1 first?

2 Ha!

3 Dino!

4 STEVEN CHEUNG, WH (White House Communications Director):
"Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f*ck he’s talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know."

5 Trifecta!

6 You know what happened when you left "frisky" pics to be developed at Fotomat?

Of course you do.

7 Nope. Back to the content.

8 3 Dino!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 27, 2026 10:00 PM
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COMM!

9 An ode to Wednesday:

Midweek sits the day of Wednes
No one knows the reason why
Stuck between the Tues and Thurs days
Spends her hours drunk 'til Fri

10 Looks like a Plymouth stationwagon in the background, don't recognize the two dominant cars.

11 Consider that when you call, that might be when others are calling too. When you don't call, others are also not calling.

12 Does this mean that anal probing by aliens is no longer a thing?

13 You know what happened when you left "frisky" pics to be developed at Fotomat?

Of course you do.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2026 10:01 PM (u/oMr)
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Hence the popularity of Polaroid.

14 Why do these hookers keep sucking my cock?

15 All hail the Fotomat. Drop your rolls of film off and pick up your photos a few days later.

Of course, if you took racy pix, you never know how many prints were actually made....

16 Laudanum had morphine

17 Does this mean that anal probing by aliens is no longer a thing?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2026 10:05 PM (u/oMr)
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"We have reached the limits of what anal probing can teach us."

18 Evenin'

19 I wonder if the woofy smells a bitch through the fence and has a woody.

20 Hi all! Miss me?

21 anal probing by aliens is no longer a thing?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2026 10:05 PM (u/oMr)

twenty buckazoids, same as in Tau Ceti

22 The little sports job in front is a Fiat, I think.

23 Loved Fotomat. Used it a bit.

24 Knew a guy in college who worked at one of those photo-mats.
Gym bag full of homemade pron he had copied. Even had some of it collated...
"See, they take a pic of some pron on the 8mm or TV screen (VHS). When we give it back developed with no problems they give us their own 'work'."
Some of the stuff he had sorted like decks of cards.

25 On the other hand, mouse sperm that was sent to the ISS has been successfully used to rear healthy pups on Earth, suggesting that exposure to cosmic radiation may not cause harmful levels of DNA damage.
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So if cosmic radiation doesn't cause harmful levels of DNA damage, what superpowers did the mice develop?

26 chemjeff, it's been a while!

27 I don't remember getting film developed at Fotomat, but I do remember going to the mall, doing off film at CPI, doing my shopping, and then picking up the pictures an hour later.

28 Of course, if you took racy pix, you never know how many prints were actually made....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 27, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Conversely, you had to get the film to the lab for it do be developed, so snapping a picture at an inopportune moment often involved:

1. a beating
2. loss of the film
3. loss of the camera

29 I remember the drive through photo shacks but for Kodachrome, I used the pre-paid mailers sent directly to Kodak. Took a little longer but always got great results.

30 I'm tempted to say a Triumph, but I don't think so.

31 >>> 10 Looks like a Plymouth stationwagon in the background, don't recognize the two dominant cars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 27, 2026 10:02 PM (D2ex+)

You can tell it's an old picture because the cars have different colors.

32 Does this mean that anal probing by aliens is no longer a thing?
Posted by: Cicero

Or it's now an annual event.

33 Geez, the last time I had rolls of film developed by a Fotomat was probably 2001 or so.

34 Not really.

35 Mystery emu found wandering city streets in Louisiana

-
Have we no border control at all?

36 Evening all. Had a very promising interview ("the hiring manager is excited, I'll send you an invite to interview with him next week"). Have another scheduled for tomorrow that honestly might be better. Either way, crossing fingers and praying.

37 26 chemjeff, it's been a while!
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 27, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)

Hi LRob! How's it hanging'?

38 All hail the Fotomat. Drop your rolls of film off and pick up your photos a few days later.

Of course, if you took racy pix, you never know how many prints were actually made....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 27, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)
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There's a hilarious Seinfeld storyline about this...

"I have some questions of my own." -- Jerry Seinfeld

39 Of course, if you took racy pix, you never know how many prints were actually made....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 27, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

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Sure, but on the plus side, you could rely on the proposition that they would never be posted in a forum where creeps and perverts around the globe would have access to them.

40 Thanks for the ONT.

41 22 The little sports job in front is a Fiat, I think.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 27, 2026 10:07 PM
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Agreed. Well spotted. Tail lights are the big clue.

42 On the other hand, mouse sperm that was sent to the ISS has been successfully used to rear healthy pups on Earth, suggesting that exposure to cosmic radiation may not cause harmful levels of DNA damage.
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So if cosmic radiation doesn't cause harmful levels of DNA damage, what superpowers did the mice develop?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Time travel.

And "Mighty Mouse" was a documentary.

43 Sorry I'm late, I gotnsome peanut butter stucknto the roof of my Winnebego.

44 Like always, chemjeff, just older.

45 Yay! ONT time!
Thank you Mr. TRex.

Why is Biden suing to block release of Hur interview tapes?

Will anything come of criminal investigation of E. Jean Carroll?

Enquiring Moh-Ron's want to know.

Off to read content and eat dinner here in the land that G-d forgot ....

46 40 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 27, 2026 10:10 PM
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You're welcome!

47 I think Fiat loosely translates to, tiny and ridiculous in Italian.

48 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

49 30 I'm tempted to say a Triumph, but I don't think so.
Posted by: davidt at May 27, 2026 10:08 PM (Q+gd/)

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My guess is Fiat, but I have no clue as to the model.

50 Wait. The annual blessing of the guns? Our diocese doesn't have one of those. I wonder who the patron saint of firearms is.

51 Duran Duran video is attractive.

52 Evidently laudanum is still used in cases of severe diarrhea that do not respond to standard treatment.

53 44 Like always, chemjeff, just older.
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 27, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)

Well that sucks. I hear you though. Getting older is no fun. I think I have had more doctor visits in the past 10 years than I had in the previous 40 combined.

54 Conversely, you had to get the film to the lab for it do be developed, so snapping a picture at an inopportune moment often involved:

1. a beating
2. loss of the film
3. loss of the camera
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 27, 2026 10:08 PM (ZOv7s)

I'm sure most were never kept. Why would anyone think they'd get the photos back?

55 There was a neighbor who had a small dog, who could juuust fit his head through a knothole in a fence. It was hilarious, there was this disembodied pissed-off head barking at you, and laughing at him seemed only to enrage him more. Cute.

56 Of course, if you took racy pix, you never know how many prints were actually made....
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Sure, but on the plus side, you could rely on the proposition that they would never be posted in a forum where creeps and perverts around the globe would have access to them.
Posted by: Cicero

Well, not until 40 years later.

57 Weird. I was expecting at least one hand grenade in thst picture.

58 I keep my internal panic button on speed dial.

59 Prolly a Studebaker.

60 The patron saint of firearms is Saint Gabriel Possenti. He is recognized for his exceptional marksmanship, which he demonstrated by disarming a gang of mercenaries and demonstrating his proficiency with a handgun. His story includes rescuing a young woman from rapists and successfully shooting a lizard with his gun, which led to the fear of the band of thugs and their retreat. Saint Gabriel Possenti is also celebrated for his role as a Passionist monk and was canonized in 1920.

61 36 Evening all. Had a very promising interview ("the hiring manager is excited, I'll send you an invite to interview with him next week").

