked back. You CAN quit. Just take it one day, or even one hour, at a time, and over time it gets easier. You will also find that things taste better and your energy picks up.
If you need some additional support, go find a book titled, "Night Shift" by Stephen King. Read the story, "Quitters, Inc." I GUARANTEE that story will motivate you!
Posted by: mac at April 05, 2026 04:36 AM (otTGO)
Daily Tech News 4 April 2026
Top Story
- Half of planned US datacenter builds have been delayed or canceled. (Tom's Hardware)
Unfortunately this does not represent a collapse in the AI industry - not yet, anyway - but a shortage in key electrical distribution components thanks to the ongoing trade war with China, something that will be resolved relatively quickly as other countries gleefully pick China's bones clean. Metaphorically.
Tech News
- High-end OLED gaming monitors from Asus are arriving broken thanks to shoddy environmentally friendly packaging. (Tom's Hardware)
You'll own nothing, and what you do own will arrive broken.
- Arm will power 90% of AI servers based on Arm processors in 2029, says Arm. (Tom's Hardware)
They say "custom processors", but they mean Arm.
- Microsoft is telling business and retail customers alike not to rely on its Copilot AI products for anything that matters. (Tom's Hardware)
But they still want you to keep handing them your money.
- First time as farce, second time also as farce: Don't go looking for Claude Code on GitHub. Not now. You'll just find yourself downloading malware. (Bleeping Computer)
The authentic copies have been taken down by Anthropic leaving only an army of leprous zombie clone corpses.
- But security researchers already got a chance to look at the code and see what Anthropic knows about you from the files you feed to Claude Code. (The Register)
And the answer is, everything.
- PC makers have figured out how to keep making money with the price of key components headed into cislunar orbit: Stop marketing to the filthy poors. (WCCFTech)
If you have computer, treat it like the one remaining intact moa egg. Not like other formerly remaining intact moa egg, which someone took out of its case and dropped.*
* Google and Grok both say no such event happened. I am feeling gaslit right now
- For the rest of us, Google is shipping a $3 USB drive containing a bootable image of ChromeOS that will breathe new life into superannuated Windows hardware. (Liliputing)
Or you could just install any other flavour of Linux. But ChromeOS is good for non-technical users.
- The project at work that has been consuming all my waking hours for the past two months is done, just in time for the Easter long weekend here. I am sleep.
Musical Interlude
Everyone's favourite anticommunist angel is back. The Saga of Tanya the Misunderstood returns this July, after 97 long years away.
For real.
Disclaimer: Close only counts in hand grenades and proximity fuses.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Pete Bog at April 04, 2026 04:00 AM (WlUfk)
Posted by: clarence at April 04, 2026 04:00 AM (R9n3z)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at April 04, 2026 04:02 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: clarence at April 04, 2026 04:02 AM (R9n3z)
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 04, 2026 04:03 AM (WlUfk)
Many congratulations! And nice timing.
Posted by: m at April 04, 2026 04:03 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 04:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Anthropic's Claude Code lacks the persistent kernel access of a rootkit.
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I hate it when that happens.
haha!
Posted by: m at April 04, 2026 04:07 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2028 at April 04, 2026 04:09 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2028 at April 04, 2026 04:09 AM (+HNx/)
If by "dark horse" you mean "old nag."
Posted by: m at April 04, 2026 04:10 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 04, 2026 04:17 AM (dK+Kv)
I wouldn't be surprised to see small nukes.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 04:17 AM (f2Ip8)
Building permits should have been requested 10 years ago. Electricity substation components should have been specced and ordered the next year. The funding for the complete project should be in place the year after. And then the project would have run face first into the current electronics fiasco.
The AI fantasy may die for lack of infrastructure long before the bubble bursts.
Posted by: clarence at April 04, 2026 04:20 AM (R9n3z)
If you want to stay stalked by Google, rectally, and don't have much need for desktop productivity apps, like an office suite.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 04, 2026 04:22 AM (dK+Kv)
Microsoft is telling business and retail customers alike not to rely on its Copilot AI products for anything that matters. (Tom's Hardware)
But they still want you to keep handing them your money.
Then take it out. Banish it. Why leave something lounging about that serves no useful purpose?
Clippy needs friends on the Island of Misfit Software.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 04, 2026 04:24 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 04:06 AM (Ia/+0)
That first letter in your comment is a
Latin capital letter I with a grave accent
?
Posted by: m at April 04, 2026 04:24 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 04:28 AM (tlviZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 04, 2026 04:24 AM (xG4kz)
Because MSFT is apparently a giant hobo f-pile of dysfunction, CYA, blame-shifting, vaporware, and grand illusions, and delusions of grandeur.
How they are not getting sued by customers and shareholders alike is a mystery.
Seriously, read the article from yesterday.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 04, 2026 04:29 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 04:28 AM (tlviZ)
The peasants holding their iPhones-using-AI in front of their faces 24/7.
Posted by: m at April 04, 2026 04:30 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2026 04:38 AM (AN2gy)
Comfort range appears to be somewhere between 10 and 15 feet.
Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2026 04:41 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Colin at April 04, 2026 04:41 AM (e8qy3)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 04, 2026 04:42 AM (xA5g+)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 04:28 AM (tlviZ)
Well, yes. I read that's how a Republican won a recent surprise victory in a local election in Virginia: she was NIMBY on proposed datacenter.
Posted by: SciVo at April 04, 2026 05:05 AM (Sy6m/)
>>>Companies in general usually add disclaimers like these to their products and services to protect themselves from lawsuits. But as AI tech companies push their AI services as the ultimate productivity hack, they might be minimizing the risks attached to the use of AI tools just to get customers paying and recoup the billions they’ve invested in hardware and talent.
Might be? Nobody is buying this didclaimer.
It's standard Tech CEO chicanery made more vile with as much effort as they've undertaken to cram all the copilot AI slop down everyone’s throats.
Microsoft is asshoe, and incompetent asshoe at that.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 04, 2026 05:05 AM (dK+Kv)
I think the author's meant to say everything instead of electrical equipment. Shipping off our manufacturing to China over the last 30 years is one of the greatest national catastrophes ever. That it was self-inflicted makes it even worse.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 04, 2026 05:06 AM (glnUu)
Ooooh, a callback.
Posted by: The Comedian at April 04, 2026 05:11 AM (eO11x)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 04, 2026 05:14 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
Project Jupiter in southern Dona Ana County, New Mexico, near El Paso, Texas Is an example. The Dona Ana County commissioners approved the project without much public input. Since then there has been quite a ruckus going on in that area.
One of the key rukus against Project Jupiter is, after upgrading the water system, they're going to use quite a bit of water per day, which is something of an issue when you're in a desert. On the other hand, Jupiter will upgrade the failed water system whose key feature is delivering arsenic to the locals.
Another hair on fire issue raised is potential air pollution from the on site gas-fired electrical generation. The more interesting development is whether or not they're going to be able to actually get natural gas to the site since a New Mexico state agency just shut down a proposed dedicated pipeline to it.
The very pro side
https://is.gd/
A more balanced article
https://is.gd/WnCyux
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 04, 2026 05:31 AM (glnUu)
I have no idea how that could happen, so wondering if its some sign?
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 05:39 AM (Ia/+0)
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It started in the 1970s, and has of course accelerated greatly ever since. Some of it was natural market forces, but it’s painfully obvious in hindsight this is part and parcel of a globalist type agenda. Watermelon - green on the outside, red on the inside.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 04, 2026 05:46 AM (8c30T)
The very pro side
https://is.gd/
A more balanced article
https://is.gd/WnCyux
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 04, 2026 05:31 AM (glnUu)
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All the competing interests and five county commissioners make the decision.
I posted above that natural gas is filling in for electrical generation, but even the pipelines -- where approved -- are backloggged.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 05:48 AM (auBT8)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 05:49 AM (Ia/+0)
The very pro side
https://is.gd/
A more balanced article
https://is.gd/WnCyux
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 04, 2026 05:31 AM (glnUu)
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I could not read the pro side; this was all that I got
https://is.gd/
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 05:51 AM (auBT8)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 05:49 AM (
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Do you have any more information?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 05:55 AM (auBT8)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 04:17 AM (f2Ip
A research Small Modular Reactor is already operational in Abilene, 3 more are under construction, and 7 more are to given permits this year - and that’s only in Texas. They’re being developed in other states also.
Within 5 years, I believe we’ll be at a point where every data center will have its own dedicated SMR.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 05:56 AM (pFJNq)
I suppose it was all directly tied to 1973 and the petro-dollar. We lost the mines first, around that time, and then steel in this area.
Posted by: t-bird at April 04, 2026 05:57 AM (u/66v)
https://tinyurl.com/bw8nkuut
Read elsewhere besides the F-15E a A-10 and a Blackhawk went down. Says all but 1 F-15E crew are recovered
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 06:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Pretty much everything has been or is being systematically destroyed. Everywhere you look. Medicine is another glaring example. The U.S.A. doesn’t even manufacture Aspirin any longer, never mind critical antibiotics or critical prescription precursors.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 04, 2026 06:08 AM (8c30T)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 04, 2026 06:09 AM (pFJNq)
I'm sort of ambivalent about the whole thing.
Currently that area is full of jackrabbits and rattlesnakes and offers little in the way of economic benefit to the local residence who are generally quite poor. The local governments key feature is their ability to mismanage everything such as the water system the county had to take over because it's full of arsenic.
Having some deep pockets come into the area and rebuild the failed water system Is a plus for the region. Then there is the one-time construction economic benefit and later the ongoing employment benefit. Though I doubt many of the locals are qualified to do any of that work.
My read on Project Jupiter is there's a fair amount of NIMBYism in play and at the same time the proponents are over selling the benefits. The water usage is a legit concern: the Rio Grande water is all spoken for so everything comes out of aquifers which are already under stress.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 04, 2026 06:13 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 04, 2026 06:13 AM (Kqma+)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 06:16 AM (Ia/+0)
https://is.gd/
Posted by: JM in Illinois
Oops. If this still doesn't work for you, search for "What is Project Jupiter."
https://is.gd/QJbJvw
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 04, 2026 06:18 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: t-bird at April 04, 2026 06:19 AM (u/66v)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 04, 2026 06:24 AM (PFs9e)
https://tinyurl.com/2v4vj29u
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 04, 2026 06:29 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: t-bird
The southern New Mexico Project Jupiter data center water usage is not just some lunatic fringe hair on fire argument. Out of all the places one could build a data center, putting one where there's limited water resources and the cooling needs are off the charts in the summer, well, I don't get why they picked that site other than the land was virtually free and the local government gave away the store in the way of ridiculous amounts of tax breaks.
Unless there's a major popping of the AI data center bubble this project's going through at which point we will find out the net effects on the region. Like a lot of these controversial projects, once they're in place, everybody sort of forgets about them once they're completed. That is until they close up shop one day out of the blue and leave behind a mess for the locals to deal with.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 04, 2026 06:32 AM (glnUu)
Last night we tried the first part of the miniseries MOses the Lawgiver from 1975, with Burt Lancaster and Anthony Quayle. Reverent, a grand performance from Burt, but slow. Makes me wish for The Ten Commandments again. Is any channel showing it this weekend, or have I missed it already?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 06:36 AM (cYBz/)
Time I had some more coffee, and breakfast.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 04, 2026 06:24 AM (
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"gifts from God by means of the most ordinary and common things such as happy coincidences or chance encounters".
A welcome reminder that life can work for us, in our favor. I'll have to get that book.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 06:46 AM (kdX3B)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke
Nice!!
During Mass yesterday a very young Momma had me hold her 1 yr old little guy while she took her three little girls, all under 5 to the ladies room. The little dude and I had a ball. What a gift!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 04, 2026 06:52 AM (cYBz/)
Powerline Week In Pictures:
https://tinyurl.com/u7awud2a
Midwest Chick:
https://tinyurl.com/3t7pzvt8
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 04, 2026 06:55 AM (skR0U)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)
I know that once-through water cooling is simple, but have these people never heard of cooling towers? or have those been banned, too?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 04, 2026 07:02 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)
Major truck heist. This timeline, man.
Posted by: SciVo at April 04, 2026 07:09 AM (Sy6m/)
Well, if you have a M chip Mac product, you're probably good for the next decade.
Even if you have a recent vintage WinTel or Lintel computer, you're probably good for at least 2 to 5 years.
Your biggest issue is going to be the continued encrapification of Windows.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 07:09 AM (XV/Pl)
Had a cable airing of "Lawrence of Arabia" on last night, a brilliant film I find something new in every time I see it.
I noticed the General Allenby character borrowed from "Paths of Glory"s Gen. Broulard, a neat piece of writing.
Posted by: Auspex at April 04, 2026 07:10 AM (Y8DZL)
Onto WiP
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 07:10 AM (Ia/+0)
Even if you have a recent vintage WinTel or Lintel computer, you're probably good for at least 2 to 5 years.
Your biggest issue is going to be the continued encrapification of Windows.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026
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There are refurbished computers on macsales and some other sites, I understand, for a lot cheaper than new.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)
Think about that
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 07:16 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 04, 2026 07:18 AM (oxDPM)
This come on the heels of "Hug a Whore" day, and "Support Your Local Cesspool" week.
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 07:18 AM (vFG9F)
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I can upgrade the memory in my 2014 iMac. All I have to do is take out a personal loan. (Actually I haven't priced what the local shop would charge me . . . but I have a horrible feeling it ain't gonna be cheap.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 04, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 04, 2026 07:20 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 07:21 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 04, 2026 07:27 AM (MIIRH)
It was planned.
Started back in the 70's.
The petro-dollar.
There you all go with the wacko, conspiracy theories. What's next. Something like the cfr was involved?
On the other hand, did Marco Rubio speak of this at Munich?
Maaaybe.
Search "it was deliberate Marco Rubio" on utube. Did he speak about it without pointing out the who?
Posted by: TeeJ at April 04, 2026 07:27 AM (LajFB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 04, 2026 07:29 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at April 04, 2026 07:30 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)
This. I note that pretty much all bemoan a lack of low end sales, but none seem to address demand...
Is there much of a market for low end machines? Personally, I don't believe so...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 07:31 AM (XuXeR)
Hey, how bout some places in Georgia and Tennessee?
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 07:34 AM (XuXeR)
Never trust UPS, FedEx, or, especially, an Amazon driver, to be baby-gentle with your $1300 monitor or TV.
The Amazon drivers around here are the worse.
They’ll literally throw the package a few feet away onto the front porch, and never, ever, ring the doorbell to let you know it’s out there.
I got a box yesterday that was soaked by rain because I didn’t know it was out there until I caught a glimpse of it through a window sitting at the top of the steps.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 04, 2026 07:34 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 07:38 AM (Ia/+0)
And the "eco" + "sustainability" crap. It's part of their sales pitch...
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 07:38 AM (XuXeR)
No explanation was provided. Confusion abounded, even within the dream itself.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at April 04, 2026 07:39 AM (FIwBs)
Basically the only peope who are affected are corporations that buy hundreds/thousands of computers, gamers and people who want to run large LLMs.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 07:39 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at April 04, 2026 07:40 AM (FIwBs)
Not good for much then, is it?
If I want jokes or hallucinated fantasies I can just watch YouTube.
I guess I could ask MS Paint to make a cute cat gif for me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 04, 2026 07:41 AM (6ydKt)
And many, most, close to all here know a ton more about things like history, global finance and such than I do. That's why I mentioned it.
Have seen a few other vids from those folks about a certain country that wanted to keep our republic's ability, from its earliest years, restricted to supplying raw goods, not finished products.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 04, 2026 07:41 AM (LajFB)
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 07:43 AM (XuXeR)
I was worried because I needed to attend a Zoom meeting.
It all worked out just fine.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 04, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)
This is just a liability CYA.
I use CoPilot every day to good effect.
The problem with CoPilot is MicroSlop jamming it into every product.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 07:44 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NR Pax at April 04, 2026 07:44 AM (+NIRm)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 07:45 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Fenderbender at April 04, 2026 07:45 AM (q3Dn+)
In 2014.
Posted by: man at April 04, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip
====
April Showers
No outdoor Easter egg hunts this year. The littles would sink in the yard.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 04, 2026 07:49 AM (PZBKn)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 07:51 AM (Ia/+0)
>> Today is only nice Spring day for the next week here
The typical progression is we get a handful of nice days to be outside in Spring, it’s going to rain most weekends and then we get a couple of decent days right before the heat of the summer takes over, repeat for the other seasons and in typical year.
I would say we get a solid 2 month of nice days spread out during the year.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 04, 2026 07:51 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)
Pretty pathetic.
Posted by: AI at April 04, 2026 07:54 AM (onPc6)
And where commodities prices, like on oil, are set.
And where an insurance company, that quit insuring shipping in a particular shipping lane, is located.
Trump's tariffs and bringing manufacturing back was the start of bringing their power to heel. Or destroying it altogether.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 04, 2026 07:54 AM (LajFB)
Evidently, there was an adult themes Easter Egg hunt at a local Rave establishment last night. You had to be over 21 to enter. With lots of door prizes. Touted by a radio ad.
I did not look for more details.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)
How are you doing?
My email is AnPyl_qbt@xfoebnqonaq.arg in ROT-13.
I've mostly moved to tests, so if you contact me, I'll give you a number.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)
While the UN charter supposedly guarantees nations the right of self-determination and all those high sounding platitudes, that is not what the movers and shakers want. This has included powerful Individuals in American politics as well.
They told us long ago what they wanted to do, what they were going to do, in policy papers and think-tanks, and set about doing it. They’ve also deployed armies of “experts” to ‘splain why all this absolute bullshit is actually “good for our economy”.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 04, 2026 08:00 AM (bg8nN)
Evidently, there was an adult themes Easter Egg hunt at a local Rave establishment last night. You had to be over 21 to enter. With lots of door prizes. Touted by a radio ad.
I did not look for more details.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
===
I'll take the high road, and speculate it was only because they were hunting jello shots molded into the shape of an egg.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 04, 2026 08:01 AM (PZBKn)
“Due to the plastic bag restrictions in your area… blah blah blah.”
I feel like an Outlaw!
“You have Declined to Bring Your Own Bags”
(This makes you a Bad Person!)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 04, 2026 08:05 AM (bg8nN)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)
There may be a shortage of such components, but there's a large shortage of electricity to distribute and that won't be solved for some years (and probably never totally resolved).
Posted by: AB at April 04, 2026 09:14 AM (ArLSQ)
... there have been proposals for 5 data centers within 5 miles of the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant outside Philadelphia, including one by Constellation, the owner of the power station. Only one is mostly dead at this point.
It has become something of a joke that these data centers keep getting larger as we go. One started as 1.0 million sq ft, but was revised to 1.4 million sq ft, then revised again to 1.8 million sq ft, then a gas powered generation plant was added.
Posted by: SMOD at April 04, 2026 09:30 AM (O7XEN)
I guess they figure given that Pennsylvania has legal gas fracking, that some more power will be generated, most likely thru some sort of "magic" happening.
Posted by: SMOD at April 04, 2026 09:35 AM (O7XEN)
Posted by: Ethan Saunders at April 04, 2026 09:58 AM (/xiww)
Posted by: Occasional Commenter at April 04, 2026 11:07 AM (MV++E)
One Small Step For The ONT. One Giant Leap For ONTkind.
Hello everyone! Pretty amazing week with the moon rocket. Loved the picture of Earth that they sent back.
Fido Friday: To your face!
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 3, 2026
It started with food
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 3, 2026
Post your score
I got 90. 100 if I can count a brand as a tattoo. Kinky
Musical Interlude
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 3, 2026
Texas in March
Maybe not the best name for a picnic area
Cool wrench
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 3, 2026
Screws
Safety first
Fishin' with the boys
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 4, 2026
Thank you for your service
Moon Bishop
Fanny pack holster
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 4, 2026
Florida man is back
Pig dive!
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 4, 2026
Find yourself a way to make a pissive income
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by British food:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2026 09:59 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 03, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:03 PM (xcxpd)
Never wrecked a car, nor do I have any intention of getting a tattoo.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 10:04 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: mindful webworker - panhandling panhandler at April 03, 2026 10:06 PM (/Hr+0)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:06 PM (ZZfDb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:08 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 10:08 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:09 PM (ZZfDb)
We are bombing Iran. Reported to be one of the heaviest nights of bombing since the start of the war.
Posted by: JackStraw
A lot of dumb iron sitting around since c. 1970 waiting to do something useful.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 10:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 10:09 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 10:10 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 03, 2026 10:10 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 03, 2026 10:11 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 10:11 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 10:12 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026 10:12 PM (q3u5l)
I did the worst thing possible, I smelled his hair.
Now, I want another one.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2026 10:12 PM (cYBz/)
Seriously, thanks for the ONT!!
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 03, 2026 10:12 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 03, 2026 10:12 PM (uQSQI)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 10:11 PM (3ek7K)
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*** insert obligatory poop joke here ***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 10:13 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Joemarine at April 03, 2026 10:13 PM (y171U)
(No overnight hospitalizations, unless you count that coie of days in the nursery just after birth, and no ink.)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:13 PM (ZZfDb)
Saw that years ago. It's fantastic.
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 10:13 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Case at April 03, 2026 10:13 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t)
Well, not really, but it kinda seemed like I should.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026 10:12 PM (q3u5l)
Still passing.
I'm at 90, no tats.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:14 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Guardians of the Galaxy 1 really was a fun movie.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 10:14 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 10:14 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 03, 2026 10:15 PM (kOluj)
I'm not even sure he's human.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 10:15 PM (Riz8t)
Same. Unless you count the ballpoint pen marks that... are still there years later...
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 10:15 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 03, 2026 10:15 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at April 03, 2026 10:16 PM (CDX35)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 10:14 PM (gKWVE)
Agreed. It's one of my top 5 favorite movies, somehow.
I just love it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:16 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at April 03, 2026 10:16 PM (CDX35
ISWHYDT
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:17 PM (xcxpd)
I'm stumbling on some pretty cool pictures now I've got moon fever, (lunacy?). Here's a picture of the earth and Moon together in frame taken by the Orisis-REX probe, near dead-on sideways, showing the scale of the distance. The Moon is around apogee here.
https://is.gd/99GRaI
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 10:17 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 10:17 PM (snZF9)
Today is the first day, in all of human history, that a woman has viewed the totality of Earth at once.
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 10:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 03, 2026 10:17 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: The Neon Madman at April 03, 2026 10:18 PM (yNfcm)
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 10:18 PM (xU46Q)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:18 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 10:18 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 03, 2026 10:18 PM (SRRAx)
Also, I'm at 90 points unless you count my son having a bunch of tattoos. (Some of those he did himself.)
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 10:19 PM (xU46Q)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 10:19 PM (DZ9yr)
Astronautette Christina sure is worried about that space toilet. She called down to Mission Control to make sure they still had a go on the terlet.
Mission control assured her she had a "blanket go" on the crapper until they said otherwise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 10:19 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 10:19 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 03, 2026 10:15 PM (7D3Aa)
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If I had to choose between one or the other, I'd choose the tattoo.
Cheaper than wrecking my car. I could get one as small as I like and put it somewhere it's unlikely to ever be seen, even by me.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 10:19 PM (ESVrU)
Thank You for ONT, WD
I scored 90/100. No tats. (No tatas either....)
Enjoyed the Roman Soldiers at the tomb....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 10:20 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 10:20 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Norman Rockwell at April 03, 2026 10:20 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 03, 2026 10:20 PM (KAi1n)
Does this earth in the window make her ass look big?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 10:21 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 10:21 PM (AkEZC)
Plus you can order a cheeseburger and fries while sounding like you're a samurai ordering an attack on Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 10:22 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 10:22 PM (ZxPkt)
As an example of this new free range stud future, the NYTimes noted that Pete Buttigieg, a straight white male icon, has grown a manly beard, now wears manly flannel shirts, and splits wood with a manly maul exactly, I am assuming, like he splits ass with his personal manly maul.
Interesting.
Using that reasoning, that would make Gavin Nusince a straight white trans woman. More or less. Mostly more and less.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 03, 2026 10:22 PM (CUA6T)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:06 PM (ZZfDb)
Wait, you expect to do the Rapture NAKED? You're not getting through the Pearly Gates dressed like that!
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 10:23 PM (xU46Q)
It is currently 5:54 am in Tehran.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 03, 2026 10:24 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 03, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 03, 2026 10:24 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: davidt at April 03, 2026 10:24 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: pookysgirl accepts quatloos at April 03, 2026 10:25 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 10:25 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 03, 2026 10:25 PM (CUA6T)
Damn, this is one high maintenance space toilet. They're taking acoustic data for it while in operation. Need to analyze the sound of the flush.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: it's always Germany at April 03, 2026 10:25 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 03, 2026 10:26 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: RandomDave at April 03, 2026 10:26 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 03, 2026 10:27 PM (7D3Aa)
Well that's nice. Half the time they find her remains and link her with Ted Bundy.
The more I read about Bundy, the more I realize he really wasn't a nice guy
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 10:28 PM (0aYVJ)
@TheBabylonBee
·
5h
Canadian Astronaut Humanely Euthanized After Suffering Light Bruise During Takeoff.
Posted by: 13times at April 03, 2026 10:28 PM (CpTFW)
It says "wrecked a vehicle". I assume that only counts if the vehicle was totalled.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 10:28 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:29 PM (Wmg4n)
Mission control assured her she had a "blanket go" on the crapper until they said otherwise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 10:19 PM (w6EFb)
"Astronautte"
Also, she's the only one that didn't go before they left. Like dad told them to.
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 10:29 PM (xU46Q)
Before Christina here, the babes on the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis, held the highest woman record at 870 miles.
Now, Christina is hands down the highest woman ever.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at April 03, 2026 10:16 PM (CDX35
ISWHYDT
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:17 PM (xcxpd)
Picayune Times call for Picayune measures.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 03, 2026 10:29 PM (wVcYX)
But how wrecked is wrecked?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Stevie Nicks at April 03, 2026 10:30 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Wenda at April 03, 2026 10:30 PM (dXTLm)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:06 PM (ZZfDb)
Wait, you expect to do the Rapture NAKED? You're not getting through the Pearly Gates dressed like that!
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 10
Y’all. Do not embarrass me at the pearly gates like this.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)
Also, I hope they took up a few hundred rolls of tp because damn, women go through that stuff really fast. First time I ever lived with a woman, my wife, she said "hey, I'm going to get some tp we're out". And I was like, no I bought a huge package at walmart last month. It's like a half year supply. I looked and it was gone, all of it. What,.. what did you do with all of it? [I said in horror]
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 10:31 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 10:31 PM (Riz8t)
80 years later we have a better relationship and more in common culturally with them than ANY of our allies from that time.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 10:32 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)
If you had to call a tow truck or you had to tear a fender off before driving down the road.
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 10:33 PM (xU46Q)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 03, 2026 10:34 PM (7D3Aa)
Watching it, I thought, would have liked to see him similarly cover McArthur's Park.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and I'' at April 03, 2026 10:34 PM (/Hr+0)
We are bombing Iran. Reported to be one of the heaviest nights of bombing since the start of the war.
Posted by: JackStraw
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It's Friday night and all the newsies are in the Hamptons. Hegseth and Trump turned 'em loose till Sunday morning.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 10:34 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 10:23 PM (xU46Q)
I was in an elegant, flowing robe with some very impressive cross stitching courtesy of my GramGram. The perfect outfit in which to greet one's creator. But, unfortunately, it is not really the type of thing one wears around town,
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:34 PM (ZZfDb)
Coke Bottle thick Eye Glasses. Huge black frames with adhesive tape on one of the arms. I think that's what it is.
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 10:35 PM (dIske)
Throw some crayons into that diagram and watch how crazy it gets!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 03, 2026 10:37 PM (7D3Aa)
Maybe we can sow a seed into the mind of Piper:
Easter Bonnets. (Are they still a thing? Bing told me they are, but that was a few years ago.)
https://youtu.be/5uI9sQFqkoE
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:38 PM (ZZfDb)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 03, 2026 10:34 PM (7D3Aa)
My old man has you beat. He was driving on Hwy. 285 and a deer leapt off a freaking cliff and landed on his hood.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 10:38 PM (BI5O2)
Suggested revisions -
(Hospital)
(Vehicle)
Swam in open ocean with no boat nearby
Bucked off a horse
Ridden a tandem bicycle
Jumped out of a plane
Arrested in a foreign country
Ate a pet
Drank water from a muddy boot print or from a hole in ice
(tattoo)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 10:38 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Case at April 03, 2026 10:38 PM (pvf3X)
I'm 10 for 10, a clean 100 on that "have you ever" test.
I forgot I have my Radiation Tattoos: one on each hip, and one on my pubic bone.
All the others were lay ups ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at April 03, 2026 10:39 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 10:39 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:34 PM (ZZfDb)
So...what's the word on turtlenecks?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 10:39 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 10:39 PM (Cqx++)
Insurance totaled it. In fact it was only a little banged up. I could have rehabbed it for a few hundred bucks if my wife would have let me. She asked me to give it up and I agreed for her.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 03, 2026 10:39 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)
You could pretend not to know me. St. Peter will understand.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:40 PM (ZZfDb)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 03, 2026 10:40 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 10:40 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX
Bowie? You mean Elton John.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:40 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 10:40 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Same
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 03, 2026 10:41 PM (6U1c2)
Posted by: fourseasons
*koff*
Uh... so, this is awkward . . .
Posted by: David Carridine at April 03, 2026 10:41 PM (gKWVE)
Talk about assholes, BMW takes it to a whole new level.
Posted by: browndog says woof at April 03, 2026 10:41 PM (3sXRv)
Watching it, I thought, would have liked to see him similarly cover McArthur's Park.
Posted by: mindful webworker
It would take two days.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 10:42 PM (Cqx++)
I am looking forward to having the Persians back among the civilized.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 10:34 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 10:42 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: mindful webworker - safety on first at April 03, 2026 10:42 PM (/Hr+0)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 10:42 PM (A5RD0)
111 89 Y’all. Do not embarrass me at the pearly gates like this.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)
You could pretend not to know me. St. Peter will understand.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:
1. I am not going to deny knowing you! That would be rude.
2. I also think God frowns on not being truthful. That would be a terrible location for such antics.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:43 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 10:40 PM (BT3km)
___________________________
Same...I almost lost 10 points on the overnight hospital stay, but I was born in a hospital, so I likely stayed the night since I couldn't drive.
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 10:43 PM (dIske)
Also, do I get any bonus points for pencil lead still stuck in a finger since grade school?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 10:43 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Wally at April 03, 2026 10:43 PM (fEXCD)
Strangest wreck I had was sliding off I-95 in an ice storm in Maine. Middle of January and some weird combination came together and we got pouring rain and then freezing temperatures in a few minutes. Slid off the highway and took out a couple small trees by the side of the road. Totaled. A few months later the state sent me a bill for the trees.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)
Uh-oh, space toilet is no-go. Repeat toilet is no go. Damn, girl, you filled up the shitter!
Waste water dump coming up.
Somebody mentioned this the other night, and it was indeed Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart who said there was nothing more beautiful than a urine dump at sunset.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 10:44 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)
Best seat in the house because at least five guys in the plane are going to be puking. Fresh air wins every time.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 10:44 PM (2WIwB)
Does flying over Canada on the way to Alaska count?
Extra points for the multitude of pets we've had through the years?
Posted by: mindful webworker - 80, 90, whatever works at April 03, 2026 10:45 PM (/Hr+0)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 10:45 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 10:45 PM (Cqx++)
I did. Otherwise it was way too long a video. At one point it looked like he racked the slide so I figured it was coming. Does it mean I'm a bad person if I'm disappointed?
Posted by: Oddbob at April 03, 2026 10:45 PM (vTZFs)
Isn't that what you get when you take Viagra while dealing withnCOVID?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 03, 2026 10:46 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:47 PM (Wmg4n)
It's a space toilet
Bet you weren't ready for that
It's a space toilet
I'm sure you know where it's at
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 10:47 PM (Cqx++)
Imagine my disappointment after watching the whole thing.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 10:47 PM (viF8m)
—Florida perv
Posted by: mindful webworker - getting some tail? at April 03, 2026 10:47 PM (/Hr+0)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:48 PM (ZZfDb)
Posted by: Wally at April 03, 2026 10:48 PM (fEXCD)
+++
Insurance totaled it. In fact it was only a little banged up. I could have rehabbed it for a few hundred bucks if my wife would have let me. She asked me to give it up and I agreed for her.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Never totaled a car on a public street, but did a snowmobile and some old 360cc motor bike. Blown engines on both.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 10:49 PM (BI5O2)
Had something similar happen in a rental car on a country road in Virginia. A deer jumped out right in front of me and I braked, swerved, somehow managed to avoid hitting it. I came to a stop on the side of the road and hyperventilated for several minutes until I was ready to drive again. Started pulling back onto the road and WHAM another deer slammed into the right side of the car.
Did serious damage to the car, though it still drove. The deer was still alive but not moving much. A nearby farmer put it out of its misery while we waited for the state police to arrive.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 03, 2026 10:49 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 10:49 PM (6ydKt)
I literally loled
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 03, 2026 10:51 PM (dE3DB)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:40 PM (Wmg4n)
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Yeah, the other one. Thanks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 10:42 PM (A5RD0)
Ink is INK ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at April 03, 2026 10:51 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 10:38 PM (/lPRQ)
Does leaping off a warship into the ocean count?
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 10:51 PM (xU46Q)
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II reportedly crashed Friday near the Strait of Hormuz at around the same time an F-15E fighter jet was shot down in Iran.
The A-10 pilot was subsequently rescued, two U.S. officials told The New York Times.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 10:51 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 10:38 PM (BI5O2)"
US 285? Where at?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 10:51 PM (/HDaX)
Talk about assholes, BMW takes it to a whole new level.
Posted by: browndog
If I ever encounter those Ill replace them with 'normal' ones.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 03, 2026 10:53 PM (uQSQI)
Posted by: Butch at April 03, 2026 10:53 PM (98xTj)
Posted by: GWB
Did you have to swim back to land on your own?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 10:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 10:51 PM (/HDaX)
Calfee Gulch, just between Pine Junction and King's Valley.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 10:54 PM (BI5O2)
Talk about assholes, BMW takes it to a whole new level.
Posted by: browndog
If I ever encounter those Ill replace them with 'normal' ones.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 03, 2026 10:53 PM (uQSQI)
I think the screws have a screwy diameter too.
Not to mention that BMW probably charges $10k for the tool itself.
Posted by: browndog says woof at April 03, 2026 10:54 PM (3sXRv)
I should get extra points for owning multiple cats -- or at least living with them. And I know I drank from the garden hose at least once or twice as a kid.
I could suggest a few more, uh, ribald life experiences for extra points. But this is a family blog. ("Yeah, the Addams Family!" "Shut up, you!")
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: browndog says woof at April 03, 2026 10:54 PM (3sXRv)
For the stubby ones. Regular size are likely to be 15-20k each.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 03, 2026 10:56 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 10:56 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 10:57 PM (6ydKt)
It's probably just as well McDonald's never put a sirloin sandwich on the menu. It would have been a McSteak.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 03, 2026 10:57 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:43 PM (Wmg4n)
Nothing to worry about. I'll let my wife, Morgan Fairchild, do all the talking. Yeah, that's the ticket!
Posted by: Tommy Flanagan at April 03, 2026 10:57 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - safety on first at April 03, 2026 10:42 PM (/Hr+0)
I assume the pair of crutches leaning next to him were from the last time he leg-shot himself.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 03, 2026 10:58 PM (gTyJl)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 10:54 PM (BI5O2)"
Ah, never drove that stretch. Closest I got was Denver on one end and Fairplay on the other. Most of my driving on 285 was in NM.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 10:58 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 10:58 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026
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We saw two in the original series. You must mean Yvonne Craig, the Orion slave girl equivalent of the hot-crazy iintersection matrix.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 03, 2026 10:59 PM (dE3DB)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 10:59 PM (6ydKt)
Wrecked another rental car in Costa Rica. That one was wrecked when we picked it up.
Wrecked a Toyota Tercel too. Broke my neck,
I should take some driving lessons maybe.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 11:00 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 10:58 PM (/HDaX)
Good for you. The stretch between Lakewood and Bailey is one of the deadliest stretches of road in the Western world. I totaled a car on it. Practically every person who lives there has.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 11:00 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Way Above Average. at April 03, 2026 11:01 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 11:01 PM (V4IXI)
I'm intrigued. How did you end up in the open ocean with no boat nearby and swim back to shore?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 11:01 PM (viF8m)
Then someone did a clean-room rewrite in Python before sunrise. DMCA cannot touch a clean-room rewrite. It hit 50K stars in 2 hours, which is the fastest repo in GitHub history. Today it officially launched as claw-code with a formal press release.
→ More stars than Anthropic's own repo
→ A Rust port already shipped release 0.1.0
The company that built its entire brand on AI safety accidentally shipped 512,000 lines of source code in a public npm package. And now the open-source version is more popular than the original.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 11:01 PM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
If they made one from worms, it could be called the McBait.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 03, 2026 11:01 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 03, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 11:02 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 03, 2026 11:02 PM (gTyJl)
Posted by: javems at April 03, 2026 11:03 PM (zFsEm)
I just watched 'Prometheus.' It was from 2012. Robot David. It wasn't that bad. Aside from "We're on a scientific mission exploring a strange planet. Leave your weapons here."
Of course, I'm small town Canada and easily impressed.
Also, since 2012, woke 'Star Wars', Star Trek Discovery, Starfleet Academy, female Doctor Who, and gay, black Doctor Who. How could 'Prometheus' not be Shakespeare un comparison?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 11:03 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 11:03 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 03, 2026 10:06 PM (ZZfDb)
Wait, you expect to do the Rapture NAKED? You're not getting through the Pearly Gates dressed like that!
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 10
Y’all. Do not embarrass me at the pearly gates like this.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)
This is why I only wear togas now.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 03, 2026 11:03 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 11:00 PM (BI5O2)"
Damnnnn...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 11:03 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: JackStraw
Jumped out of a plane?
Swam out past the outer reef?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 11:03 PM (/lPRQ)
That's up to your insurance company.
Posted by: Archimedes
Feb, 1978, dark night, two-lane Texas road, horses dash across, the car catches one. I was a sleeping passenger and bounced my face off the dash. (No shoulder belts.) The post between the windshield and the vent window was folded all the way down. The horse had caught on that post and was beheaded. Did not come crashing in and kick us to death. Driver had a small scratch on his arm. Glass and blood everywhere, some of it mine. Doc in Paris hospital stitched my face back together. Mostly.
I thought the car should have been totaled, but the insurance company insisted it was reparable. I guess they were right, because after repair that thing kept rolling for years afterward.
International Harvester Traveler tough. Saved my life.
So, since it wasn't totaled, does it count as wrecked?
Posted by: mindful webworker - getting some tail? at April 03, 2026 11:04 PM (/Hr+0)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 11:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 11:04 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: javems at April 03, 2026 11:05 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: mindful webworker - getting some tail? at April 03, 2026 11:04 PM (/Hr+0)
Anything beyond a fender bender is a wreck.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 11:07 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Sylvan Learing Center at April 03, 2026 11:07 PM (oftw2)
THAT VALALALAHA FT Special forces guy swallowing all the Iranian schlong propaganda he can now. Still telling me Erica Kirk is a Mossas agent with a big cock n balls. It's all a shit show he says! Me say he need brain.
Tim pool says things too. But each thing is the opposite of the last. Video on Tube show as his big featureless face, beanie and ALL CAPS TITLE.
Carmine Jr says "Whatever happened there with that Sun TaZoo??"
Posted by: GigantorX at April 03, 2026 11:07 PM (F2sSv)
Flew a horse
Rode a cheerleader
Spent the night in a yurt
Been to The Troubadour
Ate a yak
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 03, 2026 11:08 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 11:01 PM (V4IXI)
It’s a little different now for the younger people.
Japanese culture is really popular here; anime, manga, films, games, cosplay, J-Pop, etc.
The Japanese have always been fascinated by American culture, too.
They have more to talk about today at least.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 11:09 PM (6ydKt)
I have no idea when or if I will ever see such an abomination in the stores again, but I do have 'em, and have used 'em. (I built a bowling alley with them).
Posted by: Locarno at April 03, 2026 11:09 PM (wiYsG)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
......
Only if you were sipping a cocktail.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 11:09 PM (BT3km)
I've lost track of plane trips, that would probably total more than 200.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:09 PM (2GVsD)
I'm intrigued. How did you end up in the open ocean with no boat nearby and swim back to shore?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 11:01 PM (viF8m)
Well, he mentioned the jumping out of airplanes....
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 11:10 PM (xU46Q)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 03, 2026 11:10 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 11:11 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
Hey, yeah, I've still got that on my left index finger. 4th grade. Must've hit an artery because there was a lot of blood for a little wound. Very sharp pencil.
Posted by: mindful webworker - tiny tat at April 03, 2026 11:11 PM (/Hr+0)
They have more to talk about today at least.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
I'd love to visit Japan, maybe stay for a year or two.
But they'd have to get me carry like the Road Warrior.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 11:11 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 11:12 PM (BI5O2)
This stuff can be funny with the Artemis feed on the background. Crew called down to know where the extra "hygiene towels" were. They got a reply, in Locker Echo, packed inside the unused fecal containers.
So, the packed the towels in the turd boxes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 11:13 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 11:13 PM (BI5O2)
I was hoping it was that. Otherwise it would have been weird.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 11:13 PM (viF8m)
Sally the Witch which was inspired by Bewitched.
In the late 1980s we had a fusion of Streets of Fire and Blade Runner that was called Bubblegum Crisis.
If you want Top Gun in space, Macross Plus is the answer.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:16 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 11:17 PM (RIvkX)
https://youtu.be/qHD2VFyH4KQ
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
High School of the Dead is peak trash. It's good and its trash.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 11:17 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Lirio100 at April 03, 2026 11:18 PM (ky7/T)
The only drawback is I’m not big on sushi.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 11:18 PM (6ydKt)
I've lost track of plane trips, that would probably total more than 200.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:09 PM (2GVsD)
Plane trips well over a few hundred, some of those at the controls. 30 different countries. (All 50 states and 3 territories/protectorates.)
Posted by: GWB at April 03, 2026 11:19 PM (xU46Q)
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You are correct! I thought it used to be DoD, but it never was.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 11:19 PM (BI5O2)
Of course, I'm small town Canada and easily impressed.
Also, since 2012, woke 'Star Wars', Star Trek Discovery, Starfleet Academy, female Doctor Who, and gay, black Doctor Who. How could 'Prometheus' not be Shakespeare un comparison?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 11:03 PM (Sco7b)
I feel like making a 3 hour video/essay to explain just how bad Prometheus is. Maybe I already have but I lost my webzone.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 11:20 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 03, 2026 11:20 PM (/RHNq)
Posted by: Lirio100 at April 03, 2026 11:18 PM (ky7/T)
Bilbo! Bilbo! The bravest little hobbit of them all!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 11:20 PM (xcxpd)
In WWII the CG was present at major amphibious landings in both theaters.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 11:21 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 11:21 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: DBCooper at April 03, 2026 11:22 PM (/PTz1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:22 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Sylvan Learing Center
......
You should be prepared for a pop quiz.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 11:23 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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It's not all raw fish over there, LOL. I couldn't tell you the names of all the great food dishes I had while living there, but it was mostly cooked! (I do like sushi and sashimi)
Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Under DHS now. They were under DoT, unless war or military action, then DoD. Not sure that is still the case with DHS as the boss.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 11:23 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 03, 2026 11:24 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
In that case I get 9 pts. Idiot hit me in the bumper enpugh to rip it off. Had to get a new bumper
No tats
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 03, 2026 11:24 PM (GhIJO)
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I will alert Mrs. F. right away. I feel like she would want to know.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 03, 2026 11:25 PM (VWtfl)
It went downhill from there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 11:26 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 03, 2026 11:26 PM (0Htd1)
At the moment, the exchange rate is an eye-watering 160+ yen/dollar. Makes things a whole lot more comfortable, cost-wise. Because Japan has been an "expensive" country since the 80s, one of the most.
Travel to Japan a lot, one time the exchange rate was an abysmal 77 yen/dollar. I needed to get enough local to buy the bus ticket into town. The woman at the exchange kiosk looked pained, and *apologized* for the numbers when I did the exchange. The most Japanese thing imaginable.
I laughed and said "oh don't apologize it's our fault!".
Oh - and you can avoid all uncooked fish if you like, food in Japan is very good. Both Japanese, and "foreign" (European standards for Euro stuff).
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 11:27 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 03, 2026 11:27 PM (/RHNq)
Posted by: Magnum PI at April 03, 2026 11:29 PM (CpTFW)
Naw. I hain't never flew in no plane.
Can anyone here speak this language?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 03, 2026 11:30 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
I could get by on ramen and KFC (especially at Christmas) if I had to.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 11:30 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 11:30 PM (BI5O2)
Been arrested
Broke a bone
Jumped from a bridge
Driven over 120mph
Rode a bull
Climbed a mountain
Rode First Class
Had a threesome
Won top prize in any raffle
Stopped a crime
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 11:33 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 03, 2026 11:33 PM (zdLoL)
Umibozu as Col. Sanders.
At Christmas, a bucket of KFC is Ryonosuke's gift and dinner from his mad scientist dad.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:33 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Lirio100 at April 03, 2026 11:34 PM (ky7/T)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 03, 2026 11:25 PM (VWtfl)"
Checked my Torx set. It's the six lobe.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 11:34 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 11:35 PM (A5RD0)
* not sure the dismissed chief of chaplains oversaw the new guide, that's the presumption
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 11:35 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Where's your sense of adventure? LOL!
They have beef, pork, chicken, veggies too... It ain't all fish and rice, although there's a lot of that, but many restaurants do have a visual menu-- you just point at what you want. Take a chance some time.
Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)
It's been in decline for many years. Politicians on both sides closed a bunch of stations and forgot the importance of the CG. Did the same with the merchant fleet and ship building.
Trump has committed a lot of resources to steel and ship building. Not as sexy as some of the stuff like AI but vitally important as we are seeing right now.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 11:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 03, 2026 11:36 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 03, 2026 11:36 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:37 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 11:37 PM (52ERr)
7/10
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 11:35 PM (A5RD0)
Hah that's also my score.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 11:37 PM (V4IXI)
3 APRIL 2026
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SF POLITICS
/
JAY BARMANN
Supervisor Jackie Fielder's Absence From Board of Supervisors Follows Investigation Into Leaked Memo
https://tinyurl.com/zt35mka8
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 11:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 03, 2026 11:38 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: 496 at April 03, 2026 11:39 PM (Md1Bq)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 03, 2026 11:41 PM (VCgbV)
Broke a bone
Rode a bull
Rode First Class
Conjugated
Conjugated a verb
Used a part
Used a part of speech
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 03, 2026 11:42 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: I still can't think of anything at April 03, 2026 11:42 PM (Ndkn1)
NAVSEA (Navy's ship design/building bureau) f***ing up several new classes in rapid succession has just been the cherry on top.
Presumably this trend will now be reversed, and in time.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 11:42 PM (U/Byj)
Tats are for the under 29 set.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 10:25 PM (Riz8t)
Mrs B put the kibosh on my tat idea. I never really wanted one, but this one I saw I really wanted, like really wanted. I never felt like getting one since the epic kibosh. I never found another that was worth going through that shit for. Because of her I'm a double anomaly, garage full of harleys..no tats. Metal guitar player...no tats. I'm a no tat mofo.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2026 11:43 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:44 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 11:45 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Sharkman
......
That's why aliens are afraid to land. They forgot to bring sidearms.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 11:47 PM (BT3km)
The Electric Boat plant at Quonset Point is hiring as fast as they can. Advertising with offers of full training and really good money.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 11:47 PM (viF8m)
Everyone's favourite EU bureaucrat Ursula van der Lyden started the program when she was just a threat to Germany. This year was supposed to see the first ship delivered, that has now been pushed back to 2031 and Germany has had to order from the losing bidder an interim design.
But the F127 will be totes awesome.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 11:48 PM (2GVsD)
That was the one thing I noticed about early Metallic but then Hetfield decided to get all tatted up.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 11:49 PM (V4IXI)
144 A whitetail doe leapt from the foliage to my right and SHE hit my truck in the side.
Had something similar happen in a rental car on a country road in Virginia. A deer jumped out right in front of me and I braked, swerved, somehow managed to avoid hitting it. I came to a stop on the side of the road and hyperventilated for several minutes until I was ready to drive again. Started pulling back onto the road and WHAM another deer slammed into the right side of the car.
Did serious damage to the car, though it still drove. The deer was still alive but not moving much. A nearby farmer put it out of its misery while we waited for the state police to arrive.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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My wife was driving in redwood country (I was in the passenger seat) and hit a female deer. Several
cars were coming uphill in the opposite direction and the deer leapt out from behind the last one. A couple of local guys were in a truck behind us, and one of them cut the deer's throat with a folding knife to finish it. I guess they ate it. Minimal damage, some displaced plastic moulding that rubbed on a front wheel, so I pulled out the plastic and threw it away. Kept driving.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 03, 2026 11:49 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Berserker
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Welcome! All are welcome to The Ranks of the Conspicuously Unmarked!
*cheers!*
Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 11:52 PM (rdVOm)
Even without that, I score 100, but don't tell my wife.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 03, 2026 11:53 PM (WClkB)
Have you ever:
Been hit by a vehicle
Been hospitalized due to a vehicular accident
Witnessed a mugging / violent assault/ stabbing/ shooting / kidnapping
Been mugged / assaulted /kidnapped
Witnessed a riot / civil uprising / military coup
Been in a stampeding crowd
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 03, 2026 11:54 PM (GhIJO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 11:54 PM (52ERr)
Promethius sucks.
And I have no idea what it is.
Posted by: Reforger at April 03, 2026 11:54 PM (SCCU1)
Moronettes...I don't understand makeup. As far as I'm concerned, y'all look better without it.
In the animal world, it's usually the male that has to dress up and dance.
(Apologies to the cosmetics industry.)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 03, 2026 11:55 PM (CHHv1)
Evening, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2026 11:56 PM (n7rxJ)
The Virginia state police officer asked if I wanted to keep the deer. Since I had flown out I asked the farmer and his wife if they wanted it. The cop had the forms and I signed it over to him.
This would have been around 1998 or so. No idea if they still do it that way.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 03, 2026 11:56 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: 496 at April 03, 2026 11:56 PM (zs22P)
11:58:42 EDT. Artemis hit the halfway point. Artemis is now closer to the Moon than the Erf. I was wondering if it would make if before midnight. It did just barely.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 11:59 PM (w6EFb)
I gave up on wearing makeup, long time ago. (I've always been a spaz about hairstyles, makeup, nail care...) It's just another expense that I can't justify.
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
I swear that toilet. They're now talking about a "burnt smell" from the damned thing sometimes.
Mission control is "scratching their heads"...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 12:05 AM (w6EFb)
_President DONALD J. TRUMP
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 04, 2026 12:07 AM (DZ9yr)
Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at April 04, 2026 12:07 AM (lesDH)
JQ,
I don't own makeup of any kind. I cut my hair and sometimes it's not good, lol.
I wear a ball cap if I fucked it up.
Posted by: fourseasons at April 04, 2026 12:08 AM (3ek7K)
My score: 90.
I can do all the stuff in the other test except give up. Altho I came close a few weeks ago from a baby cold. She only weighs 18lbs so you'd think I could handle it. She was fine.
Maybe Japan AND Alberta and Greenland can become states? I love what that lady said about British breakfasts. So cool to bond over steaks.
The UK is a memory in the past as the go full eeslam with King Flappy Ears Wants to be a Tampax in Camilla. I had no idea he was such a weenie to eeslam. Not that I give two hoots about the royal family except the Princess of Wales' clothing and their kids. I guess William, if he's Christian.
Things are better today for me as son & DIL seem to be doing surprisingly well with her miscarriage. Therefore I am doing well today and thankful for prayers from strangers and the care and kindness of friends and family in FL.
My granddaughter (who is insane and barely 5yrs) called me from the Atlanta airport. Had no idea where she was but she likes to talk to me on the phone. About nothing. Which is basically this post.
Blessings to all this Good Friday, and find a church on Sunday. XXXX
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 04, 2026 12:10 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 04, 2026 12:11 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:13 AM (52ERr)
Posted by: rhomboid
It's the inverse of Chinese food. Whereas with Chinese food you're famished an hour after chowing down, with Japanese food you're famished during the hour it takes to perfectly present each part of the meal, admire it, contemplate its essence, and slowly let it become one with your inner spirit.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 04, 2026 12:13 AM (KAi1n)
Then he moved on to making fun of everyone else he met the rest of his life. Including me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 04, 2026 12:14 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: 496 at April 04, 2026 12:14 AM (l/++U)
Posted by: fourseasons
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Hah! That makes my night! I've *trimmed* my own hair a few times, just to even up the back and get rid of split ends. Getting ready to try the sides..
My former hairguy retired a few years ago & and I'm afraid, very afraid, of having to pay for so many shitty haircuts before finding another good one.
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)
I understand, like tattoos, it's a choice I have no quarrel with, I just prefer without.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 04, 2026 12:15 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 03, 2026 11:55 PM (CHHv1)
Having seen many of the ettes, yeah many are natural beauties and wouldn't need much, but when you got that good of a canvas a little bit of makeup pushes them in a whole 'nuther league. The ettes look great because they're not leftists. There's no ugly evil bubbling up to the surface.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)
I wonder what the alligators thought afterwards. Where were their friends in all this? I have too many questions and it is late.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 04, 2026 12:16 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 04, 2026 12:16 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: buddhaha at April 04, 2026 12:17 AM (WClkB)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)
I may grow very, very old and still wear mascara. When you have great lashes you wear mascara. I dunno, but it's my favorite make up. If the house was on fire I'd probably put some on quickly and find the crown jewels and flee.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 04, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 12:20 AM (52ERr)
I win in all those categories.
Never would think that to look at me, I'm justa geek whose been on the edge of things for a while. The risks you take trying to live a decent life.
Posted by: pawn at April 04, 2026 12:23 AM (jstR0)
I mean, I get it. And I wouldn't, as the saying goes, kick her out of bed for having one. It's a personal preference and while I don't share such preferences, they probably don't share mine.
(Points to four shelf media case filled with DVDs I have not watched.)
*cough*
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 04, 2026 12:23 AM (CHHv1)
No tat. Vehicle not wrecked.
Double decker bus rammed me (I was parked) and the bus driver launched out of the bus screaming " it was your fault ," and just a moment later a San Francisco transit authority official walked up to us and said "I saw the whole thing."
The bus driver said not a word, tucked his head, and climbed back into the bus. The bus hit me thusly /--- he was turning right and I was parked ---
Posted by: Magnum PI at April 04, 2026 12:32 AM (CpTFW)
Nothing, as I've said, wrong with that. But when aliens attack and society crashes and normal life is way disrupted and you can't get mascara any more, don't be surprised when your significant other looks at you and says "You know, you haven't worn mascara for some time now, and you know what? You're beautiful."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 04, 2026 12:33 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Sharkman
As I noted last night, the earth is flat - on all six sides.
https://bit.ly/bizarro-world
Posted by: mindful webworker - love makes the world go cubed at April 04, 2026 12:34 AM (/Hr+0)
He who sings prays twice. -- St. Augustine
St. Augustine never heard William Shatner sing “Rocket Man.” -- Jane Mailander
LOL! Also see Nimoy, Leonard: Mister Spock's Music From Outer Space.
Poster children for "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."
Posted by: tankascribe at April 04, 2026 12:34 AM (NtoJk)
Posted by: 13times at April 04, 2026 12:35 AM (CpTFW)
That wrench is neat.
Posted by: farquad at April 04, 2026 12:35 AM (CFMhl)
Posted by: pawn at April 04, 2026 12:36 AM (jstR0)
Posted by: buddhaha at April 04, 2026 12:39 AM (WClkB)
I got a 2nd degree burn on the tip of my nose from a wooden spoon. Smelling roux to see if it burned. Making gumbo for Super Bowl Sunday when the boys were small and witnessed this. Mama put her not very large nose in a glass of cold water and paged their father who was at Blockbuster renting a video.
The urgent care doc, who knew me, asked if I was freebasing cocaine like Richard Prior.
Silvadene to nose for a week. No scar. Which led to a lot of questions at work (newborn nursery/Destin questions). And explaining roux. I almost got a placard to wear I got so tired of explaining.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 04, 2026 12:40 AM (WONhk)
- - - - - - -
Ballpoint pen. If you don't like your art work, it'll eventually wash off. Also great for foreplay, you can draw on each other... ;-)
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at April 04, 2026 12:40 AM (sIAVO)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 12:40 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 04, 2026 12:33 AM (CHHv1)
He already says that because the wearing of mascara is a public event. His test, from comments watching tv, is how any women would look if they did not wear make up the next morning. I passed this test in my prime and didn't know it was a test.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 04, 2026 12:43 AM (WONhk)
Scored 8 out of 10. Never wrecked a car nor gotten a tattoo. Hate needles and anyway, my taste has changed so much over the years anything I got would be an absolute embarrassment 15 years later. Stupidest thing I've ever seen is an 82-year-old lady in my painting class who has eyeliner tattooed on; she dyes her hair but isn't fooling anybody.
Posted by: tankascribe at April 04, 2026 12:44 AM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 04, 2026 12:45 AM (peAyU)
We have a launch in about 30 minutes.
