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First World Problems...

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The best and highest expression of the snacker's art includes no utensils or vessels. No knives or spoons or plates or bowls...just the food containers and an appetite.

But for some unfathomable reason, the makers of peanut butter (Big Peanut) chose not to package their product in vessels that do not require a utensil, once the magic first 50% has been consumed.

We all know that the first portion of peanut butter, lovingly scraped up from the pristine surface with a mini pretzel, is a prized and rare experience.

But so is the last bit of peanut butter embedded in the corner of the jar, and Big Peanut has conspired to steal that from us, and require a spoon or a knife or some other backward tool to get at the mother lode.

We are not chimpanzees trolling for termites with long sticks! We have evolved past that, and I demand that Big Peanut keep up!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM




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1 Wait

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Hiya Skip

Posted by: javems at May 31, 2026 02:03 PM (zFsEm)

3 Back, to start I am up.on my room with leaf blower, besides roof with lots of debris, gutters were filled and had standing water in them. Now its also on me. And its stinky

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)

4 BigSpatula has an answer for that.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 31, 2026 02:04 PM (vbXSk)

5 Skip > Skippy

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 02:04 PM (i2Ycu)

6 I HAVE JUST THIS DAY enjoyed peanut butter on Ritz crackers

It's a good thing
what you need is a small flexible spatula to get every last bit of PB out of the jar

BTW the all-natural PBs are the Way
anything with molasses in it is not true peanut better

Posted by: Don Black at May 31, 2026 02:04 PM (ZxPkt)

7 Hmm. I've never tried warming peanut butter in the microwave...but it might liquify? Soften, surely.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2026 02:05 PM (XeU6L)

8
Spatula City!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 02:06 PM (n7rxJ)

9 Chyrons. Fucking chyrons. Telling you what you what you'd see if the chyron wasn't in the way. And layers of chyrons one over another!
Pedestrians who don't push "walk" buttons, or push the wrong one making light longer.
Jungle.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 31, 2026 02:06 PM (Kt19C)

10 Hmm. Never thought about cleaning the house with a leaf blower. Hate the thought of flushing the dust bunnies out of their homes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2026 02:07 PM (XeU6L)

11
Hmm. I've never tried warming peanut butter in the microwave...but it might liquify? Soften, surely.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

The container will probably try to melt.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 31, 2026 02:07 PM (Cqx++)

12 peanut butter in the microwave...

Splodey buttah

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 31, 2026 02:08 PM (Kt19C)

13 Had a delicious "peanut butter bomb" desert yesterday which also had chocolate and whipped cream. I shared it with the family. It was very good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 02:09 PM (PFs9e)

14 The container will probably try to melt.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
--------

Which reminds me. Am I the only one who has experienced a microwave fire?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2026 02:09 PM (XeU6L)

15 Spatula. Trust me. I go through the huge jar of peanut butter in less than 2 weeks.

Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 02:10 PM (LHPAg)

16 Hmm. Never thought about cleaning the house with a leaf blower. Hate the thought of flushing the dust bunnies out of their homes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2026 02:07 PM (XeU6L)

I do use a compressed air can to clean off my loading bench. Just makes all those grains of powder just disappear!

Posted by: RI Red at May 31, 2026 02:11 PM (JW6Az)

17 Peanut butter used to come in squeeze tubes like toothpaste.
MRE come in squeeze packets.
Ever tried peanut butter and bacon on toast?

Posted by: FormerHostage at May 31, 2026 02:11 PM (fNtwW)

18 My entire world was turned upside down when I learned of the existence of Biscoff cookies but more importantly when I learned the existence of Biscoff Cookie Butter.

Like Pete's Hot Sauce, I put that sh*t on everything.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 02:11 PM (XV/Pl)

19 Peanut butter on pretzels?

Odd.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:12 PM (zZu0s)

20 Big Peanut bit my sister once.

Posted by: goatexchange at May 31, 2026 02:12 PM (hyS0X)

21 Room? Roof .
I need a shower

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:13 PM (Ia/+0)

22 Women beach volleyball on TV.
Those bodies...

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 31, 2026 02:15 PM (Kt19C)

23
Peanut butter on pretzels?

Odd.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

===============

It's so common they're now making peanut butter IN pretzels.

Ritz crackers, pretzels, Cheez-its, and Saltines are one of my FWPs. They won't seem to go away. People, WWII is over. Julia Child saved us from Del Monte Party Platters. We can eat now, ffs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 02:17 PM (n7rxJ)

24 Room? Roof .
I need a shower
Posted by: Skip
-------

My gaffes/misspellings here could fill a book.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2026 02:17 PM (XeU6L)

25 I am more of a jif man myself. But I have been trying to cut back on bread. So no peanut butter and grape jam sandwiches.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:18 PM (zZu0s)

26 8
Spatula City!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 02:06 PM (n7rxJ)

I liked their spatulas so much I bought the company.

Posted by: Cy Greenblum at May 31, 2026 02:18 PM (TbWk/)

27 >>I've never tried warming peanut butter in the microwave...but it might liquify?

Yep. Wife does this on Wasa crackers with honey. Loves it.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 31, 2026 02:18 PM (NcvvS)

28 Ritz crackers, pretzels, Cheez-its, and Saltines are one of my FWPs. They won't seem to go away. People, WWII is over. Julia Child saved us from Del Monte Party Platters. We can eat now, ffs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 02:17 PM (n7rxJ)

Objection!

Chicken in a Biscuit and buttery Club crackers are still wonderful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:19 PM (zZu0s)

29 Extra crunchy>>>smooth pb.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 31, 2026 02:20 PM (qrWl3)

30 25 I am more of a jif man myself. But I have been trying to cut back on bread. So no peanut butter and grape jam sandwiches.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:18 PM (zZu0s)
Jif in cream of wheat, malt-o-meal, grits, on ANY cracker, on ANY meat sandwich, and most raw vegetables.

Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 02:21 PM (LHPAg)

31 My first wife hated for me to get butter in the peanut butter. Current wife hates for me to get peanut butter in the butter.

Posted by: javems at May 31, 2026 02:21 PM (zFsEm)

32 I was a crunchy guy in my yute. I think the flavor is better with a good jam with creamy, though. If you are just there for the peanut butter, then crunchy is still king.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:22 PM (zZu0s)

33 You type while on a roof.
I feel better now

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:22 PM (Ia/+0)

34 17 Peanut butter used to come in squeeze tubes like toothpaste.
MRE come in squeeze packets.
Ever tried peanut butter and bacon on toast?
Posted by: FormerHostage at May 31, 2026 02:11 PM (fNtwW)

"Knead before opening."
MRE peanutbutter was oil and some dirt like substance if you didn't knead it before opening.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 02:23 PM (bupRa)

35 Jif in cream of wheat, malt-o-meal, grits, on ANY cracker, on ANY meat sandwich, and most raw vegetables.
Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 02:21 PM (LHPAg)

*slow look of horror*

Cream of Wheat? Butter. Sugar. Done.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:23 PM (zZu0s)

36 If you are just there for the peanut butter, then crunchy is still king.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:22 PM (zZu0s)

The pretzels add the perfect crunchy counterpoint to the smoothness of the peanut butter.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:23 PM (iERP6)

37 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:18 PM (zZu0s)
Jif in cream of wheat, malt-o-meal, grits, on ANY cracker, on ANY meat sandwich, and most raw vegetables.
Posted by: Eromero
------

I can't believe that it would make Cream of Rice delectable...but maybe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2026 02:23 PM (XeU6L)

38 28 Ritz crackers, pretzels, Cheez-its, and Saltines are one of my FWPs. They won't seem to go away. People, WWII is over. Julia Child saved us from Del Monte Party Platters. We can eat now, ffs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 02:17 PM (n7rxJ)

Objection!

Chicken in a Biscuit and buttery Club crackers are still wonderful.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:19 PM (zZu0s)

They kept Chicken in a Biscuit but got rid of the bacon flavored crackers. Why? Because they were great and I loved them. Fucking bastards.

Posted by: Bacon-hating commie cocksuckers at May 31, 2026 02:24 PM (TbWk/)

39 Cream of Wheat? Butter. Sugar Salt. Done.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:23 PM (zZu0s)

FIFY.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:24 PM (iERP6)

40 Big Spatula is the answer.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 31, 2026 02:24 PM (w6EFb)

41 Crunchy peanut butter has never been my jam, see what I did there.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 02:24 PM (XV/Pl)

42 The pretzels add the perfect crunchy counterpoint to the smoothness of the peanut butter.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:23 PM (iERP6)

Hmm. Part of my point is if you have two savory items (pretzels and peanut butter) to make an ensemble, you need a sweet counterpoint. Do they make some sort of sugary pretzel?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:25 PM (zZu0s)

43 Oh. My fix for the small openings is to buy the industrial size 124oz generic crap.
That way you can fit your hand inside to get the last bit out.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 02:25 PM (bupRa)

44 FIFY.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:24 PM (iERP6)

You put saltpeter in your coffee, don't you?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:26 PM (zZu0s)

45 4 BigSpatula has an answer for that.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 31, 2026 02:04 PM (vbXSk)

This one gets it.

I cannot believe it took me so long to realize that a simple spatula solves all of these problems. PB and mayo jars don't stand a chance anymore. I get the last bit of substance out of the container, and it does such a good job I don't even need to wash the jar before tossing it

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 31, 2026 02:26 PM (RMMRf)

46 They kept Chicken in a Biscuit but got rid of the bacon flavored crackers. Why? Because they were great and I loved them. Fucking bastards.
Posted by: Bacon-hating commie cocksuckers at May 31, 2026 02:24 PM (TbWk/)
When did you last see pork flavor ramen, not that you actually use the flavor packet in any ramen?

Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 02:26 PM (LHPAg)

47 My other taxing 1WP is my tailgate is wrecked, got some of worse out but isn't workable. I have it back on and it was difficult as well as not latchon the wrecked side.
I worked on it a lot yesterday and no harm in keep trying some other day.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

48 35 Jif in cream of wheat, malt-o-meal, grits, on ANY cracker, on ANY meat sandwich, and most raw vegetables.
Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 02:21 PM (LHPAg)

*slow look of horror*

Cream of Wheat? Butter. Sugar. Done.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at

The horror was cream of wheat? Grits are on this list!

Posted by: Piper at May 31, 2026 02:27 PM (1bnYT)

49 Have a FWP for the food thread involving incomplete recipes.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 02:28 PM (YYKrY)

50 Best coffee additive
%75 potassium
%15 charcoal
%10 Saltpetre








Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:29 PM (Ia/+0)

51 48 35 Jif in cream of wheat, malt-o-meal, grits, on ANY cracker, on ANY meat sandwich, and most raw vegetables.
Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 02:21 PM (LHPAg)

*slow look of horror*

Cream of Wheat? Butter. Sugar. Done.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at

The horror was cream of wheat? Grits are on this list!
Posted by: Piper at May 31, 2026 02:27 PM (1bnYT)

Missing one thing. Cream. Heavy cream makes anything better. Add that, and I'm done. Works with grits as well. That's the only way I eat them.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 31, 2026 02:29 PM (RMMRf)

52 Justin’s peanut butter is available in a packet. Skipy natural is available in a squeeze tube.

Posted by: Piper at May 31, 2026 02:29 PM (1bnYT)

53 The horror was cream of wheat? Grits are on this list!
Posted by: Piper at May 31, 2026 02:27 PM (1bnYT)

What you thought the meat sandwich was OK.

Know what I want on my Philly cheese steak? A nice ribbon of jif!

Fucking hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:29 PM (zZu0s)

54 Which reminds me. Am I the only one who has experienced a microwave fire?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2026 02:09 PM (XeU6L)

Take the potato out of the foil jacket before you reheat it in the microwave!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 02:29 PM (6VD39)

55 Quit putting peanut butter in jars. Square boxes.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 02:30 PM (5P5DO)

56 41 Crunchy peanut butter has never been my jam, see what I did there.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 02:24 PM (XV/Pl)

Crunchy peanut butter has an entirely different set of essential properties than jam and can therefore never be jam. Thus your statement, which I can only assume to be an attempt at what humans refer to as "humor," is self-defeating and illogical.

Posted by: Cmdr. Spock, food critic at May 31, 2026 02:31 PM (TbWk/)

57 Hey CBD, did you ever make it to the Scarsdale?

It was good in 2016. Best Nachos Ive ever had oddly. It was the cheese and sour cream I reckon. Tried again in 2018 and was OK.

Posted by: javems at May 31, 2026 02:31 PM (zFsEm)

58 Which reminds me. Am I the only one who has experienced a microwave fire?
Posted by: Mike Hammer


Had a lady at work cook popcorn.
Set timer for 30:00 instead of 3:00.
Walked off. Came back when fire department was exiting the kitchen. Microwave didn't burn. But the popcorn did.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 02:32 PM (YYKrY)

59 I have a coffee can sized can of "Dehydrated Peanutbutter".
Packaged in 1969. I'm afraid to open it and find out what 57 year old dehydrated peanutbutter looks like.
I keep it to say I have it.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 02:33 PM (bupRa)

60 Best coffee additive
%75 potassium
%15 charcoal
%10 Saltpetre

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:29 PM (Ia/+0)

There may be some confusion here: gunpowder is a traditional South Indian spice blend made with roasted lentils, sesame seeds, dried red chilies, and curry leaves. Still not sure if I want it in my coffee.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 02:33 PM (6VD39)

61 Crunchy peanut butter has an entirely different set of essential properties than jam and can therefore never be jam. Thus your statement, which I can only assume to be an attempt at what humans refer to as "humor," is self-defeating and illogical.
Posted by: Cmdr. Spock, food critic


Spot on, Cpt. Obvious

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 02:34 PM (YYKrY)

62 Peanut butter on a banana requires a knife...the same kind of tool that will be able to relocate deep peanut butter to a pretzel or small bowl for said accommodation.

The Committee on 1st World Problems rules this predicament has a simple solution. Next!

Posted by: DanMan at May 31, 2026 02:34 PM (8uzBS)

63 Hmm. I've never tried warming peanut butter in the microwave...but it might liquify? Soften, surely.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

That is my first-world solution to using peanut butter in baking. Warm it up so it pours and mixes like honey, rather than like..... peanut butter.

Posted by: mikeski at May 31, 2026 02:35 PM (VHUov)

64 I have a coffee can sized can of "Dehydrated Peanutbutter".
Packaged in 1969. I'm afraid to open it and find out what 57 year old dehydrated peanutbutter looks like.
I keep it to say I have it.
Posted by: Reforger


I have a can of dehydrated water in my bug out bag.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 02:36 PM (YYKrY)

65 Worse than peanut butter jars - the stupid shape of Pace salsa jars!

A pox on the entire families of the committee that came up with that monstrosity.

Posted by: Fritzy at May 31, 2026 02:36 PM (2GIh1)

66 The Committee on 1st World Problems rules this predicament has a simple solution. Next!
Posted by: DanMan at May 31, 2026 02:34 PM (8uzBS)

Plantiff: yes. Sock seams should not be able to want to ride under the big toe. Or any toe!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:37 PM (zZu0s)

67 I can get that out of there for you.

Posted by: The dog at May 31, 2026 02:38 PM (bupRa)

68 Did it ever occur to you that the container holding peanut butter is perfect, and the pretzel is shaped improperly?

In fact, I'd inquire, did you think the concept of "pretzel sticks" was just some random decision by some guy bored on a Tuesday afternoon trying to justify his job and cure his personal boredom?

Nay....Nay I say. It was genius. It was identifying a problem, and taking positive steps to resolve the situation.

Heard in the halls of Tom Sturgis Pretzels: "Go ahead you Skippy-minded idiots, I dare you to make your jars bigger. I've got a six foot pretzel stick mold and I'm not afraid to use it. GAME ON!!!"

Posted by: Orson at May 31, 2026 02:39 PM (dIske)

69 Farmer's Market, Amish fresh-made nut butters in wide mouthed pint containers.

And s teaspoon.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 31, 2026 02:39 PM (NFX2v)

70 Flying home. It’s a little bumpy.

Posted by: Piper at May 31, 2026 02:40 PM (PebD5)

71 Part of my point is if you have two savory items (pretzels and peanut butter) to make an ensemble, you need a sweet counterpoint.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:25 PM (zZu0s)

You have been brainwashed by Big Sugar and Big HFCS.

Salt is the core of flavor. Sugar is for effete, new age hipsters who have pronouns.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:40 PM (iERP6)

72 Flying home. It’s a little bumpy.
Posted by: Piper at May 31, 2026 02:40 PM (PebD5)

It'll be fine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)

73 Installed a new ring camera yesterday. Entire system updated. Their alerting system has gotten weirdly specific.

"Motion detected. There is a grey raccoon eating from a bowl on the porch."

"Motion detected. There is a cat laying on the porch".

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 02:40 PM (YYKrY)

74 I was addicted to Jiff for about 60 decades. The I started reducing carbs. PF Fit powder, though advertised for being low fat, is easy to sprinkle out if you don’t want to use a measuring scoop. Using Coconut, avacodo or (gasp) peanut oil you get a whole 2 g carbs per 2 tbspn. I use it mainly to add to dark chocolate powder flavored whey smoothies (Reese eat your heart out) but also can be used for spicy peanut sauces for various stir fry recipes. As far as regular PB jars go, I have very long fingers….

Posted by: epador at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (TRnzq)

75 If you wanted bumps should have taken a train

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (Ia/+0)

76 In fact, I'd inquire, did you think the concept of "pretzel sticks" was just some random decision by some guy bored on a Tuesday afternoon trying to justify his job and cure his personal boredom?

Posted by: Orson at May 31, 2026 02:39 PM (dIske)

Obviously you are a beginner at this.

Pretzel sticks are fine idea...in theory. But they are structurally unsound, and will break before they scoop enough peanut butter from the lower 25% of the jar.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (iERP6)

77 I’ll bet that dehydrated peanut butter is just as good today as when it was packaged back in 1969!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (6VD39)

78 Salt is the core of flavor. Sugar is for effete, new age hipsters who have pronouns.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:40 PM (iERP6)

Objection! You Zionist reichwing commie!

Peanut Butter cups are the apex of free market triumph over the bland, geriatric oh-i-need-stuff-that-makes-my-
bowel-movements-easy socialism!*

*had to chop that as I was not sure if it would blow margins.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:43 PM (zZu0s)

79 Spatula. Trust me. I go through the huge jar of peanut butter in less than 2 weeks.
Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 02:10 PM (LHPAg)

*Raises hand, meekly*

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 31, 2026 02:43 PM (5xuJ/)

80 As far as regular PB jars go, I have very long fingers….

Posted by: epador at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (TRnzq)

Evolution at work! Darwin is vindicated!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:44 PM (iERP6)

81 60 decades?! Who are you, Methuselah?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 02:44 PM (6VD39)

82 I’ll bet that dehydrated peanut butter is just as good today as when it was packaged back in 1969!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (6VD39)

Yeah, 0 water activity. As long as it is sealed where it could not leach moisture.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)

83 Replying to Orson: I used to make my own pretzel sticks back in my car by days. Celery, however, is shaped much more appropriately for deep jars.

Posted by: epador at May 31, 2026 02:44 PM (TRnzq)

84 I have very long fingers….

Posted by: epador at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (TRnzq)

Go on.....

Posted by: Rosy O'Donut at May 31, 2026 02:45 PM (5xuJ/)

85 With a little practice, you can skip the spatula and just lick the last of the peanut butter out of the bottom of the jar.

Posted by: Women With Suspiciously Short Haircuts at May 31, 2026 02:45 PM (YYotJ)

86 Oh hell Nemo, you know I can’t proofread and my keyboard loves to double letters and nummbberrs.

Posted by: epador at May 31, 2026 02:46 PM (TRnzq)

87 Speaking of peanut butter...

MH Ready-Patch is great stuff. Much better than any other putty I have used. And it takes paint very well!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:46 PM (iERP6)

88 I was addicted to Jiff for about 60 decades.
Posted by: epador at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (TRnzq)

600 years?! Ah ha. We have sniffed you out, Vic. Like Duncan McLeod you decided it was time for a name change!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)

89 Oh! Your initial premise is spot on. I love opening a new jar of peanut butter that has the oil floating on the top. Spread that juice on a piece of carb and then bite into its succulents is one of the most satisfying gastronomical pleasures I can experience.

Posted by: John at May 31, 2026 02:46 PM (0DsdP)

90 When did you last see pork flavor ramen, not that you actually use the flavor packet in any ramen?
Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 02:26 PM (LHPAg)
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We've got a ton of it at my store.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 31, 2026 02:47 PM (TZz9Q)

91 Do they still make Peter Pan Peanut Butter?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 31, 2026 02:49 PM (hv2WN)

92 Sidebar: did they have peanut butter in 1426?

Further sidebar: peanuts were evidently a new world plant originating in Bolivia, Uruguay, etc. They probably put it in their cream of wheat. Or potatoes. No wonder the Spanish eradicated them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:50 PM (zZu0s)

93 My dad will put peanut butter, bologna in his cereal and milk in a bowl.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:51 PM (Ia/+0)

94
Sugar is for effete, new age hipsters who have pronouns.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

==============

Clearly, you were not a Kaboom kid.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 02:51 PM (n7rxJ)

95 77 I’ll bet that dehydrated peanut butter is just as good today as when it was packaged back in 1969!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (6VD39)

I'll be very, very hungry if I ever find out.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 02:52 PM (bupRa)

96 Obviously you are a beginner at this.

Pretzel sticks are fine idea...in theory. But they are structurally unsound, and will break before they scoop enough peanut butter from the lower 25% of the jar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:42 PM (iERP6)
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I see....I see...but, you are mistaken. We not only give you the means to pair pretzels to deep-jar peanut butter, but we temper your primal urges. Gluttony has no place in the pretzel/ peanut butter universe. A symbiotic balance is a necessity.

Do you chug a fine bottle of wine? Do you smoke four Padrón 60th Anniversary Perfectos at the same time? No, sir. You do not.

If your pretzel stick is snapping at the weight, I declare that your form and routine is flawed. Blame not the pretzel. Blame not the jar. Blame the man wielding the "gun". Blame the man driving the "SUV". Blame those knock-off bastards over at Rold Gold.
:0

Posted by: Orson at May 31, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)

97 "On line lunch mob." Doesn't sound too bad to me.

David Crockett
@davidcrockett08
Oh, so to defend their candidate [Platner] lying to his wife and the public, his highly paid consultants decided to lie about the staffer in the hopes of setting up an online lunch mob against her.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 02:54 PM (ndZc7)

98 Daaaaaaaaang! CBD have done hit on one of my personal grudges with the makers of the Butter of the Pea Nut: Y' never get easy access to things below the 75%-gone mark … Come ON, people! Do it right!

Posted by: Dr_No at May 31, 2026 02:57 PM (ayRl+)

99 Posted by: Orson at May 31, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)

Folks...this is how it is done.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 02:58 PM (iERP6)

100 How about a wider, shorter jar?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:58 PM (zZu0s)

101 This must be a FWP. At least I never heard of it before.

WOKE OVERLOAD: Democrat lawmakers Yassamin Ansari, Adelita Grijalva, and Rashida Tlaib recently held a press conference on how much their periods hurt -- and how it is "economic violence" when employers don't pay women to stay home from work when they are menstruating.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 02:58 PM (ndZc7)

102 Paterson > Jersey City

https://tinyurl.com/us67s2fn

Philistines upon you, America!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 02:59 PM (i2Ycu)

103 Posted by: Orson at May 31, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)

Heh. My only quibble is how to get the last 25% of peanut out of the jar and how either the jar or the pretzel should do better is indeed the province of the glutton.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:00 PM (zZu0s)

104 This must be a FWP. At least I never heard of it before.

WOKE OVERLOAD: Democrat lawmakers Yassamin Ansari, Adelita Grijalva, and Rashida Tlaib recently held a press conference on how much their periods hurt -- and how it is "economic violence" when employers don't pay women to stay home from work when they are menstruating.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Here's a third-world solution: go back to the barefoot-and-pregnant life that your home societies adore, and stop inflicting yourselves on the rest of us.

Posted by: mikeski at May 31, 2026 03:00 PM (VHUov)

105 when employers don't pay women to stay home from work when they are menstruating.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 02:58 PM (ndZc7)

My work allows us to use vacation for sick days.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

106 Read all the comments through 83. Two things, from someone with a fairly distant relationship with peanut butter.
Peter Pan?
Celery?

Posted by: From about That Time at May 31, 2026 03:02 PM (sl73Y)

107 I really want to try a tahini and grape jam sandwich. I bet it would be good as the contrast between the bitter, but rich tahini and the sweet jam would be great.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:02 PM (zZu0s)

108 I've been following the media freakout about the lonestar tick and I notice one gap in all the scare mongering.

So the condition the ticks cause was identified in 2002, and likely the first cases were found in the 1980s by reviewing medical records.

Now unlike say Lyme disease, this isn't something that can be subtle. You could eat meat before...now you can't without a severe allergic reaction. So that means the disease emerged in the 1980s.

So...how? This is caused by tick saliva. Did the ticks evolve to have this? If so, what environmental pressure did this help them solve because based on the spread it must be something significant right? And there seems to be zero interest in how it came about.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)

109 Here's a third-world solution: go back to the barefoot-and-pregnant life that your home societies adore, and stop inflicting yourselves on the rest of us.
Posted by: mikeski at May 31, 2026 03:00 PM (VHUov)

This IS a solution- you don't have periods while pregnant, ladies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:03 PM (zZu0s)

110 Containers such as hand creme should have slightly sloped internal surfaces so the product can move towards the center pump.

I'm not throwing away 20% plus of a product.


Oh, Pluto tv and my tv volume which goes up to 100. For sleeping, volume level 4 is too soft but level 5 is too loud.


My yard is done and looks beautiful. The 170 pound concrete monkey statues may be put in place today!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 31, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)

111 And there seems to be zero interest in how it came about.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)

Talking about Alpha Gall(sp?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)

112 @ 77 I’ll bet that dehydrated peanut butter is just as good today as when it was packaged back in 1969!
_________________________________________

The C-rats we had (leftovers from '44) were all uniformly excellent. Except the 'scrambled eggs' one. The PB always came with a separate pack of jam / jelly / miscellaneous spread to make a peanut butter 'n cracker sammich … never a bad packet was to be had.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 31, 2026 03:04 PM (ayRl+)

113 For as much as I like peanut butter, I don't go putting on everything

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 03:05 PM (Ia/+0)

114 Blame those knock-off bastards over at Rold Gold.
:0
Posted by: Orson


🖕🏻Rold Gold.
They used to make the BEST sourdough big pretzels on the market. Then they quit. No one else comes close.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 03:05 PM (YYKrY)

115 I discovered SuperPretzel in the freezer section and I may have a problem.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:06 PM (zZu0s)

116 My FWP is that the power went out for over an hour and a half. No storm. No high winds. Just off.

Oh, well. I guess that I will be able to cook dinner after all.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 03:06 PM (qFwJc)

117 Apple wedges, while good with peanut butter, are unsuited for use as a utensil. The peanut butter just slides off the wedge.

Much frustration has ensued with this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 31, 2026 03:07 PM (jehhT)

118 Oh, peanut butter!!

There actually is an all peanut brand of peanut butter from Kraft you have to mix up AND STORE UPSIDE DOWN!

So everything is at the top when you open it.

If Canada has that, the US must.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 31, 2026 03:08 PM (Sco7b)

119 when employers don't pay women to stay home from work when they are menstruating.

Feminists: Women can do anything men can do...but better!

Also Feminists: But we need a week off for our period. Oh and another week for PMS

Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

120 And there seems to be zero interest in how it came about.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)

Talking about Alpha Gall(sp?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD


One l. Alpha Gal.
Alpha-gal syndrome is a type of food allergy. It can happen after a tick bite. The allergy is to red meat and other products that come from mammals. Alpha-gal syndrome can be life-threatening.

In the United States, the condition most often begins with the bite of the lone star tick. Other types of ticks cause the condition in different parts of the world, mainly in parts of Europe, Australia, Asia, South Africa, and South and Central America.

Alpha-gal syndrome causes mild to intense allergies to red meat, such as beef, pork or lamb. It also can cause reactions to other foods that come from mammals, such as dairy products or gelatin.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 03:09 PM (YYKrY)

121 That would be hell. A commies wet dream.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:10 PM (zZu0s)

122 Read all the comments through 83. Two things, from someone with a fairly distant relationship with peanut butter.
Peter Pan?
Celery?
Posted by: From about That Time at May 31, 2026 03:02 PM (sl73Y)


Two very good things.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 03:10 PM (2WIwB)

123 I would not be surprised to find out alpha-gal syndrome is being pushed by Bill Gates to gorce people to eat fake meat.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 03:10 PM (YYKrY)

124 Protect yourself from flooding.

https://tinyurl.com/m8jdu878

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 03:13 PM (ndZc7)

125 I had ground squirrels. Destructive bastards. They were eating out underneath a several hundred year old oak (that if it collapsed would obliterate my house).

I used rat poison and the bottom 1/4 of Nutella and mixed it up and no more squirrels! It was the perfect size for rodents too.

Posted by: Doctor Mew at May 31, 2026 03:13 PM (XodLO)

126 Not a FWP but a FW Observation.
I was in an antique shop the other day and saw an old rusty newspaper box, the kind you put on the post next to the mailbox.
My grandkid had no idea what it was.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 03:13 PM (2WIwB)

127 First World Solution - Buy pretzel rods for the bottom of the container. Problem solved - no utensil needed.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 31, 2026 03:14 PM (tOcjL)

128 I would not be surprised to find out alpha-gal syndrome is being pushed by Bill Gates to gorce people to eat fake meat.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 03:10 PM (YYKrY)

Its an odd disease to develop from an evolutionary standpoint. For deer or cattle no big deal, but the disease would essentially cause problems in all predators. Or is it only presenting in humans?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:14 PM (zZu0s)

129 I would not be surprised to find out alpha-gal syndrome is being pushed by Bill Gates to gorce people to eat fake meat.

There are endless articles by leftwing groups and posters arguing we should intentionally spread the ticks to make it so people can't eat meat.

In a sane world those people would be arrested for bioterrorism.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)

130 In a sane world those people would be arrested for bioterrorism.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)

Shot on sight. I feel more strongly about this than communism.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:15 PM (zZu0s)

131 After having too many Peanut Butter and jelly/jam sandwiches while growing up, I hadn't touch one for close to 50 years.

I recently became reacquainted with them. They are great. PB on toast is a great snack.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 03:16 PM (qFwJc)

132 There are endless articles by leftwing groups and posters arguing we should intentionally spread the ticks to make it so people can't eat meat.

In a sane world those people would be arrested for bioterrorism.
Posted by: 18-1


In a sane world, they'd be executed for that.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 03:17 PM (YYKrY)

133 I don't very often but had a PB&J for lunch yesterday

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 03:17 PM (Ia/+0)

134 I have a great peanut butter joke but will keep it to myself. You guys would just spread it around.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 03:20 PM (2WIwB)

135 Why did the girl spread peanut butter on the road?

To go with the traffic jam.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 03:22 PM (ZeH0U)

136 I have a great peanut butter joke but will keep it to myself. You guys would just spread it around.
Posted by: Diogenes



That's nuts.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 03:23 PM (YYKrY)

137 > Alpha-gal syndrome is a type of food allergy. It can happen after a tick bite. The allergy is to red meat and other products that come from mammals. Alpha-gal syndrome can be life-threatening.
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My ex-wife has this condition. She's pretty much banned red meat and pork from the house. My son has to go elsewhere to get his beef or pork fix. So far, she's demonstrated an uncanny ability to be under a life-threatening disease and still remain a royal bitch.

As for the "meatless meats"... it's interesting that those Billy Gates is pushing do not seem to affect anyone with Alpha-gal syndrome.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 31, 2026 03:23 PM (jehhT)

138 When I was a lib I made a couple dozen peanut butter sandwiches and went down to the Tenderloin to give them out to the hungry hoboes.

They laughed at my sandwiches.

"I want some muthafvckin' meat!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 03:24 PM (RIvkX)

139 123 I would not be surprised to find out alpha-gal syndrome is being pushed by Bill Gates to force people to eat fake meat.
Posted by: rickb223

A French company, Bonduelle Americas (the global plant-based food manufacturer) established its new U.S. Growth Hub in Philadelphia. They selected Philly (and southern New Jersey) to scale their chef-crafted plant-rich and flexitarian meal products to consumers.

Only the beginning.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 31, 2026 03:24 PM (NFX2v)

140 Flying home. It’s a little bumpy.
Posted by: Piper at May 31, 2026 02:40 PM (PebD5)

It'll be fine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)

You should be flying higher. Nap of the Earth flight in an airliner would be bumpy.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 03:24 PM (qx7Zg)

141 My grandkid had no idea what it was.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 03:13 PM (2WIwB)

Remember milk boxes?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 03:24 PM (iERP6)

142 Newspaper machines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

143 I only use it now as an ingredient in Peanut Noodles.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 03:27 PM (RIvkX)

144 Phone booths.

One thing about Spider Noir? EVERYONE IS SMOKING like a freight train. Its soothing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

145 My grandkid had no idea what it was.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 03:13 PM (2WIwB)

Remember milk boxes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo


Remember the guy who pushed the hand cart through neighborhoods that sharpened knives and scissors? Must have last seen him in '68 or '69 in St. Louis.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 03:29 PM (YYKrY)

146 I think a monkey with a stick could have done a better job at getting that last bit of peanut butter out of the jar.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 03:31 PM (/lPRQ)

147 I think a monkey with a stick could have done a better job at getting that last bit of peanut butter out of the jar.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 03:31 PM (/lPRQ)

He said all he had was a pretzel.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 03:33 PM (zZu0s)

148 Get some help.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 31, 2026 03:33 PM (YlWIZ)

149 Extra crunchy>>>smooth pb.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 31, 2026 02:20 PM

Concur.

Posted by: Carpetiphiles of AoSHQ at May 31, 2026 03:34 PM (0sNs1)

150 119 when employers don't pay women to stay home from work when they are menstruating.

Feminists: Women can do anything men can do...but better!

Also Feminists: But we need a week off for our period. Oh and another week for PMS
Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

And a week off for reparations because patriarchy. And a respite from rapey male gaze week off. And a birthday month off.

Posted by: All entitlement, no responsibility at May 31, 2026 03:35 PM (TbWk/)

151 WOKE OVERLOAD: Democrat lawmakers Yassamin Ansari, Adelita Grijalva, and Rashida Tlaib recently held a press conference on how much their periods hurt -- and how it is "economic violence" when employers don't pay women to stay home from work when they are menstruating.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy


A certain primitive tribe has a 'mirror' village where their menstruating go. I believe that is where Adelita Grijalva is from.
All three should go there and be happy.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 03:35 PM (/lPRQ)

152 Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)
_____________________________

I've been following that issue for quite a while. I became interested when COVID had everyone's attention in late 2020. One day, inadvisably, I Googled government overreach on disease experimentation. There was nothing relative to Lone Star ticks, BUT there were a crap load of conspiracy theories that certain governments were experimenting with ways to limit red meat consumption due to "climate change methane issues".

In the past I would have rolled my eyes and moved on. Sadly, now it's hard not to be a cynic, and much more difficult to discount what used to seem outlandish. I truly could see a UN based effort to incorporate such an underhand plan...right square in the middle of beef country.

Posted by: Orson at May 31, 2026 03:35 PM (dIske)

153 Pressure washer

Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2026 03:36 PM (rbvCR)

154 Pressure washer
Posted by: Kindltot

For periods?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 03:37 PM (/lPRQ)

155 Ever tried peanut butter and bacon on toast?
Posted by: FormerHostage at May 31, 2026 02:11 PM (fNtwW)

Put banana on that and you will have some fine eatin'

Posted by: Zombie Elvis at May 31, 2026 03:38 PM (rbvCR)

156 123 I would not be surprised to find out alpha-gal syndrome is being pushed by Bill Gates to gorce people to eat fake meat.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 03:10 PM (YYKrY)

One of Klaus Schwab's henchmen was proposing that we infect the world with alpha-gal to save the planet. I'm sure (sarc) that he'd be first in line to set an example.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 31, 2026 03:38 PM (USFzJ)

157 pressure washer? I hardly knew her

(sorry, I couldn't pass that opportunity)

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at May 31, 2026 03:38 PM (/enuJ)

158 Extra crunchy>>>smooth pb.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 31, 2026 02:20 PM

Concur.
Posted by: Carpetiphiles

Paolo can help with getting that last bit of PB out of the jar.

Posted by: Paolo at May 31, 2026 03:39 PM (/lPRQ)

159 Remember the guy who pushed the hand cart through neighborhoods that sharpened knives and scissors? Must have last seen him in '68 or '69 in St. Louis.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2026 03:29 PM (YYKrY)

Eugenio Monesma's Lost Trades series has a video on itinerant Spanish knife sharpeners. The last incarnation of them didn't use a cart, they used a specially modified bicycle that the could convert to run the bike-mounted grind stone. It was considered a great improvement since the knife grinders could travel greater distances.

Posted by: Zombie Elvis at May 31, 2026 03:42 PM (rbvCR)

Yes, Our Elections Are Dirty, But How Exactly Does It Happen?

Obviously the most secure election system is same-day voting in person, with paper ballots and mandatory ID checks against a master list that is reviewed every year, and purged of all names not of United States citizens.

Judicial Watch Scrutinizes 873,000 Inactive Voter Registrations in California

Watchdog group Judicial Watch says it has identified almost a million voter registrations in California that have been inactive for at least three federal election cycles, and argues they must be removed to ensure potential cheaters cannot use the names on faked ballots.
[...]
Fitton said, “326,608 names have remained continuously inactive for at least three consecutive federal general elections. That means the person hasn't voted or otherwise communicated with the state or the county voting officials for … six years. At least 151,202 registrants have been enactive [sic] for four federal elections. That's over eight years.”

And finally, “33,922 inactive voters have been around just hanging on the rolls for 10 plus years. You know, and you can see why we do this in the back here. Look at that quote. ‘Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections.’ And that's the key issue here.”[bolding mine]

There are other security demands for a voting system that is secure against manipulation, because there are very clever people working tirelessly to subvert the will of the American voter.

As much as it is tempting to blame the voter rolls for the bulk of the fraud, a glance at the vote totals from the 2020 presidential election will disabuse one of the notion that the main issue is illegals voting, or nefarious characters voting multiple times.

Democratic presidential popular vote totals:

2016: 65,788,564
2020: 81,283,501
2024: 75,019,682

Republican presidential popular vote totals:

2016: 62,984,828
2020: 74,223,975
2024: 77,303,568

The Democrat vote increased by 23.6% between 2016 and 2020, but decreased 7.7% in 2024. That is a huge discrepancy that simply cannot be reconciled with candidate popularity, population shifts, voter rolls being purged (spoiler: they weren't), or any other explanation that does not recognize massive cheating via the use of fake ballots that did not correspond to registered voters. That's why some precincts reported more than 100% turnout. That's why vote counting was suspended, then restarted after those fake ballots were inserted into the counting process.

And that's why recounts are of limited value. Sure, some ballots may be counted incorrectly, or not counted at all. But when the ballots themselves are fake, only a comprehensive audit of the votes will have any hope of identifying fraud.

The fight for clean voter roles is a noble cause, and it will go a long way toward improving Americans' opinion of the integrity of our political process. But it is not the whole answer, and we must recognize that the forces aligned against our republican form of government will continue to probe for ways to subvert the will of the people. They found a way in 2020, and we barely survived that attack on our country. The next time might be more clever, and not a brute force injection of millions of fake ballots!

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM




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1 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

2 81 million votes for Biden. Oh ya, sure.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 12:02 PM (QDJ2U)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 31, 2026 12:03 PM (PJdmB)

4 Vote by mail
Ballot drop boxes.
Boiler room operations with "practice run ballots" tossed out by the printer.
(Printer "won" the contract in a fair and open bid process.)
/s

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 12:04 PM (2WIwB)

5 Dirty elections are merely the price of "Our Democracy" or so I am told.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2026 12:05 PM (rbvCR)

6 No mail in ballots, save military and those overseas. Count them beforehand.
Count # of people walking in to vote, and count the ballots.
It's not rocket surgery.

Posted by: MkY at May 31, 2026 12:05 PM (q6tQZ)

7 NO STANDING!!!
Sit down and shut up.

Posted by: DC judge at May 31, 2026 12:06 PM (bupRa)

8 Those vote totals tell us that not only was the 2020 election fraudulent, it easily had the greatest level of electoral fraud of any American election in history. It took technology deployed on a vast scale to create 10 million extra votes!

The delicious irony is that it was all for nothing - Trump 2.0 came back far more focused and determined than Trump 1.0 had ever been.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 12:06 PM (QDJ2U)

9 Yes, Our Elections Are Dirty, But How Exactly Does It Happen?

Practice! Help us celebrate our Bicentennial by voting Karen Bass for President!

Posted by: The Democrat Party, Est'd 1828 at May 31, 2026 12:08 PM (hLZfT)

10 I know the answer Charlie Brown. Lights please

The Leftists have rigged voting laws so its not a foll proof works.
Eliminating ID, making voting so you don't have to show up. Having a very simple addition problem and making it as difficult that someone other than officials get to count the votes. Then making those computer programs with holes in them that can be compromised. Not cleaning off voter rolls, a group found California has around 850,000 people not voting yet are sill on rolls. So a apartment for instance might have dozens if not hundreds no longer in residence yet get mail votes sent to be scooped ip.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 12:09 PM (Ia/+0)

11 The first step is no mail in ballots. There is no security in those plus it become easy to discard opposing votes. Second, require going back to written polling books instead of electronic registration. Registration applications need to be returned to paper and optically scanned for compliance with VRA laws but the original should be plain analog paper in the person's handwriting.
Any digital image can be manipulated. Analog originals, not so much as to be able to commit mass voter fraud.

And votes should be compiled at the precinct rather than the central counting offices. They can be recounted at the central office but each precinct should have its totals BEFORE reporting to central counting offices city/county. Make voting election week and end election season, no ballots received after counting. And UOCAVA (US residents voting abroad in US elections) needs to be fixed along with military balloting.

Draw poll workers like jury duty--which excludes felons, excludes foreigners, etc. And mandate, like jury duty, that businesses/govt/etc. release people for election week duties.

Voter id is the tip of the iceberg.

Posted by: whig at May 31, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv)

12 The delicious irony is that it was all for nothing - Trump 2.0 came back far more focused and determined than Trump 1.0 had ever been.