Posted by: RandomDave at May 27, 2026 10:09 PM
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Hooray! Best wishes! It isn't at a fotomat, is it?

62 Fix It Again, Tony

Fiats were NOT very reliable.

63 >>> 50 Wait. The annual blessing of the guns? Our diocese doesn't have one of those. I wonder who the patron saint of firearms is.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 27, 2026 10:11 PM (0Htd1)

https://shorturl.at/Fz5kB

64 Wait. The annual blessing of the guns? Our diocese doesn't have one of those. I wonder who the patron saint of firearms is.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 27, 2026 10:11 PM (0Htd1)
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St. Barbara is the patron saint of artillery, but if these are hunting rifles, that would be St. Hubert.

65 Thanks for another entertaining Wednesday night ONT, T Rex!

About those embryos in space... just how do the Chinese know that "none of the embryo-like structures will ever develop into an actual person"? Call me doubtful.

Thanks for the Pittsburgh scanner! Those wacky folks never disappoint!

66 45 Yay! ONT time!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 27, 2026 10:11 PM
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That's the spirit!

67 Country Bear Fuckery

It’s grizzly mating season in Yellowstone National Park, and a pair of bears — a male called Quill and a female called Snow — didn’t let a crowd of onlookers disrupt their courtship.

The amorous grizzly scene near Yellowstone Lake caused a bear jam for at least a quarter mile in each direction for days this past week.

68 Biden has no standing to sue, the Hur interview is the product of the executive branch, and just how Biden retroactively decided Presidential perogatives did not apply to Trump, so to Trump can waive away Biden's priviledges.

69 Good luck RandomDave! Is it a position that you are excited for?

70 >>Agreed. Well spotted. Tail lights are the big clue.

Spider 124. Early 70s.

71
Establishing permanent human colonies off Earth means gravity different from 1g, and reproducing in it. That is likely going to be a big problem. You can assume there's some tolerance there. We just don't how big that tolerance is.

Ever biological process here has 1g has constant background given. And the evidence is that things just start going awry in something different from than 1g.

The Moon is about 1/6g. Mars is about 0.38g, call it 1/3.

72 Fiats were NOT very reliable.
Posted by: LRob in OK

Now you tell me.

73 Garbage Dinner of the Day (made to use up stuff I had on hand).

Mexican Mulligan

1 cup of brown rice (before cooking). I use brown rice because I have teh Diabeetus. White okay if you don't.
Good slug of soy sauce (hey, this is a scientific recipe)
Good slug of Worcestershire sauce
1 cup of frozen pepper strips
1.5 pounds hamburger, drained
1 packet Williams chili seasoning (you can use another brand if you wish, and I will explain why you are wrong...heh)
1 can red beans
1 can diced tomatoes

Cook rice. When it's just about done, add the soy sauce, chili seasoning, and Wash-Your-Sister sauce. Stir well.

Cook hamburger separately, OR used canned cooked ground beef (with fat removed) OR canned corned beef. In this case I had a can of cooked ground beef in the emergency stockpile that needed to be used up.

Add meat, beans, and tomatoes.

Simmer for 15-20 minutes at least.

I used some torn-up pieces of whole wheat bread from the last batch I made in lieu of crackers.

Pretty tasty. Way more than one person can eat at a sitting. The rest will go into freezer containers.

74 I wonder who the patron saint of firearms is.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Of course we have one.

Saint Gabriel.

Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Not the messenger archangel one.

75 1. a beating
2. loss of the film
3. loss of the camera
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 27, 2026 10:08 PM (ZOv7s)
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This was the subject of a Bloom County storyline where Steve Dallas and Opus took pictures of a grumpy Sean Penn.

In real life, Berkeley Breathed had broken his back and worked that into the storyline....

76 17 "We have reached the limits of what anal probing can teach us."

Especially after that guy with the 'squirts'...

77 The patron saint of firearms is Saint Gabriel Possenti. He is recognized for his exceptional marksmanship, which he demonstrated by disarming a gang of mercenaries and demonstrating his proficiency with a handgun. His story includes rescuing a young woman from rapists and successfully shooting a lizard with his gun, which led to the fear of the band of thugs and their retreat. Saint Gabriel Possenti is also celebrated for his role as a Passionist monk and was canonized in 1920.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 27, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)
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A parish dedicated to Saint Gabriel Possenti would be lit.

78 Somali Bear Fuckery

"What's happened to our country is we became a society, as you've seen with the Somali refugee problem in Minnesota, where you have a large number of people that are NOT following the honor system.

They're NOT playing by the rules.

79 48 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 27, 2026 10:11 PM
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You're welcome. Say hello to the big red truck for us.

80 "the quest to understand the ins and outs of reproduction in space"

The name of the next album Frank Zappa was going to release. The lead song, Jellyfish with Vertigo sits on a shelf in his library vault, unreleased to this day.

https://youtu.be/y9amIG2-tp8

81 chemjeff, I don't think my doctors are planning my demise, but they wouldn't be surprised if things don't work out. I think when you've passed your "expected lifespan" they just say - OK, that could work.

82 Fiat 850. three guys could easily pick it up and move it. buddy drove his into a lake and we had to carry it out.

83 St. Barbara is the patron saint of artillery, but if these are hunting rifles, that would be St. Hubert.

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Who has jurisdiction over Panzerfausts and recoilless rifles?

84 They want us to believe that China, a country that harvests political prisoners organs while they are alive, is using "artificial: human embryos.
Riiiiiiiiiight.

85 Sure, but on the plus side, you could rely on the proposition that they would never be posted in a forum where creeps and perverts around the globe would have access to them.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2026 10:10 PM (u/oMr)

Not then, but maybe in the back pages of a pulp magazine.

86 You know what happened when you left "frisky" pics to be developed at Fotomat?

Of course you do.
Posted by: Cicero

I suppose you want me to track down all the owners and give them back?

87 From content:

"Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted and are eligible for comment of the week consideration. "
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I didn't know that! Theres hope for me yet! I'm a punny guy!

88 Yeah, Kodachrome was a different process. One attribute was better color, deeper saturation. Archival quality.

Old slides look perfect, or nearly so. Just about everything else fades severely, looks washed out, colors shift way off.

89 65 Thanks for another entertaining Wednesday night ONT, T Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 27, 2026 10:14 PM
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Good evening LS! Kanpai!

90 Later on, Fotomat went to 1 hr processing. We'd drop them off, go eat then look at the pics.

91 The annual deficit is $2 trillion — which means Stephen Miller implies there is $2 trillion of fraud in the $7 trillion federal budget.

Dont pay NOTHING
NADA
for 3 months

See who cries

92 Have to go get some grub, but wanted to continue (a bit) the 2A/AR discussion from last thread.

whig quoted Bruen thusly: "When the Second Amendment’s plain text covers an individual’s conduct, the Constitution presumptively protects that conduct. The government must then justify its regulation by demonstrating that it is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation."

Herein lies, perhaps, what I think is the quintessential perversion and usurpation by the courts. That last sentence. If the "Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation" violates the 2A, it's OK? In fact it is the *basis* for ruling on the 2A? To use a legal academic expression, WTFF?

So here's what the 2A *actually* says, I guess:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed, excepting insofar as such infringement is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.

How am I wrong here? 2A is not a firm or clear limit on government, it's a suggestion? If courts and legislatures have infringed it "historically", well, they can do that. (cont.)