ULA - Atlas V551 - Amazon Leo (LA-05)
SLC-41 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: April 4, 2026
Launch Time: 1:45 a.m. EDT (0545 UTC, 07:45 CEST)
https://youtu.be/6MFoj6I4dUA
Posted by: Joyenz at April 04, 2026 12:45 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 04, 2026 12:40 AM (WONhk)
The easy lie is "I missed with the car cigarette lighter"
Posted by: Kindltot at April 04, 2026 12:46 AM (rbvCR)
✔️Been arrested - summer after high school, charges dropped
✔️Broke a bone - both little toes, also cracked ribs
❌Jumped from a bridge
❌Driven over 120mph - close, once, but not quite
❌Rode a bull
❌Climbed a mountain - hiked up a big hill, and lived
✔️Rode First Class - 'way back when it was classy
✨Had a threesome - I plead the 5th
❌Won top prize in any raffle*
❌Stopped a crime
*Won first prize at the county fair for my gourd. It was the only entry in the category, though, so…
Posted by: mindful webworker - never divorced at April 04, 2026 12:47 AM (/Hr+0)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 04, 2026 12:49 AM (nZNS1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 12:51 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 04, 2026 12:52 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: pawn at April 04, 2026 12:36 AM (jstR0)
-------
So that's why "In space, no one can hear you scream."
Posted by: 496 at April 04, 2026 12:53 AM (FN3wE)
6 easy exercises that anyone can do
There ought to have been a seventh exercise --
can you stop the bed spins while lying down on your back by merely putting a foot on the floor.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 04, 2026 12:57 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 04, 2026 01:00 AM (viF8m)
We never heard about a malfunctioning space toilet on e.g. the Shuttle. But it's getting lots of publicity on the Artemis mission. Did they forget how to make them, or was control of publicity stronger back then?
The stupid toilet is the star of the mission.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 04, 2026 01:00 AM (VWtfl)
Dude, I have a brand I did when I was 21 and very drunk . Cry me a river.
Posted by: Weirddave at April 04, 2026 01:04 AM (peAyU)
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 04, 2026 01:04 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 01:07 AM (I7pZ1)
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Crucifixion Friday: When I was pretty young, and became aware of anti-Jewish people, especially the 'Jews killed Jesus' folks, I thought it was really strange. Obviously, Jesus was a Jew and taught, primarily, as a Jew. He wept for Jerusalem! The apostles were Jews. Yes, creepy Jews conspired for his death, but that was the Deep State of the day. I never had any reason to think of it otherwise.
============
Annual self-plugola: Linked in my nic, a mindful comic webwork from 2013. Jerusalem Report: Deep state media reporting, and misreporting, on events one amazing week in Jerusalem.
============
This seems appropriate for tonight's closer:
https://youtu.be/KaOC9danxNo
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - pandemonium! at April 04, 2026 01:07 AM (/Hr+0)
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 04, 2026 01:04 AM (jrgJz)
The very first time I flew in first class I was coming home from florida, and after an all night party. I remember a great breakfast, and thats all I remember. I passed out for the whole flight.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 01:08 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: The Neon Madman at April 03, 2026 10:18 PM (yNfcm)
I guess I am at 90. No tats, but have had some vehicle wrecks, but no totals, no injuries.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 01:11 AM (I7pZ1)
The stupid toilet is the star of the mission.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 04, 2026 01:00 AM (VWtfl)
After covid nobody knows how to make jack shit anymore.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)
The stupid toilet is the star of the mission.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 04, 2026 01:00 AM (VWtfl)
After covid nobody knows how to make jack shit anymore.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)
"....nobody knows how to make jack shit anymore."
Isn't there something you can give him for that?
I'll show myself out.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 04, 2026 01:14 AM (QGaXH)
Talk about assholes, BMW takes it to a whole new level.
Posted by: browndog says woof at April 03, 2026 10:41 PM (3sXRv)
Square socket screws are Robertson (a Canuck invention, btw), and the "six-lobe" are Torx. It's real hard to get top-quality Robertson screws and driver bits anymore, and lesser ones are bad for camming out. Torx have supplanted them as the best choice for high-torque driving.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 01:19 AM (I7pZ1)
Oh, they've had many space toilet problems. They've been evolving since Skylab, and no telling how much money has been spent trying to perfect it.
If interested, you can find a lot of stuff on the space toilet woes from the Shuttle on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 01:22 AM (w6EFb)
Apparently, this Orion space toilet costs $23M.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 01:25 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Heroq at April 04, 2026 01:31 AM (Vb3xW)
The bus driver said not a word, tucked his head, and climbed back into the bus. The bus hit me thusly /--- he was turning right and I was parked ---
Posted by: Magnum PI at April 04, 2026 12:32 AM (CpTFW)
Bound to happen when there is no driver on the top.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 01:34 AM (I7pZ1)
An example. On the first flight of space shuttle Discovery in 1984, they had some malfunction with the waste water dumping system. The discharge port developed a 2' long pee-cicle of frozen urine sticking off out, which threatened the operation of the payload bay doors. They had to break it off and rotate the attitude to try to get enough sunlight on it to increase sublimation.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 01:36 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 04, 2026 01:37 AM (0CEhJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 01:37 AM (52ERr)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 04, 2026 12:51 AM (snZF9)
Condolences, Berserker.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 01:38 AM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 01:25 AM (w6EFb)
Do you have any idea how much we had to invest in hookers and blow to get a government space toilet contract?
Posted by: Big Toilet, Spaceship Division at April 04, 2026 01:40 AM (gTyJl)
Posted by: WeirdDave
I think that's 95. Brands are more intense than tattoos.
I get 80/100. No tattoos, no horseback riding.
If "temporary tattoo" toys from the 80s/90s count, then 90/100.
If carousel horses count, then 100/100.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 01:43 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 01:43 AM (52ERr)
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 04, 2026 01:44 AM (52ERr)
Posted by: tankascribe
That's my view on tattoos. Have you ever seen a bumper sticker, or message t-shirt, or meme, or whatever, that was SO COOL that you say "yeah, I want to broadcast THAT MESSAGE every day for the rest of my life. And on my corpse after I die."
.....me neither.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 01:47 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 01:48 AM (VHUov)
"So, JQ, when are *you* going to get one?" and "What tattoo do *you* want to get?"
Me:
"I can't think of *any* design that I'd like to have to have PERMANENTLY EMBLAZONED UPON MY FLESH, thank you very much..."
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 01:55 AM (I7pZ1)
The anime character in the meme is Neco-Arc, from the various Nasuverse stories (Tsukihime, Fate, Carnival Phantasm, etc.)
Posted by: the more you know! at April 04, 2026 01:56 AM (VHUov)
The guys would show me theirs, and tell all about when and where they got 'em... many were just blue/black- or greenish- blurs, some so badly that they had to *tell me* what they originally depicted. Sad.
Old tattoos.. looked messy and unattractive after 20 or 30 years. Another reason to not waste my money on one.
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Yowch!
I got 2nd-degree (blistered) burns on my hand when I splashed some while stirring it. Learned why it's called "cajun napalm."
I wear kitchen gloves when I make it, now.
Posted by: mikeski was not part of the recipe at April 04, 2026 02:00 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
There is an off-color joke about a tattoo that reads "small".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 02:04 AM (I7pZ1)
The Japanese and the Brits do share one part of the breakfast: the green salad. Not sure any part of the USA does that on the regular.
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 02:05 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:03 PM (xcxpd)
Listen to his cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
That will drive Rocketman right out, guaranteed.
I'm not saying it'll be *better*, you understand...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 04, 2026 02:11 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Heh.
There was one young punk at the old job-- had a tat of 5 kanji characters & claimed that it "spelled [his] name" (5-letter first name) and I LOL'd at him. He *insisted* that it was his name. Pointed to each one in turn, as he spoke the letters.
Well, I can't read kanji, but I'm damned certain those characters DID NOT have anything at all to do with.. his first name.
"That's not how it works" I tried to tell him. Nope. He wasn't having any of it. Oh, well. Wonder what it *really* said? Bet it's hilarious!
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)
Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 04, 2026 02:17 AM (I7pZ1)
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: MartynWW at April 04, 2026 02:26 AM (M9zxq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 11:01 PM (DZ9yr)
Humans trained on AI slop turned out better than AI slop replacement has to be the most 2026 thing ever.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 04, 2026 02:31 AM (dK+Kv)
Ain't no one in the place
Except you and me
So set 'em up Joe
I've got a little story
Posted by: Miklos was banned by the dildo again at April 04, 2026 02:47 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)
Pretty cool hash
Babaloo
Babaloo
BA-BA-LOO
Posted by: Ricky Miklos-Ricardo at April 04, 2026 02:51 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: Miklos, survivor at April 04, 2026 02:53 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: not raimondo on tap at April 04, 2026 02:55 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: Miklos, survivor
****
If you're going to tell horror stories this late at night, have some consideration for the people still awake. 😬
Posted by: clarence at April 04, 2026 02:56 AM (R9n3z)
"That's not how it works" I tried to tell him. Nope. He wasn't having any of it. Oh, well. Wonder what it *really* said? Bet it's hilarious!
Posted by: JQ
There's an old site called "hanzismatter" that tried to "decode" various poor uses of kanji/hanzi/etc.
It got to the point where half of the posts were about that sort of tattoo. The guys that ran the site found the "translation" tattoo manual somewhere.
They're not all complete kanji (D and T, at minimum, are not), some tattoo artists got a mirror___ copy of the "translation," and, as you said, none of them are pronounced the way English letters are.
https://is.gd/zJHTjT
.....is the hanzismatter blogspot.com post about it, from 2006.
The best post on the site is probably the "translations" of some Royal Caribbean menu items.
"Chicken and mushroom tarts," in Chinese as "timid and rapidly-grown prostitutes." There are definitions of "chicken," "mushroom," and "tart" that mean those things, but.....
The comments say that the German, etc translations were just as bad.
https://is.gd/1Dd45W
Posted by: mikeski at April 04, 2026 02:57 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: A Plymouth Satellite, faster than the speed of light at April 04, 2026 02:58 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: clarence
no pics
rules
Posted by: Modest, shy and retiring bruised up Miklos at April 04, 2026 02:59 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: JQ
Senora has truth
I now forget troll guns
Now only BONGO and CONGA
maybe some mojito
Posted by: El Miklosero de Cuba Libre at April 04, 2026 03:03 AM (MABMQ)
Any discussion of silly tattoos needs Stephen Lynch's "Tattoo" song.
https://youtu.be/hFSbYE5IWzw
Did I mention it's NSFW?
Posted by: mikeski reminds you it's NSFW at April 04, 2026 03:04 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ
I went to this weight loss consultant with Darleen...
Posted by: Miklos, survivor at April 04, 2026 02:53 A
... Because we heard of his miraculous machine...
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 03:06 AM (ZFOhy)
Posted by: JQ at April 04, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)
https://is.gd/1Dd45W
Posted by: mikeski
I was paid, in part at one time because of knowledge of languages.
Then, No- machine translation, human not required.
Now human required because machine make mistake.
For a fee, amigos, mes amis, guten freunden, barataim, chloviek, tavarishi etc
Posted by: It's all Greek to Miklosopoulos at April 04, 2026 03:10 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
Miraculous?
Darleen thinks I get it done
Small miracles with large challenges
Posted by: Miklos is developing lower back issues at April 04, 2026 03:14 AM (MABMQ)
Never wrecked a car, nor do I have any intention of getting a tattoo.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 10:04
I scored a 90, wrecked a car but never had a tatoo.
BTW Happy Easter ya'll.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 04, 2026 03:15 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Somnabulent Miklos at April 04, 2026 03:17 AM (MABMQ)
Never wrecked a car, nor do I have any intention of getting a tattoo.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 10:04
I scored a 90, wrecked a car but never had a tatoo.
BTW Happy Easter ya'll.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own
That is pretty good, because First Prize is a tattoo and a wrecked car
Posted by: East German Judge Miklaus at April 04, 2026 03:19 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: East German Judge Miklaus at April 04, 2026 03:19
OMG an East German judge! Are you on steroids?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 04, 2026 03:22 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: East German Judge Miklaus at April 04, 2026 03:28 AM (MABMQ)
Posted by: JQ
I went to this weight loss consultant with Darleen...
Posted by: Miklos, survivor at April 04, 2026 02:53 A
... Because we heard of his miraculous machine...
...Darlene thought I did it ...
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 03:31 AM (7cpPc)
Posted by: Skip at April 04, 2026 03:39 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ
I went to this weight loss consultant with Darleen...
Posted by: Miklos, survivor at April 04, 2026 02:53 A
... Because we heard of his miraculous machine...
...Darlene thought I did it ...
...'Twas a secret (I hid it)...
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 03:43 AM (1SgbD)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 03:51 AM (e1HT8)
Posted by: SciVo at April 04, 2026 03:58 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: JQ
I went to this weight loss consultant with Darleen...
Posted by: Miklos, survivor at April 04, 2026 02:53 A
... Because we heard of his miraculous machine...
...Darlene thought I did it ...
...'Twas a secret (I hid it)...
...And it left us both skinny and clean.
(Just having fun, harmless, I gope)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 03:59 AM (e1HT8)
Posted by: clarence at April 04, 2026 04:01 AM (R9n3z)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 04:01 AM (3y5S4)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 04:01 AM (3y5S4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I have no direct knowledge about Sequoia Sempervirens (the Redwoods up on the coast (Redwood National Park). They're the tall ones (over 350'). However, I planted a Sequoia Giganteum in Oregon and it reached over 60' tall, with over 6' diameter base in 35 years.
They are extremely fast growing trees. They are the trees in Yosemite and Sequoia National Park. They don't get as tall as the S. version (only ~200'), but they are much larger in volume, and much longer lived, up to 3200 years. The S. trees only(!) live about 1200 years.
At a century, I'd expect them to be in the 130' range.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 04, 2026 04:18 AM (WClkB)
hope you missed the tornados like we did. Yesterday one hit 2 miles north of us in Lee Co.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 04, 2026 04:46 AM (55Qr6)
hope you missed the tornados like we did. Yesterday one hit 2 miles north of us in Lee Co.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 04, 2026 04:46 AM (55Qr6)
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You're probably gone, but i'm in Kankakee county.
Probably ninety miles south east of you. a tornado came through this county three weeks ago. Hailstorm totaled roofs in a town seven mile south of me, and a twister in kankakee leveled homes
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 05:29 AM (7cpPc)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 04, 2026 05:30 AM (hEUiL)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 04, 2026 01:25 AM (w6EFb)
And worth every penny!!
Posted by: Howard Wolowitz Eng MIT at April 04, 2026 07:30 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Burton M at April 04, 2026 08:16 AM (TCXst)
Posted by: More Pillage Bigger Idiot at April 04, 2026 05:34 PM (3dDjo)
Good Friday Cafe
Sometimes you just want to lay down with a couple hundred chicks. Someone cross-bred sheep with bunnies. Well not really but they have big bunny ears. Video of the bunny sheep. Sheep rollin' down the street. Dog protects a lost lamb. Big bunny. This is probably totally fake, but, whatever. This one is admitted AI. But it's cute, and the guy admitted it was AI instead of trying to trick people, so I'll post it. Bunny moves in for a kiss. Cute: An owl was brooding over lifeless eggs so some humans pulled a switcheroo, replacing the dead eggs with live orphaned chicks. The owl is very happy. Baby bunny shoplifts at Home Depot. A sheepdog nips at a mother sheep when she tries to reject her lamb. How do dogs know to do this? Driver stops his car to allow a mother sheep to finish feeding her lambs. A senior dog used as a breeder all its life is rescued and is given its first toy.
The flock dynamics of sheep being guided through a gate with the assistance of sheep dogs.
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) May 28, 2023
📹 rural.riley via TikTok
pic.twitter.com/G3ZWN3mE1u
Too cute! The bunny who decided to become a sheep. 🐰#EasterSundaypic.twitter.com/JccTIUvdzD
— BBC Wales 🏴 (@BBCWales) April 21, 2019
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 1, 2026
Happy sheep.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/NxoHQI3dsn
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 18, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 07:19 PM (ExV1e)
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Posted by: No Name Today at April 03, 2026 07:31 PM (8mulE)
You got me but it's amazing how much these herding dogs know what to do naturally.
I loved the overhead herding video, too.
Working dogs love their jobs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 07:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026
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As much of a drinker as I once was, and as much as I liked Scotch, I found Drambuie to taste like sweetened gasoline. (Or the way I imagine sweetened gasoline would taste)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 07:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 07:37 PM (gtcuf)
I don't think I've ever drank it. I just remember that tagline from the old commercials.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 07:38 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Heh. Try slivovitz.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 07:40 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 03, 2026 07:40 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 07:42 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 07:37 PM (wzUl9)
I've never had Scotch but I still haven't figured out the attraction to Jägermeister.
It tastes like licorice cough syrup with the potential to give you a 24 hour headache the next day.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 07:44 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 07:46 PM (NFX2v)
Okay, it happens sometimes - we have a lot of big old trees in our neighborhood. I hate that some of them get razed, but sometimes there are good reasons for it.
THIS dingbat, though, was so upset by the loss of this tree that THEY TOOK TO THEIR BED AND CRIED ABOUT IT ALL MORNING.
Nobody called this delicate flower out for being a waste of space, either. Or told them to pull up their big girl panties and deal with it.
And these people think that I am the crazy one because I don't support Democrats....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 03, 2026 07:47 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: JQ at April 03, 2026 07:49 PM (rdVOm)
Looks like Artemis is around the half-way point to the mean lunar distance, about 123,000 miles from earth, and it's moving just under 1 mile per second, 3300 mph.
Current distance to the Moon to Artemis is 145,000 miles. They are aiming of course for where the Moon will be when they get to that orbital distance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 07:52 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 07:52 PM (vFG9F)
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I've never had Scotch but I still haven't figured out the attraction to Jägermeister.
It tastes like licorice cough syrup with the potential to give you a 24 hour headache the next day.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 07:44 PM
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I read that it was some niche product originally sold as an aperitif, that was promoted for other purposes by a sustained marketing campaign. It's as if young people were convinced that it's stylish to drink Listerine.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 03, 2026 07:52 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 03, 2026 07:52 PM (gTyJl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 07:37 PM (wzUl9)
My wife got a gift set of little airplane sized alcohol samplers in one of those horrid family Christmas gift games where people steal each others gifts. She gave the set to me. I had never tried drambuie before that and had the same reaction as you when I did. I like scotch but I'm not sure what that crap was.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 07:52 PM (3uBP9)
Two very huge, very old trees were cut down on my street the past few weeks. A blue spruce and a cottonwood. Both were half-dead and both species have fragile limbs that can come down on houses or cars, or people.
I hated to see them go, but I get it.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 07:54 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 03, 2026 07:56 PM (pFJNq)
It was only by the grace of God that grandma wasn't in the car at the time - if she had been, she'd have been a goner.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 03, 2026 07:59 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 03, 2026 07:52 PM (azNOR)
I drank it a few times in my mid-90s prime barhopping years.
Made the mistake of mixing the shots with multiple beers.
The last time I had any it took two days for the headache to go away. I said never again, and I haven't.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 08:01 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 08:01 PM (Cqx++)
Both were extremely smooth and a nice after dinner treat. Not really for everyday. I think you can still get the knob creek but Tomatin has never made the cream liquor again I don't think.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 08:02 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 08:03 PM (2GVsD)
The Artemis crew is now about to start the CPR test. They're going to film it, but I don't think we'll see it live.
This is testing procedures in case a crew member has a heart attack or stops breathing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 08:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:04 PM (v+hVC)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 08:04 PM (w6EFb)
One compression, chase them across the cabin, two compressions, chase them across the cabin...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:05 PM (v+hVC)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 03, 2026 08:05 PM (nZNS1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 08:06 PM (2GVsD)
Ahhhhhh...... new thread smell.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2026 08:07 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 08:07 PM (vFG9F)
I hated to see them go, but I get it.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 07:54 PM (gtcuf)
I had a big old classic oak tree on my street, actually in my next door neighbor's yard that had a branch fall on a power line. The city put the tree on trial to access the damage it caused to their infrastructure and ruled it was sentenced to death. The city came out and nailed a notice on it that detailed the whole thing to everyone. Then they came out, cut it down then ground the stump. It was a nice looking tree and one of the main shades on our house. They replaced it with a two foot tall twig that I'm sure will look great in a hundred years.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 08:08 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: mindful webworker - you may be suffering from lurkosis Moronia and not even know it at April 03, 2026 08:09 PM (/Hr+0)
If God is really pissed at me for this when my time comes, I'm totally throwing #1 under the bus, she picked the time.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 03, 2026 08:10 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 03, 2026 08:10 PM (sl73Y)
"Hey, you want me to render unto Caesar or not, here?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:13 PM (v+hVC)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 08:02 PM (3uBP9)
My first time drinking anything was Amaretto out of a parent's liquor cabinet.
It tasted so much like Dr. Pepper, I loved it.
My friends and I later discovered a convenience store out in the boonies that didn't card you if you looked old enough.
So the tallest guy in the group grew his beard out a few days, put on a baseball cap, coat, and fake eyeglasses, and we were set.
At that point we hit the big-time with some PBR, Schaefer, M/D 2020 and Wild Irish Rose.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 08:13 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 08:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2026 08:07 PM
* makes 'call me' sign *
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA and California's next Governor) at April 03, 2026 08:13 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 08:13 PM (6ydKt)
Throw in some boones farm and that's the most underage shopping list imaginable.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:15 PM (v+hVC)
This is testing procedures in case a crew member has a heart attack or stops breathing.
Posted by: publius
This is why they brought a Canadian along, right?
Posted by: mindful webworker finds something to comment anyway at April 03, 2026 08:15 PM (/Hr+0)
Geez,
Husband's brother died in January and we just found out the second brother is being taken off life support.
It's been a shit year so far.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 08:16 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 08:16 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2026 08:16 PM (+nEug)
It was made from Tang and vodka.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 08:17 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:15 PM (v+hVC)
That's what the girls always asked for.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 08:18 PM (6ydKt)
Geez,
Husband's brother died in January and we just found out the second brother is being taken off life support.
It's been a shit year so far.
Posted by: four seasons at April
I am so sorry. I will pray for your family.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 08:18 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2026 08:19 PM (+nEug)
Sunny Skyz site:
https://tinyurl.com/5eu3rbds
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 08:19 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 08:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:20 PM (v+hVC)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 08:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 08:21 PM (rZCVI)
Our neighborhood was built up in the mid-to-late 50s. There were many trees from that time that attained great height and breadth throughout the yards here.
In the past ten year, many of them have succumbed to old age or disease and now are seen here no more.
In our yard alone, two spruce, one pine, two sweet gum, four white ash, and three oaks have been removed over the course of twenty-five years. All were large trees and many of them were aged fifty years or more.
We're in need of some serious (i.e., up to six specimens) replanting.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:23 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 08:23 PM (rZCVI)
One silver maple and one tulip poplar were once here, too.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:24 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 08:25 PM (3ek7K)
They say that about investing, too.
Which is also a thing i don't do.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:25 PM (v+hVC)
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:24 PM (xG4kz)
Those things grow crazy fast. Plant a twig and it'll be fifty feet tall by dinner.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:26 PM (v+hVC)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2026 08:27 PM (+nEug)
One silver maple and one tulip poplar were once here, too.
Those both can be massive. The Tuliptree is the tallest broadleaf tree in America, I believe. Doesn't grow here in the west but we had some huge specimens in the woods where I grew up in upstate NY.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 08:28 PM (gtcuf)
There was a beautifully formed maple tree one block over from us. Well formed crown, nearly perfectly symmetrical and just lovely to look at in the fall when its foliage changed.
Now gone, and we are the poorer for that.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:28 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Case at April 03, 2026 08:28 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 08:30 PM (Ia/+0)
We're having a fair amount of wind... gusts into the 40's which where I'm at, in a mobile home, is getting sketchy. Some roof shingles blew off and I made a half hearted attempt to reattach them, but the wind ripped them off again.
So... I get the ladder out and climb up on the roof with some epoxy and sealer. The wind blew my ladder off the side of the house while I was up on the roof.
I was up there for 2 hours before my wife came home.
Not much to do up there. Views are nice. Need to remember to take my cell phone literally everywhere now.
Oh... the shingles blew off again. FML
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 08:31 PM (AkEZC)
The tulip poplar's curse is its weak wood. There nearly always were fallen branches to be picked up after high winds, and these were live, not dead.
An arborist strongly recommended that we get rid of the silver maple. Its root system was extensive and the tree itself was right next to the street. I must have extracted its roots from the ground for four years after it was taken down.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:31 PM (xG4kz)
If I ever get off my ass, I'll send pics to the pet thread.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 03, 2026 08:32 PM (tYGL3)
Now gone, and we are the poorer for that.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:28 PM (xG4kz)
Reminds me of my neighbor when he moved to Arizona...with his wife.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 08:32 PM (2WIwB)
We have a huge tree in our front yard here that needs to be taken down.
Husband says no and I said okay, let it fall on the house. You'll love dealing with the insurance company.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 08:32 PM (3ek7K)
We are at the point where only one tree can fall and damage one of our dwellings. And matters are going to remain that way.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:35 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 07:52 PM (w6EFb)
OOPS - missed it!
Posted by: Joemarine at April 03, 2026 08:35 PM (y171U)
And Nurse not going BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!???
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 08:35 PM (2WIwB)
How very kind of you!
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 08:35 PM (PFs9e)
But, we found lots of old nails in the tree that we had pounded in as kids, and some digging unearthed many bits of wood and the hinges and padlock from the fort's front door. We also found and excavated our old fire pit in front of it. Even found some old hotdog packages from the 70s. Plastic just never degrades, man. It was a real trip to revisit our past through old artifacts.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 08:35 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 03, 2026 08:35 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 07:52 PM (w6EFb)
Wait!!!
Whut???
Posted by: NASA at April 03, 2026 08:36 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 03, 2026 08:36 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:38 PM (v+hVC)
They are aiming of course for where the Moon will be when they get to that orbital distance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
In what sense is that any different from all the
Apollo missions that made it to the vicinity of the Moon?
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:38 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Aragorn Shagnasti at April 03, 2026 08:39 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2026 08:39 PM (+nEug)
Apollo missions that made it to the vicinity of the Moon?
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:38 PM (xG4kz)
Well neither of them can email Houston, at any rate.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:41 PM (v+hVC)
Posted by: Case at April 03, 2026 08:41 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Case at April 03, 2026 08:41 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Beartooth at April 03, 2026 08:32 PM
May I be first to inform you that you are no longer fosters. Those bunnies are Noel and Cutie Pie Beartooth.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 08:42 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2026 08:27 PM (+nEug)
On June 3, 2024 we lost over 20 pines, some 70 years old, in less than 15 minutes, plus 3 oaks, two of which were right at 100. Scary stuff.
Posted by: Eromero at April 03, 2026 08:42 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 08:43 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Wenda at April 03, 2026 08:43 PM (dXTLm)
But at least you'll never have to face everyone on Earth laughing at you. So you got that going for you.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing we can do.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 08:43 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 03, 2026 07:29 PM (DwqWV)
Thanks for the offer of help the other night... I didn't see your post until the next morning. Things are good -- I'm fully mobile and all that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 08:44 PM (IG3/x)
Anyone heard of Golden Willow Trees?
Let me tell ya, do not plant those trees. The house we bought a couple of years ago "came with" 7 of those fuckers.
They do not provide shade, they are not attractive and all they do is make a mess in the yard. Every week we are having to clean up the mess.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 08:45 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Beartooth at April 03, 2026 08:45 PM (tYGL3)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 08:46 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 08:45 PM (3ek7K)
We've got one, but it's shoved out next to a creek that cuts across the corner of our property. More or less wild. I like it, but yeah it would suck anywhere near the more useful areas.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:47 PM (v+hVC)
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing we can do.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 08:43 PM (Cqx++)
Whose shirts do you wear?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 08:47 PM (IG3/x)
We had to have a big pecan taken down; the tree guy said it was the tallest pecan he'd ever seen, until he was up in the cherry picker, looked over the shed, and saw the taller ones. They still produce, in a good year.
Some of the grand old oaks have reached end of life. Lots of gaps in what used to be an almost continuous canopy. Wish I'd been transplanting oaks from the overgrown west pasture long ago; after thirty+ years since MiladyJo and I moved back here, they'd be shady.
There are three majestically tall Ponderosas here. We've tried to grow some from pine cones, but never got them going. Then, this year, we found a couple of volunteers, just a couple of feet tall, which we transplanted last week. If they take, our kids should enjoy them in a few decades. I may not be around to see it, but it's nice to see them now.
Daughter and son-in-law, who are planning to build and move out here, have added a nice bunch of fruit trees, and berry and grape vines. Again, an investment for future years for them to enjoy. I expect to enjoy some of that harvest. Critters and weather permitting
Posted by: mindful webworker - by their fruits shall ye know them at April 03, 2026 08:48 PM (/Hr+0)
Anyone heard of Golden Willow Trees?
There's a Yellow Willow here in northern CO, but it's more of a shrub than a tree. Maybe a western relative. Its branches are a deep golden-yellow.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 08:48 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 08:43 PM (Cqx++)
Whose shirts do you wear?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 08:47 PM (IG3/x)
Let's hope the shirts aren't red.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 03, 2026 08:49 PM (tYGL3)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2026 08:49 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Case at April 03, 2026 08:49 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 08:50 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Beartooth at April 03, 2026 08:49 PM (tYGL3)
Mister Scott to Major Tom,
She has nae got the powwwwer...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:50 PM (v+hVC)
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 08:35 PM (gtcuf)
Any much folded and refolded vintage porn?
I remember such generally being a prominent amenity of treehouses, big culverts, abandoned barns, and similar Sekrit Clubhouses when I was a kid.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 08:50 PM (IG3/x)
Warai-otoko,
the trees would be pretty on a big piece of property. These are inside of the privacy fence in our backyard and they are such a pain.
We wonder if they are fast growing and that's why they were planted.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 08:51 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 08:51 PM (OoFl2)
That is all kinds of awesome!
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 08:51 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 03, 2026 08:52 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 08:51 PM (3ek7K)
Makes sense, willows do grow pretty fast. Same as pin oaks... Classic fast growing tree just to fill a gap somewhere.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:52 PM (v+hVC)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2026 08:52 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 08:53 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 03, 2026 08:53 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 08:54 PM (IG3/x)
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Bait a bear trap with gay porn. Fix a chain to the jaw that opens the panther cage when it actuates. Only way to deal with Californians.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 08:54 PM (BI5O2)
I remember such generally being a prominent amenity of treehouses, big culverts, abandoned barns, and similar Sekrit Clubhouses when I was a kid.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 08:50 PM (IG3/x)
There were no traces of it, but yeah there was plenty of that around back in the day. Some older kids with a fort near ours would give us their old stashes when they got new ones.
In one of his books, Greg Gutfeld talked about porn growing on trees and it made me LOL. So true. You'd find random pages stuck in bushes and trees.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 08:54 PM (gtcuf)
Gmac, Thank you so much. It's a lot to process in a short time.
Piper,
You are so nice and I'm not. I would tell him to fuck right off.
Also tell him when he pays the mortgage on your house he can tell you what to do.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 08:55 PM (3ek7K)
Not right next to the house, of course, that would just be a nuisance. But out a ways, definitely.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 08:55 PM (v+hVC)
Apollo missions that made it to the vicinity of the Moon?
It's the exact same thing. The constraints are a little tighter, primary reason is Orion is solar powered, not fuel cell powered, and they have make sure the capsule is not in the dark for more than an hour or so.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 08:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 09:01 PM (3uBP9)
Warai,
I like natural areas.
Everyone has their thing. When I think how much money we spend on the sprinkler system and all the stuff we pay for to maintain grass it galls me.
Like I said, everyone likes what they like.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 09:01 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2026 09:02 PM (+nEug)
You are so nice and I'm not. I would tell him to fuck right off.
Also tell him when he pays the mortgage on your house he can tell you what to do.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026
I laugh like I think he is joking and he is not sure how to respond, I am not sure he has acclimated fully to the ways of the South. J is a little more aggressive - last time J said “Piper will kill us both dead if we touch that old tree”. J has a VERY heavy southern drawl, unless he is speaking Italian, and half the time I don’t think our neighbor understands him.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 09:05 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 09:06 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 09:06 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 08:58 PM (w6EFb)
They have a great little science camp here in north Georgia called Tellus Science Museum. One of the many exhibits is a simulator where you run a command module's electrical system and have to power down systems, use busses to transfer power, use batteries, etc.. based on your orbit in the simulation and sun available. All for kids to try out. Along with a bunch of other little experiments that you can stop at and try. I think it is all sponsored by a foundation and a bunch of GA companies.
But tons of other stuff and dinosaur things and tech stuff and they give lectures all the time. Runs all year.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 09:08 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 09:16 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 09:17 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 09:18 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 09:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2026 09:23 PM (+nEug)
Anything green that pops up, that is not there now, is immediately tended to with a good dousing of vegetation killer. Fire is also an option.
Posted by: Major Healey at April 03, 2026 09:25 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 09:27 PM (RIvkX)
TIME
@TIME
Historians may remember [Springsteen's] performance as one of the most unflinching acts of musical and theatrical resistance mounted against Trump—or any President, for that matter—in the nation’s history
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It was like the Sermon On the Mount except better!5
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 09:28 PM (ndZc7)
Tisas, the Turkish maker of nice 1911 clones, has switched their US importing company. There are deals to be had as the distributors clear out the stuff from the old company.
Check out Palmetto State Armory and look for the "SDS" and "MAC" brands.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 03, 2026 09:31 PM (gTyJl)
Overhead picture showing (hopefully not too bad) damage to the mobile launch platform after launch:
https://is.gd/GwY37W
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 09:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 09:32 PM (xA5g+)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 09:32 PM (Ia/+0)
148 Well, a once in a lifetime opportunity and you blew it!
TIME
@TIME
Historians may remember [Springsteen's] performance as one of the most unflinching acts of musical and theatrical resistance mounted against Trump—or any President, for that matter—in the nation’s history
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It was like the Sermon On the Mount except better!5
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 09:28 PM
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Springsteen is right up there with DeNiro when it comes to heroic old lesbians taking a stand.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 03, 2026 09:33 PM (VWtfl)
"Historians may remember [Springsteen's] performance as one of the most unflinching acts of musical and theatrical resistance mounted against Trump—or any President, for that matter—in the nation’s history"
They still remember us.
Posted by: The Smothers Brothers at April 03, 2026 09:33 PM (gTyJl)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 09:34 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)
Someone said on an earlier thread that Trump is meeting with the Security Council tonight.
Are we going to bomb Iran?
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 09:36 PM (3ek7K)
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Someone said on an earlier thread that Trump is meeting with the Security Council tonight.
Are we going to bomb Iran?
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 09:36 PM
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No way, Trump doesn't have the guts.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 03, 2026 09:38 PM (VWtfl)
https://is.gd/GwY37W
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 09:32 PM (w6EFb)
Gee, I hope they can get that fixed in time to catch that expensive booster when it comes back down.
Wait. What?
Posted by: Elon at April 03, 2026 09:39 PM (gTyJl)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 09:41 PM (U/Byj)
@TIME
Historians may remember [Springsteen's] performance as one of the most unflinching acts of musical and theatrical resistance mounted against Trump—or any President, for that matter—in the nation’s history
Damn, TIME. You got a little on your chin there.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 09:41 PM (gtcuf)
Are we going to bomb Iran?
Posted by: four seasons
They're planning for defense against the UFOlings.
https://youtu.be/bP5KQRFg7gg
Posted by: mindful webworker - transdimensional extraterrestrial at April 03, 2026 09:41 PM (/Hr+0)
https://is.gd/x3mXg1
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)
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In only a couple more hours, Orion will officially pass the midpoint in their journey to the Moon.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 09:42 PM (ESVrU)
@TIME
Historians may remember [Springsteen's] performance as one of the most unflinching acts of musical and theatrical resistance mounted against Trump—or any President, for that matter—in the nation’s history
Damn, TIME. You got a little on your chin there.
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 09:41 PM (gtcuf)
TIME is still publishing???
Who knew?
Posted by: NASA at April 03, 2026 09:43 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 09:43 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 09:46 PM (2WIwB)
165 Say what you will about Artemis II, Lost In Space never had plumbing problems.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 09:43 PM
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*pounds on door*
"Doctor Smith, you all right in there?"
(muffled) "Oh, the pain, the pain..."
Posted by: Rejected Script at April 03, 2026 09:47 PM (azNOR)
Are we going to bomb Iran?
Posted by: four seasons
Greenland.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 09:48 PM (ndZc7)
Are we going to bomb Iran?
Posted by: four seasons
They're planning for defense against the UFOlings.
https://youtu.be/bP5KQRFg7gg
Posted by: mindful webworker - transdimensional extraterrestrial at April 03, 2026 09:41 PM (/Hr+0)
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Or a muzzie fifth co!umn in America come Sunday.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 09:48 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026
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A character played by Jessie Royce Landis in an episode of U.N.C.L.E. in one scene sips from a glass, and murmurs, "So you've been stomping out the grapes [for the slivovitz] with your feet again, have you?" That was always enough for me never to try the stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 09:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 09:49 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 09:49 PM (A5RD0)
It tastes like licorice cough syrup with the potential to give you a 24 hour headache the next day.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026
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Cherry cough syrup, to me. I had enough cherry-flavored cold medicines as a kid that "cherry" anything makes me shudder.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 09:50 PM (wzUl9)
Silver Maple should be illegal, at least in suburban landscape setting. Grows like a weed, because it is. Bushy and unkempt looking. Has a tendency to drop branches, esp. ice storms. Roots trash sidewalks, and infiltrates water mains and sewer lines, leading to expensive repairs. And then those fucking seed pods. “Helicopters” we called them, plug up storm gutters on the house.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2026 09:50 PM (1x8Zi)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026
Yo Nurse!
I'm nursing (no pun intended) my second 14 year Glen Morangie.
Or is it my third???
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 09:50 PM (2WIwB)
Nobody could scream like a little girl better than Dr. Smith, not even little girls.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 09:51 PM (w6EFb)
We are bombing Iran. Reported to be one of the heaviest nights of bombing since the start of the war.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 09:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026
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Never tried that. I have a dim memory of Roger C. Carmel, "Harry Mudd," doing a TV commercial for Boone's Farm, but that's all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 09:54 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 09:49 PM (A5RD0)
I've a business meeting in the morning.
And damn. I really need to get to the range. It's been so long Weasel would scoff at me.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 09:54 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 09:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 10:02 PM (Y8DZL)
We be needs a president with a Brian and calls Trump to quite and makes president Obaneo are leader of are Cuntry agian.
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 03, 2026 10:02 PM (nZNS1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:02 PM (xcxpd)
Texas is that big.
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 11:51 PM (Vb3xW)
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 03, 2026 11:56 PM (jrgJz)
I thought today was Saturday for some reason and forgot to tell Ace good weekend! So there it is.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 04, 2026 12:20 AM (WONhk)
The Week In Woke
What would we do without DEI Media "Elites"?
In Brazil:
Mom who killed boyfriend and cut off his genitals after catching him raping her daughter is cleared of murderOne cheer for "decarceration." Now for the bad news: Reading the details of the murder -- she killed her own romantic/sexual partner, and somehow she was able to slip a mickey into a drink and drug this guy while he was "raping her daughter" -- makes me think she just killed this guy out of jealousy and contrived the "raping my daughter" story to justify it.
An enraged mom who cut off her boyfriend's testicles and then set fire to his body after catching him trying to rape her daughter has been cleared of his murder. Erica Pereira da Silveria Vicente confessed to killing partner Everton Amaro de Silva in Minas Gerais, Brazil -- saying she was just trying to protect her 11-year-old daughter from being raped, according to Estado de Minas. She was alerted by alarming texts the predator sent the preteen -- then found him on top of her, trying to rape her, when rushing to her screaming daughter, according to the reports. However, prosecutors insisted that the brutality of the murder proved it was carried out "not in blind rage but with cold premeditation." The mom allegedly spiked de Silva's drink with Klonopin, a medication used to treat seizures, and then stabbed and clubbed him while he was unconscious, according to prosecutors.Do rapists often take a drink mid-rape? Does a drugged drink work quickly enough to end a rape mid-rape? I just ran some scientific tests on this story and my beakers and Erlenmeyer Flasks tell me that this story is forty seven moles of bullshit. I don't know what happened here, but I know it's not what this woman is claiming happened.
A teen who heard screams helped the mom carry the body to wasteland in Belo Horizonte -- where Vicente cut off the dead man's genitals and set fire to his body, jurors were told. ... She confessed to the killing -- but insisted it was only to save her daughter. The jury agreed, and the mom was acquitted Tuesday of aggravated homicide and destroying a corpse after just one day of testimony.The Gay Mafia got a black basketball player let go from the Chicago Bulls for stating that Pride Month -- a celebration of gay sex and kink -- was "unrighteous."
Jaden Ivey didn't last long with the Chicago Bulls before he was waived, let go, or whatever polite term is being used these days to fire someone. It came after he posted a video sharing his thoughts on Pride Month and the NBA.He's coming off an injury but it can't be doubted that political pressure was brought to bear here. Video here. In this clip, another basketball player says he doesn't want to "go deep" into a question about his religion because of the Jaden Ivey situation, because "I don't wanna get waived." I'm sure Bobby "The Brain" DeNiro will protest this use of corporate-governmental power to squelch black men's rights. Democrats don't know how to relate to normal healthy people. But they figure that talking about their psychological problems will make them seem relatable.
In it, Ivey spoke openly about his Christian faith and took issue with the league's promotion of Pride Month. He called it unrighteous. He questioned why that message is celebrated so openly while opposing views seem to carry consequences. By the end of the day, the video was everywhere. Not long after that, the Bulls announced they were waiving him for what they described as conduct detrimental to the team. That is the official explanation.
Some potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates are introducing themselves to voters in a striking way: by documenting their childhood resentments, family chaos and fights with their parents. Why it matters: Many presidential hopefuls carry painful memories from complicated childhoods. But few have discussed them as openly as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Their frankness about their formative years and family dynamics is a way to shape their public stories before journalists do. It's also a sign of shifting taboos and a growing desire for candidates to appear relatable to voters.Newsom grew up as private-school twat and family friend of the Getty's, and Pritzker is an obese billionaire nepo baby. I don't know if Josh Shapiro is a rich bitch -- -- update, just got an email from Tucker Carlson, saying, "Look at his last name. Look at his little hat. You know he's rich." Well I'll take that under consideration, Cuck. They desperately need to show that they've "struggled" in life so out comes the stories of dyslexia and... fights with their parents? What? Your daddy wouldn't let you borrow the new Beemer -- just the old one, last year's model without the heated seats -- and you had yourself a sulk and so now you understand the daily grind of the common people? Can I impress upon you the Healing Power of Shutting the Fuck Up? You're probably not going to believe me, but a black female Democrat involved in the "Equity" grift turns out to be a fraudster and criminal thief. Man, I did not have that on today's Bingo card. (Just yesterday's, tomorrow's, and Easter's.)
Last August, I told you the story of a close associate of then-Mayor London Breed named Sheryl Davis. Ms Davis had been on the rocket glide path to San Fran prominence as a member of the city's Human Rights Commission, eventually rising to become its head. The SF Human Rights Commission, under Ms. Davis's leadership, had a $44M annual budget, which was scheduled to shrink amid the city's 2025-26 money woes to around $28M. Still pretty healthy cha-ching by any measure. In 2021, in the aftermath of the St. George Floyd incident, she had also been personally tapped by Mayor Breed to lead a multimillion-dollar feel-good investment (described as 'tens of millions of dollars') that the city was making in the black community, dubbed the 'Dream Keeper Initiative.'A huge pile of money earmarked for a completely vague purpose whose efficacy cannot be proven nor disproven given to a political crony who owes her position only to grifting?! I see no (intentional) accountability holes here whatsoever!!!
... The San Francisco Chronicle discovered a $10,000 tab paid for by the Human Rights Commission for a Martha's Vineyard cottage rental. Worse, the invoice had been split, seemingly to evade limits on travel claims, and even worse yet, they had the email from Ms. Davis asking for the workaround. It snowballed from there. the ten grand invoice was reportedly for interns (!) in the city's Dream Keeper program who were attending a conference on *checks notes* Martha's Vineyard.See the link for more. I'm sure she'll explain that she personally paid for the trip to Martha's Vinyard but has no bank transactions to prove it because she paid it out of the huge sums of cash she keeps hidden in the house because her daddy told her that was a great way to store wealth. Liberal "man" at a No Kings rally says he's wearing Scarlet Whore lipstick because someone told him that wearing lipstick was a historic show of resistance to Hitler. He then explained he was walking around with a 12 inch butt plug in his rectum because his friend also told him that Anal Training was the "highest form of patriotism." Say her name:
the SF Standard reported that Human Rights Commission executive director Sheryl Davis had signed off on $1.5 million in grants to a nonprofit led by a man she lived with, one James Spingola
the Human Rights Commission's Dream Keeper Initiative had granted a total of $7.5 million to Spingola's Collective Impact nonprofit.
Sheryl Davis got $19,000 in city money for her son's UCLA grad school tuition, as the Chronicle reports.
Spingola's non-profit, Collective Impact, got $27 million in city grants, gave first-class airfare to Davis to promote her book and podcast, plus another $5,000 for Oakland soul singer Goapele to perform at Davis's book launch party.
Davis was Collective Impact's executive director before taking the Human Rights Commission job The wheels of justice move slowly, but this past Monday, Sheryl Davis surrendered to face 57 pages of legal sheet music.
Once San Francisco's most powerful civil rights watchdog, Sheryl Davis continued her spectacular fall on Monday when she surrendered to authorities to face accusations that she misappropriated funds and engaged in "pervasive" self-dealing while leading a landmark initiative meant to benefit the city's Black community.
Libs of TikTokWhen all of the prisoners are set free, all of the citizens must lock themselves up:
@libsoftiktok SAY HER NAME: Kembery Chirinos Flores Kembery, a 24yo California mother, was reportedly shot and m*rdered by two illegal aliens, Gerzon Chirinos-Munguia and Alfonso Inestroza. Chirinos-Munguia was previously arrested for domestic battery in 2019 but California officials RELEASED him instead of giving him to ICE. Inestroza was wanted for ANOTHER m*rder in NJ at the time of his arrest. An innocent mother is DEAD because these criminal illegals were allowed to walk the streets.
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok MAN WITH NEARLY 40 ARRESTS TERRORIZES NC CITY Residents of Raleigh, NC, are OUTRAGED that Brice Lewis Forman, a man with at least 39 PRIOR arrests, continues to be let out of jail to terrorize the community. Forman has previous charges for assault, theft, trespassing, disorderly conduct, public intoxication, and concealed weapons. How is this justice???
Her annual salary: $110,000
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 30, 2026
Haiti's average salary: $1,700
Congo's average salary: $500
Somalia's average salary: $450 https://t.co/ILhdMhMXnH
“Let’s take the kids to Alabama so they can see racists up close!”
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) March 30, 2026
She’s the worst. The absolute worst. https://t.co/1VXtIrrdoT
These are some of the most evil people around. pic.twitter.com/zl5FgIasgK
— Leftism (@LeftismForU) March 30, 2026
Ok, fair. pic.twitter.com/893bHEcz1L
— David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) April 2, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 06:07 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 06:07 PM (FtULh
LOL... Autocucumber....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 06:08 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 06:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Tom Cullen, future NY Times Editorial Board member at April 03, 2026 06:11 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 03, 2026 06:12 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Max Power at April 03, 2026 06:14 PM (q177U)
but she claims she saved her daughter from the rape.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 06:14 PM (1wjle)
Boston is far and away the most racist town I've ever experienced. Full stop. It's almost like the black population doesn't even coexist with the utterly disgusting snooty white people that live there.
Posted by: Defenestratus at April 03, 2026 06:15 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 06:15 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 03, 2026 06:15 PM (bXbFr)
47M Bullshit is a pretty high concentration.
Might be 'Fuming' Bullshit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:16 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 06:16 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2026 06:17 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Max Power at April 03, 2026 06:17 PM (q177U)
There is another way. -- Vlad III
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:17 PM (ExV1e)
but she claims she saved her daughter from the rape.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 06:14 PM (1wjle)
He probably wasn't raping her...
People suck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:17 PM (bss/y)
A mother of seven (she adopted her eldest grandchild) and grandmother to six, her professional career has included work in housing, environmental justice, clean energy and literacy. Earlier this month, she was sworn in as her community’s voice on the Minneapolis City Council, replacing Jeremiah Ellison, who did not seek re-election.
Ward 5’s New Council Member Pearll Warren is never at a loss for words. In fact, she’s among the best Spoken Word Artists in the country, having placed 14th in a global competition back in 2014. “I competed in the women’s National Poetry Slam, against 72 other women,” recalls Warren, who still performs today. “It’s my art. It’s my medicine. It’s my therapy. It gave me a diction for my experiences to really capture my emotions or my vantage point.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 06:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 06:18 PM (viF8m)
There is another way. -- Vlad III
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:17 PM (ExV1e)
Word.
Posted by: The Punisher at April 03, 2026 06:18 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 03, 2026 06:18 PM (bXbFr)
What would we do without DEI Media "Elites"?
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They're not dumb, like everybody says. They're SMART!
Posted by: Eeyore at April 03, 2026 06:18 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2026 06:19 PM (YwEeS)
A neutron bomb, officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast while minimizing the physical power of the blast itself. The neutron release generated by a nuclear fusion reaction is intentionally allowed to escape the weapon, rather than being absorbed by its other components.[3] The neutron burst, which is used as the primary destructive action of the warhead, is able to penetrate enemy armor more effectively than a conventional warhead, thus making it more lethal as a tactical weapon.
Posted by: General Jack Ripper at April 03, 2026 06:19 PM (My2aF)
no i missed it, i'll find it now.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 06:19 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 06:20 PM (Cqx++)
Did the person in the original tweet think that was a gotcha?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:20 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 06:14 PM (1wjle)
Just setting the narrative for the Netflix movie.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 06:21 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:22 PM (aTgV0)
I'm thinking she caught him doing it and stopped it by walking in which is all she could do at the time. Or she could have just murdered him too, but the article as written doesn't make sense.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 03, 2026 06:22 PM (n5tGW)
They may be violent and horny but the Brazilians can come up with some excellent place names; Porto Alegre (Joyful Port) Rio de Janeiro (River of January - the month the Portuguese discovered the area).
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 06:23 PM (6ydKt)
Southerners in the Mist
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 06:24 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Tom Cullen, future NY Times Editorial Board member at April 03, 2026 06:11 PM (skR0U)
That's a sick "The Stand" callback! Well done!
Posted by: Denny Crane - K I N G That Spells Retard! at April 03, 2026 06:25 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:25 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Billy Jeff, Shrimp Dick Guy at April 03, 2026 06:25 PM (jRlwL)
Just stumbled across this post from a Big Dummy:
https://is.gd/vybwaU
She looked at the (upside down) picture of earth from Artemis, and saw the Sahara. She thought the brown color was due to all the human caused environmental damage.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 06:25 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Max Power at April 03, 2026 06:14 PM (q177U)
That's just like, your opinion, man.
Posted by: The Reavers at April 03, 2026 06:26 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: Vendette at April 03, 2026 06:27 PM (ABYRG)
Around you fuck. Find out you will.
Posted by: Maj. Yoda at April 03, 2026 06:28 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 03, 2026 06:28 PM (xcxpd)
There's a sentence you don't see often outside of Grindr.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 06:28 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:28 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:29 PM (bss/y)
There's a sentence you don't see often outside of Grindr.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 06:28 PM (6ydKt)
When did garret tell ace this?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:29 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 06:30 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 06:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2026 06:30 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD"
But the thing is...we have class.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:30 PM (aTgV0)
Acquitted.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 06:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:30 PM (aTgV0)
Grass, Class or Ass- no one rides for free!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:31 PM (bss/y)
You gave up on fighting the diet I see.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 06:31 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:25 PM (aTgV0)
Danger?
Posted by: Aetius451AD"
Oh, when have I ever gotten anything right?
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:32 PM (aTgV0)
Literally every Dem presidential candidate's wife of the past 25 years is a mental case, and I'm including Doug Emhoff there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 06:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: JackStraw
Which means he'll absolutely run for President. It will be epic!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 03, 2026 06:33 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:32 PM (aTgV0)
I was asking because evil sounded like too much.
'No sir, young lady, you may NOT sleep with Lucifer as long as you live under my roof!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:33 PM (bss/y)
Gavin is every bit the douchebag he appears, and has been for a very long time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 06:33 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)
Boston is far and away the most racist town I've ever experienced. Full stop. It's almost like the black population doesn't even coexist with the utterly disgusting snooty white people that live there.
Posted by: Defenestratus
Something like 29 years ago I happened to be living in Savannah. In those days they had newspapers printed on dead tree. And local staff writing articles of local interest. One of the staffers wrote a political op/ed on racism in the south, as perceived by new englanders. This writer happened t be a black guy, who happened to be from the NE. Before I get to the onion on the belt, he said they are far more racist in the NE than down south.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 06:34 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Major Healey at April 03, 2026 06:34 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:34 PM (aTgV0)
Boston is far and away the most racist town I've ever experienced. Full stop. It's almost like the black population doesn't even coexist with the utterly disgusting snooty white people that live there.
Posted by: Defenestratus at April 03, 2026 06:15 PM (WYStd)
I've walked through French Quarter and a HUGE crowd of Grambling and Southern football fans after the Bayou Classic, lots of alcohol and and nary a cross word.
we
Posted by: Eromero at April 03, 2026 06:34 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD"
But the thing is...we have class.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:30 PM (aTgV0)
---
* sniff *
High functioning sociopaths, thank you very much...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 06:35 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: t-bird at April 03, 2026 06:35 PM (f4oEt)
And here all y'all solemnly assured me that NATO stood for New Amsterdam Treaty Organization.
Oh, ha, ha, ha! Aren't you the funny ones?
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 06:35 PM (xG4kz)
From wiki:
A young woman, Erin, breaks up with her boyfriend, Billy, after kissing their mutual friend Kevin and deciding to pursue a relationship with him. Enraged, Billy bludgeons Erin to death and conceals the crime. Some time later, college student Laurel starts a relationship with Billy, who has assumed Kevin's identity. He becomes overly attached, but she is drawn to his intense affection; when he behaves inappropriately, she accepts his apologetic romantic gestures. After meeting Laurel's mother Jessica, Billy becomes increasingly more aggressive and jealous. He convinces Laurel to cut and bleach her hair, both to incense Jessica and to make Laurel resemble Erin. Jessica suspects "Kevin" is not who he claims to be.
To protect his assumed identity, Billy murders Kevin, who had been out of town. He convinces Laurel to live with him in an isolated cabin with no telephone. After she discovers he is not arranging installation of a phone line as he had claimed, she confronts him and decides to move out. He drugs and abducts her, driving her car to her family's cabin.
Me: Dear Lord. This was a TV movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:36 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 06:20 PM (Cqx++)
From the context it ISN"T Erika Kirk and her team at TPUSA whooping it up after Charlie's assassination, but instead the people claiming that the picture is proof that Erika Kirk is at best heartless and at worst complicit.
Which, as we all know, is unthinkable.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 06:36 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Major Healey at April 03, 2026 06:37 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 06:35 PM (ESVrU)
Nice Sherlock ref.
'You're not traumatized by your time on the battlefield, Mr Watson.'
'You miss it.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:37 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 06:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 06:39 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
All newcomers need to be directed to the Art Threads comments 1 to 100 and the Book Threads.
Just lock them in there.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 06:39 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 03, 2026 06:39 PM (bXbFr)
You know, someone who stumbled on this site could be forgiven for thinking we are a bunch of psychopaths.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
More's the pity... for them.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 06:39 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 06:39 PM (aTgV0)
After all, who can challenge us with their navies?
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 03, 2026 06:39 PM (cBW38)
Posted by: Major Healey at April 03, 2026 06:37 PM (abIsI)
It's an open field. We'd probably be better served listing the 3 Democrats who run - assuming there are that many.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:39 PM (ExV1e)
Apparently women are into the strong, silent, sociopath type.
At least on film anyhow.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 06:41 PM (6ydKt)
After all, who can challenge us with their navies?
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 03, 2026 06:39 PM (cBW3
I say we just get the New Jersey out of museum dock and shell the NYT. How long do you think they would hold out?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:41 PM (bss/y)
All newcomers need to be directed to the Art Threads comments 1 to 100 and the Book Threads.
Sure --
Boobs!
Sniper!
Doggies!
Happy little trees!
Pants!
Real safe spaces, those are!
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 06:42 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 06:36 PM (rbvCR)
But plenty of people seem to be thinking it...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:43 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Major Healey at April 03, 2026 06:37 PM (abIsI
He was on 'The View' this week.
I haven't finished my erotic fan fiction short story about his visit yet. It's difficult to write hot erotica with so many naked bodies that just flows.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 06:43 PM (Sco7b)
Apparently women are into the strong, silent, sociopath type.
At least on film anyhow.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 06:41 PM (6ydKt)
Based on literary sales, they all get moist for mythical monsters.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:44 PM (ExV1e)
Now, I say he did it past tense. But mom came up with a present tense story b/c saying you cold-bloodedly killed the rapist after the crime doesn't always get you off...but "saving the life of another" would, since you are always allowed to come to the aid of another.
I'm sure the jury was convinced of those facts, and thus didn't ultimately care what story mom came up with - they saw a dude who had it coming and deserved all he got.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 06:44 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:41 PM (bss/y)
Approximately 1 round.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:44 PM (ExV1e)
Rahm "The Dancer" Emanuel is going to run in 2028.
Posted by: Major Healey
Can he do the Moonwalk?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 06:45 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Major Healey at April 03, 2026 06:37 PM (abIsI)
That's; Tiny Dancer
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2026 06:45 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Chuck C at April 03, 2026 06:48 PM (D0HYP)
It's difficult to write hot erotica with so many naked bodies that just flows
Well, flabalanches are a top tier horror to witness, much less visualize, for many folks.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 06:48 PM (xG4kz)
What is a cis woman again? Is that a real woman or something else?