2020 could be the most consequential sting in history.

Posted by: t-bird at May 31, 2026 12:11 PM (moGJJ)

13 There were approximately 168 million registered voters in 2020. There were approximately 157 million total votes.

That's a 93% turnout of registered voters.

If you believe that I have a Nigerian Prince I want to introduce you to.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 12:12 PM (WNOcj)

14 I forgot to mention paper ballots only and any photocopied ballots/duplicate ballots are to be locked away as evidence for criminal trials.

Posted by: whig at May 31, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)

15 I find it funny that the mail system predates the country yet our founding fathers missed "mail in" as method of voting.
Why didn't they think of it?

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 12:14 PM (bupRa)

16 Thx CBD.
I think the answer is all of the above. Fraudulent mail in ballots, dead people voting, election workers filling out ballots etc. . Overwhelmed the system and hope no one can catch up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 31, 2026 12:14 PM (SW0z7)

17 Best one has long been minorities are to dumb to get a ID they need for every other life event except voting

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 12:18 PM (Ia/+0)

18 >>>Obviously the most secure election system is same-day voting in person, with paper ballots and mandatory ID checks against a master list that is reviewed every year, and purged of all names not of United States citizens.

>Obviously somebody has been dreaming and sniffing his own farts under the covers. Wake me up when reach that standard.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 31, 2026 12:19 PM (D1E+2)

19 So, how many Americans had to die to make Mail In Ballots legal forever?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 31, 2026 12:20 PM (1D2Ie)

20 The 2020 election result was such obvious bullshit in real time it’s almost unimaginable in retrospect that the public didn’t universally recognize the cheat. But the scale of the 2020 cheat was unique and it happened in the context of the massive covid psyop that convinced a depressing percentage of the population that going out in public and mingling with other people was a huge risk to your very life…. I’d like to to think that can’t be duplicated but it doesn’t mean they won’t cheat; they will. They’re working on a 2028 cheat as we speak

BTW… looking at those vote totals is laughable. The largest number by far to Joe Biden??!!! What obvious grade A BS

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 12:22 PM (26GAh)

21 I recall reading someplace that there are almost always more actual votes in chicago and detroit than their are registered voters and that dates back to the 1960s.


At this point it is a joke and it will never change. The cheating and fraud are built into the system.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 31, 2026 12:23 PM (0N4FZ)

22 Best one has long been minorities are to dumb to get a ID they need for every other life event except voting
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 12:18 PM (Ia/+0)
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The flip side of that is they are SO VESTED in voting that they overwhelmingly show up in massive droves during election season.

The polling stations are so busy they simply can't process all the ballots in the same night!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 12:24 PM (gnNyN)

23 Death penalty for voter fraud. That'll stop it.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 12:24 PM (WNOcj)

24 Death penalty for voter fraud. That'll stop it.
Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 12:24 PM (WNOcj)
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Only if the justice system decides to prosecute it, the jury decides to convict, and the state has the stones to go through with a prompt execution instead of waiting 20+ years before they finally get around to it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 12:26 PM (gnNyN)

25 Posted by: Zoomer at May 31, 2026 12:25 PM (MQx1s

You seem fun.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 12:26 PM (WNOcj)

26 >Obviously somebody has been dreaming and sniffing his own farts under the covers. Wake me up when reach that standard.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 31, 2026 12:19 PM (D1E+2)

You seem unnecessarily angry, especially since your reading comprehension has misled you into thinking that I suggested that we were anywhere near the standard I suggested.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 12:26 PM (iERP6)

27 Besides Chicago, heard it in Pennsylvania they somehow had more votes than voters.
Tends to happen when you start making up votes not really cast

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 12:27 PM (Ia/+0)

28 Posted by: Zoomer at May 31, 2026 12:25 PM (MQx1s

You seem fun.

Cries out for a nuclear response.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 31, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)

29 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 12:26 PM (gnNyN)

Of course just a pipe dream. We can't even execute serial killers in a timely fashion.

And while I'm dreaming, the death penalty for hackers too. Just had to put in fraud alerts and credit freeze because they hacked my bank info from the bank's software contractor.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 12:29 PM (WNOcj)

30 Yeah, because that's the point of life, being fun.

Idiot.

Ah, the terminally unself-aware have arrived.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 31, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

31 And while I'm dreaming, the death penalty for hackers too.

And those who drive slowly in the passing lane.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 31, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

32 I know this might be a new concept for many of you, but perhaps simply ignoring the trolls is the best option?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 12:31 PM (iERP6)

33 32 And while I'm dreaming, the death penalty for hackers too.

And those who drive slowly in the passing lane.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 31, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

And leave their turn signals on

Posted by: It's me donna at May 31, 2026 12:31 PM (FtULh)

34 And those who drive slowly in the passing lane.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 31, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

And the Scandinavians.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 12:32 PM (bupRa)

35 And those who drive slowly in the passing lane.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 31, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

And the Scandinavians.


Uh oh.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 31, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

36 I think the answer is all of the above.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 31, 2026 12:14 PM (SW0z7)

Exactly. There are numerous parallel streams of vote fraud, and we have to attack all of them, all of the time.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 12:32 PM (iERP6)

37 Everything in this country is corrupt. Every fucking thing.

Posted by: Heroq at May 31, 2026 12:34 PM (JQVry)

38 That's a 93% turnout of registered voters.

If you believe that I have a Nigerian Prince I want to introduce you to.
Posted by: polynikes

wikipedia gave a figure of 96.3% by using 161 million registered. We must be an extraordinarily engaged people! (even though only two-thirds of us register)

Posted by: t-bird at May 31, 2026 12:34 PM (moGJJ)

39 Out; blacks are too retarded to get ID

In: Married women are too retarded to get ID

Posted by: Heroq at May 31, 2026 12:36 PM (JQVry)

40 I think there is underestimation of any number of non-profits that have developed convenient online platforms addressing voting in every state plus D.C.

For example: vote dot org

Vote.org mission statement
Vote.org is the largest 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan voting registration and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) technology platform in America. Our organization exists to remove the barriers that keep voters from making their voices heard at the ballot box.

(Though "nonpartisan" by its standards, it seems to lean left of center.)

Influence watch, in part - Vote.org aligns with left-of-center causes, and its blog publishes criticism of the Republican Party and disagreement with state legislative discretion in structuring voter integrity laws. 1 Vote.org advocates for federal legislation that would dictate the same voting laws for the entire country. 3

PS - And the way many states have been issuing Drivers Licenses which can also be used for 'voter I.d.'

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 31, 2026 12:37 PM (NFX2v)

41 I'd never trust mail in voting where Democrat hired personnel 'guard' the ballots, open the ballot envelopes, then count the contents of said envelopes.

Who says the ballots counted were really the ones received? Easy enough to have a stack of 'fortified' ballots to replace the 'wrongthink' ones.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at May 31, 2026 12:38 PM (U2++c)

42 Besides Chicago, heard it in Pennsylvania they somehow had more votes than voters.
Tends to happen when you start making up votes not really cast
Posted by: Skip

"More? A truckload more!"
-Amazon (although it was actually the USPS, in this case)

Posted by: t-bird at May 31, 2026 12:38 PM (moGJJ)

43 There were approximately 168 million registered voters in 2020. There were approximately 157 million total votes.

That's a 93% turnout of registered voters.

If you believe that I have a Nigerian Prince I want to introduce you to.
Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 12:12 PM (WNOcj)

***

This.
We will have open rebellion in the streets if we ever hit 93%.
When Americans hit 40%, it's (used to be anyway) considered a good turnout. 50-60% is an excellent turnout that happens when the voters are concerned by some issue. 65% or more, the voters aren't concerned, they're pissed. This is dangerous territory.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 12:38 PM (2WIwB)

44 15 I find it funny that the mail system predates the country yet our founding fathers missed "mail in" as method of voting.
Why didn't they think of it?
Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 12:14 PM (bupRa)

I do not think they thought anyone would take the duty that carelessly. I think they expected people who chose to vote to go to their polling place, make sure their vote was entered. MUCH smaller communities, so you could dispute 'Hey, that slackwit tossed that guy's vote in the rubbish! He should never be allowed to work an election.'

The bigger the communities got and the more distanced the reps got from their constituents, I think a lot of shit started creeping in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

45 65% or more, the voters aren't concerned, they're pissed. This is dangerous territory.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 12:38 PM (2WIwB)

OR someone is goosing their side of the total.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

46 >>>You seem unnecessarily angry, especially since your reading comprehension has misled you into thinking that I suggested that we were anywhere near the standard I suggested.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

>Now, now. I'm just busting your balls a little bit. We can have fun with it without anything being implied personally. I'm not disagreeing with you.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 31, 2026 12:39 PM (D1E+2)

47 And considering how voraciously the GOPe has been to do nothing as far as voting irregularities or enforcement, I am not sure it is just the dems.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:40 PM (bss/y)

48 The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. No being lazy.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (T6aVk)

49 Legalinsurrection.com
Twas a meteor that made that BOOM

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (Ia/+0)

50 What was the thing... if the current house of reps was to the same proportion of population we would have something like 2000+ representatives?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

51 The USPS is sooooo very dependable .

Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (5P5DO)

52 It's funny they had to push so many fraudulent votes to drive Biden over the line. I remember the "Oh fuck" moment when they realized Trump was pulling millions more votes that they anticipated. Suddenly pipes burst, counting stopped, FOX callled Arizona for Biden when Trump was still ahead, sheriff's threatened to shoot people and most people just went to bed.
Then we wake up to presumptive winner Biden after somehow overnight millions of ballots showed up... all for Biden.
Good times.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (bupRa)

53 Which would dilute their power AND make cheating less attractive.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

54 52 The USPS is sooooo very dependable .
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (5P5DO)

Amazon used them for a while. I think they have stopped now, though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)

55 OR someone is goosing their side of the total.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)


And if they goose it too much to make the corruption obvious, it's duck, duck time.
(See what I did there? Couldn't help myself.)
When the government becomes.so.obviously fraudulent, hell, even I will get out and protest.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 12:43 PM (2WIwB)

56 And if they goose it too much to make the corruption obvious, it's duck, duck time.
(See what I did there? Couldn't help myself.)
When the government becomes.so.obviously fraudulent, hell, even I will get out and protest.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 12:43 PM (2WIwB)

Which happened in 2020.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

57 Fair Vote
Philadelphia City Council passes pro-ranked choice voting resolution, Jeremy Rose | May 29, 2026

What comes next
Now, efforts to advance RCV move to the state capitol. A local options bill would allow cities like Philadelphia to implement RCV if they want it – a pragmatic and locally driven path forward that has worked in other states, like Virginia and Colorado.

Want to help the RCV movement in Pennsylvania? Sign up with MarchOnHarrisburg to get involved and make your voice heard.

---
Btw, Republicans have been effectively squeezed out in Philly. Dems against the Working Families Party nowadays.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 31, 2026 12:44 PM (NFX2v)

58 51 What was the thing... if the current house of reps was to the same proportion of population we would have something like 2000+ representatives?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

I'm not adverse to this.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 12:44 PM (bupRa)

59
>>some precincts reported more than 100% turnout.

================

How we certified elections like this is beyond me. I hope it doesn't happen in 2026. Won't anyone look these bandits in the eye and say "Oh no you don't"?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 12:44 PM (n7rxJ)

60 Coming soon to Delaware (from Not the Bee)

Judge awards corporations the right to vote in Delaware town

https://tinyurl.com/4md2kd3y

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 12:45 PM (qx7Zg)

61 The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. No being lazy.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (T6aVk)


Yup.
Especially in an era of failing morals, honor, and integrity.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 12:46 PM (2WIwB)

62
What was the thing... if the current house of reps was to the same proportion of population we would have something like 2000+ representatives?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

I'm not adverse to this.
Posted by: Reforger

===============

Oh goody, a 2000+ army of GOPers and commies, plus staffers. I might agree to that if there were term limits.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 12:46 PM (n7rxJ)

63
What was the thing... if the current house of reps was to the same proportion of population we would have something like 2000+ representatives?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

2000 people screaming "I RECLAIM MY TIME!"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 31, 2026 12:47 PM (Cqx++)

64 The question is not how is there cheating in our corrupt voting system, but why is there cheating in our corrupt voting system.

Posted by: License To Steal at May 31, 2026 12:48 PM (54bnG)

65 59 51 What was the thing... if the current house of reps was to the same proportion of population we would have something like 2000+ representatives?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

I'm not adverse to this.
Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 12:44 PM (bupRa)

Ok, managed to ask bing the right way.

It came up with 10,300 seats today at the same proportion as in 1800.

Yeah, I would be ok with that. Steal that commie scum.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

66 And you would have far more representation for minorities!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

67 And at that time is was 1 rep per ~32,000 people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)

68 Oh goody, a 2000+ army of GOPers and commies, plus staffers. I might agree to that if there were term limits.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 12:46 PM (n7rxJ)

It might take a lot of the allure away. Also may eliminate some of the graft.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:51 PM (bss/y)

69 Ok, managed to ask bing the right way.

It came up with 10,300 seats today at the same proportion as in 1800.

Yeah, I would be ok with that. Steal that commie scum.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

If we have 10,300 Reps…do not expand the House Chamber in any way. Leave it as is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 12:52 PM (T6aVk)

70 It came up with 10,300 seats today at the same proportion as in 1800.

Yeah, I would be ok with that. Steal that commie scum.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

That's a bit much.
2611. We need 2611 reps.
I just pulled that number out of my ass, just like the 435 number we use now.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 12:52 PM (bupRa)

71 If we have 10,300 Reps…do not expand the House Chamber in any way. Leave it as is.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 12:52 PM (T6aVk)

They can hot bunk.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (bss/y)

72 Put them into public housing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (bss/y)

73 Term limits are a lazy solution for lazy people that will result in making people MORE lazy. Laziness IS the problem. No term limits.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (T6aVk)

74 Ok, managed to ask bing the right way.

It came up with 10,300 seats today at the same proportion as in 1800.

Yeah, I would be ok with that. Steal that commie scum.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

On paper, it looks unmanageable. But, I think it would work. I like it. I

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (O5BzH)

75 Remember… J6 happened because many on our side were royally pissed about the cheat and never dreamed how bad our ruling class is… they never in their wildest dreams would believe that they could be jailed for a political protest…. But that’s exactly what happened. And our ruling class still has the same character… Trump wants a fund to reimburse these people who were persecuted (beyond prosecution) and the ruling class (including republicans of course) is going nuts about it. And they refuse to pass the Save act…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (YXvTV)

76 Yeah having 435 set as a number while the population continues to grow is crazy.

We have 330m people and 435 representatives. By comparison the UK has 70M people and 650 seats in the House of Commons.

Our ratio is abysmal.

Posted by: Heroq at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (JQVry)

77 That's a bit much.
2611. We need 2611 reps.
I just pulled that number out of my ass, just like the 435 number we use now.
Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 12:52 PM (bupRa)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (bss/y)

78
13 There were approximately 168 million registered voters in 2020. There were approximately 157 million total votes.

That's a 93% turnout of registered voters.

If you believe that I have a Nigerian Prince I want to introduce you to.
Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 12:12 PM

--------

Where are those numbers from?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 31, 2026 12:54 PM (qsezt)

79 58 Fair Vote
Philadelphia City Council passes pro-ranked choice voting resolution, Jeremy Rose | May 29, 2026

What comes next
Now, efforts to advance RCV move to the state capitol. A local options bill would allow cities like Philadelphia to implement RCV if they want it – a pragmatic and locally driven path forward that has worked in other states, like Virginia and Colorado.

Want to help the RCV movement in Pennsylvania? Sign up with MarchOnHarrisburg to get involved and make your voice heard.

Just get a state parliament and get it over with.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 12:55 PM (T6aVk)

80 Who all gets those extra votes?
The CEO or President of company?
Maybe every supervisor in a shop?

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 12:55 PM (Ia/+0)

81 No we don’t want 2000+ seats in congress. That number is unmanageable… we need honest votes which we could have but our “betters” don’t want it

2000+ Congress critters would just give us more scumbags in DC

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 12:55 PM (YXvTV)

82 76 Remember… J6 happened because many on our side were royally pissed about the cheat and never dreamed how bad our ruling class is… they never in their wildest dreams would believe that they could be jailed for a political protest…. But that’s exactly what happened. And our ruling class still has the same character… Trump wants a fund to reimburse these people who were persecuted (beyond prosecution) and the ruling class (including republicans of course) is going nuts about it. And they refuse to pass the Save act…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (YXvTV)

It felt wrong. That is why I did not go. I looked into it and planned the trip out. But going to the organizers pages... something felt off. The imagery did not look right. Not eagles and freedom from tyranny, but blacks and reds. It struck me wrong and I have a conspiratorial bent.

Maybe that's an excuse for cowardice, I dunno.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:56 PM (bss/y)

83 Elected representatives stay in their district and vote by electronic means.
All committees meet by electronic means
2 staff members per representative.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 12:56 PM (5P5DO)

84 84 Elected representatives stay in their district and vote by electronic means.
All committees meet by electronic means
2 staff members per representative.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 12:56 PM (5P5DO)

THIS. Take the majesty away. Each of the fucking lobbyists have to travel to each individual district to give them cash and blowjobs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:58 PM (bss/y)

85 Rank voting is another scam, not surprised every Leftist jurisdiction is jumping at that.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 12:58 PM (Ia/+0)

86 Elected representatives stay in their district and vote by electronic means.
All committees meet by electronic means
2 staff members per representative.
Posted by: Ben Had

Yep. They plant their ass in their district that they LIVE in.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 31, 2026 12:59 PM (O5BzH)

87 RCV is the system where you win 47-41 but end up losing

Posted by: Heroq at May 31, 2026 12:59 PM (JQVry)

88 So in a voting precinct, 10,000 voters have 30,000 votes

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

89
My sister and I planned to go to DC for Jan 6.

Husband said no, something is off with the whole thing.

He was right again, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 31, 2026 01:01 PM (3ek7K)

90 Elected representatives stay in their district and vote by electronic means.
All committees meet by electronic means
2 staff members per representative.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 12:56 PM (5P5DO)

State of the Union is released via report posted on whitehouse.gov.
Oath of office is administered in the state capitol.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 01:01 PM (qx7Zg)

91 o in a voting precinct, 10,000 voters have 30,000 votes
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Could be 40k or 50k or 100k depends on how many candidates there are. How any American court has allowed this abomination to exist is beyond me.

Posted by: Heroq at May 31, 2026 01:02 PM (JQVry)

92 If we have to have mail in voting, make it like Utah's. There have been numerous efforts to make that more safe... and the state legislature is introducing far more security. They've also audited the voter rolls, removing illegals, dead people, etc.

So our leftists are claiming "See! No vote fraud so we shouldn't ever ever stop mail in votes!" Yeah... not every state is like Utah where they require all sorts of tracking and post "Has my ballot made it" and so forth.

But we still have issues here too.

Posted by: SimoHayha at May 31, 2026 01:02 PM (/ZkOF)

93 87 Elected representatives stay in their district and vote by electronic means.
All committees meet by electronic means
2 staff members per representative.
Posted by: Ben Had

Yep. They plant their ass in their district that they LIVE in.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
---

Minimum salary, they get the same insurance we get, they are governed by the same laws we are, no deference.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:04 PM (TfRuS)

94 Jan 6 was an op and obvious from the start.
Subsequent after actions proved it.
The ticks in DC are dug in deep, numerous and giving each other awards. Still are.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 01:04 PM (bupRa)

95 I hate the idea that voting should be easy. Fuck that. I want voting to be hard. That way only people who truly care will vote. The fewer LIVs that vote the better.

Posted by: Heroq at May 31, 2026 01:04 PM (JQVry)

96 14 I forgot to mention paper ballots only and any photocopied ballots/duplicate ballots are to be locked away as evidence for criminal trials.
Posted by: whig at May 31, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)
=====

Paper ballots is the key. I've spent too many years in IT to trust electronic voting machines and networks. Paper requires heavy lifting and physical accountability and paper ballots, properly watermarked and registered can be used as physical evidence during legal proceedings.

Posted by: mrp at May 31, 2026 01:10 PM (rj6Yv)

97 Trump wants a fund to reimburse these people who were persecuted (beyond prosecution) and the ruling class (including republicans of course) is going nuts about it. And they refuse to pass the Save act…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (YXvTV)
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You mean this schmuck:

https://tinyurl.com/5n6e73f7

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 01:12 PM (8schn)

98 Go back to only real property owners have the vote.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 01:13 PM (6VD39)

99 m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 01:13 PM (8schn)

100 Go back to only real property owners have the vote.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 01:13 PM (6VD39)
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So... Black Rock?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 01:14 PM (8schn)

101 I agree with the death penalty for vote fraud. Of all criminal acts, that is one of the most egregious in my mind. A thief or even a murderer impacts only a few. A vote fraudster - especially on the massive scales we've seen - can steal and destroy an entire nation. That's worthy of the most extreme punishment I can imagine.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 31, 2026 01:14 PM (iKI3U)

102 The planning ore Jan6 had to be extensive and many involved.
No fkin way was it shear coincidence every little actio just fell in place. The supposed bomb at Democrat HQ and supposedly Republican HQ was one that failed and was quickly swept under the rug.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 01:14 PM (Ia/+0)

103 Aetius, I've noticed (most of us probably have)the imagery thing as well. I'm surprised they keep letting it bleed through into all their phony stuff, but I hope they keep it up! It's like they just can't help themselves.

Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at May 31, 2026 01:15 PM (nGjyj)

104 One problem with any vote purification is 1/2 of the country is trying to increase vote fraud

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 01:16 PM (Ia/+0)

105 Trump wants a fund to reimburse these people who were persecuted (beyond prosecution) and the ruling class (including republicans of course) is going nuts about it. And they refuse to pass the Save act…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 12:53 PM (YXvTV)


Didn't Obama and Fauxahontas engineer something where corporations were fined and the fines were funneled directly to leftist organizations? I forget the name but I'm sure they did. And where was the outrage over that? Nowhere in fuck, that's where.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 31, 2026 01:16 PM (iKI3U)

106 Go back to only real property owners have the vote.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 01:13 PM (6VD39)
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So... Black Rock?

Corporations don’t get to vote, only people who own real property. Corporate ownership doesn’t count.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 01:18 PM (6VD39)

107 Mike barf vomit POS Pence…. Can’t and won’t listen to that idiot speak

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 01:19 PM (Jehr5)

108 Corporations don’t get to vote, only people who own real property. Corporate ownership doesn’t count.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 01:18 PM (6VD39)

Pshaw!

Posted by: Delaware at May 31, 2026 01:19 PM (bupRa)

109 Go back to only real property owners have the vote.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 31, 2026 01:13 PM (6VD39)


Rhodesia did something like that. And a little known fact is that blacks could also vote if they met those criteria. But Rhodesia, the "Jewel of Africa", as well as its breadbasket, had to be destroyed. Because of the reason that everything has to be destroyed.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 31, 2026 01:20 PM (iKI3U)

110 Blackstone owns homes. Not BlackRock.

And even there they won a minuscule number of homes less than 1% of homes in the country.

The freakout over this is like the freakout over data centers way way waaaay overboard.

Posted by: Heroq at May 31, 2026 01:21 PM (JQVry)

111 103 The planning ore Jan6 had to be extensive and many involved.
No fkin way was it shear coincidence every little actio just fell in place. The supposed bomb at Democrat HQ and supposedly Republican HQ was one that failed and was quickly swept under the rug.
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 01:14 PM (Ia/+0)

I think they thought the protesters would be armed and were trying to touch off a bloodbath. More die, more useful the op. THAT is why the guy shot the one woman and they beat that little old lady to death.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 01:22 PM (bss/y)

112
THIS. Take the majesty away. Each of the fucking lobbyists have to travel to each individual district to give them cash and blowjobs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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No rubbing elbows in the hallways, no Secret Club that you and I ain't in cocktail parties, and no handy reporters/traitors to summon for leaks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at May 31, 2026 01:23 PM (n7rxJ)

113 Auto-Pen administration went after Trump backers and now President Trump wants to cover lawsuits and a Commissar Judge stops that .
Can't say know much , or very little on Israel government but take it thats how it works there that Commissar Judges make every last decision.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 01:24 PM (Ia/+0)

114 Off topic but not really… I’m a long time sports fan and I’m becoming more and more convinced that very few athletic competitions are not rigged in some way. Theres so much money now in legalized gambling and so many prop bets along with betting on who wins that it’s just impossible these are clean competitions at this point…. Any sport with refs or umps is dirty. Individual sports are probably fairly clean like golf and tennis… but even those you hear about tennis players throwing matches for betting purposes…. Lots of corruption everywhere

Legalizing gambling was a yuuugggeeee mistake

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 01:24 PM (5E66+)

115 I always said you could see the J6 setup coming from a million miles away.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 01:24 PM (WNOcj)

116 Jan. 6th? They learned from Charlottesville, another op.

Nothing goes perfectly, but they've studied the nature of the crowds to be involved to understand when they'll break from authority and how generally obedient they'd be to law enforcement.

There, i've said it.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 31, 2026 01:25 PM (NFX2v)

117 Jan 6 was the most hare-brained Insurrection in all of history. You know why?


Because the "Insurrectionists" forgot to bring any guns. Duh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 31, 2026 01:25 PM (iKI3U)

118 My thought was shooting Ashlii Babitt was hopefully to start a shooting exchange, problem was no one was armed, sure they didnt expected that

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 01:26 PM (Ia/+0)

119 111 Blackstone owns homes. Not BlackRock.
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BlackRock's got a hand in it.
Got a hand in Blackstone too, I believe.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:27 PM (TfRuS)

120 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 01:24 PM (5E66

Tennis is very dirty in Europe. Both the ATP and WTA have special units monitoring betting trends to see if any red flags . More than few players have been caught.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 01:28 PM (WNOcj)

121 The freakout over this is like the freakout over data centers way way waaaay overboard.
Posted by: Heroq at May 31, 2026 01:21 PM (JQVry)

Data centers?!

Slowly I turned.......

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 31, 2026 01:29 PM (g8Ew8)

122 DDG:

BlackRock invests in residential property through multiple channels:

BlackRock Real Assets and BlackRock Alternatives make direct and indirect investments in residential real estate (rental housing, single-family rentals, multifamily apartments, build-to-rent, and related operating companies).

They operate funds and strategies that buy, manage, and finance residential properties for institutional investors and, in some cases, wealth clients.

BlackRock also gains residential exposure via real-estate-related securities (REITs, mortgage-backed securities) inside its ETFs and mutual funds.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:32 PM (TfRuS)

123 A bit off topic but you know what I think warrants an Investigation? A Manhattan Project level of Investigation?


Who was running the fucking country when Biden was nothing more than a meat-suit wearing puppet in the White House? I'd really like to see that looked into. And dealt with. With mortal consequences for those who were running it. Illegally.


That's where the real Insurrection was. The real Coup. IMHFO.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 31, 2026 01:32 PM (iKI3U)

124
Speaking of fraud, I can't resist: the WaPo has published an editorial from the Board against canceling the SATs and ACTs. It could have been written by any of us. I wish I could read the comments, but I'm only getting the story off the internet archive.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at May 31, 2026 01:35 PM (n7rxJ)

125 Thread seems to have died. Did I kill it?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 31, 2026 01:36 PM (iKI3U)

126 112 103 The planning ore Jan6 had to be extensive and many involved.
No fkin way was it shear coincidence every little actio just fell in place. The supposed bomb at Democrat HQ and supposedly Republican HQ was one that failed and was quickly swept under the rug.
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 01:14 PM (Ia/+0)
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FBI whistleblower the other day said they wouldn't turn over all the video because it would expose too many of their agents.
So, amongst the J6 groupies there were agents like fleas on a dog.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:37 PM (TfRuS)

127 One man's thoughts on Indians in the US, and the effects of their removal.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxfy53s

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 01:38 PM (qx7Zg)

128 George Hill, an FBI agent and whistleblower who worked at the FBI Washington, D.C., field office:

— He testified under oath that the FBI would not allow over 11,000 hours of J6 footage to be released because it would expose undercover agents and confidential human sources committing crimes inside the Capitol.

— Additionally, over 5,000 FBI agents were forced to fabricate charges against American citizens.

— And virtually every single FBI whistleblower who came forward was retaliated against.

https://tinyurl.com/yrtbudvf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:39 PM (TfRuS)

129 I always said you could see the J6 setup coming from a million miles away.
Posted by: polynikes

Yep. And was a hot topic here before the protest.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 31, 2026 01:40 PM (/d5KG)

130 Marxists don't like anyone above anymore else
Test scores are segregation

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 01:40 PM (Ia/+0)

131 Indians do not want to kill me.
Moose limbs want to kill me or make me a slave.
First things first.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:41 PM (TfRuS)

132 Abolish the FBI. It is fundamentally unfixable and we don't need an American Secret Police/Stasi. We just don't.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 31, 2026 01:42 PM (iKI3U)

133 I would bet that election fraud has existed since the dawn of Man.

Posted by: Don Black at May 31, 2026 01:43 PM (ZxPkt)

134
Who was running the fucking country when Biden was nothing more than a meat-suit wearing puppet in the White House?

Look, that was a long time ago. Is it really that important? The past is past. Let's move on.

/s

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2026 01:46 PM (HdYcL)

135 The Dems added about 16m fraudulent votes in 2020 over whatever the base total was before.

We know that because Biden was not more popular then FIRST WOMAN Hillary or Chocolate Light Bringer and was running against the same guy as Hillary (who increased his total a bit).

Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

136 134 I would bet that election fraud has existed since the dawn of Man.
Posted by: Don Black at May 31, 2026 01:43 PM (ZxPkt)
One third of the angelic host voted with Lucifer.

Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 01:47 PM (LHPAg)

137 133 Abolish the FBI. It is fundamentally
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Reading on the Waco massacre, discovered the same crew that was at Randy Weaver's was at Waco.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:48 PM (TfRuS)

138 There is no archeological evidence that Neanderthals had ID cards. None. Hence, they must have cheated in elections.


And were Democrats, to boot.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 31, 2026 01:49 PM (iKI3U)

139 I would bet that election fraud has existed since the dawn of Man.
Posted by: Don Black at May 31, 2026 01:43 PM (ZxPkt)

Definitely the Greeks and romans. I seem to recall one law they passed that narrowed the size of the hallways voters had to walk down. I guess so people could not stand it in and harass the voter? I dunno. It was supposed to ensure more voting integrity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 01:49 PM (DR/Xu)

140
It's always a third of any large group.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:49 PM (TfRuS)

141 OT

what will the demonstrations and riots be like this summer

America's 250th birthday party is a juicy target for the Left

Posted by: Don Black at May 31, 2026 01:50 PM (ZxPkt)

142 142 OT

what will the demonstrations and riots be like this summer

America's 250th birthday party is a juicy target for the Left
Posted by: Don Black at May 31, 2026 01:50 PM (ZxPkt)

I dunno, seems ON Topic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 31, 2026 01:51 PM (DR/Xu)

143 It will be shitloads of fun this summer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 31, 2026 01:52 PM (/d5KG)

144
Marxists don't like anyone above anymore else
Test scores are segregation
Posted by: Skip

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Don't worry, no one is addressing the screaming implication that our schools are graduating kids who can't do middle school math. LEFTISM LIVES!!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 01:52 PM (n7rxJ)

145 Waco…. I didn’t appreciate at that time what a huge debacle that was. No way the FBI was that incompetent…. They must’ve wanted huge body count

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 31, 2026 01:52 PM (ALKK0)

146 143 142 OT

what will the demonstrations and riots be like this summer

America's 250th birthday party is a juicy target for the Left
Posted by: Don Black
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They're going to refit those old style grenade launchers with weighted nets.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:53 PM (TfRuS)

147 Reading on the Waco massacre, discovered the same crew that was at Randy Weaver's was at Waco.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:48 PM (TfRuS)


And as I recall some were promoted. The sniper who killed Weaver's wife and child - Horiuchi - was promoted.


Like I said, abolish it. The bad guys - who I'm convinced are the majority - have just gone to ground and are waiting out the current administration. We have no need for an American Stasi.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 31, 2026 01:53 PM (iKI3U)

148 99 Go back to only real property owners have the vote.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

But then there are the rental units. You can't keep renters from voting if they've been residents and fulfilled a few other 'requirements.'

Most of the housing rentals around the Philadelphia region are owned by families with one to ten rental properties. (Many owners appear to be residents of other states. And there's nothing requiring property owners to be US citizens.)

State I.D.s (especially if a student &/or not utilizing a state driver's license) are also issued to be on WIC and other subsidized programs such as housing & CHIP.

Take identification showing your legitimate address; swear (say) you can vote (and some cities, counties do allow non-citizen residents to vote in local elections); pick a party, and a voting registration for new voters or persons who've moved into the area within x number of days of an election can be completed for the most part. (Yes, some states are more strict in monitoring )

Without a picture I.D. and at least the last four numbers of a SSN for voter registration 🤷🏼‍♀️

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 31, 2026 01:54 PM (NFX2v)

149 James Tabor – Why Waco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IizTXT9tQ9Y

What Do We Really Know About Waco After 30 Years?
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Tabor was one of two religious scholars who talked to Koresh and the FBI negotiators.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:56 PM (TfRuS)

150 142 OT

what will the demonstrations and riots be like this summer

America's 250th birthday party is a juicy target for the Left
Posted by: Don Black at May 31, 2026 01:50 PM (ZxPkt)
When they reach the junction of lots of bloody bodies (no matter who), they can go either banned republican gatherings, or,,,,directly to killing anybody who looks conservative. Remember Kmer Rouge.

Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 01:56 PM (LHPAg)

151 You left out one very important number when talking about total vote counts.

We have 1.5 MILLION LEGAL immigrants per year. There were 818,000 new AMERICAN CITIZENS via immigration last year.

Over 4 years? The total vote count should be going up a bit over 3 Million per election cycle...

For there to be 4 million less votes, with 3 Million more voters (2024)? Does not pass the smell test.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2026 01:57 PM (mP0Kj)

152 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 31, 2026 01:54 PM (NFX2v)

Simpler, if you don't pay more in taxes, then you get with unearned benefits, no vote. Social Security, Pensions, Pay, all earned. Welfare and such? not.

No Representation without Taxation! The new US Revolution battle cry?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2026 02:00 PM (mP0Kj)

153 142. America's 250th birthday party is a juicy target for the Left
Posted by: Don Black

So we should believe.

Entertainment: Every artist who's dropped out of the controversial Freedom 250 event so far
Musicians expected to perform at the event celebrating America's 250th birthday are dropping out left and right


Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 31, 2026 02:01 PM (NFX2v)

154 1ST WORLD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

155 Look, that was a long time ago. Is it really that important? The past is past. Let's move on.

/s
Posted by: Hadrian
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Yes, that is just [wait for it] irrelevant.

Posted by: A Prog at May 31, 2026 02:01 PM (XeU6L)

156 >>>There were 818,000 new AMERICAN CITIZENS via immigration last year.
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No new applications.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 02:01 PM (TfRuS)

157 WTF. A teenage barrel racer stabbed three horses in their stables at a competition in Vegas .

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 02:01 PM (WNOcj)

158 Paper ballots is the key. I've spent too many years in IT to trust electronic voting machines and networks. Paper requires heavy lifting and physical accountability and paper ballots, properly watermarked and registered can be used as physical evidence during legal proceedings.
Posted by: mrp at May 31, 2026 01:10 PM (rj6Yv)

Agree—add to that —-small voting precincts. The smaller the better.

Posted by: Voter theater. at May 31, 2026 02:04 PM (FCPbW)

159
For there to be 4 million less votes, with 3 Million more voters (2024)? Does not pass the smell test.
Posted by: Romeo13

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Lefties really wasted those extra millions of votes on 2020. Kept that shambling skeleton in office while Trump got madder and more determined. BIG mistake. Huge.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)

160 Counting cannot start until all ballots are turned in.

Civil rights lawsuits against election officials who fail to provide adequate # ballots to precincts, or “find” additional marked ballots after counting starts, or fail to devote sufficient resources to ensure ballots are counted promptly.

You also make it harder to cheat by counting the ballots at the precinct level. That way, no single person is responsible for counting more than about 25k ballots. The Secretary of State or the county elections official don’t actually count ballots, but merely tabulate the reported precinct totals. I haven’t thought this all the way through so it may prove to be a logistical nightmare.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 31, 2026 02:30 PM (jYRYu)

161 Yes, CA voting count fraud is the major impediment to a 'We the People' representation. The rule must be only citizens of the United States have a right and countable decision to vote. That is simply called sovereignty.

Posted by: John at May 31, 2026 02:55 PM (0DsdP)

162 There are 2 very easy election frauds where there is no ID requirement:
1) A county employee with access to property tax records notes when a property changes hands. The prior owner has moved, but their name is still on the voter roll at the old address. Show up, give the name and vote.
2) Some other county employee with access to death certificate records lists certificates with addresses since the last election. Same situation. The name on the voter roll is not going to be used by the owner. It is safe for a fraudster to show up and cast a ballot.
These methods do not require grand conspiracies. Even small Democrat machines could manage. It would be very simple to cross reference voter rolls against property and death records, but Democrat Secretaries of State refuse.

Posted by: Neoluddite at May 31, 2026 03:28 PM (NbUzW)

Sunday Morning Book Thread - 5-31-2026 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]


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Welcome to the prestigious, internationally acclaimed, stately, and illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread! The place where all readers are welcome, regardless of whatever guilty pleasure we feel like reading (just in time for summer!). Here is where we can discuss, argue, bicker, quibble, consider, debate, confabulate, converse, and jaw about our latest fancy in reading material. As always, pants are required, unless you are wearing these pants...

So relax, find yourself a warm kitty (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, and dive into a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?

PIC NOTE

On the southeast coast of Tierra Del Fuego, is a tiny little literary outpost called Biblioteca del Refugio de Puerto Español. I discovered it purely by chance.

I was reading The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child and I used Google Maps to scout out the physical location where the events in the novel take place, which is a fictional island amongst the Wollaston Islands off the coast of Tierra Del Fuego. I was just zooming around the area when I noticed the world "biblioteca" tagged on a small building on the coast, miles from anywhere else. Strange place to put a bookshop/library.

It seems to be labor of love by the man in the photo above. He is justifiably proud of the work he's put into creating a library out here in the middle of nowhere. It may be the southernmost public library on the planet.

Who is this man? What would drive him to live alone out here in the middle of nowhere with nothing but his books to keep him company? Seeing a picture like this can be a seed for a short story...What do YOU imagine his life is like out here? What secrets is he hiding? What is his motivation?

By a strange coincidence, he bears a striking resemblance to a professor who works at the same university where I work...That right there could germinate a story about two brothers who are estranged, but somehow have to find a way to reconcile their differences to resolve a conflict...

FEATURED MORON REVIEW [OrangeEnt]


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Read "Johnny Carson," by Henry Bushkin, Carson's long-time "consigliere" as Johnny put it. Bushkin details his interactions with the Tonight Show legend, from his first meeting through his firing near the end of Carson's reign over late night.

Bushkin, who was only twenty-seven when Johnny hired him as his lawyer, said this about the man: "...he was endlessly witty and enormously fun to be around...and he could also be the nastiest son of a bitch on earth." We've heard insinuations about Johnny through plenty of videos, but this first-person account definitely sets you back on your heels when you see how often and how quickly Carson could change from generous and friendly to an insulting monster to his friends and family members.

Complex, because of his upbringing with a mother who never had much good to say about her son, he also seemed aloof from his own children. Johnny didn't like to be "volunteered" for anything. It made him angry when any of his wives or friends put him on the spot for a fundraiser or social event. He was upset at the Reagan inaugural when things didn't go his way. He would blow up and threaten to leave an event and never return multiple times.

We get to see backstage dealings with co-workers and Johnny's many married lives. He cheated on each of his four wives. The result of fame? Maybe, but it should be a cautionary tale for anyone who wants to be in show business. Bushkin recounts how he, Johnny, and a couple of other men broke into wife number two's love nest with someone who turned out to be Frank Gifford. We see woman after woman come into Johnny's life and exit soon after. Some, the next night. It even affected Buskin's life as well. He started engaging in the same things Carson did, and it cost him his marriage as well.

Although the book is about his life with Johnny, Bushkin's book is also about him. We see him change from the star-struck young lawyer into a highly skilled attorney and businessman. He did everything for Johnny: played tennis every day, made deals for him, gave him blunt advice when things started going wrong, and was an all-around confidant. There are some names dropped by Bushkin of women he had affairs with, such as Joyce DeWitt and Mary Hart.

All in all, an interesting look into the life of someone we thought we knew because we saw him nearly every weeknight. Recommended if you like Hollywood television history. The book is available on the Internet Archive.


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WHY YOU SHOULD NOT READ ROBERT JORDAN'S The Eye of the World

A couple of weeks ago, the following comment caught my eye:


Let's see....well on my vacation I read and finished "Robert Jordan's" Eye of the World. This might be the best fantasy novel I've read.

I realize its the first book in a series, a series with a lot of high points and a lot of low points. Still, it is probably the peak of doorstopper fantasy since GRRM is incapable of finishing Game of Thrones.

But the first book, Eye of the World, is an excellent standalone story. It does not require sequels though it of course HEAVILY sets up a massive number of events to follow. But you can read the first book and be happy , especially if you have read the entire series or have tried to and got bored around book 7 or so.

Highly endorsed to all fans of epic Fantasy.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 17, 2026 10:13 AM (xcxpd)


Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World has morphed into a highly divisive subject among fans of epic fantasy. Some, like Mark Andrew Edwards and myself, absolutely love this book. Full disclosure: Like Mark, I consider this book to be one of the best epic fantasy novels ever written. Far, far better than anything George R.R. Martin has ever written.

In the interests of satisfying my own curiosity, I asked Grok to share the five most common criticisms of The Eye of the World. Let's go through them and see how well they hold up under scrutiny.


1. Heavy Tolkien Derivative / Lack of Originality

Many readers and critics note that the book closely mirrors The Lord of the Rings in structure and elements: a rural farmboy (Rand ~ Frodo) pulled into adventure, a wise mentor (Moiraine ~ Gandalf), Trollocs as Orcs, Fades as Nazgúl, a long journey with dangers, a trip through a mystical forest (the Ways ~ paths in LOTR), and a climactic journey to a special site. While Jordan adds his own twists, early sections especially feel like a 1980s homage that hasn't aged as freshly for some.