93 This was the subject of a Bloom County storyline where Steve Dallas and Opus took pictures of a grumpy Sean Penn.

In real life, Berkeley Breathed had broken his back and worked that into the storyline....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2026 10:15 PM (gnNyN)
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True. I still have my Bloom County books, but I also saw this play out in real life, as the cool kids say.

94 Posted by: LRob in OK at May 27, 2026 10:15 PM (Jr+re)

I know, right? "Hey, we haven't tried this huge-ass needle yet, let's try that one!"

95
You can tell it's an old picture because the cars have different colors.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Every car.

96 Evening Horde, thx TRex
Talarico is going to be upset that alien anal probing is off his dance card. One of the sacraments of his church

97 Good evening morons ותודה דינו!

98 88 Yeah, Kodachrome was a different process. One attribute was better color, deeper saturation. Archival quality.

Old slides look perfect, or nearly so. Just about everything else fades severely, looks washed out, colors shift way off.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 27, 2026 10:17 PM (/0pJR)

I got a nikon camera
I love to take a photograph

99 The emu was wandering around Lafayette, LA?

Probably trying to figure out how to get across town without being stuck in traffic. The place had 75K people when I lived there 1976-1979, and some areas were still the boonies. When I gassed up there after Katrina in '05, the former boonies looked like Sunset Boulevard in LA.

100 True. I still have my Bloom County books, but I also saw this play out in real life, as the cool kids say.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 27, 2026 10:17 PM (ZOv7s)
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That's what made the story so funny...based on real life...

101 Wait. The annual blessing of the guns? Our diocese doesn't have one of those. I wonder who the patron saint of firearms is.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 27, 2026 10:11 PM (0Htd1)

Per the Intertubes: Saint Gabriel Possenti's feast day is February 27. He is the patron of hanguns because his marksmanship enabled him to rescue a woman about to be raped by a marauding gang of thugs at Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy in 1860.

102 So of the 400 or 500 pics in our high school annual I took about 100.
I took 10 of the 20 color pics.
I got ZERO creds.
0.0

103
These "artificial embryos" are some sort of stem cell thing that grows like embryos, or so they claim.

NASA would not even attempt this. The Chicoms are just doing this because of the international "optics". They would have no qualms at all about using the real thing. Or actually impregnating a woman and putting in her in space to see what happens if they could get away with it.

104 Who has jurisdiction over Panzerfausts and recoilless rifles?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2026 10:16 PM (u/oMr)
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You'd have to consult the Book of Armaments for that.

105 100 True. I still have my Bloom County books, but I also saw this play out in real life, as the cool kids say.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 27, 2026 10:17 PM (ZOv7s)
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That's what made the story so funny...based on real life...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2026 10:19 PM (gnNyN)

You were at UT?

106 Perf, I'm writing a book review, but it's too long for a comment. Once I'm done, I'll email it to you.

107 wonder who the patron saint of firearms is.
Posted by: nerdygirl

The patron saint of weapons and firearms is Saint Sebastian. He was a Roman soldier and Christian martyr (died around 288 AD) who was sentenced to be executed by being shot with arrows. Over time, his patronage extended to firearms and anyone who works with or depends on weapons (hunters, law enforcement, military personnel, gunsmiths, etc.).

He is usually depicted tied to a tree or post, pierced with many arrows.

108 People who drive too slow in the fast lane.
====

And people who stand in the exit on the bus.

109 (cont.)

This seems to capture perfectly the court's legislative power, which is limited only by previous laws or rulings, regardless of how aberrant or baseless they were. NOT by the constitution itself.

As to all the other considerations, thanks for the commenters talking about them, I am aware of them. They can be summed up under "bad faith, lawless performance of duties" by the courts. Which has reached histrionic almost comical proportions, with the leaks in the abortion case and the gaming/delays of the VRA case.

Anyway.

110 Academia Waltz

111 TRex, the red truck says hello back.

And is not parked anywhere seemingly difficult to others.

112 Rabies Vac

113 I got a nikon camera
I love to take a photograph

The song was wrong. Greens weren't where Kodachrome was best, reds were. Ektachrome emphasized greens and blues.

114 It isn't at a fotomat, is it? - TRex

Well, I mean. IT means we get to look at everyone's pictures, so... if you squint really hard?

115 So, what has Ace HQ been like these past several years?

116 >>> 77 The patron saint of firearms is Saint Gabriel Possenti. He is recognized for his exceptional marksmanship, which he demonstrated by disarming a gang of mercenaries and demonstrating his proficiency with a handgun. His story includes rescuing a young woman from rapists and successfully shooting a lizard with his gun, which led to the fear of the band of thugs and their retreat. Saint Gabriel Possenti is also celebrated for his role as a Passionist monk and was canonized in 1920.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 27, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)
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A parish dedicated to Saint Gabriel Possenti would be lit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 27, 2026 10:15 PM (ZOv7s)

Or a monastic order:
https://shorturl.at/inb2g

117 Perf, I'm writing a book review, but it's too long for a comment. Once I'm done, I'll email it to you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 27, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Sounds good!

118 And yes, I've been harboring that grudge against Paul Simon for over 50 years.

119 China Is Growing Artificial Human Embryos In Space To Learn More About Reproduction Beyond Earth
===

As all communist scum, they do not respect human life.

120 I ran across this, and thought at least a few would enjoy it.

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In Brussels (nowhere else!), queuing to pay at the supermarket;
sees this:
- A man in the queue; a little boy behind him plays with the baby cart and hits him repeatedly on the back of his heels - it hurts; the man tells the kid: "OK boy, be careful; it hurts."
- The boy takes no heed and goes on, harder.
— The man asks the mother: "Could you tell your boy to stop?" She replies: "Oh, I raise him to be a free person; I don't want to frustrate him."
- Another man behind the mother carefully opens the shampoo bottle he was carrying and pours it on her head, saying: "Oh yes, my mom raised me like this too."
- Then another lady, behind the shampoo man, hands him a small banknote, saying: "Take this — it's my share for the shampoo."

121 That's what made the story so funny...based on real life...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2026 10:19 PM (gnNyN)
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Yes, it was seriously meta. Penn actually beat a photographer, but photographers who did the same thing often suffered for their actions.

See also: "The Godfather," Sonny smashing a camera and then throwing money at its owner.

In my orbit, cameras were spared, but the film was ripped out.

122 39 Sure, but on the plus side, you could rely on the proposition that they would never be posted in a forum where creeps and perverts around the globe would have access to them.

You mean like here?😛

123 Evenin’, All. Hey, TRex.

124 I wonder who the patron saint of firearms is.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Of course we have one.
Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Posted by: mikeski, Catholic

St. Barbara is the patron saint of artillery, but if these are hunting rifles, that would be St. Hubert.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

The patron saint of weapons and firearms is Saint Sebastian. Posted by: Tonypete

OK, we have more than one.

There's a lot of guns what need blessing, okay?

125 One thing I noticed. Cameras cannot begin to capture the colors in nature. We didn’t notice that so much when it took days to get prints back.

Now I can compare images in real time, practically. The blues and purples and reds and yellows, forget it. Cameras do excellent, don’t misunderstand but … Nature is amazing. I am very thankful my eyesight is still sharp and clear.

Instead of taking pictures people should focus on making memories, in the emulsion of your mind Or however

126 So, what has Ace HQ been like these past several years?


Who knows what happens on day shift?

The ONTs are strikingly familiar.

127 People who drive too slow in the fast lane.
====

And people who stand in the exit on the bus.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And the two old ladies whom stop and chat in the middle of one of the grocery aisles while perfectly executing a Romulan Blocking Maneuver.