Posted by: DanMan at April 03, 2026 06:48 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 06:49 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 06:49 PM (Ia/+0)
She wrote to Gavin on City letterhead to plea for leniency for her incarcerated brother.
She is crystal clean and pure and no sir not one of those dollars wound up in her hands.
/s
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 06:49 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 06:50 PM (vFG9F)
Smarmy bastards are avoiding me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 06:49 PM (A5RD0)
Any otter?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:50 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 06:51 PM (XV/Pl)
https://is.gd/vybwaU
She looked at the (upside down) picture of earth from Artemis, and saw the Sahara. She thought the brown color was due to all the human caused environmental damage.
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She is a geologist?!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 06:51 PM (/lPRQ)
A good week's work Ace!
Sad about the Masterbaitin' Pete banning, but we still have Sid and the Disinterested FDA fella. You are merciful.
The only question left for me is Ardbeg or Laphroig Cask Strength on the back porch for sunset.
Being a religious holiday, I might have to go biblical and split that baby in half.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 06:53 PM (Y8DZL)
Smarmy bastards are avoiding me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 06:49 PM
The nerve!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 06:54 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Chuck C at April 03, 2026 06:48 PM (D0HYP)
Please join the NAAIAP...The National Association For The Advancement Of Illegal Alien People.
Donate today!
Posted by: The Democrat Party at April 03, 2026 06:54 PM (jRlwL)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 03, 2026 06:56 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 03, 2026 06:56 PM (f1kZG)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 03, 2026 06:56 PM (f1kZG)
It's weird, I keep not hearing of these guys until they decide to defect and start screaming at us.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:57 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVsD)
Literally every Dem presidential candidate's wife of the past 25 years is a mental case, and I'm including Doug Emhoff there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Because they are not the 'actual' they feel free to speak their minds. You can be assured their spouses feel the same way but have to talk around what they really think.
Now, about those high ranking mandarin deep statist couples in DC... same.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 06:58 PM (/lPRQ)
Wait...what? Oh my. Also claims to be a #ITConsultant, #CryptoTrader, #Environmentalist as well. And, she claims to be from Nigeria.
This geologist doesn't recognize her own damned continent.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 06:58 PM (w6EFb)
So like one of them will brand Newsom (for example) as "mean" or something like that. But Democrats think "mean" sells now especially in a supposedly manly man they can keep the ladies moist for. I'm just spitballing, there's a few ways it could really go, and even predicting the shape is hard.
But my theory is if they're all being loud and obnoxious to each other, Vance or Trump attacks on them aren't gonna easily land. Or so the DNC will believe.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 06:59 PM (vE0+H)
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2026 06:59 PM (Pu/zx)
Bing AI:
The Sahara was not always a desert. During the African Humid Period, approximately 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, the region was lush, with grasslands, woodlands, lakes, and rivers, supporting diverse wildlife and human populations. This “Green Sahara” gradually transformed into the arid desert we know today, with the transition beginning around 8,000 years ago and reaching its hyper-arid state roughly 5,500 years ago.
Me: I feel like this is complete bullshit. You are picking a date just about a bit before recorded history started.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 07:00 PM (bss/y)
I'm sure Bobby "The Brain" DeNiro will protest this use of corporate-governmental power to squelch black men's rights.
Hell no. I'm pretty sure he thinks that the more black men on unemployment or incarcerated, the better. It means more black women for him to stick his dick into. He's notorious for having an insatiable case of jungle fever.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2026 07:01 PM (y9nCu)
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2026 06:59 PM (Pu/zx)
Which is why the whole 'Jews killed Christ!' thing is such... bullshit. Who killed Christ? WE ALL did. We made it necessary.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 07:02 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 03, 2026 07:04 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 07:02 PM (bss/y)
====
Blaming someone else is human nature. It's why my marriage has lasted so long.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 07:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
This morning I saw two harbor seals and an evil
River otter. And lots of ducks. Buffleheads, merganzers and puffins too!
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 07:04 PM (A5RD0)
IOW, they are self-absorbed assholes who air their dirty laundry in public and expect to be rewarded for that.
Buncha twats, doncha think?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 03, 2026 07:05 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 07:04 PM (RIvkX)
Heh.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 07:06 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 07:06 PM (ZxPkt)
To be fair, being that stupid does mean life takes a bit more effort.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 03, 2026 07:06 PM (DwqWV)
That's true. Green Sahara is about a 21,000 year cycle driven by precession of the equinoxes, perihelion walking around the seasons. When perihelion gets in nothern hemisphere summer, it tips it back wet and green again. The mechanism is not completely understood, but it has to do with the African monsoon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 07:07 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 07:07 PM (RIvkX)
That's true. Green Sahara is about a 21,000 year cycle driven by precession of the equinoxes, perihelion walking around the seasons. When perihelion gets in nothern hemisphere summer, it tips it back wet and green again. The mechanism is not completely understood, but it has to do with the African monsoon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Might there be a glacial cycle in there too?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 07:08 PM (/lPRQ)
Pritzker grew up in Atherton, California, one of the richest towns in the United States.
The cops in Atherton had a reputation for not arresting residents for DWI, but rather driving the inebriated resident home.
To this day, Atherton refuses to allow the construction of apartment buildings, because they are so déclassé.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 03, 2026 07:09 PM (n1OCj)
Smarmy bastards are avoiding me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 06:49 PM
The nerve!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 06:54 PM (Wnv9h)
C'mon up if you want to see whales. We will go to Resurrection Bay. Plenty of whales, orcas, puffins, murres, sea lions, sea otters, and loads of jellyfish.
I saw a bumper sticker today that said I'd rather be jellyfishing. I have no idea what that means, but more power to her, I guess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 03, 2026 07:10 PM (DwqWV)
Once San Francisco's most powerful civil rights watchdog, Sheryl Davis continued her spectacular fall on Monday when she surrendered to authorities to face accusations that she misappropriated funds and engaged in "pervasive" self-dealing while leading a landmark initiative meant to benefit the city's Black community.
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Her predictable fall.
This happens a lot.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 03, 2026 07:10 PM (azNOR)
I don't have a swimming pool. But if I did.
There used to be a weekly column called News of the Weird and the collator called one of the categories "Unclear on the Concept". Always loved that.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 07:11 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 07:06 PM (ZxPkt)
I have always thought so.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 03, 2026 07:11 PM (DwqWV)
Trip to Walmart?
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 06:50 PM (vFG9F)
***golf clap***
Comment of the Week material, right there 😂
Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 03, 2026 07:11 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 03, 2026 07:10 PM (DwqWV)
Yeah I'm gonna do myself a favor and not look that one up.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 07:11 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 07:11 PM (RIvkX)
The Sahara was not always a desert. During the African Humid Period, approximately 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, the region was lush, with grasslands, woodlands, lakes, and rivers, supporting diverse wildlife and human populations. This “Green Sahara” gradually transformed into the arid desert we know today, with the transition beginning around 8,000 years ago and reaching its hyper-arid state roughly 5,500 years ago.
Me: I feel like this is complete bullshit. You are picking a date just about a bit before recorded history started.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 07:00 PM (bss/y)
Possibly legit. the timeframe listed starts around the end of the most recent ice age so it probably has to do with climactic changes associated with that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 07:12 PM (ExV1e)
Although most prehistorians who have studied the Predynastic agree that a startling increase in rainfall took place in Upper Egypt between 7000 and 2500 BC, they are not unanimous about where it came from, how consistent it was, or at what time of the year it would have fallen.
...
Regardless of how we reconstruct the subsistence economy and divisions of labor that were used by Predynastic peoples to take advantage of their complex environment, it seems apparent that they were scattered widely from the banks of the Nile out into the hills of the Western Desert, exploiting a variety of ecological niches with a variety of different subsistence techniques and modes of social organization.
pg 162-163. Egypt Before the Pharoahs/ Michael A. Hoffman. First published in 1979. 1993 Barnes & Noble edition.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 07:13 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 07:14 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 07:02 PM (bss/y)
Further, from a Judeo-Christian perspective, if all the Jews had risen up to prevent the Crucifixion, they would be defying the Father and preventing Christ from fulfilling his Earthly mission.
The Christ-killer stuff is just about the stupidest thing imaginable. "Oh, they allowed Christ to redeem me. Those dastardly Jews."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 07:15 PM (ExV1e)
Bing AI:
The Sahara was not always a desert. During the African Humid Period, approximately 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, the region was lush, with grasslands, woodlands, lakes, and rivers, supporting diverse wildlife and human populations. This “Green Sahara” gradually transformed into the arid desert we know today, with the transition beginning around 8,000 years ago and reaching its hyper-arid state roughly 5,500 years ago.
Me: I feel like this is complete bullshit. You are picking a date just about a bit before recorded history started.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 07:00 PM (bss/y)
Yeah. Every time I hear the Green Sahara claim I think to myself, OK, then where did the gazillions of tons of sand come from? Were there plants, now extinct, that grew in sand? Methinks this claim is about green, wet areas near the coast and the Nile, that extended inland maybe fifty miles more than today, and the savanna belt extended a bit farther north. But the 'experts' seem to want everyone to believe the entire Sahara area was a lush garden from the Mediterranean to Timbuktu and Khartoum, five-to-ten thousand years ago.
Posted by: Gref at April 03, 2026 07:15 PM (5rh/l)
But meanwhile they are fucking all leftard automatons who will run the country into the ground and loot the proceeds in the same exact way.
I wonder if ChatGPT gave them this idea.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 07:16 PM (vE0+H)
I think it was an excuse used during the European pogroms. Still and asinine take.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 07:16 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 03, 2026 07:17 PM (gQ15S)
Just looking some of the high spots of the Green Sahara cycle. They think there've been about 230 Green Sahara cycles in the last 8 million years. That's still a twinkling of the eye in geologic time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 07:18 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 07:19 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Delurker at April 03, 2026 07:20 PM (gtcuf)
Wasn't Upper Egypt populated by refugees from Nabta Playa when the Sahara dried up?
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at April 03, 2026 07:26 PM (IQhz0)
Posted by: Gref at April 03, 2026 07:15 PM (5rh/l)
There are places in the US that are very sandy, and if the rains went away they would be come quite sandy deserts.
one of the alternate ways of looking at the questions is "If that area was rainy and green once upon a time, would people have lived in it and left traces, and would the rain run off to make lakes and river systems" and then look to see if such things have been found.
Try looking up "paleorivers" and "sahara" for example, or "hunters and gatherers" and "sahara" to see what is found online from the journals
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 07:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Fritzy at April 03, 2026 07:45 PM (2GIh1)
Whitey.
Posted by: Zombie Gil Scott Heron, Racist at April 03, 2026 07:46 PM (jRlwL)
She is a geologist?!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Allegedly, but she has bigger concerns -- two, in fact -- that divert her stunning intellect from such "deep thoughts".
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 08:12 PM (xG4kz)
Yeah, my experience as well. Also total assholes. But the blacks there aren't any better.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 03, 2026 08:46 PM (XMwZJ)
The law suit settlement from this should be worth something north of a $100 million. I am going to off the rails here and assume that it is wildly illegal to shitcan somebody because for simply stating he isn't a fan of homo sex.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 03, 2026 09:34 PM (CUA6T)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 07:02 PM (bss/y)
I don't follow. It was necessary has a corollary: it was necessary for someone to do it.
It also is fairly ahistorical. Assigning blame to the Jews has a textual basis (Matt 27:25) that was recognized to stand for that proposition for a long time. Saint Augustine, for example.
I prefer our more contemporary rapprochement with the Jews myself. But I don't think the preceding view was dumb or inexplicable.
I think Christians have largely lost their fire and are embarrassed by a lot of their past. It's a lot like the story of the modern West in general.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 03, 2026 11:31 PM (lesDH)
Is This Something?
Before that: Iran began launching missiles at the area of the crash in order to kill the pilots and any special forces sent to retrieve them.
They also shot small arms fire at search and rescue helicopters. There is a claim that the second pilot was found and flown back to a base in Iraq. I have searched for someone apart from this one rando account claiming this, and have found nothing. So I wouldn't believe it.Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis WatchThis is the kind of news which, if true, would be shouted from all five corners of the Pentagon. I wouldn't even post this but it's being retweeted and I figure everyone will hear about it. If you see an official source confirming this, please let me know.
@BabakTaghvaee1
BREAKING: According to CENTCOM, the second U.S. Air Force CSAR team sent into Iran to rescue the crew of the downed F-15E of the 494th Fighter Squadron has successfully located and rescued the second crew member. He ejected, survived the crash, and is now safe in Iraq. This is good news for the 48th Fighter Wing community at RAF Lakenheath--both crew members of the downed F-15E are now safe. Also, the crew members of the second HH-60W helicopter involved in the rescue operation of the second crew member, which was shot upon by means of MANPADS, are also safe.
BREAKING: According to CENTCOM, the second U.S. Air Force CSAR team sent into Iran to rescue the crew of the downed F-15E of the 494th Fighter Squadron has successfully located and rescued the second crew member.
— Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) April 3, 2026
He ejected, survived the crash, and is now safe in Iraq.
This is… pic.twitter.com/BdpsMYA3fl
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 03, 2026 04:56 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 03, 2026 04:57 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2026 04:57 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2026 04:58 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2026 04:59 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 03, 2026 04:59 PM (CHHv1)
Scissors. Heh.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 05:03 PM (IifOV)
Seriously, when Hathaway was doing her overly dramatic line there, I was waiting for the kid to do some SNL punchline in their "surprise! it's a comedy" fashion.
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 05:04 PM (dIske)
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Do you mean "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski?
That's about a house that turns out to be an eldritch location.
"House of Blue Leaves" is a play about a zookeeper who wants to make it big in Hollywood as a songwriter.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:04 PM (ESVrU)
Trump needs to bomb all Goat Farms which will end the war within 24 hours !!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 03, 2026 05:04 PM (38587)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 05:05 PM (4NO2D)
Sound judgement. She's a monster in real life.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 05:05 PM (Y8DZL)
Dems want to Impeach President Trump. When you only have a hammer.....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:05 PM (Sco7b)
*takes notes*
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)
In fact, Season Two of "Channel Zero" involves a living dimension that consumes those who enter it via a surreal haunted house of sorts.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:06 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 03, 2026 05:07 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: banana Dream - say that three times fast at April 03, 2026 05:07 PM (3uBP9)
oh yeah I meant that. BTW, I originally wrote "House of Leaves" and then thought, "I got that wrong, it's house of BLUE Leaves."
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:07 PM (1wjle)
Did read another would be Jihadist was shot and killed after crashing into a patrol car then pulling a knife on the officer.
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 05:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 03, 2026 04:57 PM (0N4FZ)
You didn't come here for the acting
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2026 05:08 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:09 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2026 04
I might like to be at the bar. Instead I'm home recovering after a Good Friday service.
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 05:09 PM (ZeH0U)
and them putting Weinstein in that trailer gave me a chuckle.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 03, 2026 05:09 PM (n5tGW)
"House of Blue Leaves" is a play about a zookeeper who wants to make it big in Hollywood as a songwriter...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:04 PM (ESVrU)
...but is foiled when the studio execs realize his skills are better suited to keeping the """talent""" from escaping their kennels, darting them with thorazine when they get spooked by loud noises, tazing them when they bite, and so on.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 05:09 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 05:09 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:11 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:07 PM (1wjle)
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The Wikipedia page for "House of Blue Leaves" even has a disclaimer at the top:
"Not to be confused with House of Leaves."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:11 PM (ESVrU)
Charlize is a beautiful creature and a fine actress. But if it's going to emphasize the girlboss business, I'll pass (when it comes out on DVD, if it does).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:11 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: a.moron at April 03, 2026 05:12 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 05:12 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 03, 2026 05:12 PM (n5tGW)
A full-length trailer from Backrooms.
Finally!
We have a safe place to stick all illegal aliens and we don't even have to deport them!
This is great news.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 03, 2026 05:12 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03
There is something very classic about her looks, and she is aging very well. With help, but I don’t have qualms about that when done well.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: banana Dream - say that three times fast at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: a.moron at April 03, 2026 05:12 PM (X5Jzz)
I honestly do not remember enough of him to know. I just knew the name.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (bss/y)
Harvey Weinstein as the lead "looker" was hilarious
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (xG4kz)
… none of those somethings look like anything. Zero interest in all of them. If the trailer is stupid and boring, what does that make the movie?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (jB7fc)
Posted by: Rob Reiner IN HELL at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (Vb3xW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 05:09 PM (bss/y)
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Regardless of the sophomoric comments this will solicit, I'd like to point out that Anne Hathaway has, perhaps, the biggest mouth in film. (not a reference to what she says, but the physical size of her mouth. It's humungous.
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 05:14 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (1wjle)
Are you having a stroke? Do you smell toast?
The End of Oak street has anne hathaway... as the mom.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 05:14 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:14 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 05:14 PM (vFG9F)
I don't want to say I set him off, but you make one innocent reference to Iran becoming glass and things escalate....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:15 PM (Sco7b)
Not to be a downer on a Friday heading into a holiday weekend but …
… none of those somethings look like anything. Zero interest in all of them. If the trailer is stupid and boring, what does that make the movie?
Posted by: Elric the Blade
Vapid and pointless
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:15 PM (xG4kz)
See, men can be nice.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:15 PM (1wjle)
I mean, i know exactly why. I'm just lamenting my poor decisions.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:16 PM (VR4+k)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:14 PM (1wjle
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Bruh.
No need to brag about your sex tapes.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:16 PM (hAotW)
How was the lecture and lunch?
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 05:16 PM (lQ+/f)
House of Leaves is the 2000 Danielewski novel including with looping self referential off-tangent nested plots. And a house where any dimension is not a function of any other dimension. Hallways can go for miles, rooms are bigger than the room or house that contains them, etc...
Posted by: banana Dream - say that three times fast at April 03, 2026 05:16 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (gKWVE)
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That trailer was lame.
Looks like a street was somehow teleported in time/space to when dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
Land of the Lost (television) probably did it better.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:17 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (gKWVE)
So.... the twist is that Oak Street is actually Oak Circle, and all the mailbox numbers are out of order?
Spooky.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:17 PM (VR4+k)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026
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I'm home recovering from my exposure to Western paternalism and imperialism toward Korean orphans, as "explained" by an anti-American professor. There was a free lunch -- shrimp or chicken po-boys, plus french fries; and she was surprisingly attractive. I mean, I was expecting some middle-aged battleaxe with close-cropped silver hair; but she was youngish, slim, and well-spoken, with long black hair and wearing a nice black dress and high heels (!).
She herself, she mentioned, was a Korean adoptee. Instead of being grateful to her adopted country for all the advantages she's had, she complains about American soldiers creating a Korean adoption "industry." Oh, well, the drive there and back was pleasant and the food was, did I mention it was free?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:17 PM (wzUl9)
Pretty funny.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 05:17 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:17 PM (ESVrU)
___________________
Jerk!!! Now I have that Theme song in my brain.
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (dIske)
U.S. Central Command (centcom dot mil) hasn't put out a public release since March 31st.
>Al Jazeera has the following, 1st posted 3 hours ago:
WATCH: What we know about the US fighter jet shot down in Iran.
It's roughly a minute and a half in length. The message of the news anchor chilled my blood.
Also, 1 hour ago - 'US media says 2 US helicopters involved in rescue mission were hit'
The US media is now reporting a US official as saying that two US helicopters involved in search-and-rescue operations for the downed pilots were hit by Iranian fire.
It has many more "developments" posted, one of which is one of the two helicopters, above, has also been downed.
As always, hard to say what's real.
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Lastly, it has also reported today: News
Drone strike on Sudan hospital kills 10, medical charity MSF says
Two strikes on Al Jabalain Hospital in White Nile State hit an operating theatre and a maternity ward, MSF says.
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (NFX2v)
Regardless of the sophomoric comments this will solicit, I'd like to point out that Anne Hathaway has, perhaps, the biggest mouth in film. (not a reference to what she says, but the physical size of her mouth. It's humungous.
Posted by: Orson
Kyra Sedgewick and Julia Roberts are no slouches in the Wide Mouth department, either.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (nZNS1)
I mean, i know exactly why. I'm just lamenting my poor decisions.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:16 PM (VR4+k)
Just finish your RC Cola and be happy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: banana Dream
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Hmm. 'Behind the Door', vs.'Behind the Green Door'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (gKWVE
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Produced by him, not written or directed.
It's made by the guy who made It Follows. I'm looking forward to it.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (hAotW)
The Lonely Island guys are somehow involved in this husband-and-wife-try-to-murder-each-other comedy
This is a remake of another Netflix foreign movie. (Quality Guarranteed!).
This is one where almost certainly you can get your fill of comedy anal rape.
In the furren flick, it was just (mostly) a threat to control the husband character by the criminals. From the reviews, I gather they go ahead and rape the husband in the remake.
Does this mean we're going to get a comedy remake of "The Accused" next year?
Posted by: naturalfake at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (iJfKG)
I mean, i know exactly why. I'm just lamenting my poor decisions.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:16 PM (VR4+k)
Could you eat a second moon pie after you eat the cheesy crackers?
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (fNISR)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:15 PM (Sco7b)
Piper's comment also put a bur in his britches, I think.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (xG4kz)
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You aren't kidding. If you put those three in a room, dig up Monty Hall....we could do a reboot of "Let's make a Deal."
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (dIske)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (3uBP9)
Thanks. I'm glad she was attractive and the lunch was free. Did Miss Linda have any comments on the talk?
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 05:20 PM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 05:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (Y1sOo
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Dude can't move on from Iraq, and he just wanted to make sure everyone knew, in no uncertain terms, that he was incapable of taking in new information or moving on.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:21 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (3uBP9)
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Have his book, and I *want* to read it, but it takes serious effort because it's not written like normal novels.
There's heavy meta-elements to the story in the way the book is laid out and designed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:21 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 05:22 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 03, 2026 05:22 PM (38587)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:17 PM (ESVrU)
Wasn’t there a TV show recently where people got transported back to the dinosaur age?
‘La Brea’ or something?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)
They also shot small arms fire at search and rescue helicopters.
Seeing as I'm an experienced 29 year old I remember when a claim was raised that Bush 41 shot at Japanese in a life boat during WWII, and the left at the time argued that any attack on people in this sort of survivor situation was a serious war crime.
Why do I expect they will give Iran a pass here?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 05:22 PM (sKqQm)
Dude can't move on from Iraq, and he just wanted to make sure everyone knew, in no uncertain terms, that he was incapable of taking in new information or moving on.
Posted by: TJM's phone
Don't neglect his "23 years (a slave to AoSHQ)!" schtick.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:22 PM (xG4kz)
They’re shooting blanks.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
......
Squirt guns.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 05:22 PM (UjdFS)
The End of Oak street has anne hathaway... as the mom.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026
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Mmmm . . . toast . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:22 PM (wzUl9)
I mean, i know exactly why. I'm just lamenting my poor decisions.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:16 PM (VR4+k)
Could you eat a second moon pie after you eat the cheesy crackers?
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (fNISR)
... in celebration of the Artemis II mission.
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:23 PM (fNISR)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (Y1sOo)
I'll happily be teamed up with Piper.
Now onto more important Horde business, I asked Grok this. I'll bring back the response next.
Hi Grok. It says 'Ask anything.' Which american actresses have the largest mouths physically...measurement wise?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 03, 2026 05:24 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (gKWVE
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Produced by him, not written or directed.
It's made by the guy who made It Follows. I'm looking forward to it.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (hAotW)
Meesa good at fcuking things up no matter how is involved!!!
Posted by: JJ Binks at April 03, 2026 05:24 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Boss of the Monsters at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026
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Not too much. She was just glad I behaved myself while in darkest East Berlin until we got back to the American Sector.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)
I thought his shtick was mostly harmless but also he clearly ate crayons for the taste.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 05:04 PM (dIske)
I was expecting the whole neighborhood to be Republicans. And then it would turn into some purge-like movie about poor migrants.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: JJ Binks at April 03, 2026 05:24 PM (ULPxl)
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There's a reason Nerdrotic calls your studio "Bad REBOOT."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (ESVrU)
Reading it reminded me of back when I read all the Illuminatus books to see where that was all going. Similar level of satisfaction obtained at the end of that experience.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (3uBP9)
Yep, it’s been a Scotch kind of day.
It’s at a minimum, a three double night.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (XV/Pl)
Why oh why did i eat my moon pie before my cheesy crackers?
I mean, i know exactly why. I'm just lamenting my poor decisions.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:16 PM (VR4+k)
Could you eat a second moon pie after you eat the cheesy crackers?
Posted by: m
This is starting to sound like "Boondocks" and the Luther Burger:
The Luther Burger, featured in "The Boondocks," is a hamburger made with glazed doughnuts instead of a traditional bun.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:26 PM (xG4kz)
Yep, it’s been a Scotch kind of day.
It’s at a minimum, a three double night.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (XV/
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I call those days the days that end in y.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:26 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 05:26 PM (Y1sOo)
Here are the American actresses most frequently cited for having notably large/wide mouths (often praised for their broad, toothy smiles or full lips that make the mouth appear prominent):
Julia Roberts — Iconic for her huge, wide smile and naturally full lips (often called a "trout mouth" due to the even plumpness with minimal Cupid's bow). She's repeatedly topped or heavily featured in fan lists and articles about "actresses with large mouths." Her grin is one of the most recognizable in Hollywood for its breadth.
Angelina Jolie — Known for her full, sensual lips and wide mouth. She's a staple in "best/sexiest lips" rankings and is often compared directly to Julia Roberts for mouth prominence.
Other American actresses commonly mentioned in "large mouths" or "broad smiles" contexts include:
Cameron Diaz (wide, bright smile)
Anne Hathaway (broad, full-lipped smile)
Eva Mendes (frequently listed for large mouth features)
Scarlett Johansson (voluptuous lips contributing to a prominent mouth)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:26 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Boss of the Monsters at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
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You should see the weird stuff that shows up on Mulberry Street!
Posted by: Dr. Seuss at April 03, 2026 05:26 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:26 PM (xG4kz)
yum
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:27 PM (fNISR)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (nZNS1)
Mary, you need therapy immediately because your Brain is a pound of mush like Blo Jiden !!
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 03, 2026 05:27 PM (cAEZx)
The dirty secret about those adoptions is that a lot of the adoptees were fathered on the Koreans by US soldiers. The Koreans used the adoption industry - it was an industry - to flush the foreign genes out of their race.
The North Koreans are more overtly nativist, maybe, but they're all Koreans, coming right off a foreign occupation.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:23 PM (Sco7b)
ChatGPT: "That's a great question, you're really on the right track..."
Copilot: "Here's a powershell script to analyze images for relative volume based on..."
Grok: "... the f*ck's wrong with you, man? I don't know, here's some links to tit pics, have fun i guess. "
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:27 PM (VR4+k)
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:27 PM (fNISR)
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:18 PM (xG4kz)
Amateurs
Posted by: Carly Simon at April 03, 2026 05:27 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 05:27 PM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:22 PM (xG4kz)
The first 20 years is the hardest...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 05:28 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 05:28 PM (OoFl2)
I kinda liked Under the Silver Lake. Have other readers seen it? I can't completely recommend it because it is too indulgent. But if you like offbeat noirs, like Pychon's Crying of Lot 49 or the one with Joachim Phoenix about the pothead detective in California, you may like it. It's basically just a pastiche of Pynchon. But... good? Kinda?
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: fourseasons at April 03, 2026 05:29 PM (3ek7K)
There's heavy meta-elements to the story in the way the book is laid out and designed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:21 PM (ESVrU)
There are parts of the book that I strongly feel are not meant to be read, just looked at, scanned to evoke a feeling, like "wow, that's a lot of stuff right there boy howdy". But not to read. Random text just thrown up. I think I read it all quickly, about 2-3 days and did spend time looking through the weird stuff. But I don't think it added anything. You'll know when you get to those areas.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (3uBP9)
>> I call those days the days that end in y.
I typically have Gimlets, which you can dial up or dial down depending on your mood.
Can’t really do much with Scotch other than control you intake.
And the way I’m feeling, it’s going to be a long and short night.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (XV/Pl)
Don’t believe everything you hear. There is lots of disinformation coming from Iranian, Chinese, Russian and other hostile sources.
Watch the next 24 hours.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (Py+sj)
Sunday will have Ben-Hur and The Robe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9)
Hallways can go for miles, rooms are bigger than the room or house that contains them, etc...
Posted by: banana Dream
The house that Jack built.
https://youtu.be/4Cjr_igJIe0
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (Cqx++)
I kinda liked Under the Silver Lake. Have other readers seen it? I can't completely recommend it because it is too indulgent. But if you like offbeat noirs, like Pychon's Crying of Lot 49 or the one with Joachim Phoenix about the pothead detective in California, you may like it. It's basically just a pastiche of Pynchon. But... good? Kinda?
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjlyour.
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I couldn't remember the name, but yeah. I first thought of Under the Silver Lake.
I also enjoyed it in much of the same, complex way you did.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:23 PM (Sco7b)
ChatGPT: "That's a great question, you're really on the right track..."
Copilot: "Here's a powershell script to analyze images for relative volume based on..."
Grok: "... the f*ck's wrong with you, man? I don't know, here's some links to tit pics, have fun i guess. "
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:27 PM (VR4+k)
largest mouths
-->
greatest circumference lips
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (fNISR)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (1wjle)
Didn’t Clooney and Nick Cage already do this kind of movie?
Aging actor realizes he’s alienated all his loved ones and now the public has moved on - introspection, within a comedic se!!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 05:14 PM (dIske)
I'm standing right here. -- Julia Roberts
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (ExV1e)
Sunday will have Ben-Hur and The Robe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9
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Go with the ultimate Easter movie.
The Exorcist.
Not a joke.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:31 PM (hAotW)
To be a Toilet Hobo
It seemed
His reach exceeded his grasp
Took it in the asp
Amish Dude is alive in his dream
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 05:31 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 05:31 PM (NFX2v)
The Philippines seem less grouchy about race than some other Asian nations.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:31 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjle)
Inherent Vice (2014)
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:32 PM (fNISR)
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 05:31 PM (NFX2v
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I'm enjoying the Scrubs revival. I have some positive hopes for the Malcolm revival.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:32 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 05:32 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 05:32 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjle)
Inherent Vice (2014)
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:32 PM (fNISR
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Funny.
Better than One Battle After Another.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:32 PM (hAotW)
It's just the right size, for me.
Posted by: James Bond 007 at April 03, 2026 05:33 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 05:34 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: James Bond 007 at April 03, 2026 05:34 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (gKWVE
We read that as "The End of Oak Island".
Whew...
Posted by: Rick and Marty Vagina at April 03, 2026 05:34 PM (jRlwL)
The North Koreans are more overtly nativist, maybe, but they're all Koreans, coming right off a foreign occupation.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026
***
Funny how this prof did not mention any of that, making it sound like it was all poor and unwed mothers being convinced -- and paid -- to hand over their kids. I wanted to point out that it takes two sides to make a deal. The South Koreans could have said "NO" to the American money and worked on creating better native social services, but they didn't. It was not only Westerners who were party to all this.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:34 PM (wzUl9)
Spoiler: The Butler did it.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 05:34 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 05:19 PM (Y1sOo)
Constant kale references will do that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 05:34 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 05:34 PM (V4IXI)
Every damn time I see that name I start humming that Slim Whitman song, Una Poloma Blanca. I brain weird.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 05:35 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 05:35 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 03, 2026 05:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:36 PM (wzUl9)
That's what I call her as well.
https://is.gd/xeGsrT
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 05:36 PM (w6EFb)
At least you got food. And it was Lent-compliant food!
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:37 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 05:37 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 05:37 PM (0aYVJ)
But the good part is this: You know in every detective story, where the detective is working on one case and then another and it turns out the two cases are related? Kiss Kiss Bang Bang calls this trope out explicitly.
Anyway in Inherent Vice, the detective, Joachim Phoenix, is high out of his mind. So he's paranoid. And he receives a new potential client, and starts taking notes about the case. And as the potential client tells his story, it dawns on Phoenix that this case is directly linked to the one he's already on.
And this is the funny part: Because he's high, he starts freaking out with paranoia (justified, I'd say) but also trying to hide it because he's high AF.
This is in many ways the story of JackStraw, the AOSHQ's own White Rabbit.
Posted by: James Bond 007 at April 03, 2026 05:38 PM (1wjle)
Sorry if this was discussed at length yesterday. I took some PTO and went riding.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 03, 2026 05:38 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 05:38 PM (aTgV0)
My best friend gave me a bottle of 15 yo Glenlivet for my birfday. I shall be indulging in a bit of that here soon.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 05:38 PM (ExV1e)
The Exorcist.
Not a joke.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026
***
Aside from the cursing and the green vomit scene, the film is wonderfully creepy with its music and sound effects. And Max von Sydow's priest is a heroic figure.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:39 PM (wzUl9)
>> I thought that Frankie Muniz had gotten some kind of brain damage but I guess not. He's still working says IMDB.
He was on a podcast a while back, his parent did him right with his money, he also got into real estate and bought a number of parking lots in LA, he then sold the for some good money.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 05:39 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026
***
He was racing cars recently, I thought.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:40 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 03, 2026 05:40 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Fred Savage at April 03, 2026 05:40 PM (1wjle)
The frightening thought is, maybe there isn't.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 05:41 PM (3uBP9)
Even as a kid, he put in a solid performance in Parenthood (1989) as Garry Lampkin. In fact, the overall movie was good.
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 05:41 PM (NFX2v)
Maybe I dreamed this.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 05:41 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 03, 2026 05:40 PM (QaH5
I also think she's very hot.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 05:41 PM (V4IXI)
she's not? I don't love her but she is definitely a classic beauty in my book.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:41 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026
***
He was racing cars recently, I thought.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:40 PM (wzUl9
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Apparently his love of racing started with the first season episode where they go see a NASCAR race.
Posted by: TJM's phone at April 03, 2026 05:41 PM (hAotW)
There are some whiskeys which can take a surprising amount of water before the flavor is significantly affected. I don't know of any scotchs off the top of my head which fall into that category but I assume they exist.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 05:42 PM (ExV1e)
a woman once told me she gets hot when men look at her mouth when talking to her. So there's a little tip.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:42 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Fred Savage at April 03, 2026 05:40 PM (1wjle)
Boys, boys....
Posted by: Anthony Michael Hall at April 03, 2026 05:42 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 05:43 PM (V4IXI)
>> I have always found Anne Hathaway to be incredibly sexy. She is not a classic beauty, but there's something about her. Maybe it's that schnozz.
She has all of the components to be overtly sexy, but she doesn’t try to be sexy, and that’s what makes her sexy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 05:43 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:42 PM
Hey! My tits are down here!
Posted by: Woman with large mouth at April 03, 2026 05:43 PM (QH3bc)
is that emmanuel beart from Mission: Impossible (the first one)?
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:43 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:17 PM (wzUl9)
Sheesh, did you tell her she's not chained here and she can return to Korea anytime she wants?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 03, 2026 05:44 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 05:37 PM (0aYVJ)
I like her coffee. Oh! Maybe it's like kopi luwak but just with Amanda instead of a civet. That would take a lot of her time. I'm surprised the coffee is so affordable.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 05:44 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:42 PM (1wjle)
"Mmmmm, this guy is sooooo hard of hearing...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:44 PM (VR4+k)
At least you got food. And it was Lent-compliant food!
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026
***
On top of that, I was extremely surprised at the drive over and back. This is a commute I took for years and years, trying to find a series of roads that were smooth and pleasant to drive on. The city -- who recently repaired a major water line break on the main avenue in that area -- has not only repaired it so you'd never know, they've actually paved it properly. The car was looking over its shoulder at me, saying, "Boss, this is how roads are supposed to be!"
Plus we timed it just right to use the HOV lanes in each direction. Winning!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:44 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:45 PM (1wjle)
I dated one who liked watching me brush my teeth. Not because my breath was otherwise bad (I did have that problem some years before, but then I quit drinking Mountain Dew). She just got hot with the tooth brushing. Why? Ask her not me
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 05:45 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 03, 2026 05:45 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026
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Sheesh, did you tell her she's not chained here and she can return to Korea anytime she wants?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 03, 2026
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Oh, I wanted to. I really did. But I'd promised to behave in a socially acceptable manner.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:45 PM (wzUl9)
Wow. You could do a movie on that but the audience wouldn't believe it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 05:45 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:46 PM (1wjle)
Always happy to see a child star not go crazy.
There is no way that a lot of these kids are not abused in some form or fashion.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 05:46 PM (4KUe5)
I dated one who liked watching me brush my teeth. Not because my breath was otherwise bad (I did have that problem some years before, but then I quit drinking Mountain Dew). She just got hot with the tooth brushing. Why? Ask her not me
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026
***
Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 liked watching me shave.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 03, 2026 05:46 PM (KhAxi)
David French just posted:
Populists ask what conservativism has ever conserved?
Well its about to conserve birthright citizenship!
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 05:46 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 05:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Amanda Peet has purty feet!
Posted by: Chicken-Chokin' Pete at April 03, 2026 05:46 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 03, 2026 05:47 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 05:47 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 05:47 PM (GD0B3)
"Dying is easy..."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:47 PM (VR4+k)
She's attractive, seems intelligent & pleasant, often wears red lipstick, has the good boobs.
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (NFX2v)
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this is awesome
our people are supermen
CNN hardest hit
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Jethro Bodine at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (VR4+k)
Cameron Diaz (wide, bright smile)
Anne Hathaway (broad, full-lipped smile)
Eva Mendes (frequently listed for large mouth features)
Scarlett Johansson (voluptuous lips contributing to a prominent mouth)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:26 PM (Sco7b)
What? No Martha Raye?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (1Ff7Z)
I kinda liked Under the Silver Lake. Have other readers seen it? I can't completely recommend it because it is too indulgent. But if you like offbeat noirs, like Pychon's Crying of Lot 49 or the one with Joachim Phoenix about the pothead detective in California, you may like it. It's basically just a pastiche of Pynchon. But... good? Kinda?
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjle)
I'm a fan of "Under the Silver Lake", but yeah it's tough to recommend because the viewer just has to go along with it or bail.
So yeah, very Pynchonesque.
The ending is what really makes it work. Brilliant writing. Most writers couldn't do that. It also gives the story weight that you wouldn't expect.
The surprising thing was that the lovely and circumspect Mrs naturalfake liked it as well. Didn't love it, but liked it.
The same writer director of "It Follows" wrote and directed "Under the Silver Lake" also is doing the End of Oak Street, so I have high hopes.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Chicken-Chokin' Pete at April 03, 2026
***
Kinda flat. But I've seen worse.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (wzUl9)
Artemis TLI burn was so on the bullseye, the first planned course correction burn will not be needed. So NASA can still aim and hit the x-ring at lunar distance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Luray Caverns at April 03, 2026 05:50 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Jethro Bodine at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (skR0U)
Miss Hathaway>>> Jane Hathaway >>>>> Anne Hathaway
Posted by: Jed Clampett at April 03, 2026 05:50 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 03, 2026 05:50 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:45 PM (1wjle)
She peaked in Scent of a Woman. I was thinking, WHO is that when I saw her
Posted by: Carly Simon at April 03, 2026 05:50 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 05:51 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Luray Caverns at April 03, 2026 05:50 PM (oftw2)
I was in love with her as a small boy
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2026 05:51 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)
And an awesome rack.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 05:51 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 03, 2026 05:50 PM (bXbFr)
Fighting breast cancer, currently.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 05:51 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 05:52 PM (4KUe5)
Except US is probably going to start putting serious security blocks on a lot of those furriners after the fiasco with Microsoft Azure cloud services where ChiComs in China were directly accessing secure US government files. Pixy has a thread earlier from a Microsoft insider about how it happened.
Note the recent FTC ban on Chicom or even foreign made home routers (a possible route for another Salt Typhoon penetration of US telecoms)
...
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)
I work for a big multi-national that supports the Federal government. I remember getting a briefing about the Azure cloud-based depository for government work-product. Even though there was the assurances that "it's gonna be totes secure ... pinky-swear" I remember thinking that it was going to be a data-breach waiting to happen.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 03, 2026 05:52 PM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 05:51 PM (bss/y)
I put the yolks into a gallon ziplock bag to put into the whites. There's always a bit left over and I greatly enjoy eating that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 05:53 PM (4KUe5)
Read the story of a teenaged Meathead, whom Carl Reiner let run around on the set of the Dick Van Dyke show sometimes, grabbing MTM's ass one time. He loved those Capri pants and how they framed that bee-hind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 05:53 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 05:53 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 05:48 PM (w6EFb)
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Yeah, I saw that earlier today. Pretty darned impressive.
Now they are in the arms of Newtonian mechanics....Though they may do an OTC burn down the line and they also have an RTC burn planned on the return trip.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 05:53 PM (ESVrU)
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hello
Julia Roberts
must sleep with a coathanger in her mouth
also Carly Simon
Loretta Swit
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 05:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: only exception was johnny cochran at April 03, 2026 05:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2026 05:51 PM (NtVYv)
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And then Ordinary People where you found out she secretly hated you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 05:54 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway
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when was she a small boy
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 05:55 PM (ZxPkt)
I thought his shtick was mostly harmless but also he clearly ate crayons for the taste.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 05:25 PM (oqH4h)
I thought the expression was 'he ate bananas for the shape.'
Posted by: Nelly at April 03, 2026 05:55 PM (7gpcF)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 05:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:56 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 05:56 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2026 05:51 PM (NtVYv)
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And then Ordinary People where you found out she secretly hated you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 05:54 PM (RIvkX)
"Nope. I'm a totally cold-hearted bitch." is always a weird career move for an entertainer known for being lovable and funny.
Did she ever make another movie after that or was it straight back to TV?
Posted by: naturalfake at April 03, 2026 05:57 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at April 03, 2026 05:57 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 03, 2026 05:57 PM (/QdgR)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 05:57 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 05:57 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 05:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 05:58 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 05:59 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:00 PM (bss/y)
Ranch? /makes gagging noises
The key is having the correct amount of cayenne. The answer is... a lot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 03, 2026 06:01 PM (5dWeS)
At a press conference they got to going on about "non propulsive venting". When they dump stuff (water, pee, CO2) they try to do it in a balanced way so as not to give the spacecraft any kicks. They can't get it exact, but they're impressed with just how non-propulsive they're doing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 06:01 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 06:01 PM (vFG9F)
The key is having the correct amount of cayenne. The answer is... a lot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)
It worked pretty damn well. Made 8. Down to three.
Using a smoked Paprika I picked up. Pretty tasty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:01 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 05:17 PM (wzUl9)
My wife was a Korean orphanage adoptee. She is very happy to have come to the US even with the problems she had, both there and here. I know a number of her "sisters" as well, and some are delightful and others sort of OK, but they all know what they have here as opposed to what they had there. She goes and visits one of the orphanages in S Korea still.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 06:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 06:02 PM (OPK28)
yes.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 06:02 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 06:01 PM (vFG9F)
I saw something that said russia and china were funneling weapons into Iran.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:02 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: a.moron at April 03, 2026 05:12 PM (X5Jzz)
He went full LGF. Never go full LGF.
Posted by: Crotalus Atrox at April 03, 2026 06:02 PM (25QY+)
Akin to being friends with a guy who owns a boat.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 06:03 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 06:01 PM (w6EFb)
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Yep. Watched that earlier today. I didn't know they vented CO2.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 06:03 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 03, 2026 06:03 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)
She is. And always wants to blow shit up. Hilarious character.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 06:04 PM (Y1sOo)
Akin to being friends with a guy who owns a boat.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 03, 2026 06:03 PM (0aYVJ)
They are good. One left. Hungrier than I thought.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:04 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot
When Julia Roberts smiles, you can see her wisdom teeth. That's really not normal.
Posted by: mikeski at April 03, 2026 06:04 PM (VHUov)
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🚨 BREAKING: The White House has called a LID—meaning NO public appearance is expected Trump tonight—following 47 convening his National Security Council at the White House, per @LibbeyDean_
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 06:04 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 06:04 PM (ZxPkt)
Populists ask what conservativism has ever conserved?
Well its about to conserve birthright citizenship!
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It's conservative to ignore plain meaning of constitution and instead follow a policy that is harmful to US citizens solely because that policy has been in place for a few decades.
Count me out of that brand of conservatism.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 03, 2026 06:05 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:02 PM (bss/y)
The hard part would be getting them there. I guess Russia could ship them via the Caspian Sea if Ukraine didn't try to take out their freighters.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:05 PM (ExV1e)
I got interested in that. Rather than disposable cannisters, Orion has some regenerative system. Online scrubbers absorb, then it when it gets full, they rotate and vent. It surprised me they said this is the biggest source of possible unintentional propulsive venting to worry about, more than the pee dumps and such.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 06:05 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026
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If I'd been adopted by a wealthy family who loved me and gave me all the advantages their own biological children would have had? You would not see me trashing them and running down this society, or yearning to adopt the "culture" of my birth mother. My adopted parents would be "my parents," full stop. Oh, I might be curious and want to find out a few things about the original 'rents, but I wouldn't toss aside the people who raised me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 06:06 PM (wzUl9)
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Especially since she had six kids prior to doing the show.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2026 06:06 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 06:07 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 06:07 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)
Oh, and I looked it up last night. Rusty Schweickart, of Apollo 9, did indeed famously say there was nothing so beautiful as a urine dump at sunset.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 06:07 PM (w6EFb)
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🚨 BREAKING: The White House has called a LID—meaning NO public appearance is expected Trump tonight—following 47 convening his National Security Council at the White House, per @LibbeyDean_
Looks Like Trump is getting ready to fully level Iran and just get it over with.
Iran could become the world's largest parking Lot for the First COSTCO in The ME...
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 03, 2026 06:07 PM (JGobS)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 06:08 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 03, 2026 05:57 PM (/QdgR)
We will get the information after this punitive expedition is over, but I wonder if the F-15 and A-10 were shot-down in the same general area? Obviously, the Iranians got a pop-up SAM system, or two, operational.
But, after over 10,000 sorties with over-whelming air superiority, I wouldn't doubt that the flight crews began to get complacent. I suspect that we're busy bombing anything that even looks like a SAM system right now.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 03, 2026 06:08 PM (ksbjf)
There's a name for them: "liminal spaces".
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 06:08 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 03, 2026 06:08 PM (n5tGW)
Also, the Philippine people for the most part are Christian, friendly, and love the USA.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 06:13 PM (Y8DZL)
But she carries around a certain graceful elegance and class that certain actresses have.
Like an Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly type.
I always liked that about all three of them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 06:15 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 06:15 PM (GD0B3)
Just Sayin to President Merkin Muffley and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake.............
A neutron bomb, officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast while minimizing the physical power of the blast itself. The neutron release generated by a nuclear fusion reaction is intentionally allowed to escape the weapon, rather than being absorbed by its other components. The neutron burst, which is used as the primary destructive action of the warhead, is able to penetrate enemy armor and structures more effectively than a conventional warhead, thus making it more lethal as a tactical weapon.
Posted by: General Jack Ripper at April 03, 2026 06:16 PM (JGobS)
248 My wife was a Korean orphanage adoptee. She is very happy to have come to the US even with the problems she had, both there and here. I know a number of her "sisters" as well, and some are delightful and others sort of OK, but they all know what they have here as opposed to what they had there. She goes and visits one of the orphanages in S Korea still.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026
I remember talking about how bad it was for me taking care of of my Quadriplegic Father until my friend talked about stealing food to feed her brother in a South Korean orphanage, reminding me that things could be worse
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 03, 2026 06:16 PM (KhAxi)
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They're not dumb, like everybody says. They're SMART!
Posted by: Eeyore at April 03, 2026 06:16 PM (AlhUl)
BREAKING: The White House has called a LID—meaning NO public appearance is expected Trump tonight—following 47 convening his National Security Council at the White House, per @LibbeyDean_
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Trump is in town, not going to FL. Uff DA!
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 06:17 PM (GD0B3)
I loved that show. Fi was not beautiful by conventional standards but she was striking and had a banging body. She frequently did that thing that small busted women often 0do which is wear tight tops with no brassiere. She was also a fun character who liked to shoot people and blow things up; she didn't have Michael's patience to play the long game.
Posted by: Nelly at April 03, 2026 06:19 PM (7gpcF)
Opt for trusted adult hubs to ensure safety.
Posted by: stepsister blowjob at April 03, 2026 11:48 PM (Ka0fD)
Or they defended their country from a criminal invasion by shitlicking scumbag maggots on behalf of the bullshit fake country that calls itself "israel".
Posted by: ccoffer at April 04, 2026 03:40 PM (uFwjn)
Health Hits
From Blue Oyster Cult legend Buck Dharma: Important Yak Content.
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. 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. Now scientists believe that same gene could help humans repair damaged nerves by regrowing the protective coating, and potentially opening a new door for MS treatment. The disease typically strikes adults between the ages of 20 and 40. About 1 million Americans are currently living with it, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. To find out if the genetic mutation Restat could play a role in protecting nerve health in humans, Liang Zhang, a neuroscientist at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and his team tested mice engineered with the genetic mutation while living in low-oxygen conditions. And the results were promising. The mice engineered to carry the mutant gene not only performed better in memory and behavior tests -- they also had healthier, thicker myelin, according to Zhang's study. Even better, when their nerves were damaged, these mice repaired their myelin faster and more completely. The gene works by boosting production of a vitamin A-related molecule called ATDR -- all-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol -- which helps create and mature the cells that make myelin.I don't know if I want Yak DNA in my body. As a wise man once said, "History shows again and again that nature points up the folly of man."
What's good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain. A first-of-its-kind study in twins found that taking daily protein and prebiotic supplements can improve memory test scores in people over age 60. Published in 2024, the findings are food for thought, especially as the same visual memory and learning test is used to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease. The double-blind trial tested two inexpensive plant-fiber prebiotics that are available over the counter in many countries. Prebiotics are non-digestible consumables that help stimulate our gut microbes. One of the supplements was inulin, a dietary fiber in the fructan class. The other, fructooligosaccharide (FOS), is a plant carbohydrate often used as a natural low-calorie sweetener.Now if you want to go the other way and speed up your cognitive decline, you should do what the Young Idiots are doing and use ChatGPT for everything.
AI chatbots can act as a "cognitive crutch" that reduces our ability to retain information, a new study suggests. The research was conducted by AI expert André Barcaui of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, who ran an experiment with 120 university students. Half were allowed to use ChatGPT to help them respond to an assignment on the topic of artificial intelligence, and half weren't. In a surprise test sprung on the participants 45 days after the assignment was given, the students who used ChatGPT scored an average of 5.75 out of 10. For those who took the traditional study route, the average score was 6.85 out of 10. That's a notable difference, and while this is a relatively small study in terms of participants and timescale, it chimes with other research showing that using AI to find information means we just don't take as much in. "This suggests that unrestricted ChatGPT use impaired long-term retention, likely by reducing the cognitive effort that supports durable memory," writes Barcaui in his published paper.This is one of the least-surprising findings I've ever seen. Now we see what JackStraw was doing with his NIH grant.
Scientists Engineered a Plant to Produce 5 Different Psychedelics at Once What do plants, toads, and mushrooms have in common? They can all produce psychedelic substances -- and now their powers have been combined in one plant, like a trippier Captain Planet. In a wild first, scientists have taken the genes these organisms use to make five natural psychedelics and introduced them into a tobacco plant (Nicotiana benthamiana), which then produced all five compounds simultaneously. As interest grows in psychedelics as potential treatments for illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD, the newly developed system could offer scientists a new way to produce these compounds for research purposes. "[Our] strategy established a heterologous plant system for the production of five prominent therapeutically valuable compounds, their derivatives, and nonnatural plant analogs, providing a starting point for their production in plants," writes a team led by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. "You smoke the LSD tree and listening to the Grateful Dead becomes so immersive you completely forget how much they suck," said self-declared "part time drifter, full time dreamer" JackStraw.Good news for every male AOS commenter.
Frequent Ejaculations Can Boost Sperm Quality, Study SuggestsWait, it said "ejaculations" not "masturbation sessions." I guess it says something Sad! about me that I read it as being good news for chronic masturbators. Slowed speech may indicate cognitive decline, report scientists at Obvious University's Department of No Shit.
The connection between testosterone and well-being is weaker than many people think. Although there are clear health connections, a higher testosterone level is not always the key to well-being, according to a thesis at the University of Gothenburg's Department of Jonah Goldberg's Unfulfilled Wife. ...Want to increase your physical and mental performance? Take a fake pill. Even if you know it's fake it will still work because you're so gullible. Some test subjects were given placebos claimed to be a multivitamin with pro-mental and muscular properties. Some test subjects were given an "open placebo," a placebo identified to the patient as a placebo with no real benefits, but were also told that sometimes placebos could grant psychological benefits that would result in real benefits. Both groups saw benefits from the fake medicine.
The clearest connections are found in sexual problems with sexual desire, erection and sexual performance, as well as in some muscle and joint pain, as well as sitting on Twitter all day long spamming out trash jokes from 1999."
Muscle health and testosterone are also connected. Higher testosterone levels are linked to higher muscle mass and, above all, to less intramuscular fat. This is especially true in muscles with a high percentage of fat: around the stomach, waist, lower back and hips, and in the chest muscles, the so-called JGFDS, or 'Jonah Goldberg Fat Deposition Sites.'"
A placebo is "an inert treatment presented as active", according to the definition used by these authors. In medical history, placebo effects have been researched by offering an inert treatment as if it were an active intervention. This presumes that the patient's belief is necessary for the effect to occur. However, more recent literature suggests the contrary. That is, if the placebo effect is satisfactorily explained as involving mind-body interactions, open-label placebos exert effects on patients as strong as deceptive placebos across multiple clinical and experimental parameters. Psychologists attribute this to patients' expectations, which operate through psychological, contextual, and expectancy-driven processes to fulfil them. ...People actually saw greater benefits when they knew they were taking a placebo. (Albeit with the information that a placebo can still produce a real world effect.)
Within each group, self-reported parameters remained unchanged. Cognitive performance increased from before to after the intervention in both placebo groups. A cognitive inhibition task showed improvement in all groups, including controls, suggesting a likely practice or habituation effect rather than a placebo-specific effect. Physical functioning improved in both placebo groups, but more significantly in the open-label group, in within-group analyses, although no significant between-group differences were observed at post-intervention.
Specifically, researchers found that the placebo improved physical performance by 7% when taken under deception, and by 9.2% when taken knowingly. Cognitive performance improved, depending on the assessment test used by the psychologists, by between 12.6% and 14.6% in the case of the sham supplement (deceptive placebo), and by between 6.9% and 21.5% in the case of the placebo taken knowingly. "These are significant effects," the psychologist emphasizes, "comparable to those seen in some experimental studies on physical activity regarding physical performance and cognitive training, especially with regard to memory." Among the various effects observed, there was an improvement in drowsiness and, particularly for the group aware they are taking the placebo, in stress levels.
A placebo effect is still an effect. DNA shows that dog became man's best friend even earlier than previously thought.
The discovery of the oldest ever dog DNA suggests they have been our best friends for nearly 16,000 years -- 5,000 years earlier than had previously been thought, new research said Wednesday. Despite being ubiquitous in the homes, backyards and hearts of people across the world, surprisingly little is known about where dogs come from. ... Dogs are most likely a mix of two types of grey wolves, he said. However exactly when dogs diverged from wolves has been difficult to trace, partly because their ancient bones are tricky to tell apart. That is why scientists behind two new studies published in the journal Nature sequenced the genomes from archaeological remains, shedding light on the elusive origins of our furry friends. The first study revealed that the world's oldest canine DNA was discovered in a piece of a skull in Pinarbasi in what is now Turkey. The female puppy, which was perhaps "a few months old", probably looked like a small wolf when it lived roughly 15,800 years ago, according to study co-author Laurent Frantz of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Before Wednesday, the oldest-known dog DNA was from 10,900 years ago. Also breaking that record was genetic evidence the team found in southwest England dating back 14,300 years, which illustrated how early dogs had spread across Europe. Frantz said scientists could not prove exactly what role these dogs had among humans living during the last Ice Age. "But I think we can assume that they must have played a role because they would have been expensive to feed," he said. Perhaps the dogs were used for hunting or protection, he speculated. Even if these dogs were not treated the same as pets are today, there was likely still a strong bond, he said, adding that "kids will still have played with puppies".And now for the big question: Does anyone have any health gains they'd like to report to the group? I don't have any. I've been low-carb pretty consistently, but the only result is that I'm not gaining weight. I'm losing none. I really do have to start exercising again.
Such a day.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/lRfjoEJZhK
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 2, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:41 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:42 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 03:42 PM (8Ppug)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (Sco7b)
nah it was a quick search. I wrote it last night. I don't mind doing the work, I just don't want to do it on Friday.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 03:44 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:44 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 03:45 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (aTgV0)
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Barely did any workouts this week.
Just wasn't in the mood.
Ate the rest of my cheddar and jalapeno sourdough loaf, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:47 PM (hAotW)
And now for the big question: Does anyone have any health gains they'd like to report to the group?
I'm down 20 pounds from January. 10 more to go and I reach my goal of being back under 200.
Posted by: BifBewalski at April 03, 2026 03:48 PM (UWQC6)
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Now there's a good phrase you always want on the masthead of a high quality scientific inquiry. My Lord.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:48 PM (mWRBW)
It started off showing that it was filmed in Canada. And Nova Scotia. My heart sank.