Of all criticism of the book, this one I find to be the most unpersuasive. ALL genre fiction is derivative of some source material. That's why it's genre fiction in the first place. Using the same logic, I should not enjoy Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot stories because they are highly derivative of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. I should also not enjoy Sherlock Holmes stories because they are derivative of Edgar Allan Poe's detective stories (he invented the genre).

Sorry, A.H. Lloyd, I'm not allowed to read your Man of Destiny series because it's derivative of George Lucas' Star Wars prequel movies. I know you wrote the series specifically to fix the narrative problems you saw in the prequels. If it makes you feel any better, I can't enjoy Star Wars because it's derivative of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.

This criticism also does not take into account the nature of the Hero's Journey, which is the actual pattern of storytelling that both Tolkien and Jordan are following. If anything, The Wheel of Time as a whole is far more derivative of other series, particularly Frank Herbert's Dune.

Tolkien himself was not beyond deriving his storytelling from other works, as illustrated by the comment below:


I'm re-reading the Silmarillion and also reading City of God and WOW. I always loved it as a heroic tale, but there is just so much going on. Tolkien is basically laying out the Council of God and the reality of spiritual warfare in laymen's terms.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)

We could spend all day dissecting the derivativeness of various stories, going all the way back to the Epic of Gilgamesh. That could be kinda fun! Have at it in the comments!

At the time Jordan was publishing his novel (1990), the epic fantasy landscape looked very different than it does today. Back then, there was an expectation from readers for a Tolkienesque fantasy story to kick off a new epic series. Tad Williams did it with The Dragonbone Chair in 1988, Raymond E. Feist did it with Magician in 1982, and Terry Brooks started the trend with The Sword of Shannara in 1977. Fans at the time responded overwhelmingly, and Williams, Feist, and Brooks all became some of the most successful fantasy authors of all time--because they started with a Tolkienesque fantasy novel. (Dennis L. McKiernan's Iron Tower trilogy was a little TOO Tolkienesque, as it was literally Lord of the Rings with the ISBN filed off, so he was not as successful as the other authors who took more creative liberties with the source material.)


2. Slow Pacing and Repetitive Travel

The novel is often described as a long road-trip/chase story with extended sections of walking, riding, camping, and moving between locations (Emond's Field to Shadar Logoth, to Caemlyn, etc.). Some find the middle sections, especially when the party splits or travels, meandering or dry, requiring patience before action picks up. The book is long (~800 pages in many editions), and the journey can feel padded.


I can understand this up to a point. Yes, when the main party splits up into three groups, there are chapters that seem like "filler" material because we have to follow three different storylines. These chapters do serve as sections where Jordan can provide *some* character development and readers get a better sense of the relationships between the main characters like Egwene/Perrin, Rand/Mat, and Nynaeve/Moiraine, all of which will be extremely important to the overall story. Personally, while the pacing does slow down in the middle section, I still enjoy those sections. Up until that point, the characters have been rushing through their adventure. Now we readers can get our breath back and start to focus on the actual characters. The pacing picks up at lightning speed at the end (see below).


3. Bland or Underdeveloped Characters

The main protagonists (especially the Emond's Field trio: Rand, Mat, and Perrin) are frequently called generic or uncompelling early on--naive, argumentative teenagers who make poor decisions. Supporting characters can feel archetypal, and some readers note a lack of humor, depth, or strong individual voices in the first book. Female characters are sometimes critiqued for description-heavy introductions focused on appearance.


So the main characters are behaving like teenagers--because they ARE teenagers? Color me shocked! Of course they are going to be acting immature and whiny from time to time. They are "diamonds in the rough." They have not been shaped by their adventures yet and they themselves have no idea who they are going to grow into as adults. That's part of the epic hero story. As it turns out, all of the teenagers from Emond's Field (Rand, Mat, Perrin, and Egwene) are going to develop into characters that will shake the very pillars of creation. Quite literally in Rand's case. But in the first book of a very long story, we are not going to get any of that. One of my absolute favorite scenes in the entire book occurs near the end of the series, in The Towers of Midnight. Perrin's story development concludes when he fully accepts his leadership role. He uses his blacksmith skills to forge a new weapon to be used in the fight against the Dark One, and in doing so he tranforms internally to become the man, the leader, the ruler he was always destined to be:


The tool he left behind was the hammer of a simple blacksmith. That person would always be a part of Perrin, but he could no longer afford to let him lead.

From now on, he would carry the hammer of a king.


That's where THIRTEEN BOOKS of character development takes you. Perrin goes from being an apprentice blacksmith in a small village to a general and a king, leading entire armies in the largest war seen in three thousand years. He then proceeds to unleash holy Light-blessed whoopass on the Shadow. It's awesome.

The supporting characters, being taken from the Hero's Journey, are there to provide guidance and training to the younger characters, to set them on their path. They have already accomplished much in their lives and are now passing on their knowledge to the next generation. Moiraine, Lan, and Thom (the older mentor characters) will have *enormous* influence on the growth and development of Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene, and, to a lesser extent, Nynaeve. But we won't see that until a few books later.

By comparison, the main young characters in George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones(i.e., the Stark children and Daenerys Targaryen) are even younger than the Emond's Fielders from The Eye of the World. Harry Potter starts his epic journey when he's only eleven years old. Taran, the Apprentice Pig-Keeper from Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain starts out very young as well, though no age is given, nor do we even get a description of Taran's appearance.


4. Clunky Prose and Writing Tics

Jordan's style draws complaints for awkward phrasing, repetitive word choices (e.g., overuse of "though"), unnecessary adverbs like "wordlessly," and lengthy descriptive passages. While world-building is detailed, the prose can feel stiff or overly explanatory compared to more modern fantasy.


I can understand how the writing style might not be everyone's cup of tea. There are lengthy passages in later novels that could use tighter editing. No question about that. The Eye of the World is the first novel in the series, so there's always going to be some rough edges. Before Jordan wrote this novel, he'd been writing Conan stories. I have not read Jordan's Conan stories yet (on my TBR pile), but I have read many of Robert E. Howard's original stories, which feature the same stylistic choices that readers complain about in Jordan's writing. No doubt Jordan's attempts at emulating Howard's style to evoke a Conanesque story bled into his writing in The Wheel of Time.

There are plenty of successful authors whose style I don't enjoy, so I think it's very much a personal preference here. Which is fine. I tried reading N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season because I heard it was really good and I couldn't get past her writing style. I gave up after only a few chapters. I didn't even get far enough into the story to know what it was about.


5. Rushed or Anticlimactic Ending

After a long build-up, the final confrontation at the Eye of the World and resolution can feel abrupt, rushed, or less impactful than the preceding journey. Some readers sense the book was written to potentially stand alone while setting up a series, which weakens the payoff.


Of all the criticisms, I think this one has the best justification. Yes, the ending does seem quite rushed compared to the pacing of the earlier story. The first 43 chapters (over 500 pages) is spent just traveling from Emond's Field to the large city of Caemlyn, a journey that takes several weeks. Then the characters reunite and compare notes of their respective travels. At that point they have to rush to the very end of the earth to the climax, which takes up the last 100 pages or so of the book. It just moves so fast that readers can feel like the ending is very much rushed. All character development is dropped at that point and we are treated to numerous scenes of expository dialog as the meaning of the previous events is explained to the reader. This is a weakness that occurs in multiple novels of The Wheel of Time. I'd say that books 1, 3, and 5 in particular have weaker endings than books 2, 4, and 6. When Brandon Sanderson was tasked with completing the series after Jordan's untimely death, he broke up the finale into three books instead of Jordan's planned single novel, simply because the story NEEDED that much space to conclude the series.

And there you have it. Five reasons why you should NOT read Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World. I still say it's one of my favorite books of all time, but then I was Jordan's target demographic (a seventeen-year-old boy) when I first read it. It's stuck with me all these years. The second book, The Great Hunt, is even better.

ADDENDUM

Apparently YouTube is continually spying on me, because the following video showed up in my YouTube feed AFTER I wrote the above post. The YouTuber discusses his own thoughts on the subject of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, and even addresses most of the same criticisms. Kinda eerie.



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1 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 08:58 AM (Ia/+0)

2
ESPONJA!!11!!!1!!

g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 31, 2026 09:00 AM (AMvSw)

3 Woo hoo! Featured review on the book thread!!

Whaddya mean I gotta go somewhere?!

Ratzafratza.... Back later.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 09:00 AM (1Ff7Z)

4 [REDACTED FOR BEING RETARDED]

Posted by: Paul at May 31, 2026 09:00 AM (ZO2VL)

5 Time enough at last

Actually for me been watching too many movies and not enough reading in Carl v.Clauswitz's On War.
For being written 200 years ago, he did explain war pretty damn well.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 09:02 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Booken morgen horden

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 31, 2026 09:04 AM (LmPA0)

7 Objection. Those pants are perfectly fine, and I would wear them to the American State Fair with pride.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:04 AM (h7ZuX)

8 Objection. Those pants are perfectly fine, and I would wear them to the American State Fair with pride.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:04 AM (h7ZuX)
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USA! USA! USA!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:05 AM (gnNyN)

9 I'm finishing Born Lucky by Leland Vittert.

Unfortunately the image he paints of himself unintentionally is rather unsympathetic. He comes off as a rich, spoiled, brat who was indeed born lucky.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 09:05 AM (RIvkX)

10 Actually for me been watching too many movies and not enough reading in Carl v.Clauswitz's On War.
For being written 200 years ago, he did explain war pretty damn well.
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 09:02 AM (Ia/+0)
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War...War never changes...

--Fallout franchise tagline

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:05 AM (gnNyN)

11 Crouchback by Sarah Eoodbury was fun. Eill read the next mystery.

Currently listening to the very slim volume of The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 by Beth Brower.
Taking my time with it. Delightful.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 31, 2026 09:06 AM (fE6HJ)

12 MOrning, Book Folken!

I'm currently working my way through a collection of various short SF stories by Asimov. It begins with his famous "Nightfall," but the stories get even better as we progress through his career. One, "Hostess," is a true suspenser, much like Agatha Christie's "Philomel Cottage" or Francis Iles's Before the Fact, but with an SF element woven all through. A classic example of mixing mystery with SF and showing how the background is the overall determinant of the story.

Another, "C-Chute," is a kind of Alistair Maclean thriller in miniature. Six disparate characters are aboard a starship that has been captured by aliens, chlorine-breathers, who are at war with the Earth. They are facing a long internment on an alien planet. Can they escape? And the six personalities are important in the story and the outcome.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 09:08 AM (wzUl9)

13 Whaddya mean I gotta go somewhere?!

Ratzafratza.... Back later.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 09:00 AM (1Ff7Z)

My man...you just need to put your foot down. Two hours on Sunday morning is yours, and everybody else is forbidden to schedule something that requires your attention during that time.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)

14 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 09:10 AM (yTvNw)

15 My man...you just need to put your foot down. Two hours on Sunday morning is yours, and everybody else is forbidden to schedule something that requires your attention during that time.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)
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Church-related activities, medical emergencies, and the quest for new pants are the only exceptions to this rule.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:11 AM (gnNyN)

16 How can we use the phrase "back in 1990" when that was just yesterday?!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:12 AM (kpS4V)

17 11 Crouchback by Sarah Eoodbury was fun. Eill read the next mystery.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 31, 2026 09:06 AM (fE6HJ)

Hm. Free on kindle today. I'll take it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:13 AM (h7ZuX)

18 Sounds as if "Bombastic" Bushkin became "Bombshell" Bushkin.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:13 AM (p/isN)

19
How can we use the phrase "back in 1990" when that was just yesterday?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:12 AM (kpS4V)

Better to use the phrase-

"Last century, we (did whatever...)"

Then you can sound as though you possess the wisdom of the ages.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 09:15 AM (iJfKG)

20 Morning, Perfessor.

Howdy, Horde.

Reading this week? More of Westlake's Parker novels.

It is a tribute to the niftiness of the Sunday Book Thread that I'm sitting here at the keyboard chatting with the Horde instead of in my chair with the Kindle, which tells me that I am 2/3 of the way through the last novel in the series.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 09:15 AM (q3u5l)

21 Yay book thread! I'm getting to the part of Mao's Army Goes to Sea where the author actually talks about...Mao's army going to sea. Geez, what a slog.

The author is wordy, repetitive, keeps foreshadowing uninteresting events, but now that I'm in the 20 or so pages with useful information, I'm learning a lot.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:15 AM (ZOv7s)

22 There are some names dropped by Bushkin of women he had affairs with, such as Joyce DeWitt and Mary Hart.

I always thought Joyce DeWitt was mucho sexier than Suzanne Somers.

Morning, all.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:15 AM (qRla/)

23 Church-related activities, medical emergencies, and the quest for new pants are the only exceptions to this rule.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:11 AM (gnNyN)

OK, fair enough.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:16 AM (h7ZuX)

24 After weeks of delay and distraction, I'm back to reading "The Silmarillion."

It turns out that I paused reading at a section break, halfway through a chapter. Did the near-one-month real-world time-skip hurt the flow of the story? Not a bit. The second half of the chapter featured several decade-long in-universe time-skips.

I've finally reached the part when Men enter the story! It's still a slog (I can only manage one chapter per sitting) but it feels like I'm finally getting to the part that actually sets up events I'm familiar with.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 31, 2026 09:17 AM (3v7ra)

25 Part of the reason why I stopped reading fiction for a time and stuck just to history was all of the arguing about derivatives. I like a well written compelling story and don't care if it's modeled after some previous plot in another ancient story.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 31, 2026 09:18 AM (D1E+2)

26 MP4 at 22 -

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 09:18 AM (q3u5l)

27 Sorry, A.H. Lloyd, I'm not allowed to read your Man of Destiny series because it's derivative of George Lucas' Star Wars prequel movies
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But are you going to read it? That's my question.

My objection to The Wheel of Time is simply that I got bored. A book should interest me on its own merits. Friends recommended it, loaned me Eye of the World, I knew it was hugely popular, but it didn't do anything for me.

And this was when I was nerding outo on Roman and Greek translations like Livy and Tacitus. (Tacitus..ahhhh).

At the end of the day, can't argue taste. The Romans had a phrase for it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)

28
Mao's Army Goes to Sea


Sounds like Mao's Beach Blanket Bingo.

Did they all buy cute, new bikinis and eat snow cones?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 09:19 AM (iJfKG)

29 Snagged audio loan of the Bushkin Carson book when library added it. Second the recommendation.

Sadly PA (philly) free library slashed their Libby budget about 90% a few months ago. Went from adding 100s of titles every week to about ten. Oh well, now wishlist is shrinking instead of growing.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at May 31, 2026 09:20 AM (KaHlS)

30 Read the pleasant SF novella "To Be Taught, If Fortunate" by Becky Chambers, who is apparently part of the Hopepunk school, as opposed to the Grimdark. It's about a four-person team sent to explore and catalog planets in a system 15 light years from Sol. Through biological adaptation called somaforming, they are able to survive in environments hostile to humans -- hacking themselves instead of terraforming a likely planet.

It takes a decade for news to reach them and another decade for their findings to return to Earth, and they find themselves increasingly divorced from the goings on in their home planet. Then the dispatches from home become more and more infrequent, then stop. What is their mission now?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:20 AM (kpS4V)

31 While many people know of the German battleship Bismarck, famous for her short but ferocious life in the North Atlantic, fewer are aware that she had a larger sister ship, Tirpitz. Ludovic Kennedy, a former navy lieutenant who took part in the sinking of Bismarck, tells this story in The Death of the Tirpitz.

After Bismarck, Hitler made his surface navy a fleet in being, generally keeping them out of the open ocean to avoid direct battle with the Royal Navy. Churchill, however, knew the damage Tirpitz could cause, and she was a threat to the Russia convoys keeping the USSR in the war. Her mere presence tied up his fleet, and he ordered her destruction by any means possible.

Over the next three years, a cat and mouse game developed, as Tirpitz moved from one Norwegian fjord to another, and the British tried mines, mini submarines, and bombers to strike the ship. Tirpitz was damaged several times, reducing her utility, but finally, the men of the 617 "dam buster" squadron got their chance. In November of 1944, 39 Lancaster bombers dropped their 12,000 pound tall boy bombs, scoring at least two direct hits and several near misses, and Tirpitz capsized, ending the threat.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 31, 2026 09:20 AM (0U5gm)

32 But are you going to read it? That's my question.

My objection to The Wheel of Time is simply that I got bored. A book should interest me on its own merits. Friends recommended it, loaned me Eye of the World, I knew it was hugely popular, but it didn't do anything for me.

And this was when I was nerding outo on Roman and Greek translations like Livy and Tacitus. (Tacitus..ahhhh).

At the end of the day, can't argue taste. The Romans had a phrase for it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)
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I just ordered your series yesterday. Should be arriving in another day or so.

And if you didn't like Eye of the World because it bored you, that's fine. I get it.

A lot of people rave about Robert A. Heinlein around here. I find him to be OK, but not great.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:21 AM (gnNyN)

33 Whoa, JSG, you're a buzzsaw with books!

I have all the Parker books (University of Chicago paperback editions), mostly from my first purchasing binge nearly 20(!) years ago, but still have yet to crack them. I have so many other books.

They sit on a shelf where I see them every morning.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:22 AM (p/isN)

34 There are some names dropped by Bushkin of women he had affairs with, such as Joyce DeWitt and Mary Hart.
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I bet you could make a good game out of "Six Degrees of Match Game". Or maybe even "Two Degrees of...".

Hey, it was the 70's, man.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:23 AM (kpS4V)

35 It's kind of funny how this thread has shaped up, because it really highlights the different expectations of fiction vs nonfiction.

Fiction for me has very high standards. My time is important, so I expect a quality reading experience from the very first words. I'm not going to invest time in the hope that things get better. I don't need a time-waster.

Nonfiction is completely different. I am quite willing to wade waist-deep in boredom to find specific information. I will tolerate every literary offense and error in that effort.

If Yoshihara was writing on any other topic, I would have punched out long ago. I would never read his cluttered, repetitive prose for pleasure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

36 @22 --

Another vote here for DeWitt. I prefer brunettes.

Yes, that means Bailey over Jennifer.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:24 AM (p/isN)

37 It's kind of funny how this thread has shaped up, because it really highlights the different expectations of fiction vs nonfiction.

Fiction for me has very high standards. My time is important, so I expect a quality reading experience from the very first words. I'm not going to invest time in the hope that things get better. I don't need a time-waster.

Nonfiction is completely different. I am quite willing to wade waist-deep in boredom to find specific information. I will tolerate every literary offense and error in that effort.

If Yoshihara was writing on any other topic, I would have punched out long ago. I would never read his cluttered, repetitive prose for pleasure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)
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This is a good topic for a future Book Thread!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:25 AM (gnNyN)

38 Enough delay.

I put the majority of my reading time this past week into "Neon Empire," a Nate Heller crime adventure by Max Allan Collins.

I don't want to spoil the story, even if the fate of Ben Siegel and his Flamingo hotel and casino is common knowledge, so I'll just mention that the book includes photos of the real-life players involved, some of whose existence surprised me. The Chicago police detective Bill Drury, for example. There's also an exterior shot of the Flamingo. My reaction: That's what turned Las Vegas into Vegas, Baby? I don't see how. Maybe the interior had all the glitz.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:25 AM (p/isN)

39 I finished re-reading the first half of the old (early 00's) comic book series "Sojourn," now on my bookshelf as a custom-bound hardcover. This series is one of the reasons I go on about comic books on this thread. It is one of my all-time favorites, and I still search for books that made me feel the way I felt when first collecting this series...

It's a lusciously illustrated High Fantasy story, starring a blonde heroine, a roguish scoundrel, and a dog that will happily drag down a troll to protect his master. And for a few issues in this collection (#7-11) we get to see a dragon fighting a demonic revenant! Visually stunning, it's everything I could want in a comic. Too bad it's so short...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 31, 2026 09:25 AM (3v7ra)

40 The Bismarck and Tirpitz were two names I thought of using for a personalized license plate on my late beloved '86 Mercedes S-Class. It was long and gray and German, so such a name plate seemed appropriate. But "Bismarck" was too long, and I didn't want people asking me, "Why'd yuh name yore car 'Tar Pits'?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 09:25 AM (wzUl9)

41 I took two books out of the library last week:

The first was Stuart Maconie's With A Little Help From Their Friends: The Beatles and The People Who Made Them. It's a collection of 100 vignettes of people who, in some way, influenced or were associated with the Fabs, from familiar (Yoko Ono) to the peripheral ('Magic Alex' Mardas) to the utterly obscure (David Christian, an Aussie illustrator charged with creating a cover for an obscure 1966 collection called Oldies But Goldies.

Interesting if you're a Beatle fan, but that's it. Maconie is also a travel writer and commenter of sorts; he wrote a book about following in the trail of the 1936 Jarrow March, which I will report on some other time.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:25 AM (qRla/)

42 How can we use the phrase "back in 1990" when that was just yesterday?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
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Despite the interwebs and cell phones, I would submit the world changed more between 1790 and 1826 than between 1990 and 2026. Maybe more between 1890 and 1926 as well.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 31, 2026 09:25 AM (XvL8K)

43 I've finally gotten around to A Canticle for Liebowitz, recommended so often here by the horde.

I'm about a third of the way through, and it's a good read. I feel like I'm missing some deep stuff, since I read at bedtime and find myself dozing off a lot. It may require a second read when I'm all done with it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:26 AM (h7ZuX)

44 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.

Posted by: Mary Ann at May 31, 2026 09:27 AM (9L7Ix)

45 I've been reading Project Hail Mary this week. I rarely read SF anymore, but this book is a dandy. It's smart and funny and Ryland Grace and Rocky are terrific characters. I may watch the movie some day just to see how Hollywood messes up the story.

Posted by: huerfano at May 31, 2026 09:27 AM (VJX5o)

46 Joyce then, Suzanne later, not that both didn't age well

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 09:27 AM (Ia/+0)

47 I just started reading _Down to a Sunless Sea_ by Lin Carter. It's a pastiche of Leigh Brackett's pastiches of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Published in 1984 and apparently Carter took a while to get over the 1970s because he spends a lot of time describing breasts and their movements.

I'm just a couple of chapters in and our totally-not-Eric John Stark character is escorting a pair of MARTIAN LESBIANS across the desert and keeping an eye on their breasts for them. But judging from the title and the back cover blurb we're about to go inside the planet to an underground civilization. I'm willing to bet there's breasts down there, too.

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 31, 2026 09:27 AM (78a2H)

48 Finished "Escape From Redeye," Jason Anspach and Nick Cole's continuation of the adventures of awesome bounty hunter Tyrus Rechs in the Galaxy's Edge universe, and am bow reading The Betrayed," by the same guys, Book 24 in that same universe. I love the Galaxy's Edge series.

Other than that, today I'm also reading SpaceX's 300 page IPO prospectus, to figure out what I should do in anticipation of their going public on Friday, June 12. Hmmmmm. Ihave some spare loot lying around, and would really like to get in on the ground floor of this company.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 31, 2026 09:27 AM (/RHNq)

49 AHL, it's very true that I am willing to sift through a lot of dross (or kitty litter) for some nuggets of information. Nonfic is more like a tool. But oh, the delights of a well-written history reading as bracingly as a good novel!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:27 AM (kpS4V)

50 Weak Geek --

When you get to the Parkers, I hope you'll enjoy 'em as much as I've been enjoying them the last few weeks. Not sure why I decided it was time to revisit them, but glad I did -- this is the first time in at least a decade, and maybe two decades, that I've been able to start a series and stay with it all the way through without hitting book 7 or 8 and deciding it's time for something else.

Hope I'll be able to do that again -- Travis McGee and Matt Scudder are due for a revisit too. And Bleak House is still tapping my shoulder insistently...

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 09:28 AM (q3u5l)

51 Why does my cat go spastic and demand attention during the Book Thread? Every damn time.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:28 AM (kpS4V)

52 I started Wheel of Time with Hunt as a junior in high school and then read Eye because that's the order they were available in at my local used bookstore. In my memory that makes Hunt the first book and Eye a prequel which may have added to my enjoyment of the series.
I was also in the target audience, especially since I had been reading a lot of fantasy that was derived from Celtic mythology and hadn't read any Tolkein. That made aspects to of the story familiar and others extremely novel and I didn't get that feeling again until Sanderson's Way of Kings.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 09:29 AM (lFFaq)

53 I just ordered your series yesterday. Should be arriving in another day or so.

And if you didn't like Eye of the World because it bored you, that's fine. I get it.

A lot of people rave about Robert A. Heinlein around here. I find him to be OK, but not great.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:21 AM (gnNyN)
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Cool! I think you'll like it.

Early on in life I realized that I was something of an odd duck. People saw me reading about wars, strategy and stuff and figured I was a chess nerd. No. I hate chess.

Writing style counts for a lot with me. I despise Stephen King's writing style. My wife really tried to get me into the Gunslinger, which she loves and I could ot get past the ugly words on the page.

However, Graham Greene writes so well that many times I've been on the point of "Geez, enough already, where are we going here" but kept on because he has such wonderful prose. Yoshihara's writing is horrible, but his work is derived from Chinese records, so he's the only game in town. I use it as bathroom reading because in any other setting, I'll get bored and read something else.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

54 My wife and kiddo read Project Hail Mary before we all went to the movie. They found it to be a decent adaptation of the book and enjoyed it.

Posted by: PabloD at May 31, 2026 09:31 AM (K1RVP)

55 The mob puf a lot of teamsters pension fund monies after they lost the casinos some of them like dino cellini ended up in the bahamas resorts intermational

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 31, 2026 09:32 AM (bXbFr)

56 The other book was Jim Rasenberger's A Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. You obviously can guess the contents from the title, and since the subject fascinates me, I was anxious to read it.

I got no further than page 16 of the prologue:

Today, as we celebrate - if that's the word - the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and mark the 200th anniversary of the deaths of Adams and Jefferson, we may find that Adams speaks more powerfully to us than Jefferson. The political structures Adams insisted on - the rule of law, the separation of powers - are giving way to the things he most feared. The aristocracy he always warned about is on the verge of becoming a full-blown oligarchy of billionaires. The democratic populace has found succor, as Adams feared it would, in a strongman.

OK, then. Screw you, pal.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:33 AM (qRla/)

57 "I use it as bathroom reading because in any other setting, I'll get bored and read something else."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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There's your pull quote for the dust jacket!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:33 AM (kpS4V)

58 "I'm re-reading the Silmarillion and also reading City of God and WOW. I always loved it as a heroic tale, but there is just so much going on. Tolkien is basically laying out the Council of God and the reality of spiritual warfare in laymen's terms."

Dammit to hell! As if I don't have enough to read, now A H Lloyd tempts me to add to the pile. I haven't read the entire Silmarillion in quite a few years and never read Augustine's City of God although I now about it. Now I'm intrigued. My appreciation of Tolkien increases as I get older and can bring new (and hopefully better) perspective to his writing. Add one of the foundational books of Christianity to the process should make it all richer. But it will be a prolonged endeavor, knowing me. I see MANY notes on a pad and much highlighting in my future once I start.

I'm tempted to thank AHL but he might just be laughing up his sleeve thinking about the disruption this will bring to some of the Horde. Innocence or mischievous: that is the question.

Sigh! Better check my supply of coffee, legal pads and ink for my fountain pens.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 09:33 AM (yTvNw)

59
While many people know of the German battleship Bismarck, famous for her short but ferocious life in the North Atlantic...

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 31, 2026 09:20 AM

Bismarck is more famous for a reason

only Muldoon could manage to rhyme something with "Tirpitz"

Posted by: Zombie Johnny Horton at May 31, 2026 09:34 AM (AMvSw)

60 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.
Posted by: Mary Ann at May 31, 2026 09:27 AM (9L7Ix)

Ginger does butt stuff.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:34 AM (qRla/)

61 Why does my cat go spastic and demand attention during the Book Thread? Every damn time.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026

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My two are busy sleeping off their breakfast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

Posted by: Zombie Johnny Horton at May 31, 2026 09:34 AM (AMvSw)

63 The Rasp - Philip MacDonald - finishing up my second reading. Thanks for recommending this book, though I'm not sure which one of us did so.

Posted by: Berwyn Mutt - Home of Svengoolie at May 31, 2026 09:36 AM (HcbZb)

64 I'll have to look for Project Hail Mary at my library. Who's the author, again?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

65 I have City of God on my shelves, but have not yet got around to even cracking it open.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:36 AM (qRla/)

66 38
I put the majority of my reading time this past week into "Neon Empire," a Nate Heller crime adventure by Max Allan Collins.

IPosted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:25 AM (p/isN)

Is this pretty old? I'm unable to find it on amazon, any of my library apps, and even thriftbooks.

*kicks rocks

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:36 AM (h7ZuX)

67 I spent part of last weekend packing up several stacks of comic books to ship to a bindery, to turn them into shelf-worthy hardcover books. Everything was ready to go, all that was left was to tape up the box and wait until Fed-Ex was open... Then the next morning I saw a news announcement that two of those comic stacks were getting an official reprint. The size, price, and even delivery date was going to be better than commissioning the custom bind, and I would be getting a clean printing, not the smudged and messy printing on 40-year-old newsprint. The only downside was that I wouldn't get to use the cool custom-covers I worked out. Oh, well, I have other comic stacks sitting around waiting for their turn to be shipped off. This just lets them shipped off earlier.

The comic in question was "The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones," and this is just further evidence of the incompetence or outright malice of the Disney-LucasFilm-Marvel conglomeration. These stories should have been re-printed back in 2023, to help hype up the Indiana Jones movie being released. But instead they waited until now, for seemingly no reason. No corporate synergy, what-so-ever...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 31, 2026 09:37 AM (3v7ra)

68 I'm tempted to thank AHL but he might just be laughing up his sleeve thinking about the disruption this will bring to some of the Horde. Innocence or mischievous: that is the question.

Sigh! Better check my supply of coffee, legal pads and ink for my fountain pens.
Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 09:33 AM (yTvNw)
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The Sunday Morning Book Thread has ruined many a Moron...as my own bank account can verify.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:37 AM (gnNyN)

69 Thanks for the Sunday Morning Book Thread, Perfessor!

Finished James Madison, The Founding Father by Robert A. Rutland. The books contained fine nuggets of information on life during Colonial times and the beginning of the 19th century. Great Britain's treatment of former colony United States (now beginning to develop into a world sovereign power) and the relationships among GB, France, Spain and the U.S. were interesting. The close relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Madison was a focal point of the book, with only minor highlights given of the relationships among other founding fathers. It seemed that the primary research on Madison was revealed in correspondence and documents between Jefferson and Madison and little else. I expected more detail on Madison's presidency, the first six years of which were substantial and intense. Compared to McDonald's history books on the founders, the book on Madison was a disappointment. Recommended reading for historical background but still looking for better history on Madison.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 31, 2026 09:37 AM (D/6p1)

70 A running battle in open sea is more interesting than a sitting in a fjord

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 09:37 AM (Ia/+0)

71 I should mention that when I was a teenager, I read with wild abandon as teens often do, and a friend recommended The Dragonlance Chronicles to me. "It's slow, but gets great later on." So I stuck with it. It didn't get better. The best thing I can say about it is that in Tales Vol. 3, there is a short story called "Into the Heart of the Story" that goes full Bored of the Rings on the entire series and it validated the hours I wasted. It was written by one of the contributors (playtester, friend of authors) so it's barbs were especially sharp.

That unquestionably wrecked my patience for fiction, and in retrospect likely contributed to me leaning so hard into history.

When I realized that you could read ancient authors in their own (albeit translated) words, that changed my life. Instead of selling my mother's romances for sci-fi/fantasy, I was now buying up Penguin Classics.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:38 AM (ZOv7s)

72 Andy Weir wrote Project Hail Mary. He also wrote The Martian. Dude has found his formula for making money.

Posted by: PabloD at May 31, 2026 09:39 AM (K1RVP)

73 I have City of God on my shelves, but have not yet got around to even cracking it open.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:36 AM (qRla/)
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I read parts of it in college, though I can't remember much about it. I still have it, though.

My Early Western Civ class was nothing but original texts (OK, translated into English), no politicized textbooks at all.

Great class with a great instructor.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:39 AM (gnNyN)

74 Maybe they tried putting Tirpitz out to sea but it was pining so for the fjords that they just couldn't keep it away from them.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 09:39 AM (q3u5l)

75 I have City of God on my shelves, but have not yet got around to even cracking it open.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:36 AM (qRla/)
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I am going through it very slowly. A chapter or two at a time. Glad I read so much Livy etc. because it is really coming in handy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:39 AM (ZOv7s)

76 The Rasp - Philip MacDonald - finishing up my second reading. Thanks for recommending this book, though I'm not sure which one of us did so.
Posted by: Berwyn Mutt - Home of Svengoolie at May 31, 2026

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I read it many years ago during my heavy "classic detective story" phase in my teens. It does date a bit re: the method used to conceal the crime.

MacDonald got better, though. His Murder Gone Mad is one of the earliest serial killer stories, with Inspector Pike being the lead (Anthony Gethryn's style of detection wouldn't help much) in the hunt for killer in a garden suburb of London. It's not gory, but there are moments of true creepiness, and a thunderbolt ending.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

77 I'm still reading "Their Finest Hour: the Story of the Battle of Britain 1940" by Edward Bishop, and I learned about the SS official Franz Six. Reinhard Heydrich would have appointed him SD-Commander of Britain following a successful invasion. Heydrich naturally had a list (he always had lists) of prominent anti-Nazi figures to be rounded up and dealt with: Churchill, of course, and cabinet members, but also Noël Coward and Sigmund Freud, as well as organizations like the Freemasons and the Boy Scouts. Six would also round up the 300,000 British Jews. Thank God for the RAF.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:41 AM (kpS4V)

78 Im surprised no one had tried to a rework of sink the bismark

Then again they would focus on the wrong thing

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 31, 2026 09:41 AM (bXbFr)

79 Spent the week reading CJ Carella's Warp Marine series. Pretty good. Has a funny homage to Party Corriea at the beginning. Author apparently grew up in South America, but his military stuff seemed accurate to this non-military reader. Lots of swearing from the grunt viewpoint character, which is fair, and no explicit sex, which is refreshing. Lots of violence and death though, naturally.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 09:42 AM (lFFaq)

80 A running battle in open sea is more interesting than a sitting in a fjord

Posted by: Skip


Well, it was a lot quicker for sure, but the stories of the Royal Navy hauling mini submarines across the North Sea and them attempting to sneak them under the submarine nets to set limpet mines, or the bombers that flew a circuitous route to Archangel and then set out on a mission to bomb the Tirpitz are entertaining in their own way.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 31, 2026 09:43 AM (0U5gm)

81 Im surprised no one had tried to a rework of sink the bismark

Then again they would focus on the wrong thing
Posted by: Miguel cervantes
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What, the lucky Swordfish torpedoe hit?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 31, 2026 09:43 AM (XvL8K)

82 Okay, I'm trying to ID the characters in the how-I-see-a-library post. We've got Winnie the Pooh, Alice (of Wonderland) and Mr. Rabbit, The Last Unicorn....Oh, then Harry Potter, probably Willie Wonka and an Oopa-Loompa on the ladder. Dorothy and Toto on the stool (that took me way too long to figure out). And the dragon.....Saphira from Eragon? The coloring isn't right for any of the main dragons from Pern. I dunno...

Some of those character are really hard to recognize as anime-style drawings. I'm simply too accustomed to their traditional western/movie interpretations.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 31, 2026 09:43 AM (3v7ra)

83 I've got thoughts on books about the Revolution and the swill I expect to come this year, but that's a topic for a different book thread.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:44 AM (qRla/)

84 I've taken the plunge into the Warhammer 40K Expanded Universe.

I'm reading the Eisenhorn Omnibus, which chronicles the adventures of an Imperial Inquisitor (Gregor Eisenhorn) who starts out as a righteous, principled member of the Imperium, but eventually he succumbs to the lure of Chaos to accomplish his goals, supposedly in service to the God-Emperor of Mankind, but really furthering the agenda of the Chaos Gods who lurk deep within the Warp.

One rule I've discovered about this type of grimdark fantasy--don't get attached to any characters.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)

85 I'm tempted to thank AHL but he might just be laughing up his sleeve thinking about the disruption this will bring to some of the Horde. Innocence or mischievous: that is the question.

Sigh! Better check my supply of coffee, legal pads and ink for my fountain pens.
Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 09:33 AM (yTvNw)
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It's really best done as something of a sidebar. I can't imagine going through City of God without taking a break.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)

86 I got "Project Hail Mary" from my socialist son a Christmas or two ago, and my wife is irked that I buy other books instead of reading what I have.

I have several books I've received from the kids, all just waiting. My goal is to get through at least two this year.

There's a reason why I don't ask for books for Christmas.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:45 AM (p/isN)

87 Professer, where is your library cat?

Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

88 Yeah their lives are not long

I see the swill simon and schuster harper collins pushes ecch

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 31, 2026 09:46 AM (bXbFr)

89 On the road again. Touch base from Montana tonight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 09:46 AM (M6RAZ)

90 Professer, where is your library cat?
Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)
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Allie? Well, she wasn't in the library. In fact, I found her exploring the living room by herself, which is new.

Nowadays she spends a lot of time sleeping in my bed.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:47 AM (gnNyN)

91 We could spend all day dissecting the derivativeness of various stories, going all the way back to the Epic of Gilgamesh. That could be kinda fun! Have at it in the comments!

I've always pictured Gil's companion as a guy with a big nose and gravelly voice. Enkidinkidu.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 09:47 AM (1Ff7Z)

92 A running battle in open sea is more interesting than a sitting in a fjord
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 09:37 AM (Ia/+0)
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Churchill's description of the naval battles is superb. The intervention of HMS Warspite in the destroyer brawl is epic. (From memory) "The thunder of her main guns echoed like the voice of doom."

Do go on, Winston.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:48 AM (ZOv7s)

93 Non-fiction definitely has different standards than for fiction. A true story has plenty of interesting tidbits that make the story readable, even if the retelling is presented in a matter of fact way. Fiction stories require not only a creative story line, but an author who can present it well.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 31, 2026 09:48 AM (0U5gm)

94 I continue with Malcolm Guite's Galahad and Grail, both reading and listening to him read it. The problem is it is pulling me towards other Arthur materials like the two versions of Le Morte D'Arthur (Caxton and Winchester), and the works of Chretien De Troyes. So many rabbit holes to follow.

Warning! Extended reading of the ballad format makes it hard to read regular prose without expecting the rhymes, meter, and alliteration. It takes a while to stop expecting those things.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

95 @66 --

Copyright 1988. It's one of the earlier Heller books.

So, yes, old.

*whimpers*

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:49 AM (p/isN)

96 Still moving forward with Adrian Goldsworthy's new book, "Athens and Sparta". Lots of info contained in each chapter so taking it slow so I can digest it all.

Posted by: Tuna at May 31, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

97 My man...you just need to put your foot down. Two hours on Sunday morning is yours, and everybody else is forbidden to schedule something that requires your attention during that time.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)

Unfortunately, Dash, it's the wife insisting that I take her to work. Need the money, so until she gets a license....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 09:50 AM (1Ff7Z)

98 I continue with Malcolm Guite's Galahad and Grail, both reading and listening to him read it. The problem is it is pulling me towards other Arthur materials like the two versions of Le Morte D'Arthur (Caxton and Winchester), and the works of Chretien De Troyes. So many rabbit holes to follow.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 09:48 AM (yTvNw)
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I read Chretien De Troyes in my medieval romance class in college.

I haven't read him in a long, long time, but I do recall enjoying his stories.

I think you'll enjoy them, too.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:50 AM (gnNyN)

99 MP4 re Rasenberger.

I have to say, it's fairly efficient of a writer to repel his readers before they've even dipped into the book proper.

A while back there was a collection of short stories by Lewis Shiner that I was tempted to buy, but I looked at the sample which led off with an intro by Karen Joy Fowler. IIRC she spent as much time grousing about Republicans as she did talking about Shiner's work. Skipped the book, even though I kinda like what I've read of Shiner.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 09:51 AM (q3u5l)

100 God created the USA to be the Good in Good vs Evil. The world was basically all evil prior to our creation IMO.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 09:51 AM (WNOcj)

101 Church-related activities, medical emergencies, and the quest for new pants are the only exceptions to this rule.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:11 AM (gnNyN)

Well, I am going to get a new pair of pants today, but nothing's open yet.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 09:51 AM (1Ff7Z)

102 I've taken the plunge into the Warhammer 40K Expanded Universe.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)
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I stopped into the local gaming store yesterday, which is in a dead strip mall, so they have huge amounts of table space. Lots of miniatures going on, and I assumed it was 40k based on the scenery.

I guess it was, but I was at a loss to identify most of the models and units, which were much larger than anything out there when I was "current." I still play 2nd ed. (and still collect!) but I don't really relate to it anymore.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)

103 There's an odd phenomenon with some women: their beauty kind of makes them sexless. Consider the Ginger/Mary Ann dichotomy. While Mary Ann is coded as a "good girl" from a small farm town while Ginger is a parody femme fatale, the strong pro-Mary Ann attraction from most men comes from the fact that she seems like she'd be a more appealing and enthusiastic partner in the sack. Ginger just screams high maintenance, low effort, and disinterest.

Regarding the "butt stuff" comment above, I think the reverse. Ginger comes across as vaguely prudish under her Marilyn Monroe cosplay. (Note that one of the sources of Marilyn's appeal is that she had the ability to seem to be both Ginger AND Mary Ann simultaneously.)

Same goes for Bailey vs. Jennifer on WKRP and for Joyce DeWitt over Suzanne Somers (odd that we don't remember their character names).

I wonder if it's just that more men consider them to be "in their league" and thus plausible romantic interests, while the super-beauties are more like remote features of the landscape?

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 31, 2026 09:51 AM (78a2H)

104 Who is this man? What would drive him to live alone out here in the middle of nowhere with nothing but his books to keep him company? Seeing a picture like this can be a seed for a short story...What do YOU imagine his life is like out here? What secrets is he hiding? What is his motivation?

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Being in Tierra de Fuego (Land of Fire) in South America I imagine the story would be about a former Nazi German book burner who flees Europe and self-exiles to the remote locale where he attempts to achieve atonement by rescuing books previously banned by the Reich. Lots of jack-booted thugs and ex-Gestapo trying to track him down, so on and so forth...