128 How am I wrong here? 2A is not a firm or clear limit on government, it's a suggestion? If courts and legislatures have infringed it "historically", well, they can do that. (cont.)
Posted by: rhomboid
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It's in the title of the document: Bill of Rights

129
British photography. I have a picture on the wall in the Command Center of the 1984 University of Cambridge Chemistry Department that has faded to a kind of pinkish haze.

130 Speaking of Batman, I watched several episodes of Spider Noir today and pretty much liked it. It's exactly what it sounds like, a depression era PI noir crossed with a superhero show. Lots of noir tropes such as striped shadows while hiding in a closet. I would've liked it better if it had more period music, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, etc., rather than contemporary crap.

131 And people who stand in the exit on the bus.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

A few year ago in Long Island there where about 50 kids from China staying there. Door open run in elevator.
So 1 morning a dude and I he was about 6 4 240 and I leaving ele.
We walked out as 20 China kids tried to run in. They were piled in the floor of lobby.
Manners

132 As all communist scum, they do not respect human life.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)

Oh they very probably don't give much credence to human liberty, for sure. On the other hand, if humans are going to be spending more time in space, there is going to be space sex (if it hasn't happened already). Then what? Someone is going to have to study what happens when an embryo is created in space.

133 I think it was Dr. Johnny Fever of WKRP in Cincinnati, who dreamed of working in the little Fotomat booth.

134 There really is no ambiguity or confusion in the words of the 2nd amendment, the clear meaning is that, the people can possess arms of all types and variety and carry them on their person with no attenuation of that ability.

Anything else is pure legalistic jiggery pokery and fantasia.

135
People who drive too slow in the fast lane.

______________

People who only look at the menu when they get to the counter.

People who brake before exiting the freeway or don't speed up getting on.

136 I didn't know that! Theres hope for me yet! I'm a punny guy!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 27, 2026 10:16 PM (QGaXH)

Mongo just acorn in forest of life.

137 >>> 134 There really is no ambiguity or confusion in the words of the 2nd amendment, the clear meaning is that, the people can possess arms of all types and variety and carry them on their person with no attenuation of that ability.

Anything else is pure legalistic jiggery pokery and fantasia.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2026 10:26 PM (XV/Pl)

Of course it is. The same retards shriek about "h8te speech".

138 RandomDave,
you're in my prayers.

139 I wonder who the patron saint of firearms is.
Posted by: nerdygirl

St. Browning.

140 I always try and guess the mystery click. I thought it would be "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon.

141 Rhomboid -

You should keep your eye on Harmeet Dhillon and the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ. Doesn't get talked about much with everything else going on but she is actively pursuing 2A cases including the recently filed case against the state of Colorado and their unlawful magazine ban which in effect was an AR-15 ban.

Roughly 80% of the Civil Rights team resigned or was fired after Trump won but they are getting their mojo on now. And 2A rights are in her bullseye.

142 Anything else is pure legalistic jiggery pokery and fantasia.

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That's what it's all about.

143 > Yeah, Kodachrome was a different process. One attribute was better color, deeper saturation. Archival quality.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 27, 2026 10:17 PM (/0pJR)

Yes. As far as archival quality goes, the main difference was that Kodachrome (Process K-14) was dyed during processing, rather than having the dyes put in the separate layers at the factory, as with Ektachrome/Fujichrome/Agfachrome/Process E-6 slide film (and Process C-41 color negative film). This meant that you could use Extreme Badass dyes rather than being limited to the pussboi dyes that would work in a so-called "integral tripack".


Process K-14 was a Rube Goldberg procedure of diffusing a colored dye into the film, then diffusing it back out, carefully rexposing the film to light during processing through colored filters built in to the film stack, and about a million other steps.

You needed trained chemists on staff to run a K-14 line. In practice, only Kodak itself and a few very large independent processors could afford to process it.

E-6 and C-41 could be processed by local labs, or even at home if you were a careful worker.

144
Anything else is pure legalistic jiggery pokery and fantasia.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2026 10:26 PM (XV/Pl)

_____________

Look at many state constitutions.

145 What finally killed off the parking lot film booths

https://youtu.be/kQm7KlKlE2o?t=147

146 mouse sperm that was sent to the ISS has been successfully used to rear healthy pups on Earth
.......

each with a human penis growing on their back.

147 Mongo just acorn in forest of life.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 27, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

From which tall pines grow

148 Spider Noir - thanks for the suggestion, I will put it on my play list

149 So, who wants to talk about boobs?

150 People who only look at the menu when they get to the counter.

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Some of us work better under pressure.

151 I think it was Dr. Johnny Fever of WKRP in Cincinnati, who dreamed of working in the little Fotomat booth.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 27, 2026 10:26 PM (mYu4O)
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A lot of the guys who went into that line work were visibly a bit off.

152 “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”

Yeah, there isn’t a lot of room for nonsense there.

This is why the pseudo-intellectuals want you to think only by going to school for 25 years could anyone possibly understand any of it. “Don’t you worry your pretty little head. We’ll tell you what they really meant”

153 One thing I noticed. Cameras cannot begin to capture the colors in nature.

Yes. A few years ago, I was on a cruise to Alaska that took us up close to a glacier. The blues in the ice were so amazingly intense that I can honestly say I've never seen that color anywhere else. I chose not to take pictures because I knew they would be disappointing later.

154 I haven't even thought of Fotomat in decades. I will assume they are long gone in the mists of time.

155 St. Browning.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 27, 2026 10:27 PM (ndZc7)

Mother Glock

156 I was on the road all day today - anything interesting go down?

157 145 What finally killed off the parking lot film booths

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A DeLorean that was also a Time Machine?

158 118 And yes, I've been harboring that grudge against Paul Simon for over 50 years.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 27, 2026 10:22 PM
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Now I'm really glad I didn't put that song in the content...

159 And the two old ladies whom stop and chat in the middle of one of the grocery aisles while perfectly executing a Romulan Blocking Maneuver.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2026 10:24 PM (440br)
==

All the aunties in my neighborhood are thugs. They will hip check you for a seat.

160 Mother Glock
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 10:30 PM (/+uur)
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Glock is of the devil. Repent!

161 Well, Gemini AI says that Fotomat is now entirely out of business. Not even just one store left like Blockbuster. Oh well.

162 Police in Louisiana were called to help round up a mystery emu spotted wandering the city streets.

I saw Mystery Emu open for Rhea's Obsession at the Cajundome in '01.

https://youtu.be/1GBTsPSOLfc

163 I was on the road all day today - anything interesting go down?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2026 10:31 PM (440br)

Sponge was on a plane ride.

We were trying to come up with new ways to call Talarico gay with retarded shit.

164 Aetius451AD, Thank you for that. I thought you were joking, but I looked it up. He is a patron saint of guns. Hallelujah.

165 I was on the road all day today - anything interesting go down?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2026 10:31 PM (440br)
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Ace came out as trans and all the COBs quit in protest.

So, nah.

166 Does this work? Let's see

167 >>> 139 I wonder who the patron saint of firearms is.
Posted by: nerdygirl

St. Browning.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 27, 2026 10:27 PM (ndZc7)

He appears in this series:
https://shorturl.at/u7iTd

168 The 2nd Amendment is pretty much the most clearly written an least ambiguous amendment in the bill of rights.

169 I wonder if you need some kind of permit to haul T Rex on a truck?

170 Wow, didn't know you could do that with Ace's comments.

171 And yes, I've been harboring that grudge against Paul Simon for over 50 years.
Posted by: Oddbob

In my humble opinion, there are two pop composers that might make a nonfrivolous claim to genius, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder. Yes, I know, they're both libtards.