But then I watched an incredibly bloody, twisted messed up movie. It was truly one of the most heart-warming, hobo vigilante with a shotgun movies ever. Not for the squeamish. 10 out of 10.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 03:49 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: President Emeritus at April 03, 2026 03:49 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:49 PM (mWRBW)
There’s any video where several dogs are jogging, but the lil’ corgi is on the side of his, using one paw to pretend jog.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 03:50 PM (4KUe5)
And, apparently, in a smokable form...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 03:50 PM (ynpvh)
when I get work done on weds and thurs and take off half of friday, I feel like I just committed a great heist.
Posted by: ace
this is the way it's done. work it off early when you feel like it, then go into fook off mode early.
Posted by: BifBewalski at April 03, 2026 03:50 PM (UWQC6)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 20
Did it work and more importantly did my tips help, because again, I am the only thing that matters to me.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:50 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS)
I'm lifting him a lot. So that's exercise.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 03:50 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Sid at April 03, 2026 03:51 PM (Rgcbc)
Posted by: Only So Many Hours In The Day at April 03, 2026 03:51 PM (oftw2)
This is one of the things Andrew Weil used to go on about before he became a diet guru and was still hanging out with JackStraw.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 03, 2026 03:51 PM (34an+)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 03:45 PM (1wjle)
Good for you and thank you.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 03:51 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:51 PM (mWRBW)
Did it work and more importantly did my tips help, because again, I am the only thing that matters to me.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:50 PM (mWRBW)
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It did!
Blocks of cheddar work well.
Next loaf will probably be roasted garlic and rosemary. I brought up the idea a couple of weeks ago to Dolley, but we didn't have any garlic at the time. So, I've been delaying, and she's been frustrated by that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:52 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 03:52 PM (4NO2D)
More to follow.
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 03, 2026 03:52 PM (xvV4K)
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also: frequent exposure to sperm improves women's complexions
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 03:52 PM (UjdFS)
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Power out at Target Field, as everyone at the ballpark is reporting. Xcel map shows 1,540 customers lost power in and around Target Field. Estimated time to fix? 5 p.m.! Guess we will find out if an MLB home opener in an hour can expedite things ...
Posted by: beckster at April 03, 2026 03:53 PM (kX27y)
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Psychedelics you say? 5 of them? At once?
Posted by: Captain Trips at April 03, 2026 03:53 PM (AkEZC)
What, you don't trust the Gaystapo to inject your body with all-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol!?!? They're not even hiding it anymore!!!
Posted by: Alex Jones at April 03, 2026 03:53 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 03, 2026 03:54 PM (skR0U)
I jerk Off every day to a nude picture of Whoopie Goldberg.
Hey Man, Don't tell Jill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2026 03:54 PM (/Uzmo)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:54 PM (aTgV0)
This is the cruelty I (and VDH) come here for.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:54 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Eeyore at April 03, 2026 03:54 PM (AlhUl)
Sounds excellent
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:54 PM (mWRBW)
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Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 03:55 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Phineas the Pharisee at April 03, 2026 03:55 PM (oftw2)
More of a loss, really, but my tumor is gone for now. The doc is sure he got it all, and the pathology report confirms this (as I understand it, he cut away a margin of healthy tissue around the tumor).
Immunotherapy and watchful waiting come next.
At a minimum, it won't kill me this year, and there's a reasonable chance it's gone for good.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 03:55 PM (IG3/x)
___________________
Here's a test. Get very very hung over. I'm talking, reluctant to move because it might start projectile vomiting without warning.
NOW, stand in the middle of a four lane highway as a tractor trailer plows towards you at 80 mph. The hangover and all it's decrepit attributes leave your body in an that instant as you dive for cover on the berm of the highway.
Summary: A lot of this stuff is psychological.
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 03:55 PM (dIske)
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 03:55 PM (qgHp7)
Cheddar and jalapeno would be awesome for ME, but she won't eat the jalapenos, so I told her I would choose something we would both enjoy.
Suggestions welcome!
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 03, 2026 03:56 PM (DgMqy)
Those SOB's LIED to me !!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 03, 2026 03:56 PM (38587)
https://youtu.be/SHILxPVLopY
He's an ignoranus... LOL. Perfect word for a dumb asshole.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 03:56 PM (ynpvh)
Cheddar and jalapeno would be awesome for ME, but she won't eat the jalapenos, so I told her I would choose something we would both enjoy.
Suggestions welcome!
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 03, 2026 03:56 PM (DgMqy)
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I've gathered that yak hair is delicious from my skimming of the thread.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:57 PM (hAotW)
I went back to latex condoms, Kimono specifically.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 03, 2026 03:57 PM (xcxpd)
"Where the fuck am I?"
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 03:57 PM (UjdFS)
This is like a plot to a zombie film. Or a super hero origin story: Captain Trips.
Posted by: Max Power at April 03, 2026 03:57 PM (q177U)
Thanks ace.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 03:57 PM (Sco7b)
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Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:58 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:58 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:59 PM (Fi81e)
Yuks For Yaks
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 03:59 PM (qgHp7)
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"Fuck!"
-- Masterbatin' Pete
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)
Cheddar and jalapeno would be awesome for ME, but she won't eat the jalapenos, so I told her I would choose something we would both enjoy.
Suggestions welcome!
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 03, 2026 03:56 PM (DgMqy)
Cashews and bread with a high butter content can be very tasty. You also might try sunflower seeds as well.
Finally, I would do it in the butt.
Next caller.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 03, 2026 03:59 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 03:59 PM (ynpvh)
France is joing China and Russia and Iran with not freeing up the Straight
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)
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Masturbatin' Pete, hardest whacked.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)
My company went on a hiring spree of foreign turdbags by offshoring the jobs to bypass H1B restrictions, would explain why domestic jobs while foreign jobs continue to rise, theyre just finding new ways to game the system
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger
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Except US is probably going to start putting serious security blocks on a lot of those furriners after the fiasco with Microsoft Azure cloud services where ChiComs in China were directly accessing secure US government files. Pixy has a thread earlier from a Microsoft insider about how it happened.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)
ICYMI from tech thread. Worth a read.
How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars
Inside the complacency and decisions that eroded trust in Azure—from a former Azure Core engineer.
>>>If you’re running production workloads on Azure or relying on it for mission-critical systems, this story matters more than you think.
Pt. 1 of 6
https://tinyurl.com/hkzczzh6
Really read it. It reads like the background facts of a shareholder lawsuit filing.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 04:00 PM (dK+Kv)
"JUST IN: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says he's 100% behind PRESIDENT TRUMP on Iran
"I support what the president is doing. They've been at war with us for 47 years."
"They've killed our people and maimed our people, attacked our allies."
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:00 PM (E4rtv)
France is joing China and Russia and Iran with not freeing up the Straight
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)
That's so gay...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 04:00 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Axeman
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He is AOS permabanned as of earlier thread today.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:01 PM (E4rtv)
Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862
By: Hank H. Cox
Narrated by: Aldus H Chapin II's voice replica
https://is.gd/QQQSTz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 04:01 PM (ndZc7)
A Yak's dick would be one. Not the only one. Just one.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 04:01 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 04:01 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Axeman
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He is AOS permabanned as of earlier thread today.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:01 PM (E4rtv)
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So he got whacked off ... the board?
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:01 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:02 PM (aTgV0)
France is joing China and Russia and Iran with not freeing up the Straight
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)
That's so gay...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 04:00 PM (ynpvh)
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About 9 million barrels a day are being rerouted through two major pipelines. 4 million got through the strait a couple of days ago.
20 million get through on a normal day.
Really, in a few months, the only people who are going to remember this are the shale oil producers in America when they look at their fleet of new Bugattis.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:02 PM (hAotW)
If it were me, I'd try just about anything that might help.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 04:02 PM (IG3/x)
From Post Millennial.
"A Washington state children's book author and co-founder of the Bellingham Naked Bike Ride has been arrested on child sex crime charges.
Zachary Elisha Robertson, 42, of Bellingham, was taken into custody on March 10 on two felony counts of possession of child pornography. Investigators located approximately 25 nude images of prepubescent and pubescent girls on his laptop upon the execution of a search warrant. He later allegedly confessed to downloading nude images of girls between the ages of 5 and 7 years old, according to court documents."
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: The Trade-Off at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (oftw2)
A Yak's dick would be one. Not the only one. Just one.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 04:01 PM (AkEZC)
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I can't imagine why?!
Posted by: Don LeMon at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: pookysgirl tries to keep Jt The Wonder Dog healthy at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (Wt5PA)
Two more US military aircraft were downed in the Middle East on Friday, in addition to an F-15E Strike Eagle that crashed earlier.
An A-10 Warthog reportedly went down contemporaneously with the crash of the F-15, according to the New York Times.
Officials have not stated the cause of the crash or the country where it occurred, but it reportedly occurred near the Strait of Hormuz.
The pilot was safely rescued.
Additionally, Black Hawk helicopter was hit by Iran. Preliminary reports suggest that the Blackhawk was hit during search and rescue operations but landed safely. It was later reported that two helicopters were struck by Iranian fire during the search and rescue, but all crew members are safe
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (Sco7b)
If it were me, I'd try just about anything that might help.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 04:02 PM (IG3/x)
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MS...or like Aunt Gladys at the end of Weapons?
Well, Aunt Gladys went quick, at least...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (E4rtv)
Well, except if you get your calories from solid food sources that supply the right nutrients, you feel better and your ability to grow or maintain muscle mass improves and you protect bone density.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (Q9G/L)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: UA113 at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (cz34i)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 04:03 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: muldoon
You skipped a section. The sheath actually scores worse than a placebo.
Posted by: a muslim who's tired of goats at April 03, 2026 04:04 PM (VHUov)
Go ahead and finish the afternoon and then take the rest of the week off.
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 04:04 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Axeman
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He is AOS permabanned as of earlier thread today.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:01 PM (E4rtv)
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So he got whacked off ... the board?
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:01 PM (Fi81e)
Missed A LOT today. Was he especially obnoxious?
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:04 PM (pDt9x)
Yuks For Yaks
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 03:59 PM (qgHp7)
_____________________________
They stole that from that group of hookers who wanted to make fax machines relevant again.
(sorry, I know it's Friday, and no one wants to fgure stuff out...but there's a joke in there).
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 04:04 PM (dIske)
Who's mastubatin was never complete
He said with a grin
While licking his chin
Apparently I am now Delete.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:04 PM (aTgV0)
Another explanation might be that new shipments of Chinese arms have arrived. The PRC wants to know if ANY of their stuff works.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Riz8t)
So, I picked up all the sale veg and am gonna ask the sons for round 2 - brussel sprouts (got the last 2 bags of those), warm cabbage apple slaw, or cucumber salad...what they want with ham on Easter (the brussels will be Easter or day after b/c they go with pork fat, so I'm gonna insist on it with a ham dinner).
PS - I originally bought lamb and was gonna make that, but one teen was up in arms...so that's now gonna be a nice Saturday night dinner later in the month when he's with the friends at a community Church event (and thus, won't eat it)...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:02 PM (hAotW)
And President Trump as he 'sets things right.'
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (Sco7b)
Missed A LOT today. Was he especially obnoxious?
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:04 PM (pDt9x)
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Had been for a while.
He just did it in ace's presence this time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (ndZc7)
Don't forget stomachs! Mmm-mmm.
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (Bjg/j)
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (qgHp7)
lol
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (dK+Kv)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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37m
🚨 WOW! The second downed US fighter crew member has reportedly MADE CONTACT with the US military after he went down through encrypted radio
US forces now have the ENTIRE night in Iran to find him, nearly 7 hours of pure darkness
Pray he's found 🇺🇸
Posted by: beckster at April 03, 2026 04:06 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:06 PM (aTgV0)
Permabanned is so lame. I think we should use Permafrosted.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Riz8t)
France is joing China and Russia and Iran with not freeing up the Straight
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)
US should just take the straits - then close them just for Russia, China and France.
Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (j10i6)
Rodrigo, blessings, I had no idea you had been through that. Excellent news! FWIW you are one of my Official Morons in Good Standing. An exclusive list.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (Sco7b)
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"But no, Trump shouldn't have tried to fix a generations' long regional and worldwide threat because it made winning the midterms harder. He should have been like Democrats who refused to open the borders under Biden because it was so unpopular that it threatened their midterm prospects and just did border security instead to try and keep the Senate and maybe push through another bill."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (1wjle)
Two more US military aircraft were downed in the Middle East on Friday, in addition to an F-15E Strike Eagle that crashed earlier.
An A-10 Warthog reportedly went down contemporaneously with the crash of the F-15, according to the New York Times.
Officials have not stated the cause of the crash or the country where it occurred, but it reportedly occurred near the Strait of Hormuz.
The pilot was safely rescued.
Additionally, Black Hawk helicopter was hit by Iran. Preliminary reports suggest that the Blackhawk was hit during search and rescue operations but landed safely. It was later reported that two helicopters were struck by Iranian fire during the search and rescue, but all crew members are safe
Posted by: Stateless
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Operation Tempo is pretty high right now and US pilots are probably targeting areas with a lot of man launched missiles. Around the SW coastline of Iran-Straits of Hormuz.
Centcom is playing it close to the chest as to what brought the aircraft down except for the two rescue helicopters that were fired upon but got home safely.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)
About 8-10 years ago I finally quit smoking for good after reading Alan Carr's "Easy Way to Quit Smoking" which was recommended by our own Ace. (Many, many thanks to you, Ace.) Since that time, I have gone religiously for the once yearly low-dose CT scan of lungs that is offered to smokers/former smokers.
Every one was negative. My doctor suggested that since I had been doing it for at least 8 years, I could probably stop. I asked for just one more, and he said okay. Well, it showed a very small spot on the right lower lobe. After much testing it was confirmed as Stage I CA. Please note that I had no symptoms whatsoever that anything was wrong.
I had the CA removed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in NYC about two weeks ago. Doc got it all. No chemo, no radiation required. There were a few glitches, but I've been home for more than a week and feeling better and stronger every day. Thank you to all of you for your prayers!
My only wish is for all of you to take advantage of any and all screenings that are offered--mammograms, CTs, colonoscopies, etc. Catch the beast early and you can beat it.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (3ImbR)
My father passed away and left me as the executor of his estate. It's modest, but needs to be done. He left a will, but not much other documentation on house title, car(s) title, insurance policies, etc. Coupled with greedy conniving family members that are willing to burn down a lifetime of relationships for money that amounts to about enough that would allow them to buy a nice SUV, it's stressful.
Get your (and your parents) beneficiaries, accounts, passwords, will, and trust in order while you have time. Make a living trust and keep it updated. Your survivors and executors will thannk you.
Posted by: Croaker at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (+BcZI)
Unfortunately, the other "gain" is that a steroid has to be given without it so that my liver doesn't develop scarring, so I have put back on about 25 pounds since January.
The surgeon says that the steroids aren't crossing into my system (the chemo is delivered directly into my hepatic artery and quickly metabolized), but I think that Prednisone is a sneaky little bastard, and doctors can't really be sure about that.
The indication has more to do with just weight gain, but also the fact that my blood sugar numbers jumped up 40 points in the same time period - which only ever happens when I am on steroids (no history of diabetes on either side of my direct family).
Another lovely side effect has been urinary issues - TMI for polite company; suffice it to say I am quite miserable and stuck near a bathroom at all times. Thankfully, I saw my urologist this week and she has me on some samples of a medication which has helped immensely.
She didn't pooh-pooh my claims of steroid exposure - said this was not uncommon at all.
It's been an interesting few months.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 03, 2026 04:08 PM (SRRAx)
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Some smart ass on YT calls them BS-NOW.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 04:08 PM (ndZc7)
Missed A LOT today. Was he especially obnoxious?
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:04 PM (pDt9x)
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Had been for a while.
He just did it in ace's presence this time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (hAotW)
Have to say good riddance, he won’t be missed. A couple of others getting banned would be okay with me too. But, not my blog. The paid trolls never engage I have observed, just hit and run stuff.
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:08 PM (pDt9x)
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So, after yak gene therapy the patient has to live at 14,800 feet altitude for the rest of their life? I don't get it.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 04:08 PM (n17eQ)
lol
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (1wjle)
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But you'd better be back Monday morning.
early.
More like Sunday night.
Gotta make up for the lost time for going home early.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:08 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 04:08 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (ndZc7)
Pro-tip: Do not poop in park.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 04:08 PM (dK+Kv)
My favorite was when he called *you* a Trump bootlicker. LMAO
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 04:09 PM (mWRBW)
This bodes poorly for my gainzz.
I now know that as long as I know that Twinkies and Ho-Hos have no health benefits, I could get some health benefit from them, so I have less reason to not eat Twinkies and Ho-Hos.
Posted by: mikeski puts his AI in an infinite loop at April 03, 2026 04:09 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:08 PM (pDt9x)
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I always knew you hated me!
*weeps bitterly but manfully*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:09 PM (hAotW)
Immunotherapy and watchful waiting come next.
At a minimum, it won't kill me this year, and there's a reasonable chance it's gone for good.
I'm sorry to hear of your travail. It's good to hear they think they got the tumor!
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:09 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 04:05 PM (qgHp7)
So, no reason not to trade all their players to the Mets at the trade deadline then...anything to save the Mets season at this point.
Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2026 04:09 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at
Beats doing it in reverse.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 04:09 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)
Go ahead and finish the afternoon and then take the rest of the week off.
Posted by: muldoon
......
Don't forget to charge your time to PTO.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:10 PM (UjdFS)
Permabanned is so lame. I think we should use Permafrosted.
Posted by: Archimedes
Double secret probation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 04:10 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:10 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:08 PM (pDt9x)
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I always knew you hated me!
*weeps bitterly but manfully*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:09 PM (hAotW)
Look, I was trying to be all genteel about the matter!!
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:11 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 03, 2026 04:11 PM (3ImbR)
lol
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (1wjle)
Um, I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow. So if you could be here around 9:00, that would be great. Mm-Kay?
Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at April 03, 2026 04:11 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: tubal
Eh, given his terminal TDS and proclivity to show up just to provoke fights since Trump, it was a matter of time. Same sperging and spiralling down that another recently banned critter did.
And about as logical on their arguments as a typical leftist.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2026 04:11 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 04:07 PM (mWRBW)
Thanks! I'm still pissing through a tube coming out of my dick, but other than that everything seems to be good. I'm really, really ready for that thing to come out.
I'm sure there are people who are into that sort of thing, but I'm not one of them.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 04:11 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 04:09 PM (mWRBW)
Out through the out door only.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 04:11 PM (dK+Kv)
Surgical mesh, used to repair hernias and tissue damage, might now be more often made of polypropylene, a non-absorbable plastic polymer. However, other materials include polyester, polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE or Gore-Tex), or biologic tissues derived from porcine (pig) or bovine (cow) collagen are also used, and bacteria can grow and form biofilms on all types of hernia mesh. (Had it happen.)
Gel injections for knee pain were derived from rooster combs (hence the nickname "rooster comb injections"). Now most modern hyaluronic acid is produced in labs through bacterial fermentation, making them safe for people with chicken allergies.
Tat ink can be a horror in the human body.
MS is such a terrible disease. My young niece has been cautious but engaged in some drug trials for relief. She did not regret it and, if that proves a good treatment or cure, she'd likely go for it.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 04:12 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:12 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:12 PM (pDt9x)
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Hate to tell you but most people here are not Prometheus fans.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:12 PM (E4rtv)
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I'm banning EVERYONE!!!!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:12 PM (hAotW)
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I am eating unmodified potato starch as a resistant starch. Supposed to feed your little buddies in your gut biome. 90+% of them. So far just 2 teaspoons a day.
Results aren't in quite yet. But the studies quoted say 2-4 weeks for resistant starch to really make a difference.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:10 PM (UjdFS)
_______________________
PTO? Patton Tiberius Oswald?
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (dIske)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:12 PM (hAotW)
That would be an epic flounce.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:12 PM (hAotW)
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You remember that I like Prometheus, right?
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Fi81e)
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Hate to tell you but most people here are not Prometheus fans.
Posted by: whig
It all makes sense if you watch the director's cut.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Bob...no...the other Bob. at April 03, 2026 04:14 PM (7Lycq)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2026 04:11 PM (mWRBW)
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Congratulations. You got me into a rolling chuckle.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (eAAqq)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Y8DZL)
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On mushrooms.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (Fi81e)
I'm sure there are people who are into that sort of thing, but I'm not one of them.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Ah Foley's Catheter. I spent months on one waiting for an operation to clear an obstructed bladder. Unpleasant as hell and I still worked at the time. You do have some Azo tablets? They help with the pain of that damn apparatus. And if your doc allows it, cranberries might be a good thing to consume. You really do not want a UTI with that thing in you.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: No Name Today at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (8mulE)
When my husband was dying, he WAY overfed her; she was his "comfort animal", they deeply loved each other, and she would spend all day and all night focused on him, sitting in his lounger with him, lying with him, watching TV.
She is a mishmosh of four small breeds, two of which would happily eat until they exploded.
No matter how I tried to keep it in check, he would give her handfuls of his food, or just give her his plate.
And she ate.
By the time he passed, she weighed 16 pounds.
She should weigh 8.
When my daughter came home from a year in another state, she screamed when she saw the dog--she looked like an overinflated football with a point at each end, balanced on four other points.
It took me over a year to get her down to 8 again, and I am so glad I did, even though she was convinced I didn't love her and was trying to kill her.
She is healthy, vigorous for her age, and still a sweet dear.
May she continue, God willing!
Posted by: barbarausa at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (enw9G)
Every one was negative. My doctor suggested that since I had been doing it for at least 8 years, I could probably stop. I asked for just one more, and he said okay. Well, it showed a very small spot on the right lower lobe. After much testing it was confirmed as Stage I CA. Please note that I had no symptoms whatsoever that anything was wrong.
I had the CA removed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in NYC about two weeks ago. Doc got it all. No chemo, no radiation required. There were a few glitches, but I've been home for more than a week and feeling better and stronger every day. Thank you to all of you for your prayers!
o thank God, I was worried in that second part.
I'm thinking of getting that book again because I've been using a vape and want to quit. It triggers an allergy response in me and I'm just tired of being dependent on a drug.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (1wjle)
https://tinyurl.com/y3s75aef
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (77rzZ)
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Oh that's just dandy.
Maybe once we're in a fifth year of attempting to put down the hordes of hypermyelinated, brain-eating RESTAT-27 zombies, our Frontline Healthcare Heroes will admit it didn't actually come from a Mongol banging a yak.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (BI5O2)
yeah, he sent it. I've been to his house and have seen his Wall of Gold Records.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That will do wonders for your movie channel.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 04:11 PM (IG3
Best to you too.
Thanks to the Horde, when it's done for pleasure I know that's called sounding.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Didn't Ace actually do that once?
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (77rzZ)
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Only if ace is a solipsist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (hAotW)
And the plot made no sense.
And half the movie was cut out.
And the protagonist was unrootable for.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (aTgV0)
I misread frequent as "female" and went, here we go, another transgender story.
NOTE TO SELF: Wear your damn glasses. Squinting to bring text into focus stopped working 20 years ago.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 03, 2026 04:17 PM (glnUu)
I heard from his son later, "He was kind of disappointed you didn't ask him about politics."
Sorry! I was trying to help!
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:17 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:17 PM (UjdFS)
at the cardiologist for my regular annual check up. bp was 123/85 pulse 65. heavy protein diet, minimal carbs, light exercise (walking). now down to 210 on my way past 200.
Posted by: BifBewalski at April 03, 2026 04:17 PM (UWQC6)
I guess it must be true.
Posted by: No Name Today at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (8mulE)
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He didn't miss the deadline.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:18 PM (Fi81e)
JUST IN: President Trump is making moves to finally privatize TSA in airports, according to his budget submission to Congress for FY 2027.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 04:18 PM (viF8m)
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Ah so Madison saw himself in everyone.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 04:19 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: JackStraw
A lot of us get high on life, Little Jackie Paper. I know that sounds a little square to acidheads like yourself.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:19 PM (1wjle)
I'm thinking of getting that book again because I've been using a vape and want to quit. It triggers an allergy response in me and I'm just tired of being dependent on a drug.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (1wjle)
My two cents is go with the nicotine lozenges. They worked for me. Much better than the gum and better than having 15 or 20 patches stuck on you. That might be hyperbole.
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:19 PM (pDt9x)
And the plot made no sense.
And half the movie was cut out.
And the protagonist was unrootable for.
Posted by: eleven
On the plus side TJM pimps it from time to time. That is always good for a few good natured snarks.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at April 03, 2026 04:19 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: wth"
It came out. It didn't end well let me tell you.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:19 PM (aTgV0)
Go ahead and finish the afternoon and then take the rest of the week off.
Posted by: muldoon
Ace, be sure to avoid Lundberg.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 03, 2026 04:20 PM (PSEDc)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:12 PM (pDt9x)
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Thank you, tubal. It was. I just hope everyone will tolerate me constantly advocating for screening!
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 03, 2026 04:20 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 04:20 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Didn't Ace actually do that once?
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (77rzZ)
Ace *tried* to do that once, but he ended up banning himself first. Kinda took the wind out of his sails.
Posted by: No Name Today at April 03, 2026 04:20 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 04:20 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 04:20 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: barbarausa
.......
My Mom has overfed a couple of dogs to death. But then, she's mostly blind so can't see how fat they are getting.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:20 PM (UjdFS)
i'll look into them. right now I'm chewing a lot of gum.
Are lozenges easy to take out and then start using again later? I'm having that problem with the gum. I just don't feel like having something in my mouth all day. I don't know how garrett does it.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:21 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 03,
I am so sorry you went through what you did, but thrilled they got it all. Yay!
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 04:21 PM (Q9G/L)
Posted by: Gary Oldman at April 03, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)
Better to have Yak DNA in your body than muslim dna in a yak's body.
Wait.
What a day.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 04:22 PM (K3Fc+)
Posted by: Reforger at April 03, 2026 04:22 PM (SCCU1)
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I don't need likable in movies. So, that might explain why I'm okay with it.
I enjoy a good gritty noir, if it's well done.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:23 PM (Fi81e)
139 Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Hate to tell you but most people here are not Prometheus fans.
Posted by: whig
It all makes sense if you watch the director's cut.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Y8DZL)
The A9 fan edit actually takes Prometheus from unwatchable drek, through "tolerable", all the way to "that was a pretty decent way to spend an evening".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2026 04:23 PM (y9nCu)
i'll look into them. right now I'm chewing a lot of gum.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:21 PM (1wjle)
Just have a heart attack. You can stop same day.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 04:23 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: It's me donna
They really hadn't had a chance to use it until recently. They are short range so they have to be pretty much right under the aircraft to take a shot.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 04:24 PM (/lPRQ)
gum.
Are lozenges easy to take out and then start using again later? I'm having that problem with the gum. I just don't feel like having something in my mouth all day. I don't know how garrett does it.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:21 PM (1wjle)
They are if you set them on a little saucer or something like that. They dry really quickly. The have 2&4 mg doses. I quickly switched over to 2 and that dose seems easier to wean off of. Best of luck to you boss. You can do it. I’ll even pray for you if you don’t mind.
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:24 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)
thanks, i'll see if CVS has them.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:25 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Close Air Support and rescuing downed pilots/weapons officers is a difficult task. Right now, it could be that the F-15 went down first and certainly the copters were attacked while doing the rescue mission. The other aircraft, the A-10, flies at low level anyway--not clear whether it was also involved in the search for the downed F-15 pilots.
So two aircraft were lost and two copters got shot at and at least one damaged rescuing downed pilots. They got to safety okay.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was
......
Oh snap!
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:25 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:26 PM (pDt9x)
https://youtu.be/jOhyF7002sk
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 04:27 PM (Riz8t)
good tip, I'll do that.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:27 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 04:27 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 04:27 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 03, 2026 04:27 PM (sLLbN)
https://youtu.be/jOhyF7002sk
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 04:27 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm not going to see it, then!
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 04:29 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (1wjle)
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Do it, ace. I can't really figure out how it worked, but it did. I went into it convinced that it would be no better than every other technique I had tried: hypnosis, SmokEnders, accupuncture, etc. Figured my best shot was to read it in one sitting, so I did so one night and finished just before bed. Got up the next morning and said to myself, "Yeah, I'm not smoking anymore."
And that was it. I don't even remember if there were any withdrawal symptoms. I was done. You can do it, ace.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 03, 2026 04:29 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 04:29 PM (Q9G/L)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:27 PM (1wjle)
How long before Ace looks like that Ben Affleck meme standing there...
Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2026 04:29 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Auspex
It makes more sense not to watch it at all. Lots of recent movies that I simply do not care to watch ever. Plenty of good ones that I haven't seen (Thanks TJM for those), and others to rewatch.
Time is short and my attention limited to such things.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:29 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 03, 2026 04:30 PM (sLLbN)
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Wait. The Don't Fear the Reaper guy? I don't know.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 04:30 PM (ndZc7)
She is healthy, vigorous for her age, and still a sweet dear.
May she continue, God willing!
Posted by: barbarausa at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (enw9G)
Good for you. That's a nice story.
And screw it. All of you talked me into Prometheus. I found it free online and have 124 minutes to kill. Book reading is next week.
Besides "Freddy Got Fingered" wasn't that bad compared to today's crap so how bad can it be? 2012...no trannies, not many important messages. It'll be Shakespeare in space compared to today.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:30 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:30 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:30 PM (Fi81e)
If you haven’t recently, please reach out to Jordan61. Hubs is home from the hospital finally and she could prolly use a chuckle.
Hope baseball season is coming right along!
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 04:30 PM (A5RD0)
you don't have to sell me, I know it works! I quit smoking after three days and haven't smoked again since. I only started vaping years later because a doctor (yes a doctor) told me I could try that to improve my focus.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:30 PM (1wjle)
By the end of the first week, I felt so much stronger and more alert. I am tearing around doing things that exhausted me to think about a month ago!
Thank you all! And that kidney test better be good because I now can't imagine doing without it.
Posted by: Wenda at April 03, 2026 04:31 PM (dXTLm)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 04:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:09 PM (1wjle)
Thanks!
Ah Foley's Catheter.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:15 PM (E4rtv)
Yeah, that's the one. A clever bit of apparatus, but not exactly designed for comfort.
At least I've been cleared to use a plug in the damned thing, which I can pull when my bladder gets full. For a while I was walking around with a bag of urine strapped to my leg.
Again, not being judgy here, but that's not something I find a turn-on. Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 04:32 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Reforger
.......
side effects include anal leakage, swelling between the anus and genitals, and death
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:32 PM (UjdFS)
As someone who has cycled before, I can tell you this, 250mg of Testosterone Enanthate/Cypionate twice weekly will make you feel like you could pick up a truck and pick up a chick all at the same time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 04:32 PM (XV/Pl)
Results aren't in quite yet. But the studies quoted say 2-4 weeks for resistant starch to really make a difference.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Fi81e)
I discovered that statins can spike your blood sugar, and the suspected mechanism is that it suppresses the growth of Clostridium sp. in your gut. The non-problematic Clostridiae species are involved in excreting compounds that are used by the liver.
Anyhow, my fasting blood glucose levels are creeping up again.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 04:32 PM (rbvCR)
Worst hangover I’ve ever had.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 04:32 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:21 PM (1wjle)
This place....😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 03, 2026 04:32 PM (SRRAx)
Just think, you'll have another 123 minutes left to kill doing something else after turning it on...
Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2026 04:34 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was
She was the one with the pork chop tied around her neck in order to get the other dogs to play with her.
Now, write that down since you can't remember it!
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 04:34 PM (xG4kz)
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Cut my Rx Metformin in half 4/1
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 04:34 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:32 PM (UjdFS)
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When you're Don Le Mon.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:34 PM (Fi81e)
>>Critical Drinker reports that the Super Mario Bros movie isn't a deep, philosophical exploration of the eternal verities. I'm shocked.
If it's a cute and adorable as the 1st film, it's going to make a billion dollars.
And even if it's not, it's largely got a multi-generational audience baked into the cake.
It's going to make dough.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 04:34 PM (XV/Pl)
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Nope. Rocco. Big Italican guy. Can't say enough about MSK - outstanding.
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Thank you, piper!
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 03, 2026 04:35 PM (3ImbR)
And even if it's not, it's largely got a multi-generational audience baked into the cake.
It's going to make dough.
You're probably right. It's apparently nothing but a nonstop barrage of movement, sound and color. It's perfect for Gen Z and Alpha.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 04:36 PM (Riz8t)
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It's called a Grateful Dead plant.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 04:36 PM (ndZc7)
To be fair, there's any number of great movies with no likable characters.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (Y8DZL)
Makin bacon right now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (bss/y)
And even if it's not, it's largely got a multi-generational audience baked into the cake.
It's going to make dough.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 04:34 PM (XV/Pl)
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I like anything that makes Chris Pratt box office.
Because you can almost guess that plenty of people in Hollywood would like to see him go.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)
By the end of the first week, I felt so much stronger and more alert. I am tearing around doing things that exhausted me to think about a month ago!
great! I haven't been taking as much because the dose I want (about 15 mg) causes GI issues. I switched to creatine HCL (instead of the more common creatine monhydride) and that helped a bit. It also helped not having it in my coffee. Coffee plus creatine was too much for my plumbing.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)
I do the same browbeating. I got prostate cancer but nipped it in the bud. The urologist was so somber. "Well, I'm sorry. but it is cancer." I just laughed. After leiomyosarcoma, prostate cancer just doesn't rate. 5 jolts of the Fermi Remedy and I'm good to go.
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 03, 2026 04:39 PM (sLLbN)
I guess Moose must have been tied up helping the judge find his wallet.
Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2026 04:39 PM (j10i6)
Wait. The Don't Fear the Reaper guy? I don't know.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 04:30 PM (ndZc7)
Buck is a Moron, has been for years. I dunno about you folks, but I'm honored to share that title with him.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2026 04:39 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:40 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 03, 2026 04:40 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (Y8DZL)
Take Goodfellas for instance.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 04:40 PM (6ydKt)
My husband loved food, and his eyes were bigger than his appetite as he declined, and he raised absolute hell if anyone tried to convince him to take SOME, and have a bit more if he felt good. He wanted the whole steak, and a baked potato, and so on.
He'd have a few bites, and hand her the plate, and she would have wolfed as much down as she could (which was plenty) before I could grab it.
Vet gave me a great tip--she can have as many vegs as she wants, and she absolutely loves any kind of bean or pea.
I get the mini cans of low sodium peas and carrots, and drain one into a container in the fridge. She can have a small handful (8-10 peas, 2-3 little cubes of carrot) for a treat, and it is good for her.
After every walk, she lines up at the fridge for her peas and carrots!
Posted by: barbarausa at April 03, 2026 04:40 PM (enw9G)
>>Buck is a Moron, has been for years. I dunno about you folks, but I'm honored to share that title with him.
Have you ever seen Buck and Ace?
They're probably brothers or cousins.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 04:41 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (Y8DZL)
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I was thinking of Rami's A Simple Plan. One of my favorite movies. Bill Paxton's character is the most likeable and he's still bad. He just has intentions closer to good.
Or like the Gentlemen, where the the most sympathetic characters are still mobsters, and quite ruthless--perhaps not Colin Farrell's Coach.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 03, 2026 04:42 PM (3ImbR)
If it's a cute and adorable as the 1st film, it's going to make a billion dollars.
And even if it's not, it's largely got a multi-generational audience baked into the cake.
It's going to make dough.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 04:34 PM (XV/Pl)
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I'd go if it had an NC-17 rating. Two Italian guys running around with unlimited weapons in a Shroom based Kingdom. Princess Peach is a nymphomaniac, which, of course, causes issues with the brothers. The scenarios are endless...and disgusting.
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 04:42 PM (dIske)
At least I've been cleared to use a plug in the damned thing, which I can pull when my bladder gets full. For a while I was walking around with a bag of urine strapped to my leg.
Again, not being judgy here, but that's not something I find a turn-on. Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
When working with one, I wore Fisherman's pants that convert into shorts. Easy enough to unzip the short a bit and drop the exhaust line into the toilet for unloading.
The Azo tablets are actually a food safe clothing dye that for whatever reason reduce urinary inflammation/pain but in return makes your pee a deep stainable orange in color. Over the counter at drug stores and I think there is a similar product from another brand name.
I had to get over severe UTIs by months of antibiotics before the docs would consider surgery and then I found out that the local docs misdiagnosed me with an enlarged prostate when I actually had a bladder obstruction. So I dumped the local docs and went to Mayo Scottsdale AZ for cold holmium laser removal of the obstruction.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:42 PM (E4rtv)
I'm having a ball. The flat-earthers are having conniption fits over the pictures of earth Artemis has started sending back. They are "debunking" them, cause you know, the earth is flat and space is fake and gay.
It's a hoot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:43 PM (w6EFb)
It's a factory, but it's clean as hell, great-looking nurses and doctors if I'm being honest. I had both lungs done so I had to stay for 3 days. Food's good!
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 03, 2026 04:43 PM (sLLbN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Didn't Ace actually do that once?
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM (77rzZ)
Did he ban himself once?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 04:43 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (Y8DZL)
Take Goodfellas for instance.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
......
and The Way We Were
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:44 PM (UjdFS)
Besides "Freddy Got Fingered" wasn't that bad compared to today's crap so how bad can it be? 2012...no trannies, not many important messages. It'll be Shakespeare in space compared to today.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:30 PM (Sco7b)
You just can't save people from themselves...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 03, 2026 04:44 PM (xcxpd)
The wrote a pro-life song in 1974.
It sounds incredible just 2 years after Roe v. Wade. But it ended their careers, apparently.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:44 PM (Fi81e)
It's a conspiracy to give NDT something to yammer about.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 04:45 PM (XV/Pl)
It's a hoot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:43 PM (w6EFb)
Thankfully I just vacated my office that I shared with one. Fuking idiot. New office is basically a closet but at least I'm not near him.
Posted by: Reforger at April 03, 2026 04:45 PM (SCCU1)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)
I have found the gastro stuff is usually very food dependent. Mixing it with milk helps.
But I still have to stay away from tomato.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 04:45 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (Y8DZL)
Take Goodfellas for instance.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
......
and The Way We Were
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:44 PM (UjdFS)
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Yeah, but there's usually somebody likable in a Barbara Streisand movie.
Take What's Up Doc, for example....
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: tankascribe at April 03, 2026 04:46 PM (NtoJk)
I put my boat up for sale. On consignment with Ashley Marine. I feel better already. And I'll feel even better once it actually sells.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 04:46 PM (Y1sOo)
I'm having a ball. The flat-earthers are having conniption fits over the pictures of earth Artemis has started sending back. They are "debunking" them, cause you know, the earth is flat and space is fake and gay.
It's a hoot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:43 PM (w6EFb)
Just observe a ship on the ocean moving away from the shore...it starts to disappear from the bottom up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 04:46 PM (ynpvh)
It's a hoot.
Posted by: publius
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Glad you have the patience to try to teach them something but unfortunately terminal stupidity is not a curable disease.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 04:47 PM (E4rtv)
I’ve loved that song ever since.
Needs more cowbell, but otherwise it’s perfect.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 04:43 PM (ynpvh)
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He was talking to himself and got a little too personal.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)
I'm having a ball. The flat-earthers are having conniption fits over the pictures of earth Artemis has started sending back. They are "debunking" them, cause you know, the earth is flat and space is fake and gay.
Posted by: publius
They're not landing 'cause Stanley Kubrick's dead and can't do the special effect moon walking.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:47 PM (Y8DZL)
If Super Mario Galaxy is as cute and adorable as the 1st film, it's going to make a billion dollars.
And even if it's not, it's largely got a multi-generational audience baked into the cake.
I am contemplating taking the gKids to see it next week. For me the fun is watching them watching it.
It's going to be loud though -- the trailer itself is loud.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 04:47 PM (xG4kz)
I put my boat up for sale. On consignment with Ashley Marine. I feel better already. And I'll feel even better once it actually sells.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 04:46 PM (Y1sOo)
Ah, one of the two greatest moments owning a boat...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 04:47 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 04:47 PM (fNISR)
It's a hoot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:43 PM (w6EFb)
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What if the Earth is round and the Moon is flat? Do they have answer for that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:48 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (Y8DZL)
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No necessarily in the category of "great" movies, but entertaining. "American Psycho" had absolutely not likeable characters. None. I would add "The Wolf of Wallstreet" has a similar situation.
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 04:49 PM (dIske)
I put my boat up for sale. On consignment with Ashley Marine. I feel better already. And I'll feel even better once it actually sells.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 04:46 PM (Y1sOo)
Boat guy here. Found myself with 2, somehow. Just sold one and it feels GREAT! Sooner or later you have too many boats. Like 2.
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 04:49 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 04:42 PM (dIske)
Or....awesome?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 03, 2026 04:49 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:48 PM (ESVrU)
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Duh. Haven't you heard, the moon is a hollow, metallic structure to capture Earth souls!!
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (Fi81e)
I can't judge. After a neighbour was cat-napping outdoor cats, I took my friends' outdoor cats in since they lived here before. In a few months, poor Snowflake went from 8 to 12 pounds.
She's healthy and outdoors again.
But you obviously also had bigger concerns. I'm sorry on the loss of your husband.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (Sco7b)
It's a hoot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:43 PM (w6EFb)
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What if the Earth is round and the Moon is flat? Do they have answer for that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:48 PM (ESVrU)
Darth FlatEarth finds you're lack of faith disturbing...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (aTgV0)
Gives a body type breakdown, % fat, skeletal muscle, whole nine yards.
One annoying kind of funny thing, It lists my weight level as 'Obese' and my body type as 'obese.' WTF, scale? lol.
At this point, while I have been eating crap, I have continued to lift, so I have more muscle than at any time since high school. Now I am still about 30 lbs off my weight then, but still.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......
It's just sinking. Duh.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (Y8DZL)
Take Goodfellas for instance.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
The White Lotus mini-series featured entire casts of unlikable characters. Not a single person in them was worth a damn. Yet they were amazingly watchable and interesting.
Posted by: tankascribe at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......
It's just sinking. Duh.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (UjdFS)
And unsinks itself when it sails back!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 04:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2026 04:51 PM (gKWVE)
I was thinking of Rami's A Simple Plan. One of my favorite movies. Bill Paxton's character is the most likeable and he's still bad. He just has intentions closer to good.
You should read the book. If you think the movie characters are bad, in the book, EVERYONE is just downright evil. The stuff that the main character is willing to do in order to find and steal back a single $100 bill are downright diabolical. That got cut from the screenplay.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2026 04:51 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 04:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (Fi81e)
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Could also be a giant egg, like in that terrible Doctor Who episode...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:52 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 03, 2026 04:51 PM (ynpvh)
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Modern technology, what can't it do?
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)
Having finally gotten fed up with how much crap we have in this place, starting tomorrow I am going to begin to assuage my wrath by beginning to dispose of said crap out of our basement and our garage. This has been long overdue for the doing.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 04:53 PM (xG4kz)
I guess $6300 a year isn’t too terrible for health insurance these days.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:52 PM (ESVrU)
Can you narrow that down a bit?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 04:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026
Is it based off of BMI? I hate that metric. I want one of the scales that tells you your metabolic age in addition to all the rest of the stuff. Except bmi. I don’t care about that at all.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 04:54 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (Fi81e)
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Could also be a giant egg, like in that terrible Doctor Who episode...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:52 PM (ESVrU)
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But it definitely does not have a bite out of it, like it did for the remainder of the Tick cartoon series. (And said "HA" after Chairface tried to carve his name on the moon and the planet eater ate the C).
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (UjdFS)
And unsinks itself when it sails back!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......
Now you're just trying to confuse everybody.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:55 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:55 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (aTgV0)
For a cocaine addict, drug dealing, mafioso I guess he wasn’t too bad.
Not somebody I’d want over for dinner without hiding the good silverware, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 04:55 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 04:54 PM (pZEOD)
It does have a body age. I ignore the BMI.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 04:55 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 04:56 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:52 PM (ESVrU)
Can you narrow that down a bit?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 04:54 PM (/lPRQ)
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And does that substantially differentiate from the silly episodes?
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:56 PM (Fi81e)
It's been a couple years, and I'm starting to get more in gear.
I'm honestly thankful I had the dog to focus on and take care of.
She really is the best girl
(she curled up in his lounger looking sad for months after he died. I think she still misses him)
Posted by: barbarausa at April 03, 2026 04:56 PM (enw9G)
I said yes. YT asked why; I chose "it teaches life skills".
Posted by: gKWVE because eff youtube and eff bullies at April 03, 2026 04:56 PM (gKWVE)
I guess $6300 a year isn’t too terrible for health insurance these days.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
I'm in Canada and healthcare is "FREE, FREE! FREE!!!"
With only a few downsides....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:56 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 03, 2026 04:56 PM (3ImbR)
Here's some of the first images NASA has posted:
https://is.gd/uZXdEt
Note from their perspective the earth is upside down. In those pics, the south pole is in the upper right and north pole lower left. That's the Sahara on the left, with Spain peeking in from the lower left. Brazil is also visible on the right, just under a lot of clouds.
And note this the night side of earth. That bright one is overexposed or processed as such.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:57 PM (w6EFb)
I'm taking whatever the minimum creatine dose is. I take it as part of a morning drink of collagen and a power drink. Thick as malted milk. So far no problem.
And once again, thanks. It has really mattered.
Posted by: Wenda at April 03, 2026 04:57 PM (dXTLm)
yeah, he sent it. I've been to his house and have seen his Wall of Gold Records.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 04:16 PM
I am green with envy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 04:57 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:58 PM (aTgV0)
She really is the best girl
(she curled up in his lounger looking sad for months after he died. I think she still misses him)
Posted by: barbarausa at April 03, 2026 04:56 PM
Digital hugs to both of you.
Older dogs are a lot of work
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:58 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (aTgV0)
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Ray Liotta became my favorite actor after that movie.
I said over and over that Liotta didn't belong on screen with Pesci and DeNiro and he was going to get "blown off the screen".
And found out how wrong I was. But not just for Goodfellas, though.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 04:58 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 04:37 PM (Y8DZL)
A Fish Called Wanda
I dislike every character in the movie. Except for his wife who gets a bad rap and I think was the most likable person. Probably a Thatcherette, my kind of woman. But I still really liked the movie.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 04:58 PM (3uBP9)
And the bright dot to the lower right is Venus, I think.
If it weren't for the atmosphere, you see Venus to the east of the Sun, then Saturn, Mars, and Mercury all lined up to the West of the sun. Still too close to the Sun to see any of the latter at sunrise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 04:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:52 PM (ESVrU)
Can you narrow that down a bit?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 04:54 PM (/lPRQ)
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Sure. "Kill the Moon" from Series Eight of the new Doctor Who. Peter Capaldi is the Twelfth Doctor and his companion is Clara Oswald. They stumble into a lunar mission where "moon spiders" are causing problems. Then they discover the Moon is alive and have to decide whether or not to "abort" the hatching moonspawn, thus saving planet Earth, or allow it to hatch, which might destroy Earth. Terrible episode from start to finish with heavy-handed pro-abortion messaging.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 04:58 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (aTgV0)
I couldn't stand being around the real Henry Hill for a second based on his Howard astern appearances.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 03, 2026 04:58 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 04:55 PM (aTgV0)
Something happens when flash freezing partially cooked food that makes it taste like frozen partially cooked food forever.
Crap, I was going to make tacos but now you have me thinking about pizza.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 04:59 PM (Y1sOo)
Just observe a ship on the ocean moving away from the shore...it starts to disappear from the bottom up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......
It's just sinking. Duh.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2026 04:50 PM (UjdFS)
And unsinks itself when it sails back!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Actually, those ships are going down to Davey Jones' locker room for a shower and a change of garments.
The trans boats are provoking all others to no end by their insistence that "they belong". They will shortly receive their comeuppance unless they back off, and that right soon
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:00 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 05:00 PM (NFX2v)
Americans are so wasteful!!!
After putting all that time and effort on that Golden Retriever, getting her-
all nice and plump and juicy and fat.
They didn't even eat her!!!!
What a waste!
*wipes drool from mouth*
This country sucks.
Posted by: Ex-Preezy Barack Obama at April 03, 2026 05:00 PM (iJfKG)
She is not so much work now that she's healthy again.
If I take good care of her, her mix of breeds means she could live as long as 20.
Here's hoping!
Posted by: barbarausa at April 03, 2026 05:00 PM (enw9G)
Oh I wouldn't engage with these loons at all -- they're nutjobs, ineducable. I just enjoy like watching a NASCAR crash.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 03, 2026 05:01 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 05:01 PM (Sco7b)
It's Idiocrasy, with starships.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 05:02 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 05:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 04:56 PM (Sco7b)
Don’t tell them you’re depressed too often or they’ll just start handing you the MAiD brochure when you walk through the door.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 03, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 05:03 PM (4NO2D)
Thanks ace.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 03:57 PM (Sco7b)
Agreed!
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 05:03 PM (fNISR)
Ray Liotta became my favorite actor after that movie.
I liked his work in Dominic and Eugene as well as in Cop Land.
I have never seen Cocaine Bear, though, so my perspective on his acting range may be skewed.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 05:05 PM (xG4kz)
She also saw a high level pf testosterone. I was taking testosterone shots to stop bone loss. That was the culprit in red blood cell production. Not good for you.
Posted by: javems at April 03, 2026 05:12 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 03, 2026 05:12 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 04:59 PM (Y1sOo)
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Now I want some shrimp from Joe Patti's.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 05:13 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 08:41 PM (viF8m)
Religiosity Surges Among Young People, David French Says "You're Welcome"
Wait I don't think this has anything to do with cuckchair model David French.
Last September, Pastor Jason Howard of the Sanctuary Church in Pittsburgh saw a surge of young people flocking to his Christian congregation, the week after Charlie Kirk was murdered. Howard knew that something had shifted. Yes, their congregation had always been predominantly youth-driven, but this was different. Lines began to form for their services. Public transportation was dropping off children by the busload from campuses across the city, and he knew that he had an obligation to expand. Howard teamed up with local college students at the University of Pittsburgh, and a revival called Pitt Purposes was held on campus, attracting about 600 students and led by members of the university's football team. But the youth movement didn't pause. In fact, it grew, leading to last week's revival at the University of Pittsburgh's Peterson Center that attracted thousands and included hundreds of baptisms, most in pickup trucks. Howard said that after Pitt for Jesus happened in the fall, they really wanted to do a follow-up. "Our hope was that we could do something big like at the Petersen Event Center," he said. Jake Overman, the captain of the Pitt football team, reached out to Unite Us, a ministry that has partnered with university students to organize big arena events at college campuses. Overman, who might get drafted or picked up as a free agent in next month's draft in Pittsburgh, led the Pitt for Jesus movement last fall. There is one catch: Unite Us almost exclusively does events below the Mason-Dixon line. Nonetheless, they secured the Petersen Event Center, located in the middle of the Oakland Campus, and Overman and an army of students began canvassing the local campuses here for turnout. There are several universities and colleges in the Pittsburgh area: Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne, Robert Morris, LaRoche, Point Park, Carlow, Chatham, and Allegheny Community College. By the time the event happened last week, over 5,000 young people were in attendance, with several hundred of them choosing to be baptized that evening. They are not alone. For the first time in decades, faith in this country is growing, not retreating -- particularly among our young people, something that I've been reporting for the past year. In my rural parish, a Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Greensburg, our attendance has nearly doubled since last fall. Unless you get to Mass at least 15 minutes before services begin, you are left standing for the entire service -- and that is with added folding chairs in the back, along the side, and with the choir pews above us filled. ... On Sunday, the Mother of Sorrows parish, which is also part of the Diocese of Greensburg, also had standing-room-only services on Palm Sunday. This has become the norm every Sunday. All three parking lots were packed, with cars straddling the grass leading down to the highway. Nearby Dick's Diner was also filled with parishioners. The surge in Roman Catholic Church converts is being felt across the United States. Dioceses in the Rust Belt, Midwest, and Bible Belt are seeing record numbers of people received into the Catholic Church. Last fall, the New York Times reported that the Archdioceses of Detroit, Galveston-Houston, and Des Moines are also seeing significant increases. ... "What we're witnessing right now is an answer to many years of prayers," he said. "Seeing this many college students turn to Jesus, and not just in a casual way but in a passionate way; willing to follow him wholeheartedly." ... "I think overall young people are really looking for something real, and I think that this generation has really gotten to the point where the world seems out of control, and the world seems to be so subjective," Howard said. He added that people are desperately looking for something absolute to anchor their lives in. "And, of course, God is the absolute that can anchor our lives."
Haz
@Michael_Haz The TLM order that has been entrusted with my parish cannot ordain new priests fast enough to keep up with the requests from bishops to take over closed churches for parishoners who have asked for a Latin Mass. Wherever they are sent, the once-closed churches have filled pews several times, every Sunday. It's a beautiful thing to see and hear, especially all the newly initiated young singles, couples and families.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (aTgV0)
Especially if they are in miniskirts
Posted by: David French at April 03, 2026 02:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Piper"
Religion made Cathedrals.
That tells me a lot about religion.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:35 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 02:35 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at April 03, 2026 02:35 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (XuXeR)
M'kay?
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (aZm/F)
As a more serious Christian then you, obviously I am responsible for helping today's youth embrace religion. Especially the ones with pump juicy ladyballs
Posted by: David French at April 03, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)
That tells me a lot about religion"
One particular faith kept the West alive...
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 02:38 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (aTgV0)
"Yea, bro. Where else ya gonna meet hot young ladies? Tinder?"
-- Aspiring Chad
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
As a more serious Christian then you, obviously I am responsible for helping today's youth embrace religion. Especially the ones with pump juicy ladyballs
Posted by: David French at April 03, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)
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Ahhh, thank you, David. I now understand that you are the determiner of who Christians should vote for and what they should think of Trump, but not Biden.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Seems Legit
Forget it. He's on a roll... possibly sesame or Kaiser.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (diia5)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (MIIRH)
Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch
@BabakTaghvaee1
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BREAKING: According to CENTCOM, the second U.S. Air Force CSAR team sent into Iran to rescue the crew of the downed F-15E of the 494th Fighter Squadron has successfully located and rescued the second crew member.
He ejected, survived the crash, and is now safe in Iraq.
This is good news for the 48th Fighter Wing community at RAF Lakenheath—both crew members of the downed F-15E are now safe.
Also, the crew members of the second HH-60W helicopter involved in the rescue operation of the second crew member, which was shot upon by means of MANPADS, are also safe.
Left video below shows the second HC-130J involved in this operation over Khark Island and the right video shows the first one near Yasuj.
Posted by: beckster at April 03, 2026 02:44 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (aZm/F)
David French has become a living synecdoche for being an absolute asshole about everything and sanctimonious while doing it. The actual mammal with a byline signified by the sounds "David French" is entirely irrelevant anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 02:45 PM (VR4+k)
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Don't Mind, I'm Always Nude! at April 03, 2026 02:45 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:45 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (MIIRH)
Christ never peed on anybody.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 02:46 PM (VR4+k)
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Youd be surprised at how easy this is to do. I know his wife and i were having a merry old time, having forgotten he was i. The room, when he chirped some ridiculous comment about messing up his brand new eygptian cotton sheets!
Posted by: Mrs French's Bull at April 03, 2026 02:46 PM (Ha2dl)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2026 02:45 PM (VR4+k)
Man, I had to look up "synecdoche"... great use of that word!
*thumbs up emoji*
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 03, 2026 02:48 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 03, 2026 02:48 PM (zg83K)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 02:48 PM (Y1sOo)
Jonah Goldberg plays X-box in his cuckshed
David French offers to wash the man's feet...and other parts
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)
Granted, my favorite priest, the former Monseigneur at the cathedral in Charleston, was in his 50s, but in the new parish, the younger ones are more observant of the rites and keeping to structure and keeping things feeling...holy instead of like some sort of festival where they are the star.
I kind of hate priests who were ordained in the 60s.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:49 PM (hAotW)
20 My church will have three services on Easter day, and two on Saturday. And it is a large congregation on any Sunday. It is great to see it, now to sustain it.
Posted by: Diogenes
Our campus has 2 services tonight for Good Friday, 3 services tomorrow for Easter and 6 on Easter. We are right here in the Bible Belt, of course, and where you go to Church is still the 2nd question asked when you meet someone new around here.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 02:49 PM (Wmg4n)
If the left wasn't able to corrupt kids in public schools they would disappear in a generation
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm)
BREAKING: According to CENTCOM, the second U.S. Air Force CSAR team sent into Iran to rescue the crew of the downed F-15E of the 494th Fighter Squadron has successfully located and rescued the second crew member.
Posted by: beckster at April 03, 2026 02:44 PM (kX27y)
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"NO!!!! We wanted blood!"
-The patriotic opposition of the American Left
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:50 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (aZm/F)
He usually makes political attacks on the motes in other people's eyes while ignoring the beams in his own eyes.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:50 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 02:50 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2026 02:51 PM (0U5gm)
May this be the start of something beautiful.
Posted by: Dr. T at April 03, 2026 02:51 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: one hour sober
Ha! The girl that does my hair goes to this on occasion! I have never been.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 02:51 PM (Wmg4n)
If the left wasn't able to corrupt kids in public schools they would disappear in a generation
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm)
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I think the actual measurement is "weekly attendance".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:51 PM (hAotW)
If the left wasn't able to corrupt kids in public schools they would disappear in a generation
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm)
They can corrupt people in 'religious' schools too.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:51 PM (8avO+)
He usually makes political attacks on the motes in other people's eyes while ignoring the beams in his own eyes.