Posted by: muldoon at May 31, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)

105 Well, I am going to get a new pair of pants today, but nothing's open yet.

Posted by: OrangeEnt



Well, I hope you are still wearing the old ones here. We have rules, you know.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 31, 2026 09:52 AM (0U5gm)

106 Dash, are you going to this year's TxMoMe? I can bring the book.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:52 AM (p/isN)

107 Better to use the phrase-

"Last century, we (did whatever...)"

Then you can sound as though you possess the wisdom of the ages.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 09:15 AM (iJfKG)

Or, "in the last millenium, we...."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 09:52 AM (1Ff7Z)

108 Six would also round up the 300,000 British Jews. Thank God for the RAF.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:41 AM (kpS4V)

Eris, have you ever read Guy Walters' Nazis, Spies and Fakes? It's a collection of essays he wrote over the years on various topics. One is about the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands and how, contrary to popular belief, the islanders pretty quickly acclimated to Nazi rule, even becoming active collaborators.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:52 AM (qRla/)

109 85 ... "It's really best done as something of a sidebar. I can't imagine going through City of God without taking a break."

AHL, I meant to ask, which translation of City of God are you reading? I have the Dods version done in the mid-1800s but I'm thinking about the more recent Penguin Classics Bettenson version. They both get high praise.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 09:53 AM (yTvNw)

110 *woodbury

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 31, 2026 09:53 AM (gDlxJ)

111 AHL, I meant to ask, which translation of City of God are you reading? I have the Dods version done in the mid-1800s but I'm thinking about the more recent Penguin Classics Bettenson version. They both get high praise.
Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 09:53 AM (yTvNw)
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Well, now I have to dig out my copy to see which translation I have...But it's buried in the garage and I don't feel like looking for it right now.

It'll have to wait until later...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:54 AM (gnNyN)

112 MacDonald got better, though. His Murder Gone Mad is one of the earliest serial killer stories, with Inspector Pike being the lead (Anthony Gethryn's style of detection wouldn't help much) in the hunt for killer in a garden suburb of London. It's not gory, but there are moments of true creepiness, and a thunderbolt ending.
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Found it at my Kindle Store! Thanks Mr. Wolfus.

Posted by: Berwyn Mutt - Home of Svengoolie at May 31, 2026 09:54 AM (HcbZb)

113 Speaking of Tolkien, Pope Leo quoted a passage from Lord of the Rings in his first encyclical. The story arc of how he went from a derided escapist child's author to hippie totem to D&D's muse to author of the century and now a likely saint is something to behold.

More than one of the newly ordained priests in our diocese have said Tolkien inspired their vocation. Well, one of his sons became a priest, so it makes sense.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)

114 Eris, have you ever read Guy Walters' Nazis, Spies and Fakes? It's a collection of essays he wrote over the years on various topics. One is about the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands and how, contrary to popular belief, the islanders pretty quickly acclimated to Nazi rule, even becoming active collaborators.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:52 AM (qRla/)
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No, but it's now on my list! Thanks.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:56 AM (kpS4V)

115 I bet you could make a good game out of "Six Degrees of Match Game". Or maybe even "Two Degrees of...".

Hey, it was the 70's, man.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:23 AM (kpS4V)

Johnny was actually trying to get Joyce, but backed off when he kept finding Bushkin and her together in a room.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 09:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

116 Posted by: Trimegistus at May 31, 2026 09:51 AM (78a2H)

They had men prefer DeWitt over Sommers?

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 09:57 AM (WNOcj)

117 35 It's kind of funny how this thread has shaped up, because it really highlights the different expectations of fiction vs nonfiction.

Fiction for me has very high standards. My time is important, so I expect a quality reading experience from the very first words. I'm not going to invest time in the hope that things get better. I don't need a time-waster.

Nonfiction is completely different. I am quite willing to wade waist-deep in boredom to find specific information. I will tolerate every literary offense and error in that effort.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

It's a 'facts don't care about your feelings' type of situation. Reality doesn't care about your attention span. Non-fiction is worth your reading about because it actually happened. (Assuming the author isn't getting things wrong) Non-fiction, by definition, did not actually happen. Its sole reason for being is to entertain, and if it fails to do that...there is no point spending time on it.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 31, 2026 09:58 AM (3v7ra)

118 Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:49 AM (p/isN)

Library has True Detective, first in the series, so I'll start with that. As if I need another series to read.

I've already put it on reserve, so I'm committed.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 09:59 AM (h7ZuX)

119 AHL, I meant to ask, which translation of City of God are you reading? I have the Dods version done in the mid-1800s but I'm thinking about the more recent Penguin Classics Bettenson version. They both get high praise.
Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 09:53 AM (yTvNw)
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I have the current Penguin edition. Can't tell you the translator because my cat is firmly ensconced on my legs.

The introduction was less than stellar, and I ended up skipping it. The translator has lots of footnote which include references to ancient texts that Augustine cites but he also tries to correct Augustine and I've found one instance where no, Mr. Modern Man, you got that wrong. Augustine was correct.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)

120 There's also an exterior shot of the Flamingo. My reaction: That's what turned Las Vegas into Vegas, Baby? I don't see how. Maybe the interior had all the glitz.
Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:25 AM (p/isN)

It was the gambling, likker, and wimmin.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 09:59 AM (1Ff7Z)

121 A lot of content. A lot.

Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 10:00 AM (LHPAg)

122 I was mistaken. It's not City of God I have, but Augustine's Confessions. It's the 'Oxford World's Classics' version, translated by Henry Chadwick.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/)

123 I just re-submitted two of my nov-length manuscripts (one mystery, one fantasy) to the Indie Author Project contest. I'd submitted them a couple of years ago and nothing came of it -- but who knows, and submission was free.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

124 Ope, not in the library system. Too bad.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 10:01 AM (kpS4V)

125 Oops. "Novel-length" manuscripts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

126 40 The Bismarck and Tirpitz were two names I thought of using for a personalized license plate on my late beloved '86 Mercedes S-Class. It was long and gray and German, so such a name plate seemed appropriate. But "Bismarck" was too long, and I didn't want people asking me, "Why'd yuh name yore car 'Tar Pits'?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 09:25 AM (wzUl9)

I actually saw a license plate that read 444FOUR. People get very random when picking license plates...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 31, 2026 10:01 AM (3v7ra)

127 I love that image of 'how I see libraries' in the post. Thanks, Perfessor. That is just how I think of my books: wonder, imagination, and pleasure on the shelf. It is what I hope to instill in my great nephews and other young people I deal with.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

128 I'm rereading two easy books from my early youth, Tom Swift, Jr. "His Flyng Lab" and his "Jetmarine". Nostalgia, and I'm looking at how an author described the USA in pre-space age 1954.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 10:02 AM (LBorg)

129 I'm pretty sure 99% of the posters here have read Clarence Thomas's autobiography, My Grandfather's Son but if you haven't you need to stat.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 10:02 AM (WNOcj)

130 106 Dash, are you going to this year's TxMoMe? I can bring the book.
Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 09:52 AM (p/isN)

Oh, not likely this year. Probably next, and we'll have forgotten about it by then. But I thank you!

Is it Neon Mirage, maybe, and not Neon Empire? I see one in the Nathan Heller series titled Neon Mirage. Either way, looks like I can get them through interlibrary loan.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 10:03 AM (h7ZuX)

131 Johnny was actually trying to get Joyce, but backed off when he kept finding Bushkin and her together in a room.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 09:57 AM (1Ff7Z)
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Carson's dark side was known back in the day, and it illustrates how many celebrities (especially comedians) are actually really awful people in person.

That being said, if you go back and watch the clips on youtube, he was a fantastic interviewer, and very politically neutral. He wanted (and got) the largest possible audience and was generous with his guest spots (until you pissed him off, of course).

I was just old enough to watch it intermittenly, and I now look back at how Ed was treated as something of a useless buffoon when I was a retired colonel in the Marine Corps.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)

132 I know of 2 Warhammer gaming places , 1 not far from me. Also some games at Historicon. But its not my interest.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 10:04 AM (Ia/+0)

133 They had men prefer DeWitt over Sommers?
Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 09:57 AM (WNOcj)

I certainly did. Janet had brains, while Chrissy was the archetypal bimbo.

I also preferred Kate Jackson over Farrah Fawcett.

Carolyn Jones and Yvonne DeCarlo were a tie, though.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 10:05 AM (qRla/)

134 I was mistaken. It's not City of God I have, but Augustine's Confessions. It's the 'Oxford World's Classics' version, translated by Henry Chadwick.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 10:00 AM (qRla/)
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Great book. A much easier (and faster) read than City of God.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 10:05 AM (ZOv7s)

135 MacDonald got better, though. His Murder Gone Mad is one of the earliest serial killer stories, with Inspector Pike being the lead (Anthony Gethryn's style of detection wouldn't help much) in the hunt for killer in a garden suburb of London. It's not gory, but there are moments of true creepiness, and a thunderbolt ending.
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Found it at my Kindle Store! Thanks Mr. Wolfus.
Posted by: Berwyn Mutt - Home of Svengoolie at May 31, 2026

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John Dickson Carr selected it long ago for his "ten best detective novels" anthology, which didn't come off. But his essay on the reasons he chose each author and book are fascinating reading. When I read Carr's description of MGM -- "t is the true blood-seeking" -- I knew I had to re-read it. It holds up well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:05 AM (wzUl9)

136 I hate chess.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

Isn't the queen a good sport!

Posted by: Bernaise at May 31, 2026 10:05 AM (1Ff7Z)

137 It's a shame Bushkin didn't give Johnny advice to quit smoking. Emphysema is a hell of a way to die

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 10:06 AM (LBorg)

138 I highly suggest the Survivor series by
James Wesley, Rawles. As we are a group of people blessed with the sense to buy a commodity that begins with the letter 'A'. Take a look.

Posted by: Eromero at May 31, 2026 10:07 AM (LHPAg)

139 I have Hail Mary Project on audible for our road-trip in July to the spawn's Nationals competition. I need to find another one for the drive back... the spawn is the one who told me about the book/movie.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 31, 2026 10:08 AM (VCgbV)

140 Ed McMahon is listed as a Colonel in wikipedia

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 10:09 AM (A6kjH)

141 As for my own writing:
I finished reading the draft aloud to my writing partner, making notes of plot holes and repetitive dialogue / descriptions (my characters tend to 'hold up a hand' a lot). Starting tomorrow, I'll be doing a new round of edits, very slowly, so that each chapter is as historically and geographically accurate as the storyline permits. I also need to do what I call 'set decoration' - adding descriptions of clothes, food, sounds and smells to give the reader a sense of actually being in 1922.

After I finish, I'll probably be asking for a couple of beta readers for input before I do one last round of edits and publish.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 10:09 AM (qRla/)

142 "Night of Camp David" by Fletcher Knebel. Political potboiler about a US President who plots to take over Canada and Scandinavia, tap all phones in the USA, and stays up all night fuming about the domestic enemies he thinks are out to get him. I'd call it hacky, but I must admit it kept me turning the pages all the way to the end. SPOILER: The ending is a yuuuge cop-out.

Posted by: gp at May 31, 2026 10:09 AM (Wq24h)

143 . . . After I finish, I'll probably be asking for a couple of beta readers for input before I do one last round of edits and publish.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026

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Your process sounds thorough, MP4. I hereby volunteer to be a beta reader.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:10 AM (wzUl9)

144 glurb gleep bloop

Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at May 31, 2026 10:11 AM (n8yIs)

145 @130 --

Oh, for God's sake! Yes, the title is "Neon Mirage"!

I've used the wrong title for two weeks now!

And I call myself a copy editor.

*slinks off in shame*

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 10:12 AM (p/isN)

146 JM -

I remember those Tom Swift Jr titles -- had a bunch of 'em before I started buying sf paperbacks. You could buy paperbacks in Chicago Lawn, but I don't recall an actual book store there. The Tom Swifts (along with The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drews, and Tarzans) were available at Iama Stationery just off 63d & Kedzie; for some reason the place sold those hardcovers as well as pens and paper. Now part of Walgreen's parking lot.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 10:13 AM (q3u5l)

147 Ed McMahon is listed as a Colonel in wikipedia
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 10:09 AM (A6kjH)
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Yeah, odd typo in that post.

I didn't read it online, though, I was watching a highlight clip and Don Rickles was quizzing everyone on their time in the service, what branch and rank and when he gets to Ed, Rickles does a double take. Ed just gives him this knowing look "Yeah, this is my retirement gig. Deal with it."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 10:13 AM (ZOv7s)

148 "Night of Camp David" by Fletcher Knebel. Political potboiler about a US President who plots to take over Canada and Scandinavia, tap all phones in the USA, and stays up all night fuming about the domestic enemies he thinks are out to get him. I'd call it hacky, but I must admit it kept me turning the pages all the way to the end. SPOILER: The ending is a yuuuge cop-out.
Posted by: gp at May 31, 2026

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My first thought was that the author was familiar, and he should be: He wrote Seven Days in May. Second thought was that he was writing about Nixon . . . but the book was published in 1965, long before Nixon's renaissance on the American political stage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9)

149 Jacklyn smith for the win although kate wasnt bad

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 31, 2026 10:14 AM (bXbFr)

150 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9)

More FDR imo.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 10:15 AM (WNOcj)

151 *slinks off in shame*
Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 10:12 AM (p/isN)

We'll keep this among ourselves, and none shall ever speak of it again.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 31, 2026 10:16 AM (h7ZuX)

152 84 I've taken the plunge into the Warhammer 40K Expanded Universe.

One rule I've discovered about this type of grimdark fantasy--don't get attached to any characters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)

Oh, dear. Good luck.

I played a bit of 40K in the late 90's/early 00's, and I've got a few 40K books on my shelf. But the books I've actually read and remember were the 30K "Horus Heresy" books. (At least the first few books. Before the series became too expansive for my liking.) Part of what kept me from reading more was what the Perf mentioned at the end; I know too much about the 40K setting. I know everything is horrible, and that any action by individual characters is...ultimately futile. Which makes it hard to care about reading stories about those characters.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 31, 2026 10:16 AM (3v7ra)

153 Fletcher Knebel also wrote Vanished: ". . . about the political effects of the sudden, mysterious disappearance of the main aide to the President of the United States during a contentious re-election campaign." That was 1968. I think it appeared in one of the Reader's Digest Condensed Books volumes -- although I don't believe I read it, then or since.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)

154 Your process sounds thorough, MP4. I hereby volunteer to be a beta reader.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:10 AM (wzUl9)

Many thanks, Wolfus. It probably won't be ready until the beginning of July, but we'll see. I might hijack a Book Thread in order to ask.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 10:17 AM (qRla/)

155 Andy Weir wrote Project Hail Mary. He also wrote The Martian. Dude has found his formula for making money.
Posted by: PabloD at May 31, 2026 09:39 AM (K1RVP)

He has one written between Martian and Hail Mary that's called Artemis. I assumed it was new when I saw it this week because no one seems to talk about it.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 10:17 AM (lFFaq)

156 My first thought was that the author was familiar, and he should be: He wrote Seven Days in May. Second thought was that he was writing about Nixon . . . but the book was published in 1965, long before Nixon's renaissance on the American political stage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9)
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Actually, it sounds like it *was* about Nixon and what would have happened if he beat Kennedy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

157 Knebel was s lefty capitol hill stringer i forget for which wire service i guess ne wanted to continue the meme of evil rightist

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 31, 2026 10:17 AM (bXbFr)

158 I've got thoughts on books about the Revolution and the swill I expect to come this year, but that's a topic for a different book thread.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 09:44 AM (qRla/)
* * * *
I shall look forward to it! Thank you.

(and may the expected swill be smaller than expected and totally ignored...)

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 31, 2026 10:17 AM (D/6p1)

159 Well, I hope you are still wearing the old ones here. We have rules, you know.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 31, 2026 09:52 AM (0U5gm)

Well, I did have to go outside, so yeah, pants. I'm not a philistine who'd wear shorts outside!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 10:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

160 119 ... "The introduction was less than stellar, and I ended up skipping it. The translator has lots of footnote which include references to ancient texts that Augustine cites but he also tries to correct Augustine and I've found one instance where no, Mr. Modern Man, you got that wrong. Augustine was correct."

AHL, Thanks. I now have the Dods version on Kindle. I'll approach the Penguin Classics Bettenson edition with suitable caution. Explanatory footnotes are fine and even a section on translation choices. But keep the 21st century out of the 5th century.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 10:18 AM (yTvNw)

161 My first thought was that the author was familiar, and he should be: He wrote Seven Days in May. Second thought was that he was writing about Nixon . . . but the book was published in 1965, long before Nixon's renaissance on the American political stage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026
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Actually, it sounds like it *was* about Nixon and what would have happened if he beat Kennedy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026

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Could have been, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)

162 >>Posted by: gp at May 31, 2026 10:09 AM (Wq24h)

Remember that as one of Mom's condensed books - read it as a teenager, and a few others of his, as well, from the library. Agreed on both parts of your review.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 31, 2026 10:19 AM (NcvvS)

163 99
A while back there was a collection of short stories by Lewis Shiner that I was tempted to buy, but I looked at the sample which led off with an intro by Karen Joy Fowler. IIRC she spent as much time grousing about Republicans as she did talking about Shiner's work. Skipped the book, even though I kinda like what I've read of Shiner.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 09:51 AM (q3u5l)

Karen. Joy Fowler. A Karen, who ruins joy. That's not a real person, that's the on-the-nose name of an antagonist in a slice-of-life or cozy-mystery novel...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 31, 2026 10:21 AM (3v7ra)

164 I hereby volunteer to be a beta reader.

I think I would not be a good beta/proof reader for fiction. I did it for a couple of technical books a long time ago but for fiction, I think I would be too prone to read what I think you meant instead of what you actually wrote.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 31, 2026 10:21 AM (vTZFs)

165 They had men prefer DeWitt over Sommers?
Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 09:57 AM (WNOcj)

Sure. I found her sloppy looking and unattractive.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 10:21 AM (1Ff7Z)

166 I approve of today's 'these pants' selection, both the pants and the model.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 10:22 AM (yTvNw)

167 And now, pointless bitching and moaning about virtual narration. I bought the audiobook Under Fire - Mokra, a novel about the first day of WWII, September 1, 1939, the Nazi invasion of Poland. The AI narrator pronounces "Polish" as in "shoe polish" rather than in "Polish sausage" which is annoying given that every other word is Polish.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

168 Thank God for the RAF.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:41 AM (kpS4V)
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And the Royal Navy. I assume you are familiar of the epic wargame of Operation Sea Lion that took place in the 1970s, where many of the surviving generals served as umpires?

When the RAF determined its losses were getting unsustainable, they pull back to bases outside ME 109 range, and which point the Germans invaded.

The RAF then "surged" to cover a cruiser sortie that wrecked the invasion fleet, but not before a beachhead was established. IIRC, about 100,000 Germans made it ashore and were subsequently captured.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

169 146 JM -

I remember those Tom Swift Jr titles -- had a bunch of 'em before I started buying sf paperbacks. You could buy paperbacks in Chicago Lawn, but I don't recall an actual book store there. The Tom Swifts (along with The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drews, and Tarzans) were available at Iama Stationery just off 63d & Kedzie; for some reason the place sold those hardcovers as well as pens and paper. Now part of Walgreen's parking lot.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 10:13 AM (q3u5l

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Just some guy --

What a coincidence! I grew up in the neighborhood just west of 79th and Pulaski, and spent a lot of time in the library there. I even remember the Chicago Library's bookmobile coming down the street in the '50s. We had a local Rexall drugs that was good for comic books and magazines. 63rd & K was a happening area.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 10:24 AM (eovtb)

170 The AI narrator pronounces "Polish" as in "shoe polish" rather than in "Polish sausage" which is annoying given that every other word is Polish.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)
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That's terrible editing. You can go into Amazon's and edit specific words to remedy that, but you do have to listen to the whole book to catch all the instances, which does take a bit of time and effort.

On the plus side, you find lots of little mistakes. It's a neat way to copy edit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)

171
I'm reading Charlie Hustle by Keith O'Brien, a biography of - who else? - Pete Rose.

Did it change my mind about his being banned from baseball in the wake of the Dowd Report? No, it reinforced it. In February, 1989, MLB heard that Sports Illustrated was doing an investigation of Rose's gambling, which appeared to include baseball. The commissioner, Peter Ueberroth and the NL president, Bart Giamatti called Rose in and asked point blank: are you betting on baseball?

If Rose had said, yes, I'm sorry, I have a problem, MLB could have and wanted to work something out; they didn't want to ban him. But Rose lied and the subsequent Dowd investigation yielded overwhelming evidence he bet on his own team. Even then, MLB wanted to avoid the worst. But Rose went to court to block them. And so MLB pulled the trigger. Even so, Rose lied for years and years after.

It's regrettable that the Hall of Fame also declared him ineligible to be on the ballot. As we have seen from the Steroid Era nominees, some BBWAA members would have voted for him but Rose would never have come to the 75% threshold. Nor will he get ever get the 12 of 16 votes from the Veterans Committee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2026 10:25 AM (HdYcL)

172 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)

Human written and AI performed Warhammer 40K songs are a genre I've discovered recently. Everything I know about the setting comes from those. Ciaphas Cain reminds me of Flashman if Flashman were a halfway decent human being. One of the channels is creating Horus Heresy: the Rock Opera which is helpful in explaining the lore.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 10:25 AM (lFFaq)

173 Good morning all
Wolfus, you may need to wait a while to get a copy of Project Hail Mary. There were over 1300 people ahead of me when I put it on reserve but got my copy a couple of days ago. The movie was terrific so I am hoping it enhances my visualizing the characters because the casting was fantastic.
Rediscovered Hoopla a couple of weeks ago and got a copy of Ilona Andrew's newest Beast Business. Short, which I seem to need these days, set in the Hidden Legacy World. Well done and a bunch of short stories included as a bonus.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 31, 2026 10:26 AM (kJmSS)

174 " ... spent as much time grousing about Republicans as she did talking about ... "

instant book-dropper for me, with subsequent perma-ban.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 31, 2026 10:27 AM (VyBeY)

175 Castle Guy at 163 -

The name would fit, wouldn't it? I've heard that Fowler is pretty good, but that piece introducing the Lewis Shiner collection is all I've read by her. And it's all I plan to read by her.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 10:28 AM (q3u5l)

176 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 31, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)

Carson's persona was probably more well known to people in the business than reg'lar folks. It's amazing how fast he could be set off by things that probably weren't that important. He wanted loyalty above all from those he promoted and employed and would get angry if he felt you weren't doing things for him. That's why Bushkin was fired. Johnny thought he was making deals behind his back.

As for people on his show.... He wasn't angry about Joan Rivers getting a show, he was mad because she didn't tell him before doing it, according to Bushkin. He didn't like Bob Hope because he had to have everything scripted for his appearances, but Hope was too important to not have on.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 10:29 AM (1Ff7Z)

177 Why didnt they liberate the channel isles

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 31, 2026 10:29 AM (bXbFr)

178 Why didnt they liberate the channel isles
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 31, 2026

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Too close to German-occupied France?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)

179 Show business seems to be such a cutthroat.Industry, populated by sharks at every turn --- I'm surprised anybody turns out to be good. But they do. For example, I hear Matt Damon is a good guy, despite his stardom and his politics

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 10:32 AM (/K2a0)

180 What is up with all the pop up garbage, my ad blocker doesn't work on this site any longer. It's driving me nuts!

Posted by: dave at May 31, 2026 10:33 AM (2ZUrQ)

181 It's a shame Bushkin didn't give Johnny advice to quit smoking. Emphysema is a hell of a way to die
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 10:06 AM (LBorg)

The book does touch on that, I believe.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 10:33 AM (1Ff7Z)

182 172
Human written and AI performed Warhammer 40K songs are a genre I've discovered recently. Everything I know about the setting comes from those. Ciaphas Cain reminds me of Flashman if Flashman were a halfway decent human being. One of the channels is creating Horus Heresy: the Rock Opera which is helpful in explaining the lore.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 10:25 AM (lFFaq)

Aw man, you just reminded me of the 'This a Not a Plan' video. I've watched/listened to that far more than is healthy.

This is not a plan,
This is not a drill,
I tripped and pointed towards the hill,
They thought it meant to circle around,
I just fell down and hit the ground.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 31, 2026 10:34 AM (3v7ra)

183 After I finish, I'll probably be asking for a couple of beta readers for input before I do one last round of edits and publish.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 10:09 AM (qRla/)

I've noticed the hands up in some of my stuff too.

Still trying to finish one WiP so I can go on to something else that won't sell.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 10:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

184 The Channel Islands are also REALLY REALLY hard to land on. Local tidal range is something like 20 feet so the ferries only run every 12 hours. The Germans could barge in because there was no opposition. But if their occupation force had tried to resist, they could make retaking the islands a very bloody affair. And since they have nearly no strategic value it was simpler to just march to Berlin instead.

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 31, 2026 10:35 AM (78a2H)

185 That being said, if you go back and watch the clips on youtube, he was a fantastic interviewer, and very politically neutral.

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CBS Says Replacing Colbert Will Turn $40M Loss Into $15M Profit

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CBS is putting profits before people!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)

186 Sadly PA (philly) free library slashed their Libby budget about 90% a few months ago. Went from adding 100s of titles every week to about ten. Oh well, now wishlist is shrinking instead of growing.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike

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Oh no!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 31, 2026 10:37 AM (fE6HJ)

187 JM -

The Rexall's I remember was at 62d and Kedzie. Picked up a lot of Marvel comics there. (Jeez, first issues of Spiderman and X-Men and Sgt Fury and Avengers, early issues of F4 and Hulk...) If I'd kept 'em instead of giving them away when I started buying paperbacks I could have paid the mortgage a hell of a lot sooner than I did. Who knew?

The place had a decent paperback rack as well, though not nearly up to the ones at Penner's Pharmacy and the old Walgreen's at 63d & Kedzie. The new Walgreen's now occupies what was the Marquette Theater and Iama Stationery. The Chicago Lawn library is still there, though I doubt its collection is as good these days as it used to be.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 10:37 AM (q3u5l)

188 The Germans dug into the Channel Islands like a tick. Hitler wasted a lot of resources on the islands that his obsession actually benefited the allies.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 10:38 AM (WNOcj)

189 And I call myself a copy editor.

*slinks off in shame*
Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 10:12 AM (p/isN)

Uh, what's your rate?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 10:38 AM (1Ff7Z)

190 One nice thing about the Carson show is that he frequently had writers as guests (usually held for the last 20 minutes, but hey). I remember seeing Asimov there a few times. And Colin Turnbull, when The Mountain People came out.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 10:41 AM (q3u5l)

191
Show business seems to be such a cutthroat.Industry, populated by sharks at every turn

Hollywood portrays all executives as thieving bastards who would kill you over 10 cents because in Hollywood all executives are thieving bastards who would kill you over 10 cents.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2026 10:41 AM (HdYcL)

192 JSG and JM, we had a local chain of drugstores called "Katz & Besthoff," aka K & B. They were all over town in various sizes, some with a lunch counter. Besides the things you'd expect to find in a drugstore, they had a solid paperback section, where the latest hardboiled detective stories and thrillers appeared. I bought a lot of my Man From U.N.C.L.E. series at K & B as they popped up every few months. Also Whitfield & Roddenberry's famous The Making of Star Trek. A stop to check for new books at the K & B near my junior high, in downtown, and at the one in the big enclosed mall on the West Bank of the river were standard parts of my days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:42 AM (wzUl9)

193 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2026 10:41 AM (HdYcL)

The music industry was worse.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 10:43 AM (WNOcj)

194 California has lost 163 corporate HQs to other states in the last decade.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 10:45 AM (WNOcj)

195 Isn't the queen a good sport!
Posted by: Bernaise

Didja hear about the May 26 palace coup that has cast out Queen Camilla and her family?

https://tinyurl.com/3hj8jt4c

(30 minute YT that is interesting but rather repetitive and provides more detail than many might wish.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

196 Isn't that ironic that the Ayn Rand Institute is headquartered in CA?

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 10:47 AM (WNOcj)

197 JSG, I finished Goldman's Temple of Gold (I'd thought I'd read it, but I hadn't) and Soldier in the Rain. The former was a lot like Catcher in the Rye in some ways. The latter was very entertaining, partly because I dimly recall the movie with Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen running on TV years ago -- great casting.

I haven't gotten to the play script or the other two novels yet. Thanks for sending them!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:47 AM (wzUl9)

198 God bless anyone who RE-reads the Silmarillion!

I have read it ONCE!

By contrast I have read the Bible cover to cover TWICE!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at May 31, 2026 10:49 AM (7kJyR)

199 Speaking of books, I just recently came into possession of a hardcover of what is easily the best book on drawing, it's written in Chinese but it is illustrated beautifully and so clear in it's instruction that you can follow it without having to read a single word.

It's got a decidedly Asian title: Special Training: Anime Human Body Structure Expression.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 10:50 AM (XV/Pl)

200 By the way, if you come to Da Swamp, the K & B drugstores are long gone. The family sold out to Rite-Aid (I believe) in the late '90s. Now Rite-Aid has vanished (along with Eckerd and Rexall), and all we have are a few higher-priced independents, CVS, and Walgreens -- none oriented toward books. They might have some magazines in a rack, but not much else.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)

201 Recently read several series by Josh Kilen. They all started as bedtime stories for his son and then he published them. He covers superhero, fantasy, sci-fi, and magical realism genres. I had purchased the first novels in each about a decade ago and was happy to see he'd finished each of them since then.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 10:51 AM (lFFaq)

202 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)

I interviewed for a manager's position at K&B when I first graduated. Only time I've ever taken a lie detector test.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 10:52 AM (WNOcj)

203 The democratic populace has found succor, as Adams feared it would, in a strongman.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)




The "Trump is a dictator" narrative is so fucking stupid it doesn't even rate notice. He's the least dictatorial president we have ever had.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 31, 2026 10:52 AM (/RHNq)

204 Wolfus,

Before moving down here to SE KS, I worked for 9 years for K&B. Not a drug store chain, though -- Kroch's & Brentano's Book Store, a Chicago and suburbs chain that had 18 stores during the years I was there. Spent most of my time there in the main store basement working the paperback department, and while retail in downtown Chicago was never a picnic most of the staff were great to work with and it was terrific being around all those books.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 10:53 AM (q3u5l)

205
Is there a limit to how many words or lines there can be in a comment? Because when writing a long one, I get stopped after a certain length. Or maybe it's just me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2026 10:53 AM (HdYcL)

206 (30 minute YT that is interesting but rather repetitive and provides more detail than many might wish.)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

They show a woman with a little doggie intro'ing the vid, then have an AI voice narrate. Click.

Don't know what the heck they're talking about, but I don't care much about royal news.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 10:54 AM (1Ff7Z)

207 The loss of magazines and newsstands is a sad one too. We used to have two downtown that I frequented in my school days, and various others over the years in the suburbs. The last one closed a few years back. It was fun to nip out there in the early morning on a weekend, browse, maybe pick up one of the British classic car magazines, then walk across the street to the cafe and have a coffee and maybe some breakfast while reading.

Now all we have is Barnes & Noble. And almost all the magazines still going are so expensive compared to what you get, that flipping through them and putting them back is the process of choice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:54 AM (wzUl9)

208 OK, folks, it's a bit overcast outside, but I think I can squeeze in a cigar before the rain.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 10:55 AM (qRla/)

209 California has lost 163 corporate HQs to other states in the last decade.
Posted by: polynikes

Delaware has a plan, not a good plan but . . .

Judge awards corporations the right to vote in Delaware town
Delaware Superior Court Judge Craig Karsnitz has ruled that companies in Delaware will be able to vote in elections just like people.
This is especially wacky for Delaware.
As per the US Census Bureau, the estimated human population of Delaware is just over 1 million.
But there are over 2 million corporations headquartered in the state, which means there are far more companies in Delaware than there are people.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

210 Before moving down here to SE KS, I worked for 9 years for K&B. Not a drug store chain, though -- Kroch's & Brentano's Book Store, a Chicago and suburbs chain that had 18 stores during the years I was there. Spent most of my time there in the main store basement working the paperback department, and while retail in downtown Chicago was never a picnic most of the staff were great to work with and it was terrific being around all those books.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026

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There was a Brentano's in a mall in Denver, I think. Another thing that's gone, like Doubleday and the bookstores that used to be in malls.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:56 AM (wzUl9)

211 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2026 10:53 AM (HdYcL)

There's a limit. I believe it's to stop people accidentally copy/pasting the entire thread. A troll started doing it on purpose and then re-copying that which was breaking the blog.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 10:56 AM (lFFaq)

212 By the way, if you come to Da Swamp, the K & B drugstores are long gone. The family sold out to Rite-Aid (I believe) in the late '90s. Now Rite-Aid has vanished (along with Eckerd and Rexall), and all we have are a few higher-priced independents, CVS, and Walgreens -- none oriented toward books. They might have some magazines in a rack, but not much else.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)

Hopefully soon the two of you will see that benighted place recede in the rearview mirror.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 10:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

213
Back from a constitutional with the lively and athletic Mrs naturalfake.

Guess I'll mosey on upstairs and check things out.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 10:57 AM (iJfKG)

214 I didn't see this listed for WoT but the series is absolutely massive. It expands possibly faster than the average mind, well my mind certainly, can keep track of characters and places. And it expands not just spatially but temporally and other dimensionally. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger and it is easy to lose your way.

But if you are up for this, and have the sort of mind that can easily keep track of all this, it is a good read.

If you're not, but still want to enjoy it, keeping a journal with your own recaps/notes book to book also helps. Sort of how you would keep notes when playing an old school computer rpg, without maps, or handy unfinished task screen. You had to keep track of everything your self back then.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 31, 2026 10:58 AM (3uBP9)

215 Is there a limit to how many words or lines there can be in a comment? Because when writing a long one, I get stopped after a certain length. Or maybe it's just me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2026

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Yes; I think Pixy instituted a comment character limit, to prevent people from accidentally copying and pasting the entire thread above the comment box. (Or on purpose, I suspect, in the case of trolls.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)

216 Being in Tierra de Fuego (Land of Fire) in South America I imagine the story would be about a former Nazi German book burner who flees Europe and self-exiles to the remote locale where he attempts to achieve atonement by rescuing books previously banned by the Reich. Lots of jack-booted thugs and ex-Gestapo trying to track him down, so on and so forth...

Posted by: muldoon



"The Books from Brazil*"




*Argentina

Posted by: Sharkman at May 31, 2026 10:58 AM (/RHNq)

217 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

I assume incorporated in the state not physically headquartered there?

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 10:59 AM (WNOcj)

218 I just had one of those moments where I thought, "man it would sure be nice to have coffee", and remembered my wife already made coffee, and remembered I already got coffee, and it is sitting right here. (sip sip) aaaaahhh...

Posted by: banana Dream at May 31, 2026 11:01 AM (3uBP9)

219 Ed McMahon is listed as a Colonel in wikipedia

Posted by: JM in Illinois



He was a Marine flight instructor in Corsairs in 1944-45, and flew 85 combat missions as an artillery observer in the Korean War, in the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog. Ended up with 25 years active and reserve Marine Corps service.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 31, 2026 11:04 AM (/RHNq)

220 I finished An Elemental Thing by Eliot Weinberger and my enthusiasm flagged as I went on. Still a very good collection of essays. It reminded me (slightly) of Evan S. Connell's The White Lantern and I think Connell is better at this. Started reading A Full Blown Yankee of the Iron Brigade by Rufus R. Dawes. Already want to rank it at the top of Civil War memoirs.

Posted by: who knew at May 31, 2026 11:04 AM (+ViXu)

221 194 California has lost 163 corporate HQs to other states in the last decade.
Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 10:45 AM (WNOcj)

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I can't imagine failed governors like Newsom (and Pritzker here in Illinois) running for potus with their horrible records, but they can. And what's worse, a lot of democrats can

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 11:05 AM (Je+XU)

222 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

Heh, just read the comments on that vid. It's a fake story. Nothing in the vid happened. Blinkin' AI slop wish fulfillment.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 11:05 AM (1Ff7Z)

223 Think I read somewhere (here maybe?) that Don Adams, Agent 86 himself, was a Marine Corps drill instructor.

Am now picturing him browbeating some recruit on the rifle range. "Missed it by THAT much."

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:06 AM (q3u5l)

224
He was a Marine flight instructor in Corsairs in 1944-45, and flew 85 combat missions as an artillery observer in the Korean War, in the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog. Ended up with 25 years active and reserve Marine Corps service.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 31, 2026 11:04 AM (

---- To quote Johnny, "I did not know that!" All that real world experience and responsibility, and yet he looked like such a buffoon on Johnny's show. It's a living, I guess.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 11:08 AM (Je+XU)

225 Is there a limit to how many words or lines there can be in a comment? Because when writing a long one, I get stopped after a certain length. Or maybe it's just me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2026

I bypass walls-of-words comments anyway.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 31, 2026 11:08 AM (g8Ew8)

226 In bariloche maybe maybe in parts of paraguay

Its striking how both levin and goldman wrote wish fullfillment stories for mengele much like dan silva did recently because nazis have to be plotting (arabs not so much)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 31, 2026 11:09 AM (bXbFr)

227 Delaware has a plan, not a good plan but . . .

Judge awards corporations the right to vote in Delaware town
Delaware Superior Court Judge Craig Karsnitz has ruled that companies in Delaware will be able to vote in elections just like people.

This is especially wacky for Delaware.

As per the US Census Bureau, the estimated human population of Delaware is just over 1 million.

But there are over 2 million corporations headquartered in the state, which means there are far more companies in Delaware than there are people.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy



Oh, I'm going to have to read this judge's ruling to discover the legal mumbo jumbo he articulates to go from One Man One Vote to One Legal Fiction One Vote.

Delaware has become a very silly place.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 31, 2026 11:09 AM (/RHNq)

228 I assume incorporated in the state not physically headquartered there?
Posted by: polynikes

I don't know. This is one of those things, like Nazi tattoos and non-binary Jesus, I didn't have on my 2026 Bingo card.

https://tinyurl.com/2s48ad99

Speaking of non-binary Jesus, by the way, I thought this Bee article on excerpts from Talarico's Bible was pretty funny.

https://tinyurl.com/mrdp9wnj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

229 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:11 AM (u82oZ)

230 208 OK, folks, it's a bit overcast outside, but I think I can squeeze in a cigar before the rain.

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 10:55 AM (qRla/)

----

These last few days in the midwest have been great. Makes you feel glad to be alive

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 11:11 AM (Je+XU)

231 Weak Geek: Bailey over Jennifer by a mile. Jan Smithers was my all time heartthrob.

Posted by: who knew at May 31, 2026 11:12 AM (+ViXu)

232 "OK, folks, it's a bit overcast outside, but I think I can squeeze in a cigar before the rain."

-- The Collected Sayings of William Jefferson Clinton, Large Print Edition

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2026 11:13 AM (6/7Fs)

233 There's a limit. I believe it's to stop people accidentally copy/pasting the entire thread. A troll started doing it on purpose and then re-copying that which was breaking the blog.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette




Exactly correct.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 31, 2026 11:15 AM (/RHNq)

234 Just Some Guy

If you ever travel near Manhattan, let's do a miniMoMeet. I have not been to South East Kansas since a Shriners Game in PITTSBURG.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:16 AM (u82oZ)

235 Polliwog the 'Ette

I well remember that clever, asshole troll. Glad pixy fixed it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:20 AM (u82oZ)

236 Derivative fiction doesn't bother me much IF IT IS WELL WRITTEN. I find most modern fiction poorly written and the story, aimed at a much younger audience, of no appeal. Also, I have several centuries worth of good fiction to go through (Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell for historic, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fielding, etc. for social matters, and endless, beautiful poetry over the last thousand years or so). This doesn't count rereading. My plate is never empty and the meal is never dull.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 11:26 AM (yTvNw)

237 Salty,

I hardly travel at all these days. Not much more than Pittsburg or Joplin, as I don't drive and Mrs Some Guy doesn't care for a run that goes more than a couple of hours and then only when she can't avoid it. Combine that with the bus companies having wrecked a lot of the service in the region and, well, don't get around much any more.

This is why God made AoS.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:28 AM (q3u5l)

238 I have been enjoying Jeffery Haskell's set called Grimm's War Book series. Think of a young Captain Kirk beginning his adventures in space as a lieutenant. The author writes some combat settings that would please any Trek fan.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 11:28 AM (2WIwB)

239 I finished rereading The Uplift War by David Brin on my Kindle.

I like this slightly better than the preceding Startide Rising, which is also an awesome book.

IMHO, the reason this is the best of the 6 Uplift Universe books is the well drawn Fiben Bolger, neo-chimp warrior of EarthClan. A rollicking tale, it looks at what makes humans special in a hostile, alien infested universe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:29 AM (u82oZ)

240 "Delaware Superior Court Judge Craig Karsnitz has ruled that companies in Delaware will be able to vote in elections just like people."

That sounded so weird to me I looked it up. The judge's ruling pertains only to the town of Fenwick Island which had amended its charter to SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZE artificial entities such as corporations and trusts to vote in local elections. The lawsuit was brought by the ACLU which argued that this provision violated the Delaware constitution. The judge said it didn't and allowed the charter provision to stand.

So it's not a ruling that would apply to all Delaware corporations.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 31, 2026 11:30 AM (FEVMW)

241 Just Some Guy

If I travel to your area, probably for the fried chicken, I will try and let you know. If that is alright with you.

I believe Wolfus has your contact information. In the unlikely event I head south east, would you mind me getting it from him?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:32 AM (u82oZ)

242 Started Larry Correia's Academy of Outcasts last night. Mostly world building at this point, but interesting.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 11:33 AM (lFFaq)

243 Regarding P-Hustle Platner, why would his new wife be looking at texts on his phone? Obviously it was because she suspected he was cheating on her.

I predict that P-Hustle will be forced to drop out after he gets the nomination (probably in exchange for an agreement that Democrats will not release further detrimental information, probably involving underage girls), and they will install a new candidate, probably the execrable and decrepit Janet Mills, who will look fresh and clean compared to the odious Platner. But will P-Hustle's Progressive Comrades show up for her in November, especially if she's further linked to the oppo research dumps that are destroying his campaign?