172 123 Evenin’, All. Hey, TRex.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2026 10:23 PM
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Hey Bulg!

173 Chemjeff is back?

174 So, who wants to talk about boobs?
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2026 10:29 PM (77rzZ)

This source?

Eccentrica Gallumbits is the far-famed triple-breasted whore of Eroticon Six. Some people say her erogenous zones start some four miles from her actual body. Ford Prefect disagrees, saying five. It is possible that the Big Bang was actually one of her orgasms. She wrote The Big Bang Theory - A Personal View by Eccentrica Gallumbits and It's Just One Boob After Another.

175 Although, 'jiggery pokery and fantasia', has it's place.

176 Hi Bulg!

177 >>> 169 I wonder if you need some kind of permit to haul T Rex on a truck?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 27, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

Same as feral pigs - only if it's live.

178
Talarico

[X] Live boy
[ ] Dead girl

179 Question: If you take 300 gold bars from the job site to keep at home, do you have to fill out some kind of requisition form so they can check up on them later?

180 Mongo just acorn in forest of life.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 27, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

From which tall pines grow
Posted by: r hennigantx


Wut?

181 Ace came out as trans and all the COBs quit in protest.

So, nah.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 27, 2026 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)

Ace is a Wookiee?

182 Bulg, I don't recall your name from before. Did you have another name in the past?

183 I always try and guess the mystery click. I thought it would be "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

I figured "Photograph" by Def Leppard.

184 Fotomat elves described ease of service as, "About as hard as cottage cheese."

185 Wikipedia has a good description of Process K-14.

https://tinyurl.com/2yh3ay67

186 Although, 'jiggery pokery and fantasia', has it's place.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 27, 2026 10:34 PM (D2ex+)
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This is about me, isn't it?

187 140 I always try and guess the mystery click. I thought it would be "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 27, 2026 10:28 PM
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It was considered but rejected due to oddbob vibes.

188 Hi, Chemjeff!

189 Well, I don't know if it was a record, but my neighbor, Trixie had her husband come home early, and the mailman was pretty darned fast.

190 I wonder if you need some kind of permit to haul T Rex on a truck?
Posted by: Diogenes

Dunno why, but this caused me to wonder what would happen if a T Rex walked to the front of the line during a short arm inspection after a weekend Liberty.

191 The question about the gold bars "from work" is - why were there gold bars WHERE the guy worked?

192 A parish dedicated to Saint Gabriel Possenti would be lit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Like to see Don Lemon invade services in that one.

193 175 Although, 'jiggery pokery and fantasia', has it's place.


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"It's"?

*puts face in hands*

194 Damn, I forgot about the Fotomat. There was one in town where I grew up. Looked similar to the one in the pic. Sitting out there in the middle of a parking lot of a huge chain of stores.

195 I haven't even thought of Fotomat in decades. I will assume they are long gone in the mists of time.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 27, 2026 10:30 PM (bfy6w)

But we still have the pictures.

196 Eeek, a mouse!

197 The "high volume of calls" is always there. It's like "Our menu has recently changed."

198
I figured "Photograph" by Def Leppard.
Posted by: mikeski at May 27, 2026 10:36 PM
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Top contender but didn't make the final cut.

199 It was considered but rejected due to oddbob vibes.

TBF (not Avenger) I don't hate the whole song, just the part about "greens of summer."

200 I figured "Photograph" by Def Leppard.
Posted by: mikeski at May 27, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)
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Hello?

201 Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)
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They do not have a queuing culture.

202 Always appreciate Geils.

203 Any big vacation plans for the summer? I am actually doing a fair bit of traveling this summer. Arkansas, Orlando, Houston.

204 Previous research has shown that human, pig, and mouse sperm become disoriented in microgravity and are therefore less likely to be able to navigate the reproductive tract.

"Disoriented?" So, they're intelligent?

I mean, my nuts do a fair amount of my thinking..... but an individual sperm?

Or are they a hivemind, like bees and ants?

205 The 2nd Amendment is pretty much the most clearly written an least ambiguous amendment in the bill of rights.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2026 10:33 PM (XV/Pl)

Pretty much. We got guns, keep your dick skinners off.

206 "Your idiotic call may be recorded for training purposes or general office merriment"

207 What model and year is the convertible at the photo mart?

208 "It's"?

*puts face in hands*

Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant

Yeah, that's a tricky one because it's not the usual rule for possessives. You just have to remember the exception.

209 Hello! Smiling girls for peak customer service!

210 Like to see Don Lemon invade services in that one.
Posted by: mindful webworker - armed and spirited at May 27, 2026 10:37 PM (YT3Yl)
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Sort of like the Mariachi in the Tarasco bar.

"Forgive me father, for I have just killed a great many men."

211 So, who wants to talk about boobs?
Posted by: Bulg

*raises hand, looks around*

212 "Your call is important to us. Here's a loop of some shitty music to listen to until you finally give up."

213 >>Always appreciate Geils.

Me too. Great guy.

214 Previous research has shown that human, pig, and mouse sperm become disoriented in microgravity and are therefore less likely to be able to navigate the reproductive tract.

"Disoriented?" So, they're intelligent?

I mean, my nuts do a fair amount of my thinking..... but an individual sperm?

Or are they a hivemind, like bees and ants?
Posted by: mikeski, led by multitudes at May 27, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)
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If the sperm stops and asks for directions, you know the end result will be a girl.

215 "Disoriented?" So, they're intelligent?

I mean, my nuts do a fair amount of my thinking..... but an individual sperm?

Or are they a hivemind, like bees and ants?
Posted by: mikeski, led by multitudes at May 27, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)
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Not intelligent, instinctive, like swimming against the current to spawn.

216 "Your call is important to us. Actually, not really - if it was really that important, we wouldn't play shitty music for you. So really just go away or die, either one, we don't care."

217 Could have been "Pictures of You" br The Cure

218 178
Talarico

[X] Live boy
[ ] Dead girl
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


😂

219
Apollo famously used some custom versions of Ektachrome in those Hasseblads.

220 36 Evening all. Had a very promising interview ("the hiring manager is excited, I'll send you an invite to interview with him next week"). Have another scheduled for tomorrow that honestly might be better. Either way, crossing fingers and praying.
Posted by: RandomDave at May 27, 2026 10:09 PM (aJQbY)

Prayers for the best outcome!

221 I always steal gold bars from work. And thumbtacks and stuff.

222 JackStraw thanks, and I have been following the DOJ's new-found attention to constitutional rights including the Second.

Too meaty for an ONT but whig's cite from the Bruen decision contained, as I said above, what seemed a clear statement of the judicial derailment and usurpation. Not just the 2A, but across the board, and not just recently.

If wildly unconstitutional laws were tolerated in the past, then they over-ride the constitution's clear language today. That's actually just part of the problem.

Constitution was designed and intended to be amended as needed. In some ways it has been. But in wide critical areas it's simply ignored, or "interpreted" out of common sense existence, when the populace clearly would be opposed to amending it. The 2A gives no cover whatsoever to this horseshit, so it might be the purest example.

223 What model and year is the convertible at the photo mart?

Fiat 850, prior to 1972 - small bumpers.