I told the guy he was supposed to keep his eyes closed while I finished and...did he listen? NO
Posted by: One of the youth David French was minisering to at April 03, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:52 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: one hour sober
Ha! The girl that does my hair goes to this on occasion! I have never been.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 02:51 PM (Wmg4n)
Well they have a big counter for serving the host and wine, at least.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:52 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:52 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 02:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 02:53 PM (52ERr)
I would consider taking my kids to a Unitarian church, but luckily they aren’t interested. Your child is 6, not able to determine when adults are not telling the truth, and they obviously aren’t telling the truth. This can be confusing for kids, imho. Better to leave their minds untainted until they have some level of bullshit detector and aren’t so trusting.
This. As someone who was queer and went to an evangelicals church, I tried unaliving myself the first time at 11 years old. Sometimes you need to protect your kids from certain kinds of harmful exposure. This is one of those times.
Okay so I looked up a Unitarian Church in my area and there's one close by. I read through the whole website and watched last week's sermon. I really liked what I heard. I grew up in a religious household but it never stuck, too much curiosity. I think this will be a really good start for us!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 02:49 PM (Wmg4n)
Reasonably Adequate Wednesday takes a hit as usual.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:53 PM (8avO+)
I think a lot also has to do with the pastor/priest, as well.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 03, 2026 02:53 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:54 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
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Can kids understand the truth or not when adults tell them that boys shouldn't have dicks?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:54 PM (hAotW)
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So ... homo?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
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"Do whatever you want. Some kind of greater thing out there will be okay with it."
"So...I don't have to come here and give you money, huh? Alright."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:55 PM (hAotW)
David French's wife is just as nasty, duplicitous and vile as he is.
In 2024, she was part of a group, with millions in funding, doing "training" and outreach to evangelical churches.
It was, on the surface, nonpolitical.
But the message they were pushing, with free training, pamphlets, posterboards, and talking points, was "good Christians must support--nay, demand!--a total, federal, nationwide ban on abortion."
With heavy implication that, if a candidate (cough, cough, Trump) refused to call for a total, federal, nationwide ban on abortion, good Christians must not--can not, lest they damn their eternal soul--vote for that candidate.
Even if it means the most radical, pro-abortion candidate in history would win.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 02:55 PM (HXT0k)
How they got away with this mystifies me but then deception is the Left's nature.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 02:55 PM (mWRBW)
French's go-to move is claiming that only he can interpret Christianity and it's whatever he says it is. Most famously, that drag queen story hour is "a blessing".
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 02:55 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:54 PM (aTgV0)
It's like pull out game is weak.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:56 PM (bss/y)
The good ones are either taken or handicapped.
Posted by: Hey-oog! at April 03, 2026 02:56 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (2WIwB)
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We were full last night. I expect a decent crowd today for Good Friday.
Then the Vigil Saturday night - and we will start late in keeping with sundown. Then three services Sunday morning. Our attendance has been on a steady climb for a few years, both Spanish speakers and English speakers. We are running out of space. Which is a good thing.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 02:56 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:54 PM (aTgV0)
We have to fill up those Bingo halls somehow. Oh, and subvert the Biden Administration.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:57 PM (8avO+)
They need to hear the good news: God loves them.
Try saying that in public or on social media and see the response.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 02:58 PM (4KUe5)
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Leftists: "We shouldn't expose young kids to the church because they won't be able to recognize all the dangerous bullshit the church tells them!"
Also Leftists: "Hey little kids, don't you know that boys can menstruate and girls can have dicks?"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD "
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What's this pull out of which you speak?
Posted by: Cosda at April 03, 2026 02:59 PM (JcfF0)
Side Scrollers just got $12k in donations getting people to donate towards their choice for best console. Wii beat N64 (though about half of those donations were spiteful PS2 supporters from earlier in the bracket).
Posted by: Methos at April 03, 2026 02:59 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 02:54 PM (aTgV0)
It's like pull out game is weak.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:56 PM (bss/y)
What do you call a couple that practices natural family planning?
Parents.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 03, 2026 02:59 PM (N39Ws)
He does everything the denigrate Christians, Evangelicals in particular, then takes credit for more people seeking out religion?!?!
Wow.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 02:59 PM (4KUe5)
I'm part of the tech team and we'll also be livestreaming the first service for those who can't attend in person.
I expect a noticeable uptick in livestream traffic.
My pastor knocked last week's message out of the park. He's going to have to find a way to make his Easter message even better.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 02:59 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 03:00 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: James Talarico, the new Religious Hotness at April 03, 2026 03:00 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 03:00 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD "
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What's this pull out of which you speak?
Posted by: Cosda at April 03, 2026 02:59 PM (JcfF0)
There are definitely some large families in my Catholic parish. Obviously the husband can't pull out of a driveway. Don't even own a pull out couch.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 03, 2026 03:00 PM (N39Ws)
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Can kids understand the truth or not when adults tell them that boys shouldn't have dicks?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:54 PM (hAotW)
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Unitarians don't believe anything, so you won't find truth there. You will find exploration of whatever anyone wants to explore. It has its lane, and actually is one of the religions not seeing declines, but it's hard to call them a religion. It's more like a social society. But truth? Ha!
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 03:01 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Lizzy at April
You can on X! It’s a definite start.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 03:01 PM (Wmg4n)
I'm eating lunch and I just want you to know that...
Miss Vickie's Sea Salt Potato Chips are the Best!
They are the best plain potato chip evah.
So, buy some and see.
That's all. Continue with your David Frenching.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 03, 2026 03:01 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: James Talarico, the new Religious Hotness at April 03, 2026 03:00 PM (skR0U)
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Look at Mr. "I believe explicitly heretical things and espouse them but I am more Christian than thou because I'm Progressive" over here.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:01 PM (hAotW)
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Don't blame it all on the dude. Just try pulling out of a Irish, Italian, or Latino woman.
Posted by: Cosda at April 03, 2026 03:03 PM (JcfF0)
Walked uphill to grade school there.
Posted by: DaveA at April 03, 2026 03:03 PM (FhXTo)
They need to hear the good news: God loves them.
Try saying that in public or on social media and see the response.
Posted by: Lizzy
The reactions to that can be all over the place. This time was just kinda funny: https://tinyurl.com/3n2zz9p4
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 03, 2026 03:03 PM (JCZqz)
He does everything the denigrate Christians, Evangelicals in particular, then takes credit for more people seeking out religion?!?!
To clarify, French has not taken credit for this, as far as I know. That's just Ace riffing, I believe. But it's very much in French's wheelhouse.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:03 PM (2ocoG)
I would consider taking my kids to a Unitarian church, but luckily they aren’t interested. Your child is 6, not able to determine when adults are not telling the truth, and they obviously aren’t telling the truth. This can be confusing for kids, imho. Better to leave their minds untainted until they have some level of bullshit detector and aren’t so trusting.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
But teachers and transitioners, totally trusting and unconfusing for a 6 year old, eh redditor?
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at April 03, 2026 03:03 PM (qivay)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:04 PM (aTgV0)
Walked uphill to grade school there.
Posted by: DaveA at April 03, 2026 03:03 PM (FhXTo)
Both ways, too. A Miracle!
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:04 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at April 03, 2026 03:03 PM (qivay)
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Teachers are trained and credentialed, h8ter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at April 03, 2026 03:03 PM (qivay)
Shoulda written "trustworthy", dammit.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (qivay)
A Unitarian church I pass pretty regularly has had a big BLM banner up since 2020. It's in pretty bad shape now, LOL.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Boss Moss"
Doggy style. Same as in town.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:04 PM (aTgV0)
Throw a burning log at the ho!
Posted by: St. Thomas Aquinas at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (jGJov)
Duuuude, you lost your argument in the opening of Genesis. Don’t queer our beliefs and values, lolgf.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: RandomDave at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (aJQbY)
Even if it means the most radical, pro-abortion candidate in history would win.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 02:55 PM (HXT0k)
Something that did not get any traction in our evangelical church, thank goodness.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (Wmg4n)
Society has been pushing religion away for decades, and now non-religion is the norm. Which inevitably leads to youth rebellion against what’s normal.
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:06 PM (Vb3xW)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:06 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 03, 2026 03:06 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (jGJov)
Well pretty soon central Europe might need some scouring out.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:07 PM (8avO+)
Duuuude, you lost your argument in the opening of Genesis. Don’t queer our beliefs and values, lolgf.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (4KUe5)
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He's a weird looking twink with so many awful soundbites (and probably gay) that Paxton or Cornyn can use against him in GOP dominated Texas that he's probably going to lose worse than a no-name Democrat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:07 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:06 PM (aTgV0)
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False.
People didn't seriously think about religious questions until that blue haired chick took her first religious studies class at Oberlin last August.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:08 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 03, 2026 03:08 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 03:08 PM (n17eQ)
While we are both still very young she's been at it for a looooong time.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:08 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:07 PM (hAotW)
Had no idea the Dems in Texas could find a worse candidate than Beto the reincarnated JFK. They rose to the challenge though. Did not have Gnostic Heresy on my Bingo Card.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:09 PM (8avO+)
Hurr-durr, don't talk to JD Vance about pulling out of couches!!! Kamala could have won if she unleashed Walz on the couch-fucker attack!!!
Posted by: Kyle Kulinski at April 03, 2026 03:09 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM (2bnFA)
ICYMI from tech thread. Worth a read.
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Inside the complacency and decisions that eroded trust in Azure—from a former Azure Core engineer.
>>>If you’re running production workloads on Azure or relying on it for mission-critical systems, this story matters more than you think.
Pt. 1 of 4
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Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: one hour sober
Ha! The girl that does my hair goes to this on occasion! I have never been.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 02:51 PM (Wmg4n)
You should go if you get a chance. The band is not bad and the pastor seems like a really good guy.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM (Y1sOo)
There are strong gnostic elements in a lot of leftwing thought.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)
🚨 BREAKING: A SECOND US Air Force combat plane, an A-10 Warthog, has GONE DOWN in the Persian Gulf region today
Luckily, the pilot is SAFE after being rescued
This happened around the same time an F-15 went down over Iran, per NYT
Details are very scant."
Posted by: illiniwek at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:09 PM (8avO+)
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Beto got weirdly close, but the state has lurched to the right recently. Biden opening the border turned the border counties from hard blue to soft red. Plus, the inbound immigration seems to have been majority conservative.
Republicans should get excited by a boring Republican running for Senate against Warren in Massachusetts to even things out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM (hAotW)
While we are both still very young she's been at it for a looooong time.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:08 PM (aTgV0)
Did it not take? Do you have her number?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM (dK+Kv)
Hurr-durr, don't talk to JD Vance about pulling out of couches!!! Kamala could have won if she unleashed Walz on the couch-fucker attack!!!
Posted by: Kyle Kulinski at April 03, 2026 03:09 PM (JCZqz)
The funniest thing about that dude is how much his wife is done with his crap on the podcast they do.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (8avO+)
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He recently said something about little boys with their ting ting removed makes him happy.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (/lPRQ)
Duuuude, you lost your argument in the opening of Genesis. Don’t queer our beliefs and values, lolgf.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 03:05 PM (4KUe5)
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He's a weird looking twink with so many awful soundbites (and probably gay) that Paxton or Cornyn can use against him in GOP dominated Texas that he's probably going to lose worse than a no-name Democrat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:07 PM (hAotW)
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I'm waiting for the truly awful oppo on this weirdo to drop. I assume there's plenty out there and it's weird and creepy AF.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)
I don't think it's just that. I think people are noticing the now overt Satanic influence in the world that is ascendant. This is a natural defense mechanism from pure evil.
Posted by: Max Power at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (q177U)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (/lPRQ)
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He loves trans-kids.
Dude is fucking weird and probably fucked a trans kid at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 03, 2026 03:12 PM (2bnFA)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)
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Yeah, it's probably awful.
He was about to drop out of politics like 3 years ago, and then he went crazy leftist and started gaining traction with the craziest of leftist AWFLs in Austin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:12 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at April 03, 2026 03:12 PM (4NO2D)
Finally found out it was a unitarian church. Ah, ok.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 03:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Heroq
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That's it. Well done. Its all just a fad like bellbottoms or poprocks.
Posted by: Uncle screwtape at April 03, 2026 03:13 PM (Ha2dl)
Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at April 03, 2026 03:12 PM (4NO2D)
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And no longer Mrs. French.
David divorced her to marry some younger woman. Just like Jesus would.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:13 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM (dK+Kv)"
Oh it took. She plays Ukelele in the Church ...ummm Ukelele band.
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:13 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 03:13 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (/lPRQ)
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He loves trans-kids.
Dude is fucking weird and probably fucked a trans kid at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (hAotW)
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"Chill out bro, shit happens!"
-- Dude in The Crying Game
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 03:14 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:14 PM (Vb3xW)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 03, 2026 03:12 PM (2bnFA)
She needs to hone that disapproving stare to teach the kiddos that the Wrath of a church lady is to be feared as is traditional.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 03:13 PM (aZm/F)
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How is his existence...not that?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:14 PM (hAotW)
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Meanwhile ZeroHedge and Discord TV about strokes out from.... stroking it out every time theres some shred of good news for Iran
Every heinous act ever committed by Iran is ok because Jews
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 03, 2026 03:14 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:15 PM (aTgV0)
I don't think it's just that. I think people are noticing the now overt Satanic influence in the world that is ascendant. This is a natural defense mechanism from pure evil.
Posted by: Max Power at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (q177U)
There will be a great revival and return to the church in the latter days. I don't know if these are those days and I'm not worried about that. But it is great to see none the less.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 03:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:14 PM (Vb3xW)
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And in that time, the state veered hard right.
But next time, all those people just won't vote or something.
Come the fuck on. Blexas can be the fantasy of the left to waste money, but we are years past it being a concern on the right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:15 PM (hAotW)
Gov. Greg "I'm totally conservative" Abbot says the answer to that is.... more Indians
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:15 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:15 PM (jGJov)
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There are roughly 2.5 million more Republicans in Texas than Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:16 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Uncle screwtape at April 03, 2026 03:13 PM (Ha2dl)
I didn’t say it’s a fad. I said young people rebel against the status quo. That rebellion can be long or short term.
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:16 PM (Vb3xW)
"Islam is part of our past and present. It created a modern Europe. Islam teaches us all the lessons that Christianity has lost."
WTAF?
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 03:16 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 03, 2026 03:16 PM (2Ez/1)
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My favorite are feminists who convert to Islam and then complain about how anti-women it is and how they'll be the ones to bring Islam to the 21st century
Good luck with that
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 03, 2026 03:16 PM (REq0p)
🚨 BREAKING: A SECOND US Air Force combat plane, an A-10 Warthog, has GONE DOWN in the Persian Gulf region today
Luckily, the pilot is SAFE after being rescued
This happened around the same time an F-15 went down over Iran, per NYT
Details are very scant."
Posted by: illiniwek at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM
I assume any details other than whether the crews are safe to be lies. No need to tell anyone which enemy AA weapons systems worked successfully, if in fact they did and it wasn't just mechanical failure. Everything will come out when the war is over.
Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at April 03, 2026 03:17 PM (4NO2D)
I don't think it's just that. I think people are noticing the now overt Satanic influence in the world that is ascendant. This is a natural defense mechanism from pure evil.
Posted by: Max Power at April 03, 2026 03:11 PM (q177U)
There will be a great revival and return to the church in the latter days. I don't know if these are those days and I'm not worried about that. But it is great to see none the less.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 03:15 PM (2WIwB)
Kids like to revolt from their parents. What you gonna do when your parents do drugs, crazed left wing politics, and have to rules to rebel against?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:17 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:07 PM (hAotW)
The first thought that came to me on seeing him was that I'm seeing a serpent. A smooth talking serpent. He reminds me of a line from Tolkien where Frodo first meets Strider and says that he looked foul but felt fair. Talarico perhaps looks fair (not to me but to others perhaps) but definitely feels foul.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 03, 2026 03:17 PM (2bnFA)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:17 PM (8avO+)
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Watch Steven Crowder and go, "This guy...makes sense..."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:17 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:15 PM (jGJov)
Out: Hispanics are natural conservatives
In: Indians are natural conservatives
Weird how whites are never natural conservatives according to Republicans.
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:17 PM (Vb3xW)
James Talarico thinks he can win Christian voters by saying things like God is no - binary or some such.
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You know what else was in the Bible?
Beware false prophets... they will come to you as trans-sheep.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:18 PM (mWRBW)
Yes I know you are very positive about Texas remaining a conservative stronghold forever. I am much less optimistic given the demographics, and how much they are going to change as the boomers die off. Hope you're right though.
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:18 PM (jGJov)
I'll stick with FloraBama for a bit since it's only about a 20 minute drive. If anything changes, I'll let you know. Thanks.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 03:18 PM (Y1sOo)
Yes I know you are very positive about Texas remaining a conservative stronghold forever. I am much less optimistic given the demographics, and how much they are going to change as the boomers die off. Hope you're right though.
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:18 PM (jGJov)
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I never say forever.
But in the next 8 months? Yeah, it's not a worry.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:18 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 03:10 PM
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Odd how often we make spiritual choices based on something that is performance based.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 03, 2026 03:19 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Joemarine at April 03, 2026 03:19 PM (y171U)
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:18 PM (jGJov)
boomers aren't all that conservative, except cranks like me. Hippy dippy.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:19 PM (8avO+)
Weird how whites are never natural conservatives according to Republicans.
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:17 PM
Come to Oregon/Washington/California. The whole west coast is full of whites with white guilt and feel they have to be liberal as a form of atonement.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 03:19 PM (IifOV)
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Nothing is forever but Texas becoming a blue state by 2028 is a bit eeyory.
Although I do wish Abbott would stand up for American workers instead of H1b weenies
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 03, 2026 03:20 PM (REq0p)
Oh yeah, agree there. Crenshaw losing was great to see.
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:20 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:14 PM (Vb3xW)
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And in that time, the state veered hard right.
But next time, all those people just won't vote or something.
Come the fuck on. Blexas can be the fantasy of the left to waste money, but we are years past it being a concern on the right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:15 PM (hAotW)
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Cruz won by 2.6%. Still too close for comfort. But if you look at the counties, Beto somehow managed to flip a lot of red counties that Trump won in 2016. I find that very hard to believe that was possible without cheating.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 03:21 PM (4NO2D)
Luckily, the pilot is SAFE after being rescued
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This is what we get for "negotiating", should just mercilessly bomb everything so they have no time to regroup and figure out ways to shoot at our planes and move Iraqi militias into the streets of Tehran. so stupid.
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 03:21 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:21 PM (Vb3xW)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 03, 2026 03:20 PM (REq0p)
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H1-Bs that are being forced to go home to reapply are getting appointments several years in the future. Until they, they stay home.
And the $100,000 fee is being finalized.
H1-B numbers have crashed. Trump is doing everything he can to limit it. It'll take an act of Congress to eliminate it, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:21 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 03:19 PM (IifOV)
yeah, but like my liberal sister they will put up fences and take out brooms to beat off the riff raff from their homes. She also didn't let it affect raising her kids.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:22 PM (8avO+)
Good luck with that
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 03, 2026 03:16 PM (REq0p)
Heh. Then they find out that The Handmaid's Tale was akshully written about THIS religion. Double Heh!
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 03, 2026 03:22 PM (2bnFA)
remove the sin of watching his wife get tagged by the local gas station murder hobo?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 03:22 PM (abIsI)
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Does it now
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:22 PM (mWRBW)
It was taken from the show/comic Invincible, and specifically with Omni-Man, now labeled as "The Constitution" pummeling Invincible now labeled as "Populist legislation"
Now why is this dumb? Omni-Man is a Superman like character but from an aggressive alien empire. He is sent to earth to conquer the planet. He has a son with an earth woman who is...Invincible...who has a similar power set but wants to save the Earth's independence.
In the story [SPOILERS!] Invincible eventually wins over his father to his way of thinking, now if we take it back to the meme it completely subverts it. The Constitution, or at least judicial interpretations of it, is being controlled by a hostile alien force but given time the Populists will win out and get them to think their way...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Seems Legit
This timeline is getting weirder and weirder. David Wood (the Dizzle himself) just did a video on people leaving Islam, and talked about Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Milo praising Islam and giving permission for otherwise non-religious people to mock those that leave. https://tinyurl.com/5fh53p2d
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 03:23 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 03:21 PM (GD0B3)
who said it was shot down?
you get enough peeps flying about and accidents happen.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:23 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:21 PM
Well noted. It was so Republican at the national level that we were being warned about having a perpetually Republican executive branch.
I blame GHWBush and the 'peace dividend'.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 03:23 PM (4NO2D)
In: Indians are natural conservatives
Weird how whites are never natural conservatives according to Republicans.
Posted by: Heroq
As I understand it, the high-caste Indians are the liberal ones, the low-caste ones conservative.
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 03:23 PM (77rzZ)
And they're going to pick up a few more in the next year.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 03:23 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)
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Texas has also tightened election rules in the last few years.
The Beto thing was an odd outlier, but one where noted bad politician and hated by the local establishment still won.
In the 8 years since, the establishment GOP's opinion in the state has gotten increasingly irrelevant, ground zero being Paxton sailing through his impeachment trial and then Cornyn not able to get a majority in his primary even with a spoiler to siphon votes from Paxton.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:23 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: United brotherhood of gas station murder hobos local #407 at April 03, 2026 03:23 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Heroq at April 03, 2026 03:21 PM (Vb3xW)
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Lots of mail-in votes there. It's like WA, they will never be red again because of the mail-in voting.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 03:24 PM (aZm/F)
Well France just shived us in the face. Cut a deal with the Iranians to their ships can get through Strait of Hormuz. Also voted with Russia, and China against us in the UN resolution to open the strait.
Macron is a cocksucker.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 03:24 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:24 PM (mWRBW)
In: Indians are natural conservatives
I know right leaning Indians.
But pretty much all the high caste Indian women I've know are hardcore leftists.
Now it is comical - they are all also upper class, married to men, and not just wealthy but FROM money.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:24 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: lin-duh at April 03, 2026 03:25 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:24 PM (mWRBW)
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Also, "We will kill you if you say Jesus is God and not our twisted version of him." Another important lesson from Islam.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:25 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 03, 2026 03:25 PM (sAmhv)
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He's right, in a way. But, "Male and female, he made them."
That's us. You can't possibly believe that that is inspired and believe that gender is just our idea. We have to take some pointers about God's intention from scripture.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:25 PM (mWRBW)
But none of them can vote!
Posted by: Brain dead Leftist at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)
there is new management in the GOP that isn't run by GOPe traitors. They did OK in 2024.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
It means people are ignoring the left.
And that is a fate worse than death to them. Their whole existence is to force other to pay attention to them.
And nothing is a bigger "you're irrelevant to me" than going to church, a traditional church especially.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (HXT0k)
Macron is a cocksucker.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 03:24 PM (IifOV)
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Literally, that is something Candace got right.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:25 PM (mWRBW)
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The Koran also says to strike the throat of the infidel that doesn't believe in Allah or his prophet Muhammad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Does it have a choir?
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ...
Who cares about that?
Posted by: Muhammed climbing off of 9 year-old Aisha at April 03, 2026 03:27 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:25 PM (hAotW)
Also "Our God is greater.... (kablam!!!)" Great lesson.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:27 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (hAotW)
A preview of the 2032 Democrat Platform
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Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch
@BabakTaghvaee1
BREAKING: According to CENTCOM, the second U.S. Air Force CSAR team sent into Iran to rescue the crew of the downed F-15E of the 494th Fighter Squadron has successfully located and rescued the second crew member.
He ejected, survived the crash, and is now safe in Iraq.
This is good news for the 48th Fighter Wing community at RAF Lakenheath—both crew members of the downed F-15E are now safe.
Also, the crew members of the second HH-60W helicopter involved in the rescue operation of the second crew member, which was shot upon by means of MANPADS, are also safe.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 03:28 PM (E4rtv)
you get enough peeps flying about and accidents happen.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:23 PM (8avO+)
they must have either received new air defense system, or using one that has not been bombed out of existence yet
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (GD0B3)
It is unclear how much of Islam comes from Muhammed and wasn't added later under the Caliphate
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: David French at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (aTgV0)
Also, the crew members of the second HH-60W helicopter involved in the rescue operation of the second crew member, which was shot upon by means of MANPADS, are also safe.
Outstanding news.
Thanks!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:24 PM (mWRBW)
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One prominent Islamic scholar even said that Jesus (PBUH) *tricked* some fool into taking his place!
But, again, they think a capricious and willful Allah cannot be questioned. Islam, literally, invokes slavery. You're nobody to look down on God's prophet (Jesus) even if he did trick some guy to die in his place.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)
Macron is a cocksucker.
Posted by: Frank Barone
I wonder how many times his 'wife' punched him in the face to agree to this deal.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (abIsI)
"ONLY GOD HAS THE RIGHT TO PLAY GOD" and not your Leninist and Marxist Policies !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (/Uzmo)
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My company went on a hiring spree of foreign turdbags by offshoring the jobs to bypass H1B restrictions, would explain why domestic jobs while foreign jobs continue to rise, theyre just finding new ways to game the system
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 03, 2026 03:30 PM (REq0p)
CNN must be devastated
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 03:30 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: whig
If they were able to threaten helicopters with their shooting, I should invite them over to MY man pad!
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at April 03, 2026 03:30 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)
Wasn't Muhammed (piss be upon him) illiterate, so we basically have only second- or third-hand reports of what the crazy motherfucker actually said?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:30 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Heroq
Texans thought Cruz was not conservative enough. In the intervening years, the state has moved massively to the right.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2026 03:30 PM (0U5gm)
Which is an odd behavior for a religious leader no?
Of course Muhammed was a brigand, a child rapist, and a genocidal killer according to Islam - I guess tricking one poor shlub to die for you is a much lesser crime...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm)
Texans thought Cruz was not conservative enough. In the intervening years, the state has moved massively to the right.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2026 03:30 PM (0U5gm)
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False.
Every import since then is a hardcore Marxist who have just been lying in wait until the prime opportunity to vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:31 PM (hAotW)
Every import since then is a hardcore Marxist who have just been lying in wait until the prime opportunity to vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:31 PM (hAotW)
Not Elon Musk
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:32 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Paul at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (GdNKe)
Every import since then is a hardcore Marxist who have just been lying in wait until the prime opportunity to vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:31 PM (hAotW)
Not Elon Musk
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:32 PM (8avO+)
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He only takes federal government money to build his rockets and loves government handouts. His efforts on X are just cover so that the people of Texas don't lynch him.
He's as much a Marxist as Lenin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Muslim Animal Lover and Pederast at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (jRlwL)
Which is an odd behavior for a religious leader no?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm)
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You're a slave to Allah, and you just have to take what your superiors give out!
When I lived in the Detroit area, one of my best friends outside a church was a disbelieving Iranian, he flat out told me that Allah is as capricious as he wants to be. And that's just that.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (qgHp7)
It is unclear how much of Islam comes from Muhammed and wasn't added later under the Caliphate
Posted by: 18-1
But the Quran is timeless, perfect, and unchanging! It says so!
Posted by: Retards at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (JCZqz)
It is unclear how much of Islam comes from Muhammed and wasn't added later under the Caliphate
Posted by: 18-1
But the Quran is timeless, perfect, and unchanging! It says so!
Posted by: Retards at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (JCZqz)
which revision added that?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:34 PM (8avO+)
Epstein is still waiting to explode?
You people are fucking retarded. Millions of pages released. Fuck off.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:34 PM (hAotW)
BREAKING: According to CENTCOM, the second U.S. Air Force CSAR team sent into Iran to rescue the crew of the downed F-15E of the 494th Fighter Squadron has successfully located and rescued the second crew member.
I pray it is true because the last thing we need is for "Iranian Ragheads" Video of Torturing the US Aviator like they did in 1979.
They hit an F-15 (Non-Stealth) A/C proves that even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while ....
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 03, 2026 03:34 PM (/Uzmo)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mayor Zohran Mamdani
Posted by: Real Muslims at April 03, 2026 03:35 PM (JCZqz)
Epstein is still waiting to explode?
You people are fucking retarded. Millions of pages released. Fuck off.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:34 PM (hAotW)
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Are they releasing the unredacted files? And I think there are thousands of files yet to be released.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 03:36 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 03:36 PM (E6xSb)
Christianity is about refining your behavior to be right with God, (regardless of unmerited grace and all that). To do less harm, to do more healing, more serving.
Jesus is (I think) singular in presenting the model of "servant leadership". Islam is still in the pre-Christian power mode.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:37 PM (Fi81e)
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Like in The Sting?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)
I would say this even if I were not a new convert to the Roman Catholic church. After a lifetime & generations of Presbyterians (conservative).
I will never, ever, believe THIS is the only church. It was my choice & the right path for growth in my faith. One I needed and many reasons unspoken (well, one is the non-traditional services and praise music of many Protestant churches and not how I was raised. Nothing wrong with it for others, however). I am no pious saint nor hypocrite.
Thanks be to God more young people are turning to Christ with standing room only! I see this in our parish. Lots of babies, including our baby granddaughter who has gone to Mass since she was 2wks old. Many fathers holding these lovely babies and it brings joy to me.
God bless you all this Easter weekend. He died without sin for us all to have eternal life & sins forgiven. And with this blessing, we have peace and joy in this life on earth. It's the only way for this in my belief. I have never known a moment since toddlerhood without faith.
Yeah, I crack jokes like a crazy buffoon, but am trying not to cuss as much!
Love to all, and to you Ace for posting this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 03, 2026 03:37 PM (WONhk)
And the ONLY thing that tells you that Allah is a benevolent god of "peace" is literally they just say it when they refer to him. I'm not kidding on that either. Nothing actually demonstrates it. The Koran just says it. He's most benevolent and loving. And you have to believe it. Why? Because Allah said so.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:37 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
In the alternative, you make them where you feel comfortable and stay for the change you feel in your spirit. Mr. Sober hasn’t gone to Church since he was 16, he found a Church home where he is learning about scripture and feeling the love of God in an environment that resonates with him. That is something to celebrate, in my eyes.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 03:38 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 03:36 PM (aZm/F)
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All I know is that Steve Bannon tried for years to rehabilitate Epstein's image, and no one seems to give a fuck about him.
Also that everyone except literal crazy people who no one at the time believed because they were obviously crazy (you know, inventing boats and houses that Epstein never owned) say that Trump didn't like Epstein and helped the police to catch him.
Also, a bunch of no-name Democrat apparaticks keep resigning because of their affiliations with him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:38 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (aZm/F)
Now that Pam Bondi is gone, NATO will get the Two Minutes Hate.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 03:38 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 03:38 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 03:38 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:37 PM (Fi81e)
You know who else is still in the pre-Christian power mode?
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:39 PM (mWRBW)
You people are fucking retarded. Millions of pages released. Fuck off.
The page where the walls are closing in on Trump hasn't been released yet. But it definitely exists. Just ask any Democrat.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:39 PM (2ocoG)
The most charitable take on Islam is that Muhammed took his poor understanding of Judaism and used it to make Arabic paganism into a monotheistic religion.
But...even that is too positive. Muhammed after inventing his religion was still telling people it was ok to worship Arabic pagan gods.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:39 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)
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God Incarnated had a sex. The Son of Man, the Son of God. The other two persons don't.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Jackson K.
I think it proves the hate blinded nuts hit a plane once in a while.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 03:39 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (HXT0k)
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America's Youth Pastor, David French. Shudder.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 03, 2026 03:39 PM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:39 PM (2ocoG)
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It obviously exists.
Because if it didn't exist, then their worldview would collapse.
And their worldview is truth.
And truth can't be wrong, no matter the facts.
So, the page exists, and the only reason it hasn't been released is a conspiracy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:39 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:40 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Heroq
And yet.
Quit being a defeatist.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 03:40 PM (E6xSb)
Also that everyone except literal crazy people who no one at the time believed because they were obviously crazy (you know, inventing boats and houses that Epstein never owned) say that Trump didn't like Epstein and helped the police to catch him.
Also, a bunch of no-name Democrat apparaticks keep resigning because of their affiliations with him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
You can tell who are tied together by those grifters on X and on media that were so concerned with Epstein papers but NOT going after Bannon.
Bannon had over 1900 emails/texts with Epstein and plotted directly against Trump in them with Epstein. He is a lousy piece of shit.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: eleven at April 03, 2026 03:40 PM (aTgV0)
Quit being a defeatist.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 03:40 PM (E6xSb)
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Scott Brown won the special election in MA 16 years ago.
That means that whichever Republican runs for the next Senate race in MA may have a chance. Donate big money!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:41 PM (hAotW)
GOD is an entity that is neither male or female in the sense GOD is a greater being then all of us simple humans. GOD created Man and Woman in GOD's Image. I do not question GOD's Gender and only accept him and Jesus as our Father, Son, Savior, and Creator.
The Non-Binary Theory BS is just that..... Commie BS........
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 03, 2026 03:41 PM (/Uzmo)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:41 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 03:41 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:42 PM (mWRBW)
Whatever you think you're seeking in the files, it almost certainly doesn't exist. The files themselves are an op of a greater scale than Epstein himself ever ran.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)
I think it would be good to have a discussion about how an explicitly Christian government would yield worse results than this horrifying monstrosity we have.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 03:42 PM (BI5O2)
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Like in The Sting?
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Maybe more like Tom Sawyer whitewashing the picket fence.
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 03:42 PM (qgHp7)
You people are fucking retarded. Millions of pages released. Fuck off.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:34 PM (hAotW)
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Are they releasing the unredacted files? And I think there are thousands of files yet to be released.
Posted by: Seems Legit
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And Trump has 34 convictions, or something like that. He's a felon!!!!! And he's raped tons of women, all adults too!!!/////
-- everyone on my Nextdoor feed
Posted by: lin-duh at April 03, 2026 03:42 PM (VCgbV)
Which is an odd behavior for a religious leader no?
Of course Muhammed was a brigand, a child rapist, and a genocidal killer according to Islam - I guess tricking one poor shlub to die for you is a much lesser crime...
Posted by: 18-1
Not a crime.
It is viewed as a clever trick used to get ahead.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)
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False.
Epstein ran the largest info op in human history, getting 89,000K video of every prominent political, social, religious, entertainment, sports, and YouTube personality on film having sex with babies.
And if you don't believe that the CIA has it in its vaults and refuses to release it, then you're protecting pedophiles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (hAotW)
Dot guilt?
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (FguBe)
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (xvV4K)
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)
there is new management in the GOP that isn't run by GOPe traitors. They did OK in 2024.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
Beto got a lot of Leftist voters excited and it lasted for awhile but now, not so much. In spite of the defeatists, who insist I am going to be forced marched to the county courthouse to recite the Shehada and that TX will go blue tomorrow, that’s not the case. It’s helpful to have state laws mandating all 254 county sheriffs work with ICE, and even the RINOs are working hard to deal with evil Islam so it can give them red meat cover to do serious harm elsewhere. Frankly I am far more worried about State HR RINOs than I am about the Dems and all the defeatists here are shrieking about.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (E6xSb)
Right. It's always the elites, where ever you go.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:44 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
Sure but OK is already deep red.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:44 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 03:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 03:45 PM (E6xSb)
And those sons a bitches didn't share any of it with me!?!?!?!?
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2026 03:45 PM (JCZqz)
CNN must be devastated
Posted by: brak
......
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S TRUE
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBURGER at April 03, 2026 03:45 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Nood called, everybody upstairs at April 03, 2026 03:45 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
Sure but OK is already deep red.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:44 PM (mWRBW)
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Another point of data:
2008 saw massive, massive Democrat primary numbers in Texas.
It was blacks turning out for Obama. They outright outvoted Republicans in the respective primaries.
Obama lost the primary in Texas to Hillary.
He also lost the general election to McCain by 12 points.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (xvV4K)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (2ocoG)
Which is an odd behavior for a religious leader no?
Of course Muhammed was a brigand, a child rapist, and a genocidal killer according to Islam - I guess tricking one poor shlub to die for you is a much lesser crime...
Posted by: 18-1
Not a crime.
It is viewed as a clever trick used to get ahead.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Muslims probably borrowed that from gnostics. There were gnostics who believed the trick thing.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (5NDL0)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger
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Except US is probably going to start putting serious security blocks on a lot of those furriners after the fiasco with Microsoft Azure cloud services where ChiComs in China were directly accessing secure US government files. Pixy has a thread earlier from a Microsoft insider about how it happened.
Note the recent FTC ban on Chicom or even foreign made home routers (a possible route for another Salt Typhoon penetration of US telecoms)
I also suspect that the Indian CEO of Microsoft does not have much longer to hold office either and that probably means his cronies are out as well. Massive drop in stock price over the troubles in the last year. Anthropic is busy shooting itself in the head and is another where corporate leaders have driven themselves into a brick wall.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)
Back in the day I used to say a government completely full of Rick Santorums or Pat Robertsons would still be freer then what we have now.
And watching COVIDmania I stand by that.
Remember Roy Moore the guy the FNM/GOPe sabotaged because he has a 14 year age gap with his wife (he was 38 she was 24)? Last I saw him his was leading the anti-COVID lockdown efforts in his home state...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:44 PM (mWRBW)
And full of RINOs. Didn’t Lankford want to give out amnesty because he feels sorry for illegal aliens? Doesn’t he want to help lawbreakers?
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 03:47 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)
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Bannon got on my bad side in a quick hurry, even in 2016. When he started ranting about the infamous Trump Tower meeting with "Russians", and basically capitulated to the Dems' take on this.
I thought it was innocent (but no less stupid) at the time. (Like an "own-goal") But apparently even the "right-wing" successor to Brietbart was a fucking plant in the Trump organization!
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)
Anthropic's product is fantastic. Shame about everything else.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 03:48 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Azjaeger at April 03, 2026 03:48 PM (PUrHv)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 03:44 PM (mWRBW)
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But still just OK?
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)
More to follow....
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 03, 2026 03:48 PM (xvV4K)
But, again, they think a capricious and willful Allah cannot be questioned. Islam, literally, invokes slavery. You're nobody to look down on God's prophet (Jesus) even if he did trick some guy to die in his place.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)
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The Christian construction of Islam's Allah is probably best described by Pope Benedict XVI's "Regensburg Address", which he delivered, surprisingly enough, at the University of Regensburg in September, 2006.
The address was mainly focused on the Christian challenge to Modernity, but it starts with a debate between a Byzantine emperor and a Turkish diplomat on how God engages mankind. The Christian argument is that God speaks to man through reason, while Islam places its faith in an unknowable, transcendental supreme being.
Muslim religious leaders went ballistic after the address was released, of course. Threats, demands, the usual howls of outrage. Might be worth a read.
Posted by: mrp at April 03, 2026 03:50 PM (rj6Yv)
Unlike older Leftists who attend Church, this is a conscious decision, rather than a traditional adherence to something they don't really care about, but do because their parents did and their friends' parents did, and it's where they like to hang out once a week before supporting and encouraging every imaginable sin.
The two ideas are completely incompatible. These kids will either leave the churches quickly as they came, or the politicians from "both" Parties are going to have a problem.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 03:51 PM (BI5O2)
BTW, I had one child, raised Catholic as all of mine were, attend the University of Pittsburgh for a Bachelor degree. It's a fine school. I also sent donations to an on-campus religious group that promised a safe place for all students around the clock to talk, pray, seek other forms of assistance, and not do anything to the exclusion of parents or guardians. I think they did a decent job.
But I told that child, as I told all of mine, to always come to me whatever they were dealing with, knowing the worse I could probably do would be to yell like a banshee for awhile. (That has proven true.)
I think some of this is taking hold through the Hallow app, Catholic by intent. Some through churches such as the Sanctuary Church in Pittsburgh and the Universal Unitarian churches that are all over the country.
Sometimes it seems the Roman Catholic Church & many Protestant churches have gone heavily into emphasizing social justice, community welfare, etc., and sometimes to the detriment of founding communities and, at times, eclipsing the proclamation of the gospel and the salvation of souls.
I worry it doesn't seem a solution to anti-Semitism.
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 03:53 PM (NFX2v)
It is viewed as a clever trick used to get ahead.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (/lPRQ)
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Exactly! Arabs have always valued "cleverness", even the kind that cheats other people. This is cultural and predates Islam--yet Islam easily absorbed this cultural value.
This is why Tawriya and Taqqiya are kinda-sorta on the board within Islam.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)
Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862
By: Hank H. Cox
Narrated by: Aldus H Chapin II's voice replica
https://is.gd/QQQSTz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 03:54 PM (ndZc7)
Obama-Biden Have Implemented Stealth Communism
Plus: Hobbit/LOTR Reading Progress Thread
You probably remember that Obama partially "solved" his unemployment crisis by simply changing the standards about who was eligible to collect Medicaid and disibility insurance. By the stroke of a pen, he changed administrative standards so that the chronically unemployed -- his voters, I mean -- would get paid by the government. They would of course be loyal to the man giving them free money, and putting them on these programs took them out of the unemployed pool and made the numbers look better.
Say anyone else remember "Jobs Saved and Created"? Remember, it's Trump who's the liar who makes up his own fake facts, not the demon Obama. Nic Carter wrote a post discussing Biden greatly expanding upon the Obama plan to impose socialist guaranteed income (or UBI, "Universal Basic Income," long the dream of AOC and her communist allies) -- at least for his voters. The people controlling the Biden Autopen simply ended all authentication/auditing for the billions of dollars they robbed from hardworking taxpayers to give to their cronies. Anyone who spent an hour filling out paperwork could have $500 million, with no chance of ever being caught for fraud, because Biden's Autopen turned off all fraud detection, deliberately. We blame Somali pirates for plundering us but the Democrat-Communist Party did this too us, deliberately. They could not pass a reparations bill, so they allowed all of their voters to just requisition their own personal reparations funds from taxpayers by simply opening a "hospice business" or even a "learing center." Read it all:nic carter
@nic_carter it hasn't sunk in for most people. we already live in a post-scarcity society. UBI [Universal Basic Income] is already here. basic package: disability, medicaid, food stamps etc bonus package: literally getting paid for staying at home and hanging out with your relatives extra bonus: if you are willing to commit fraud, pretend your kids are autistic and get paid for that. get paid for watching your neighbor's kid. pretend you are taking care of your grandma. fake hospice clinic. fake rehab clinic. fake therapy clinic. giga bonus: during a time of crisis take advantage of PPP or CARES and open a fake business and get paid for existing people are shocked when they learn that defense is the FIFTH largest line item in the budget. ahead of defense: social security ($1.6T), interest on debt ($1.1T) medicare ($1T), medicaid + ACA ($1T), AND THEN defense ($0.9T) complain about defense all you like, but healthcare fraud is a way bigger factor. hundreds of billions per year. this is only going to get worse, because the fraud is a structural part of the system -- payouts to client groups in exchange for votes (normally D). in the US, only 47% of the population actually works (fully 14% of the population is working age and does not work). retirees are 18% and children 22%. the system I described above subsidizes 50m non-working people absolute minimum, but really it's far more because people that are paid to stay home and take care of their relatives are considered "workers" of that 47% of "actual workers" maybe one third does real work, the rest are shuffling papers around or doing fake email jobs. so you have, rough math, 50 million actual workers supporting 300 million dependents. that's the nature of the economy today. it will only accelerate. eventually you will have 10 million using AI tools to do all the work and 340 million dependents. the reason no one roots out the fraud is because it's the system that keeps our extremely fragile polity intact. the fraud is the UBI. the purpose of the system is what it does. of course, it's a deeply unfair system, because you are allowed to commit fraud if you are a politically protected client group of the democrats. DOGE was killed faster than any government program ever, because it attempted to root out the fraud. if you are honest and unwilling to commit fraud, you are a huge loser in this system. your neighbor will have their mortgage subsidized by some government program. they will get favorable SBA loans due to DEI. they will open a fake hospice or autism clinic. they will get paid for taking care of their neighbor's kid and vice versa. the primary skill in the labor market is learning how to extract money from state and federal government programs, not gaining skills or making yourself employable. if you are just trying to work an ordinary wagie job you are a huge sucker. you are paying 40-50% effective all in taxes to everyone else who is a net taker. the sad part is because AI is such a substantial productivity boost, it will actually keep this system going for a while longer, and maybe in perpetuity. AI boosts the 15% of the population that is actually productive so much that the remaining 85% can coast by. no one in charge will change this because they can't think of anything else. the political costs of a real UBI program are too great and we don't have the money for it anyway. so we will keep this covert fraud-based UBI program running indefinitely. unfortunately, if you are an honest wagie, you lose.
it hasn't sunk in for most people. we already live in a post-scarcity society. UBI is already here.
— nic carter (@nic_carter) March 30, 2026
basic package: disability, medicaid, food stamps etc
bonus package: literally getting paid for staying at home and hanging out with your relatives
extra bonus: if you are… https://t.co/nRuO8Wr6nC
Related: Part of the plan is also to replace the native population, of course. And how's that going?
🚨 BREAKING: It was just revealed that the Chinese suspects who tried detonating an IED at a US Air Force Base were BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENS of ILLEGAL ALIENS
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 3, 2026
Omg. This is EXACTLY what Justice Sam Alito tried telling everyone at the Supreme Court!
STRIKE DOWN BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP… pic.twitter.com/6I9TjFc0oz
Leading Democrat Calls for Reparations for Illegal Immigrants As Chicago and other blue cities move toward reparations for African Americans, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D, Wa.) wants reparations for illegal immigrants for the trauma caused by immigration enforcement. At the same time, various Democrats are making clear that they want to entirely defund and eliminate Immigration and Customs Enforcement. So, after the Biden Administration allowed in millions over an open border, Democrats would eliminate ICE and some like Jayapal would pay illegal immigrants reparations. Rep. Jayapal declared on Friday:Unrelated: For those joining me on a trip to Middle Earth, how is it going? I did barely any reading the last three nights. Tuesday night I ran out for a 10 pm showing of Project Hail Mary and Wednesday and Thursday nights I worked late to write a bunch of (mostly open thread) posts for today and Monday. Today I'm going to jump back in and finish The Hobbit so I can start Fellowship by Saturday. If you haven't read the Hobbit yet, let me recommend it vigorously. It is a fast, exciting, fun, and very funny read. You may not think of Tolkien as funny because the Lord of the Rings is serious and weighty, but the Hobbit has jokes on almost every page. If you like cheeky British humor, you'll smile a lot. I think in Lord of the Rings, it took about 180 pages to get to Rivendell, and then we spent, IIRC, two (or even three) 50-70 chapters at that place. In the Hobbit, we arrive in Rivendell around page 60, and we spend six pages there. Just six. Tolkien directly addresses the reader and says that while grim, scary, and unpleasant stories may be interesting and take many pages to tell, stories of places that are lovely and welcoming and relaxing do not make for good stories, and thus are told much more quickly. He's always making these kind of playful asides to the reader. (And in LOTR, he retcons the Hobbit to divulge that it was actually written by Bilbo Baggins himself, writing in the third person but usually from the POV of Bilbo. So we learn that the amusing narrator of the book is none other than the main character himself). The book is about 320 pages and they are fast pages. If you've ever been put off by the hulking Lord of the Rings, and thought "I just can't commit to a 1,200 page book," give The Hobbit a try. To be honest, I think it's better than LOTR. I've read it about 10 times and I've only read through LOTR completely twice. (And the first time I did a lot of skimming.) Oh -- and don't compare it to the bloated movies, which padded the hell out of everything to make it move at the slower pace of LOTR. Anyway, that's where I am, just leaving Rivendell and heading for the Misty Mountains."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."While not calling for reparations, other democrats have picked up the theme that someone has to pay for the trauma caused by immigration enforcement.
Some biologists have discovered this strange tree in New Zealand. According to experts, it is heading to Isengard to destroy Saruman. pic.twitter.com/fqTRGXlkmp
— Tolkien Universe (@tolkienzone) March 27, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:21 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (NcvvS)
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Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:23 PM (1wjle)
May I just take this moment, @ace, to point out that we still witness miracles? You told me to calm down and be quiet (paraphrasing) and I did. I think we need an Amen. 😂
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM
You realize this elevated Ace to Chuck Norris status, as the only two men to tell a woman to calm down, with successful results?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2026 01:24 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 01:24 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 01:24 PM (CWTWj)
Today is not the day for shit-stirring, trolls.
Posted by: ace
Dear Mr. Ace,
I have some additional staff termination notifications to make...would you be interested in making a little money on the side doing them for me? I like your style.
Trump 47
Posted by: President Trump at April 03, 2026 01:24 PM (aJmLS)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)
wow that's some progress. I need to finish this Children's Book today. It's getting embarassing!
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 01:26 PM (1wjle)
Today has been particularly heavy in it. I appreciate you giving us this little timeless (and I do mean timeless) safe haven of internet where the values of your readers and commenters are generally respected and not insulted like 99.99% of the "conservative" sites end up doing. The site has had its moments but your humor and overall sense of fairness has been the engine that drives it and keeps it going despite politics generally being a very sucky thing to talk about. I really thank God we still have this fun little place.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:26 PM (mWRBW)
Although The Hobbit is certainly enjoyable and much more whimsical than LOTR, it suffers a bit from a lack of meaningful interaction between characters.
Much of the story is given as exposition, rather than shown through dialogue. For that reason, I skimmed a fair amount of The Hobbit as I wanted more characters DOING things, than having the narrator explain that the characters did some things.
I also found the pacing in LOTR far faster than I remembered. Yes, there are several chapters spent on characters standing around talking to each other, but the chapters where action is happening move FAST because Tolkien lets the reader fill in the gaps in their imagination.
Battle of the Pelennor Fields takes up less than ten pages and most of that is Theoden dying and Eowyn killing the Lord of the Nazgul.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 01:26 PM (ESVrU)
It's baseball season. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:26 PM (dK+Kv)
The Hobbit CAN be read faster than the shitty movie versions can be watched.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 03, 2026 01:26 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 01:26 PM (52ERr)
We are a society of perverse incentives
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 01:27 PM (xT8gx)
Well...duh. If you hand people a monthly stipend for nothing what do you expect?
Also the studies show people on UBI are spend more time not working and are pickier about the jobs they take.
Again...duh.
So if the goal is to get people to work less and feel better about it UBI works.
Oh but then there is the other part. Since you are giving money away it has to come from someone with a job. So that guy, we will call him "me" here has to work more hours and more years so that some AWFL can spend her time not working. But that's "fair" right?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 01:27 PM (abIsI)
My stupid cracker ass doesn't get shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 01:28 PM (K3Fc+)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 03, 2026 01:28 PM (xcxpd)
it was for me when I read it as a kid. It still is, but it's easier to read as an adult.
He sure does like his archaic words, though.
One interesting one he uses. He says something like "The Black Rider's eyes burned like hellcoals."
Hellcoals?
I looked it up -- apparently it means the glowing yellow-red coals in a cooking pit.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 01:28 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 03, 2026 01:28 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: The_Hoser at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (H4qGm)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (AkKZw)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)
My stupid cracker ass doesn't get shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 01:28 PM (K3Fc+)
Because 'white = Satan' sir.
You are the problem. They're importing the illegals to kill you first and foremost.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Just got here at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (2Ez/1)
Battle of the Pelennor Fields takes up less than ten pages and most of that is Theoden dying and Eowyn killing the Lord of the Nazgul.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026
You are truly a gem here. You really, really are. Do not ever think otherwise.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
I was also daunted by the prospect of reading chapter after chapter of dismal prison travails, but that episode is disposed with fairly quickly and is packed with the instruments of Daunte's revenge. Much recommend!
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (sLLbN)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 01:27 PM (abIsI)
Drop busload after busload of illegals outside his doorstep until the decision drops. Non-stop, 24-7.
This fucker thinks he's insulated from endless waves of illegal immigration incentivized by birthright citizenship? Disabuse him of that notion.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (OoFl2)
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Right back atcha! ;-)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 01:31 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
And if you steal the wallet of someone in Japan, you have their ID, which makes you beholden to Japan.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:31 PM (Zz0t1)
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The more things change . . .
https://is.gd/VsZNAE
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 01:31 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (OoFl2)
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Right back atcha! ;-)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 01:31 PM (ESVrU)
Me, hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Is it ironic that I never want to "skip" your comments?
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:31 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Just Saying at April 03, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)
I think they're there for more than a week.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 01:32 PM (1wjle)
""The Marching Morons" is a science fiction story by American writer Cyril M. Kornbluth, originally published in Galaxy in April 1951."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 03, 2026 01:32 PM (lLEcp)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 01:33 PM (xT8gx)
Remember when governor meatball sent 50...just 50!...illegals to Martha's Vineyard Island the Gov of MA literally called out the national guard to round them up and send them to a concentration camp on the mainland
Posted by: Just Saying at April 03, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
He's not looking for Saruman. He's looking for his Entwife.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)
Be careful getting to second base with Entboobs, you might get a splinter in your finger.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2026 01:33 PM (y9nCu)
Bilbo Baggins stayed at Rivendell for
a fortnight (14 days) during his journey to the Lonely Mountain in The Hobbit. The party arrived at Elrond's home in late spring/early summer, having rested, repaired, and received crucial information regarding their map and the journey ahead before continuing east.
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 01:34 PM (1wjle)
They are not letting millions leave just to make a better life for themselves. They report to the Chinese Communist police departments here
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 01:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 01:27 PM (abIsI)
I think the home of Mary McCord should be their next stop...
Posted by: Denny Crane - How Has This Twat Not Been In The News More? at April 03, 2026 01:34 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)
Hey Treebeard are you happy to see me or is that the same wood you are always sporting?
Posted by: Some Entwife at April 03, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Exactly. When I was that age I'd chew through a Clavell novel in 3 days, now I'd have ADD by page three.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 01:34 PM (Y8DZL)
Hey Treebeard are you happy to see me or is that the same wood you are always sporting?
Posted by: Some Entwife at April 03, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
GROOT!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:34 PM (Zz0t1)
It was like DOGE uncovered all of these troubling things than Musk was suddenly run out of town and we never again heard about 130 year olds collecting SS.
Posted by: Maroon at April 03, 2026 01:35 PM (VjIox)
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 03, 2026 01:35 PM (sLLbN)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)
Be careful getting to second base with Entboobs, you might get a splinter in your finger.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2026 01:33 PM (y9nCu)
I'll never look at a knot-hole the same way again.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:35 PM (dK+Kv)
NO YELLOW!
Posted by: Hunter Biden dreaming of elf ladies. Nordic looking elf ladies at April 03, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)
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Clavell is a genius at epics. Total page turner.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:36 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 01:36 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Where? A blue metro area? You don't have the proper oppression-point mix, so you'll get prosecuted. Or, you'd already need a lot of money to "donate" to the right political candidates and activities to be "overlooked".
Posted by: Reality at April 03, 2026 01:36 PM (aJmLS)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 01:36 PM (xT8gx)
Maybe but did Romney ever intend to win or was he just the designated Faggy Liberal Elite CorpoStooge GOP (BIRM) punching bag du jour (BIRM again)?
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:36 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 01:37 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
And if you steal the wallet of someone in Japan, you have their ID, which makes you beholden to Japan.
Posted by: Sponge
So if I get caught stealing Ketanji Brown's hubcaps from her driveway, her house belongs to me.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 01:37 PM (K3Fc+)
All of that expansion was fraud.
On top of the base level of fraud which is at least 50%.
Now imagine you stop all that graft and throw everyone getting it in prison...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
I liked the Solomon Kane stories better than the Conan stories, but I think that had to do with deCamp writing the follow up ones, and as a young reader that was all that was available in the library.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ...
He was the sacrificial lamb.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (K3Fc+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (El6/E)
Reality is that the single most popular part of the Democratic platform is peace. It gets them elected, and then once elected they advance their communist agenda.
Posted by: Vick King at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (DMmvN)
No.
The single most popular part of the Democratic platform is abortion. Then it's punishing those who have jobs.
That's it. Killing babies and class envy. Peace doesn't permit the revolution. They actively oppose peace. They want us dead.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (FmapG)
All of that expansion was fraud.
On top of the base level of fraud which is at least 50%.
Now imagine you stop all that graft and throw everyone getting it in prison...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
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... 'prison'?
Posted by: Zombie Pinochet at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:35 PM (dK+Kv)
Whew!
Posted by: Innocent Knot-holes Everywhere at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (mWRBW)
That's nice.
I want Pramila Jayapal's citizenship revoked and her skanky ass deported.
Now that we've had that frank exchange of views...
Seriously, why do these people continue to live in a country they despise?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 01:36 PM (xT8gx)
*quiet sob*
Posted by: Encyclopedia Brown at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (dmDsy)
Imagine the first time Legolas tried to get Gimli to drink a Zima.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (sKqQm)
i never read those. they seemed old fashioned.
What I did read were knock-off books published, supposedly, under the directorship of Alfred Hitchcock -- "The Three Investigators."
See, there's three not two, so it's different.
I remember one was called Jupiter Jones (the smart one) and there was an athlete one called, I think, "Pete."
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 01:39 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: 18-1 at April
AWFLs perpetuate this nonsense because they seem to think their income stream won’t be tapped to fund the lazy amongst us. What is more interesting to me is the lefty females crying the blues about having to work unfulfilling jobs while looking down their noses at tradwives. Let me let them in on a little secret. 😉
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:39 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:39 PM (n17eQ)
Good afternoon, everyone. Happy Good Friday.
*observes shit covered stirring stick*
*leaves shit covered stirring stick alone*
Busy day, y'all be nice to one another.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 03, 2026 01:39 PM (QVmho)
Seriously, why do these people continue to live in a country they despise?
Because they are stealing from you. Its like asking a medieval noble why if he hated the peasants so he didn't leave.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)
Remember when a baseball game was perfect for reading? All that down time plus the commercials? Now the games clip along so fast that you can't finish a page before the next inning begins.
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 03, 2026 01:39 PM (sLLbN)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 03, 2026 01:26 PM (xcxpd)
Mr. Ballentine in 1st grade did a story time, and read The Hobbit for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:35 PM (dK+Kv)
Whew!
Posted by: Innocent Knot-holes Everywhere at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (mWRBW)
Wait, just come closer, I want to tell you something... And maybe show you something...