Posted by: Socko River at May 31, 2026 11:33 AM (qUkBO)

244 Salty -

Works for me, and I don't mind at all if you get my info from Wolfus.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:34 AM (q3u5l)

245 If I travel to your area, probably for the fried chicken, I will try and let you know. If that is alright with you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:32 AM (u82oZ)

Are Chicken Annie and Chicken Mary still in operation?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 11:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

246 And the Royal Navy. I assume you are familiar of the epic wargame of Operation Sea Lion that took place in the 1970s, where many of the surviving generals served as umpires?
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I did not, sir. Must have been very satisfying for them!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 11:35 AM (kpS4V)

247 If I can believe Google, both Chicken Mary and Chicken Annie are still going.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:37 AM (q3u5l)

248 53 ... "I despise Stephen King's writing style. My wife really tried to get me into the Gunslinger, which she loves and I could ot get past the ugly words on the page."

Thank you!! I have started several of King's books because he is so popular. Figured there must be something worthwhile there. Maybe there is but not for me. His writing style and wording is turgid and nasty. There is no elegance. Don't think I ever got past fifty pages before giving the book away.

If I want to read horror, I'll get out my copies of Robert Howard stories and Lovecraft.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 11:40 AM (yTvNw)

249 I've never been able to get into King. He just sucks.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 11:41 AM (bupRa)

250 I read "Revelations" by Xavier Reyes-Ayral. Lots of material on Marian Apparitions.

He jumps to conclusions about the timing of these prophesied events. If France descends into Civil War soon, and Paris is destroyed, maybe his timing isn't too far off after all.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 11:42 AM (qFwJc)

251 Salty -

Works for me, and I don't mind at all if you get my info from Wolfus.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026

***
Done!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 11:43 AM (wzUl9)

252 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

That wargame had the Royal Navy, with sacrifices, stopping the German invasion cold, even with Fighter Command being knocked out with better intelligence leading to crippling German air raids. This is in accord with most commercial wargames and the Royal Navy's force distribution.

The funny thing is, in the event, the defenses of the British Army initially focused on the wrong part of Britain's coast to defend against invasion. Only late in the time period did they start to build up where the Germans were planning to land.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:44 AM (u82oZ)

253 Thanks Perfessor, I appreciate you featuring Eye of the World.

I'm on to the Great Hunt for the Horn, which picks up immediately after the Eye of the World and feels like a real continuation. In fact, the pacing is pretty brisk in the first few books as Jordan may have been expecting to write a three or 6 at most book series. (nobody had done a 10 book series apart from L. Ron Hubbard and...less said about Mission Earth the better).

Of the 5 critiques, the last one is the only real valid one. I don't mind his prose at all, I think he has just the right amount of detail for his very detailed book. The traveling is part of the character development and worldbuilding, I liked it. It's not Tolkien-derived except that its Fantasy and has a Dark One and a Quest...it may riff on Tolkien elements but it is very much its own thing. Matt, Rand and Perrin are very different and not generic at all. I will say that some characters elsewhere do start to blend together, Robert Jordan wasn't perfect but he was good enough.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 31, 2026 11:45 AM (xcxpd)

254 Wolfus Aurelius

Thanks. We are a community.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:45 AM (u82oZ)

255 He jumps to conclusions about the timing of these prophesied events. If France descends into Civil War soon, and Paris is destroyed, maybe his timing isn't too far off after all.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 11:42 AM (qFwJc)

Reports of violence near the Champs-Elysees have been overblown; our reporters on the ground are seeing mostly peaceful youths looking for some kind of snackbar.

Posted by: NBC News at May 31, 2026 11:45 AM (Ucgf4)

256 The Stephen King book for people who don't like Stephen King is Danse Macabre.

This one isn't a novel or short story collection; it's a book of long essays on horror fiction, film, and television, 1950-1980. Even if you don't read the essays, the book is worth the price of admission for the long lists of recommended books and films that close out the book. You're just about guaranteed to find something new to you in those lists. King, whatever one thinks of his fiction, has been throughout his career generous in praise of other writers in genre and out, and he deserves all kinds of points for this.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:46 AM (q3u5l)

257 And I would SO live in the middle of nowhere with just my books. It's damn near what I'm doing now, living in Monroe. I could go even further away from people but I have to work.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 31, 2026 11:46 AM (xcxpd)

258 NBC News

*Snort*

Well played.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:47 AM (u82oZ)

259 Regarding P-Hustle Platner, why would his new wife be looking at texts on his phone?

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Twitchy speculates she released that humiliating video because she was afraid not to.

I've watched my share of awkward campaign 'my marriage is fine, actually' videos over the years, but Amy Gertner's nearly five-minute walk-and-talk takes the prize for pure discomfort.
She's out on a rural Maine road, swatting black flies, admitting it's her 20th take, and insisting she and Graham have a 'great marriage' even though they're juggling infertility, a Senate run, and a full counseling lineup—hers, his, and theirs. She calls him dynamic, a genius, a combat vet who's been through Hell and is working on his mental health every day. No marriage is perfect, she says. She just wants the one she has.
When I first watched this, it just irritated TF out of me. Why on Earth would she humiliate herself this way when it's Platner who has been making horrible decisions? What woman would make excuses for her husband like this?

Bethany S. Mandel
@bethanyshondark
Knowing what I know about Graham (and it’s a lot, for a long time now), my guess is she’s afraid of him. And he’s given her good reason.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)

260 The thing about Stephen King is when his books are good, they are very very good, when they are bad, they are ponderous and a slog.

In my opinion, Chrichton was superior to King in every way shape and form.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 11:47 AM (XV/Pl)

261 The riots after the last time the soccer pussies won were worse than this time.So far.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 11:47 AM (WNOcj)

262 If I can believe Google, both Chicken Mary and Chicken Annie are still going.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:37 AM (q3u5l)

Any still near Arma? That'd be where I ate. Can't remember which one, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 11:48 AM (1Ff7Z)

263 King, whatever one thinks of his fiction, has been throughout his career generous in praise of other writers in genre and out, and he deserves all kinds of points for this.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:46 AM (q3u5l)

King even contributed a blurb to Glen Beck's book. He wrote ( I'm paraphrasing ) . "Satan's retarded younger brother."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 31, 2026 11:48 AM (Ucgf4)

264 I despise Stephen King's writing style. My wife really tried to get me into the Gunslinger, which she loves and I could ot get past the ugly words on the page."

Thank you!! I have started several of King's books because he is so popular. Figured there must be something worthwhile there. Maybe there is but not for me. His writing style and wording is turgid and nasty. There is no elegance. Don't think I ever got past fifty pages before giving the book away.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 11:40 AM (yTvNw)

I'm just the opposite. I like his style.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 31, 2026 11:48 AM (g8Ew8)

265 Salty --

If you contact me, use email. I get enough spam calls that I frequently don't answer the phone if the number isn't in the contact list, and I've never bothered to set up voice mail. I'm a dinosaur.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:49 AM (q3u5l)

266 I've never been able to get into King. He just sucks.
Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 11:41 AM (bupRa)

Yes! Give that man an RC!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 11:49 AM (1Ff7Z)

267 When I first watched this, it just irritated TF out of me. Why on Earth would she humiliate herself this way when it's Platner who has been making horrible decisions? What woman would make excuses for her husband like this?

Must. Not. Sock. Hillary. Clinton....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 31, 2026 11:49 AM (Ucgf4)

268 Everything in Hollywood is derivative. It's a two hour format. It's also entertainment. And they are handsomely rewarded for cinematography, editing and directing. Everything else has been done before.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 31, 2026 11:50 AM (D1E+2)

269 239 I finished rereading The Uplift War by David Brin on my Kindle.

I like this slightly better than the preceding Startide Rising, which is also an awesome book.

IMHO, the reason this is the best of the 6 Uplift Universe books is the well drawn Fiben Bolger, neo-chimp warrior of EarthClan. A rollicking tale, it looks at what makes humans special in a hostile, alien infested universe.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 31, 2026 11:29 AM (u82oZ)

I like the Uplift War the best of all Brin's works.
I've met the man on several occasions when I was seriously trying to be writer. He's a Liberal but not frothing, friendlier than a lot of sci-fi pros.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 31, 2026 11:50 AM (xcxpd)

270 Now, that's commitment!

Secular Talk (KyleKulinskiShow@bsky.social)
@KyleKulinski
Platner could’ve sexted my mom and I’d still vote for him

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 11:52 AM (ndZc7)

271 If there were no other issues, why would you elect anyone to a position of power who is allegedly undergoing psych treatment and rated 100% with a psych disability. I sympathize and want the best for that person but I don't want them to have any control over my life.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 11:52 AM (WNOcj)

272 There hasn't been an original thought in Whoreywood in decades. "Let's do a remake of 'The Odyssey.'"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 11:53 AM (qFwJc)

273 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 31, 2026 11:45 AM (xcxpd)

I think he caught the "wanting *more*" of the Forsaken very well. It has become my answer to those who suggest paying congress more would stamp out corruption.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 11:53 AM (lFFaq)

274 133 They had men prefer DeWitt over Sommers?
Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 09:57 AM (WNOcj)

I certainly did. Janet had brains, while Chrissy was the archetypal bimbo.

I also preferred Kate Jackson over Farrah Fawcett.

Carolyn Jones and Yvonne DeCarlo were a tie, though.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 31, 2026 10:05 AM (qRla/)

Yvonne De Carlo in The Ten Commandments Brooke the tie for me. Team Yvonne all the way.

However, in The Ten Commandments, Anne Francis was positively incandescent. Yowza!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 31, 2026 11:54 AM (RMMRf)

275 Yes! Give that man an RC!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 11:49 AM (1Ff7Z)

Heh. I was over at the house the cult lived in last week and I opened the fridge in the garage. I teared up a bit as there was 4 in the door. Been there since the female boxer cult leader passed away some 8 years ago. Also there was a beer which she kept in there for only me.

Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 11:55 AM (bupRa)

276 It's the Jews.

Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
I am proud of @grahamformaine for having the character to stand up against the war in Iran, against genocide, and against an unfair & lopsided economy. I am proud of him for having a vision for a new deal for our time. Excited to campaign with him June 5!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 11:56 AM (ndZc7)

277 OrangeEnt,

They're in Pittsburg, and there's one in Girard if I can believe Google; at first glance I don't see one in Arma, but Arma's pretty close to Pittsburg.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:56 AM (q3u5l)

278 There hasn't been an original thought in Whoreywood in decades. "Let's do a remake of 'The Odyssey.'"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 11:53 AM (qFwJc)

I think there are the rare movies which are original but agree they are very few. Those are mostly based on original novels.

Two that I can think of ( decades) are Sling Blade and Her.

Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2026 11:57 AM (WNOcj)

279 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 11:56 AM (ndZc7)

Khanna was Massie's big buddy, so of course he'll campaign for the nazi.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 11:58 AM (lFFaq)

280 And on that happy note, it's off to lay waste to some weeds here at Casa Some Guy.

Thanks for the thread, Perfessor.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 31, 2026 11:59 AM (q3u5l)

281 Mea culpa! I pasted Ro Khanna when I intended to paste Chunk Yogurt.

Cenk Uygur
@cenkuygur
Replying to @LauraLoomer and @grahamformaine
Israel is in the building. Telling us Americans how we have to vote for Israel’s assets inside the Senate. They hate real American families. Why do you think the media is attacking Platner non-stop? Because Israel is in the building.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)

282 WE HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

283 Posted by: Reforger at May 31, 2026 11:55 AM (bupRa)

Hey, if they're still good, drink it!

Wolfus, got the email. Writing an answer.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 12:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

284 Thanks for the thread, Perfessor. Time to cry now that it's over....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 12:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

285 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 31, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)

We have to be Israeli assets to notice planner stans nazis? At the same time they call Trump a fascist.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 31, 2026 12:03 PM (lFFaq)

286 Off to do some chores, I guess. A tip of the chapeau to Perfessor Squirrel and the rest of you for a fine Book Thread!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 12:08 PM (wzUl9)

287 As far as that Tierra Del Fuego library. All kinds of stories suggest themselves. The library 'at the end of the world' where most others have been destroyed, a la post apocalyptic countries. The bitter man who removed himself from society and lives through his books and what made him that way. That area has portals that let him travel to the worlds in his books and leads to many adventures. So many possibilities.

Of course, he might just be a weirdo.

Posted by: JTB at May 31, 2026 12:13 PM (yTvNw)

288 Lots of jack-booted thugs and ex-Gestapo trying to track him down, so on and so forth...
Posted by: muldoon

Why are they tracking him down? There must be some kind of treasure or treasure map involved.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 31, 2026 12:28 PM (LmPA0)

289 "We could spend all day dissecting the derivativeness of various stories"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Jz22IEpds

Gets a bit heavy-handed near the end, but still very good.

Posted by: Fritz Geiger at May 31, 2026 12:49 PM (38jsa)

290 @237 --

JSG, then let's have a MiniMoMe in your territory. I'll get there.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 31, 2026 01:29 PM (p/isN)

291 Last week finished the Moron-recommended 'The Raid', Schemmer. Pretty incredible story, especially for those of us who were around at the time. More especially for Vets.

Continue to slog through 'The Brothers Karamazov'.

Obtained a copy of Moron-recommended 'A Conservative History of The American Left', Flynn.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 31, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)

292 16 How can we use the phrase "back in 1990" when that was just yesterday?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 31, 2026 09:12 AM (kpS4V)

I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, that was ten years ago. The good news is, we beat the Y2K bug!

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 01:54 PM (Sy6m/)

293 Looking at those criticisms of Jordan and Wheel of Time, I think of how I first reacted to Burroughs and Tarzan, John Carter, David Innes, and Carson Napier. Ultimately, I read over 50 books with those characters and the follow-on main characters.

Decades later, as I did yet another read through, it finally hit me through all of my experience reading other things: all 50 have the exact same plot.
They have certain standard scenes.
Each series has exposition repeated in case a new reader is starting in the middle.
They have the same dynamic.
They are all the same!

And I still recommend them because they are simply fun. More, everything they helped me develop, from vocabulary and grammar to love of reading simply because they were fun, completely overwhelms them being the same core story with the details tweaked.

Flawed? Sure.
Worth it? Even more sure.

Posted by: Sam at May 31, 2026 02:56 PM (7jMef)

Daily Tech News 31 May 2026

Top Story

  • GitHub Copilot users are aghast at the exponentially higher costs they are facing starting tomorrow with the introduction of usage-based billing. (Tech Crunch)
    "What a joke," one Redditor recently wrote, claiming that, while they currently only pay around $29 per month, the new rate will balloon their costs to nearly $750 a month.
    He posted this with a screenshot of his estimated bill... From a visibly unactivated version of Windows.
    Another user posted "WOW, didn't expect new pricing model to be this ridiculous," sharing a screenshot that appeared to show that their costs had shot up from around $50 to some $3,000.
    Both of them posted to Reddit, and both got dunked on for being obviously incompetent vibe-coders.

    I use Claude Code. My company pays for the 5X plan, and I rarely hit the 1X mark. The people who do hit the limit are either experimenting - fair enough - or trying to tell the AI to generate an entire application with a single prompt, which just doesn't work.


Tech News

  • What to expect from Nvidia at Computex. (WCCFTech)

    A new Arm-based laptop chip. Which would be great if anybody could afford a new laptop.


  • What to expect from AMD at Computex. (WCCFTech)

    A new x86-based laptop chip, specifically Medusa Halo, the successor to the Ryzen AI Max 395+. Up to 24 CPU cores and a bigger GPU upgraded from RDNA 3.5 to RDNA 5. Which would be great if anybody could afford a new laptop.


  • What to expect from Intel at Computex. (WCCFTech)

    Updated handheld gaming things, using the new Panther Lake chips with the B390 graphics core, which is actually faster than AMD's mainstream integrated graphics. Which would be great if anybody could afford a new handheld gaming thing.


  • MSI's Claw 8 EX AI, for example. (Liliputing)

    It has a 1920x1200 8" 120Hz display, up to 32GB of RAM, and an M.2 2280 slot for storage, along with Intel's new Arc G3 which is a low-power edition of the Panther Lake laptop chip with Arc B390 graphics.

    Don't expect it to be cheap though.


  • You can now print 3D objects in colour on your colour 3D printer. (Prusa)

    Well, that's novel.

    What they're doing here is taking an existing multi-colour 3D printer (ideally you want a 5-colour model) and then feeding it CMYKW filament spools and printing your model in halftone using a 0.1mm screen.

    That's not very high resolution but it helps that it's 3D so you get some colour from the obscured layers as well as from adjacent dots.

    Really have to wonder what it does to performance though. 3D printers are slow enough as it is.

    You can use it with existing filament, not just the new CMYKW spools designed specifically for the purpose, but you'll need to recalibrate the colour model.



Musical Interlude






Disclaimer: Eight nations though and all bets are off.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM




Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

2 Disclaimer: Eight nations though and all bets are off.

I dunno. She seems pretty formidable.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:38 AM (6wpGE)

3 7.15.15.4 13.15.18.14.9.14.7

Posted by: bot is as bot does at May 31, 2026 04:41 AM (nMEUx)

4 'Woot' backwards is to ow.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 04:42 AM (Sy6m/)

5 BOING!

Started my computer this morning to discover and MS Office update that changes the Outlook Navigation area's look and icons.

Years of academy training taught me how to restore the old setting.

Missed me again, Microsoft!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 04:45 AM (5UTWB)

6 4 'Woot' backwards is to ow.
Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 04:42 AM (Sy6m/)

But w00t backwards is t0 0w.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

7 Skip appears to be snoozing:

366 Way too early to get up
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 03:11 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)

8 AI is nothing more than "Ask Jeeves" with better interface.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 04:50 AM (/lPRQ)

9 I thought GitHub was a food delivery service.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 04:52 AM (/lPRQ)

10 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 31, 2026 04:59 AM (hcPzc)

11 9 I thought GitHub was a food delivery service.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 04:52 AM (/lPRQ)

Git grub?

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:01 AM (6wpGE)

12 That reminds me that MS tried to shove me back on to OneDrive with the last Win 10 update.

They failed but I'm pretty damned annoyed with them changing my settings without permission.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 31, 2026 05:03 AM (/HDaX)

13 That reminds me that MS tried to shove me back on to OneDrive with the last Win 10 update.

They failed but I'm pretty damned annoyed with them changing my settings without permission.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent


Who do you think wants all these data centers?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 05:07 AM (/lPRQ)

14 GitHub Copilot users ... (Tech Crunch)

That Tech Crunch article is written at a level that even a non-techy person like me can understand it. Thank you, Tech Crunch! I can't evaluate it, but I can read it.

I much appreciate Pixy's interlinear snarks for helping with the evaluation part.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:07 AM (6wpGE)

15 aha! A typo in the Tech Crunch article:

The changes, which will take place June 1, mean that users will charged

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:11 AM (6wpGE)

16 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 31, 2026 05:16 AM (9L7Ix)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 31, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)

18 >>>What to expect from AMD at Computex. (WCCFTech)
... Which would be great if anybody could afford a new laptop.

Uh-oh, I wonder if there are going to be riots.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:18 AM (6wpGE)

19 But w00t backwards is t0 0w.
Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

1 st4nd c0rr3ct3d.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 05:22 AM (Sy6m/)

20 19 But w00t backwards is t0 0w.
Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

1 st4nd c0rr3ct3d.
Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 05:22 AM (Sy6m/)

Nice one!
("One." Let no pun go unmade.)

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 05:28 AM (6wpGE)

21 I thought I would get (and install) a dash cam for my daughter who's moving away. The "v30" SD card costs as much as the dash cam itself (or darn near). Wow!

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 31, 2026 05:31 AM (L1JuH)

22 Oh, I do love videos from postmodern jukebox. And I can still afford them

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 05:33 AM (RuRlp)

23 Someone needs to tell Germany that the war is over:

https://tinyurl.com/944yverv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 05:37 AM (5UTWB)

24 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 05:41 AM (Ia/+0)

25 Newark. Willowed from the ONT:

Help! I've been robbed!

https://tinyurl.com/4u3pjcbh

NOT TO WORRY!

The NJ AG has got your back:

https://tinyurl.com/4pyevtvm

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 05:42 AM (5UTWB)

26 Evening and morning, AoSHQ satellites and hangers-on! 'Tis Sunday again and the last day of May. Where *did* this month go?

I woke a little before the alarm -- not Stirling's fault, just mine own. In a bit I have to go work out, and I'm dreading pushing myself through -- and inhaling -- that thick hot wet air out there.

In the meantime: coffee. Howz about you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

27 IS PARIS BURNING? IS PARIS BURNING?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 05:53 AM (qFwJc)

28 A 20 minute video of how Pink Floyd 's song, Comfortably Numb, came to be.


https://youtu.be/urVHbs_ZUys

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:00 AM (glnUu)

29 !!!

Graham Platner for Senate
@grahamformaine
10h
A message from my wife Amy:

A five-minute message!

Y'know, if you're both going through marriage counseling AND you're both seeing therapists to work through your "mental health issues" (I believe that's a direct quote), then maybe this is not your time to be ensconced in a US Senate position. BUT we'll leave that up to the voters in Maine.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:02 AM (6wpGE)

30 Ooh, nice:

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Varad Mehta
@varadmehta
12h
Graham Platner and James Talarico are both manifestations of Democrats' men/male/masculinity problem, just from opposite ends of the spectrum.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

31 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: What is my nation? Who talks of my nation?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 31, 2026 06:12 AM (TZz9Q)

32 This made me laugh. "Babylon Bee" and new Bible translations from the James Talarico Bible:

https://tinyurl.com/asyp9xm8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 06:13 AM (ZeH0U)

33 A 20 minute video of how Pink Floyd 's song, Comfortably Numb, came to be.

---------------
Lots of drugs?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 31, 2026 06:13 AM (TZz9Q)

34 on a roll:


Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
7h
"Honey, I've decided to run for the US Senate. A DNC PR focus group recruited me and I think I can win."

"Ok but can we talk about the thing?"

"Which thing? The tattoo?"

"No I'm cool with that. The OTHER thing."

"My Reddit posts bashing rape victims, gays, blacks and Purple Heart recipients?"

"No., THE OTHER THING."

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:13 AM (6wpGE)

35 "Oh, you found out about the murder dungeon?"

"No, the other... Wait, what?"

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 31, 2026 06:16 AM (BLOW1)

36 35 "Oh, you found out about the murder dungeon?"

"No, the other... Wait, what?"
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 31, 2026 06:16 AM (BLOW1)

hahahahahahaha
It is currently difficult for me to breathe.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:17 AM (6wpGE)

37 I had an unexpected and unwanted interaction with a Karen the other night.

Briefly, this all started when she told me to move my chair so her husband and her could crowd into a space at a counter where there was no room for even half a person. Basically she was demanding I hand over my perfect seat at a concert the other night. I was like, "nah that's not happening."

The final bits of this dust up had me telling her to keep her hands off me and rebuffing her demands that I speak with her. It was then that she escalated things to a place I never saw coming when she said "Fine. You don't have to speak with me but you're going to listen to me." That didn't work out for her either.

It's was all rather amusing.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:20 AM (glnUu)

38 37 I had an unexpected and unwanted interaction with a Karen the other night.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:20 AM (glnUu)

She seems nice.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:24 AM (6wpGE)

39 Rebuild and open the Mental Hospitals.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 06:25 AM (qFwJc)

40 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:20 AM (glnUu

Sorry for the trouble . And how was the concert?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 06:25 AM (ZeH0U)

41 Sorry for the trouble . And how was the concert?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The music was off the charts great. The unexpected comedy routine was pretty fun too.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:27 AM (glnUu)

42 >>It was then that she escalated things to a place I never saw coming when she said "Fine. You don't have to speak with me but you're going to listen to me."

You laughed at her, didn't you.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 31, 2026 06:34 AM (NcvvS)

43 42 >>It was then that she escalated things to a place I never saw coming when she said "Fine. You don't have to speak with me but you're going to listen to me."

And then the murders began?

Posted by: Just kidding at May 31, 2026 06:39 AM (Ucgf4)

44 I had an unexpected and unwanted interaction with a Karen the other night.

*****

I ran into many of those back in the bad old days when I refused to wear the Muzzle of Submission for a Fake Pandemic. 9 out of 10 were old, bitter, and pompous white women.

Posted by: Biergood at May 31, 2026 06:41 AM (PwgSL)

45 That’s why you should always carry some noise-cancelling ear buds with you at all times so that just in case a Karen says “but you are going to listen to me” you can say “I don’t think I am” and put the ear buds in your ears, while turning on some Metallica.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:42 AM (6ydKt)

46 Good morning Horde. Thx Pixy , as always
Beautiful 43° this AM in the mid Hudson. Good sleeping weather

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 31, 2026 06:44 AM (SW0z7)

47 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

48 I prefer the traditional spelling. Teheran

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 06:50 AM (qFwJc)

49 @3/bot is as bot does: "7.15.15.4 13.15.18.14.9.14.7"

Back atcha.

Also: G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 06:50 AM (O7YUW)

50 I can't see much news out there

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 06:50 AM (Ia/+0)

51 https://tinyurl.com/4u3pjcbh

Want civil war? This is how you get civil war.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

52 Is Tehran burning?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

I don’t think so.
Paris was rather warm and flamey in spots last night, though.

Close enough?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (6ydKt)

53 I have an old Intel i5 machine that ran Windows 7 quite well. I played around with upgrading it to Windows 10, and it is pig slow!

Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (iERP6)

54 A similar thing happens regularly when I go see the car races.

The venue has designated the top four rows of the seating area to be reserved seats for two reasons. One, the venue makes a few extra bucks and two, it's a nice perk to be able to show up and have your favorite see waiting for you.

Nearly every time I show up there's people sitting in my seat and when I tell them these are reserved and this is my reserved seat everything turns into a mini battle getting the interlopers to move.

My favorite nonsense is, "we're just fine here and why don't you just go sit down front? There's plenty of space there for you there."

The point here is civility is a hit or miss proposition. Sadly, it is what it is anymore.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:54 AM (glnUu)

55 Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

The Windows installation process has always entertaining. Can I interest you in Linux? I heard it solves all the world's problems.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:55 AM (glnUu)

56 Greetings Neighbors with uteruses and Neighbors without uteruses!

Posted by: James Talarico at May 31, 2026 06:55 AM (Ucgf4)

57 Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (iERP6)

I hear (repeatedly) that Linux works.

(especially on older machines which Windows has long since abandoned)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:56 AM (6ydKt)

58 Close enough?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (6ydKt)
=====

It will mollify me for a few hours.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 06:58 AM (RIvkX)

59 Car races are funny that way. The higher up, the more expensive.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 06:58 AM (qFwJc)

60 I added a few Elvis Costello songs to my playlist on an Apple platform. My YouTube (Google) feed is now filled with Elvis Costello videos.

Do these things share that much information?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 06:59 AM (l26NL)

61 The point here is civility is a hit or miss proposition. Sadly, it is what it is anymore.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 06:54 AM (glnUu)

Some people today totally believe in rules right up until it affects them personally, at which point they instantly become advocates for anarchy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:59 AM (6ydKt)

62 >>or trying to tell the AI to generate an entire application with a single prompt, which just doesn't work.

A simple program or script can be generated in one to two prompts.

More complex apps need to be chunked out but can derived in a couple of hours, I built an app to work with and design sql schema, I also built a stock research tool that a believe is better than anything currently available.

It took roughly 6 months to develop my ERP leveraging ai tools, mostly to do the front end UI because I didn’t want my all to look like something from the 90s.

I would say for me, the ratio between ai generated code and me generated code is about 60/40 with ai at 60.

Used correctly, AI will help you produce results that would take teams of developers months to years to crank out, in a much shorter window.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 07:00 AM (XV/Pl)

63 I'm glad someone like DataRepublican is revealing the global nature of the conspiracy, how Palestinianism is used as a consistent vector, and more obscure groups Code Pink, AROC, and Sunrise.

That tainted shrew Zahra Billoo used to run the AROC here what a vile c***.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

64 Car races are funny that way. The higher up, the more expensive.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

At a dirt track sitting up high in stands saves you from getting pelted with dirt clods all night long. If you haven't yet discovered the poetry and beauty of a dozen 360 wingned sprint cars going well over 100 mi an hour, inches from each other, you are missing out.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:04 AM (glnUu)

65 60 I added a few Elvis Costello songs to my playlist on an Apple platform. My YouTube (Google) feed is now filled with Elvis Costello videos.

Do these things share that much information?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 06:59 AM (l26NL)

Asked and answered!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:07 AM (6wpGE)

66 Asked and answered!
Posted by: m

It's kind of disconcerting.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 07:08 AM (l26NL)

67 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 06:42 AM (6ydKt

The problems with earbuds- not in this case-but generally. is that the person can't hear anything you're saying. I was trying to compliment a woman the other day, and I guess she was talking to someone, but she couldn't heard a word I said.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:09 AM (+hwtP)

68 It's kind of disconcerting.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 07:08 AM (l26NL)
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Have you considered medications?

Posted by: Blutarski's Computer at May 31, 2026 07:10 AM (RIvkX)

69 63 I'm glad someone like DataRepublican is revealing the global nature of the conspiracy, how Palestinianism is used as a consistent vector, and more obscure groups Code Pink, AROC, and Sunrise.

That tainted shrew Zahra Billoo used to run the AROC here what a vile c***.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

AROC = Arab Resource & Organizing Center

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:10 AM (6wpGE)

70 Do these things share that much information?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 31, 2026 06:59 AM (l26NL)

I’d blame browser cookies.
But I honestly don’t know for sure.

Sometimes I’ll do a search for a musician, artist, or celebrity in a search engine and the next day I’ll see video recommendations in YouTube for the person I searched for.

I can’t believe it’s just coincidence.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)

71 Today is MacBook Day! Being a former Microsoft drone I swore decades ago there would never be an Apple product in my house. Divorce is hard sometimes and then you end up whoring around.

I'm really looking forward to getting my mitts on this box. They're so sexy and that Apple silicon, oh my!, sends shivers up my spine.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:11 AM (glnUu)

72 @53/CBD: "...I played around with upgrading it to Windows 10, and it is pig slow!

Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!"

For future efforts like that, make an image of the drive on an external hard drive so you can restore the image back to the drive if things go horribly wrong.

I like using CloneZilla for this. (Link to the site for that software is under my name.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 07:11 AM (O7YUW)

73 I have an old Intel i5 machine that ran Windows 7 quite well. I played around with upgrading it to Windows 10, and it is pig slow!

Reinstalling Windows 7 is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2026 06:52 AM (iERP6)
I did the same thing except I formatted the hard drive and reinstalled win7 from a usb stick. Install went fine.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 31, 2026 07:13 AM (YGJ8E)

74 Sometimes I’ll do a search for a musician, artist, or celebrity in a search engine and the next day I’ll see video recommendations in YouTube for the person I searched for.

I can’t believe it’s just coincidence.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)
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It's NOT.

I have an example of that on the Sunday Morning Book Thread this morning...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 07:13 AM (gnNyN)

75 For future efforts like that, make an image of the drive on an external hard drive so you can restore the image back to the drive if things go horribly wrong.

I like using CloneZilla for this. (Link to the site for that software is under my name.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I keep a few extra hard drives laying around for things like this. For something like CBD did I would remove the hard drive with Windows 7 on it and drop in an empty one for Windows 10. When things go wrong and they seem to go wrong all the time it saves hours of reinstall time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:16 AM (glnUu)

76 @7

>>I'm really looking forward to getting my mitts on this box.

First thing to do is install homebrew which is a Linux like package manager.

2nd thing is install aerospace, which is a window managing application similar to i3 on Linux.

And then learn all of the keyboard shortcuts and your Apple experience will become that much better and productive.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 07:16 AM (XV/Pl)

77 Other than AoSHq, my must-see daily sites are

@bonchieredstate

and

@redsteeze

I very much admire the equanimity and mild snark all of the above deploy in conveying the news.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:16 AM (6wpGE)

78 I very much admire the equanimity and mild snark all of the above deploy in conveying the news.
Posted by: m

You haven't lived until you add Daily Kos to your mix.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:18 AM (glnUu)

79 78 I very much admire the equanimity and mild snark all of the above deploy in conveying the news.
Posted by: m

You haven't lived until you add Daily Kos to your mix.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:18 AM (glnUu)

I'm assuming it is Hair-on-Fire?

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:19 AM (6wpGE)

80 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 31, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)

81 The problems with earbuds- not in this case-but generally. is that the person can't hear anything you're saying. I was trying to compliment a woman the other day, and I guess she was talking to someone, but she couldn't heard a word I said.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:09 AM (+hwtP)

It depends on the earbuds and the settings they use.

A lot have ANC (Active Noise Cancelling) which uses an algorithmic sound filter to screen out all noise but the music itself. This can be adjusted to an extent to allow voices to be heard.

Other ear buds have very little or no noise cancelling.

Apple’s Air Pods are very good at noise cancelling.

Just about any modern over-the-ear headphones have ANC.

They are useful for noisy places or jobs (say, lawn mowing for example). I kinda worry about people wearing them where they should be hearing the environment, like walking on train tracks, riding a bike or driving a car down a busy street.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 07:20 AM (6ydKt)

82 You haven't lived until you add Daily Kos to your mix.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:18 AM (glnUu)
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I think I'd prefer the eternal boredom of being an actual undead zombie rather than read their drivel.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 07:21 AM (gnNyN)

83 whoo-hoo talk about a nail in a coffin:

Benjamin Domenech retweeted
Dave Portnoy
@stoolpresidente
12h
Not caring about him wheeling six chicks at once when he was married is your choice

Not caring that he pretends to be a populist when he went to one of the richest prep schools in America is your choice

Not caring he went to war saying he always wanted to kill people is your choice

Not caring he went to work for Blackwater after serving and now calls the army very dumb and stupid is your choice

Not caring that he made fun of Purple Heart recipients is your choice

Not caring that he jerks off in porta potties is your choice

Not caring about all the shit he’s deleted on Reddit and he never thought would see the light of day and shows what a giant jackass is he is your choice

Not caring that he is a Nazi is your choice but if you support him and promote him don’t ever lecture anybody about the moral high ground again because you are a piece of shit

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:23 AM (6wpGE)

84 Don't ingest equanimity and mild snark if you're pregnant, trying to get pregnant or nursing.

Posted by: The Legal Department trying to avoid lawsuits at May 31, 2026 07:26 AM (an8XY)

85 And then learn all of the keyboard shortcuts and your Apple experience will become that much better and productive.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

There's work involved with this? That was never mentioned anywhere on the Apple website.

Thanks for the tips! Morning! My way through Mac OS is going to be a bit of an adventure, but I'm truly looking forward to it. Plus I get to bitch about everything being different for the next 6 months; that right there is worth the price of the machine.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:28 AM (glnUu)

86 I’ll check out the book thread and read about your example, Perfessor.

Big Tech is getting beyond creepy with their data mining.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 07:29 AM (6ydKt)

87 CloneZilla instruction video:
https://youtu.be/ci2VyorBjyQ

Includes:
1. Installing CloneZilla to a USB stick
2. Booting your computer using the CloneZilla USB stick
3. Making an image of your existing hard drive.
4. Restoring your drive from the image you created.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 07:29 AM (O7YUW)

88 Side effects include, vomiting, diarrhea, and cannibalism.

Posted by: The new intern in the Legal Department at May 31, 2026 07:31 AM (an8XY)

89 Graham Platner and James Talarico are both manifestations of Democrats' men/male/masculinity problem, just from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

I’ve been thinking that they are also the product of a radical but relatively small group of online agitators that has taken over candidate selection in the Dem Party. Very self destructive, I think we will spend years figuring out how this happened, and how to end it.

Or perhaps it’s just a symptom of the death of a political party.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 07:31 AM (QDJ2U)

90 85 And then learn all of the keyboard shortcuts and your Apple experience will become that much better and productive.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

There's work involved with this? That was never mentioned anywhere on the Apple website.

Thanks for the tips! Morning! My way through Mac OS is going to be a bit of an adventure, but I'm truly looking forward to it. Plus I get to bitch about everything being different for the next 6 months; that right there is worth the price of the machine.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:28 AM (glnUu)

We're here to help!

--Steve Jobs fanbois and fangurlz

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:33 AM (6wpGE)

91 @85

>>Plus I get to bitch about everything being different for the next 6 months;

Unless you’re a gamer, the only thing you’re going to be bitching about is how much Windows sux compared to MacOS.

If you install Parallels and install Windows and run it in coherence mode, it will seamlessly integrate Windows into your Mac environment and make the windows experience better.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 07:33 AM (XV/Pl)

92 This Tuesday I will learn whether my next congressman will be a pedo, a CCP shill, or a Maoist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

93 It's a symptom of the overall feminization of society.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (an8XY)

94 89 Graham Platner and James Talarico are both manifestations of Democrats' men/male/masculinity problem, just from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

I’ve been thinking that they are also the product of a radical but relatively small group of online agitators that has taken over candidate selection in the Dem Party. Very self destructive, I think we will spend years figuring out how this happened, and how to end it.

Or perhaps it’s just a symptom of the death of a political party.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 07:31 AM (QDJ2U)

It's almost as if they are both false-flag candidates.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (6wpGE)

95 93 It's a symptom of the overall feminization of society.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (an8XY)

It = Alteria Pilgram going Mac?

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:36 AM (6wpGE)

96 Talarico and Platner being chosen by the dems is proof to the adage " when you believe in nothing, you will fall for anything".

Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 07:37 AM (5P5DO)

97 It's a symptom of the overall feminization of society.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (an8XY)

It = Alteria Pilgram going Mac?
Posted by: m

Lol. That is a pretty good hit at the water line.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:38 AM (glnUu)

98 97 It's a symptom of the overall feminization of society.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 07:34 AM (an8XY)

It = Alteria Pilgram going Mac?
Posted by: m

Lol. That is a pretty good hit at the water line.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:38 AM (glnUu)

; )

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:38 AM (6wpGE)

99 I’ve been thinking that they are also the product of a radical but relatively small group of online agitators that has taken over candidate selection in the Dem Party. Very self destructive, I think we will spend years figuring out how this happened, and how to end it.

Or perhaps it’s just a symptom of the death of a political party.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 07:31 AM (QDJ2U)

I’m hoping it’s the latter.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 07:39 AM (gfO9L)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:39 AM (6wpGE)

101 score!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:39 AM (6wpGE)

102 This Tuesday I will learn whether my next congressman will be a pedo, a CCP shill, or a Maoist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)
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Those are not mutually exclusive...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 07:40 AM (gnNyN)

103 @97

>>Lol. That is a pretty good hit at the water line.

I would phrase it as, Alteria Pilgram has chosen to make a Unix based compiting platform his daily driver and ditch the janky pigslop that is Windows.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 07:41 AM (XV/Pl)

104 Man, Steve Jobs died at the age of 56.
Stunning.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:42 AM (6wpGE)

105 I took over the job of Project Scheduler because I was the only one on the team who (sort of) knew how to use MS Project. Now that it's my day job, I have come to fully I derstand how Project takes the bloat, counter intuitiveness, and bugs of every other MS product and dials them to 11.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:43 AM (f0sNM)

106 Those are not mutually exclusive...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 07:40 AM (gnNyN)
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True, but here is the surprise. Pelosi endorsed the CCP candidate not the pedo.

She always picks the winner.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

107 'This Tuesday I will learn whether my next congressman will be a pedo, a CCP shill, or a Maoist.'

Scott Wiener checks all of those boxes, I should think.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:45 AM (f0sNM)

108 Today is MacBook Day! Being a former Microsoft drone I swore decades ago there would never be an Apple product in my house. Divorce is hard sometimes and then you end up whoring around.

I'm really looking forward to getting my mitts on this box. They're so sexy and that Apple silicon, oh my!, sends shivers up my spine.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026

***
AP, I first learned about computers in the Intel/Microsoft world and worked almost exclusively with those products for many years. But my 2014-ish MacBook Air, despite being low on memory by today's standards, is still working for me, and the iMac of the same vintage on my desk is too. Once you get used to how Apple does things, or expects you to do things, the machines just *work.*

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 07:45 AM (wzUl9)

109 Scott Wiener checks all of those boxes, I should think.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:45 AM (f0sNM)
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He's a Marxist not a Maoist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

110 I have some important news to share: According to a scientific study, James Talarico is not gay:

https://tinyurl.com/32r5fwjv

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 31, 2026 07:48 AM (Ucgf4)

111 Talarico is so secure in being SO NOT GAY that he can indulge his being SO NOT GAY (and fabulous) by going to gay bars. I mean, come on, you're never going to get that kind of pleasure out of riding a mechanical bull at some redneck Roadhouse.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (glnUu)

112 she always picks the one whose backers send the most cash.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (VyBeY)

113 From a visibly unactivated version of Windows.

I don't know what that means. It was a bootleg copy or something?

Posted by: pookysgirl, techie but not that techie at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (Wt5PA)

114 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

What would be the difference? Is the Maoist of Chinese extraction?

Which candidate is ahead currently?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (Nx5jP)

115 AP, I don't know about the Finder feature (Mac's version of Windows Explorer) on the new machines. But I found it frustrating to use on my 2014s and recently downloaded a free app, a dual-pane thing called Commander One. It will let you find files much more easily than Finder will.

commander-one dot com

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (wzUl9)

116 The CCP shill is currently Supevisor for my district.

She has done jack sh*t for her constituents in fact screwed them over. How this qualifies her for Congress?

Reliable. Party. Soldier.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

117 From Wikipedia

Born in Hong Kong, Chan's long time partner, Ed, is a member of the San Francisco Fire Department. The couple has a son.[52] Like many Chinese-American women of her generation, she is named after American news anchor Connie Chung.[

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:51 AM (f0sNM)

118 What would be the difference? Is the Maoist of Chinese extraction?

Which candidate is ahead currently?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (Nx5jP)
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The Maoist is Saikat Charabarti and he was AOC's handler, co-founded Justice Democrats, DSA, etc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

119 *Chakrabarti

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

120 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:53 AM (Nx5jP)

121 She added 10 minutes to my daily commute because the Party wants to punish people who work and people who drive.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

122 "The Maoist is Saikat Charabarti and he was AOC's handler, co-founded Justice Democrats, DSA, etc."

Is that the guy who was shrieking at other Democrats for not supporting Graham "Maine Kampf" Platner?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:54 AM (f0sNM)

123 @113/pookysgirl: "I don't know what that means. It was a bootleg copy or something?"

Just not registered with Microsoft as a "valid" by providing it with a product key.