Could be as early as 1968 or so?

224 Divine support can only help.

I know about blessing holy water, and various sacramental oils.

I guess the blessing for Hoppes #9 must be in the unabridged catechism?

225 Saw J Geils Band twice in the 80s . Both great shows.

226 Could have been "Pictures of You" br The Cure

"Photographs and Memories" by Jim Croce.

227 182 Chemjeff, I started out as “Bulgaroctonus,” in honor of the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, the “Bulgar-Slayer.” It got whittled down here to “Bulgar,”. Then, finally, the Boss, Ace himself, -referred to me as “Bulg.” So that’s what I adopted as as my formal, Ace-endorsed nic here:

228 Thanks, nerdygirl! Always appreciated!

People who only look at the menu when they get to the counter.
I give people a little more slack about this now that they so often put up digital ads showing the products for 5 minutes, and the actual list of products to order for about 5 seconds, then repeat.

229 217 Could have been "Pictures of You" br The Cure
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 27, 2026 10:43 PM
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Considered but didn't make the cut due to lots of sads. Every comment on YouTube read like a eulogy for someone.

230 The official DNC account told Steven Miller, and I quote, "shut up you ugly fuck" after he congratulated Talerico for being the Dems' first trans Senate candidate.

So Democrat messaging for the midterms is certainly gong well, LOL.

231 I want my car back

It's the green convertible

Left the keys in it while retrieving intimate photos

232 Actually, in my absence, I've gotten a little bit into baking. Not quite yet at the level of Great British Baking Show but still, I have fun making cakes and cookies.

233 ---
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Pastor Talerico
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Thinking more of the Duran Duran video.

Although, with you in mind, pikery pokery may be just the ticket for you.

234 If the sperm stops and asks for directions, you know the end result will be a girl.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Literal LOL. 😂

235 Prayers for the best outcome!
Posted by: Piper

Thanks to you as well, Piper! I know I can count on the 'ettes to have my back!

236 If the sperm stops and asks for directions, you know the end result will be a girl.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2026 10:42 PM (gnNyN)
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Given the direction sense of my daughters, this would explain a lot.

237 Howdy Hordelings and thanks Dino!

238 Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2026 10:44 PM (77rzZ)

Huh, why did you choose to adopt the moniker of Basil II the Bulgar-slayer?

239 227 Apologies to all for my punctuation errors.

240 Actually, in my absence, I've gotten a little bit into baking. Not quite yet at the level of Great British Baking Show but still, I have fun making cakes and cookies.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 27, 2026 10:46 PM (InIxp)
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Jackstraw gets baked a lot.

241 >>Agreed. Well spotted. Tail lights are the big clue.

Spider 124. Early 70s.
Posted by: JackStraw at May

Had a 72 Spider. If that's a spider, I'd guess much earlier, 64 or so. Still not sure.

242 Bulgaroctonus was a good Byzantine emperor, but not top tier.

FUN FACT: From Constantine through Constantine XI Paleologos, the Byzantine Empire had 88 emperors.

243 231
Posted by: Amicable divorce fan Miklos at May 27, 2026 10:46 PM
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Good to see you back. The comments of the week haven't been the same without you.

244 People who brake before exiting the freeway or don't speed up getting on.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I've had to enter the freeway from a dead stop because someone in front of me stopped. Fortunately the traffic on the freeway wasn't very heavy.

245 Wow, getting late. God be with you.

246 I know about blessing holy water, and various sacramental oils.

I guess the blessing for Hoppes #9 must be in the unabridged catechism?
Posted by: mikeski, incensed at May 27, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

Wasn't Holy Hoppes #9 used to bless weapons before battle in a Monty Python movie?

247 20 Hi all! Miss me?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 27, 2026 10:07 PM (InIxp)

😳

248 I'm sorry, but you can't always be experiencing a higher volume of calls than average.

That's not how averages work.

We don't get it.

249 >>If wildly unconstitutional laws were tolerated in the past, then they over-ride the constitution's clear language today. That's actually just part of the problem.

It's been amply demonstrated to all of us over the last decade that we have a huge problem in our legal system, largely our judiciary. They routinely ignore black letter law, overstep their authority and ignore precedent. And why not, there is no downside to going yolo. Neither Roberts nor Congress has done squat to stop them and in some cases like FISA just keeps shoveling them money.

That's the next big problem we have on the to do list.

250 237 Howdy Hordelings and thanks Dino!
Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2026 10:48 PM
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Disco! Tell me you spotted the Sammy Hagar mystery click. Nobody else has mentioned it yet.

251 10 Looks like a Plymouth stationwagon in the background, don't recognize the two dominant cars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 27, 2026 10:02 PM (D2ex+)
____________________

It's been a while since I've seen one, but the two-tone puke green and bird shit white one might be an Opel.

252 247 20 Hi all! Miss me?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 27, 2026 10:07 PM (InIxp)


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What have you done with the real chemjeff?

253 238 Because he was a badass and the last great Roman/Byzantine Emperor.

254 If that's a spider

It's not a 124 spider. Don't know if they called some 850s spiders, though.

255 So Democrat messaging for the midterms is certainly gong well, LOL.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2026 10:46 PM (sabhw)

Its an odd one. Seems a bit less wry than if they were trying to defend Trans honor, you'd think.

256 When I saw that top photo, I figured this would be the mystery link.
https://youtu.be/N4ltLp30KVs

257 What have you done with the real chemjeff?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2026 10:50 PM (u/oMr)

I am the real chemjeff. How have you been Cicero?

258 Sammy Hagar mystery click.

Hey! Don't we have rules here?

259 Kinda dunk.

8 hour day was almost 11.

I spent the long weekend with my boys and daughter in law. It was cathartic. They are amazing young people. All America First. Don’t trust shit from the government. Patriots. They all voted Trump x 2 or 3 depending on eligibility.

260 TRex, for that image I expected "Life in the fastlane", but the Hagar is good too

261 Howdy Hordelings and thanks Dino!
Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2026 10:48 PM
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Disco! Tell me you spotted the Sammy Hagar mystery click. Nobody else has mentioned it yet.
Posted by: TRex - 55mph plus dino at May 27, 2026 10:50 PM (TXyj6)

It's on the far side of the moon. You might have used Godzilla by BOC on the meme of you on the trailer.

262 Jackstraw gets baked a lot.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 27, 2026 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)

he's not the only one

263 Disco! Tell me you spotted the Sammy Hagar mystery click. Nobody else has mentioned it yet.
Posted by: TRex - 55mph plus dino at May 27, 2026 10:50 PM (TXyj6)

Of course. It was hiding in plain sight. But I thought it would be a relevant song from The Eagles

264 I've had to enter the freeway from a dead stop because someone in front of me stopped. Fortunately the traffic on the freeway wasn't very heavy.
Posted by: nerdygirl

So, tell us how much you really enjoy those "metering" lights on certain on-ramps!

Do you hate them as passionately as I?

265 Actually have a consultation Friday with a lawyer from the main law firm in CA that honchos all the 2A cases. Personal matters not pertaining to the Big Issues, but expect there'll be time to engage him a bit to get his views on the trainwreck of 2A "jurisprudence".

266 TRex, for that image I expected "Life in the fastlane", but the Hagar is good too
Posted by: RandomDave at May 27, 2026 10:53 PM
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Considered but Sammy's black Ferrari at speed clinched the win.