Posted by: Slutty Knot-Holes Everywhere at April 03, 2026 01:40 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 01:40 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 01:40 PM (XuXeR)
Even as they funneled munitions and such to Ukraine they never ramped production to replace what was sent.
And now the First Sea Lord has admitted to a Swedish media outlet, the Royal Navy is on the binnacle list.
This could be the US.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 01:40 PM (e2cjy)
We are 34T in debt with nothing to show for it...
Well, check that, someone has something to show for it, certainly ain't you and me.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (El6/E)
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A few paragraphs?
Each of those endings in the movies was basically a chapter unto itself within the books.
Jackson did pad both Helm's Deep and Pelennor Fields, though. Each of those chapters was only a few pages within the books.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (ESVrU)
Maybe but did Romney ever intend to win or was he just the designated Faggy Liberal Elite CorpoStooge GOP (BIRM) punching bag du jour (BIRM again)?
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:36 PM (mWRBW)
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Romney was a simping queef. But I think he still won that election. Obama, his policies, the economy, and indeed the entire government were very unpopular in 2012.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Maroon at April 03, 2026 01:35 PM (VjIox)
Musk wasn't run out of town.
His billet was time-limited due to his status as a non-Government employee.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (FmapG)
"Global Warming is solved! We are done!"
or
"The reparations worked! Stealing from white people is over!"
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (NcvvS)
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Yep. When I was a Met fan I would read until the 7th inning and then watch them win the game. Like clockwork.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (n17eQ)
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Now, everyone is focused on the first clause which is debatable but its the second clause that is the nail in the coffin of birthright citizenship. See that final word?
RESIDE. Where they RESIDE. Illegal immigrants do not RESIDE here, they are invaders, they are squatters. Tourists do not RESIDE here. A Chinese woman who flies to US territory to drop a kid DOES NOT RESIDE THERE.
That one single, simple word blows the entire argument to tatters and for some reason its being totally ignored.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
It could well be argued that the mother was a slave.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:42 PM (rbvCR)
____
You'd have to figure that a lot of US taxpayer money is leaving the country and is going to foreign warlords to make war on each other and occasionally screw around with US interests. And I expect a lot goes to immigrants, legal and otherwise, to send back in remittances which helps placate what otherwise would be popular uprisings in certain 3rd world countries. But yes, I assume some of that money is used to keep a certain pct of regular US citizens from stealing from their neighbors to feed their addictions, preventing the need for bailouts for beverage distributors, drug dealers and gambling sites.
Now, get back to work! That money has to come from somewhere.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 03, 2026 01:42 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 01:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Even within the corporate world AWFLs have this odd idea that everyone else loves their job and it is just them that would rather do something else if money wasn't a concern.
And overall the left has this really odd failure to understand the economy. They want goods and services made by other people. But...they think it is unfair to demand they to provide goods and services to their fellow man in return...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)
We don’t owe gatecrashers anything. Be happy we’re flying you home.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 01:42 PM (4KUe5)
See, there's three not two, so it's different.
I remember one was called Jupiter Jones (the smart one) and there was an athlete one called, I think, "Pete."
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 01:39 PM (1wjle)
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I read both the Three Investigators and the Hardy Boys. I liked the Three Investigators better because they were a Power Trio where each character had strengths and weaknesses. Frank and Joe Hardy were basically clones.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 01:43 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 01:43 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: Eromero at April 03, 2026 01:43 PM (LHPAg)
And yet the games still run 3 FUCKING HOURS!
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 01:43 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 01:37 PM (K3Fc+)
No, but she is obliged to pay your auto insurance
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:43 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:39 PM (n17eQ)
Jawa Pal.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 01:43 PM (IG3/x)
I'm going to reread the Hobbit and LOTR at some point this year. I might even redip my toe into Tolkien's Cookbook, "The Simarillion", which is a pretty boring load of recipes for stories but not so much stories themselves.
Currently, I just finished reading two books out of Iain M Banks' Culture series. "The Player of Games", which is very good. And "The Use of Weapons, which should be better but is just okay.
Banks Culture series owes a lot to Michael Moorcock's "Dancers at the End of Time". Both of which postulate "end stage" societies where anything is possible and everything is provided by machines.
I also think that Banks wanted to introduce a Greek/Roman mythological style interaction between "men' and gods. In this case, the gods are huge AI minds which control everything and manipulate the organic and machine life forms for often obscure goals and reason.
Both Moorcock's and Banks' takes on end-time-ish, post- scarcity societies are interesting and generally fun reads.
If it sounds like that will interest you, it will.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 03, 2026 01:43 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
It could well be argued that the mother was a slave.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:42 PM (rbvCR)
I suppose that there might have been some volunteers but I don't see how you could consider her to be anything else.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 01:44 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (OoFl2)
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Right back atcha! ;-)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 01:31 PM (ESVrU)
Me, hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Get real. You know I love you. Mainly because I think your wife is awesome.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:44 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 01:44 PM (Ia/+0)
It will be. From Rome on, this is how "it" works out. Aleric didn't have to invade...
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 01:44 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2026 01:44 PM (e2cjy)
==
It's after 9pm in Iran. That footage is from way earlier.
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:44 PM (GD0B3)
Just got back from my whale watching tour (aka walk down the beach).
Anything interesting happen?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 03, 2026 01:45 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:45 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Yep.
Frank and Joe had the classic old brother, junior brother going on. Nancy Drew did not rely on a sidekick although she had friends. I seem to remember that the father in both the Hardy Boys books and Nancy Drew also played a much bigger part than the parents in the Three Investigators.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)
Just got back from my whale watching tour (aka walk down the beach).
Anything interesting happen?
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The gits are back talking about LOTR - so nothing has happened.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:46 PM (n17eQ)
Yes. It's like calling these mooks "undocumented immigrants" rather than "illegal aliens".
Always push back when someone calls them "immigrants". They aren't any kind of "immigrant". They are, as you say, invaders.
See also: "gender". Human beings do not have "'genders"". They have sexes, of which there are exactly two.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 01:46 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2026 01:46 PM (0sNs1)
well it's the most relatable part for me, anyway
Posted by: brak at April 03, 2026 01:46 PM (jGJov)
"The Machine Stops"
E. M. Forster nailed it nearly 120 years ago...
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 01:46 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (4KUe5)
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
That's the most important part. Don't believe me?
Try and draft a wetback.
Or force them to sign up for Selective Service.
You'll find out just how quick you don't have jurisdiction over them.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (K3Fc+)
Posted by: pudinhead
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Heinlein's adult books were hit or miss but his juveniles or even the semi juvenile Podkayne of Mars were universally entertaining.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (E4rtv)
Doctors, clinics and hospitals are incentivized to milk $$$ out of Obamacare via such actions as up-coding office visits and defaulting things such as follow-up visit frequency and testing to the point of unnecessary visits and tests that then become the "standard of care".
I can cite examples from personal experience
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Jackson had to deal with the Army of the Dead, which in the book was only referred to in a conversation with Gimli and Legolas. But unfortunately Jackson just had them roll over the battlefield because it looked cool on screen (I didn't think so) and greatly diminished the sacrifice made by the men (and one woman) on the field of battle. Jackson kept adding things as the 3 movies went on such that only his first movie was actually any good, to this faithful book reader anyway.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (Dv3i1)
>>That one single, simple word blows the entire argument to tatters and for some reason its being totally ignored.
We keep fiddle f**king over this crap, the express purpose of the 14th amendment was to deal with the status of freed slaves.
There is no world in which the framers of the 14th amendment were talking about children born of illegal aliens.
If a person is in this country illegally, any child born during the improper act cannot be a citizen.
It's f**king absurd that we have to spend any brain cells on this bullsh*t.
A person robs a bank and gives the money to his kids, do the kids get to keep the money?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (XV/Pl)
Maybe but did Romney ever intend to win or was he just the designated Faggy Liberal Elite CorpoStooge GOP (BIRM) punching bag du jour (BIRM again)?
Posted by: ...
He was the sacrificial lamb.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (K3Fc+)
Romney intended to win (he'd basically been running for President for 20 years before actually getting on the ballot). Problem was, that since he was born with a silver spoon shoved up his ass, he expected to coast to victory, ascending on a staircase covered in rose petals, with the choir angelic sweetly singing "God Bless The USA" over the background music of Handel and rainbows arcing over him.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (y9nCu)
Younger people do this a lot, they are on their phone while they have the TV on or a tablet running a show or movie. Now, while some respond to this phenomenon by writing their TV shows for people who are not really paying attention, so they repeat themselves a lot and explain what just happened one or more times.
But here's the thing: baseball is the perfect background viewing content. You don't have to watch every second. A good commentator will give you what you need to know. Baseball, the old school, before all the crappy changes recently, is ironically perfect for the modern era of entertainment.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (El6/E)
His billet was time-limited due to his status as a non-Government employee.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (FmapG)
If Musk had hired on as a cabinet member he would have been forced to divest all his stocks that were government related, which is in fact most of them, and that would have tanked the markets since there was so much of it.
The only upside would have been that he would not have been required to pay capital gains on it, which is still not a good compensation for the loss.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)
also i have to start reading 'ulysses' again this year
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 01:48 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Lizzy
Setting the stage for South Africa's end in the US. They want us dead so they can replace us. I decline to take that deal.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Orson at April 03, 2026 01:48 PM (dIske)
IIRC he beat Obama badly in the first debate and then got Crowleyed.
I think that stuff matters bigly - but it also matters that the only reason Hillary ended up day drinking with broken lamps *outside* the White House is because they simply underestimated the need for cheating in a few key states where Trump belted her hide.
So anything is possible.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:49 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 01:49 PM (XuXeR)
"Mitt Romney: Because It's His Turn".
To my everlasting shame, I did vote for McCain.
Romney was a bridge too far, though. At least I don't have him on my conscience.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 01:49 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 01:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:49 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: 18-1 at April
Is this a euphemism?
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (OoFl2)
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Now, everyone is focused on the first clause which is debatable but its the second clause that is the nail in the coffin of birthright citizenship. See that final word?
RESIDE. Where they RESIDE. Illegal immigrants do not RESIDE here, they are invaders, they are squatters. Tourists do not RESIDE here. A Chinese woman who flies to US territory to drop a kid DOES NOT RESIDE THERE.
That one single, simple word blows the entire argument to tatters and for some reason its being totally ignored.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:41 PM (El6/E)
Yeah, even M-W forgot to update their definitions for leftist purposes:
"The meaning of RESIDE is to dwell permanently or continuously : occupy a place as one's legal domicile."
It's circular, but it speaks to intent of the clause.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (dK+Kv)
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I remember reading the Three Investigators and even started my own group as inspiration where we pretended to investigate crimes
I also read a slightly more modern series of Frank and Joe Hardy where Joe was more the brawn and Frank the intellect, it kicked off with Joe's girlfriend being killed in a car explosion so it was a much darker read, still cool though
I miss those days, life was simple, no social media, tons of mystery books to read, Reagan was my grandpa
then i turned 29
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (REq0p)
There is no world in which the framers of the 14th amendment were talking about children born of illegal aliens.
If a person is in this country illegally, any child born during the improper act cannot be a citizen.
It's f**king absurd that we have to spend any brain cells on this bullsh*t.
A person robs a bank and gives the money to his kids, do the kids get to keep the money?
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Fruit of the poisoned tree.
That's my line.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (K3Fc+)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (Dv3i1)
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In the books, the Army of the Dead doesn't even do any real fighting. It simply exudes a fear aura that causes Gondor's enemies to surrender or flee in terror. Aragorn actually leads an army of living warriors he's gathered on his trek across Gondor, who take over the ships of the Corsairs of Umbar to perform a sneak attack when they arrive at the Pelennor fields.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: ChrisW at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (rLfcT)
Know examples in the family. Once the for-profit organisations took over medicine, and the ACA promoted this, it was inevitable.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 01:51 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2026 01:38 PM (K3Fc+)
Romney intended to win (he'd basically been running for President for 20 years before actually getting on the ballot). Problem was, that since he was born with a silver spoon shoved up his ass, he expected to coast to victory, ascending on a staircase covered in rose petals, with the choir angelic sweetly singing "God Bless The USA" over the background music of Handel and rainbows arcing over him.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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I think the Big Cheat by Dems was in operation in 2012 after being worked upon and perfected from 2010-2012. Chocolate Jesus and his evil sidekick Eric Holder, Brennan, and other thoroughly disgusting human beings like Pelosi and Reid cheat and lie as they breathe.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)
On the contrary (if that is true), it is an absolutely spectacular deal!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 01:51 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:51 PM (GD0B3)
Yeah I was very not impressed. Part of it is presentism: the tech he talks about was probably really cool at the time but is extremely simple and old now so it lacks any real interest.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:51 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 01:52 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 01:52 PM (CWTWj)
Dafuq is Doobie Huxtable ramblin' about?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 03, 2026 01:52 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (XV/Pl)
No but if they rob the Treasury, they and the kids all do.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:52 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (qgHp7)
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Lotho Sackville-Baggins hardest hit.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 01:53 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 01:53 PM (XuXeR)
If it sounds like that will interest you, it will.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 03, 2026 01:43 PM (iJfKG)
Banks' books get darker, since they start to look less at the silliness of post scarcity, and into the actions and motivations of the Minds, the ship-identities, and what they do when the organics are not around.
Against a Dark Background is a non-Culture stand alone, and a very fun book. To carry your idea further, it is the ultimate Jerry Cornelius style action-adventure wrapped around a deadly mystery
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:53 PM (rbvCR)
Diff’rent Strokes star Todd Bridges is divorcing his wife after three years of marriage, TMZ reports.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 01:53 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 01:53 PM (52ERr)
Yeah I was very not impressed. Part of it is presentism: the tech he talks about was probably really cool at the time but is extremely simple and old now so it lacks any real interest.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:51 PM
In A.E. vanVoght sci-fi they have tractor and plasma beams and interplanetary travel, but the scientists still use sliderulers.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:54 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 01:54 PM (XuXeR)
I remember reading the Three Investigators and even started my own group as inspiration where we pretended to investigate crimes
Plenty of people sort of do this for real now with various forums that look into cold cases.
Obviously most of the time it comes to not, but every now and then some civvie finds something to solve one of them...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)
>>Those Iraqi militias are crossing the border in little Toyota pickups.
Pickups you cannot get in The US.
Lucky bastards.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 01:54 PM (XV/Pl)
Perhaps they couldn't see a time when the US would not be a country full of moral people yet here we are. People who hate this country will take any phrase in the Constitution that is not explicitly worded and seek to change the meaning to whatever they want it to be.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 01:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 01:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 01:55 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 01:55 PM (XV/Pl)
I read "Ben-Hur" and other books to my wife.
Piker.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 01:55 PM (qFwJc)
basic package: disability, medicaid, food stamps etc
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They have plans. Here they are. The first half of the article may seem irrelevant, but stay with it:
https://shorturl.at/xL9fo
Exerpt: " In a best-case scenario, World ID could be a privacy-preserving way to fortify the Internet against an AI-driven deluge of fake or deceptive content. It could also enable the distribution of universal basic income (UBI)—a policy that Altman has previously touted—as AI automation transforms the global economy. "
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 03, 2026 01:55 PM (XeU6L)
Predicting the future is hard.
Not much SF for example would have predicted just how powerful modern computers are and how they are connected through the internet, but most seemed to think we've have space bases and robots doing most of the physical work...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)
Stopping Obama was a worthy exercise. But those two turds, my God. At least you can say you voted for Palin.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:56 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 01:53 PM (CWTWj)
He's still alive? I guess that means he's the last main cast member standing?
The story I heard is that Michael Landon wouldn't let the Little House kids play with the Diff’rent Strokes kids.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 01:56 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 01:56 PM (qFwJc)
He posted again from a VPN on that thread after this thread started, by the way.
Having that right at hand backs up my feeling that he's being paid for this, and may not even be the same Pete we remember.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 01:57 PM (2ocoG)
Dafuq is Doobie Huxtable ramblin' about?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 03, 2026 01:52 PM (w/O5Q)
She and her staff are idiots, that's all. Allegiance has nothing to do about if a foreign government can slap you in the slammer for breaking laws there.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 01:57 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 01:57 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm giving multifocal contacts a try again. My first time I hated them but I think a lot of it was coming to grips with turning 29 and getting presbyopia as people do on their 29th birthday. I just generally was very grumpy and pissed about it all back then but I'm going to try now with a more open mind about expectations.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 01:57 PM (3uBP9)
I've got a better way to deal with this. Start executing hackers, spammers, and scammers nightly and broadcast it.
Remember when COVID came and India closed their call centers most of that stuff went away over night so honestly it wouldn't be very hard to do if the powers that be wanted to...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)
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4Chan I think has the best record, there's nothing quite like a power group of people with aspergers getting together to solve even the most perplexing of crimes
My personal favorite was when they tormented Shiba LeBeouf with his retarded unity "flag" when Trump started his first term, by constantly figuring out where he was despite his best efforts to evade them
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 03, 2026 01:58 PM (REq0p)
You can't create a Constitution for an immoral people. A paradox.
So they solved it by saying "hey btw every now and again you're gonna need to reset this shit, see: #2"
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:58 PM (mWRBW)
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No. I shall not let you.
You may only recommend it languidly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 01:59 PM (hAotW)
Four years later Trump used another tech company for similar activities and it was considered fraudulent and bad.
They know how you’ll vote based on the algorithms that also know what books on Amazon you’ll like, etc. Obama seemed to be the first to use that tech to pinpoint which counties could swing a swing state his way. In 2012 he won all of them. No need for massive fraud when you can simply select the few key spots.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 01:59 PM (4KUe5)
Dafuq is Doobie Huxtable ramblin' about?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 03, 2026 01:52 PM (w/O5Q)
The way I heard tell is that when some Senator (author?) was contemporarily asked what was the meaning of "jurisdiction" he framed the meaning in terms of allegiance to the country in question, where some foreigner, who did not owe allegiance to a country, such as a diplomat, as one example, was not subject to the jurisdiction.
The way I read "born," is that it applied to the problematic population then in question, slaves, here, already born, whereas naturalization was a necessary inclusion in the clause, because it dealt with those here thereafter (passage of the Amendment), who sought to become citizens through legal process (e.g., pledging allegiance).
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:59 PM (dK+Kv)
People are often the least speculative about things they personally know the best. You see it all the time in science fiction. It's why Gay Star Trek has a full-on Starbucks on the ship when replicators are a well established thing.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 01:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Poor girl. She had a shockingly beautiful smile.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 02:00 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Hope and Change at April 03, 2026 02:00 PM (jRlwL)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 01:57 PM
*strokes chinwhiskers thoughtfully*
That would be pretty insidious if true.
I'm lucky to such a confused mash of inconsistent opinions and a tedious writing style that no one can imitate my fist.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 02:00 PM (4NO2D)
No Tolkien negros?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 03, 2026 02:00 PM (Kt19C)
The ironic thing? The left is pretending that the wording is "obvious" and that it is originalist and conservative to believe this forces birthright citizenship. They are acting like it is conservatives who believe in the "living constitution" now. It is infuriating, and they simply disregard anyone who points out otherwise.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 02:00 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 01:59 PM (hAotW)
That is prudent.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 02:01 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at April 03, 2026 02:01 PM (bCbsU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 01:51 PM (n9ltV)
It is if you are the CEO of a major bank or hedge fund and can cash out, not if you have to dump 8 billion in a month and lose up to half the value in a fire sale, or like the companies and want to remain in charge of them.
Congress set up those rules (I am told) so the richest would not be excluded financially from being chosen for cabinet positions, and it is one of the reasons such positions are such a plum.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 02:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 01:57 PM (2ocoG)
He is 100% certifiably the same Pete. Without a shred of doubt. Doesn't mean someone can't come back NOW and shit stir with that name but the ones from the last two weeks is the same dude back to gloat because things *finally* look bad for Trump again. Pathetic.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 02:01 PM (mWRBW)
Dafuq is Doobie Huxtable ramblin' about?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 03, 2026 01:52 PM (w/O5Q)
She and her staff are idiots, that's all. Allegiance has nothing to do about if a foreign government can slap you in the slammer for breaking laws there.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 01:57 PM (8avO+)
Thanks for confirmation. Often when I'm completely certain someone is just a dumbass, I have to circle back and check if I'm the dumbass. Like I must be missing something.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 03, 2026 02:02 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 02:02 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 02:02 PM (MIIRH)
I am happy
btw saw a clip of Sotomayor being an idiot
she looks AWFUL
I was so dubious about people saying she is not well but now ... that lady is not well. damn. what happened to her?
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 03, 2026 02:03 PM (j+aD2)
Do ya'll remember the site that showed the names of people who donated to ActBlue, I think?
Hubby and I still pissed that his name is on the site saying he donated many times to the Demoncrats.
We have never given those assholes money.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 02:03 PM (3ek7K)
He was in a music video a few years ago by someone named Sia
In the video he and a preteen girl are dressed in flesh colored body suits in a cage and they wrestle.
The FNM tells me it was meant to show how girls wrestle with their fears, because I'm sure the average 12 year old girl thinks of her fears as a naked adult man or something.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:03 PM (sKqQm)
she looks AWFUL
I was so dubious about people saying she is not well but now ... that lady is not well. damn. what happened to her?
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 03, 2026 02:03 PM (j+aD2)
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I thought that lady was on death's door in 2017 at Trump's inauguration.
Whatever counter-donut regimen she's on seems to work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:03 PM (hAotW)
You can. You need to be a lot more definitive in your writing.
The Court spent a huge portion of the oral arguments on the question of what does "and subject to the jurisdiction of" actually mean. I don't they ever considered the question would be left in the hands of a sub-retard who thinks having her purse stolen in Tokyo means she's really turning Japanese.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 02:04 PM (viF8m)
Do ya'll remember the site that showed the names of people who donated to ActBlue, I think?
Hubby and I still pissed that his name is on the site saying he donated many times to the Demoncrats.
We have never given those assholes money.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 02:03 PM (3ek7K)
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Probably Open Secrets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:04 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Warriors of the Far Harad on their Elephants at April 03, 2026 02:04 PM (4NO2D)
she looks AWFUL
The left is crowing about how she OWNED president Trump so badly he had to sneak out of the session in shame.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 02:04 PM (El6/E)
Predicting the future is hard.
Not much SF for example would have predicted just how powerful modern computers are and how they are connected through the internet, but most seemed to think we've have space bases and robots doing most of the physical work...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)
In Poul Anderson's "Brain Wave" Earth leaves a zone of space that inhibits mental function and all life on earth has an immediate spike in brain function. At one point a crew, having solved the simple issues of building an interstellar craft test it out and fly through a lobe of the 'dumb zone' and being reduced to normal intelligence can't operate their ship since their control systems rely on every crewman being able to do insane mathematical calculations in their head. Lucky for them they manage to exit the area on momentum after a bit.
A story called "A Logic Named Joe" the world has a PC like internet and one of the PCs gains sentience. This might be fine but he decides to go in the advice business out of boredom and starts giving completely amoral advice like how to kill a redhead wife tracelessly.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:04 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Brian at April 03, 2026 02:05 PM (6Ydsu)
Right, but the fact that he didn't even attempt to troll on threads that weren't explicitly about Iran is a commitment to a specific subject that you never see from, say, ASS or Sid.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 02:05 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 02:05 PM (2ocoG)
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Ass will drop his droppings and leave on almost any thread.
But threads about Indians?
He'll stick around and engage.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:06 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:03 PM (sKqQm)
A naked Shia LeBoof scares me and I'm not a 12 year old girl.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:06 PM (8avO+)
"Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood."
-Karl Popper
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 02:06 PM (mWRBW)
A great story.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)
agree
he was a paid troll/moby/shit stirrer whatever
meanwhile - PDJT left when he did bc he was there to watch our guys argue before the court. not that ACLU hack woman bloviate.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 03, 2026 02:06 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Yep.
Frank and Joe had the classic old brother, junior brother going on. Nancy Drew did not rely on a sidekick although she had friends. I seem to remember that the father in both the Hardy Boys books and Nancy Drew also played a much bigger part than the parents in the Three Investigators.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)
In a lot of the books "world renowned detective Fenton Hardy (aka Dad)" would pop up and help save the day at the end... although in a few books, the boys saved their father. I think Dixon (a penname IIRC) recycled the same few plots over and over again, but I didn't notice as a kid
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 02:07 PM (xT8gx)
Wore eyeglasses for enough years to put my 29-ness in doubt. Switched to contacts and had no problems. For about 15 years. Optometrist offered 1) multifocal versus ii) one-close-one far versus C) far & reading glasses. Took option 3 - decades of having lenses perched on my face made it no problem. YMMY.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 02:07 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 02:04 PM (viF8m)
Her analogy was her stealing someone's wallet, not her wallet being stolen.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:07 PM (8avO+)
More has come out about the upcoming DEI Harry Potter with black Snape: the kids in Slytherin are all dot-Indians. That's... a choice I guess.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 03, 2026 02:07 PM (j+aD2)
If you didn’t already believe liberals are at war with the rest of the country, you should now. The rubicon hasn’t just been crossed, it’s been drained.
Right now most polls show Democrats not just taking the House but the senate. They haven’t promised an agenda. They’ve promised an active subversion of the country using the government and our corrupt court system as their punishment machine.
You should be very worried, enough that not only will you walk over broken glass to vote, but you’ll drag two people with you.
That’s not hyperbole. Look around you.
Posted by: Vengeance at April 03, 2026 02:07 PM (UMWMT)
We have never given those assholes money.
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 02:03 PM (3ek7K)
File an amended tax return claiming those donations as a write off. The IRS may come after you, but the IRS will have to prove that YOU did not donate the contributions.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 02:08 PM (rbvCR)
which is frankly hilarious
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 03, 2026 02:08 PM (j+aD2)
I started reading it in highschool, but I wasn't interested, it was way to heavy in the prose, and I just didn't have time for that when all I wanted to do was scope some boob, though I had already read The Hobbit in grade school. I would comment about "The Hobbit" "it's only like 120 pages if you remove the smoking of pipes and singing of songs that you just don't get anyway."
As for TLotR, I read it for the first time, I know exactly when it was October of 1997, while I was in the brig, and I read it twice while in the brigg. It took being imprisoned for me to get over my initial judgment and read one of "the great western novels" or whatever.
I liked it, Not the brigg, the books, and if it weren't for the brigg I would have bothered getting around to reading the books, so make of that whatever you will for divine intervention.
Posted by: wickedpinto at April 03, 2026 02:08 PM (dJrj2)
If it sounds like that will interest you, it will.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 03, 2026 01:43 PM (iJfKG)
Banks' books get darker, since they start to look less at the silliness of post scarcity, and into the actions and motivations of the Minds, the ship-identities, and what they do when the organics are not around.
Against a Dark Background is a non-Culture stand alone, and a very fun book. To carry your idea further, it is the ultimate Jerry Cornelius style action-adventure wrapped around a deadly mystery
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:53 PM (rbvCR)
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll give AaDB a read.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 03, 2026 02:08 PM (iJfKG)
And I suspect its actions wouldn't make a ton of sense to us.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 03, 2026 02:08 PM (3uBP9)
we told her and she was PROUD to be used in such a way
so charming, liberals! full of integrity
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 03, 2026 02:09 PM (j+aD2)
May I just take this moment, @ace, to point out that we still witness miracles? You told me to calm down and be quiet (paraphrasing) and I did. I think we need an Amen. 😂
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2026 01:24 PM (0sNs1)
The Power of Positive Thinking
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 02:09 PM (fNISR)
which is covered in the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons pretty well
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 03, 2026 02:09 PM (j+aD2)
Excellent. At least I have something to go to. The word salad that fell out of her pie hole was not enlightening.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 03, 2026 02:09 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 03, 2026 02:10 PM (+89TD)
That is one of my favorite parts of Dark Star (Carpenter's first major film). The alien makes no sense, its actions are just random and inscrutable.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 02:11 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 02:07 PM (xT8gx)
A "house name", used by many different writers. Same with Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, Bobbsey Twins...
The publisher owned the name and the series, and would hire whoever worked cheap.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 02:11 PM (IG3/x)
Harry Potter is nominally set in our modern world or one like it so having non-Euro characters doesn't bother me much though blackwashing Snape is ridiculous.
But LotR? Gondor and most of the main map are set in medieval Europe so yes everyone should be white.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)
Wore eyeglasses for enough years to put my 29-ness in doubt. Switched to contacts and had no problems. For about 15 years. Optometrist offered 1) multifocal versus ii) one-close-one far versus C) far & reading glasses. Took option 3 - decades of having lenses perched on my face made it no problem. YMMY.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 02:07 PM (NcvvS)
My latest contacts are set to be perfect for computer monitor distance and I had reading glasses and distance glasses. I got enough cheap ones to have one at most all places in the house I sit or lie down. The most current set is good enough so distance glasses aren't needed.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:11 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 03, 2026 02:11 PM (zg83K)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 02:05 PM (2ocoG)
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Ass will drop his droppings and leave on almost any thread.
But threads about Indians?
He'll stick around and engage.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:06 PM (hAotW)
_______
[Perks up]
-- General Custer
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 02:11 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 02:11 PM (Ia/+0)
As a case manager, responsible for many things, but discharge was one, we had a list of real rehabs, nursing homes, home health care, and hospice facilities. Patients or families were given these lists to choose from. We then contacted a rep to come see the patient before discharge.
Of course these were not on lists, so that makes sense. But to have an entire building, in a country of capitialism, of nothing but these fake businesses is mind boggling.
I suppose no one noticed and/or reported it because they were skimming $ from the top as well.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 03, 2026 02:12 PM (WONhk)
The crossword I do every morning had a clue which the answer is KALE!!!
Has Piper influenced every site, LOL?
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 02:12 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: DaveA at April 03, 2026 02:12 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: ace who still doesn't know who the Hound of the Baskervilles was at April 03, 2026 02:12 PM (1wjle)
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Pete quietly disappeared after being outrageously self-assuredly bugfuck wrong about the 2016 election - and I mean so quietly that I was one of the few who noticed - then came back briefly to gloat sometime after Trump "lost" in 2020 because he was finally proven "right". Coming in now as him in a manner completely consistent with the personality, and acting just like he did in 2016 and briefly after 2020, would be a level of commitment and weirdness that even our trolls don't possess.
The fact that the behavior didn't persist across threads could be testimony that it wasn't "just" a random person trying to sully his good quietly disappearing name.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 02:12 PM (mWRBW)
Laura Ingraham had a section of her show against birthright citizenship and then cut to a spot sponsored by the ACLU in favor of it.
https://youtu.be/aNe4E-uynfg
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2026 02:13 PM (Cqx++)
It was a from a disaster from his POV. Everyone just got high and fucked like bunnies in all possible configurations. Science had stopped advancing because no one even cared anymore. IIRC, he ended up taking a spacecraft that had been built like a century earlier but never flown because no one cared enough to take it out.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 02:13 PM (4NO2D)
but i suspect his advisers were very good at planting ideas in his half empty head and then convincing him that he had thought of all those things by his own self. he probably didn't need anyone telling him to not talk back to moochelle
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 02:14 PM (CWTWj)
I think the way it goes is that some Dem money man gets a bank of accounts and then funnel the money through them.
I liked at the patterns of some of the deposits and it makes little sense otherwise - small amount of money on irregular time periods...so it isn't like someone sending $7 every paycheck.
But if my take is right it suddenly makes sense. Our Dem money man has 1000 Act Blue accounts to launder money through. Today he got $7000 so each account donatess $7. Four days later he gets $20000 so every account donates $20 and so on...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:14 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 03, 2026 02:02 PM (w/O5Q)
You can change your default thinking so that when a leftist says something stupid, they actually are stupid. Saves time and is 100 percent accurate.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:15 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Feeling very angry about it right now at April 03, 2026 02:15 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 02:16 PM (CWTWj)
I must confess when I'm in line behind someone paying via EBT I compare what they are buying with my own choices.
Of course then every so often they get told their card is maxed out and produce a second EBT card which is almost certainly illegal...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)
1) I'm out here working like a sucker, when I could have stolen millions from the Feds.
2) I also have a moral fiber that prevents me from engaging in such fraud.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 02:17 PM (HXT0k)
https://archive.org/details/
TheHobbitAudiobook
The singing is lame compared to the movie. The voice actors are ok.
Posted by: DaveA at April 03, 2026 02:17 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 02:17 PM (xG4kz)
Hoo boy, they are setting up Harry and friends to be totally racists, and Harry being part Slytherin as, what, biracial?
I’ve only read the books once, not a super fan, but they’ve either not considered the downstream effects of these casting choices, or they are going to make the good guys white supremists and the bad guys misunderstood victims.
Yiiiiikes. They hate JK.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 02:18 PM (4KUe5)
"Israeli Channel 12 reports: Both F‑15E crew members ejected safely. The pilot has been located and rescued, while the navigator made contact later and is still being searched for.."
I don't know how reliable Iraeli Channel 12 is, though. But good news. Navigator is not unconscious.
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 02:18 PM (GD0B3)
Doctors, clinics and hospitals are incentivized to milk $$$ out of Obamacare via such actions as up-coding office visits and defaulting things such as follow-up visit frequency and testing to the point of unnecessary visits and tests that then become the "standard of care".
I can cite examples from personal experience
Posted by: muldoon at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (qgHp7)
Sooo much this. Plus, threatening non-action by the patient with a "potential" health problem like pre-diabetes.
I've been pre-diabetic since the Obama years.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 03, 2026 02:18 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 03, 2026 02:12 PM (WONhk)
Reversing cause and effect. The people in the agencies supervising and their political bosses directed the immigrants to set these orgs up to defraud them and take cuts. It is the only explanation how these flakes weren't instantly caught years ago. Any examination or inspection pops the balloon as we have seen twice now, in Minn and CA.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:18 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: logprof at April 03, 2026 02:19 PM (GA1ux)
Has Piper influenced every site, LOL?
Posted by: four seasons at April 03, 2026 02:12 PM (3ek7K)
Don't let the chipper attitude and cutesy Shiba Inu stories fool you, she is 100% in the thrall of Big Kale.
Posted by: Green. Leafy. Sinister. at April 03, 2026 02:20 PM (TbWk/)
"Israeli Channel 12 reports: Both F‑15E crew members ejected safely. The pilot has been located and rescued, while the navigator made contact later and is still being searched for.."
I don't know how reliable Iraeli Channel 12 is, though. But good news. Navigator is not unconscious.
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 02:18 PM (GD0B3)
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False.
Israel is now just glass.
AI slop on X told me so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:20 PM (hAotW)
I take it The Hound of the Baskervilles has been finished.
By all that is holy and for your own safety, never, ever pick up and read The Hound of the Longaberger Baskervilles
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 03, 2026 02:21 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: That Guy at April 03, 2026 02:21 PM (3arSl)
The left has recently figured out that hospitals charge people with insurance differently then those without. They'll tell you its "unfair!"...well the ones with insurance will.
Every now and then I'll jump into one of those chats and point out that hospitals have to make up for people that can't pay by charging more to those that can...and since these leftists in question are those that can pay they should be proud they are paying more.
You'll be shocked to know they are not in fact proud and very insistent someone else should be paying their medical bills too
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)
The one picture shows a lot of kids being Indians in green robes, whether that's a real release or no I don't know. They aren't ALL Pushstart, but yeah if accurate its still ridiculous. The population of "Asians" as they call them in England was not very significant in the 1990s.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 02:21 PM (El6/E)
They will probably make Harry confused, with his only satisfaction to be found in "choosing" to be whatever he wants to be.
Just throwing that at the wall. They couldn't possibly be that obvious though.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 02:22 PM (mWRBW)
The story haunts me and I see it's fate as prophetic as to what's happening to us.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 03, 2026 02:22 PM (2bnFA)
Good plan. My monitor is big enough that reading it is possible with or without cheaters, but bedtime reading will be contacts + cheaters or multifocal (and old) eyeglasses.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 02:22 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 03, 2026 02:12 PM (WONhk)
I worked in a building here in CA that had quite a few of these hospices in it. Never saw a soul in the hallways from them in years. Other businesses, saw folks all the time.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:22 PM (8avO+)
I've been pre-diabetic since the Obama years.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 03, 2026 02:18 PM (g8Ew
The entire population is pre-terminal.
Posted by: Life is a sexually transmitted fatal condition at April 03, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
Stealthy, like rubbing its ass on your face non-stop for years.
And shameless racism and race mongering.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 02:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 02:23 PM (tOcjL)
The story haunts me and I see it's fate as prophetic as to what's happening to us.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 03, 2026 02:22 PM (2bnFA)
Carter did that to the Shah too.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:23 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Joe McGrath at April 03, 2026 02:24 PM (9CBNQ)
Much worse.
Posted by: That Guy at April 03, 2026 02:21 PM (3arSl)
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The Democrats will probably win the House.
There is a roughly 0% chance they get the Senate.
They'd need to win ME (Collins was polling consistently 8 points behind in 2020...she won by 8 points), NC (Cooper can't get above 45% in a poll in a state he's supposedly popular in while being of the wrong party considering the voter registration changes), TX (HA!) and one more. All while holding onto GA (honestly, a sleeper of a dark horse) and MI (if that Muslim wins the primary, hoo boy).
So, noted dummy Jeffries gets a slim House majority to manage while Trump keeps the majority to approve appointments in the Senate.
Yeah...not the end of the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:24 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Chickenwoman at April 03, 2026 02:24 PM (NcvvS)
Got it.
The real enemy are the courts.
Posted by: That Guy at April 03, 2026 02:25 PM (3arSl)
In so many different ways.
The cable news says nothing, so it's not happening.
And half of those who are getting any news that discusses it, still don't want to believe it--how far away from a high-trust society we've fallen.
Every event keeps getting dismissed as a one-off.
The most pernicious part is how all these new levels of fraud are specifically targeted at what used to be high-trust.
The things that we all used to just accept was largely immune to fraud. Or at least, large-scale fraud.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 02:26 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Doesn't Matter at April 03, 2026 02:26 PM (JCLJi)
I was also daunted by the prospect of reading chapter after chapter of dismal prison travails, but that episode is disposed with fairly quickly and is packed with the instruments of Daunte's revenge. Much recommend!
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (sLLbN)
As long as we're making this a book thread, I just finished David Hacket Fisher's 'Paul Revere's Ride' - which I think I saw mentioned here at AoSHq, and Shannon Bream's 'Nothing is Impossible with God'. Now I'm working on Dr. Marc Siegel's 'The Miracles among Us'.
Next in queue is The Hobbit.
Oh...and....BOOBS!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 02:26 PM (QGaXH)
This next part is willowed:
The midterms are already lost, but if this war can be wrapped up quickly, we have a chance of holding the White House in 2028.
Posted by: Vick King at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (DMmvN)
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False. The democrats are polling at historically low levels of approval frm their own voters. This Iranian action will be done before summer. It will all be based upon the GOP passing the Save Act - this is a deal breaker for enough GOP voters, and how the economy moves back to the positive trend. Nothing has been decided. At the end of the day - the democrats have no issues to run on.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 02:26 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 02:26 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:23 PM (8avO+)
Precisely. And unleashed 50 years of terrorism on the West. And didn't that incompetent fucker also get a Nobel Peace Prize?
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 03, 2026 02:27 PM (2bnFA)
Now, some large number of years later I picked it back up and realized that it's kind of a breezy beach-read kind of book and was just a good time.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 02:27 PM (oqH4h)
Congress already had Constitutional authority to draft Legislation for Naturalization. So yeah, if Congress wrote a bill to Naturalize virtually anyone born in the US, and El Presidente signs it into law, OK.
And duel citizenship did not exist until after (and because of) the 19th Amendment.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 02:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:28 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 02:28 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 02:29 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at April 03, 2026 02:29 PM (lY/NM)
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 02:26 PM (GZYu7)
I think the funding sources for liberal crazies are being crushed out on the downlow. By all accounts the Dem Party has few contributions these days.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:29 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Doesn't Matter at April 03, 2026 02:26 PM (JCLJi)
Ask Roger Staubach and Drew Pearson... also Nate Wright and Paul Krause for a slightly different perspective
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (xT8gx)
The story haunts me and I see it's fate as prophetic as to what's happening to us.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 03, 2026 02:22 PM (2bnFA)
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Recommendation if you haven't yet: Three Sips of Gin by Timothy Bax.
A harrowing story told by a guy with way more of a sense of humor about it than any person should have.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:24 PM (hAotW)
lol.
There are two parties with very stark differences. We see that every day. The Democrats basically want to do away with the republic and punish dissent using the government as their weapon. They want to steal taxpayer finds and give it to their supporters who will help undermine the country.
And you're saying that people voting to give Democrats the House isn’t a big deal. You couldn’t be more wrong. Republicans should be running away with this election. This shouldn’t even be close. The lack of Republicans voting and the sorry state of the GOP and their GOTV is pathetic.
Posted by: That Guy at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (3arSl)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at April 03, 2026 02:29 PM (lY/NM)
You read LOTR to get more of the jokes in Bored of the Rings.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (8avO+)
It was that it was putting in place the tools to find fraud.
That's what the Dems had to stop.
All of this is hidden behind layers of authorizations, a maze of routings, intentional dead-ends and deflections, etc..
Having AI to sort and trace is what they had to stop at all costs.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (HXT0k)
Yeah...not the end of the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:24 PM (hAotW)
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The House is a toss up. The VRA decision if it comes out in time will flip seats in the South - I think California's map has put a number of those districts at risk, especially if the Save Act passes. If the economy is humming, I think it will be tough for the dems to take it.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2026 02:31 PM (lJ0H4)
The astronauts forgot where they stored the electric shaver.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 02:28 PM (ESVrU)
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Christina is gonna have a hairy beav.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 02:32 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 02:32 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: Winona at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (xT8gx)
Having AI to sort and trace is what they had to stop at all costs.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (HXT0k)
They had all that, but all Trump had to do was just stop it at the source, since none of those programs did anything sensible even as a sideline. The same will be true with these hospices. They can just tell all of them to reapply and inspect and when they fail, cut them off.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (8avO+)
If you get banned and come back on a VPN, that is some extremely-online, pathetic mentally ill loser shit to do.
Like, as in "take a nice hot bath with a toaster and put yourself out of your misery."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: That Guy at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (3arSl)
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Well, historical patterns show that out of power parties just perform better in midterms. It's how things happen.
Not even Obama's people could figure out how to reverse that.
What can a slim House majority do? Impeach Trump? Oh no. Another impeachment. Not even after 1/6 could the Senate find 67 Senators to kick Trump out of politics forever during his second impeachment trial.
Democrats coming up with bullshit for 6 months in hearings no one cares about and sending impeachment articles to the Senate,...controlled by Republicans, will lead to...what?
Come on. Not every election is the most important in the world.
2026 is honestly not very important.
2028 will be important. 2026? Not really, especially since border enforcement is fully funded through 2028.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (hAotW)
Yeah...not the end of the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:24 PM (hAotW)
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The House is a toss up. The VRA decision if it comes out in time will flip seats in the South - I think California's map has put a number of those districts at risk, especially if the Save Act passes. If the economy is humming, I think it will be tough for the dems to take it.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (GZYu7)
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Very tough to make House predictions due to the uncertainty of redistricting. I think the end result will be a narrow majority for one of the parties. Far too many of these seats are totally noncompetitive, which is one of the reasons why the House -- both parties -- mostly doesn't give a shit about its voters.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Aragorn Shagnasti at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (xT8gx)
I could, but I figured since Ace said he has (and maybe some others have) seen the movie...
But I probably should know better than to ask anything here.
Posted by: Doesn't Matter at April 03, 2026 02:34 PM (JCLJi)
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (GZYu7)
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If VRA Section 2 (or Gingles) is undone next week, the number of states that will redraw in time for 2026 will be 1-2. Not many, and it'll affect like 3 seats.
It won't be a huge change. It'll be a greater effect for 2028.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:34 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (xT8gx)
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I was told that Republicans would lose everything in 2026 unless Trump fired Hegseth for Signalgate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:35 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 02:30 PM (GZYu7)
CA has been pro DEM gerrymandered for a long time. I wonder if bending them to get the last bit won't backfire since the first gerrymander was to make all the districts SAFE for both parties.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:35 PM (8avO+)
Some call me the gangster of love
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 02:35 PM (ndZc7)
Paying people to stay home with a severely disabled relative is a cost-saving device.
We have a friend in her 80s who home-cares her severly-disabled daughter. She is paid around $25/hr for probably 20-30 hrs/wk.
If that daughter were in a group home, the home would be paid far, far more for someone who requires this level of care. An in-home living company would be paid even more and a a state facility would be astronomically expensive.
Posted by: 29Victor at April 03, 2026 02:35 PM (0MjtC)
Some of the headlines:
• The former Executive Director of the Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization (OEHRM) was recently indicted for alleged failure to disclose his receipt of thousands of dollars in cash, casino chips, gift cards, and other gifts from contractors while leading this $16 billion project.
• The nephew of a quadriplegic veteran, who was supposedly residing with and providing care for his uncle, was sentenced to 156 months’ imprisonment after concealing his uncle's death for several years and stealing over $1.8 million of the veteran’s VA and Social Security benefits.
• The owner of a barbering and cosmetology school was sentenced to 96 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution to VA of approximately $2.9 million after being found guilty by a federal jury of enrolling veterans in classes without providing any actual instruction or training.
To be continued...
Posted by: Cheri at April 03, 2026 02:35 PM (oiNtH)
If you get banned and come back on a VPN, that is some extremely-online, pathetic mentally ill loser shit to do.
Like, as in "take a nice hot bath with a toaster and put yourself out of your misery."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (BI5O2)
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CBD almost banned me once.
I posted the entire comment thread in a single comment.
Twice.
In the same morning.
Oh, pre-character limit days...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (hAotW)
But I probably should know better than to ask anything here.
Posted by: Doesn't Matter at April 03, 2026 02:34 PM (JCLJi)
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Ace had a post on it a couple days ago.
I think the consensus is that it was fun and free of the typical woke garbage for the most part.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (BI5O2)
And it doesn't even work because your outlets are GFCI equipped.
Posted by: Even sadder still at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (BI5O2)
ace is usually overly forgiving. You really have to earn it. Unless he's hangry.
CBD is a bit more 'See the threat, Hammer the threat. Nap.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (52ERr)
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Part of their endless racism
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (/lPRQ)
• A drug and alcohol rehabilitation center agreed to pay $19.75 million to resolve allegations that it overbilled VA using a variety of schemes, including billing for treatments not provided, while failing to provide high-quality care to veterans by qualified clinicians.
• A defendant pleaded guilty to stealing VA compensation benefits totaling approximately $225,000 intended for an elderly veteran who was unable to manage his own money.
• A charity founder and four employees submitted falsified documentation as part of a pension application fraud scheme, costing VA $20 million, and improperly demanded payments from veterans for pension benefits for which they were not actually entitled.
Posted by: Cheri at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at April 03, 2026 02:37 PM (ssz2a)
But I probably should know better than to ask anything here.
Posted by: Doesn't Matter at April 03, 2026 02:34 PM (JCLJi)
the reviewers I respect have said its all right. So its probably fine.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:37 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)
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Waves won't come back until after 2030, at the earliest.
10-15 seat majorities are now the maximum possible until 2032.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:37 PM (hAotW)
In the same morning.
Oh, pre-character limit days...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (hAotW)
On your phone?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:37 PM (bss/y)
Get the copy with illustrations by Pauline Baynes in the medieval style.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 03, 2026 02:37 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:38 PM (bss/y)
CBD is a bit more 'See the threat, Hammer the threat. Nap.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:36 PM (bss/y)
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People's IPs reset and they can come back even if they don't use VPNs after a while.
I don't think qbsteve was ever actually unbanned. He just stayed away for a couple of years and got a new IP address at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:38 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:37 PM (bss/y)
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Worse. My computer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (Ia/+0)
Sounds like the electric razor crisis has been resolved for the time being.
Ground crew were able to identify the most likely location for the electric razor in one of the crew storage lockers in a hygiene kit.
The mission can continue.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (ESVrU)
However, one can almost not blame them for exploiting our stupid, feckless government in the same exact manner they exploited their stupid ass government in Somalia because the democrats are retarded and have basically turned us into a backwater, third-world, Carmen Miranda hat wearing shithole just like all the rest of them.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Doesn't Matter at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (JCLJi)
"Iran rejects U.S. proposal for a ceasefire, a source told the semi-official Fars News Agency"
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:38 PM (hAotW)
I don't think anyone thought it was a problem... until he decided to be too... qdpsteve.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (hAotW)
How the hell did you do that 'accidently'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:40 PM (bss/y)
Paying people to stay home with a severely disabled relative is a cost-saving device.
We have a friend in her 80s who home-cares her severly-disabled daughter. She is paid around $25/hr for probably 20-30 hrs/wk.
If that daughter were in a group home, the home would be paid far, far more for someone who requires this level of care. An in-home living company would be paid even more and a a state facility would be astronomically expensive.
Posted by: 29Victor at April 03, 2026 02:35 PM (0MjtC)
If the parent isn't disabled, its double dip fraud. Saw a clip of 2 well dressed protesters who supposedly get paid for 12 hours work a day for a parent.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:40 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (hAotW)
How the hell did you do that 'accidently'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:40 PM (bss/y)
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*points at myself*
Illiterate. Asshole.
Duh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:40 PM (hAotW)
Ground crew were able to identify the most likely location for the electric razor in one of the crew storage lockers in a hygiene kit.
The mission can continue.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
No Lunar Mission mustachios for them!
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 02:40 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:38 PM (hAotW)
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I have a regular ISP and thus have a "dynamic" IP, but weirdly it hasn't changed in 7 years. Pretty wild to have a de facto static IP at home.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 02:40 PM (oqH4h)
Stateline, April 2025
'States that enshrined Medicaid expansion in their constitutions could be in a bind'
Missouri, Oklahoma and South Dakota will have to pick up the slack if the feds cut funding for the program.
The call for universal medicine and other comprehensive programs is not waning. Now UHC is considered a critical social equalizer.
What must suffer? Defense, of course.
We've become 'accustomed' to 'diplomacy before defense!' US negotiation, alliances, and humanitarian aid, partnerships, and one heck of a lot of money backing it.
There's no easy path ahead for the middle class, including retirees.
Posted by: L - No nic.... at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (NFX2v)
Dems are shitting their pants right now, repubs are in the two top spots for Governor. I doubt it will stay that way but it would be funny if Repubs were the only ones on the ballot
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (NtVYv)
"Iran rejects U.S. proposal for a ceasefire, a source told the semi-official Fars News Agency"
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (GD0B3)
Either the press or Iran lying is pretty predictable.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (8avO+)
Illiterate. Asshole.
Duh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:40 PM (hAotW)
Who didn't notice he had highlighted the entire page?
Yeah, that's pretty fucking stupid.
And you've had kids?
Fucking hell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (NtVYv)
It might make them drop the unconstitutional jungle primary.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+)
However, one can almost not blame them for exploiting our stupid, feckless government in the same exact manner they exploited their stupid ass government in Somalia because the democrats are retarded and have basically turned us into a backwater, third-world, Carmen Miranda hat wearing shithole just like all the rest of them.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (oqH4h)
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Can we send along with them the Minnesota politicians who helped facilitate this whole thing?
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (GZYu7)
Sounds like the electric razor crisis has been resolved for the time being.
Ground crew were able to identify the most likely location for the electric razor in one of the crew storage lockers in a hygiene kit.
The mission can continue.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (ESVrU)
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Christina's beav and all those who encounter it breathe a sigh of relief.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (bss/y)
Yeah, that's pretty fucking stupid.
And you've had kids?
Fucking hell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (bss/y)
I've grabbed and pasted a huge number of posts a few times but knew it before sending.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+)
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They'll just work harder at clearing the deck before the primary, not get rid of one of their best tools at maintaining uniparty power.
It'll take a lot more than one lost governor's race to undo the jungle primary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (hAotW)
Sounds like the electric razor crisis has been resolved for the time being.
Ground crew were able to identify the most likely location for the electric razor in one of the crew storage lockers in a hygiene kit.
The mission can continue.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (ESVrU)
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Christina's beav and all those who encounter it breathe a sigh of relief.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (oqH4h)
The Lady astronaut moved it, probably.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2026 02:41 PM (NtVYv)
It might make them drop the unconstitutional jungle primary.
______________________
We could only hope
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+)
Yeah, cause the entire screen is blue. TJM thought 'Der... that's normal.' or just drooled and hit post.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (bss/y)
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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That's the most important part. Don't believe me?
Try and draft a wetback.
Or force them to sign up for Selective Service.
You'll find out just how quick you don't have jurisdiction over them.
Posted by: rickb223
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"subject to the jurisdiction" is not dependent on being physically in the US....
.... But how else could I steal their wallet?
- Some Retarded Woman
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 02:44 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (bss/y)
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Or, more like, The cursor is slightly too far to the left when I start the text select. I move very quickly to get the end of the comment I want, and the browser doesn't actually move to indicate that I've selected more than I thought.
I then copy what I think is one comment into the box that has no character limit, and the blue selection from the main page goes away because I've clicked something else on the page.
I then comment away, happily thinking that I've managed that one extra pixel to the left effectively enough to prevent embarrassment.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:45 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:45 PM (hAotW)
LOL.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:46 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 02:38 PM (hAotW)
I don't think anyone thought it was a problem... until he decided to be too... qdpsteve.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:39 PM (bss/y)
He got himself permabanned - twice..?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 02:48 PM (QGaXH)
Was that BSG?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:48 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 03, 2026 02:49 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Denny Crane - On My Balcony...NOW!!!!! at April 03, 2026 02:50 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 02:48 PM (QGaXH)
Still the same guy with the same tics.
See, most of us when we come into the thread know it's polite to address the thread first. Call ace gay and lame. Maybe comment on some retarded dem or make a David French cuck joke before we go completely off topic. He'd come in and immediately go off topic- which miffed the cobs- even if it was over 100. He was warned about it, but for whatever reason could not grok that social nicety (which was the key to pretty much everything with him.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:52 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (8avO+)
She's already remodeling the toilet space and lighting scented candles.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 03, 2026 02:52 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 03, 2026 02:43 PM (8avO+)
She's already remodeling the toilet space and lighting scented candles.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 03, 2026 02:52 PM (g8Ew
And putting useless pillows everywhere.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2026 02:53 PM (bss/y)
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LOL. "Post-scarcity".
The only time you're post scarcity is when you're in the grave.
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Axeman at April 03, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)
She's already remodeling the toilet space and lighting scented candles.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 03, 2026 02:52 PM (g8Ew
Fuzzy seat cover that makes it impossible for the seat to stay up, then bitches because the seat winds up getting wet.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 03:27 PM (IG3/x)
It’s going to lead to disaster
Posted by: The Dog at April 03, 2026 03:43 PM (ZMKNH)
Posted by: Dagwood at April 03, 2026 04:22 PM (CC0N1)
Iran Claims It Shot Down an F-15 Fighter and Is Searching for the Pilots
Is this true? Well, Iran media has no credibility, except with the corrupt American propaganda media.
Iran shot down what appears to be a fighter plane on Friday, Iranian state media reported, in what would be the first time that Tehran downed an American jet since the war broke out five weeks ago. The search and rescue is underway for two service members. The Hill has reached out to the U.S. Central Command, which oversees the U.S. military's actions in the region, for comment. Iranian state media released photos purportedly showing parts of the plane, indicating it was a U.S. F-15 fighter jet. Tasnim News Agency, the semiofficial news outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that the U.S. sent out a C-130 Hercules plane and Black Hawk helicopters to look for the crew.Axios claims "a source familiar with the incident" -- no statement whether the "source" is American or enemy comms from Iran -- confirms the shoot-down. Their new headline claims the US (or, perhaps, Israel) has successfully "rescued" one of the two pilots and continue searching for the other:
U.S. fighter jet shot down in Iran: One crew member rescued, search for other ongoingIf it's true that we have spec ops in the area and they found one pilot, the chances are good that they will also locate the other, who probably isn't more than a few miles from his partner. But I don't know if any of this is true. I guess the US is refusing to confirm the reports, but you'd expect the US to refuse comment until the situation is resolved. This is one of the two disaster scenarios I've been fearing (if true). The other is that an Iranian missile gets very, very lucky and manages to badly damage a $13 billion aircraft carrier, which would immediately reduce US air power and also be a huge propaganda victory encouraging the left-wing (and pseudo-rightwing) anti-American agitators to demand we leave the mullahs to slaughter their citizens and bomb our allies in peace. Because America's enemies are justified in using force to advance their political position, whereas America (and Israel!) of course are never so justified, ever, never ever ever.
On X, a picture of an ejector seat allegedly found by Iran was posted. But people claimed it was a fake and did not look like a bona-fide Air Force ejector seat.
I turned mine into a swivel chair. pic.twitter.com/vIMca7TQlv
— @amuse (@amuse) April 3, 2026
We're all Open Source Intelligence Officers now, aren't we? If this is true -- and I don't know that it is -- one thing that may help the missing pilot(s) is the warm regard many, but not all, Iranians have for the US/Israeli action against the Islamic Occupational Army of Iran. I hope everyone is having a Good Friday!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 12:08 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 12:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Japanese X account at April 03, 2026 12:09 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 12:10 PM (4KUe5)
Dear God,
Please protect these pilot, return them safely to us and protect those searching for them.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 12:10 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:10 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 03, 2026 12:11 PM (Dv3i1)
Please protect these pilot, return them safely to us and protect those searching for them.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 12:10 PM (IifOV)
Yes.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 12:11 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 12:11 PM (Ia/+0)
They're all reporting on the rescue efforts.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:11 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 03, 2026 12:12 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: The Bulwark! at April 03, 2026 12:12 PM (n1OCj)
Its mind boggling that in this age of information and connectivity the news media acts like gossiping high school children
Posted by: melodicmetal at April 03, 2026 12:12 PM (o+zSx)
/ pedantry_off
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 03, 2026 12:13 PM (diia5)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:13 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:10 PM (U/Byj)
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Yeah the Martin-Baker fanclub isn't a club you join on purpose.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:13 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 03, 2026 12:13 PM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)
(edited by ace to demonstrate what's really being said here)
Posted by: Hitler's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbles at April 03, 2026 12:14 PM (iCp4l)
Posted by: so what at April 03, 2026 12:14 PM (ULPxl)
You don't come to the earth sitting on your ejection seat. It decouples from you after the chute deploys and you land somewhere else.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:15 PM (oqH4h)
Plus, the shadows of the guy taking the pic and the shadows (or lack thereof) of the seat don't line up. Looks photoshopped to me.