The servers that Windows 7 could connect to in order to do that have long since been taken offline by Microsoft.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 07:55 AM (O7YUW)

124 Is that the guy who was shrieking at other Democrats for not supporting Graham "Maine Kampf" Platner?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 07:54 AM (f0sNM)
=====

Bingo

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

125 The photo of Scott Weiner in his leather bondage gear ( from the torso up) which was an the internet just makes my skin crawl.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:56 AM (tmOJm)

126 I'm seeing eleven US Rep candidates in District 11:

John "Gus" Buffler Democratic Rocket Scientist
Saikat Chakrabarti Democratic Economic Policy Director
Connie Chan Democratic San Francisco Supervisor
Keith Freedman Democratic Small Business Owner
Omed Hamid Democratic Technology Advocate
Gregory M Haynes Democratic Civil Rights Advocate
Marie Hurabiell Democratic Attorney/Reform Advocate
Scott Wiener Democratic State Senator
David Ganezer Republican Local Newspaper Publisher
Jingchao Xiong Republican Social Management Scientist
Nathan Deer No Party Preference Homeowners Association Treasurer

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:58 AM (6wpGE)

127 ... any chance for more than the top 4?

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 07:59 AM (6wpGE)

128 The photo of Scott Weiner in his leather bondage gear ( from the torso up) which was an the internet just makes my skin crawl.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 07:56 AM (tmOJm)
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He's creepy in jacket and tie as well

You can imagine what shaking his hand is like

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

129 Amazon's efficiency is mind-boggling. I ordered the MacBook at 10:00 p.m. on Friday. It will be here in Las Cruces, a well-known center of shipping and logistics, by 2:00 p.m. today.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:00 AM (glnUu)

130 Marie Hurabiell would be the outsider candidate.

A Non democrat has zero chance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

131 129 Amazon's efficiency is mind-boggling. I ordered the MacBook at 10:00 p.m. on Friday. It will be here in Las Cruces, a well-known center of shipping and logistics, by 2:00 p.m. today.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:00 AM (glnUu)

It'd be even better if The First One was free.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (6wpGE)

132 The online left is remarkable in their delusions. The latest, over the last couple days, has them all posting and reposting some “poll” put out by a Democrat consultant saying that “30% of Cornyn supporters will vote for Talarico!!!”

Of course no attempt was made to show methodology, so the most likely method used was “we just made it up!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (QDJ2U)

133 Reading the Wikipedia article on Connie Chan, her main thing seems to be opposition to any kind of building permit reform that would make it easier to build in SFO.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (f0sNM)

134 130 Marie Hurabiell would be the outsider candidate.

A Non democrat has zero chance.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

Thanks!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM (6wpGE)

135 Federal law requires most inactive voter registrations to be removed after two general federal elections. The new federal lawsuit alleges, based on admissions in prior Judicial Watch litigation, that 873,092 voter registrations have remained continuously inactive for at least three federal elections, and some for much longer. Of these registrations, 326,808 have remained continuously inactive through at least three consecutive federal general elections, while 151,202 have remained inactive through at least four consecutive federal general elections.

My guess is most states have 4 to 5% inactive voters on file so that elections can be stolen.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 31, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

136 This is a nice story from "Frontpage" about a group in Israel that performs heart surgery on kids from Gaza and how "open heart surgery performed open heart surgery":

https://tinyurl.com/4cby37yz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 08:03 AM (tmOJm)

137 So I see Alaska allowed a second Senator candidate with the same name.

Two Dan Sullivans are running for Senate in Alaska—both as Republicans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 31, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)

138 132 The online left is remarkable in their delusions. The latest, over the last couple days, has them all posting and reposting some “poll” put out by a Democrat consultant saying that “30% of Cornyn supporters will vote for Talarico!!!”

Of course no attempt was made to show methodology, so the most likely method used was “we just made it up!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:01 AM
++++

It's prolly just bots.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 31, 2026 08:06 AM (9L7Ix)

139 Amazon's efficiency is mind-boggling.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:00 AM (glnUu)
-

Daughter pup is in NYC on business. Last week I signed up for free Prime shipping for a month. Ordered dozens of items on late Wednesday night US ET. Everything's already arrived except one item, which will be delivered today.

Here in Israel, since last summer, Ali Express has faster shipping than Amazon. It used to be the opposite beforehand, with Ali Express sometimes taking absurd amounts of time to ship and deliver.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (5UTWB)

140 This is my brother Dan and my other brother Dan.

Posted by: Larry from Wasilla at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (9L7Ix)

141 There is an ordinance here that regulates empty storefronts. There is an empty building in my neighborhood that has annual permits posted from 2022. Her office has done jack about enforcement.

That building is being held by a speculator for the day they raise the height limits here and it can be replaced with a high rise.

What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

142 Reading the Wikipedia article on Connie Chan, her main thing seems to be opposition to any kind of building permit reform that would make it easier to build in SFO.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

"Let them have tents" - Connie Chan, Empress in waiting.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (glnUu)

143 When I was young, I was fascinated by the pictures and stories of ancient cities, now in ruins and long abandoned. And I’d wonder how could any place that was so vibrant and powerful once just die? How could everyone just walk away from something they’d spent generations building?

At last, I’m finally getting to witness how that happens. It’s nothing new; in fact it’s something very old.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:09 AM (QDJ2U)

144 This is a nice story from "Frontpage" about a group in Israel that performs heart surgery on kids from Gaza and how "open heart surgery performed open heart surgery":

https://tinyurl.com/4cby37yz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 08:03 AM (tmOJm)
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Up theirs! Let them go to Europe or Egypt of Turkey.

This doesn't work. Numerous past cases of these patients and their families remaining staunch firm in their desire to slaughter the Jews. Let someone else repair the future Jihadists!

Stupid Israelis, over and over again.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:10 AM (5UTWB)

145 141 There is an ordinance here that regulates empty storefronts. There is an empty building in my neighborhood that has annual permits posted from 2022. Her office has done jack about enforcement.

That building is being held by a speculator for the day they raise the height limits here and it can be replaced with a high rise.

What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

1) broken windows

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:12 AM (6wpGE)

146 What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

1) broken windows
Posted by: m

Same thing that happens here in Las Cruces. The homeless drug addicts break into then and eventually set them on fire intentionally or by accident.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (glnUu)

147 What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)

148
2) Homeless
3) Meth lab
4) Big explosion and fire

Posted by: Hello from Detroit at May 31, 2026 08:17 AM (9L7Ix)

149 We voted for this:

https://tinyurl.com/daxy9k9j

I have asked here several times when this is going to happen.

Waiting.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:17 AM (5UTWB)

150 2) Homeless
3) Meth lab
4) Big explosion and fire

Posted by: Hello from Detroit at May 31, 2026 08:17 AM (9L7Ix)
-

You forgot:

5) Chinese bio lab

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:18 AM (5UTWB)

151 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 31, 2026 08:19 AM (bfy6w)

152 147 What do you think happens in empty buildings in this third-world sh*thole?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)

Down south in LA, Spencer Pratt is talking about similar. Prayers up for SF!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:19 AM (6wpGE)

153 I have asked here several times when this is going to happen.

Waiting.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 08:17 AM (5UTWB)

The day after the US takes over Greenland.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:21 AM (QDJ2U)

154 @49

>> Waiting.

We’re going to be waiting till the sixth of never because that’s when an audit will happen.

There’s no gold in Fort Knox, and revealing that would have dire economic consequences and that’s why it won’t be done.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 08:21 AM (XV/Pl)

155 “ It is you alone who are to be feared.
Who can stand before you when you are angry?”

Psalm 67:7

Posted by: Marcus T at May 31, 2026 08:21 AM (Jl/ju)

156 Thanks for the tips! Morning! My way through Mac OS is going to be a bit of an adventure, but I'm truly looking forward to it. Plus I get to bitch about everything being different for the next 6 months; that right there is worth the price of the machine.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 07:28 AM (glnUu)

The biggest thing to remember on the Mac keyboard is that there is no "ctrl" only "command", but the combinations are mostly the same: ctrl+c and command+c both equal "Copy" and "Paste" is the same, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:22 AM (6ydKt)

157 Trump should hire Tom Cruise to go check out Fort Knox.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:22 AM (glnUu)

158 Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)
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TBF I was in the financial district Thursday night and was pleased/surprised to see it was pretty busy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

159 Clarifying, there is a "control" key on the Mac keyboard, but I'm not sure if I've used it once in 25 years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:23 AM (6ydKt)

160 This following program is dedicated to
The city and people of san Francisco
Who may not know it but
They are beautiful and
So is their city this is
A very personal song, so if the viewer
Cannot understand it particularly those
Of you who are european residents
Save up all your bread and fly trans love
Airways to San Francisco USA...

Posted by: The Animals at May 31, 2026 08:23 AM (54bnG)

161 Just not registered with Microsoft as a "valid" by providing it with a product key.

The servers that Windows 7 could connect to in order to do that have long since been taken offline by Microsoft.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 31, 2026 07:55 AM (O7YUW)

Dankeschoen.

Posted by: pookysgirl, techie but not that techie at May 31, 2026 08:25 AM (Wt5PA)

162 The biggest thing to remember on the Mac keyboard is that there is no "ctrl" only "command", but the combinations are mostly the same: ctrl+c and command+c both equal "Copy" and "Paste" is the same, too. Posted by: SpeakingOf

Thanks for the tip!. By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck. I'm getting all giddy over this thing arriving. Almost like getting a new puppy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (glnUu)

163 Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)
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Rule #1 of Death Spiral: You do not talk about Death Spiral
Rule #2 of Death Spiral: You DO NOT talk about Death Spiral.

I'd go on, but there are no more rules because everyone is dead.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (gnNyN)

164 Trump should hire Tom Cruise to go check out Fort Knox.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:22 AM (glnUu)

I assume the whole thing will be filmed.

Posted by: pookysgirl has not seen any of the M:I movies at May 31, 2026 08:28 AM (Wt5PA)

165 162 By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (glnUu)

esc

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:28 AM (6wpGE)

166 "Almost like getting a new puppy."

You'll need to spread several layers of newspaper on the floor.

Posted by: Important user safety tip at May 31, 2026 08:28 AM (9L7Ix)

167 Wife found a major triple charge on the store receipt.
She actually finds them often, not always enough for a return trip.

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 08:30 AM (Ia/+0)

168 @162

>> By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck.

Command+option, escape will bring up the force quit window where you can kill a crashed app.

Or you could do that from the terminal with UNIX/Linux commands.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 08:32 AM (XV/Pl)

169 64 Car races are funny that way. The higher up, the more expensive.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

At a dirt track sitting up high in stands saves you from getting pelted with dirt clods all night long. If you haven't yet discovered the poetry and beauty of a dozen 360 wingned sprint cars going well over 100 mi an hour, inches from each other, you are missing out.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram


And wear hearing protection. Those sprint cars will shred your ear drums. They are LOUD!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 31, 2026 08:33 AM (bfy6w)

170 Commander One. It will let you find files much more easily than Finder will.

commander-one dot com

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 31, 2026 07:49 AM (wzUl9)

One thing I like about Macs and Finder is batch renaming.
If you select a group of files in Finder, right-click and hit 'Rename' it will bring up a dialog box which allows you to rename that batch of files all at once with your specifications.

Windows has nothing like it natively (that I know about anyhow) and you have to download a third-party app to do batch renaming.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:33 AM (6ydKt)

171 And she found I accidentally got flavored decaffeinated coffee
Might as well just get non alcohol Scotch while I am at it

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 08:34 AM (Ia/+0)

172 Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon and Tim Cook walk into a bar, and the bartender says...

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 31, 2026 08:34 AM (D1E+2)

173 Pixy,

I still have an ear worm of "Who Can it be Now" from yesterday. The lead singer was in a couple of episodes of Blue Heelers and we also recently saw him in a Jack Irish TV movie. He must do quite a bit of acting.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 31, 2026 08:35 AM (3AwA+)

174
Welp, glad we didn't decide to go to Paris this Summer.

Muslim Riot Summer is going to be fire!!!...literally.

It's off to a good start anyway.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 08:35 AM (iJfKG)

175 Alteria Pilgram, the Help menu on a Mac is pretty useful and eventually intuitive and you can't break anything by trying it.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:36 AM (6wpGE)

176 "...Is this a press conference, a roast, or an Apple keynote?"

Posted by: I just asked an AI search engine at May 31, 2026 08:36 AM (9L7Ix)

177 And she found I accidentally got flavored decaffeinated coffee
Might as well just get non alcohol Scotch while I am at it
Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 08:34 AM (Ia/+0)
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Decaffeinated coffee is a crime against nature.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

178 Thanks for the tip!. By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck. I'm getting all giddy over this thing arriving. Almost like getting a new puppy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (glnUu)

I doubt you will.
If you can navigate Windows or Linux, MacOS is a breeze.
It has less customization than Windows in some aspects but it's a lot less complicated for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:37 AM (6ydKt)

179 Looks like San Fran is at the point in the death spiral where no one talks about the death spiral anymore, because it’s just too depressing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QDJ2U)

Metal Leo on YT does.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 08:39 AM (1Ff7Z)

180 The Maoist is Saikat Charabarti and he was AOC's handler, co-founded Justice Democrats, DSA, etc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

The guy who came up with "The Green New Deal" and ended up running his communist mouth so much that Pelosi made AOC fire him.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:39 AM (6ydKt)

181 162 By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck. I'm getting all giddy over this thing arriving. Almost like getting a new puppy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 31, 2026 08:26 AM (glnUu)

Welcome to the Cult of Mac!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:40 AM (6wpGE)

182 Decaffeinated coffee is a crime against nature.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

It would be like eating a chocolate chip cookie without the chocolate chips.

Posted by: dantesed at May 31, 2026 08:41 AM (Oy/m2)

183 >>Welp, glad we didn't decide to go to Paris this Summer.

>>Muslim Riot Summer is going to be fire!!!...literally.

>>It's off to a good start anyway.

Got a feeling we might be seeing a bit of unrest ourselves. Things are not going well right now for the party of Nazi porta potti jerkers and when the left is losing they tend to get a bit violent.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)

184 >>Decaffeinated coffee is a crime against nature.

If you like the taste of coffee but caffeine spikes your pulse & blood pressure, you drink decaf. Was accidentally given regular once, about 20 years ago. Only time pulse ever hit 140 on no exertion.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 31, 2026 08:43 AM (NcvvS)

185 >>Muslim Riot Summer is going to be fire!!!...literally.
+++
Is this about me?

Posted by: New Jersey at May 31, 2026 08:44 AM (9L7Ix)

186 Just got home from Italy late last night. There are Surprisingly few muslims in Rome and Florence, at least in the city centers.

Posted by: LASue at May 31, 2026 08:44 AM (lCppi)

187 The idiots in Paris are rioting because their soccer team won. Go figure.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 08:45 AM (5P5DO)

188 I use a Dell at work but MacBook at home. I feel like the Macs last longer and there is not a new update every day(it seems like) like my work computer. My last new Mac was only because my husband was upgrading his and he gave me his old one and I gave mine to one of the kids. My first MacBook Air I had for over 10 years then gave it to my brother.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 31, 2026 08:46 AM (VCgbV)

189 The Italians really despise the Chinese, btw. They openly blame them for crashing their tourist economy with covid.

Posted by: LASue at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (lCppi)

190 I saw Muslim Riot Summer open for Yousef Islam at The Rape Gang festival in Paris at the Islamic Cultural Center in 2020.

It was a riot!

Posted by: Morning Has Broken at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (54bnG)

191 And if you look at the menu for any app, it shows you the key command to use

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (7T8ei)

192 Yup, like Tom Bender said, remember Command+Option+Esc to be able to Force Quit a stuck/crashed app, similar to Ctrl+Alt+Delete in Windows.

That will save you some headaches at some point in time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (6ydKt)

193 Apple Support is your friend:

https://support.apple.com

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:47 AM (6wpGE)

194 Hurabiel is a dem. Was a repub in the 90's.

Posted by: Dark L at May 31, 2026 08:48 AM (W5mpo)

195 The last couple of days, is anybody else getting extreme lag on the site? Something here is really bogging down my computer.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 31, 2026 08:48 AM (qBdHI)

196
Welcome to the Cult of Mac!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:40 AM (6wpGE)


BONUS!!! You get to laugh and laugh as some guy tells you how overpriced Macs are as they're restarting their frozen Windows computer for the 47th time this morning.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)

197 SFO is the airport

Posted by: Dark L at May 31, 2026 08:49 AM (W5mpo)

198 187 The idiots in Paris are rioting because their soccer team won. Go figure.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 31, 2026 08:45 AM (5P5DO)


Never understood this.
I could understand rioting if you're team lost, that's been a thing since the Nike Riots in Constantinople.

But rioting when they win?
Just looking for an excuse to destroy something at that point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 08:49 AM (6ydKt)

199 I paid $557 for a Mac Mini last year. Looks like they are now $769

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 31, 2026 08:52 AM (7T8ei)

200 200

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 08:52 AM (6wpGE)

201 Welp, glad we didn't decide to go to Paris this Summer.

>>Muslim Riot Summer is going to be fire!!!...literally.

>>It's off to a good start anyway.

Got a feeling we might be seeing a bit of unrest ourselves. Things are not going well right now for the party of Nazi porta potti jerkers and when the left is losing they tend to get a bit violent.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)

We will. Newark had a big violent riot last night.

I wish Trump use the military to pick and detain the try and imprison the billionaires who are paying for antifa,etc riots, arson, and insurrection in our country.

Like they did with that Venezuelan scumbag.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 31, 2026 08:54 AM (iJfKG)

202 Metal Leo on YT does.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 08:39 AM (1Ff7Z)
=====

That dude is a bummer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

203 162 The biggest thing to remember on the Mac keyboard is that there is no "ctrl" only "command", but the combinations are mostly the same: ctrl+c and command+c both equal "Copy" and "Paste" is the same, too. Posted by: SpeakingOf

Thanks for the tip!. By chance do you know the key combination for "It just works" if I get stuck. I'm getting all giddy over this thing arriving. Almost like getting a new puppy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram


I bought an Apple MacBook Sky a couple of months ago. It has a 'control' key. Bottom left of the key board. Press that with the mouse pad, and a screen comes up for copying, pasting, etc. Different options depending where you are on the screen. Sometimes it's 'back, reload page, etc'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 31, 2026 08:58 AM (bfy6w)

204 Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)

205 It's not so bad most places here.

Posted by: Dark L at May 31, 2026 08:59 AM (W5mpo)

206
books is nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 31, 2026 09:00 AM (AMvSw)

207 199 I paid $557 for a Mac Mini last year. Looks like they are now $769

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 31, 2026 08:52 AM (7T8ei)

That busts a hole in the value proposition the $500 Mac Mini was when they first released them.

RAM/SSD pricing finally caught up to reality it seems.

Still not a terrible price for the base model at $769, though.
If you want more than 16GB or RAM and 256GB of storage it's going to go over $1000 quickly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 31, 2026 09:01 AM (6ydKt)

208 >>We will. Newark had a big violent riot last night.

Been a nightly occurrence for about a week. Time to bring in the National Guard cause NJ is not going to do squat.

Piker showed up at the riot last night. Pretty obvious who is funding all of this shit.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2026 09:01 AM (viF8m)

209 208 Piker showed up at the riot last night.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2026 09:01 AM (viF8m)

Aptly named.

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 09:02 AM (6wpGE)

210 Again, the whole Apple computers cost too much trope is silly.

You are paying for a superior product at every level of analysis.

It’s also going to last longer than the equivalent win product so the so-called Apple tax is largely eronious.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 31, 2026 09:16 AM (XV/Pl)

211 Rocks are the best way to regulate a storefront

Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at May 31, 2026 09:41 AM (jrgJz)

212 Just scanned the headlines. Time for a Mitch Rapp or a Mack Bolan.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 31, 2026 11:52 AM (2WIwB)

Saturday Night Club ONT - May 30, 2026 [D Squared]

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Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Or you can just relax like the doggeh above. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises.

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

A man was sitting on a plane when the passenger next to him pulled out a laptop and started working nonstop.

After two hours, the man finally asked, "Wow... do you always work during flights?" The passenger sighed, "No, I'm just pretending to look busy so nobody talks to me."

The man nodded slowly and said, "That's smart." Then he sat quietly for a full minute before asking, "So... what are you working on?"

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Four beer company CEOs walked into a bar…

The CEO of Budweiser ordered a Bud Light.

The CEO of Miller ordered a Miller Light.

The CEO of Coors ordered a Coors Light.

The CEO of Guinness ordered a Coke.

The first three asked the CEO of Guinness why he didn't order a Guinness, to which he replied: "I figured if you 3 weren't ordering beer it would be rude for me to."

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From June 2014:

Mabon "Teenie" Hodges may have been small in physical size but his legacy was massive; his 50-year career and body of work serving as one of the cornerstones of the Memphis sound.

Mr. Hodges died Sunday night at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, from complications of emphysema. He'd been taken to Baylor following an appearance at Austin's South by Southwest music festival in March after coming down with pneumonia. He was 68 years old.

During Hi Records' glory years starting in the late '60s, Mr. Hodges wrote or co-wrote many classics of the R&B genre, including a succession of hits with and for Al Green: "Here I Am," "Full of Fire," "Take Me to the River" and "Love and Happiness."

In more recent years, Mr. Hodges had been the subject of a documentary by filmmaker Susanna Vapnek. Starting in 2008, Vapnek spent several years shooting Hodges in and around his Memphis home base, interviewing family, friends and collaborators, capturing recording sessions and piecing together a narrative of his life.

One of the documentary's funniest moments comes as Hodges lists the names of all the artists who covered his "Take Me to the River" (the Talking Heads, Annie Lennox, Tina Turner), before noting that the use of the tune by the animatronic singing toy "Big Mouth Billy Bass" had produced the biggest royalties. "What a world, what a world," Mr. Hodges would note, laughing at the brilliant absurdity of the situation.

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Club ONT Department of "I thought this was America"

Police Arrest Man for Trying to Pass Off NASCAR Race Truck as Street-Legal Chevy S10

A Pennsylvania man faces felony fraud, theft, and deception charges after state police accused him of illegally disguising a NASCAR race truck as street legal. Yancy Cupp of Williamsport allegedly swapped a Vehicle Identification Number plate onto the truck that did not belong to it originally. He reportedly then used that VIN to title the purpose-built track vehicle for road use.

Pennsylvania State Police issued a press release, saying the truck was advertised as a street-legal 1999 Chevy S10 in an eBay listing. The for-sale ad claimed the conversion was performed by its former NASCAR owner, though said former owner explicitly denied the claim. "A physical examination of the vehicle by investigators confirmed it was not street legal," the police wrote.

Photos show the truck when it ran at the NASCAR Bristol dirt race in 2023. It looks almost identical now, except the headlights and taillights are functional units; the truck's previous iteration only had stickers to make it look like they were present. The Silverado-bodied truck even runs the same 406-cubic-inch V8 as it did back in its glory days.

The major issue here, in the Pennsylvania State Police's eye, is that Cupp may have fraudulently installed a VIN plate from an unrelated vehicle.

That's why law enforcement has thrown the book at him. Officially, he's being charged with dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities; alteration or destruction of a vehicle identification number; theft by deception; forgery; criminal use of a communication facility; deceptive business practices; false application for a certificate of title or registration; tampering with public records; and board of vehicle violations.

Isn't the usual way to handle these kinds of situations to scrawl "FARM USE" on the side and carry on?

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1 Leftover from the movie thread, and, getting the show off right...BOOB

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (PC+XL)

2 POWER BOX

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (cr9uY)

3 !!

Posted by: clarence at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (c1D+3)

4 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (Y2B0/)

5 That rock doesn't look very comfortable.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (Cqx++)

6 otters called.

Posted by: clarence at May 30, 2026 10:02 PM (c1D+3)

7 For a 450 graduating seniors commencement, it was remarkably quiet.

As far as I could determine, only one rude, obnoxious, entitled family (and graduate) was thrown out. Bodily - it was glorious. The State Troopers were giving no shits at all.

I'm sure that them being Somali was just a coincidence.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2026 10:05 PM (Y2B0/)

8 Thanks for the dandy Club ONT, D Squared!

Love the photo up top. And, of course, it's a Golden Retriever. What other breed could pull this one off?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 30, 2026 10:05 PM (D/6p1)

9 Good evening.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 30, 2026 10:06 PM (bWZYx)

10 I'm pretty sure I saw a cameo of Ace in that Star Wars Hangover video...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)

11 The dog picture up top. He has more sense than half the country.

Posted by: Case at May 30, 2026 10:07 PM (8XBuM)

12 That dog looks blissful!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:07 PM (VCgbV)

13 Hello! If we relax, do we have to do it in a creek? Sounds cold.

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 10:08 PM (c1LkM)

14 Water Buffalo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 10:08 PM (Cqx++)

15 Hello! If we relax, do we have to do it in a creek? Sounds cold.
Posted by: Piper

Shrinkage!!

Posted by: George Costanza at May 30, 2026 10:08 PM (Y2B0/)

16 It's a frog with a warning light.

Posted by: huerfano at May 30, 2026 10:09 PM (VJX5o)

17 The man nodded slowly and said, "That's smart." Then he sat quietly for a full minute before asking, "So... what are you working on?"

For a period of about 10 years, I traveled out of state for work every week. I became the guy that didn't want to talk to my seatmates on the plane.

When they asked what I did (and they always asked) I told them I was an insurance salesman.

Not. A. Peep. After that.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 30, 2026 10:11 PM (Y2B0/)

18 So, that's where Scampdog went!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:11 PM (qx7Zg)

19 Hello! If we relax, do we have to do it in a creek? Sounds cold.


It wouldn't be very cool in the creeks here, Piper. But it would be pretty muddy most of the time.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr+re)

20 Thanks for the ONT, D/D!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)

21
*sits at head of ONT table*
*glares at everyone*

Well, shall we get started? Or did you all just come for the donuts?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM (HdYcL)

22 Shopping for a new car a Gremlin with a V8 was tested. My o my would that thing scoot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM (cr9uY)

23 Thanks for the ONT.

Luciferase, iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

24
When did all this screaming and dancing at graduation become a thing? Another stupid trend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:16 PM (HdYcL)

25 Since Rick Moranis is coming back for SpaceBalls 2, will he appear as Dark Helmet or Gray Helmet?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)

26 Hello Horde. I need a stiff drink. Too much drama today. I noticed the cat hissing at a vent, shone the flashlight in, and it was a freaking SNAKE. Freaked out, called neighbors, they got under the house, found a small snake and chased it out. All good, right? Well, after chitchatting and profuse thanks, I went back in only to see the cat hissing at a different vent. Yep, snake. Neighbors came back - she likes snakes - and I called the first wildlife company that came up on Google. They came right out and fished a yuge black snake out of the ductwork!

I'm still jumpy and probably won't sleep tonight but THANK GOD for great neighbors and amazing wildlife guys who come right out and get the job done.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0SdQT)

27 Do you want Frog Cults? Because that's how you get Frog Cults.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (w/O5Q)

28 Swapping VINs is an honored tradition among old car builders.
He should have kept (and documented) some major piece of the original, like the front number and the frame horns that it mounts to. A little welding and he probably could get away with it.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (PC+XL)

29 StarWars copAfeel @ 17seconds.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (cr9uY)

30 When did all this screaming and dancing at graduation become a thing? Another stupid trend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

0 impulse control.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (bWZYx)

31 Back in the day, I knew someone who had a Gremlin. That thing was so bad, it made my Dodge Dart look good.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0Htd1)

32 >>> The Silverado-bodied truck even runs the same 406-cubic-inch V8 as it did back in its glory days.

I think the S10 and the Silverado are two different product lines.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (/lPRQ)

33 Re: The Penn NASCAR VIN swap.

Such swaps are routine in the hot rod world. You build a vehicle as you like or buy it, then search the salvage yards for a similar type, buy it, take the VIN tag off, install it on yer hot rod, register it as the VIN vehicle and go about your business.

Apparently, Penn don't play that game!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (Jr+re)

34 Gremlin could be a doofmobile, if he could get AOP to service it.
And was it the Water Buffaloes club?

Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (sl73Y)

35 Evenin'

It's going to be 43 here in Western PA. I forgot May/June in PA can be, uh, a bit all over the place. Looks like great golf weather next week. I'll be humiliating myself under the sun on busy golf courses. All the snowbirds are up here now. My late 50s self will probably be the youngest guy out there.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (bfy6w)

36 They came right out and fished a yuge black snake out of the ductwork!
Posted by: screaming in digital

The Paolo, how you say, apologizes that he scared you.

Posted by: The Paolo at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (Y2B0/)

37 Submitted for your amusement. It looks like the Donks are getting ready to 86 Platner.

Josh Kraushaar
@JoshKraushaar
Democrats Can Do Better Than Graham Platner - The Atlantic

-
Meanwhile, after more allegations of Platner's sexting other women while married, his wife posts an humiliating video.

https://tinyurl.com/42k4z663

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 10:19 PM (ndZc7)

38 Wasn’t it the Buffaloes? Or a more majestic variation often that…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2026 10:19 PM (6VD39)

39
Luciferase sounds like an enzyme for exorcisms.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:19 PM (HdYcL)

40 I came for the doughnuts. Where are they?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2026 10:20 PM (6VD39)

41 Clem Burke is ranked like 60 or 70 for drummers. That's about 50 places too high. He's a top 20 at least to me.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:20 PM (WNOcj)

42 Is this a racial identification on The Paulo? The things we learn!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

43 Meanwhile, after more allegations of Platner's sexting other women while married, his wife posts an humiliating video.

https://tinyurl.com/42k4z663
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 10:19 PM (ndZc7)

Evidently they also found the kik profile he uses and went out of their way to point out that Kik is notorious for being a pedophile hunting ground.

Yeah, they are trying to do him in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

44 BUMPER, not number! FSCKin autocucumber.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (PC+XL)

45 Swapping VINs is an honored tradition among old car builders.
He should have kept (and documented) some major piece of the original, like the front number and the frame horns that it mounts to. A little welding and he probably could get away with it.
Posted by: buddhaha


That or the whole street dash board he pulled the tag off...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)

46 Sad news.

The New Yorker
@NewYorker
In a nation of plummeting pride and MAGA hats, “patriotism just isn’t cool anymore,” Arthur Krystal writes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (ndZc7)

47
Although it's going to be cloudy all night and all day here for me and I can't see crap, tonight it the full Moon. This is a micro-moon, so-called, as the moon is near apogee.

Per the calendar month convention, this is also Blue Moon, the second full moon in a calendar month. Exact moment of syzygy will be 4:45 EDT, so it will be near transit (high loon) for those out West. Full Blue High Loon. Howl away.

At any rate, if there's something you only do once in a Blue Moon, well, get cracking.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (w6EFb)

48 Or did you all just come for the donuts?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM (HdYcL)

We have donuts?

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (c1LkM)

49 "I figured if you 3 weren't ordering beer…"

Good one.

Saturday night pizza has been consumed. Now to party. *brrrp*

Posted by: mindful webworker - topped with parmesan at May 30, 2026 10:23 PM (kU8xu)

50
Yeah, they are trying to do him in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

____________

At least 40% of voters will still back him. Because Susan Collins (!!!) is a literal Nazi.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:23 PM (HdYcL)

51 Ill take one if you have a good yeast glazed. Or an apple filled.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)

52 If anyone hasn't done it yet, this is my contribution to the telephone theme music.
https://tinyurl.com/2h2nbc43

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:24 PM (0Htd1)

53 First thing on my list tomorrow afternoon is baking a big batch of cookies for the neighbors. And I learned that they have a high school age son who would be interested in earning money doing some occasional yard work for me. I like working in the yard (usually), but I can't keep up with it all the time now that I have a long commute 3x per week. So, maybe a positive outcome from the unwanted excitement.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:24 PM (0SdQT)

54
The New Yorker
@NewYorker
In a nation of plummeting pride and MAGA hats, “patriotism just isn’t cool anymore,”

_____________

New Yorker people identify more closely with Europeans than Americans.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (HdYcL)

55 Water Buffalo
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026

***
That's what I thought too -- but then what was the club Ralph and Ed belonged to? The Raccoons?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (wzUl9)

56 When they asked what I did (and they always asked) I told them I was an insurance salesman.

Not. A. Peep. After that.
Posted by: George Costanza at May 30, 2026 10:11 PM (Y2B0/)
________________________

I went the other way. I used to make shit up. One flight to Arizona, I had a woman convinced that I worked at the Alcor Life Extension in Scottsdale. I hadn't even known the place existed until a few days before the trip. I just found it interesting and read a story about it. Alcor is the place where people get their bodies frozen for future "miracle" cures and stuff. Ted Williams being one of them.

I just kept making up dead celebrities that were participating in the program...no idea if they are or not. I do recall telling her that Michael Jackson's capsule was in the lobby of a special laboratory to greet qualified visitors.

Posted by: Orson at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (dIske)

57 So I finished parking cars at the county fair this season.

Like last year, the fields in which we parked cars turned into muddy messes thanks to the rain. We had to restrict some areas to 4WD or AWD vehicles only.

I will not be surprised to see vehicles still stuck in the fields tomorrow when I go to church, which is right next to the fairgrounds.

And then when I got home, I discovered that my cat Allie had spit up a hairball in my bed, making a rather large mess.

*sigh* I love my cats, but they do test me sometimes...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (gnNyN)

58 Chick in the Gremlin ad is actress Nancy Allen.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)

59 New Yorker people identify more closely with Europeans than Americans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (HdYcL)

Another oddity of the internet too I think and social bubbling.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

60 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Ah, crap.

(heads back to door)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

61
LOL Orson

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (3ek7K)

62 Good evening Ds!
The doggo pic is wonderful(and the click as well)!

That beer contraption is fantastic...BTW, Dale's Pale is made just down the road from me. Interesting memories from nights hanging out there😐...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 30, 2026 10:27 PM (uTEOj)

63 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Ah, crap.

(heads back to door)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
---
I took all mine back to the Jerk Store for a full refund.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:27 PM (gnNyN)

64 I was right -- Wiki mentions the "Loyal Order of Raccoons" as Ralph and Ed's lodge. Garsh, the things one remembers --!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)

65 46 Sad news.

The New Yorker
@NewYorker
In a nation of plummeting pride and MAGA hats, “patriotism just isn’t cool anymore,” Arthur Krystal writes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (ndZc7)

The guy writes for a magazine named after a City so cosmopolitan they've brought back open defecation. Who wouldn't want to be just as cool as them?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 30, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q)

66 Howdy, Club patrons!

Posted by: Doof at May 30, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

67
Blue Moon is also the name of Bezos' moon lander, which, along with Starship, was to play a big role in the Artemis moon landing/base plans.

Bezos really screwed the pooch with that New Glenn "anomaly" the other night. He took out his only launch pad for the rocket, and has thus thrown a monkey wrench in NASA plans as much as his won.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)

68 Re: The Penn NASCAR VIN swap.

Such swaps are routine in the hot rod world. You build a vehicle as you like or buy it, then search the salvage yards for a similar type, buy it, take the VIN tag off, install it on yer hot rod, register it as the VIN vehicle and go about your business.

Apparently, Penn don't play that game!
Posted by: LRob


I would any state would have a process to get an off-road only vehicle re-certed for street use.

Haven't dug into it but it appears that in my state you are required to maintain insurance and if it lapses then Shazam registration is revoked and it becomes off-road use only and it is supposed to be a PITA to get it back on road.
Odd given that in the beginning the whole point of registration was to record legal ownership.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:29 PM (/lPRQ)

69
Isaacman tweeted this today:

We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes.

@NASA
is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

70 When did all this screaming and dancing at graduation become a thing? Another stupid trend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

When parents decided that it was cute when their children behaved like brats.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:31 PM (0Htd1)

71 Water buffaloes!
Water buffaloes!
Moooooooo
Mooooooooo
Moooooooooooo

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:31 PM (kpS4V)

72 When they asked what I did (and they always asked) I told them I was an insurance salesman.

Not. A. Peep. After that.
Posted by: George Costanza


I have tried saying I was a janitor in an adult book store.
At least it is less sketchy than my real job.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)

73 I think bringing Soccer to the USA is the most evil foreign espionage operation ever implemented. Though it wasn't moving fast enough so they infiltrated the NFL to ruin it .

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:32 PM (WNOcj)

74 21 Or did you all just come for the donuts?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM

Mmmmmmm donuts

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 30, 2026 10:32 PM (g5tO/)

75 Although it's going to be cloudy all night and all day here for me and I can't see crap, tonight it the full Moon. This is a micro-moon, so-called, as the moon is near apogee.
---------

Don't know if it is related, but the last several nights the coyote howeling has been more prominent. Last week, one killed a wild turkey in my front yard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 30, 2026 10:32 PM (XeU6L)

76 Congratulations, we now have Firefrog.

I was gonna say "new pokemon," but that seems more like a Super Mario World monster.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

77 Loyal Order of the Water Buffaloes.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 30, 2026 10:33 PM (W5mpo)

78 [top pic: Doggo]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.

Aw. It's kinda like seeing a flyby in the Missing Man formation.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

79 My first ever Apple product, a MacBook Air, hits the house tomorrow.

Remarkably I didn't instantly feel smugly superior when I hit the order it button. I am giving that a week to kick in.

Also, once my Apple product loving cousin finds out about this, she is going to, without mercy, torment me endlessly for once or twice, maybe less, accidently inferring Apple tech owners were losers.

In addition, I thinking I should refrain from telling her to "calm down" and then giving her a phone number for some anger management classes. Now that I am thinking about all this I should probably just move without leaving a forwarding address.

Why does everything have to be so complicated?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (glnUu)

80 The New Yorker
@NewYorker
In a nation of plummeting pride and MAGA hats, “patriotism just isn’t cool anymore,”

Who are they trying to kid? Having pride in our country has been a problem with liberals and democrats for a very long time.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (0Htd1)

81 Sushi cafe/Fish world shoulda had a hidden click, like this excellent big musical production number:

https://youtu.be/GC_mV1IpjWA

Posted by: mindful webworker - animatedly at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (kU8xu)

82 57 So I finished parking cars at the county fair this season.

Like last year, the fields in which we parked cars turned into muddy messes thanks to the rain. We had to restrict some areas to 4WD or AWD vehicles only.

I will not be surprised to see vehicles still stuck in the fields tomorrow when I go to church, which is right next to the fairgrounds.

And then when I got home, I discovered that my cat Allie had spit up a hairball in my bed, making a rather large mess.

*sigh* I love my cats, but they do test me sometimes...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM

Sunday is sheet changing day anyway. She was helping you get ahead of that chore.

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (c1LkM)

83 Loyal Order of the Water Buffaloes.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 30, 2026 10:33 PM (W5mpo)

When did you change your nic again? And I'm gonna need an explanation of it!

Posted by: Doof at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)

84 Hmm. 'howling'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)

85 Is this a racial identification on The Paulo? The things we learn!
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

Probably burn marks considering how often he employs it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

86 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Ah, crap.

(heads back to door)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

Heading out to make jerky? Jerk chicken?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (qx7Zg)

87 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (glnUu)

What made you decide to become an Apple owner?

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (WNOcj)

88 26 I'm still jumpy and probably won't sleep tonight but THANK GOD for great neighbors and amazing wildlife guys who come right out and get the job done.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0SdQT)

Snakebusters

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (y171U)

89 Greetings Everyone

Thank you D^2 for ONT, outstandink as always!

On the Sugarloaf Don't call us song - there's an old b&w stop-motion video set to that tune on the Tube site showing an old rotary dial phone being put together. Very kool!

Almost time for Sven G out here as the sun sinks slowly into the pacific and the surfer dudes and dudettes pack it in for the night....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 30, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)

90 Why does everything have to be so complicated?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (glnUu)

Avril Lavigne would like a word

Posted by: Doof at May 30, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)

91 I think bringing Soccer to the USA is the most evil foreign espionage operation ever implemented. Though it wasn't moving fast enough so they infiltrated the NFL to ruin it .
Posted by: polynikes

I lean towards thinking handing over ownership of all the budget hotels over to the Dot Indians won that award.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:38 PM (glnUu)

92 AMC and Levi’s - ye gaw, never mind the car, look at those shirts with shoulder-wide collars!

Posted by: mindful webworker - I can neither confirm non deny I had shirts like that at May 30, 2026 10:38 PM (kU8xu)

93 @NASA
is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

If Blue Origin, who is the Red team, à la Red vs. Blue?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

94 I have tried saying I was a janitor in an adult book store.
At least it is less sketchy than my real job.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)
---
Dead hooker disposal specialist for the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo bachelor parties?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:39 PM (gnNyN)

95
I haven't seen any wild turkeys around here in a while. Used to see them every so often.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)

96 I think Dubai has a high dollar restaurant with a sea world sized aquarium that you can order the fish for dinner.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:40 PM (WNOcj)

97 Why does everything have to be so complicated?
--------

"Life could be simple, it just won't" - Lily Tomlin

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 30, 2026 10:40 PM (XeU6L)

98 >> If Blue Origin, who is the Red team, à la Red vs. Blue?

SpaceX?

Isaacman is trying to get NASA back into '60s Apollo Glory Days mode.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)

99 And then when I got home, I discovered that my cat Allie had spit up a hairball in my bed, making a rather large mess.
*sigh* I love my cats, but they do test me sometimes...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (gnNyN)

I had an older cat who was starting to get bad hairballs, one of the things I did in the worst periods was to put a sheet on as a bead spread to catch all but the worst puke.
I also had washable comforters, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:41 PM (rbvCR)

100 I was at a graduation this last weekend.

The graduates behaved like professionals.

The onlookers were embarrassing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (TopPz)

101 Heading out to make jerky? Jerk chicken?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (qx7Zg)

Nah, saw a dead possum on the side of the road on the way here. Figured I'd stop by the Road Kill Grill.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

102 Loyal Order of the Water Buffaloes. - Yeah, I figured I wouldn't be first with that answer. But, eighth? Yabba Dabba.

Guess they couldn't come up with a dino name for the club. But, they mixed Mastodons and other non-dino characters, so, why not?

Posted by: mindful webworker - wilmmmmaaaaa at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (kU8xu)

103 I haven't seen any wild turkeys around here in a while. Used to see them every so often.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)
---
The field where we park cars at the county fair is prime hunting ground for turkey vultures. I saw three of them squabbling on the shed next to my church the other day.

Those things are quite large when you are up close...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (gnNyN)

104 69
Isaacman tweeted this today:

@NASA
is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

Issacman is turning out to be a no-nonsense NASA administrator.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (y171U)

105 Sushi/Fish picture could have used this clip.

https://youtu.be/2LhaRSxxd74

Part of it could also work as a ringtone.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

106 I just noticed I made COTW. Or rather, my late mom did. I miss her. We could always find something to laugh about.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (0SdQT)

107 I did not know snakes could get into vents.

This has me concerned. Our vents are in the ceiling upstairs where I am now.