267 if it was really that important, we wouldn't play shitty music for you.

I often feel like the music over the closing credits is designed to get everyone out of the theater. Or I did back when I went to theaters.

I guess it worked.

268 Fun asmongold short:

https://youtube.com/shorts/8U8YHS28R
Zk?si=-5nWEOiltwA8Aqsb

269 Dammit and I still broke out of the box.

270 interesting, Emperor Basil II certainly seems to be a curious guy

271 Oh wow, the video for the mystery click is just absolutely scene-chewing awesome, too, TRex.

272 212

"Here's some shitty music to listen to, until you give up and go away."

Some of them play Mozart. One gthat I know of plays "Music written by some of our employees. We hope you enjoy it."

273 I'm sorry, but you can't always be experiencing a higher volume of calls than average.

That's not how averages work.

We don't get it.
Posted by: the parents of Lake Wobegon

It scares me more than a little that I got that.

274 I am the real chemjeff. How have you been Cicero?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 27, 2026 10:52 PM (InIxp)

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Sharp as a whip and smart as a knife.

275 I always try and guess the mystery click. I thought it would be "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

I figured "Photograph" by Def Leppard.
Posted by: mikeski

It could also have been a whole mystery album.

https://youtu.be/saPO0dwOn_k

276 And from the comments: 'when she has enough red flags to sail a pirate ship, but you still want to be the Captain.'

277 214 Previous research has shown that human, pig, and mouse sperm become disoriented in microgravity and are therefore less likely to be able to navigate the reproductive tract.
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In space one can't simply shoot from the hip, he must aim.

278 Missile/drone attack on Kuwait ongoing. Spicy.

279 Has he blessed the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?

280 Why gold bars?

Well it is a currency par excellence. US Dollars aren’t as desirable by foreigners or foreign governments. Recall that when Obie paid off the Iranian mullahs, they wanted Swiss Francs and pallets of gold bullion. Stable. Not dollars. They take up a lot of room now, since $100 is the largest note, and barely buys a box of smokes.

Sometimes you’ll take a slight discount if you want to convert into local currency, but recognized gold coins are universal money everywhere. Very convenient for spooks paying off informants, and paying in dollars or other currencies might result in very awkward questions. Just guessing, mostly. But I doubt I’m mistaken, because I’m not.

281 270 Just don’t piss me off.
— Zombie Basil Ii

282 Fiat 850 Spyder. The was also a rare hardtop called a 850 Racer and a neat little rust bucket coupe called the 850 GT. They were all based on the 850 sedan. Fiats of that Era were subject to the first recall for corrosion, so some models are quite scarce today.

283 Oh man, I remember Simple Minds when I was in highschool. Long time ago. Better times in some ways.

284 So, tell us how much you really enjoy those "metering" lights on certain on-ramps!

Do you hate them as passionately as I?
Posted by: JQ

Technically, those should only be running when the freeway's already doing a brisk 7.5 mph.

When they're still running when everyone's going 75, there's a civil engineer who's gonna be getting the deluxe version of that Far Side cartoon.

285 1972 Fiat 124 Spider.

Scroll down to the rear photo.

https://tinyurl.com/2jvyfz9b

286 283 Oh man, I remember Simple Minds when I was in highschool. Long time ago. Better times in some ways.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 27, 2026 11:01 PM
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Gold star to you for finding the link.

287 278 Missile/drone attack on Kuwait ongoing. Spicy.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 27, 2026 11:00 PM (U/Byj)

Next up... the Arab league steps up and declares war on Iran?

What does the Iraqi Government think about all this... have not heard if they are supporting Iran or not.

288 — Zombie Basil II, I mean

289 “Click here to see if you’ve been Pre-Approved!”

Well, why don’t you just tell me? You should already know if I’m approved or not. Right?

290 >>> 259 Kinda dunk.

8 hour day was almost 11.

I spent the long weekend with my boys and daughter in law. It was cathartic. They are amazing young people. All America First. Don’t trust shit from the government. Patriots. They all voted Trump x 2 or 3 depending on eligibility.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 27, 2026 10:53 PM (0XtpM)

Nurse!!!

291 Amazon trucks have a panic button? And Amazon provides security to drivers? Color me surprised.

292 71 ..... Mars is about 0.38g, call it 1/3.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 27, 2026 10:14 PM (w6EFb)

Why don't we just keep calling it 'Mars'?

293 Gold star to you for finding the link.

Well, I am alive and kicking after all!

294 The emu wandered away from his fellow birds of a feather because he was tired of being ostrichized.

295 Missile/drone attack on Kuwait ongoing. Spicy.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 27, 2026 11:00 PM (U/Byj)
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Why bomb Kuwait?

Why not?

296 Technically, those should only be running when the freeway's already doing a brisk 7.5 mph.

When they're still running when everyone's going 75, there's a civil engineer who's gonna be getting the deluxe version of that Far Side cartoon.
Posted by: mikeski assumes several Special Hells at May 27, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

Calif LOWERED the speed limit on some freeway in January.... now the limit switches from 65 to 70 all the time.

Fun Part? by Calif law if the speed limit is 65, Trucks with trailers have a 55 speed limit, but when it is 70, they can drive 70.

Also, by lowering the speed limit, people are on the road more time... thus more congestion... about 7% more which is noticeably.

297 O Fotomat … ! Why didst thou leaveth us so soon … !?

298 294 The emu wandered away from his fellow birds of a feather because he was tired of being ostrichized.
Posted by: Rex B at May 27, 2026 11:06 PM
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Well played.

299 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljIQo1OHkTI

300 In further news, I had a nice weekend . Managed to score some inexpensive Chevron Regular! Only 6.099/gal!

301 That's the next big problem we have on the to do list.
Posted by: JackStraw

Oh yeah, so much this.

302 297 O Fotomat … ! Why didst thou leaveth us so soon … !?
Posted by: Dr_No at May 27, 2026 11:06 PM (ayRl+)

Fotomat was a Prime job for teenagers when I was a young un...

Not like working Fasty Food which was hard on your skin (damn grease...)

303 S.F. is forecast to get .22" of rain tonight. We haven't had that much rain this late in the rain year in 15 years. I remember back in '98 or so when we got .25" in June and that was biblical.

304 298 294 The emu wandered away from his fellow birds of a feather because he was tired of being ostrichized.
Posted by: Rex B at May 27, 2026 11:06 PM
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Well played.
Posted by: TRex - limu emu dino at May 27, 2026 11:07 PM (TXyj6)

But, did he cross the Road?

305 Amazon, in conjunction with AmeriGas (propane) is now offering home delivery of 20gal tank exchanges provided they're "AmeriGas" branded in select cities.

I see no potential for disaster here.

Nope, none.

306 speaking of rat sperm, look what the cat dragged in .

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Gay Weirdo James Talarico: All of Those "Cringey" Things I Said In the Past Few Years Are Either Completely True or Completely Out of Context

Via Twitchy, the Daily Wire reports that this Totally Real Authentic Bible-Believing Christian attends a church whose library contains gay groomer books.

More from the Daily Wire:

The Texas church where Democrat James Talarico has delivered his radical sermons is pushing radical gender ideology on children, featuring books filled with sexually explicit content and transgender ideology.

Talarico, the Democrat nominee for the crucial Senate election in November, attends St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin. There, children have access to a library stocked with "banned books" that promote ideas rejected by most Christians, including books that contain descriptions of anal rape, incest, and oral sex, according to a Daily Wire review of its offerings.