I'm not sure the observation that there are no footprints is valid, though. The pilot ejects from the seat long before it hits the ground. There would probably be some disturbance when the seat hit the ground, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 12:15 PM (iFTx/)
I'll believe it when DoW makes the announcement, not before.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 12:15 PM (MIIRH)
I'm sure the MSM is all "We do not have 100% air superiority as Trump claims!!11!!"
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 12:15 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2026 12:15 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: That Guy who intones "And so it begins." at April 03, 2026 12:16 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 12:16 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 03, 2026 12:16 PM (weLyd)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:16 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:17 PM (GD0B3)
I actually didn't mean to include that reply. I found that claim as weak as you did.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:17 PM (1wjle)
The Israeli loss rate, AFAIK 0/X - no losses - is obviously unprecedented and historic (using the terms properly). Amazing.
Every war and situation is different (something I notice that almost everyone has great trouble understanding), but there has never been an air campaign of this scope with this level of losses (almost zero).
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:18 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:16 PM (1wjle)
Way ahead of you!
Although the moderators are banning them quickly, so we can't have much fun with the edits!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 12:18 PM (n9ltV)
It's like 1972 all over again! I feel so young, my dusty coochie is tingling all over!
Posted by: Old Boomer Jane Fonda, Original AWFUL at April 03, 2026 12:18 PM (HUHft)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (weLyd)
Which one, specifically?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Most people at April 03, 2026 12:20 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)
The stupid boring one.
You know...all of them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 12:20 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:20 PM (GD0B3)
27 The glee with which some in the media and on social media are reporting this story makes me want to puke, and then knock their teeth down their throats.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 12
What they need is a 30 day respite under a Muslim regime, they can get back to us on how well it turned out for them.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:20 PM (71y1j)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)
The stupid boring one.
You know...all of them.
EXCELLENT! I can now unload on all those people I don't like. Oh, cobloggers only? Well, lah-di-dah!
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)
I don't know, he's an anonymous Nazi (of course) and always changes his screenname.
He's now going to whine like a cunt that his free speech is being restricted by a private party who owns a business. I say, fuck you Nazi, start your own Nazi site. Oh wait you all do, but no one wants to read your Nazi bullshit, so you get no traffic, so they you hijack other people's popular sites to spread your Nazi bullshit around.
You've said the same fucking thing 100 times now. We got it. There is no further usefulness to us of additional repetitions of the same Nazi talking points.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:21 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: bonesy at April 03, 2026 12:21 PM (s/s6s)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
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Or Tiger Woods was driving.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:22 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 03, 2026 12:22 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:23 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:23 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 12:23 PM (52ERr)
You've said the same fucking thing 100 times now. We got it. There is no further usefulness to us of additional repetitions of the same Nazi talking points.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:21 PM (1wjle)
Wait. Popular site?
We've made it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)
Those dudes are hardcore and don't get enough credit.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM (fZiTB)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)
CENTCOM earlier on an X-posting called the story fake news. Have they changed their position now?
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 12:25 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 12:25 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:23 PM (El6/E)
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We lost a lot more in the opening weeks of Iraq.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:25 PM (hAotW)
i'm being rhetorical. Take me seriously, not literally.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)
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Who are you?
You some kind of big deal round these parts?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (AkEZC)
i smart.
Posted by: Israel at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (MI7nC)
Posted by: 29Victor at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (0MjtC)
Fast footwork by the SAR community and their supporting air components. A plane crew in Iranian hands - ** Shudder**
We have A-10s, C-130s and more in the SAR effort.
C-130s over Iran!, and within range of ground (rifle) fire.
CENTCOM is silent, so far. So is Iran.
Iranians saying the hunt is on, with a $30,000 reward. Iranians misidentified the plane as F-35. It is from the "Panthers" 49th Fighter Sqdn, out of the UK.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (71y1j)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 03, 2026 12:27 PM (Q/FnY)
Wait. Popular site?
We've made it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM
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https://youtu.be/oTjjLPBb6Ew
Posted by: Obligatory at April 03, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)
And...the media believed it.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)
Charlie was too effective.
Which implies that Candace and Tucker are...not effective.
Which is hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:27 PM (hAotW)
We've made it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)
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AoS may not be popular, but it is a smart military blog.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 03, 2026 12:27 PM (weLyd)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:16 PM (1wjle)
How is TJM going to top "yummy shit pebbles."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:27 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:27 PM (Zz0t1)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:28 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 12:28 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:28 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
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Or Tiger Woods was driving.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:22 PM (oqH4h)
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Or, you know, a woman.
Posted by: Spokesperson for Space Ice at April 03, 2026 12:28 PM (cWLG3)
Wait. Popular site?
We've made it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03
We are raising membership prices to reflect this status.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:28 PM (71y1j)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:29 PM (GD0B3)
I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:28 PM (hAotW)
If only you could READ!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:29 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: The Left at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (mWRBW)
I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:28 PM (hAotW)
If only you could READ!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:29 PM (Zz0t1)
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Ouch, baby. Very ouch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (71y1j)
If we haven't learned this by now we don't deserve to win.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (INQN/)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (71y1j)
Yes...make the rubble bounce.
Posted by: Zombie Brig. Gen. George "Bud" Day at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (HUHft)
So far.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:28 PM (Sco7b)
They all get their news from the internet, so........
I'll wait for the announcement from Trump, or Hegseth, or anyone else actually involved with the actual military and it's mission in Iran.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:31 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM (71y1j
Agree. The mirror image Gen. George C. Marshall Plan.
Posted by: Eromero at April 03, 2026 12:31 PM (rR03l)
Ouch, baby. Very ouch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (hAotW)
I blame the public school system.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:31 PM (Zz0t1)
https://tinyurl.com/aswmbarm
Posted by: Brisco County Sr at April 03, 2026 12:31 PM (A/tlT)
“Cover-Up”: Pentagon Is Downplaying Troop Casualties Under Trump | An investigation found the Department of Defense sent outdated statements about the number of troops wounded or killed in Iran.
Iran has hit multiple US targets in the region with great precision. US soldiers were stationed at the military bases that are now deemed uninhabitable. It's entirely plausible it resulted in more casualties then we have been led to believe. Truth is not really a virtue of the US government, especially the current one.
Im sure the general that JUST GOT FIRED, WARNED about this! It GUARANTEES trump and Hegseth will do whatever idiotic thing needed to cause unnecessary significant casualties
Hegseth is Trump's out for the Iran war. Noem was his out for the ICE shit. Bondi is his out for Epstein files handling, Hegseth will be his excuse for the shitshow in Iran.
he’s doing exactly what he’s there for. Purge the military of good senior officers and commit war crimes. Until he stops both of those he ain’t going anywhere. He’s the scapegoat for Iran backlash too.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 12:32 PM (JCZqz)
Our loss rate in Iran is a testament to our prowess in the air, and well-maintained aircraft.
We've lost 16 UAVs, 4 fighters, one KC-135. 21 total.
Well, and some ground losses. The E-3 was the one that hurt.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 12:32 PM (u82oZ)
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2h
Translated from Arabic
🇺🇸 Update on the Reported F-15E Aircraft Incident
The American pilots have been successfully evacuated
by allied forces and are now safe, with their well-being confirmed.
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There's that, I guess. I dunno.
I just know that Hammer better start making some freaking horror movies at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:32 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:10 PM (U/Byj)
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My brother has a pin from Grumman for using their seat on the OV-1D Mohawk during his tour in VietNam.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 12:32 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 12:32 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: More Like Mummified at April 03, 2026 12:32 PM (oftw2)
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Really? First thing I said
Posted by: The Left at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mWRBW)
I'd imagine all the pilots have some sort of tracking device in case they do get shot down, right?
As long as they don't land in cities, do they just lay down, cover themselves in sand and wait for rescue?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (oqH4h)
Wait. Popular site?
We've made it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03
We are raising membership prices to reflect this status.
Posted by: Piper
Moose at door should have told you, now maths will be involved.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (Q/FnY)
The American pilots have been successfully evacuated
by allied forces and are now safe, with their well-being confirmed
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*sobs*
Posted by: The Left at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: More Like Mummified at April 03, 2026 12:32 PM (oftw2)
She calls it "Sahara" for a reason.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 12:32 PM (JCZqz)
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Firing the head of the Army directly lead to the shooting down of an air force aircraft?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Spokesperson for Space Ice at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (cWLG3)
I just try to imagine these people during WW2. WE LOST HOW MANY MEN ON D-DAY????!?!?!?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (GD0B3)
We've made it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM
Top o' the world, Sponge!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 12:34 PM (kgE5c)
Well, ppen source dumbass doesn't play as well to the mouthbreathers.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 12:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Cut. Jib. Newsletter?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03
I don’t know which post you are referencing - but thank you for the reminder to repost this out on x. Every time is do it, I sing a little song from Newsies. 🤣. I taught this morning so I haven’t read or caught up on morning events.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:34 PM (71y1j)
I'm quite familiar with our Carrier (and LHD/A - they're the same systems) anti-ship missile defense (ASMD). It was my specialty in the Navy. 1) They don't go anywhere without a screening group against air, surface, and submarine threats, and those are positioned along the likely axes those threats are expected. They would initially engage any threat to the High Value Unit (HVU). In case of "leakers" (missiles that get past the screen),. the Carrier has three layers of defense by itself: radar guided Enhanced Sea Sparrow (ESSM), IR/RF seeking Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM), and radar guided CIWS at 4500 rounds per minute. Those can all be manual controlled, but the Ship's Self Defense System (SSDS) was developed to enable automated doctrine to employ all of those systems. It's pretty robust, and it includes the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) which allows all ships in the network to fire at a threat even if it doesn't have the track itself.
I'm not going to tell you any numbers for obvious reasons.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 03, 2026 12:34 PM (gUs21)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Pubic School System? Where!!??
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2026 12:35 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:35 PM (U/Byj)
As long as they don't land in cities, do they just lay down, cover themselves in sand and wait for rescue?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:33 PM (Sco7b)
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1) Yeah they have beacons they can activate and also handheld radios to communicate with SAR.
2) Maybe, sometimes? They all attend SERE school so they learn how to Survive and Evade capture, or in the worst case Resist interrogation and attempt to Escape if possible. They will do what they can to aid their own rescue if they aren't injured.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:35 PM (oqH4h)
The internet amplifies stupidity. Sigh. You are a hardened spreader of Intel from the insane Asylum.
In the old days shouting at clouds while digging up good dirt was not widespread.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 12:35 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 12:35 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 12:35 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 12:35 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2026 12:35 PM (mWRBW)
Put it away, old man.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)
We've made it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)
*eyes pants*
Meh.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 12:36 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 03, 2026 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Basically another day ending in Y but still. I think there are enough Muslims here to make this something of an issue if they want to.
Apparently we haven't killed enough mullahs yet.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 12:36 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:34 PM
This bit:
And I mean end it where the country needs to be rebuilt from the ashes. I am sorry, but there is no negotiation possible with monsters, and a lesson needs to be made.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:26 PM
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 12:36 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Prayers for the pilots.
Today's Fox Business Varney & Co Trivia Question:
How many states recognize Good Friday as a state holiday?
12
17
24
31
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 12:37 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:10 PM
Does that mean that the passenger, who inadvertently ejected both him and the pilot while the plane was still taxiing on the runway, get a hat?
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 03, 2026 12:37 PM (qoLdL)
He wrote for the WSJ. It seems they didn't learn the lesson.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 03, 2026 12:37 PM (INQN/)
I just heard of them a couple of years ago. Really cool guys.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:37 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Sir Lancelot at April 03, 2026 12:37 PM (7Q0e+)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 12:38 PM (Z/x3/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
No, the related Lefty tinfoil hat conspiracy that there are tons of US casualties, but the DoW is hiding the numbers, or lying about them somehow to keep the public in the dark.
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The internet amplifies stupidity. Sigh. You are a hardened spreader of Intel from the insane Asylum.
In the old days shouting at clouds while digging up good dirt was not widespread.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Uh, thanks? I think? Lol
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 12:38 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 12:38 PM (cWLG3)
Thank you.
Unless you're walking around wearing neon pink, I'd imagine you can be tough to spot in a desert unless they know exactly where you are.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:38 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:39 PM (Zz0t1)
The crew have devices that can communicate with planes overhead. Using them is fraught, as it gives a line of bearing to the sender. 3 detectors can lead to a small part of the map to head for, by both forces.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 12:39 PM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/aswmbarm
Posted by: Brisco County Sr at April 03, 2026 12:31 PM (A/tlT)
She had every justification for shooting her rogue dog. Ditto for her rogue husband. Get off the stick, Kristi, and end the SOB.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2026 12:39 PM (nNdlS)
Our loss rate in Iran is a testament to our prowess in the air, and well-maintained aircraft.
We've lost 16 UAVs, 4 fighters, one KC-135. 21 total.
Well, and some ground losses. The E-3 was the one that hurt.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 12:32 PM (u82oZ)
Trump is asking for $1.5T for DOW in the 2027 budget...to say that's a lot is an understatement (we just broke $1T in 2026's budget). But it's the cost when you fight a war.
Hopefully, we don't spiral into the LBJ's situation where Congress will not cut elsewhere and we see the debt balloon to unheard of amounts that brings a bad decade afterwards...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 12:39 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 12:38 PM (Z/x3/)
And kale futures.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:39 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 12:38 PM (JCZqz)
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It's true. We've had every base in the region vaporized since about day 3. All personnel dead.
The new East Wing is really just a hiding spot for body bags now.
That's why the patriotic judge is trying to stop the construction, so we can uncover Trump's crimes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:40 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I met George about 7 months ago. He is an impressive man. Politics is the business in DC. Sometimes it bites you in the ass.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 12:40 PM (n17eQ)
Fashion maven, too.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 12:40 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:39 PM (Zz0t1)
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I see no problem with that.
But that's not legal advice. If CBD yells at you, you can't blame the illiterate asshole who did not give you legal advice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:40 PM (hAotW)
I’ve been ready for Trump to declare victory in Iran and get out. BUT…. If somehow Iran shot down one of our jets and manages to nab a pilot of ours and do ANYTHING at all untoward my attitude will change completely. I’ll be like: You ain’t seen nothing yet you goat fuckers now we’re really gonna bomb you to the Stone Age.. energy infrastructure… everything. Call it righteous retribution
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 12:40 PM (aSzdc)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 03, 2026 12:41 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 12:38 PM (JCZqz)
So, they believe the Taliban and Iranian press corps over our own US Miltary sources.
Good to know.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:41 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
No, the related Lefty tinfoil hat conspiracy that there are tons of US casualties, but the DoW is hiding the numbers, or lying about them somehow to keep the public in the dark.
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The internet amplifies stupidity. Sigh. You are a hardened spreader of Intel from the insane Asylum.
In the old days shouting at clouds while digging up good dirt was not widespread.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Uh, thanks? I think? Lol
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 12:38 PM (JCZqz)
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As always they are projecting. The team they support covers up or denies casualty numbers as a matter of policy.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 12:42 PM (cWLG3)
And there was the case back in the 80s of an African minister who allegedly ejected both from a trainer (seats are linked, one is activated, there's a delay and the other then fires) during a familiarization flight. Pilot had to have been rather, um, surprised. Long time ago but I think it was Zimbabwe and that small British trainer whose name I forget but resembled the Italian and German ones (like an Alpha jet).
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:42 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 12:42 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2026 12:42 PM (gm9Sb)
The crew have devices that can communicate with planes overhead. Using them is fraught, as it gives a line of bearing to the sender. 3 detectors can lead to a small part of the map to head for, by both forces.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 12:39 PM (u82oZ)
Thank you. I was imagining a signal going out to the US forces in the first few minutes and then being turned off for safety.
Hopefully this ends happily soon.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:42 PM (Sco7b)
Good to know.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:41 PM (Zz0t1)
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American sources are tainted because they must swear personal loyalty to Donald Trump's misshapen penis to be granted access to the Pentagon.
On the other hand, Iranian sources are true democrats in service of pursuing justice in the world, and can't be questioned unless one is racist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:42 PM (hAotW)
I have been worried about churches and synagogues t during Holy Friday- Easter Sunday and during Passover. I have been praying for their safety and for that of their members and religious leaders.
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 12:42 PM (Nx5jP)
Good to know.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:41 PM
Yes. They believe that all American news is radical right wing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 12:42 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 12:44 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 12:44 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:39 PM
Commence Operation Strange Leaf.
- Clarence Beeks
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 12:44 PM (kgE5c)
Fashion maven, too.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 12
And kale futures.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April
I also order all the office supplies. I am the Rubio of the HQ.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:44 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 12:44 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2026 12:45 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2026 12:45 PM (0U5gm)
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They could have just been buying WTI from us and fracking their own oil for the last 30 years and avoided all of this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:46 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:46 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 12:38 PM (Z/x3/)
These fitness exercises are kicking my ass. I have yet been able to fit into any the fashions she has shown.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 12:46 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 12:46 PM (Ia/+0)
I pray the pilot/s are found and safe.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 03, 2026 12:47 PM (FW5m7)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:46 PM (El6/E)
I still miss Sarah tho.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)
for you younger readers, the corpses and body parts were paraded in public to jeering mobs
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 12:47 PM (ZxPkt)
I don't really know.
It is a cultural AF thing to not disperse aircraft, I assume to make servicing easier. This goes back to Clark Field in 1941.
We showed in Gulf War 1 that hardened shelters were no defense. There was a Patriot available, don't know about drone defenses.
And we may have a lot of aircraft there, so no real dispersal possible.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 12:47 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 12:47 PM (cWLG3)
Yeah but then they couldn't pretend to be environmentally conscious and all in on the global warming thing. By outsourcing their oil, they can tell themselves they are saving the planet. Plus its cheaper i the short run to buy oil from HateYouIstan than develop your own oil.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:47 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 12:47 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (kgE5c)
They could have just been buying WTI from us and fracking their own oil for the last 30 years and avoided all of this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:46 PM (hAotW)
That's not very carbon neutral of you, sir.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (gQ15S)
Keith Olbermann reposted
Arieh Kovler
@ariehkovler
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20h
Guys, is it good when you fire the head of the army in the middle of a war ahead of a possible controversial ground invasion? It's a thing you do if you're winning, right?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (CWTWj)
But you looked so adorable in that cotton sundress
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:49 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 12:49 PM (52ERr)
I pray the pilot/s are found and safe.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 03, 2026 12:47 PM (FW5m7)
Punching out while outside the ejection envelope will do that.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 12:49 PM (Y1sOo)
I think we did, a couple early on. Especially those beautiful old F15s are getting kinda creaky
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
They can't do that, they have to save the planet from boiling!
Also, since they are now relying on mohammedans for political power, they are on a course to become sharia dictatorships.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Piper
It'd be harder to rebuild on glass.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (Sco7b)
Arieh Kovler
@ariehkovler
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20h
Guys, is it good when you fire the head of the army in the middle of a war ahead of a possible controversial ground invasion? It's a thing you do if you're winning, right?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (CWTWj)
Yes, because when I want pure speculation on the internet, I'll go to someone who has no f*cking clue whatsoever what's going on.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (Zz0t1)
Keith Olbermann reposted
Arieh Kovler
@ariehkovler
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20h
Guys, is it good when you fire the head of the army in the middle of a war ahead of a possible controversial ground invasion? It's a thing you do if you're winning, right?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (CWTWj)
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Ground invasion?
Like hundreds of thousands of troops?
Do they just magically teleported over there? Or is there some kind of extended series of elaborate steps that need to be taken to get the troops and support material to the area first?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (El6/E)
I ushered the service last week, and it was my second time with the earphone and walky-talky, to communicate with a parishioner keeping tabs on the outside of the church. My wife said I looked like a SS agent. (I'll assume competence was implied)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)
Candace, Tucker and Nick, soon:
The Jews shot down our plane, captured the pilot and are holding him hostage to force Trump to continue the war!!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2026 12:51 PM (HXT0k)
Keith Olbermann reposted
Arieh Kovler
@ariehkovler
·
20h
Guys, is it good when you fire the head of the army in the middle of a war ahead of a possible controversial ground invasion? It's a thing you do if you're winning, right?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (CWTWj)
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Ol Keith thinking we're losing, so it's time for some snark.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 12:51 PM (cWLG3)
Carter Gardens, 1 Woodland Dr, Plains, GA 31780
Just in case anybody wants to visit Jimmah's grave site and go all Virginia AG on it.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (Zz0t1)
. . .
Guys, is it good when you fire the head of the army in the middle of a war ahead of a possible controversial ground invasion? It's a thing you do if you're winning, right?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (CWTWj)
How on earth can we know that it was the right decision?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (dK+Kv)
Like hundreds of thousands of troops?
The left is tremendously excited about the idea that any day now we're going to send a Market Garden-sized mass invasion into Iran. All the neocon twerps are thinking the same thing, along with fools like Tucker and Matt Walsh.
That's not happening. We're not invading Iran. We're not gonna occupy Iran.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (El6/E)
poop
Posted by: The way it is at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (iFSP8)
Posted by: gnats local 678
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he sullies the good name of twats
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (ZxPkt)
It's about time.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (abIsI)
It truly is - this is one of his best decisions. Especially since we're at war, and all our bases were pathetically easy targets to sleeper cells...now they aren't...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (tOcjL)
General George has an incredible resume. Lots of command time in combat. His known policy changes are sound. But a Biden pick, so who knows what he says when his advice is asked for.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 12:53 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 12:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:27 PM
Covenant?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2026 12:53 PM (0sNs1)
Like hundreds of thousands of troops?
Do they just magically teleported over there? Or is there some kind of extended series of elaborate steps that need to be taken to get the troops and support material to the area first?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Army Chief of Staff is a high ranking staffer, not battlefield commander which indicates the utter stupidity of leftists and military matters beyond transing troops.
Part of what may have gotten him fired was that he axed the prepositioned Merchant Marine supply ships for Marines and Army under Biden. Those ships would be useful for any actual invasions, even small ones rather than waiting on a lengthy sea voyage. See Konrad on X for more of that internal Pentagon dispute.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper
Given what we've heard, I suspect there's a large fraction of the Iranian pop who would help a downed pilot of ours.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)
Carter Gardens, 1 Woodland Dr, Plains, GA 31780
Just in case anybody wants to visit Jimmah's grave site and go all Virginia AG on it.
Posted by: Auspex
Is it true that all of the trees in the vicinity of his grave are starting to die?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 12:54 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 12:54 PM (cWLG3)
Like hundreds of thousands of troops?
The left is tremendously excited about the idea that any day now we're going to send a Market Garden-sized mass invasion into Iran. All the neocon twerps are thinking the same thing, along with fools like Tucker and Matt Walsh.
That's not happening. We're not invading Iran. We're not gonna occupy Iran.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (El6/E)
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What about an Olive Garden-sized invasion?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)
Arieh Kovler
@ariehkovler
·
20h
Guys, is it good when you fire the head of the army in the middle of a war ahead of a possible controversial ground invasion? It's a thing you do if you're winning, right?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (CWTWj)
If I understand how the 'modern' military works, the Army Chief of Staff - who was the General relieved, I believe - doesn't actually command the troops and wouldn't be involved in the invasion even if the Army became involved.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 12:54 PM (ExV1e)
IF these videos are from Iran, and current. But they look legit. Day-time - and I don't know when the aircraft went down.
Also one knowledgeable comment I saw said that the squadron involved was flying 30+ year-old F-15s, and suggested that age/mechanical incident was likely, though I can't address that.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2026 12:55 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 12:55 PM (4NO2D)
The usual suspects are breathless about this, predicting massive gun fights on bases and dead people all over the place. They think it means that soldiers will walk around with a rifle and sidearm like they're on combat patrol or something, and that soldiers are stupid, violent, and crazed killers who cannot wait to shoot something.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:55 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 12:55 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)
Leftists or Islamists?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 12:56 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 12:54 PM
Do unlimited breadsticks come with that?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 12:56 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 12:56 PM (PFs9e)
I doubt even the US military could handle the need for that many unlimited breadsticks.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM
Given SS performances in the last few years, competence is no longer something to be assumed, unfortunately.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (0sNs1)
Nothing like 6am gate guard duty without any training or any weapon...even though we were all trained at least on weapons...
So, yes, thanks Hegsgeth, from all junior officers who won't have to do that weaponless again...at least not if they don't want to...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (tOcjL)
What about an Olive Garden-sized invasion?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)
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"Unlimited bread sticks" is code for artillery barrage.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 12:56 PM (PFs9e)
How would you feel, say, someone posted with the handle "CharlieBrown'sDildo?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (Zz0t1)
If this war costs the Republicans the Congress in 2026, and then costs the White House in 2028, and President Newsome proudly signs into the law the American Rejuvenation Act of 2029 which provides amnesty for every illegal immigrant and legalizes the immigration of millions per year, thus permanently destroying the Republican Party as a national political force then was this war worth it?
You win elections by being on the public's side on the issues. Either by changing your party platform to align with the majority view, or by persuading the people that your views are correct. Going against the majority view, and not even attempting to persuade the public, is how you end up with massive electoral losses.
The Iraq War led to the disaster of Obama. If the Iran War leads to President Ocasio Cortez, backed by a Congressional majority, then the historic American nation will cease to exist. The midterms are already lost, but if this war can be wrapped up quickly, we have a chance of holding the White House in 2028.
Posted by: Vick King at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (DMmvN)
Have you looked at some of the OTHER nics around here?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t)
The usual suspects are breathless about this, predicting massive gun fights on bases and dead people all over the place. They think it means that soldiers will walk around with a rifle and sidearm like they're on combat patrol or something, and that soldiers are stupid, violent, and crazed killers who cannot wait to shoot something.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:55 PM (El6/E)
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Today's Factoid: Auto insurance on a military installations used by the troops (most use USAA) is cheaper than the surrounding communities. Why? Because it is safer.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 12:58 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 12:58 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 12:58 PM (dK+Kv)
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Never misses a chance to shit on the US, blame the US, and scream about neocons.
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:58 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 12:58 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 12:59 PM (4NO2D)
Shut the fuck up, you rancid little cunt.
You have crossed the line. Next you get banned.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 12:59 PM (n9ltV)
https://tinyurl.com/aswmbarm
Posted by: Brisco County Sr
yup. And it was an illegal alien who wanted vengeance for deportation that outed her pervert husband. So it's not as if blackmail/punishment for politics wasn't in the mix.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 12:59 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 12:59 PM (GD0B3)
Exactly one plane loss later and is kill-'em-all-and-let-God-sort-'em-out time.
Neocons, man.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April
I am young enough to desire the US actually winning wars and reminding others of our superiority. I am also not excited about the concept of 3rd world ruffians wishing I would dress in trash bags, Balenciaga or otherwise.
Democrats. Ugh.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:59 PM (pZEOD)
That's not happening. We're not invading Iran. We're not gonna occupy Iran.
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Everyone seems to have forgotten we assembled, what?, half a million troops to invade Iraq, and it took six months to do it. Iran is several times larger. So we'd need more manpower (and no allies), and it would probably take longer to set up.
And of course Trump hasn't suggested any interest in doing it.
Posted by: Methos at April 03, 2026 12:59 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 12:56 PM (PFs9e)
Masturbatin' Pete is fine, although a bit self-clownish of late. We can allow for a little disagreement here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:00 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:00 PM (El6/E)
Yup, you should do exactly nothing, and that way you run no risks. Great strategy. Also, check the polling.
Finally, your concern is noted.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t)
The new East Wing is really just a hiding spot for body bags now.
That's why the patriotic judge is trying to stop the construction, so we can uncover Trump's crimes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Candace, it's bad form to sock the regulars around here.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 03, 2026 01:00 PM (aJmLS)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:00 PM (dK+Kv)
True, but "pete" does more than disagree...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 01:00 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM
I suspect Jane Fonda's grave will be getting some visitations.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2026 01:00 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:01 PM (4NO2D)
Yes, but I'm willing to overlook slightly dopey nics if they have cogent points to make and don't reflexively hate America or Israel.
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 01:01 PM (rZCVI)
Good to know.
Posted by: Sponge
When you put it that way...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 03, 2026 01:01 PM (aJmLS)
Concur. Let him spout his nonsense. We don't have to respond.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)
THe US hasn't won a war in my lifetime
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:01 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 01:01 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:02 PM (GD0B3)
I'm tired of you faggots threatening to defect to the left to blackmail us into joining you. Fuck you. You're all Nick Fuentes cunts anyway who either vote for Democrats or third party extremists or can't vote because you have records or don't want the government to know where you live.
"Joining the Nazis is the only way to defeat the Communists"
well if you're really keen to defeat the communists, have you thought about joining US? The non-Nazis?
No, you haven't. I don't even believe you're a voter, or a taxpayer.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:02 PM (1wjle)
Does anybody else feel like we're reliving the '60's ?
What's that quote about history not repeating, but it does rhyme?
I'm not ready to check out, but this sure feels like where I came in....LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 01:02 PM (QGaXH)
Yup, you should do exactly nothing, and that way you run no risks. Great strategy. Also, check the polling.
Finally, your concern is noted.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t)
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Trump should give up on any sort of long term goals in terms of governing because there might be a short term blowback.
This is the kind of thinking that led Democrats to say, "You know what? We shouldn't let it 15 million people into the country in 4 years. What if we lose the midterms? We can only do long term effective change if we hold onto Congress during the midterms."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 01:02 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 01:00 PM (FtULh)
I allow that I haven't yet seen much more than he receives.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:02 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Air Force fighter jet jockeys run the service and they hated A-10s for decades. They want to zoom when CAS needs a much slower plane that can take enormous punishment yet dish it out on the cheap. In a peer war, we are NOT going to have endless supplies of hitech and expensive missile systems to fight with. Even now, Tomahawks and other expensive missiles and/or precision ordnance are running short. Fortunately we can use old dumb bombs or JDAM equipped instead of standoff weapons with Iran now.
Jet Jockeys always are wanting new fighter aircraft or to a lesser extent bombers out there as a budget issue rather than the pedestrian airlift aircraft, tankers, our AF nuclear land missiles, and CAS support.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 03, 2026 01:02 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (Fn30I)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:02 PM (GD0B3)
Not my circus. The proprietors have spoken.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (dK+Kv)
Does anybody else feel like we're reliving the '60's ?
What's that quote about history not repeating, but it does rhyme?
I'm not ready to check out, but this sure feels like where I came in....LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 01:02 PM (QGaXH)
I did mention LBJ upthread...of course, we'd really rather not relive the 70s...so we need to decade skip to the 80s somehow afterwards...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Piper
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The only way to be safe is to eliminate the threat.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (XeU6L)
Guys, is it good when you fire the head of the army in the middle of a war ahead of a possible controversial ground invasion? It's a thing you do if you're winning, right?
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His acronym is CSA - Chief of Staff of the Army. I always read it as Confederate States of America.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 03, 2026 12:53 PM (CKIwv)
Like you, the IRGC is not a credible negotiation partner. They lie, hide things, misrepresent things, and renounce any position that they accept to keep some sort of "moral" upper hand.
When such a lying and dishonest party to a negotiation appears, sometimes the only solution is to bomb them until they decide to approach either reality or at least admit they are wrong about some things instead of arrogantly claiming the win for making the other parties give up in disgust.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete
there's a site called stormfront that might suit you better. I'm sure you're familiar with the address.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (1wjle)
Concur. Let him spout his nonsense. We don't have to respond.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)
I thought we didn't feed trolls...?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 01:04 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:04 PM (4NO2D)
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Yeah, but its the 1860s we are reliving. This time its the Yankees running slaves.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:04 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:04 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Hyacinth at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (ryp7h)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (GD0B3)
Or paid (or glowing) - can't discount those options...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (tOcjL)
We ask this through Christ, our Savior.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (eZ5tL)
It was a company holiday at a former employer. On the calendar for the Canadian sites, it was "Good Friday." On the calendar for the US sites it was "Spring Holiday."
(Bonus point for me for remembering to desock before hitting Post.)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)
I thought we didn't feed trolls...?
My point. If nobody answers him, he'll get bored and go away.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:03 PM (GD0B3)
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Neil Young rants about neocons too.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Open Source INT Analyst at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (cWLG3)
We have shown by our targeting theat the IRGC is the focus of our attack. The rest of Iran is comparatively untouched, esp. by WWII standards. There is no Hamburg, Dresden nor Tokyo level attacks. And no nuclear weapons.
We are striking as precise as our technology allows.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Eh, his eleven year TDS sperging is boring, tedious, and makes him a prime candidate to scroll over. Not even worth engaging at this point on anything.
Now he comes about like the BINO appearance late in a recent thread to drop his turds and wanting engagement. Life is too short for that shit online nowadays.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: davidt at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (Wnv9h)
Neocons, everythingphobe.
I will simply call them: Asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
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This Southern Man don't need him around anyhow.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)
Yeah this is the real reason they oppose the A-10. I mean, they have B-52s still active, and they are like twice the age of an A-10
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (El6/E)
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You aren't the majority. You do not speak for the majority. You are just you, and you don't matter all that much.
Posted by: Methos at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (vSvIl)
That's not happening. We're not invading Iran. We're not gonna occupy Iran.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:52 PM (El6/E)
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There are a shocking number of people in the media sphere that stauchly refuse to learn the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan. Tucker is a midwit so that tracks. Matt Walsh is a fucking doofus that I have never understood why anyone pays attention to him.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Eh, his eleven year TDS sperging is boring, tedious, and makes him a prime candidate to scroll over. Not even worth engaging at this point on anything.
Now he comes about like the BINO appearance late in a recent thread to drop his turds and wanting engagement. Life is too short for that shit online nowadays
Disagree, he has not been a regular for years. He has plainly gone over to some other site, and that's fine, but then he pops over here just to troll. I do not need trolls and do not feel the need to subject my actual readers and commenters to bad-tempered unemployed trolls.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: gnats local 678
It's not like firing McClellan or Fredendall, generals in the field who are losing or performing below expectations. The Chief is an admin position and adviser...I'm guessing some of his advice or predictions weren't accurate.
Interestingly, a Google summary shows Hegseth has relieved several senior leaders, most recently and of highest importance:
Hegseth also removed two other senior Army generals: Gen. David Hodne, head of the Army’s Transformation and Training Command, and Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., the Army’s Chief of Chaplains. The moves are part of a broader purge of top military officials since Hegseth took office, including the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the previous Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (aJmLS)
Why?
For fucks sake, why?
Although his retarded comments are sometimes kind of funny....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (GD0B3)
Especially when the plan is counting on an unarmed populace to do the heavy lifting.
If the end goal is regime change in Iran, then there really is no alternative to boots on the ground.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (XV/Pl)
If you got one you got both.
Not like they are going to split up like some horror movie.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Meh.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 12:36 PM (dK+Kv)
My eyes pant when I see Karen Gillan.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (mWRBW)
Not sure how I know that.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (GD0B3)
They stink on ice
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (tOcjL)
or...he does sound like the Young Turks...
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (GD0B3)
His name suggests he is not COMPLETELY unemployed.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (GD0B3)
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And they stink on ice!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (hAotW)
I view you as a member in good standing. We can disagree, which sharpens our arguments.
What course would you recommend, and who should be in charge?
However, choosing inaction gets a lot of innocents killed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (abIsI)
Our erstwhile friend Pete is among them. They have one template and only understand that one way of seeing every single military action.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM
You said it, they stink on ice!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (Wnv9h)
Not sure how I know that.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)
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Yeah, but trolls know how to use VPNs and just keep coming back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 01:08 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)
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Well, "self abuse" is his first name, so that tracks...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Air Force pilots love B52s. Much better experience for transferring to commercial piloting.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (aJmLS)
A strawman, to be sure.
He lands on his feet a lot more often than his reflexive detractors like to give him credit. That's a yuge blind spot that the emotionally-driven TDS-afflicted can't bear to acknowledge about themselves.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (dK+Kv)
The sad fact is that I see a lot of people making the same neoconservative mistakes that were made 20-plus years ago. I also simply can't accept that Trump is a master strategist who always knows what he's doing and is always seven steps ahead.
But those opinions aren't tolerated by many here
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (CKIwv)
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My bro you come on here yammering about how everyone else is a warmongering neocon yet you're the one who has said we should launch a full-scale ground invasion or do nothing at all.
You DO realize that that position is the neocon position, right? Or did you eat paint chips while headbutting a wall during your childhood?
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (Zz0t1)
Trump could never announce his true goal because the moment he does Iran and their friends the Global and Domestic Left would fight every inch of it to give him a "fail". And yes I've been saying this from Day 1, it's not a retroactive justification. And anyone with a lick of sense knows it's true. His true end game cannot be known and will only be seen afterward. Or he's gonna crazy and is owned by Israel and the Intelligence Agencies that sought to personally destroy him and his family 150,000 times over.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (mWRBW)
Not sure how I know that.........
Posted by: Sponge
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That actually sounds pretty good to me. Making AOS like snapchat is just fine. I have other avenues for permanent publication (and have done it).
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (1wjle)
Sorry. Overlapping comments.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (dK+Kv)
@Realneo101
·
2h
🚨BREAKING: The Islamic regime is now importing hundreds of battle-hardened Iraqi militias into the country to brutally suppress its own people.
These foreign fighters — loyal to Tehran’s terrorist network — are flooding across the borders RIGHT NOW, armed and ready to crush any uprising attempting to end this blood-soaked dictatorship.
photo
https://tinyurl.com/7e6azdmw
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 01:10 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:10 PM (1wjle)
THe US hasn't won a war in my lifetime
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026
Same.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Wmg4n)
Action, Comedy and Horror.
Hmmm.
Since I'm tak___ care of doggy Ralphy, I'm just watching stupid, crazy stuff. Never really did that.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 01:10 PM (IifOV)
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Whats the point of going through life as a stupid fucking nazi if cant act like a stupid fucking nazi??
Posted by: SFN GONNA SFN at April 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Ha2dl)
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I guess they ran out of 12 year old "volunteers"..
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:10 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:07 PM (mWRBW)
With eye-tongues hanging out?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)
@Realneo101
·
2h
🚨BREAKING: The Islamic regime is now importing hundreds of battle-hardened Iraqi militias into the country to brutally suppress its own people.
These foreign fighters — loyal to Tehran’s terrorist network — are flooding across the borders RIGHT NOW, armed and ready to crush any uprising attempting to end this blood-soaked dictatorship.
photo
https://tinyurl.com/7e6azdmw
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (ZxPkt)
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Well, Iraq might get interesting with their unofficial terrorist regional governments emptying out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 01:10 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I'm the internet. I'm here to help at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (2Ez/1)
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6:
"For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun."
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
As it happens I know the exact spot of William Milliken's grave as well.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (GD0B3)
Friends this is a 'appy occasion, the Islamists are getting pasted like nobodies business, let's not bicker and argue 'bout 'oo killed 'oo.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (4NO2D)
🚨BREAKING: The Islamic regime is now importing hundreds of battle-hardened Iraqi militias into the country to brutally suppress its own people.
These foreign fighters — loyal to Tehran’s terrorist network — are flooding across the borders RIGHT NOW, armed and ready to crush any uprising attempting to end this blood-soaked dictatorship.
Saw that on Tousi... More than one large group has come over
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (n17eQ)
Dude, the banhammer is ALREADY warmed up and waiting.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:12 PM (dK+Kv)
These foreign fighters — loyal to Tehran’s terrorist network — are flooding across the borders RIGHT NOW, armed and ready to crush any uprising attempting to end this blood-soaked dictatorship.
photo
https://tinyurl.com/7e6azdmw
Posted by: Don Black
See my prior comment on the use of napalm. or cluster munitions.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 01:12 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: pudinhead
you are on thin ice , buddy!
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:12 PM (GD0B3)
The Blade's 2 cents!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)
It's now magically transformed into an F-35!
Current Report
@Currentreport1
BREAKING:
IRGC releases another footage showing a US F-35 stealth fighter jet destroyed over central Iran.
https://is.gd/59SPT7
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 01:12 PM (ndZc7)
photo
https://tinyurl.com/7e6azdmw
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (ZxPkt)
Seems like a target rich environment where they're all just gathered there.....waiting......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:12 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 01:12 PM (NcvvS)
It was a company holiday at a former employer. On the calendar for the Canadian sites, it was "Good Friday." On the calendar for the US sites it was "Spring Holiday."
(Bonus point for me for remembering to desock before hitting Post.)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 03, 2026 01:05 PM (vTZFs)
OMG - got so engrossed in the conversation I forgot I even posted the question!
The answer is 12 - Hi, ND, TX, LA, IN, KY, TN, NC, FL, NJ CT, DE (surprisingly!)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 01:13 PM (QGaXH)
I take some solace in the fact that the last reply he potentially read was me calling him a retard.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 01:13 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:11 PM (n17eQ
Don't compare LOTR to Cucker... The books are a good read.. I'm nearly finished with the Fellowship of the Rings
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 01:13 PM (FtULh)
That's actually the first version I saw this morning and thought Ace had gotten it wrong.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:13 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)
Only if we get the free breadsticks and that spicy sausage soup as well. That's good eatin'
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:13 PM (rbvCR)
I view you as a member in good standing. We can disagree, which sharpens our arguments.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
don't talk to pete because I'm going to ban him if he comments again and you are encouraging him
Posted by: ace
I know who I'd want to keep happy between these two...NaCly Dog, because he's never banned himself from the site lol. That Ace is a loose cannon!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2026 01:13 PM (aJmLS)
These foreign fighters — loyal to Tehran’s terrorist network — are flooding across the borders RIGHT NOW, armed and ready to crush any uprising attempting to end this blood-soaked dictatorship.
photo
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All those juicy, soft targets.... out in the goddamn open!! A-10's you say?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 01:14 PM (AkEZC)
I told pete to fuck off until Tuesday. He ignored me. He is now gone and permanently banned.
Today is not the day for shit-stirring, trolls. I know you have empty lives that consist of nothing but bothering people on the internet, but normal people with healthy lives have more than that.
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:14 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Democrats and the MSM at April 03, 2026 01:14 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:14 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 01:14 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:14 PM (1wjle)
And so do the people here!
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Mjölnir at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (9opXP)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv)
>>Trump could never announce his true goal because the moment he does Iran and their friends the Global and Domestic Left would fight every inch of it to give him a "fail".
We're beyond all of that now, the administration has initiated kinetic operations, we are for all intents and purposes at war with Iran, the stated end goal is regime change, we are not going to change the regime from the air no matter how many Cardboard Ayatollahs we take out, Iran still has the ability and opportunity to initiate attacks against the US, Israel and the surrounding region.
It's a mess to be sure, but it's got to get messier before this is all said and done.
We can't simply cut bait and skiddadle at this point.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (XV/Pl)
They need pagers for communications. Big pagers.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (Sco7b)
Ah, the classics.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (Riz8t)
Especially when the plan is counting on an unarmed populace to do the heavy lifting.
If the end goal is regime change in Iran, then there really is no alternative to boots on the ground.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Contra example Serbia-Kosovo. Resulted in Milosevic being turned over to the Euros for trial.
We basically have never bombed a country back to the Stone Age like we have been capable of doing for quite some time. Destroy Kharg Island complex, Iran loses the ability to export 90 percent of its oil. Do bombing raids on occasion whenever it appears that the Iranians are trying to rebuild missile or obtain that uranium or even the Chicoms/Russians trying to smuggle some new shit in for them. Note that the Russians are requesting safe passage for their techs leaving Bushehr (sp) nuke plant because it is likely that we are going to take it offline in the new future.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (E4rtv)
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Looks like an ideal place to deploy an A-10 or five.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM (52ERr)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 03, 2026 12:12 PM (Kt19C)
Because saying “vegetarian”is JUST TOO HARD.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (mWRBW)
*Tucker Carlson confused, smelled a fart look*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Military Moron at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM (aJmLS)
Enjoy. We'll "take care" of the place.
*cue ominous music*
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 01:17 PM (Ia/+0)
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Looks like an ideal place to deploy an A-10 or five.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (X+xvk)
U.S. is not party to the cluster bomb ban treaty, right?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:17 PM (dK+Kv)
Enjoy. We'll "take care" of the place.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM
Party at Ace's!
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:17 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 01:17 PM (xT8gx)
these desert goat-herding MFers have to be destroyed
this is a generational opportunity to clean up the Middle East
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 01:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Oh, Lord, it's that Bucket woman again.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (Wnv9h)
Pronounced as 'Bouquet' as I recall.
RIP Hyacinth actress. Passed away last year, I believe.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 01:17 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Nope. I'm over 29, so I know that Dubya's retarded attempt to pass blanket amnesty in 2006 and the global financial meltdown instigated by Soros in 2008 were the causes. And even then John McCain still was favored to win until he suspended his campaign because Palin was too popular with voters.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 12:20 PM (71y1j)
We LOVED it! Islam is SO SUPER-NEATO!!!
Posted by: U.S. media at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM (Wmg4n)
Are you also making sammiches for everyone?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM (xT8gx)
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I'm not sure how much of a difference 'hundreds' are going to make, but it seems like they wouldn't invite them in if they didn't need them.
Also, it will sure be a shame when the locals call Mossad on them.
Posted by: Methos at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:09 PM (Zz0t1)
Nice! Nottingham Lace for the WIN!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (dmDsy)
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The British tried that. It didn't work out all that well. Just pump the oil and stand back when they go all crazy.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (n17eQ)
*cue ominous music*
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And Obligatory Seinfeld References.
Posted by: Plus Airplane! at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (2Ez/1)
These foreign fighters — loyal to Tehran’s terrorist network — are flooding across the borders RIGHT NOW, armed and ready to crush any uprising attempting to end this blood-soaked dictatorship.
Saw that on Tousi... More than one large group has come over
Posted by: It's me donna
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They all look the same when the bombs fall from above. Hamburger.
And there is a reason that the Iraqi militias are going to be hated and called in for air strikes. They are Arabs, most of the important areas of Iran are Persians. They dislike Arabs in the first place and Arab mercenaries for the regime are viewed as lower than low.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)
Carole Bouquet; still one of the hottest Bond girls ever. She's now 68, and still looks good.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (Riz8t)
Today has been particularly heavy in it. I appreciate you giving us this little timeless (and I do mean timeless) safe haven of internet where the values of your readers and commenters are generally respected and not insulted like 99.99% of the "conservative" sites end up doing. The site has had its moments but your humor and overall sense of fairness has been the engine that drives it and keeps it going despite politics generally being a very sucky thing to talk about. I really thank God we still have this fun little place.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (BI5O2)
Ever read The Sum Of All Fears?
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (abIsI)
"The usual suspects are breathless about this, predicting massive gun fights on bases and dead people all over the place. They think it means that soldiers will walk around with a rifle and sidearm like they're on combat patrol or something, and that soldiers are stupid, violent, and crazed killers who cannot wait to shoot something."
The left and the leftmedia could care less about our military personnel. They salivate at the prospect of mass American casualties that they think would score political points for them.
Ignorant, loathsome, vermin. I would say, God help them, but I would rather they faced his wrath.
Posted by: RM at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (n/1Oj)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM
You say that like it's a Bad Thing.
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & California's next Governor) at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (0sNs1)
this is a generational opportunity to clean up the Middle East
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 01:17 PM
This. It's time to reset the region after the last 50-60 years of fiddling. Destroy them, and deal with whats left. Abraham Accord the heck out the region and clean slate it.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (IifOV)
*Tucker Carlson confused, smelled a fart look*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM (dK+Kv)
He interviewed Eric Swalwell?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (Zz0t1)
I've been to the barrel enough times. ace banned me early on. I have learned ... caution. Just a tad.
ace has the tools to hurt a commenter.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (1wjle)
I resemble that remark.......LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026
I draw the line at cutting crust off.
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:21 PM (Wmg4n)
Wonderful actress. Great singer and she was a nice person too. She was also a Christian. She made me laugh so many times as Hyacinrh.
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 01:21 PM (PFs9e)
If caught it will be horrible for him
Posted by: Gonzotx at April 03, 2026 01:21 PM (nGraA)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:17 PM (4NO2D)
*sits fat ass on rickety shelf*
*creepily ogles the 'ettes*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:21 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM
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Wait. ace has Chuck Norris superpowers?
Posted by: Ain't that a wonderment at April 03, 2026 01:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (52ERr)
>>I fail to see the value to a stance that says American boots must die on the ground as opposed to targeting the evil faction that's been murdering it's citizens for 40+ years and blowing them to smithereens.
Listen, this a mess of Trumps making, of course we can continue bombing the crap out of them but is that going to resolve the situation in the near term?
No, it will not.
We cannot disengage at this point, the regime has to fall or America simply cut's bait and runs and we have to deal with the disgrace and fall out of another misadventure in the middle east.
Or alternatively...
Never get involved in a land ware in Asia OR The Middle East.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (XV/Pl)
The A-10s are all around 50 years old, and metal fatigue is a thing. There was a great X thread last weekend mulling the possibility of an A-10X or A-11 (naming is flexible, obviously) that was a new plane with upgrades made possible by 50 years of new technology. But also the same philosophy of being a BRRRRRT delivery system with an armored tub to protect the pilot and redundant systems.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:16 PM
You say that like it's a Bad Thing.
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & California's next Governor) at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (0sNs1)
There was a humorous bit in Friends where Joey taught some acting students about “smell the fart acting”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Don Black at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM (ZxPkt)
Saw a picture of one of the convoys and it was very long.. If there were 2 per truck I'd say 1000 just in that group
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Piper at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM
You realize this elevated Ace to Chuck Norris status, as the only two men to tell a woman to calm down, with successful results?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Denny Crane - My Sense Of Humor Has No Boundaries. at April 03, 2026 01:23 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (abIsI)
I've long been of the opinion that we should only grant rights under the Geneva Conventions to opponents who grant the same rights to our soldiers. See the optimal strategy for the iterated prisoner's dilemma.
Given that the last enemy we had that made even a token effort to abide by the Geneva Conventions was Nazi Motherfucking Germany...that says rather a lot about the caliber of foe we've been facing since then, dunnit?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 01:23 PM (IG3/x)
Masterbaitin Pete, we hardly knew ye.
A poll of college historians will someday declare him as the best poster ever.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 01:23 PM (Y8DZL)
It would be the height of foolishness to go after the average Iranian man in the street now, when he's turned definitively against the mullahs and the IRGC. As gratifying as it might be, we need to show the average Persian that we're not the monsters they've been told we are all their lives. It will make our job much, much easier.
Keep going after the mullahs and Basiji, and leave Joe Falafel alone if possible.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:23 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 01:22 PM (xT8gx)
That's what I was going for, and it landed about as well as all my comments.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 03, 2026 01:23 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Ian S.
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Yep. We forget that McVain tanked his own campaign like the shitbird that he was. And Bush played pussy with the housing crisis despite knowing what Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were doing. He had unified control of government at that point and still let Barney Frank call the shots.
GWB gave us Obama by his feckless and half assed nation building, housing collapse, kissing Chicom ass letting their products and peoples into the US, open borders, and his lame ass Islam is a religion of peace shit. One of the worst GOP presidents in years. Bush I was no prize either.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:23 PM (E4rtv)
You are usually right Bender. I am giving it until June 1 before I judge anything. I am still hoping it will be clearer before then. I'm not in charge, I make no decisions, I have that luxury.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:23 PM (mWRBW)
I get practically all your comments, to which I can think of no greater indictment.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:24 PM (mWRBW)
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (oqH4h)
I think they are looking at the world from the GWOT view and won't be budged from their fears. I think they are wrong, I think their position on these areas are regrettable, but they echo my fears during the GWOT while we were in in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Beating the Terrorists was a good idea, and it would have been nice if we had actually decided to do it.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)
It's about time.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 03, 2026 12:50 PM (abIsI)
I hope that can extend to military retirees. The system where each base commander set the policy made the notion of being firearms into base a bloody nightmare.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (E6xSb)
Amen
Thank you. Ace. I try to pray for you and this site everyday because you are such a worthwhile voice and I worry when you are not feeling well. Have a Happy Easter. I'm planning on winning the lottery soon so I will give you soon money when I do. 😉It's a challenge right now because I am a penurious part time pastor and we just had to lease a new car for our family
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (PFs9e)
Masterbaitin Pete, we hardly knew ye.
A poll of college historians will someday declare him as the best poster ever.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 01:23 PM (Y8DZL)
How can he be gone? He was a 23 YEAR resident of this site!!!
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 01:26 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2026 01:18 PM (2ocoG)
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He suspended his campaign because he was a dumb, peckerheaded asshole and a card-carrying member of the failure caucus.
I hope he's enjoying his eternal damnation.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 01:27 PM (oqH4h)
Ah, the classics.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 01:15 PM (Riz8t)
and the wonders of Buc-ees.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 01:28 PM (QGaXH)
I'm tired of you faggots threatening to defect to the left to blackmail us into joining you. Fuck you. You're all Nick Fuentes cunts anyway who either vote for Democrats or third party extremists or can't vote because you have records or don't want the government to know where you live.
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I'm a boring ass white dude who votes Republican in every election. If the electorate was composed of "readers of this website" we wouldn't even be having this conversation. But that's not reality. Reality is that the single most popular part of the Democratic platform is peace. It gets them elected, and then once elected they advance their communist agenda.
Calling me names doesn't change political reality. Republicans get absolutely shellacked in swing districts every time the country is at war. That's how we got Obama and his "fundamental transformation", because the Iraq War bogged down, leading to the 2006 midterms, and then he got into office and had the votes to pass his agenda into law.
Posted by: Vick King at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (DMmvN)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 12:58 PM (2WIwB)
Tell me about it. Do not speed on a military installation. Ever.
I once got ticketed for no registration…poor Airman didn’t think to look at the windshield. Ticket dismissed. Then another time I got stopped for no registration. Damn rental car company allowed the registration to lapse. No ticket then either. But bases are very well patrolled.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 01:30 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Vick King at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (DMmvN)
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That's not reality, that's propaganda. Obama bombed more countries than any president since WWII, it's just that the faggot media spent eight solid years running cover for that bumbling moron, and people eat it up because they're stupid.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 01:32 PM (oqH4h)
Calling me names doesn't change political reality. Republicans get absolutely shellacked in swing districts every time the country is at war. That's how we got Obama and his "fundamental transformation", because the Iraq War bogged down, leading to the 2006 midterms, and then he got into office and had the votes to pass his agenda into law.
Posted by: Vick King at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (DMmvN)
You have a lot of explaining to do here.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 01:32 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Ian S.
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Heh. Now do C5A's, our tanker fleet, and B-52's. And our archaic heavy lift copters in the USAF and Navy.
B-2's are a perfect example of a plane that needs expensive care about like the Space Shuttle when launched on missions.
We have a sustained procurement problem in the services that whichever mafia has the biggest share of the general officers dictates what is to be bought which then fits the rest of our strategy around whatever they think is important.
And the fact for the Air Force is that drones and perhaps hypersonic and/or surface to surface missiles are going to be the future rather than the rather expensive and increasingly unnecessary pilots in harms way. The Navy with carrier groups and the Army with tanks are also going to need to revise plans in an era of cheap missiles and drones.
Posted by: whig at April 03, 2026 01:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Vick King at April 03, 2026 01:29 PM (DMmvN)
No.
The single most popular part of the Democratic platform is abortion. Then it's punishing those who have jobs.
That's it. Killing babies and class envy. Peace doesn't permit the revolution. They actively oppose peace. They want us dead.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 01:34 PM (FmapG)
Not banned: "We should nuke Iran. Turn it to glass. They need to be taught a lesson, every last baby."
Banned: "Hey maybe Trump is mashing a mistake.'
You're better than this, ace.
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He's gone full Zionist, for whatever reason. I'm surprised he made it through posting this story without mentioning Tucker Carlson.
Posted by: UA113 at April 03, 2026 01:37 PM (cz34i)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2026 01:06 PM (1wjle)
I resemble that remark.......LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 03, 2026 01:20 PM
I'm not unemployed, I'm selfemployed.
*makes vertical hand movement that makes all the difference
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:44 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 01:47 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: whig a
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Pierre Sprey is that you????
Posted by: If you know you know at April 03, 2026 01:50 PM (Ha2dl)
Today has been particularly heavy in it. I appreciate you giving us this little timeless (and I do mean timeless) safe haven of internet where the values of your readers and commenters are generally respected and not insulted like 99.99% of the "conservative" sites end up doing. The site has had its moments but your humor and overall sense of fairness has been the engine that drives it and keeps it going despite politics generally being a very sucky thing to talk about. I really thank God we still have this fun little place.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 01:19 PM (mWRBW)
100% agree!
Posted by: Joemarine at April 03, 2026 01:51 PM (y171U)
The regime is changed they just don't know it yet.
Posted by: DaveA at April 03, 2026 02:00 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:57 PM (Zz0t1)
I may be showing my age here, but I seem to recall his original handle as CharlieBrown's NJ Dildo. Or am I going senile?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 03, 2026 02:02 PM (5xuJ/)
Prayers for the pilot and Special Forces and all US Military.