Do snakes come in through the AC somehow?

I will do more than hiss if it happens to me.

I may have a new phobia.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 10:43 PM (WONhk)

108 I used to tell people I was a receptionist, because I was a receptionist.
I just didn't LOOK like a receptionist.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)

109 My cats are courteous enough to hack up their hairballs on my tile floor.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:44 PM (WNOcj)

110 What made you decide to become an Apple owner?
Posted by: polynikes

Microsoft f**kery over the last few years starting with it killing off my perfectly fine desktop and then the recent out of control PC price increases due to AI f**kery. I have to say I never had on my tech bingo card that Apple would end up being the hero here. But here I am. My cousin...she is going to be unbearable; I probably should have thought that earlier but, well, here I am again.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:44 PM (glnUu)

111 I just dropped two pieces of chocolate pie on the ground. Said a bad word, well actually three bad words.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:44 PM (LHPAg)

112
In the early days of SpaceX back in 2016, Elon blew up a Falcon 9 on the pad at LC-40 (That call that SCL-40 now, and I'm not sure of the difference between LCs and SLCs), and did substantial damage to the pad structure. It took them about a year to get it back online, but that allowed a lot of improvements to be made.

But the main thing was he had other pads to use while they rebuilt that one. That needs to be a hard requirement going forward, have at least two pads for a given rocket.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:44 PM (w6EFb)

113 If you give your kitty a little bit of butter once a week, the fur slugs are reduced greatly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 10:45 PM (qpo2d)

114 My cats are courteous enough to hack up their hairballs on my tile floor.


Planning that you will step on them, slip to the floor unconscious at which time they will eat you! Ya can't trust 'em!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:46 PM (Jr+re)

115
I've got a picture from quite a few years of two turkeys fighting in the front yard at my mother's. They had wrapped their necks around each other during the scrap.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

116 I used to tell the ladies I was a trust fund baby and on the board for various animal rescue charities.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:46 PM (WNOcj)

117 Howdy, horde!

Thanks for the Club ONT, Doof & Dino!

Um, H7... those aren't weren't donuts. The Paolo was trying on "swim rings"

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm)

118 The only reason we have snakes in the house is because one of the cats adores catching them and bringing them into the house.
I have trained him to meow to show me so I can give him his favorite treats, and that way I can catch it and take it back outside.
Before I trained him, he would let them go in the hallway and they would wind up in the baseboard heater or the hall closet.

I am aware that some people think I have trained my cat to catch snakes to bring them into the house, but don't worry, he learned the trick on his own!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:47 PM (rbvCR)

119
Best of Breed and Hound Group 4 for The Big Dummy at today's Mid-Del-Tinker KC show in Oklahoma City.

Her Majesty (without TBD) returns on Monday. She left on May 5th.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:47 PM (HdYcL)

120 93 @NASA
is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)
---

They know if Elon gets there first he will tell them to GTF off his property.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 10:47 PM (cr9uY)

121 89 On the Sugarloaf Don't call us song - there's an old b&w stop-motion video set to that tune on the Tube site showing an old rotary dial phone being put together. Very kool!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 30, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)

The touch tone telephone sound is an unlisted number at CBS Records (who did not sign them).

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 10:48 PM (y171U)

122 The Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes

Posted by: Archer at May 30, 2026 10:49 PM (wvc0i)

123 Telephones - another archaic item. Like "dialing."

Might as well link to my telephone song.

Pop on the Line
A lack of privacy in the ancient times
https://bit.ly/pop-on-the-line

Should start at 5:23 in the video

Posted by: mindful webworker - busy signal at May 30, 2026 10:49 PM (kU8xu)

124 If you give your kitty a little bit of butter once a week, the fur slugs are reduced greatly.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 10:45 PM (qpo2d)

I put a bowl of lard out. The cats used to get on the table and lick the butter, so for a while I got a "cat dish" of butter for them. I finally got tired of buying my cats butter and we moved to lard.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:49 PM (rbvCR)

125 We had a gremlin as a job site runner. It was silly good on gas, had a 6 cylinder, and was frigging quick. It had a manual trans and you could break the tires loose when you shifted. I brought it home one day for shits and giggles. Mrs B who was the girlfriend at the time didn't want to get in it. She thought it was a piece of shit. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)

126 WOOHOO!!!
Top 10'ish!
When do I get my certificate?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

127 Sorry I'm late, somebody was trying to contact me about my car's extended warranty.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 30, 2026 10:50 PM (2RJDy)

128 I've seen hairball treats but I've never bought any.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:51 PM (WNOcj)

129 Evening Horde. Thx D Squared
Watching the Platner campaign implode is amazing. We want him to get to the 6/9 primary so the Dems are stuck with him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (SW0z7)

130 I couldn't see myself driving either a Gremlin or a Pacer.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (WNOcj)

131 Mom called me up one day, saying she needed to go to laundromat. Needed to wash a comforter, but it wouldn't fit in her washer. She suggested that if I also had a large item to wash, that we could split the expense and use The Big Machine for our stuff. I had a large comforter to wash, as well.

Ok... So we loaded up the machine, added soap and many quarters, got coffee and sat down to chitchat.

After a while Mom says: "I have a confession to make.
... There was dog pee on my comforter."

To which I replied: "It's ok, Mom. There was cat puke on mine."

And we laughed!

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)

132 57 -- Sounds like the annual Iowa Western Renfaire. I sold stones the XO had sand blasted designs into. Friday morning, we drove to our table and unloaded. Renfaire opened that evening. Soon after the fair closed for the night would come a strong thunderstorm. Same thing Saturday evening. Sunday morning, someone would come along to tell us merchants we had to hump all our stuff out. Seemed the same every year. But the XO made a ton of money every year.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at May 30, 2026 10:54 PM (DK5Sh)

133 Kindltot, I had a Burmese tom cat "down south" decades ago who liked to catch lizards. If they were green when he got them, they just died. If they were brown, he ate the lizard except the tail. I cannot explain this.

One Saturday morning, the cat scratched the window screen wanting in. He ran from the apartment door to the bedroom which contained my spouse in bed. A scream was uttered! He brought a LIVE green lizard to her as an offering. I thought it was touching!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:54 PM (Jr+re)

134 Seems Iran cannot find the Supreme Great Wonderful Ultimate Leader

So In government you have 2 jobs
Have a leader
Help your people

Face it Iran you fucked up

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 10:55 PM (/+uur)

135 ---
Dead hooker disposal specialist for the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo bachelor parties?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
==

Repurposed as sausage.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)

136 130 I couldn't see myself driving either a Gremlin or a Pacer.
Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (WNOcj)

Grumpy's Toy

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 10:56 PM (/+uur)

137 55 That's what I thought too -- but then what was the club Ralph and Ed belonged to? The Raccoons?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (wzUl9)

Another reason I like this place. No need to explain who Ralph and Ed were....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 30, 2026 10:56 PM (QGaXH)

138 Club ONT Jukebox
Somebody answer the phone!

Bonus tracks!

https://youtu.be/htgr3pvBr-I
https://youtu.be/_RrA-R5VHQs
https://youtu.be/5meWI3iX1sE
https://youtu.be/UdZF94vgPyE

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

139
I've seen hairball treats but I've never bought any.
Posted by: polynikes

They have them at Buc-ee's

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 10:58 PM (Cqx++)

140 Javelin AMX one of best cars ever

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

141 I did not know snakes could get into vents.

This has me concerned. Our vents are in the ceiling upstairs where I am now.
Do snakes come in through the AC somehow?
I will do more than hiss if it happens to me.
I may have a new phobia.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

They come in through the toilet.
Then get into the air ducts preferring ceiling vents in the master BR before dropping down at night.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)

142 Lulu the Lunatic has brought home snakes and lizards and birds. No rodents though.

Alas. She no longer is an outside kitty. Perhaps that’s why she is now a Fink.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (KDgJ1)

143
Yep, Fred and Barney were Water Buffalo.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (w6EFb)

144 Um, H7... those aren't weren't donuts. The Paolo was trying on "swim rings"
Posted by: JQ

They are useful as shims. Not every woman is ready for, how you say, "The Full Paolo."

Posted by: Paolo at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)

145 AB Hernandez old enough to be a Marine and plays girls sports.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 11:00 PM (/+uur)

146 79:My first ever Apple product, a MacBook Air, hits the house tomorrow.


I like mine quite a bit.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 11:00 PM (bfy6w)

147 Watching the Platner campaign implode is amazing. We want him to get to the 6/9 primary so the Dems are stuck with him
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (SW0z7)

Yep. They'd be stuck with him all right. Hee hee.

Posted by: Frank Lautenberg at May 30, 2026 11:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

148 Fred Flintstone was often the Grand Poobah of the Grand Order of the Water Buffaloes.

Wilma and Betty formed thier own club of the Royal Order of the Water Buffalettes. Wilma wore a necklace of white rocks. She had a daughter named Pebbles, and Betty had a son called Bamm Bamm.

Their pet was Dino who co-wrote the ONT.

Friday night Flintstones, baby. We had burgers on tv trays and thought it was the best night before Saturday morning cartoons.

Lived large, my brother and I, all of our lives.

While I may not remember most of the last month as there was horror, trauma and cholera, I do remember the Flintstone's.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 11:01 PM (WONhk)

149 Grumpy's Toy


I think they were all GM cars. I could be wrong.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)

150 I saw Tab Benoit for the first time last night. The first thing I made sure to check on is if he had a pedal board. NOPE. I was like, this is going to good. And it was.

Mr. Benoit later in the show mentioned his approach to playing was to have a guitar, an amp, electricity, and honesty. I am thinking he missed mentioning that he figured out early on that the singular thing God wanted him to do was to make honest music.

If you get a chance, just go see him on this tour.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:02 PM (glnUu)

151 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Well, thanks, I guess. I've always known my true self would cause trouble.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 30, 2026 11:04 PM (CHHv1)

152 I saw Tab Benoit open for The Allman Brothers in '95 at the Hillsborough Fair Grounds. Really. He was excellent.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 11:05 PM (bfy6w)

153 I think they were all GM cars. I could be wrong.
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)

oh that was booth

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 11:06 PM (/+uur)

154 theres a cheap mac thats an iPhone chip in a pc

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 11:07 PM (/+uur)

155 have tried saying I was a janitor in an adult book store.
At least it is less sketchy than my real job.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Now I'm very curious about what your real job is if it's creepier than working in an adult book store???

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 11:07 PM (VCgbV)

156 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Well, thanks, I guess. I've always known my true self would cause trouble.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 30, 2026 11:04 PM (CHHv1)

I've been outside looking in the whole time.

Wanna piece of road kill?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

157 I think Booth's car/engine were assembled by AMC. They did some strange stuff, like cutting cylinder heads apart lengthwise then welding them back together to greatly increase volumetric throughput. The car was fast!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)

158 I'm still jumpy and probably won't sleep tonight but THANK GOD for great neighbors and amazing wildlife guys who come right out and get the job done.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0SdQT)


Burn the house down now. Napalm if you have it.
Sneks BAD!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 11:09 PM (2WIwB)

159
They come in through the toilet.
Then get into the air ducts preferring ceiling vents in the master BR before dropping down at night.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)
*****************
They do not! I no longer live in FL where pythons did come up and surprise people in toilets. They did not reach the Space Coast where we lived, or hadn't. I did leave instructions to add why I died of a sudden cardiac arrest in my obituary.

I also did close the toilet lids when we traveled. I know beyond a shadow of doubt I would die instantly.

In the 7yrs of working in the med center's ED the only time I had to leave I was laughing hysterically on a busy and wild night. I overheard the triage RN tell the docs that she had a patient with chest pain because a frog in the toilet bit her hemorrhoid. One doc followed me to the ambulance bay where I was gasping with tears. Unusual behavior for me and he was laughing as well.

We DID have green Amazon tree turtles, with little suction cup feets, pop up out of toilets to alarm me in the boy's bathroom. Nasty.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 11:10 PM (WONhk)

160 My first ever Apple product, a MacBook Air, hits the house tomorrow.

I like mine quite a bit.
Posted by: Puddleglum

As you know I have been waiting around for the right price to appear. I am actually looking forward to getting my mitts on the box. Apple stuffing their own silicon into their PCs was a proverbial tech "game changer."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:10 PM (glnUu)

161 Why go to any trouble over the truck? As is. Buyer beware.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 11:12 PM (D1E+2)

162 Alice Weidel, co-leader of the anti-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has successfully sued, Ines Schwerdtner, the federal chairwoman of the Left Party (CDU), and won a retraction and payment of legal fees after she spread falsehoods about Weidel on live television.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 11:12 PM (cr9uY)

163 While I may not remember most of the last month as there was horror, trauma and cholera, I do remember the Flintstone's.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026

***
My mother loved the clever "labor-saving" devices, like the baby mammoth as a vacuum cleaner.

The Flintstones began a trend, as I recall. After it was a hit, every network had to have at least one prime-time animated sitcom or variety show. CBS had The Alvin Show with Alvin & the Chipmunks. Top Cat was on NBC (not certain about that), and I think it was ABC who had the Bugs Bunny variety show. ("Overture, hit the lights; This is it, we'll hit the heights . . .") Bullwinkle, I think, was also ABC.

The trend continued for a while until Jonny Quest in '64-'65. That was probably the last of the prime-time animated shows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:12 PM (wzUl9)

164 theres a cheap mac thats an iPhone chip in a pc
Posted by: r hennigantx

I am convinced it is the best budget laptop on the market right now. It is spot on perfect for email and videos of snakes dropping out of air vents.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:13 PM (glnUu)

165 Danger Noodle!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 11:14 PM (TY4Nf)

166 Which cars mentioned were all GM cars? The Gremlin and Pacer were both AMC.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:14 PM (wzUl9)

167 Javelin AMX one of best cars ever

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

My mother had a '71 or '72. I think she was a secret gear head. She liked her cars to have zip. She bought a '66 comet GT with the fiberglass hood brand new, then she got the javelin, then a Trans Am.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 11:16 PM (snZF9)

168 Which cars mentioned were all GM cars? The Gremlin and Pacer were both AMC. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes and no. AMC was known for using the GM parts bin.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:16 PM (glnUu)

169
Another pooch Bezos screwed with this "anomaly" is ULA itself. Their new Vulcan-Centaur rocket uses the same Blue Origin BE-4 engines that New Glenn uses.

And the Vulcan is current grounded due to some problem with the solid boosters. If they problem turns out to be the BE-4s, that will mess up Vulcan for a while.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)

170 My mother had a '71 or '72. I think she was a secret gear head. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Something, something, something about the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Am I right?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:19 PM (glnUu)

171 Jerks need not enter the premises.

No need to get personal.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (+9wcF)

172 My new best friend freshman year in college had an AMC Hornet. It was Smurf blue.

Had a few adventures in that car.

She is the Godmother to my boys and we are still besties.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (TY4Nf)

173 163 Top Cat was on NBC (not certain about that)...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:12 PM (wzUl9)

Top Cat first run was on ABC. Reruns were on NBC in the late 60's. I remember that.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (y171U)

174
Yep, just as I was afraid of, New Glenn, Vulcan, Falcon-Heavy, and the SLS are our only heavy lift+ class vehicles (add Starship there, too, but it's still a prototype). Bezos may have taken two of those out for a while.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)

175 Wolfus, my "all GM cars" comment was related only to Bill Jenkins' pro stock racers. He never raced anything but Chevrolet, as far as I know.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:21 PM (Jr+re)

176 Jerks need not enter the premises.

They don't need to, but they will anyway. They're jerks.

Posted by: mikeski is here, after all at May 30, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov)

177 My mother never learned to drive. Fortunately she grew up and spent her adulthood in a time when buses and streetcars let you travel safely almost anywhere of importance, and for .10 (or .25, later) with a transfer included.

I didn't learn to drive until I was almost 23. My father refused to teach me more than two lessons of driving around an empty parking lot in big squares and learning nothing. He paid for it later; he had to take time from work 2x a week to drive me to the college campus in town during a bus strike. Yes, the same fellow who harped for years on how I "had to get that degree" complained bitterly about making sure I got to school where I was earning that degree.

'If you'd taught me to drive," I told him, "and had helped me buy a car, you wouldn't be in this fix." To which he had nothing to say.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:23 PM (wzUl9)

178 Top Cat first run was on ABC. Reruns were on NBC in the late 60's. I remember that.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026

***
Maybe that's what I was thinking of.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:24 PM (wzUl9)

179 That's enough! Thanks to each of you for the ONT. See you tomorrow evening!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:25 PM (Jr+re)

180 My brother's future wife would give me rides home from school every day in her ford pinto. Now that was a sweet ride.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 11:26 PM (D1E+2)

181 My memory of Top Cat is clouded by my discovering Fritz the Cat, black light posters, Sansui amps, and JBL speakers.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:28 PM (glnUu)

182 My father's cars during my time at home were all GM. At first he had a '47 Cadillac fastback coupe; no A/C and hot as hell inside, of course. Then about the time I started school he bought a '58 Chevy Impala, the same model Ron Howard's character has in American Graffiti except his was red and white. In late '65, he bought what must have been a new car, a beige '66 Chevy Impala Super Sport with bucket seats and a floor auto shift. That was the one I had "lessons" on, and it was super smooth.

Last was a '74 (?) Chevy Monte Carlo, in which I rode to college with him during that bus strike. Also super smooth, to me as a passenger anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:28 PM (wzUl9)

183 Wolfus, my "all GM cars" comment was related only to Bill Jenkins' pro stock racers. He never raced anything but Chevrolet, as far as I know.
Posted by: LRob
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He ran Dodges in the early 60s. I remember seeing him run at York Race way in '63.
I was there crewing for a buddy.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 11:29 PM (PC+XL)

184 Actual production numbers of the BE-4 engine have not been published.
GPT-5 mini

Vulcan requires 2 BE‑4s per booster; New Glenn requires 7 per first stage — production planning therefore targets multiple engines/month to support both customers and spares.

Two production lines + multi-shift manufacturing + typical aerospace supplier lead times imply low-double-digit monthly throughput ceiling; early ramp-up typically yields a few units/month.
....
Few = 2

youtu.be/bZj1Z-Fi98s&t=40

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 11:30 PM (cr9uY)

185 My college roomie had a 1966 Dodge Dart.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 11:30 PM (A5RD0)

186 My memory of Top Cat is clouded by my discovering Fritz the Cat, black light posters, Sansui amps, and JBL speakers.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026

***
It was one of my cartoon favorites when I was in grade school. The Wiki entry on it, or maybe IMDb's, mentions that it has a devoted fan following to this day!

It shows up on the cartoon network on over-the-air TV. I should sit down and watch an episode or two.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:31 PM (wzUl9)

187 My parents were in *no hurry* for me to get a driver's license... they already had to pay huge in$urance due to big bro. A 2nd "teen driver" would've destroyed their budget!

As luck would have it, I moved to grandparents' house to attend junior college and they *wanted* me to get my license-- so I could make grocery runs and be a relief driver on long trips.

Eugene was starting to get sporty back then and Grandmother didn't want me to have to ride the bus.

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 11:31 PM (rdVOm)

188 I've seen photos of Ford Pintos that had flames - flowing forward from the rear.

I hope those were real, and not someone playing with AI.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 11:33 PM (qx7Zg)

189 Back in the day, I knew someone who had a Gremlin. That thing was so bad, it made my Dodge Dart look good.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0Htd1)

My brother's first car was a Gremlin. A darker green than the one in the video. Tricked it out with snazzy reflectors on the hatch and put in a nice 8-track. He loved that car..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 30, 2026 11:33 PM (nbLIj)

190 My brother's future wife would give me rides home from school every day in her ford pinto. Now that was a sweet ride.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026

***
I had a buddy in one of my drama classes who had one of the earliest Japanese compacts I ever saw, a tiny orange Honda Civic with black vinyl seats and poor or no A/C. Compared to waiting for and riding the bus, it was a delight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:33 PM (wzUl9)

191 What's with The New Yorker? Did the Chinese buy it or something? Well anyway, good riddance.

Posted by: Case at May 30, 2026 11:34 PM (8XBuM)

192 Eugene was starting to get sporty back then and Grandmother didn't want me to have to ride the bus.
Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026

***
Was Eugene the town, or your boyfriend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:34 PM (wzUl9)

193 Wolfus: Eugene, Oregon. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

194 Jerks need not enter the premises.

No need to get personal.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (+9wcF)

Hmpf. At least our table outside isn't wobbly!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 11:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

195 My brother's future wife would give me rides home from school every day in her ford pinto. Now that was a sweet ride.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026

***
A girl I dated in the fall of '72 had a Pinto. Again, compared to the bus, I found it a delight. (She was pretty delightful too.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:36 PM (wzUl9)

196 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 11:38 PM (RIvkX)

197 'Bout time I headed off to bed, all. Be nice, and if you can't do that, at least don't get caught!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:38 PM (wzUl9)

198 What's with The New Yorker? Did the Chinese buy it or something? Well anyway, good riddance.
Posted by: Case at May 30, 2026 11:34 PM (8XBuM)

I thought the New Yorker was published for snobs. Might just be me, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

199 Franpsycho you used the dative but since it's about people should it be the genitive (dvoyix)?

Can't remember. Declensions of numbers was always a weak spot.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 11:40 PM (U/Byj)

200 First Hondas were tiny and had motorcycle engines.
I've been told.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 11:41 PM (cr9uY)

201 Something odd has appeared in my YouTube shorts queue. I'm getting a lot of Viking Rap and Hip-Hop clips. Instead of black culture, it glorifies Vikings and the Norse gods. Most of it's in English, but a little is either Norwegian or Swedish.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 11:41 PM (qx7Zg)

202 White dodge cars of the 60's looked like refrigerators on wheels.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 30, 2026 11:43 PM (edUvp)

203 My brother's future wife would give me rides home from school every day in her ford pinto. Now that was a sweet ride.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 11:26 PM (D1E+2)

Dad had a Pinto station wagon with a dicey clutch that I polished my shifting on when we took a trip to Tacoma, and Granma lived in a senior living apartment building down by Stadium high school. At one point I started near the top of the block, and each time I killed the engine I went a car length backwards. I was terrified that I would manage to stall the car enough times to wind up in Puget Sound backwards.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)

204 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Just got back from seeing Jerry Seinfeld in concert. He was very funny, and we had a good time.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 11:48 PM (SRRAx)

205
Is somebody talkin' Rooskie around here?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 11:50 PM (w6EFb)

206 Eugene was starting to get sporty back then and Grandmother didn't want me to have to ride the bus.
Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026

I was in Eugene in the 80s and there was nothing sporty there, then. An older friend of the family had family in the ROTC program when the SDS burned down the ROTC building in Eugene, though. He also had family in the SDS in Eugene at the time also, it was that sort of family.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)

207 Can't remember. Declensions of numbers was always a weak spot.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 11:40 PM (U/Byj)
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When there were three Ds I used "troika" obviously but there is no similar for just two Ds.

I would translate that as Glory to the Duo!

Best I can do.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 11:50 PM (RIvkX)

208 Just got back from seeing Jerry Seinfeld in concert. He was very funny, and we had a good time.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 11:48 PM (SRRAx)
=====

Awesome

"Ya ever notice...?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 11:52 PM (RIvkX)

209 What's with The New Yorker? Did the Chinese buy it or something? Well anyway, good riddance.
Posted by: Case at May 30, 2026 11:34 PM (8XBuM)

If the Chinese did buy it, what would change?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2026 11:52 PM (6VD39)

210 Saw a cool t-shirt I might wear:

I'm trying to stop being mean,
But it's like Y'all have to stop being stupid first.

I do have a question, though. Is "y'all" correct here, or should it be "all y'all"?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 11:54 PM (qx7Zg)

211 New to me, this guy's got some funny chef skits

youtu.be/tyUxVznFQK0

Posted by: mindful webworker - with to-go box at May 30, 2026 11:54 PM (kU8xu)

212 I just can't conceive of Eugene, OR being "sporty." I lived there a total of about 8 years and never once felt in any sort of danger. Most of the criminal class seemed to prey upon other criminals, except for the petty thieves who roamed the UO campus waiting for an unsuspecting foreign exchange student to leave a laptop or bicycle unattended or unlocked.

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026 11:55 PM (K1RVP)

213 If the Chinese did buy it, what would change?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2026 11:52 PM (6VD39)
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More Chinglish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 11:56 PM (RIvkX)

214 Kindltot-- I was living in Springfield, late 70s, commuting to Lane CC at night several times a week. Women were regularly getting abducted/raped in those days.

Worked at a restaurant near U of O, where the manager told me that they had a buddy system of informing a coworker before using the restroom-- there had been problems.

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)

215 I'm still jumpy and probably won't sleep tonight but THANK GOD for great neighbors and amazing wildlife guys who come right out and get the job done.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:17

Yikes, snakes. Thought we had it bad, had a bat fly by the other night. I've usually caught or killed the bat the first day sited. No idea where this one is hiding.

The joys of living in a great home, built ca 1900.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 30, 2026 11:56 PM (55Qr6)

216 One of the more memorable cars I've seen cross the block at a Mecum auction was a 1978 Ford Pinto Squire Wagon. It was green with fake wood paneling. But what really put it over the top was the green plaid interior. It sold for $33,000. Here it is in all its glory: https://tinyurl.com/sbp2j3mw

It appeared at the Monterey event, which typically features a lot of supercars and European exotics. But this is the one I remember most.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 11:56 PM (0SdQT)

217
Just got back from seeing Jerry Seinfeld in concert. He was very funny, and we had a good time.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

==============

Live comedy, sigh. I can't believe I've never been to a show. I stupidly missed a chance to see Chad Kroeger a few weeks ago. Gonna start taking advantage of these chances instead of figuring "Someday..."

(Chad Kroeger is this guy:
youtube.com/watch?v=TTGF0hVEnzU)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 11:56 PM (n7rxJ)

218 Both boys and DiL are at a mutual friends’ weeding tonight. I’m getting some pics.

All is not lost for the younger Gen Z.

They are just as stupid and fun as we were.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 11:56 PM (A5RD0)

219 Maybe "sporty" is the wrong word.

How about: "dangerous for a lone woman"?

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)

220 212 I just can't conceive of Eugene, OR being "sporty." I lived there a total of about 8 years and never once felt in any sort of danger. Most of the criminal class seemed to prey upon other criminals, except for the petty thieves who roamed the UO campus waiting for an unsuspecting foreign exchange student to leave a laptop or bicycle unattended or unlocked.
Posted by: PabloD

You’re a dude.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 11:58 PM (1gea/)

221 You’re a dude.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Exactly. Thank you.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

222
Just got back from seeing Jerry Seinfeld in concert.

What instrument does he play?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 31, 2026 12:00 AM (Cqx++)

223 Just watched the first episode of Spider-Noir.

1) The Black and White is very good.

2) Dialogue is pretty good.

3) Nic Cage is doing an accent. Not as bad as Con-Air.

4) Wow, NYC was really diverse in the 30's. But it is not quite beating us over the head with it.

Will continue watching.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:01 AM (bss/y)

224 Saw a cool t-shirt I might wear:

I'm trying to stop being mean,
But it's like Y'all have to stop being stupid first.

I do have a question, though. Is "y'all" correct here, or should it be "all y'all"?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I'd say either could be correct. Are you addressing the general stupid of humanity as a whole, or the specific stupid of the person reading your shirt?

Posted by: mikeski dares to be stupid at May 31, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov)

225 Saw a cool t-shirt I might wear:

I'm trying to stop being mean,
But it's like Y'all have to stop being stupid first.

I do have a question, though. Is "y'all" correct here, or should it be "all y'all"?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I'd say either could be correct. Are you addressing the general stupid of humanity as a whole, or the specific stupid of the person reading your shirt?
Posted by: mikeski dares to be stupid at May 31, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov)

Yes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 12:03 AM (qx7Zg)

226 Best friend has a fridge magnet:

"It's not me, it's you!"

I want the t-shirt.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

227 First Hondas were tiny and had motorcycle engines.
I've been told.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 11:41 PM (cr9uY)

The CVCC - first Civic. My cousin's first car. He loved it. A few years later, taking it in for service, he saw a car in the show room and asked the sales manager about it.

"It's called the Prelude. Like it?"

"Like it? I want it!"

Bought it on the spot. He's driven Hondas to this day...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 31, 2026 12:04 AM (nbLIj)

228 Burn the house down now. Napalm if you have it.
Sneks BAD!
Posted by: Diogenes
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I'm pretty close to that point. I've spent about $20,000 on it this year, mostly in the crawl space. But it seems like things are worse. I used to like living alone. I don't anymore. I feel inadequate to take care of a house and property.

My cat did well today, though. He might be too spoiled to kill a snake (and in fairness, he could not actually get to the snake), but he raised the alarm. Good kitty!

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 31, 2026 12:06 AM (0SdQT)

229 At any rate, if there's something you only do once in a Blue Moon, well, get cracking.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (w6EFb)

The late, great, Nanci Griffith: Once In A Very Blue Moon

youtu.be/NRvFbMewuGI

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 31, 2026 12:07 AM (UNIfT)

230 I've seen hairball treats but I've never bought any.
-----
They have them at Buc-ee's

Beaver hairballs? Doesn't sound like much of a treat to me.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 31, 2026 12:07 AM (vTZFs)

231 Yall is not a contraction of you all. Yall is a word that is used for both plural and singular. Don't know the fancy word for it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 12:09 AM (cr9uY)

232 >>> Come in in, grab a drink or 3... Jerks need not enter the premises.

======

1: it's one or the other. I can't do both.

2: how did you get a pic of my doggo?

Posted by: Turn 2 at May 31, 2026 12:11 AM (Y2/Vj)

233 Just watched the first episode of Spider-Noir.

3) Nic Cage is doing an accent. Not as bad as Con-Air.


Will continue watching.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 31, 2026 12:01 AM (bss/y)

I thought he was doing a Jimmy Stewart impression while looking like Humphrey Bogart.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 31, 2026 12:11 AM (UNIfT)

234 Franpsycho was just axing, like I said the numbers were my least favorite area. "Glory to" of course takes the dative usually, just couldn't recall if it being addressed to people meant genitive might be in play. When I was over there in the good old days, one girl came up with a good one about a month in. "What are 'slava'-ing now?" Billboards and the like plastered with these slogans. Also, amusingly, the theme and key word for the 5-year plan then in effect was "quality" (kachestvo).

Other than the black bread, yogurt and butter, not much quality was detected in our daily lives.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 31, 2026 12:11 AM (U/Byj)

235 There was at least one serial killer in Oregon at that time, I think two at least. One dumped a body in Ash Creek in Independence. I remember the commentary on it at the time, I was in Jr high school.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2026 12:13 AM (rbvCR)

236 Back in the early 80s the family across the street got a silver Prelude. I thought it was the coolest looking car. I think they had a Ford Pinto before that; it was maybe yellow with wood paneling. Definitely an upgrade with the Honda.

Posted by: PabloD at May 31, 2026 12:13 AM (K1RVP)

237
JQ,

I have a magnet that says...Do I Look Like I Give A Rat's Ass?

Posted by: four seasons at May 31, 2026 12:15 AM (3ek7K)

238 Best friend has a fridge magnet:
"It's not me, it's you!"
I want the t-shirt.
Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

That is an album by Lily Allen. I am shamed that I know that.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)

239 Fooking Mariners.

They can still find a way to lose

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 31, 2026 12:17 AM (A5RD0)

240 There was at least one serial killer in Oregon at that time, I think two at least. One dumped a body in Ash Creek in Independence. I remember the commentary on it at the time, I was in Jr high school.
Posted by: Kindltot

I think TBundy was roaming at that time...

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

241 It's been a long day of mostly household chores. Time to walk the hell-hound and then get some sleep. Be well, Hordelings. May your sleep be untroubled by reptiles seeking warmth in your bed.

Posted by: PabloD at May 31, 2026 12:19 AM (K1RVP)

242 i saw backrooms, it was creepy

Posted by: gKWVE at May 31, 2026 12:19 AM (gKWVE)

243 My father worked for GM car companies and that's all we had. As he fought in the South Pacific in WWII as a Marine he never approved of our Toyotas later in life. I had a '69 racing green Impala and she flew like the wind.

My no longer best friend and I burned up her mother's Dodge. Well, WE didn't but someone did that was smoking cigs on the way to a church youth thing with a movie. The cig blew back in and burned up the back seat while we watched the movie. Burned to the springs and you could see the trunk from the front seat. Stinky. Some guys hauled the seat out before the entire car lit up.

I was cool about it because it was not my mother's car. She wanted to "run away" to NOLA (we were barely 16yrs) and I said no. Her NJ father came cussing out of the house when she told him and I called my mother to come get me as that was so traumatic (the cussing and yelling).

For reasons unknown he threw the springs of the backseat on their wooden farmhouse front porch that night.

Her older brother came home from a date and found it smoldering but the house did not burn down.

It was never my fault, anything that happened.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 31, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk)

244 Loyal Order of the Water Buffaloes.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 30, 2026 10:33 PM (W5mpo)

When did you change your nic again? And I'm gonna need an explanation of it!
Posted by: Doof

Blonde Mixtixl gave me the idea after that Aztec name thing a few weekends ago. I like it....

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 31, 2026 12:20 AM (W5mpo)

245 My brother's future wife would give me rides home from school every day in her ford pinto. Now that was a sweet ride.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
......

So she finally got rear ended?

Posted by: wth at May 31, 2026 12:21 AM (oq9dX)

246 Where was this?

A woman was arrested after entering a Costco and posing as a sample lady, and was giving away free shots of tequila in small cups "to celebrate the weekend."

Was it one of you?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 12:21 AM (qx7Zg)

247 Houston police officers executed a search warrant at La Toxica on the East Freeway around 1 a.m. where they found narcotics, illegal alcohol and tobacco and vape products that were not permitted.
---

Wait. How can they do this? La Toxica openly advertised what they were about.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 12:22 AM (cr9uY)

248 I do remember the Flintstone's.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

I learned the word "droll" from the Flintstones many, many years ago as a child. Fred says, "Droll Wilma, very droll." I wonder what episode that was in.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 31, 2026 12:22 AM (W5mpo)

249 I think serial killers should be a forbidden subject always. Snakes are bad enough.

I was in college when one was on the loose. I would rather drink draino that read about them or watch a movie or think about them.

How much trauma do I have to endure tonight?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 31, 2026 12:22 AM (WONhk)

250 I had a black Honda Prelude. It was the first car I bought brand new. I loved that car

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 31, 2026 12:22 AM (VCgbV)

251 Interesting chatter tonight about how the Dems might be moving to dump Plantner in Maine. Hard to believe; but there’s some new serious sexual misconduct claims being made about him, and the calls are coming from inside the house.

This is really pretty delicious. If it fails, then the Dems are stuck with a badly wounded candidate. If it succeeds and he’s forced out, then the Party gets to tell Maine Democrats “yeah all that primary stuff was bullshit, we’ll tell you who the nominee will be and you’re gonna like it!!!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2026 12:23 AM (QDJ2U)

252 Was it one of you?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 12:21 AM (qx7Zg)

Not me but I think it's a great idea!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 31, 2026 12:23 AM (WONhk)

253 When did you change your nic again? And I'm gonna need an explanation of it!
Posted by: Doof

Blonde Mixtixl gave me the idea after that Aztec name thing a few weekends ago. I like it....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
---

We have some very serious people in residence here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 12:24 AM (cr9uY)

254 Such a fun ONT, although i will probably have a nightmare about snakes coming out of the vents.

Cheers Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 12:24 AM (0nHVk)

255 Evening, Disco and Dino and Horde. Just settled into a little motel in Delta, UT. Did it all with no miles on any Interstate. Payson, Flagstaff, Page, Kanab, Cedar City, Milford, Delta. Fantastic drive, zero trouble.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 12:24 AM (M6RAZ)

256 How much trauma do I have to endure tonight?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 31, 2026 12:22 AM (WONhk)

Ok. I strung my arbor for the raspberries today. I didn't plan to, I just bought the hardware and put the posts with the cross arms on it up, but I knew that if I waited for winter, I would lose the turnbuckles and have to buy more. I got to re-use the heavy wire I salvaged when I took down the marionberry trellis, so I was feeling quite good about the whole thing, even when one end of the wire popped out of my hand and slashed me across the forehead.

But, I have a trellis for my black raspberries now, and the yard is looking oh-so-official.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2026 12:26 AM (rbvCR)

257 I had a Firefrog album in the 70s

Posted by: Writerhoss at May 31, 2026 12:26 AM (Hx4LC)

258 >>My cat did well today, though. He might be too spoiled to kill a snake (and in fairness, he could not actually get to the snake), but he raised the alarm. Good kitty!
Posted by: screaming in digital
--

Best cat story I've read.
good kitty

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 12:29 AM (cr9uY)

259 ace posted a video of cat v snake some time ago.
Cats are faster than snakes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 12:31 AM (cr9uY)

260 Sorry for giving y'all snake nightmares. I'm solving that problem by staying awake as long as I can.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 31, 2026 12:31 AM (0SdQT)

261 Submitted for your amusement. It looks like the Donks are getting ready to 86 Platner.

Josh Kraushaar
@JoshKraushaar
Democrats Can Do Better Than Graham Platner - The Atlantic

-
Meanwhile, after more allegations of Platner's sexting other women while married, his wife posts an humiliating video.

https://tinyurl.com/42k4z663


Wut? mnw assured us yesterday that he was ten points up on the GOP woman,

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 12:33 AM (M6RAZ)

262 I saw Dirk Lickspittle open for Firefrog at the state fair at Pixley in 1969.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 31, 2026 12:34 AM (Cqx++)

263 Sorry for giving y'all snake nightmares. I'm solving that problem by staying awake as long as I can.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 31, 2026 12:31 AM (0SdQT)

Think about whacking siblings, friends, or kids with foam pool noodles instead.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 12:34 AM (qx7Zg)

264 Hi, Debby!

Sorry about the downer subject, ChristyBlinky... how about I tell you 'bout the birdhouse that hubby built several years ago?

Sparrows have nested in it every year since he put it up, and have had several broods each year.

Well, *this year* there's not only sparrows IN the box, but robins have built a nest ON TOP of the box. Mixed neighborhood! Both species are nesting right now, right next to each other.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 12:34 AM (rdVOm)

265 And the yard is looking better because I am getting rid of the T-posts I was running the grape arbors on and replacing them with wooden posts.

After I got done setting all the posts, I started looking at things, and the posts and grapes are oriented with the house, which is oriented to the old house, which was built about 1900 as a farm house in the country and was apparently planned with a magnetic compass without taking into consideration the magnetic deflection, so the house and everything on this lot is about 15 degrees off from the rest of the town, which was platted to true North.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2026 12:35 AM (rbvCR)

266
I finally mailed in my California ballot today. Eric Swalwell was still on the governor's slate. So was a guy named "Barack D. Obama Shaw." Mr. and Mrs. Shaw obviously admired #44 and have high hopes for their son, but for some reason couldn't bring themselves to go full Hussein.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 31, 2026 12:36 AM (n7rxJ)

267 Hey everyone, Bette Midler has a new song on Youtube!! It's called "All You Fascists (Born To Lose)" and she's holding a sign with a crown on it X-ed out. Both brave and stunning

Posted by: gKWVE at May 31, 2026 12:38 AM (gKWVE)

268 I finally mailed in my California ballot today. Eric Swalwell was still on the governor's slate. So was a guy named "Barack D. Obama Shaw." Mr. and Mrs. Shaw obviously admired #44 and have high hopes for their son, but for some reason couldn't bring themselves to go full Hussein.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

The "D" stands for "Dehussein."

Posted by: mikeski may or may not be joking at May 31, 2026 12:39 AM (VHUov)

269 Mariners win!


We are over .500!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 31, 2026 12:43 AM (yycSj)

270 255 Evening, Disco and Dino and Horde. Just settled into a little motel in Delta, UT. Did it all with no miles on any Interstate. Payson, Flagstaff, Page, Kanab, Cedar City, Milford, Delta. Fantastic drive, zero trouble.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 12:24 AM (M6RAZ)

Are you headed back to Canadia after your Route 66 trek? Can you make it all the way non-interstate? I always enjoy driving on the non-interstate US and state roads out west.

Posted by: a.moron at May 31, 2026 12:43 AM (X5Jzz)

271 Nah, saw a dead possum on the side of the road on the way here. Figured I'd stop by the Road Kill Grill.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

Saw about six dead steers on the roadside between Minersville and Deseret. One was all bloated up, and the stink would have knocked a buzzard off a gutpile at 80 paces. Next one was flat on its back, all four legs in the air, literally tits up. Range cattle hit by trucks, I guess.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 12:43 AM (M6RAZ)

272 {{{SID}}} I would be unable to sleep at all! Good luck to you.

Hey JQ!

Platner's wife is playing the infertility card, I don't understand why they just don't adopt a Somalian baby from Lewiston. Perhaps JD Vance will bring down the hammer on fraud by the usual suspects in the state of Maine, it will surely piss some people off.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 12:46 AM (0nHVk)

273 I finally mailed in my California ballot today.
.......

I mailed my ballots too.

Posted by: wth at May 31, 2026 12:47 AM (oq9dX)

274 AOP, some a-hole(s) is/are shooting cattle in S. Idaho lately.

WTH is wrong with people? Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 12:50 AM (rdVOm)

275 Hey everyone, Bette Midler has a new song on Youtube!! It's called "All You Fascists (Born To Lose)" and she's holding a sign with a crown on it X-ed out. Both brave and stunning
Posted by: gKWVE at May 31, 2026 12:38 AM (gKWVE)

Does she lose anything (wig, voice, etc.) during the video? If not, the it's false advertising.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 12:50 AM (qx7Zg)

276 My shipment of ballots will be there on Monday.

Posted by: USPS at May 31, 2026 12:50 AM (0nHVk)

277 273 I finally mailed in my California ballot today.
.......

I mailed my ballots too.
Posted by: wth at May 31, 2026 12:47 AM (oq9dX)

I'll probably drop ours off at the polling place on Election Day.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 31, 2026 12:51 AM (QGaXH)

278 Saw about six dead steers on the roadside between Minersville and Deseret. One was all bloated up, and the stink would have knocked a buzzard off a gutpile at 80 paces. Next one was flat on its back, all four legs in the air, literally tits up. Range cattle hit by trucks, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 12:43 AM (M6RAZ)

I know the smell. Driving the back roads to Tahoe, found a dead cow on the side of the road. Took miles to get the smell out of the car.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 12:53 AM (1Ff7Z)

279 >>Bette Midler has a new song ..