Books found in the St. Andrew's catalog include the book "Gender Queer," which includes illustrations of oral sex and masturbation, and the book "All Boys Aren't Blue," which discusses anal rape and incest.

"This Book Is Gay," has a chapter on the "ins and outs of gay sex," while the book "Becoming Nicole" tells the story of a gender-confused teen boy who identifies as girl with the support of his family. In "The Courage to Be Queer," the author claims that "God is queer."

Other books in the church catalog include "This Book is Gay," "Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Frontlines of the Movement for Transgender Youth," "Called OUT: The Voices and Gifts of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Presbyterians," "The Courage to Be Queer," and "Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family."

Talarico, looking to flip a Senate seat in a state President Donald Trump won by 14 points in 2024, has faced criticism over comments he made on transgender ideology. It will likely be a central theme in the campaign against him -- in his first speech as the official Republican nominee on Tuesday night, Republican Ken Paxton referred to Talarico as both "Six-Gender Jimmy" and "James Tala-FREAKO."

Republican congressman Brandon Gill on the same stage went after Talarico over the Daily Wire report earlier this year on the time he said the thing he loved most in the world was "trans children."

St. Andrew's, the church where Talarico delivered his sermon that asserted that "our trans community needs abortion care too," says it offers banned books so that children can find "affirmation in the books they read." It boasts that the books "shift our perspective, develop empathy, and see more clearly the call to justice among all people."

"We are a safe haven for controversial narratives right in the heart of Texas, the state that takes the top prize in challenged books. Take a moment to browse our collection of banned books and see what you notice ... common themes ... particular experiences and identities being censored," the church says of its banned books collection.

Talarico has voted in the state legislature against keeping men out of women's sports and claimed it was "abusive" and "destructive" if parents did not accept their child's alleged gender identity.

He has also stated his belief that "god is nonbinary," and that Jesus was a "radical feminist."

Here are some pages from this Groomer Manual.

Literally every aspect of "Christianity" is, according to this gay pretender, a validation of homosexuality and transgenderism:

CBS: "In 2021, you said God is non-binary. What did you mean by that? Do you regret describing it that way?"

Talarico: "God can't be defined by human categories. There are some statements I've made that I regret. Ken Paxton is intentionally clipping my cringey comments." pic.twitter.com/8NRdjewCsP

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) May 27, 2026

Only an idiot would fall for this. It’s not as if he even argued that God transcends any earthly classification. He purposely used the woke neologism for people who claim they don’t align with either "man" or "woman." https://t.co/Wsk4GtSydP

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) May 27, 2026

Here's the passage of the Bible that this Fabulously False Prophet is lying about:

Tom Fitton
@TomFitton

Leftist @jamestalarico again purposefully misquotes the Holy Bible to push devious falsehood God is transgender (in order to attack those who want to protect children from transgender extremist mutilation and abuse.) The passages he lies about are these:

"For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus.

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendant, heirs according to the promise." Galatians, 3:26-29.

From that he gets "Jesus sayeth that we're all non-binary."

He also says that Mary had to "give consent" to not abort Jesus:

Talarico says Mary had to give consent not to abort Jesus

There’s a word for this

The word is “blasphemy” pic.twitter.com/KWdCN1UMTa

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) May 27, 2026

Before you say, "Wait a minute, Ace, you claimed that his every single 'religious' interpretation was about homosexuality and transgenderism, but that last quote was about abortion, which does not involve homoexuality or transgenderism," well why don't you stop being wrong for one minute of your entire error-filled life and watch this:

JAMES TALARICO: “Our trans community needs abortion care too!”

THIS is the guy Democrats just nominated for US Senate.

In TEXAS 🤣🤡 pic.twitter.com/sDP97ptR49

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 27, 2026

Oh, he also says that atheists are "more Christ-like" than actual Christians.

Oh, and he says that "whiteness" is a "virus" we must immunize ourselves against:

Now that the primary is over, Paxton and the GOP are finally running ads against this blasphemous gay weirdo.

Here's another ad talking about Talarico crowing that his was the first campaign to add "pronouns" to their business cards, and thanking Jesus for helping him cure his "my whiteness and my masculinity." Dude, I don't think Jesus had anything to do with curing you of masculinity. I think it was just genetics.

And he was also very proud that his campaign is officially "meat-free" and buys only vegan products from ethical producers:

James Talarico: "I am proud to say that our campaign has officially become a non-meat campaign. We are only buying vegan products from our local vegan businesses." #TXsenpic.twitter.com/SkZZ05IXMj

— Lone Star Liberty PAC (@LoneStar_PAC) May 27, 2026

Longtime readers will no doubt remember the Invasion of the Concerned Christian Conservatives of 2007-2008. As Obama was running for president, and his campaign manager David Axelrod openly promoted using astroturf -- fake grassroots enthusiasm -- to promote his Manchurian Candidate, there were suddenly dozens of never-before-seen commenters (and never again seen, too) who flooded the comments areas with comments that all followed the same three scripts:

Hi everyone. I've been a conservative Christian my whole life, but I'm very concerned about the direction that Bush took this country in, and which McCain is threatening to take it. While I have never before voted for a Democrat of any kind, I'm so concerned about the state of the country that I have decided to vote for the moderate centrist common-sense Democrat Barack Obama.

He will bring hope to the country and heal our wounds.

Over and over and over and over -- the same canned script being pumped out by David Axelrod's army of Paid Election Interferers.

We used to call this "Mobying" because Moby, the bald gay vegan techno musician no one ever liked, explicitly championed spamming the comments of news sites and blogs with fake messages to trick Christians into voting for the extinction of Western civilization.

We saw a very clumsy effort from the Democrats to convince us that all straight truck-driving beer-drinking Real Men were totally supporting Noted He-Man Tim Walz.

You will not be too terribly surprised to learn that the same Concerned Christian Conservative Seminar Commenters have been reactivated to boost the gay Satanic seminarian Talarico:

Ryan J Higgins, Ed.D.
@ryanjhiggins

I'm a straight white dude, a veteran who grew up in a military family on farms in the Midwest. Moved to Texas on a scholarship from the Army.

I drive a truck, listen to country music, and love football.

I dare anybody to call me UnAmerican, and I'm fully behind Talarico.

Former AOS commenter and now NR cuck Jeff Behar made a good point about Talarico: Every claim he makes about "Christianity" is "instrumental."

What he means by that is that Talarico never talks about Christ except to twist his words to support a far-left/transgender extremist agenda item. He never talks about the sacrifice of Christ, nor the salvation he offers. He never asks for prayer nor offers them.

No, to Talarico, the New Testament only exists to prefigure the Democrat Socialists' 2026 agenda. The Bible and Christ Himself only exist as a pretext for pushing far-left talking points about gays, transgenders, abortion, and veganism.

By the way, the exact same critique can be made about Tuq'r Qarlson's "Christianity." He literally never talks about "Christianity" except to advance his Horseshoe Party socialist/antisemtic Nazi propaganda. Again, not a single blessed word about Christ except as a political prop.

Now of course, people's political beliefs can be informed by Christianity. I don't doubt that.

But if your only interest in "Christianity" is to advance your Current Year ephemeral culture war bullshit, and you never talk about the glory of Christ except in the context of promoting transgenderism for children or slamming the Jews, then you're a Fake Christian.

The Bee: Democrats Hopeful that the Average Texas Voter Wants to Ban Steak and Things God Is Gay.