May God bless you all this Good Friday, Ace, Morons and 'ettes. Thanks again for your prayers yesterday.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 03, 2026 02:06 PM (WONhk)
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I dont want yoy to feel bad about yourself. The point is people disagree with you and they arent evil. You probably think dropping the bombs on Japan was the wrong thing to do. Lots of people do. Lots dont. Good reasons on both sides.
You shouldnt be so histrionic. Try yoga or something. Regular exercise. Turn off the tv and go for a walk. It will help. I know its scary and there are a bunch of uncontrollables. Thats how these things work.
Posted by: If you know you know at April 03, 2026 02:10 PM (Ha2dl)
You shouldnt be so histrionic. Try yoga or something. Regular exercise. Turn off the tv and go for a walk. It will help. I know its scary and there are a bunch of uncontrollables. Thats how these things work.
Posted by: If you know you know
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Beyond silly. I'm completely measured and reasonable.
In response to a loss of one airplane, people here want to start committing war crimes. When I point that out, I get called a "rancid little cunt."
Yeah, but I'm bringing the histrionics. Lol.
Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 03, 2026 02:17 PM (pQ/3Y)
It's pointed out that you are a rancid little cunt.
*makes vertical hand motion.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 02:22 PM (4NO2D)
It's pointed out that you are a rancid little cunt.
*makes vertical hand motion.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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If people who think we shouldn't kill millions of Iranian civilians just because we lost one airplane are rancid little cunts, what are the people who want to kill those civilians?
Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 03, 2026 02:37 PM (pQ/3Y)
C-5As no longer exist. We now have the C-5M, the Super Galaxy.
Also, no C-5s have the old school GE TF39 turbofan engines.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 03:33 PM (E6xSb)
To you, having a military is a war crime.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 03:35 PM (E6xSb)
Iran had been rushed the latest Chinese SAMs which were supposed to be able to shoot down the F-35 and east for the Iranians to transition to. So much for that.
Hopefully everyone gets back safe.
Posted by: stv at April 03, 2026 06:15 PM (XMeSM)
THE MORNING RANT: My Gripe Against Hollywood – the Unintelligible, Artistic Mumble
Hollywood is not my normal beat. I once wrote a piece about David Zaslav’s looting of Warner Bros Discovery after he ran the company into the ground while extracting generational wealth for himself. But in general, I am happy to keep up with the business of Hollywood by following Christian Toto (Hollywood in Toto), George MF Washington’s Hollywood-insider substack (The Continental Congress) and by reading Ace’s accounts of Disney’s self-immolation.
So, with Ace and them fighting the political fight involving Hollywood, I’d like to weigh in on another subject related to the industry - I can’t understand half the dialogue in the shows I stream. Dear Hollywood: Enough with the artistic mumble. Watching streaming series is a relatively new thing for my wife and me. Both of us fell out of the habit of watching TV series several decades ago, and it was only in the past five years or so that we’ve picked up the habit again here in the streaming era. On weekend nights when we’re not out, we enjoy watching a couple episodes of whatever show we’re following, but I sometimes feel like giving up on it since half of the dialogue nowadays is barely intelligible. The problem is not a hearing issue. At my office, I’m sometimes involved in whispered conversations about semi-confidential matters. There are also women who talk in vocal fry. In office meeting there is overlapping chatter. In all these circumstances, everyone is still understandable. The problem is not my ears. I’m not sure if Hollywood is full of actors who no longer know how to articulate, or if it’s sound engineers who make the actors’ speech inaudible, or some combination of the two. The speaking affectation in modern shows seems to be equal parts mumble, whisper, and vocal fry. I cannot turn my TV up loud enough for some conversations to be greater than a whisper, or understandable. I might think it was my TV, but we replaced a TV recently, and nothing changed. Even more telling, the speech in news and sports broadcasts is still loud, crisp, and easily understood, as are old sitcoms and TV series. At times I wonder if there is a “mumble filter” through which Hollywood sound engineers are now subjecting audio. My wife and I were very late to the series “Justified.” We watched the original series just about the time the 2023 reboot, “City Primeval,” came along. We never had any problem understanding what was being said in the original Justified, but the reboot was almost completely unintelligible. Almost all speaking was a barely audible mumble, and even Timothy Oliphant now sounded like he was whispering through a mouth full of marbles, unlike in the original series. Was a conscious decision made to have spoken words be mostly inaudible? People do not talk like this in real life. This Hollywood speaking affectation is just as fake as the Mid-Atlantic accent of Hollywood’s golden era – but at least we could understand what was being said in those old movies. It’s also noteworthy that despite the prevalence of the “artistic mumble,” there are still actors who will not be mumbled. Billy Bob Thornton speaks slowly and clearly, and I never have any trouble understanding him. Jamie Lee Curtis has been in several shows we’ve watched recently. She still projects her voice and speaks with authority. There is far more art in their performances than from those actors who are mumbling lines without breathing or moving their lips. Please, Hollywood, I’m willing to consume your product. Can you have your actors and sound engineers retire the artistic mumble before I give up on Hollywood again?Comments
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 11:00 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 11:01 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 11:01 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 11:02 AM (AkEZC)
I use subtitles.
Started it when I was streaming "Vikings" and have never stopped. It is your friend!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 11:02 AM (Suwql)
Until the music plays.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)
They're all just huge Shaquille O'Neal fans.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: the lower depths at April 03, 2026 11:04 AM (PrKv7)
It's so that you can listen to ***THE MESSAGE*** (cue Critical Drinker's voice).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 11:04 AM (ESVrU)
I find myself using the Closed Caption feature almost full time now.
Netflix shows are particularly effected by this issue. Along with all the other Woke BS they regularly inject into every show.
If it weren't for the non-Netflix movies I can access, I'd probably cancel.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 03, 2026 11:04 AM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026 11:04 AM (NR6c1)
It ain't just the TV, I have that same issues with talk radio when they have people phone in. And it just isn't me, my wife can't understand what they are saying either and she isn't deaf like I am.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 03, 2026 11:04 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 11:04 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 11:05 AM (X5Baq)
Well, look at the actors - that show was so well cast!
Timothy Oliphant (swoon), Walton Goggins, Nick Searcy, Margot Martindale, Neil McDonough and more!
They know how to ACT!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 11:05 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)
Recently Heroes & Icons, the TV channel running all the Trek series, lost its closed-captioning. I was able to understand all the lines in TOS (to be fair, I know many of them by heart), 99% of those in TNG, and 90% of those in DS9. When Linda brings a modern movie from the library for us to watch, I wince -- mumbling dialogue and murky lighting everywhere. I suspect they are trying in part to cover poor special effects and acting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 11:05 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
That last part ("all of whom seek to preserve their own cultures against hostile immigration") I didn't gather from the 𝕏 fun this last weekend.
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026
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Great way to put it!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (wzUl9)
It's so that you can listen to ***THE MESSAGE*** (cue Critical Drinker's voice).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 11:04 AM (ESVrU)
*screen shakes uncontrollably*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
One night was talent night. There were many kids who sang and played guitars. The highlight of the evening, though, was when some of the Japanese kids came out in large inflatable sumo outfits (basically beach balls worn around the body) and spent their time running into and bouncing off of each other. They brought the house down.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 03, 2026 11:07 AM (e1HT8)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 11:01 AM (qFwJc)
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I'm close captioning a video right now of an Asian professor describing paleomagnetism. It's interesting what the auto-captioning is coming up with to interpret her accent.
"Magnetic inclination" comes out as, "My romantic inclination."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 11:07 AM (ESVrU)
I blame Aaron Sorkin!
OK, not really, but his dialog is always particularly affected.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 11:07 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 11:07 AM (X5Baq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Man, I hate that shit. -- Billie Eilish
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 11:08 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (2UnvF)
Yet.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:08 AM (FmapG)
*****
They've shit on and insulted me enough to NOT have this attitude.
F*ck hollywood. Die a death of 10,000 papercuts. I care not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Go back 60 years and try to understand what Brian Kieth was saying in "Family Affair".
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 11:09 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 11:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ)
Peaky Blinders was the worst. The dialogue was simply unintelligible without subtitles.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)
SWEET!
- J. Epstein
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:09 AM (FmapG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 11:09 AM (RIvkX)
The more you mumble, the more SERIOUS you are, you see.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)
I think it has something to do with the soundtrack and compression. Or so some say.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 11:10 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:11 AM (hAotW)
https://is.gd/xS0d9e
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)
Someone posted a Xcrement feed where they showed how there were 2 Bidens. That was the 2nd Biden.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
Compressed dynamic range is all you'll get
Posted by: man at April 03, 2026 11:11 AM (XuXeR)
THIS.
More recently, you have actors who have done voice work on animated movies and video games.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 11:11 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Guy who always says "It's garbage" at April 03, 2026 11:11 AM (qjK5t)
Ha! He got the call he better fvcking post Biden after posting Obama earlier.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 11:12 AM (RIvkX)
One of the problems from the Japanese was that Americans have no problem going to pirate sites for anime. Then Elon happened and the Japanese got to see just how butchered various shows were in order to appeal to the "Modern Audience."
This marked a rare moment where they agreed about going to a pirate site to watch something.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026 11:12 AM (NR6c1)
"I'm thinking of working toward becoming a bigtime director."
"Like, hollywood?"
"Yeah, mate."
"You'd fit right in. You're a freak."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)
>>That last part ("all of whom seek to preserve their own cultures against hostile immigration") I didn't gather from the 𝕏 fun this last weekend.
Yes. From what I've seen it's been a mutual admiration thing.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Suwql)
None of which address the fact that ads are all clearly (and loudly) comprehensible. Nope, the biggest problem is this fascination among the studios for breathy mumbling as their single sop to passion.
As always, these are not bright people.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 03, 2026 11:14 AM (bufu1)
Gonna have to call bullshit on that statement, Buck.
'Pardon?'
'Say again?'
'What was that?'
'If you want to be heard, you need to SPEAK UP.'
'FFS, volume. Enunciate. From the diaphram, woman!'
Things that are repeatedly said by me in a household with a wife who speaks at a lower volume.
a) My ears are not what they once were.
b) My youngest daughter says exactly the same things to my wife, so it's not just my ears!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 03, 2026 11:15 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 11:15 AM (qjK5t)
Used to be that the production company would hire a bunch of crew to hold boom mics just out of frame to capture vocals. That is vastly more expensive than pinning a hidden lavalier mic inside someone's shirt, but the audio capture also sucks orders of magnitude harder.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 11:15 AM (oqH4h)
Love the 'choreography' to get to the single mic, and, of course, the banjo girl going on tiptoes to get her voice heard.
Posted by: t-bird at April 03, 2026 11:15 AM (x/Rva)
"Justified" also cast Patton Oswalt, a shark jumping event.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 11:15 AM (Y8DZL)
"Justified" also cast Patton Oswalt, a shark jumping event.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 11:15 AM (Y8DZL)
Oops.
Owt......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:16 AM (FmapG)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:16 AM (FmapG)
I thought someone already posted last thread they had the pilots back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 11:17 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: mr tmz at April 03, 2026 11:18 AM (rJ48h)
"Justified" also cast Patton Oswalt, a shark jumping event.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 11:15 AM (Y8DZL)
Oops.
Owt......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)
I didn’t even like Oswalt in King of Queens, a show I really like… but every scene he appeared in was painful to watch (unless he was getting pantsed by Doug)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 11:18 AM (aSzdc)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 11:17 AM (Ia/+0)
Someone should really do a YT video series where they talk in layman's terms about movies, their producers and what makes them good or bad.
I think the internet is starving for something like that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)
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1h
💥 TWO SOMALI-AMERICAN JUDGES ARRESTED IN MINNEAPOLIS DAWN RAID: 3.25 TONS OF COCAINE & $1.5 BILLION JUDICIAL FRAUD NETWORK EXPOSED
At 4:18 a.m., over 200 federal agents stormed 17 locations across Minneapolis and St. Paul, shattering the sanctity of the justice system.
The targets: sitting federal judges Amina Hassan and Khaled Osman — a married couple who allegedly used their courtrooms to shield the Sinaloa and CJNG cartels.
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Hmmm...FBI arresting judges?
Can't have happened. Trump turned his attention to Iran which means that all domestic efforts at his agenda stopped.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:18 AM (hAotW)
I get a lot of that IRL.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 11:19 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)
I think the internet is starving for something like that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)
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Only the land of assholes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:19 AM (hAotW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
I haven't see anything that says that. We just confirmed the loss within the past hour or so.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:19 AM (FmapG)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 03, 2026 11:19 AM (Kt19C)
Can't have happened. Trump turned his attention to Iran which means that all domestic efforts at his agenda stopped.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:18 AM (hAotW)
Because everyone knows he can't multitask.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)
But yeah, closed captioning is the best. It started with the asian horror movies and just carried over. Especially horror movies where there's constant whispering. And the closed captions often tell you about sounds way in the background.
My pet peeve, texting in movies and tv shows. I stop the video to catch the entire 'coversation.' Just put freaking huge subtitles on the bottom of the screen. Worst thing ever for movies.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 11:20 AM (Sco7b)
I haven't see anything that says that. We just confirmed the loss within the past hour or so.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:19 AM (FmapG)
F*cking lying internet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2026 11:20 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Hammer at April 03, 2026 11:20 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 11:20 AM (Y1sOo)
Fast footwork by the SAR community and their supporting air components. A plane crew in Iranian hands - ** Shudder**
We have A-10s, C-130s and more in the SAR effort.
C-130s over Iran, and within range of ground (rifle) fire.
CENTCOM is silent, so far. So is Iran.
Iranians saying the hunt is on, with a $30,000 reward. Iranians misidentified the plane as F-35.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:21 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
I haven't see anything that says that. We just confirmed the loss within the past hour or so.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:19 AM (FmapG)
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Haven't seen any confirmation. Only that SAR is ongoing.
Sources?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 11:21 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Pavehawks and C-130Js are still actively circling and fueling. We're not acting like we've recovered them yet.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:21 AM (FmapG)
Posted by: Susan at April 03, 2026 11:21 AM (2s+J8)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
No one could blink like Bob Newhart. He used it to great comic effect.
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:21 AM (77rzZ)
💥 TWO SOMALI-AMERICAN JUDGES ARRESTED IN MINNEAPOLIS DAWN RAID: 3.25 TONS OF COCAINE & $1.5 BILLION JUDICIAL FRAUD NETWORK EXPOSED
At 4:18 a.m., over 200 federal agents stormed 17 locations across Minneapolis and St. Paul, shattering the sanctity of the justice system.
Right. The federal agents shattered the sanctity of the justice system. Not the corrupt judges.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 03, 2026 11:23 AM (UqSya)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
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Arresting the criminal federal judges is one way to open up seats on the bench.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:23 AM (hAotW)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:23 AM (u82oZ)
TJM suggest 2 WWII movies from foreign makers
1944 is a Estonian movie
Warsaw 44 is a Polish movie
Thought both were extremely well done
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 11:23 AM (Ia/+0)
You know they so badly wanted to call it a B-21.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
Sources?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 11:21 AM (AkEZC)
CENTCOM confirmed around 1100.
https://www.cbsnews.com/ news/american-fighter-jet-f15e-downed-over-iran/
Contemporary video out of Iran shows the CSAR guys still orbiting, and photos show at least one seat with deployed chutes on the ground. (this is what I did when I was active).
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:24 AM (FmapG)
This started becoming an issue when sound went from analog to digital, and production teams started not caring about audio levels or sound mixing. It's why you can watch a movie shot in the 70s or 80s on TV without having to adjust your volume, but more modern movies blast the sound effects and musical score through your TV when set at low volume but require you turn your volume up another 10-15 notches to hear what people are saying.
Posted by: It's laziness and computer slop at April 03, 2026 11:24 AM (TbWk/)
Smoke show..
Posted by: one hour sober
CRISTINETH!!
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 11:25 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Christopher Nolan at April 03, 2026 11:25 AM (gKWVE)
This is only reported recently. I am certain we knew right away. Takes time to get C-130s to the location.
One empty ejection seat was found by the Iranians.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:26 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: mr tmz at April 03, 2026 11:26 AM (rJ48h)
Somali American? Which is it? Are they not African American?
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 11:27 AM (/2tJz)
She reminds me of Blake Lively.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)
To which I'd reply, "Yes, I'm deaf. BUT YOU STILL MUMBLE!"
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
So we watch about 90% of shows with CC on.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:27 AM (/+uur)
This is only reported recently. I am certain we knew right away. Takes time to get C-130s to the location.
One empty ejection seat was found by the Iranians.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:26 AM (u82oZ)
My workplace has become exceptionally busy, and that's all I'll say about it.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:27 AM (FmapG)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:27 AM (/+uur)
SAR teams are awesome. My first ship hosted the F-111 raid on Libya SAR helo.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:28 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 11:29 AM (aSzdc)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:29 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:28 AM (u82oZ)
I was a Rescue Swimmer/CSAR in the olden times. 60-Ms for SAR, Sierras for gun trucks.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 03, 2026 11:29 AM (FmapG)
Posted by: It's laziness and computer slop
>Don't forget the advertising. The sound levels could blow your speakers. The industry wonders why the get bad reviews. Luckily, I'm mostly not paying to rent when I'm streaming, and I haven't been to a brick and mortar theater in years.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 03, 2026 11:29 AM (UqSya)
Emanuel: "50% of American kids aren’t reading at grade level. Reading and math scores at a 30-year low. The Democratic Party’s response was bathroom access and trans athletes in women’s sports."
https://is.gd/s8YOIB
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
When we lived in Michigan, our next door neighbors were the parents of Jeff Nordling, who played the FBI agent in '24'.
Jeff and his dad came over to the house one time when Jeff was visiting his parents. He wanted to see our Bullmastiff because he was considering getting one as a family pet. (He wound up getting an English Mastiff, instead). He told me the next season of '24' had just been green-lighted. I told him to tell Kiefer Sutherland to stop mumbling. He just laughed.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 11:30 AM (Y1sOo)
https://is.gd/s8YOIB
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
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He's going to take his 10th place finish in South Carolina and catapult to victory!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:30 AM (hAotW)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 11:30 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Pawl at April 03, 2026 11:31 AM (INYUJ)
It seems like they have miked the fan in the computer, the clickity keyboards keying, and thing going ping.
Also have to have the country star on the radio when you get in the truck.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:32 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 11:32 AM (4NO2D)
I don't know if he thinks he has a realistic shot, but it's pretty clear that he's trying to bring the Democrats back to their senses.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 11:32 AM (aSzdc)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2026 11:33 AM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (2UnvF)
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Huge congratulation! If it will get better. And you know what? not having the urge to grab a smoke every so often will be such relief
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 03, 2026 11:33 AM (tlviZ)
I don't know if he thinks he has a realistic shot, but it's pretty clear that he's trying to bring the Democrats back to their senses.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
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The people who would have moderated the party have been actively insulted and pushed out over the past 18 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:33 AM (hAotW)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 03, 2026 11:34 AM (tlviZ)
You'd think someone running for the dempreznom would be disqualified for saying anything sane.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 11:34 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:29 AM (u82oZ)
I would not be in a room with someone that actually invites me over.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:34 AM (/+uur)
I've noticed in students who feel they are "good writers" that they do not care at all if they have conveyed their thoughts and ideas to a reader. Instead, their writing goal is to feel like they "expressed themselves."
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 03, 2026 11:34 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026 11:35 AM (q3u5l)
You'd think someone running for the dempreznom would be disqualified for saying anything sane.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 11:34 AM (Y8DZL)
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Rahm is telling the teachers' unions that they suck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:35 AM (hAotW)
I think the internet is starving for something like that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:18 AM
I would like and subscribe.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 11:35 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 11:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 11:35 AM (4NO2D)
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Yeah, but what about ringing that bell?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:36 AM (hAotW)
She's nice, but I find it grating to the extreme.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 03, 2026 11:36 AM (PSEDc)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2026 11:36 AM (viF8m)
When I first read this, I thought you were talking about some new drug.
Don't take Dempreznom if you're allergic to Dempreznom.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 11:36 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:35 AM (u82oZ)
I just sent a check that was about what my first 3 cars cost, combined.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:36 AM (/+uur)
The Chosen.
Posted by: Come And See at April 03, 2026 11:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Gavin is trying to do "normal" but he has no chance of also occupying the "competent" lane.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 11:37 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 03, 2026 11:37 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 11:37 AM (2WIwB)
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The broad on "The Five" (FOX News show) Jessica Tarlov. I hear her speak and want to choke the life out of her.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2026 11:38 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 11:37 AM (oqH4h)
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This is a gross misread of what Newsom is doing.
He's, at best, trying to be the Democrats' Trump by being vulgar and confrontational.
But, he combines that with being completely brainless and unable to think his way out of a paper bag, so his stated policies change based on the interview. "Oh, yeah, we should protect girls in sports," to "Oh, yeah, trans-girls are the only real girls" in back to back interviews.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:38 AM (hAotW)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 11:39 AM (uW6NG)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:35 AM (u82oZ)
I just sent a check that was about what my first 3 cars cost, combined.
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Just "delay" paying your taxes like traitor Fartswell did, does, and will continue to do.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 03, 2026 11:39 AM (xvV+O)
I have a Sony soundbar that has a button on the remote that when selected is supposed to accentuate 'voice' and dull somewhat the other sound inputs. Nice concept, but it's barely noticeable when selected.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 11:39 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026 11:35 AM (q3u5l)
I love the trigger warnings for horror movies. Yeah, alcohol use and foul language are the most disturbing things about this movie.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 11:40 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 11:40 AM (uW6NG)
The bigger issue is the autistic mumble, as best shown by the fat black they/them hologram SAM on Star Feet Learing Center. Sadly, no focused examples to share on YouTube, and I won't subject anyone to longer samples lol
Posted by: Modern at April 03, 2026 11:40 AM (JCZqz)
She's nice, but I find it grating to the extreme.
Obligatory:
https://youtu.be/F2y5q31E1gQ
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)
The company admitted it was “unable to generate relevant data” because recruitment had effectively hit a brick wall.
Reports indicate that more than 80% of potential recruits didn’t even make it past pre-screening, or simply refused to participate.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:41 AM (/+uur)
Might actually plunk down some money and go see it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 03, 2026 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 11:42 AM (pDt9x)
Might actually plunk down some money and go see it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 03, 2026 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)
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Ace should write something about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:42 AM (hAotW)
Posted by: fd
Yup. Sadly, he's still the most normal of all their candidates.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: fd
Yup. Sadly, he's still the most normal of all their candidates.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
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And the teachers' unions will make an example of him for his heterodoxy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:42 AM (hAotW)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
I think the FDA has a regulation that all new drugs be given a name that sounds like a small village in Italy.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 11:42 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026 11:44 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Archimedes "
He's an evil SOB and probably a faggot cocksucker too. I guess that's kind of normal for a Democrat.
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2026 11:44 AM (uW6NG)
... like Communism, the good speech is just over the horizon
Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2026 11:44 AM (RHGPo)
See #145.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
Ah. Got it thanks. Don’t hear that around here. Ozarks.
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 11:45 AM (pDt9x)
I don't think you're going to be able to get that big cloud back inside that shiny plutonium sphere, Rahm. The Democratic Party has nuked itself.
WRT closed captioning: I accepted a long time ago that I'm 29 years old and pretty much leave it on all the time now.
I, too, am enjoying the Marshals show, along with several other Taylor Sheridan series. Landman is especially good, IMO.
I also recently started on Yellowstone, but you know what? I may not finish it. If I'd seen it first, I don't know that I've have tried any of his other stuff. All the characters appear to be evil shitheads, but not in a way that I find entertaining (see, for example, "I, Claudius"...shitheads, but entertaining).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 11:45 AM (IG3/x)
Often I can actually look at the face of the person talking on-screen, and understand them!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 03, 2026 11:46 AM (dmDsy)
Of course, but he's 66, and I think he views this as his last chance to have an impact on the direction of the Democrats.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)
There should be loopholes in the law that cover people who physically correct that problem.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2026 11:46 AM (NR6c1)
https://tinyurl.com/3cufrk82
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 11:47 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026 11:47 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: SMOD
"With blackest moss the flowerpots were thickly crusted, one and all."
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)
I thought it was just me
Posted by: rick9911 at April 03, 2026 11:48 AM (3seEd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:38 AM (hAotW)
I believe Larry Correia described him as a "ziplock bag of hair gel", or maybe that was Mitt Romney. Two of a kind, there.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2026 11:49 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 11:42 AM (pDt9x)
"Vocal fry" is a style of cooking where sounds are immersed in a hot liquid and "fried" to seal in the musicality of the sounds. Various oils can be used in this process, such as banana oil, marmot oil, or pipe wrench oil. Other modes of cooking vocals include vocal saute, and vocal sous-vide.
Posted by: ChatGPT at April 03, 2026 11:50 AM (skR0U)
The cable networks (including NBC, CBS and ABC) sound about right at 65-80 on my volume control. Meanwhile, YouTube is great at 24. Prime at 34. When I switch between the two, I either can't hear it or it blasts out.
Perhaps, the TV manufacturers should have a master volume level for each input to the TV.
Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2026 11:50 AM (RHGPo)
I don't mind the noise -- sound of freedom and all that --- but, man, those engines on the D-model F/A-18s rattle the doors and windows something fierce.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 11:50 AM (Y1sOo)
She's nice, but I find it grating to the extreme.
Obligatory:
https://youtu.be/F2y5q31E1gQ
Posted by: Archimedes at April 03, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)
haha!
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 11:50 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026
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The new All Creatures Great and Small, with the characters' Yorkshire and Scots accents, is like that; CC is great. Though some shows with foreign terms will display the actual words in the captions, while others simply say "Speaks French."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 11:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: mr tmz at April 03, 2026 11:51 AM (rJ48h)
Posted by: pookysgirl is going to have to settle for Culver's at April 03, 2026 11:51 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: ChatGPT at April 03, 2026
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Hey, man, nice marmot oil.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 11:52 AM (wzUl9)
I think I've tossed in this bit of insider info at some point in the past, but it bears repeating;
A lot of what has happened to the former various bits of Warner Bros can be attributed to a crack-smoking scheme that ATT sold everyone (by which I mean execs, boards, etc) about a decade ago on about how they were going to try and turn into some world-spanning evil panopticon focusing on hoovering up customer data and leveraging it to magically drive consumers to their products, services, and content.
All manner of bizarre shuffling in their business units and product offerings resulted from this. The primary goal became "get an app/user presence for as many users and devices as possible", trusting that they'd just... somehow be able to do something with the info they collected.
Obviously this was fucking retarded, and I'm not sure if they were serious or if it was just cover for the usual golden parachute bullshit.
Posted by: heya at April 03, 2026 11:52 AM (tU7vi)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)
It's a way of explaining the simplest concept to a five year old and since it works there, hey, let's just talk that way all the time.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 03, 2026 11:52 AM (2Ez/1)
________
"Huh??"
-- Sweet
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 03, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: mr tmz at April 03, 2026 11:51 AM (rJ48h)
I could never get interested in that show because after the corny Commish I just couldn’t take Chiklis seriously as a tough guy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 11:54 AM (aSzdc)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026 11:54 AM (q3u5l)
Then, it just sucks again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:48 AM
*gulp*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 11:54 AM (kgE5c)
Then, it just sucks again.
Posted by: Sponge
What'd you do to yourself?
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 03, 2026 11:55 AM (qBdHI)
I don't mind the noise -- sound of freedom and all that --- but, man, those engines on the D-model F/A-18s rattle the doors and windows something fierce.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 11:50 AM (Y1sOo)
I live near the Pease Air National Guard base in NH. All the A-10s that just went over to the Middle East had a layover there. They are loud - and it is beautiful to hear. At least if they aren't coming for you.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 03, 2026 11:55 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:56 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Eromero at April 03, 2026 11:56 AM (rR03l)
What'd you do to yourself?
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)
I'm guessing it was all the jumping and thrashing on un-suspensioned 3-Wheelers when I was a yute paying be back in my 29's.
Herniated disk or some such.....I guess.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:56 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: javems at April 03, 2026 11:56 AM (zFsEm)
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We've seen that they can pluck a sleeper agent out of pretty much anywhere.
Posted by: XTC at April 03, 2026 10:48 AM (iXqHn)
You know who else can pluck a sleeper agent out of pretty much nowhere?
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 11:56 AM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 03, 2026 11:55 AM (N39Ws)
You dont even hear the brrrrrrrppppppp if they are aiming for you.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:57 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026
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If there was a show from the '60s that needs closed captioning, it's I Spy. I grew up with it and love it; the buddy comedy dialogue between Kelly and Scotty is fantastic. But you need to be able to hear it or read it. They both were kind of murmurers sometimes when working on that show. Culp by himself was excellent at enunciation.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 11:57 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2026 11:57 AM (77rzZ)
Then, it just sucks again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Sorry about that Sponge… back pain is the worst.
Saying the pain is unnerving is a nice play on words seeing as how there’s probably a pinched nerve involved
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 11:58 AM (aSzdc)
https://youtu.be/F2y5q31E1gQ
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Now I get what vocal fry is! I've read descriptions, but it didn't click. Now it does.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 03, 2026 11:58 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: tubal
>I always considered to be like Rod Stewart's singing voice after smoking a pack of non-filter Camel ciggies. Gravel in the gizzard.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 03, 2026 11:58 AM (UqSya)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 11:58 AM (MIIRH)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the arrest of Jordanian national Salah Sarsour in Milwaukee. Sarsour, who is President of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee (ISM) — Wisconsin’s largest mosque, is being held in ICE custody in Indiana.
Sarsour is also a board member of the national pro-Palestinian advocacy organization American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).
DHS says Sarsour is a terrorist and was convicted of throwing Molotov cocktails at the homes of Israeli soldiers. Sarsour then allegedly lied on his U.S. immigration applications to obtain a green card under President Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 11:59 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:59 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 03, 2026
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Or like Peter Falk as Columbo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 11:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 11:59 AM (Sco7b)
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The admin already denaturalized two non-American born citizens for lying on their citizenship applications. Happened in the last couple of weeks.
So...this would be a fun high profile continuation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:00 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)
The four-ship Blues flew over a few minutes ago and set off the alarm on my neighbor's car parked in his driveway.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 12:01 PM (Y1sOo)
I do need the captions on I Spy (and just about everything else) now, but I saw that show during its first runs back in the mid-60s and don't recall ever having trouble making out the dialog. I'm beginning to think that there's a slight possibility that I am becoming a certified old guy.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026 12:01 PM (q3u5l)
Saying the pain is unnerving is a nice play on words seeing as how there’s probably a pinched nerve involved
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 11:58 AM (aSzdc)
I've had several xrays of my back over the years and no one has really found anything or said anything is 'wrong.'
However, now, I can feel things moving, which is a bit unsettling. I can get on the inversion table, lay back 3/4 vertical and push to stretch everything real good. I feel it pop back into where it feels great. I go about 10 minutes and if I can go back horizontal without it popping back, it feels great.
Then a movement moves whatever back out of whack and it's unsettling. I can't really point to a thing that I did to really piss it off, but this is the worst it's been.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: doug at April 03, 2026 12:02 PM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 12:01 PM (Y1sOo)
The Blues at Pensacola look and feel like you could reach out and touch them.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 12:02 PM (/+uur)
DHS says Sarsour is a terrorist and was convicted of throwing Molotov cocktails at the homes of Israeli soldiers. Sarsour then allegedly lied on his U.S. immigration applications to obtain a green card under President Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 11:59 AM (Sco7b)
Moar of this. By the thousands, please.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 11:57 AM (wzUl9)
It was the roofies. Oh, you said enunciation.
Posted by: Eromero at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (rR03l)
So...this would be a fun high profile continuation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:00 PM (hAotW)
Especially if.....
What are the Hammer films like? Where could I find them if I'm interested?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (Sco7b)
A wonderful thing has happened, all because of our President breaking the ice with one simple remark!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (MIIRH)
He's, at best, trying to be the Democrats' Trump by being vulgar and confrontational.
But, he combines that with being completely brainless and unable to think his way out of a paper bag, so his stated policies change based on the interview. "Oh, yeah, we should protect girls in sports," to "Oh, yeah, trans-girls are the only real girls" in back to back interviews.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 11:38 AM (hAotW)
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Yeah, hence the "no chance of occupying the 'competent' lane" remark.
He's a nepo baby retard. That doesn't mean he's not --trying-- to be "normal."
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Jaimo at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (BCuCF)
Posted by: doug at April 03, 2026 12:02 PM (Hy+R4
I've requested an MRI multiple times, each of which is denied by insurance. I just can't pay outright for one at this time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 12:04 PM (4KUe5)
A wonderful thing has happened, all because of our President breaking the ice with one simple remark!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (MIIRH)
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The Japanese have been big fans of a lot of American culture for a while now, including traditional and bluegrass music. Al Gore's Amazing Internet has finally connected all of us, which is cool.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:05 PM (oqH4h)
Another thot is that the sound is made for 1000 dollar sound bars and proper decoding like Dolby.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 11:56 AM
it's easier to dub over mumbled, quiet dialog for releases in non-english speaking markets
that's why there's no real conversations or soliloquies anymore; just grunts and barks and zippy one-liners
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2026 12:05 PM (tljrc)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026
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Our TV at home was a simple mono set, for one thing, and it was right near the window unit A/C. Both of these made nearly everything hard to distinguish. That said, *most* of the Kelly-Scotty dialog was just fine.
"Forget about the three dollars."
"I'm doin' William Shakespeare on the typewriter here, and you want me to forget about the three dollars?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 12:05 PM (wzUl9)
As opposed to a fiercely heterosexual one?
Posted by: Corey! at April 03, 2026 12:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: doug at April 03, 2026 12:05 PM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)
That’s infuriating because the medical system should address pain without hesitation
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 12:05 PM (aSzdc)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (Sco7b)
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I'm still in the 50s. Their horror movies, which people know the company for, will start for me soon with The Curse of Frankenstein.
So far, it's been more than 40 cheap movies, mostly BBC radio serial adaptations and noirs. A handful of comedies and even a couple of musicals.
There have been a handful of joys, but it's mostly...content. B-movies (in the literal sense) just made to quickly make small profits and keep cash flow positive from one production to the next.
I'm hoping I enjoy things more consistently once Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee get brought on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:06 PM (hAotW)
I had in the rubber earplugs I use when mowing the lawn and still made out 99.5% of dialogue. Movie theaters are insanely loud.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:06 PM (Sco7b)
Sympathy for the back issue! I had the same thing a couple years ago and it fortunately went away... for now. Walking and diet seemed to help.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2026 12:06 PM (Y8DZL)
Speaking of..
Rev Horton Heat will be here in Richmond this Sunday and I have my ticket to go
Posted by: Blanco at April 03, 2026 12:07 PM (sW/8y)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 12:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Because they could.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 03, 2026 12:08 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: hadsil at April 03, 2026 12:08 PM (Xht4H)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2026 12:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:00 PM (hAotW)
I read that as "denatured," and I am perfectly happy with that outcome.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 12:09 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:06 PM (hAotW
Cool. Thank you.
I'm watching brutal stuff but a lot of the asian stuff is heavy on characters and not very graphic. And I do like older films and British stuff.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 03, 2026 12:09 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 12:09 PM (n17eQ)
232 The admin already denaturalized two non-American born citizens for lying on their citizenship applications.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:00 PM (hAotW)
I read that as "denatured," and I am perfectly happy with that outcome.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 12:09 PM (n9ltV)
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Six of one...half a dozen of the other...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 03, 2026 12:09 PM (hAotW)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 03, 2026 12:09 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 12:02 PM (/+uur)
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I got one of the opposing solos give me a sneak pass halfway through my backswing at a golf course in Pensacola. lol
He knew what he was doing!
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:09 PM (oqH4h)
Because they could.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 03, 2026 12:08 PM (2Ez/1)
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Helps with the raging priapic erection the dude clearly had.
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:10 PM (oqH4h)
Well, when we are in charge, in about 20 years or so, hollywood will be turned into an Islamic religious center for boys.
Posted by: American Muslims at April 03, 2026 12:11 PM (HUHft)
He's a nepo baby retard. That doesn't mean he's not --trying-- to be "normal."
Posted by: ballistic at April 03, 2026 12:03 PM (oqH4h)"
Newsom is such a non-entity talking head that he was stupid enough to get the jab instead of fake it, because nobody bothered to tell him.
Remember when he had the stroke or GB afterwards and had to hide from the public for weeks?
Posted by: heya at April 03, 2026 12:11 PM (ycedv)
But I really do think that PDT's joking remark opened up a new feeling between us, "that was a long time ago, we're past it, now we can be friendly" kind of thing.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 03, 2026 12:11 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 03, 2026 12:14 PM (2UnvF)
2) Those Japanese guys are really good. Hasn't the whole X thing been great? It astonished me to find Japan has been thinking we didn't like them.
Posted by: Persnickety at April 03, 2026 12:14 PM (NXsA/)
And I suspect very strongly that it related to the problem that all of entertainment: they pushed all the old guys who knew how to do this out of the business in the MeToo movement and they are just no good at it any longer
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:17 PM (El6/E)
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TJM, is House on Haunted Hill on the list? Cuz that one scared the shit out of me when I was eight.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (n17eQ)
There is something to that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 03, 2026 12:19 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Machiavelli at April 03, 2026 12:25 PM (hCD5k)
Posted by: PJ at April 03, 2026 12:30 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: Christian Toto at April 03, 2026 12:48 PM (58JWE)
Posted by: Ralph at April 03, 2026 01:25 PM (8WZD4)
I would say just the opposite. you get something like the stray cats.
Posted by: docweasel at April 03, 2026 01:37 PM (nxgNB)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at April 03, 2026 01:56 PM (EB8vC)
Wait a minute!
Don't sound editing engineers wear headphones when making the final cut?
Posted by: John at April 03, 2026 02:12 PM (0DsdP)
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16 Japanese band performing ...“Fox on the Run.”
Sweet!
Posted by: Puddy Clarkman at April 03, 2026 03:49 PM (TvItB)
ervaring.
Posted by: STEPSISTER BLOWJOB at April 04, 2026 07:07 PM (KNHyh)
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More specifically, the crowd was.
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Those CALVES!
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Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 09:35 AM (n17eQ)
"But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed."
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Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2026 09:32 AM (cYBz/)
8 Blessed Good Friday & Passover to all.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 09:32 AM (NcvvS)
One comment answered by the next.
This place......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 09:36 AM (n17eQ)
And so the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews’; but that He said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’”
Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”
Posted by: John 19:21-22 at April 03, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 09:34 AM (ESVrU)
He's looking at the bright side of life?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)
Hopefully, it was not solely due to the pizza we served immediately before.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2026 09:37 AM (cYBz/)
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Yep. And through the ankle, too.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 09:36 AM (n17eQ)
I had this question.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 03, 2026 09:38 AM (NcvvS)
The Chosen.
Posted by: Come And See at April 03, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)
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Posted by: dantesed at April 03, 2026 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)
I'm viewing the two in the background as Angels.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 03, 2026 09:40 AM (nWPIJ)
Very appropriate for this Good Friday.
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Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 09:41 AM (52ERr)
Posted by: The Days Inn staff at April 03, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: redridinghood at April 03, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 09:42 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: dantesed
The woman on the lower right is Mary Magdalene perhaps.
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2026 09:42 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 09:42 AM (Ia/+0)
You dribble and you shoot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 09:42 AM (52ERr)
Posted by: The Days Inn staff at April 03, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)
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Sir, this is a Wendy's...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 09:43 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 09:43 AM (ESVrU)
CRUCIFIXION vear!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)
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You don't know about the putti?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 03, 2026 09:44 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 09:44 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: The Days Inn staff
Yeah, we’ve got a baptismal font… so we can finally get our Times New Roman fully christened before it hits the press. No more unholy kerning!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2026 09:45 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 03, 2026 09:45 AM (UqSya)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 09:45 AM (52ERr)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 09:46 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 09:46 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip
Perhaps but let's not make it a habit.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2026 09:47 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Yorick at April 03, 2026 09:48 AM (PiwSw)
Hopefully, it was not solely due to the pizza we served immediately before.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2026 09:37 AM (cYBz/)
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Ours was too - and no pizza.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 09:51 AM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 09:51 AM (52ERr)
Title Crucifixion
Artist Michelangelo
Date 1540; Rome, Italy
Medium oil,panel
Art Movement Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 09:51 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 09:52 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 03, 2026 09:52 AM (UqSya)
Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2026 09:52 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Barabbas at April 03, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Michelangelo
Date: 1540; Rome, Italy
Style: Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Genre: religious painting
Media: oil, panel
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 09:53 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 03, 2026 09:52 AM (UqSya)
Modern artists would fling poo on a canvas and declare it Jesus.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 09:43 AM (ESVrU)
CRUCIFIXION vear!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)
Is veeery nice
Posted by: Doof at April 03, 2026 09:54 AM (LVvlK)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 03, 2026 09:52 AM (UqSya)
On his way as a man condemned:
"Do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children"
More badass than any MMA fighter
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 09:54 AM (mWRBW)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 09:54 AM (pDt9x)
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 09:55 AM (/+uur)
look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment
and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation will last forever,
my righteousness will never fail.”
Isaiah 51:6
Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2026 09:55 AM (q1tXs)
Posted by: Modern "Neurodivergent" AWFL at April 03, 2026 09:55 AM (JCZqz)
look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment
and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation will last forever,
my righteousness will never fail.”
Isaiah 51:6
Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2026 09:55 AM (q1tXs)
Amen.
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 09:56 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 09:56 AM (qFwJc)
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2026 09:56 AM (q1tXs)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at April 03, 2026 09:57 AM (wGerL)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 09:57 AM (52ERr)
Missing you today {grammie}
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 09:58 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)
Life gets hard at times. Keep your faith strong. It all matters. It all works out in the end.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)
That lonely road with You
Under the weight of the wood
Lord, let me walk
That last mile in Your shoes
Under the weight of the wood
Freedom can be found
Laden down
Under the weight of the wood
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 03, 2026 10:01 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 10:04 AM (4NO2D)
will receive violets and lilies of the valley (fragrant). it is all she wants. boy, his, girl, my sis...
the rest are all gone. wifey passed two years this month.
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026 10:05 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 10:06 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026 10:07 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 10:07 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2026 10:08 AM (pDt9x)
The Nicest Guy of All Time.
Posted by: vivi at April 03, 2026 10:09 AM (jC0jb)
And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”
Posted by: Luke 23:43 at April 03, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 03, 2026 10:09 AM (xcxpd)
Thanks for the beautiful artwork CBD.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 03, 2026 10:09 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Derak at April 03, 2026 10:10 AM (76U4D)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 10:11 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Pilate at April 03, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 03, 2026 10:12 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: XTC at April 03, 2026 10:13 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Fenelonspoke at April 03, 2026 10:13 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Dismas and Gestas at April 03, 2026 10:13 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 03, 2026 10:13 AM (2J/Lj)
City of Houston
@HoustonTX
Due to the Spring holiday weekend, City of Houston offices will be closed on Friday, April 3.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026 10:07 AM (R11M+)
Something is wrong with smilies.mee.nu. You put an 8 with a ) which makes a smiley face.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Derak at April 03, 2026 10:10 AM (76U4D)
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1. Moshiach is coming.
2. Sooner than you think.
3. You're not ready.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2026 10:14 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Judas Iscariot at April 03, 2026 10:14 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: dantesed at April 03, 2026 10:15 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026 10:05 AM (R11M+)
I am sorry to hear this. By the Grace of God, the First Lady survived her bout with cancer and is still with our daughter and I.
First Daughter will be spending Easter with her boyfriend, so we will not have her here either.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)
Fast footwork by the SAR community and their supporting air components. A plane crew in Iranian hands - ** Shudder**
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 10:16 AM (u82oZ)
Quoting Pontus Pilate.
I find this to be the most penetrating and poignant observation/question of that day.
I know the truth. I tremble that if I had been there, what would I have done? Crucify him?
Tremble.
Posted by: Derak at April 03, 2026 10:16 AM (76U4D)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 10:17 AM (mWRBW)
Ah, but the Romans had created an infrastructure of roads, allowing the gospel of the kingdom to spread far and wide.
By personal testimony of those whose lives were changed.
Posted by: Not an accident at April 03, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: vivi at April 03, 2026 10:18 AM (jC0jb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)
USS Boxer ARG departed Pearl on Wednesday, reportedly heading for the ME. That's about three weeks of sailing before arriving in the NAS/GOO. And that assumes the Boxer ARG doesn't port in Diego Garcia first, as did the Tripoli ARG before in-chopping to Fifth Fleet AOR.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2026 10:19 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026 10:05 AM (R11M+)
==
My first wife passed 12 years ago on Palm Sunday - a week before I came into the Church. Lots of memories tied up in all this very important time. I hope you are doing well. I remember myself two years past and I was still a mess.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 03, 2026 10:21 AM (GZYu7)
This seems to indicate that this Trump fellow could be quite serious about knee capping those terrorist people.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 03, 2026 10:21 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 10:21 AM (Ia/+0)
California police find decomposing body of DUI suspect inside squad car at station
https://is.gd/b2zfyZ
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)
Risen, Ben-Hur, or Jesus of Nazareth?
Posted by: dantesed at April 03, 2026 10:15 AM (Oy/m2)
IMO Ben Hur
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 10:22 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2026 10:22 AM (rbvCR)
It's now legal to kill whites in New York...and from now on, probably every other American city.
Vigilantism to ensue, God willing.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 03, 2026 10:22 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Smart Military Blog reader at April 03, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Been missing you lately, nice to see you
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 10:23 AM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Derak at April 03, 2026 10:23 AM (76U4D)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 03, 2026 10:23 AM (DgMqy)
Obama Presidential Library Says Only U.S. Citizens, Legal Residents Can Win Free Tickets For Opening
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)
More jargon please.
Posted by: Smart Military Blog reader at April 03, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)
EOS 90 days, commence ROAD.
Posted by: Eromero at April 03, 2026 10:24 AM (rR03l)
Dulles codename was “No” when he was stationed in Bern, Switzerland during world war two. I wonder if the title of the movie “Dr. No” was a nod to Allen Dulles?
Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2026 10:25 AM (85pLS)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 03, 2026 10:25 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 10:25 AM (mWRBW)
Obama Presidential Library Says Only U.S. Citizens, Legal Residents Can Win Free Tickets For Opening
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)
"Your hypocrisy knows no bounds........"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:25 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 03, 2026 10:26 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 03, 2026 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2026 10:21 AM (Ia/+0)
I'm painting three very large plastic Easter eggs. Using pearl white over a yellow base is.... finicky. It's taking forever. The rest of my Easter decor is finished. One old wooden toolbox stuffed with flowers and a rough cross that Hubbymayhem made. In front of that are three painted pots for the eggs. And a little vintage painted wooden bunny.
If I ever get the eggs right it should look pretty.... um, pretty.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 03, 2026 10:26 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 10:27 AM (9L6d7)
We allow no art of Allah. Wouldn't be prudent.
Oh, there it is again, the call to prayer. Toodles!
Posted by: New York City Muslim Man at April 03, 2026 10:27 AM (/1l9x)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 10:27 AM (9L6d7)
Mine yields different results.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 03, 2026 10:28 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 03, 2026 10:30 AM (JbPL7)
Posted by: Jesus at April 03, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
LOL he is *here*, he is anything but happy.
One day he will wake up and say "oh yeah, got 'emmmm" and smile to himself - and the singe of emptiness will do nothing but burn.
The worst part of being sid is that *we* remain joyful whether he is here or not. The misery he believes he is spreading is nothing but a mirror of his own tortured nerves.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 10:31 AM (mWRBW)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 10:32 AM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Gref at April 03, 2026 10:32 AM (5rh/l)
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Eh, it’s been open season on Whitey for decades now. Everyone was too frightened to mention this in polite company, for the mortal fear of being called “racist”. It is absolutely hilarious to watch “liberals” dance around the issue of avoiding, ah, certain demographics and their customary vibrancy.
30 or 40 years ago the academics were complaining that whitey was moving to the suburbs or rural states to avoid high crime and general enshittification of the society. It’s no accident that decades later Barky and the Boys in particular employed a process where they flooded suburban and rural areas with their favorite illegal aliens. “You will be made to care” kind of mentality.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2026 10:32 AM (kvBVm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 10:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 10:23 AM (mWRBW
Thank you sweetheart. Been busy with real world stuff. My grandson had his first birthday and Hubbymayhem made rocking horse that's is actually a giraffe! I had to spend vast amounts of time painting it to get it ready for the big day! Also had a tooth pulled. And the girl spawn was home for Spring break.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 03, 2026 10:32 AM (2J/Lj)
Don't cut and paste troll droppings.
This isn't complicated.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 10:32 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7
Hmmmm. Spring holiday weekend.
WTF is that?
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 10:34 AM (E6xSb)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
They wouldn't even recognize made up pronouns!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:35 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 10:37 AM (/+uur)
Oooooh so glad to hear it's all good stuff. Giraffe sounds awesome - weirdly my favorite animal, something very "hereafter" about them. Enjoy and Happy Easter back to you!!!
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2026 10:38 AM (mWRBW)
The Panthers are 494th Fighter Squadron, part of the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 10:38 AM (u82oZ)
James Carville Says Dems Will Go After Trump’s Kids and Their Spouses After Midterms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)
It's now legal to kill whites in New York...and from now on, probably every other American city.
Vigilantism to ensue, God willing.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 03, 2026 10:22 AM (qwx/I)
They would have acquitted him if he had killed a black cop, because a black cop is like an overseer working for The Man. An Uncle Tom.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 10:39 AM (E6xSb)
https://x.com/DoctorLemma/status/
2039642747087237468
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 10:37 AM (/+uur)
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I am not falling for this.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 03, 2026 10:40 AM (Dtohe)
If I ever get the eggs right it should look pretty.... um, pretty.
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Next year, just buy the 10lb Chocolate Easter Bunny from CostCo.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 10:40 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 10:41 AM (u82oZ)
Justice Jackson Signals Support for Extending Birthright Citizenship to Visiting Foreigners
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
James Carville Says Dems Will Go After Trump’s Kids and Their Spouses After Midterms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)
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Trump will need to pardonverybody in his administration before he leaves
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 03, 2026 10:42 AM (Dtohe)
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Maybe the cops spend more time at the donut shoppe and allow the vibrancy to hum at a high level? This has happened before.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 10:42 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2026 10:42 AM (52ERr)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 03, 2026 10:43 AM (qwx/I)
WTF is that?
Posted by: Cow Demon
It's when the Spring Holiday Weekend Bunny comes leaving chocolate and hiding eggs!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 03, 2026 10:44 AM (2NHgQ)
This might be the most effective painting of the crucifixion ever created.
Posted by: JTB at April 03, 2026 10:45 AM (yTvNw)
James Carville Says Dems Will Go After Trump’s Kids and Their Spouses After Midterms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)
Even Carville's Trump voodoo doll calls him a loser and hid the strawberries from him.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 03, 2026 10:45 AM (tYGL3)
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Serpent Head is way past his shelf life.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 10:46 AM (n17eQ)
I appreciate that they are going full mask off, but it's a little frightening. Carville is auditioning for the "Who Goes Nazi First" game.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 10:46 AM (Suwql)
Maybe the cops spend more time at the donut shoppe and allow the vibrancy to hum at a high level? This has happened before.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 10:42 AM (n17eQ)
And walk around writing tickets to make money for NYC and not do anything that might be dangerous.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM (E6xSb)
https://x.com/DoctorLemma/status/
2039642747087237468
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 03, 2026 10:37 AM (/+uur)
Nice beaver!
There was a guy with a podcast, military guy, that told that story. He did a fantastic job telling it and made it pretty entertaining. It's a hilarious story.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)
EVEREST mountain guides have been accused of secretly poisoning climbers to trigger costly helicopter rescues as part of a multi-million pound insurance scam.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)
In keeping with the Easter theme, sort of, the 1966 epic The Bible in the Beginning is on Movies!, with Michael Parks as Adam, George C. Scott as Abraham and Ava Gardner as Sarah, and director John Huston as Noah. Anybody ever watched it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM (wzUl9)
We have A-10s, C-130s and more in the SAR effort.
C-130s over Iran, and within range of ground (rifle) fire.
CENTCOM is silent, so far. So is Iran.
One report is we got them back.
Iranians saying the hunt is on, with a $30,000 reward. Iranians misidentified the plane as F-35.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 03, 2026 10:42 AM (Dtohe)
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The Dems aren't going to let petty things like Presidential pardons stop them from exacting revenge on their enemies.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)
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If you can't trust your Sherpas, who can you trust?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 10:48 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM (ESVrU)
We've seen that they can pluck a sleeper agent out of pretty much anywhere.
Posted by: XTC at April 03, 2026 10:48 AM (iXqHn)
Life gets hard at times. Keep your faith strong. It all matters. It all works out in the end.
_ _ _ _ _
Strange to get into the stage of life where relatives and friends begin dying -- when the rhetorical idea of death becomes real. I've lost my dad, two aunts, and an uncle in the last year. People who are constant fixtures in one's life. And the idea that this is not the end finally starts to come clear. Jesus said to the guy on the cross, "Today you'll be with me in paradise." First, the thief was unremarkable apart from his deference to Christ. Second, when the Creator of the Universe calls what is awaiting us "paradise," you KNOW it's going to be good!
Happy Easter, all!
Posted by: red speck at April 03, 2026 10:49 AM (Ve/HL)
The Dems aren't going to let petty things like Presidential pardons stop them from exacting revenge on their enemies.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM (ESVrU)
This.
They are evil. They don't care about the law, The Constitution or anything else that would tell them they can't, because they will. No one will stop them.
This country is about to have the most important election it's ever had and I think our side isn't taking it seriously at all.
We lose the midterms, it begins. We lose the presidency, it's OVER.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:50 AM (Zz0t1)
This is so cool.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 03, 2026 10:50 AM (n17eQ)
This isn't complicated.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2026 10:32 AM
I thought Sid was among the tolerated and not deleted, for the mockery I assumed.
My mistake.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 03, 2026 10:50 AM (4NO2D)
Do they name Hindu and Muslim holidays on their calendar.
Texas is no longer Texas.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 10:51 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026
***
Here, if you follow an "8" immediately with a ")", the software injects a smiley. Maybe your browser, and mine, isn't showing that but a block.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 03, 2026 10:52 AM (wzUl9)
Texas is no longer Texas.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 10:51 AM (Suwql)
Houston, Austin and Dallas, yes.
Texas is still Texas most everywhere else.
Unfortunately, the libs tend to migrate to the big cities and dominate the population.
Texas isn't gone, yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)
We lose the midterms, it begins. We lose the presidency, it's OVER.
This is why so many are demanding the Save America Act. It is out GOP leaders who are not taking it seriously.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 10:52 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:47 AM
You're thinking of The Fat Electrician's "Band of Beavers" video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcdvP8CYPB0
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 10:52 AM (kgE5c)
You're thinking of The Fat Electrician's "Band of Beavers" video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcdvP8CYPB0
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 10:52 AM (kgE5c)
YES!
Thanks for the assist.
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)
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Thune?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 10:53 AM (9L6d7)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 10:53 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 03, 2026 10:53 AM (FtULh)
We have to vote in every election, even for school boards or dogcatcher, as if our lives depend on it.
Because they do.
Posted by: vivi at April 03, 2026 10:54 AM (jC0jb)
https://x.com/DoctorLemma/status/
2039642747087237468
Posted by: r hennigantx
So are you thinking a solution to the Somali problem?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
Yes… as the years go by I understand more and more that verse in the Bible that says: What is your life but a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanisheth away.
Nothing here is permanent but eternity is reality.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2026 10:55 AM (X5Baq)
Here's The Fat Electrician's take on it:
America's Airborne Beavers - Operation Beaver Drop - Yes This Actually Happened
https://youtu.be/YcdvP8CYPB0
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 03, 2026 10:55 AM (O7YUW)
Thanks for the assist.
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 10:53 AM
*fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2026 10:55 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 03, 2026 10:55 AM (2WIwB)
We lose the midterms, it begins. We lose the presidency, it's OVER.
This is why so many are demanding the Save America Act. It is out GOP leaders who are not taking it seriously.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 10:52 AM (Suwql)
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I hate to be a downer, but it's true. Democrats have already announced plans to pack SCOTUS and that will be it
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 03, 2026 10:57 AM (wHUDr)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 03, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)
@houmayor
Wishing those who celebrate, a joyful and blessed Eid al‑Fitr.
May this occasion bring peace, prosperity, and renewed gratitude.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2026 11:00 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 03, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 03, 2026 11:02 AM (wHUDr)
Posted by: m at April 03, 2026 11:03 AM (fNISR)
What I am reading about places like Frisco are disheartening.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Any blue city take a compass and draw a 30 to 45 mile circle around it. Dallas - frisco, plano, etc. Then there is that whak a doodle college town just North of Dallas. It's nest.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 11:06 AM (9L6d7)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2026 11:07 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 03, 2026 11:10 AM (O7YUW)
What is up?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 03, 2026 11:27 AM (9L6d7)
Posted by: L - No nic... at April 03, 2026 11:39 AM (6HSZZ)
staight mess. but less of a mess than finding her.
the waves are not as strong, they continue.
thank you both.
Posted by: cmeat at April 03, 2026 11:51 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Judas Iscariot at April 03, 2026 10:14 AM (4NO2D)
I've often wondered that myself, but always conclude that if that were today, it would all be dismissed by the jaded and unbelieving, overexposed masses, not to mention an evil press which only seeks to subvert the truth at every turn (you *REALLY* don't hate them enough times a billion!)
Instead, he came at a time when mankind still had the capacity to believe in something beyond themselves, or their bank accounts or government.
Me? I am just glad that he came at all, to save us from ourselves. :-)
God bless you all!
Posted by: shred21 at April 03, 2026 12:54 PM (VdLpC)
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