Who?

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

280 {{{DDS}}}

I'm feeling much better hanging out here with alla y'all. It's nice to be on the ONT live for a change instead of reading at 4 am when I have insomnia.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 31, 2026 12:55 AM (0SdQT)

281 Here I sit
with nothing to say
Guess it's time
to go away
Lest I suffer
stupefaction
And suffer a
psychotic reaction

https://youtu.be/fBTT3VPriV8

G'nite, alla y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - y'all is the correct contraction at May 31, 2026 12:56 AM (kU8xu)

282 Are you headed back to Canadia after your Route 66 trek? Can you make it all the way non-interstate? I always enjoy driving on the non-interstate US and state roads out west.
Posted by: a.moron at May 31, 2026 12:43 AM (X5Jzz)

We pretty much have to hit I-80 from Tooele to SLC, then I-15 north to Montana. I know there are some alternative roads, but they add a lot of miles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 01:03 AM (M6RAZ)

283 AOP, some a-hole(s) is/are shooting cattle in S. Idaho lately.

WTH is wrong with people? Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 12:50 AM (rdVOm)

I can assure you we did not stop and examine these critters for gunshot wounds. Who would do such a thing? PETA. Militant vegans?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 01:06 AM (M6RAZ)

284 I will be up for a while having had an extended nap this afternoon, today was cold and rainy and extremely windy. I had no power for quite some time and there was nothing to do but curl up under the blankets and sleep. There was also a sonic boom produced when a meteor plunged into the ocean, it has been an interesting day. Gosh, I used to be on the ONT religiously from about 2am-5am in the old days, that is when the Horde became family to me.

Posted by: USPS at May 31, 2026 01:07 AM (0nHVk)

285 Bette Midler has a new song ..

Who?
Posted by: JQ
......

I think its Bruce Springsteen in drag.

Posted by: wth at May 31, 2026 01:07 AM (oq9dX)

286 79 My first ever Apple product, a MacBook Air, hits the house tomorrow.
. . .
Also, once my Apple product loving cousin finds out about this, she is going to, without mercy, torment me endlessly for once or twice, maybe less, accidently inferring Apple tech owners were losers.

In addition, I thinking I should refrain from telling her to "calm down" and then giving her a phone number for some anger management classes. Now that I am thinking about all this I should probably just move without leaving a forwarding address.
. . .
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (glnUu)

No, as soon as she gives you grief, pull out your phone and show her you changing her name in your contacts to Apple Support. (Idea stolen from another 'Ron.)

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 01:07 AM (Sy6m/)

287 Seattle To Declare "State Of Emergency" To Protect Transgender Refugees

It is perhaps ironic that thousands of progressive activists and LGBT advocates are leaving red states ... the golden hordes are making the great northwest their home base.
_zh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:08 AM (cr9uY)

288 Who would do such a thing? PETA. Militant vegans?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Can't imagine. Investigations ongoing. Incidents in Gooding, Jerome, Jefferson and Payette counties.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

289 24
When did all this screaming and dancing at graduation become a thing? Another stupid trend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:16 PM (HdYcL)

---

This is the even more obnoxious version of people who -- although everybody was asked to hold their applause 'till the end -- have to scream and shout for THEIR graduate.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 01:11 AM (r3JZE)

290 My mother had a '71 or '72. I think she was a secret gear head. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Something, something, something about the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Am I right?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:19 PM (glnUu)

I guess so. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)

291 See, this is why I should never wear socks!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 01:13 AM (0nHVk)

292 Good. Pack 'em into Seattle.

Posted by: wth at May 31, 2026 01:13 AM (oq9dX)

293 260 Sorry for giving y'all snake nightmares. I'm solving that problem by staying awake as long as I can.
- - - - - -
Keep a vacuum cleaner handy, and take the attachments off the hose. When a fearsome snake appears, turn on the vac and point the suction end at it.

-thoop-

For larger ones, like pythons, use a shop-vac...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 31, 2026 01:14 AM (/SX4J)

294 Well, it's now 11:15 PM here in Utah, and I am sleepy. About 13 hours on the road from AJ. My knees are sunburned, heh.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 01:15 AM (M6RAZ)

295 Something suitable for this time in CONUS.

Best Childhood Memory..
Falling Asleep On The Couch And Waking Up In Bed...
I Miss Teleporting.
It Never Happens To Me Anymore.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 31, 2026 01:16 AM (qx7Zg)

296 I can assure you we did not stop and examine these critters for gunshot wounds. Who would do such a thing? PETA. Militant vegans?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 01:06 AM (M6RAZ)

Disgruntled chickens seeking revenge?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 01:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

297 Best Childhood Memory..
Falling Asleep On The Couch And Waking Up In Bed...
I Miss Teleporting.
It Never Happens To Me Anymore.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Aww... I remember believing that I could fly in my sleep! I miss the innocence and carefree feeling of those days.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

298 >>Disgruntled chickens seeking revenge?

"...At least three cattle have been confirmed as unlawfully killed. In total, eight deaths are under investigation as officials work to determine if they are connected.

In several cases, portions of the animals were butchered. In other cases, the cattle were left where they died. Several of the animals were cows with calves...

Investigators believe some of the animals suffered before dying from their injuries..."

Disgruntled wetbacks on the run?

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

299 Bers, my Mom had a lead foot, she bought a Mustang when she was well in her 70's, it was a 25th anniversary edition convertible, emerald green with a white top. She was a sweet little old lady attorney and she talked herself out of more than one speeding ticket.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 01:26 AM (0nHVk)

300 Disgruntled wetbacks on the run?

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

As the cow exploded with a mighty crash and left rotting in the sun
The first wet said to the second one there I hope you're having fun
Wets on the run..wets on the run

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:30 AM (snZF9)

301 129 Evening Horde. Thx D Squared
Watching the Platner campaign implode is amazing. We want him to get to the 6/9 primary so the Dems are stuck with him
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (SW0z7)

I can't find it now, but someone in one of those Salem Media properties looked at Maine law and found that if their primary-selected nominee drops out in the second week of June, then the party can appoint someone else their nominee as long as they do it by the fourth week.

It is a good bet that the Dems are already planning to force Platner out and substitute Janet Mills.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 01:30 AM (Sy6m/)

302 Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

Funny, you don't think of those areas being overrun with illegals.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 01:31 AM (1Ff7Z)

303 Funny, you don't think of those areas being overrun with illegals.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Only if you haven't *lived* there... Southern Idaho is FULL of "migrant laborers"

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

304 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:30 AM

LOL! Hahahahaha... I'm cryin'... LOL!

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

305 As the cow exploded with a mighty crash and left rotting in the sun
The first wet said to the second one there I hope you're having fun
Wets on the run..wets on the run
Posted by: Berserker-
****

That's either a low groan or a slow golf clap.🙃

Posted by: clarence at May 31, 2026 01:35 AM (c1D+3)

306 Bers, my Mom had a lead foot, she bought a Mustang when she was well in her 70's, it was a 25th anniversary edition convertible, emerald green with a white top. She was a sweet little old lady attorney and she talked herself out of more than one speeding ticket.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 01:26 AM (0nHVk)


I'm surprised my mother didn't do that. She had a heavy foot. Back when studded snow tires were a thing she used to holeshot from a stop sign and carve lines in the asphalt. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:36 AM (snZF9)

307 SciVo, Janet Mills is hardly beloved, it is why she dropped out. Maine is fucked for the Dems, I think. YMMV.

LOL Bers, Chivas all over the keyboard, I need a rag.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 01:38 AM (0nHVk)

308 *hands bar-mop towel to Debby*

*pours fresh Chivas*

There. All better!

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

309 Only if you haven't *lived* there... Southern Idaho is FULL of "migrant laborers"
Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

Sounds like prime hunting area for ICE.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2026 01:40 AM (1Ff7Z)

310 Aww... I remember believing that I could fly in my sleep! I miss the innocence and carefree feeling of those days.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

My dreams were never that innocent. If I was flying I was bombing Hiroshima or some shit. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:41 AM (snZF9)

311 *hands bar-mop towel to Debby*

*pours fresh Chivas*

There. All better!

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

For now..lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:42 AM (snZF9)

312 144 Um, H7... those aren't weren't donuts. The Paolo was trying on "swim rings"
Posted by: JQ

They are useful as shims. Not every woman is ready for, how you say, "The Full Paolo."
Posted by: Paolo at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)

Do men under a certain age even know what 'shims' are? My mental image of The Paolo just doubled in age.

"I don't always use swim rings. But when I do, they're shims for my trouser snake."

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 01:43 AM (Sy6m/)

313 My Mom drove my brother to a golf tournament in New Jersey and he told me that he woke up on the New Jersey Turnpike after a statie clocked her at 92, she successfully argued that she was merely keeping up with traffic and obeying all safety rules, I employed the same defense many years later and was equally successful.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 01:43 AM (0nHVk)

314 Sounds like prime hunting area for ICE.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Absolutely! I'd add Twin Falls, Cassia, Owyhee, and Blaine counties to that list.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

315 My Mom drove my brother to a golf tournament in New Jersey and he told me that he woke up on the New Jersey Turnpike after a statie clocked her at 92, she successfully argued that she was merely keeping up with traffic and obeying all safety rules, I employed the same defense many years later and was equally successful.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 01:43 AM (0nHVk)

They fly on the turnpike.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:47 AM (snZF9)

316 155 have tried saying I was a janitor in an adult book store.
At least it is less sketchy than my real job.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
---
Now I'm very curious about what your real job is if it's creepier than working in an adult book store???

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 11:07 PM (VCgbV)

It's in his nic. Just don't ask the precise breed of 'pig' or where the hobos went.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 01:48 AM (Sy6m/)

317 Do men under a certain age even know what 'shims' are? My mental image of The Paolo just doubled in age.

"I don't always use swim rings. But when I do, they're shims for my trouser snake."

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 01:43 AM (Sy6m/)

Shims are for setting end play on shafts and gears. Also a name for a shemale...Shim.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:49 AM (snZF9)

318 >>>So she finally got rear ended?

Posted by: wth

>I wondered why she took an interest in me. Maybe because I'm smarter and better looking than my brother. They had two wonderful children, my nephew and niece, who both fully grew up, before they separated.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 31, 2026 01:49 AM (D1E+2)

319
I was wondering what the Flat-earthers and other space is fake and gay conspiracy types (Moon hoaxers, etc) would be making of this Bezos explosion.

Would they claim it was all fake itself for some purpose (they believe Apollo 13, Challenger, and Columbia were all faked), or would they go with something else.

Well, one of the leading flat-earthers has come up with a Warning from God to the "billionaires" to stop trying to penetrate the Firmament.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 31, 2026 01:50 AM (w6EFb)

320 People in Paris celebrating PSG winning Champions League

More looting and rioting in Paris tonight

Massive fire by the Eiffel Tower....

Paris is in flames… again…

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 01:51 AM (cr9uY)

321 My brother's FIL finally went carbon neutral. He was a trump hating biden loving commie retard. My brother was saying the family is arguing what to do with the body, bury or cremate. I said burn the motherfucker, if he doesn't catch fire you know he's in hell. My brother giggled.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:52 AM (snZF9)

322 JQ, my thanks as always, I do so hope that we meet in real life sometime.

Since you are all here, I need a few suggestions from you. My neighbor is turning 60, most wonderful person along with his wife. I am thinking of appropriate gifts for him, he is the little brother that I never had. So far I only have a box of tampons from Tim Walz and a case of Bud Light from Dylan Mulvaney.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 01:53 AM (0nHVk)

323 when the Horde became family to me.
Posted by: USPS

We have never loved the USPS.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 31, 2026 01:55 AM (W5mpo)

324 Since you are all here, I need a few suggestions from you. My neighbor is turning 60, most wonderful person along with his wife. I am thinking of appropriate gifts for him, he is the little brother that I never had. So far I only have a box of tampons from Tim Walz and a case of Bud Light from Dylan Mulvaney.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 01:53 AM (0nHVk)

Hmm, maybe a harley street glide? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 01:56 AM (snZF9)

325 Oh Bers, his wife would kill me! There is a Harley for sale nearby and I haven't looked at it, I wouldn't know what I was looking at if I did. I am getting him a nice gift certificate for he and the wife on the Cape slightly off season. They will have a good time there. I just need to get him some silly shit for his real birthday.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 02:08 AM (0nHVk)

326 'If you'd taught me to drive," I told him, "and had helped me buy a car, you wouldn't be in this fix." To which he had nothing to say.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:23 PM (wzUl9)

What was his own upbringing like? It took me awhile to put together that my dad had issues himself.

I experienced a similar abortive attempt at him teaching me to drive, resulting in being taught by my mom (and never learning to avoid scraping the curb). He could never stand to teach me any of the many things he knew about being 'handy' around the house, yard, or cars.

But when my dad was in high school, his dad actually did the meme and traded his mom in for a newer model. He literally divorced her and married her younger sister, in '50s rural California. So I give him a break, since being a dad probably stirred up anger at his own.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 02:10 AM (Sy6m/)

327 King's Guard nor their horses have been indoctrinated with DEI or other nonsense.

https://tinyurl.com/4xjz4ehf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 02:10 AM (cr9uY)

328
Another big sonic boom today, this one heard over Boston and much of NE. Another likely bolide. We had one of those Thursday heard around Columbia.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 31, 2026 02:10 AM (w6EFb)

329 Well, one of the leading flat-earthers has come up with a Warning from God to the "billionaires" to stop trying to penetrate the Firmament.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
---

Did one flat-earther vote for Trump?
Nah.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 02:13 AM (cr9uY)

330 publius, it woke me from a sound sleep, but only momentarily.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 02:15 AM (0nHVk)

331 Hey, Mr. Bartender, I've got time for one more round and a six-pack to go.

Not really, but if she would slide a gin n tonic down the bar this way, I'd appreciate it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 02:16 AM (cr9uY)

332 *slides G & T down the bar for Braenyard*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)

333 Braenyard, did I read last night that you passed out and fell? If so, I hope that you are doing better today, if not I am just retarded.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 02:19 AM (0nHVk)

334 Debby, I'm not good at gifts for people I don't know. Always cringed at the thought of Christmas gift exchange at work..

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)

335 I need to be up in 6 hours. A bunch of us are taking the bikes out for a cruise through the pine barrens and most likely a few bar stops since these dudes can't ride 30 minutes without a beer stop. I guess another shot won't hurt.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 02:20 AM (snZF9)

336 *shot of JD for Bers*

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

337 *shot of JD for Bers*

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

I'm way ahead of you. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 02:21 AM (snZF9)

338 You read it but it is in the past. There were tales of falling so I put mine in. Appreciate the concern.

Good gin JQ.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 02:22 AM (cr9uY)

339 Oh. LOL, Bers. Thought you were "ordering" one... hahaha.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)

340 Oh. LOL, Bers. Thought you were "ordering" one... hahaha.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)

I did, and it magically appeared. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 02:23 AM (snZF9)

341 1983, Redskins down to the Raiders by 15 (35-20), early 4th quarter. Dad says, come on, I'll teach you how to drive. We go to a parking lot. Dad puts the radio on. Skins mounting a furious comeback. He wants to listen to the game for a bit before teaching me. Skins comeback and win 37-35. Dad immediately drives home. My childhood.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 31, 2026 02:25 AM (W5mpo)

342 Yay, me! I finally got all the papers together for the estate taxes for 2025. It's significant because of all the stashing and hiding and hurry-up cleanups I've had to do since last January... ugh.

It all seems so simple, right? But nooooooo.

Next year will be a breeze compared to this time!

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

343 Yay, me! I finally got all the papers together for the estate taxes for 2025. It's significant because of all the stashing and hiding and hurry-up cleanups I've had to do since last January... ugh.

It all seems so simple, right? But nooooooo.

Next year will be a breeze compared to this time!

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)


Well maybe you'll get your ass to texas one of these times. We need a frigging bar tender. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 02:29 AM (snZF9)

344
It's sort of complicated, but while this year is a high number year for total meteor events, it's well within expected ranges.

However, the number of very large one, making big booms and visible fireballs seen by a lot of people is well above expected, by about twice. They seem to coming from the antihelion point and from high declinations.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 31, 2026 02:31 AM (w6EFb)

345 Hah. Bers, I haven't been behind an actual bar for... well, let's just say sometime in the 1990s. I've forgotten a lot and not kept up with current trends-- I don't go out to bars at all anymore.

Texas? In my dreams. I just don't see it happening.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

346 242 i saw backrooms, it was creepy
Posted by: gKWVE at May 31, 2026 12:19 AM (gKWVE)

I don't really watch movies at all these days, but the trailer for that really got me! Several horror movie trailers have been pretty compelling lately, and that did not used to be the case. I think they got better.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 02:33 AM (Sy6m/)

347 Hah. Bers, I haven't been behind an actual bar for... well, let's just say sometime in the 1990s. I've forgotten a lot and not kept up with current trends-- I don't go out to bars at all anymore.

Texas? In my dreams. I just don't see it happening.

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

trends? Its the horde, its texas. No fancy drinks. We go straight from the bottle. lol

I think we'll get you there eventually. We have our ways. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 02:34 AM (snZF9)

348 249 I think serial killers should be a forbidden subject always. Snakes are bad enough.

I was in college when one was on the loose. I would rather drink draino that read about them or watch a movie or think about them.

How much trauma do I have to endure tonight?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 31, 2026 12:22 AM (WONhk)

When I was doing entrance screening for a county courthouse, I had a cow-orker who was a real grandmotherly type in appearance and demeanor, but retired corrections officer -- from a men's prison, no less. And her favorite TV show was Dexter, he second-favorite Facebook game (after Farmville) was Dexter, and all she read on her breaks were true crime novels of serial killers. Something wasn't right with her.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 02:39 AM (Sy6m/)

349 If Google can't get tech right how can we trust it to get anything else correct?

Google is about to release 32 million mosquitoes in Florida and California?

Through their 'Debug' project they’re releasing lab bred males with the goal to wipe out the disease-carrying populations (Zika, dengue, West Nile, etc.) without spraying chemicals everywhere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 02:40 AM (cr9uY)

350 Yup Bers, she can come peacefully or forcefully but we need our JQ at a Mome!!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 02:42 AM (0nHVk)

351 Debby, Bers... you're awesome.

*Wayne's World clip*

I'm not worthy!

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

352 Yup Bers, she can come peacefully or forcefully but we need our JQ at a Mome!!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 02:42 AM (0nHVk)

Damn right!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 02:45 AM (snZF9)

353 I *do* wish hubby had named a 'second' for his POA.

He can't do it now, as his mind is too gone.

I'm "IT"

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)

354 259 ace posted a video of cat v snake some time ago.
Cats are faster than snakes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 12:31 AM (cr9uY)

I think that was a bobcat or lynx, amazing trail video -- the cat just had better reflexes. Every time the snake struck, the cat counter-struck; but the cat could swipe and retreat faster than the snake could react. So the cat just took its time and wore the snake down, it got slower and slower, until it was safe to move in for a killing blow. Rhythm similar to anime samurai, pauses between startlingly fast action.

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 02:48 AM (Sy6m/)

355 If Google can't get tech right how can we trust it to get anything else correct?

Google is about to release 32 million mosquitoes in Florida and California?

Through their 'Debug' project they’re releasing lab bred males with the goal to wipe out the disease-carrying populations (Zika, dengue, West Nile, etc.) without spraying chemicals everywhere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 02:40 AM (cr9uY)

Oh yeah, thats going to go over good. Like a fart in a space suit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 02:48 AM (snZF9)

356 If Google can't get tech right how can we trust it to get anything else correct?

Google is about to release 32 million mosquitoes in Florida and California?

Through their 'Debug' project they’re releasing lab bred males with the goal to wipe out the disease-carrying populations (Zika, dengue, West Nile, etc.) without spraying chemicals everywhere.

Posted by: Braenyard

Which disease(s) are we going to be infected with *this time*?

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

357 Ah JQ, I know that life for you is hard right now, I remain always willing to attempt to make it better. Sweet dreams Horde, I am out.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 02:50 AM (0nHVk)

358 'Night, Debby. Sleep well!

Posted by: JQ at May 31, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

359 It's sort of complicated, but while this year is a high number year for total meteor events, it's well within expected ranges.

However, the number of very large one, making big booms and visible fireballs seen by a lot of people is well above expected, by about twice. They seem to coming from the antihelion point and from high declinations.
Posted by: publius


It is almost... stochastic.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 31, 2026 02:52 AM (/lPRQ)

360 Coming from the other side of us from the sun and heading straight for us. Spooky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 02:58 AM (cr9uY)

361 Do you remember what this club was called on The Flintstones?
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This is supposed to be a challenge?

I take umbrage!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 03:02 AM (vjl2s)

362
The anithelion radiant (and it's actually about 15 degrees ahead of the true anti-solar point on the ecliptic due to earth's orbital speed) is a year-round "sporadic" source. It's caused by debris crossing the earth's orbit about perpendicularly. I forget what causes that exactly, Jupiter's gravity I think. But it's basically just sort of headed straight for the sun.

So for some reason, apparently that is more elevated. The high declination ones are also interesting. That would be debris coming in from highly inclined orbits around the sun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 31, 2026 03:03 AM (w6EFb)

363 I saw Anthelion Radiant open for Moonspell at Wave-Gothic-Treffen in Leipzig in 2006

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 31, 2026 03:07 AM (W5mpo)

364 It's 10:30AM in Tehran, the IRGC is safe for now.
Don't think it will be tomorrow. They aren't going to give it up so sooner or later they will push his button.
He'll be cool as a cucumber till the market closes on that Friday. After hours is 8PM I believe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 03:09 AM (cr9uY)

365 Biden's Dog sniffs
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Been a lot of action on the line over there.
Glad to see that you are well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 03:10 AM (cr9uY)

366 Way too early to get up

Posted by: Skip at May 31, 2026 03:11 AM (Ia/+0)

367 Ships in the night. Hitting the hay over here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 03:13 AM (cr9uY)

368 Oh yeah, thats going to go over good. Like a fart in a space suit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2026 02:48 AM (snZF9)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at May 31, 2026 03:19 AM (gfO9L)

369 >>My Mom drove my brother to a golf tournament in New Jersey and he told me that he woke up on the New Jersey Turnpike after a statie clocked her at 92, she successfully argued that she was merely keeping up with traffic and obeying all safety rules, I employed the same defense many years later and was equally successful.

Debby, husband of a good friend from my youth called her 'Parnelli' for her driving habits (and skills!).

Top 10ish comment?!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 31, 2026 03:23 AM (NcvvS)

370 100 I was at a graduation this last weekend.

The graduates behaved like professionals.

The onlookers were embarrassing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (TopPz)

Graduation. It’s not a funeral but a dignified ceremony. X 10,000

Posted by: Mr. Matteson at May 31, 2026 03:25 AM (gfO9L)

371 289 24
When did all this screaming and dancing at graduation become a thing? Another stupid trend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:16 PM (HdYcL)

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This is the even more obnoxious version of people who -- although everybody was asked to hold their applause 'till the end -- have to scream and shout for THEIR graduate.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 01:11 AM (r3JZE)

The one I went to last week was nice, made better by the fact that all the graduates were once students of mine. I swore to them I’d be in attendance, and I was. Just as I told them I wanted them all graduating on time.

It could always be worse…(con’t)

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 03:28 AM (gfO9L)

372 Seeing now that I missed Debby.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 31, 2026 03:29 AM (NcvvS)

373 This is the even more obnoxious version of people who -- although everybody was asked to hold their applause 'till the end -- have to scream and shout for THEIR graduate.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 31, 2026 01:11 AM (r3JZE)

If I had screamed and yelled like kids do these days, my dad would have laid me out with one good shot to the side of my dome.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 31, 2026 03:30 AM (bl07w)

374 We don't have snakes up here, or I would, indeed, consider using a shop vac to remove them.

Honestly, that image gave me the best laugh I've had in years.

So, who gets to empty the vacuum cleaner?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 31, 2026 03:32 AM (bl07w)

375 Been a lot of action on the line over there.
Glad to see that you are well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 31, 2026 03:10 AM (cr9uY)
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Thanks. All's well. At least I wasn't in Newark.

Help! I've been robbed!

https://tinyurl.com/4u3pjcbh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 31, 2026 03:32 AM (vjl2s)

376 …at my HS graduation, everyone had to make a speech, including each member of the school board. The valedictorian was determined by a popularity contest. (I was so pissed off by that - that is what math is for and whoever the top ranked student is can give the speech that will be forgotten five minutes later - I voted James Hetfield.). If the school could have made it suck worse they would have.

The one I attended had two sentences uttered by the superintendent. One by the principal. The whole thing was over and done in 30-45 mins. They understood the people were there to see their kids, not a bunch of blowhards and a preening principal. (Many of you will scowl, but one grad did a backflip on his way to the folder - I see nothing wrong with that, for, as Rush Limbaugh said, “They are being released from prison!” If that happened at my school he’d been kicked out, but too many there has 2x4s up their asses.).

I would have preferred to skip mine. Why? I wanted nothing to do with my school and I haven’t since leaving. I went to my bachelor’s graduation but it paled in importance to my commissioning. When it came time for the master’s, I skipped it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 03:36 AM (gfO9L)

377
We pretty much have to hit I-80 from Tooele to SLC, then I-15 north to Montana. I know there are some alternative roads, but they add a lot of miles.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2026 01:03 AM (M6RAZ)

I drove I-15 north from Helena, MT to Sweet Grass, MT back in 2002. Of course, Coutts, AB is on the other side of the border from Sweet Grass. On to Lethbridge where I spent the night.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 31, 2026 03:43 AM (gfO9L)

378 I am getting him a nice gift certificate for he and the wife on the Cape slightly off season. They will have a good time there. I just need to get him some silly shit for his real birthday.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 31, 2026 02:08 AM (0nHVk)

Pacifier, glow sticks, and water bottles for his next underground rave?

Posted by: SciVo at May 31, 2026 03:43 AM (Sy6m/)

379 I skipped my HS graduation.

Hitchhiked to Yosemite instead.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 31, 2026 04:22 AM (qFwJc)

380 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at May 31, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 5/30/2026

Upcoming Movies



I usually talk about movies in the past. Movies in the long past most of the time.

But, I do keep abreast of current day movie news, and there have been some upcoming films that have intrigued me in certain ways.

But before I get to these specific examples, I wonder if I should be excited about movies in the future, movies that are sometimes not even in production yet and literally no one has seen (rough cuts aren't the film), or about movies from decades past that have existed for years and actually have great reputations but I just haven't seen yet.

Of course, online discourse trends towards the unseen. We know a movie is coming for months, even years, but no one can slam the door shut on the film in any way. Casting news, spy shots of set, rumors of story beats...it's just an endless stream of possibilities to grab onto for endless articles and videos whereas if you go and watch an old movie, well, that's it. You've seen it. You know if you like it or not, if you agree with the long-held generalized opinion, and it's done. It's a lot less fun than picking apart clues to try and come to a conclusion about if something is going to be good or not.

It's a game, a play in the zeitgeist, an effort to be part of an on-going conversation. It's not really about the movies themselves, but about connecting with other people. That's fine, but my concern is always about the movies themselves. So, I tend to be more excited about old movies I haven't seen than new movies that literally no one has seen (again, rough cuts without finished sound, effects, or music are not the film, they are rough cuts).

However, that being said, there are some movies I've heard about that have piqued my interest.

Paradise Lost


Roger Avary has been in the movie business for decades, mostly as a writer. He cowrote Pulp Fiction with Quentin Tarantino, for which he won an Oscar. He's apparently had a dream of making a big-budget movie production of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost for a long time.

And he's recently signed an agreement with Ex Machina Studios studio to make it. The twist is that Ex Machina is an AI production house. They use AI tools to make videos. The studio frames themselves this way: that they endeavor to create “expansive worlds to be realized at a responsible budget while preserving the primacy of real actors, human-authored narratives, and guild-aligned production practices.”

Avary, who wrote Robert Zemeckis' film Beowulf says that he is “taking a more faithful approach at a fraction of the cost, using cutting-edge generative AI to bring Milton's vision to life in ways unimaginable just a few years ago.” Beowulf, for comparison's sake, had a reported budget of $150 million. A fraction of $150 million could mean nine-tenths, or it could mean one-tenth. It's not specified, but I imagine something along the lines of $30-50 million.

Why does this excite me?

Well, Avary may not be a premiere creative voice in American cinema (he wrote Silent Hill for pete's sake), but the ambition of the film interests me. The poem of Paradise Lost is large, includes a lot of weird sights, angelic and demonic battles, all told in that Middle English patois. It's...unusual for movies to take on something this big, this Biblical, and this strange on this scale. If Avary can find good uses of AI generated assets to bring down costs so that we can see more extremely ambitious projects that don't require the funding of a major Marvel movie to accomplish, then that's a potential beginning of a general trend that interests me.

Maybe even the movie will be good.

Elden Ring


Alex Garland is an interesting filmmaker. He started as a writer, mostly working with Danny Boyle on movies like 28 Days Later, he started as a director on the set of Dredd where, according to just about everyone on set, he took over directing duties for credited director Pete Travis. He then went off to make movies like Ex Machina, Annihilation, Civil War, and Warfare (which he codirected with Ray Mendoza, his military advisor on Civil War). Even Men, while it might not be successful overall, is interesting, especially when it comes to mood.

Elden Ring is a video game from the company From Software, written by George R.R. Martin, and part of a genre of games called Souls-like that have spare, implied stories, and are extremely difficult to play, focusing on very tough boss battles. I haven't played it, but I have played other From Software games (the first two Dark Souls games).

And A24, the art house horror studio is funding Alex Garland to make an adaptation of the game with the highest budget the studio has ever fronted at over $100 million.

The tone that Garland commands, the ever-increasing control of large budgets, and the fact that Garland is...interesting (he wrote the new 28 Years Later movies which, again, are interesting), even if not always successful makes the upcoming project just seem like it could be a unique tale. I think of the weird sense of unease through Annihilation, the body horror of Men, the moral quandaries of Ex Machina, and awesome action of Dredd, and the strong sense of story from the 28 movies, and I see a combination of factors that will just go well with the kind of worlds that From Software make.

Should be fun.

Citizen Vigilante


I went through a handful of Uwe Boll movies a few years ago, and I was done fairly quickly. He's a bad filmmaker with a terrible sense of humor who was using an exploit in German tax law to fund his films. Once that exploit got closed, he stopped making movies and became a restauranteur.

Armie Hammer is the son of an entertainment executive who became a decent-sized movie star through the 2010s, starring in films like The Social Network and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. His career completely derailed in 2018 when recordings of him playing out some weird cannibal fetish leaked, women accused him of abuse, and he lost all ability to get work in Hollywood. Reportedly, he sold timeshares for a little while to make ends' meet.

Well, both have come back with what looks like an absolutely awful vigilante movie. Trailer below.


I'm looking forward to this because it looks like an absolute trainwreck. Dialogue is bad and poorly delivered. Everything's too brightly lit and flat. The action looks unengaging. Should be fascinating to witness.

But, then again, I could just watch some other Uwe Boll film I haven't seen before and get the same experience without having to wait for it. Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.

Looking Ahead


I tried to find some movies ahead that I am both looking forward to in some what (yeah, Citizen Vigilante looks very bad), but that aren't actually being talked about much. Discussion of Elden Ring will go up next year closer to its release. Paradise Lost should go up once production actually starts.

In the near term, I have some hope for Disclosure Day because the early word is that it's good (early word is often wrong), and some leaking that it was some kind of secret sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind (probably not true). Still, Spielberg walking away from pseudo-serious stuff to do some more suspense and scif-fi is something to look forward to.

In the Hand of Dante, which was bought by Netflix off the festival circuit, looks like it could be interesting, though I've heard it's something of a mess.

Young Washington is a movie by Angel Studios about George Washington in the French and Indian War that I'm mostly hoping stole the monster idea from my book Colonial Nightmare. I imagine the movie isn't going to be very good, but we'll see.

The End of Oak Street is the third film by It Follows director David Robert Mitchell, and the story of a neighborhood suddenly transported to a place with dinosaurs, and it could be fun.

The Uprising is the latest movie from Paul Greengrass, this time about a peasant revolt in England in 1381. No trailer or anything so far, but Greengrass interests me. He's like a less iconoclastic Costa-Gavras.

Wildwood is the latest stop motion movie from LAIKA studios, and the trailer looks good. The biggest letdown from LAIKA was The Box Trolls, but otherwise they've captured a bit of magic in a world that's largely forgotten that stop-motion animation can be wonderful.

Oh, and Robert Eggers has a new movie at the end of the year, Werwulf, which is going to be all Middle English monster movie. I'm not the biggest Eggers fan. I kind of find him frustrating (technically polished and intelligent while kind of empty emotionally), but he's unique and talented. I hope it does well.

What are you looking forward to?

Movies of Today

Opening in Theaters:

Backrooms

The Breadwinner

Movies I Saw This Fortnight:

The Revenge of Frankenstein (Rating 3/4) Full Review "I don't think the film is great. The drama isn't spectacular. It's mostly functional, but the effort is there and I think it all does come together in the end fairly well." [Roku]

I Only Arsked! (Rating 0.5/4) Full Review "Really, this is just kind of dreary. There's no anchor, no core, and no laughs. " [YouTube]

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's a solid little murder mystery with a good amount of flare to make it interesting. " [Prime]

The Man Who Could Cheat Death (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's a small and pleasant little surprise." [Kanopy]

Ten Seconds to Hell (or, The Phoenix) (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "This is a small triumph from Hammer, though it feels like something of a happy accident." [Prime]

Yesterday's Enemy (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "I did not expect this little bit of WWII detour to be the real height of Hammer artistically, but that's what it's ending up being." [YouTube]

The Mummy (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "Still, that final act is really fun, Fisher flexing some genre muscles to bring some quality entertainment at the right time." [Library]

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (Rating 3/4) Full Review "So, I think the end saves the film, in a weird way. It shouldn't. It's kind of horrible. But it's the right kind of horrible the story needs." [YouTube]

Please check out my videos from the last few weeks:

David Lean: The Directors Series
David Lean: The Definitive Ranking
Sam Peckinpah: The Directors Series
Sam Peckinpah: The Definitive Ranking
Memorial Day
Contact

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:44 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Looking forward to going to see "Pressure" this coming week.

Posted by: Tuna at May 30, 2026 07:50 PM (lJ0H4)

3 Willowed:

151 Anybody following the Fender cease and desist brouhaha? Apparently after 70 years or so of other companies making Stratocaster clones, they're now trying to stop it.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 30, 2026 05:52 PM (vTZFs)
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My Mom had a Penco built Fender Bass knock off from the 70's. I took it up about 18 months ago after I started learning the bass. Got it restrung and set up. Still sounds fine, or at least as fine as I can make it sound. Berserker noted really working with an instrument. Try to play with other people as soon as you can - makers a huge difference. I'm playing at my church in the Praise Band, makes a huge difference.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 30, 2026 07:51 PM (UVyKP)

4 Pirate George did not really 'write' Elden Ring. It follows almost exactly all the tropes and narrative... style/jank of the other FromSoft games.

He may have given them some ideas, but the tragedy and nihilism is kind of their thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 07:53 PM (zZu0s)

5 I need to rematch the Brendan Fraser Mummy. I do not remember much (which is odd) but it probably has been 30ish years. I just get a general sense that it was fun but sort of empty like... National Treasure.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)

6 But, I do keep abreast of current day movie news

Speaking of that, when do we get our definitive ranking of the films of Russ Meyer?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 30, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

7 Very small quibble: Paradise Lost is Early Modern English, not Middle English.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 30, 2026 07:56 PM (NcvvS)

8 But, I do keep abreast of current day movie news

Speaking of that, when do we get our definitive ranking of the films of Russ Meyer?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 30, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

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When I'm good and ready!

Posted by: TJM's phone at May 30, 2026 07:56 PM (7RBt4)

9 TJM are you spending every waking hour on John Ford movies?

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)

10 9 TJM are you spending every waking hour on John Ford movies?
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)

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Feels like it.

Posted by: TJM's phone at May 30, 2026 07:57 PM (7RBt4)

11 my jam is Odyssey trailers for renditions that Nolan sucks too hard to actually do.
youtu.be/lbcAx8N1GCg
youtu.be/kVgLJZLrlro

Posted by: gKWVE at May 30, 2026 07:58 PM (gKWVE)

12 >>> looks like an absolutely awful vigilante movie.


Boring white guy.
Main character should be a female to male troon with lots of grousing about TPTB in a really bad fake Thor voice.

Mock the Shiite out of the Progtards.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 07:58 PM (/lPRQ)

13 Posted by: Tuna at May 30, 2026 07:50 PM

Just got back from seeing it. Excellent film and wonderful film score. I don't think I had ever seen Brendan Fraser or Andrew Scott in movies before, but both gave terrific performances, particularly Scott. Several scenes had me tearing up a bit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:59 PM (PFs9e)

14 My movie watching this week
Anthropod- bssed on true story of Reinhard Heydrich a SS commander assassination
The Pianist based on a book of a Master Pianist surviving Warsaw Ghetto
Eternal Winter - Hungarian women in 1944 sent to a Russian Gulag

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)

15 I thought this headline was directed toward something of a niche audience.

“Mortal Kombat II” Becomes the Highest-Grossing Fighting Game Film Yet

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 08:01 PM (ndZc7)

16 It seems pretty ambitious to do "Paradise Lost" one movie. Maybe they could stretch it to nine.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

17 Naw the mummy was great up intil the third one

The cruise one was mislabeled it wasnt terrible

I had hoped they would anothet man from uncle but guy ritchie is on to other projectd

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:02 PM (bXbFr)

18 When I'm good and ready!
Posted by: TJM's phone at May 30, 2026 07:56 PM

Ah, the John Cornyn strategy ...

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 30, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

19 I need to rematch the Brendan Fraser Mummy. I do not remember much (which is odd) but it probably has been 30ish years. I just get a general sense that it was fun but sort of empty like... National Treasure.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)
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Both of those movies are the poster children for summer action blockbuster popcorn flicks.

The aren't supposed to have deeper meaning to them. Just good old-fashioned family fun time!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 08:03 PM (gnNyN)

20 We have a B.I.Gordon movie on Svengoolie tonight. It's the one with the giant spider.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 08:05 PM (vFG9F)

21 It's crazy how this year is loaded high with movies of all budgets that people might actually want to watch where last year almost everything was awful.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 30, 2026 08:05 PM (gKWVE)

22 It seems pretty ambitious to do "Paradise Lost" one movie. Maybe they could stretch it to nine.
Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)
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I'm not sure if it's even filmable.

Maybe, though you'd probably need to take some artistic license with the source material to distill it down to the essential MEANING of the poem.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)

23 After eggers dracula im not as impressed the norseman needed flares to see many of the scenes

Although that was probably a more true to life setting for hamlet

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:06 PM (bXbFr)

24 Pirate George did not really 'write' Elden Ring. It follows almost exactly all the tropes and narrative... style/jank of the other FromSoft games.

He may have given them some ideas, but the tragedy and nihilism is kind of their thing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 07:53 PM (zZu0s)
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I'm sure GRRM was more than happy to cash their checks, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 08:07 PM (gnNyN)

25 Mmm. Food.

Posted by: George RR Martin at May 30, 2026 08:08 PM (gKWVE)

26 Very profound film with the spiders sarc

But so waa arachnaphobia or the one with kari wuhrer

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:08 PM (bXbFr)

27 I also need to sit down and watch Spider Noir on Prime. Nic Cage. 1930s. Spiderman.

I have heard good things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 08:08 PM (zZu0s)

28 "Elden Ring is a video game from the company From Software, written by George R.R. Martin, and part of a genre of games called Souls-like that have spare, implied stories, and are extremely difficult to play, focusing on very tough boss battles."

The involvement of George Raymond Martin in Elden Ring extended little beyond delivering lists of names beginning with the letters 'G', 'R', and 'M'.

And you're exaggerating the difficulty of the Demon's/Dark Souls games, which are tough but fair to the player.

Posted by: Miyazaki at May 30, 2026 08:09 PM (CIsvU)

29 I binge watch Spider Noir and quite enjoyed it. Ben Reilly might not be a very good PI or a very good Spiderman but he is good enough. Barely. Silvermane is a good despicable villain. Snappy dialogue and a good plot.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 08:09 PM (ndZc7)

30 I'm sure GRRM was more than happy to cash their checks, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 08:07 PM (gnNyN)

Oh, hell yeah. His name was advertising and the game is really them trying to be as accessible to the largest audience as possible. Difficulty is easier because of the open world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 08:10 PM (zZu0s)

31
Since TJM wrote about Pekinpah, I checked out his rankings.

Then decided to rewatch a few and see if my opinions changed.

"Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" - it , "The wild Bunch" and "Straw Dogs have always been a cluster at the top for me.
BMtHoAG is a grungy, grimy masterpiece even the film stock looks dirty and one step away from dying of alcohol poisoning on Skid Row.
It and Wild Bunch are tied for first place with Straw Dogs a close second.
Pekinpah's movies esp Bring Me the Head... appear to be operating in real time, not "movie time" which is weird but gives his movies a very real and organic feel. The movie really sticks with you.

"Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" - My first view ages ago convinced me it was a mess from a guy that lost his talent.
This view last week didn't change my mind. It has a few very good scenes but mostly it's a dog's breakfast.
While the sense of real time is there, there's no sense of the old or New West, and Bob Dylan...yeesh! he's the dingleberry on this turd sandwich. Just kind of tacked on for no reason and his dialog is just awful.

I'd rank "Major Dundee" quite a bit higher than this and it basically considered a failure.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:10 PM (iJfKG)

32 Snappy dialogue and a good plot.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 08:09 PM (ndZc7)

Thanks. I liked that someone said 'it is meant to be watched to catch everything, not put in the background or a second monitor.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 08:11 PM (zZu0s)

33 Nicholas cage generally doesnt do genuinely bad movies well except mandy the wicker man (i withdraw the premise)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:11 PM (bXbFr)

34 Is it physically possible to watch a Bert I. Gordon movie without there being silhouettes of 'bots on the bottom of the screen?

He did "The Amazing Colossal Man" as well, starring Mike Nelson in a bald cap and diaper.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:11 PM (kpS4V)

35 Next will be a Straw Dogs, Cross of Iron, Wild Bunch and Major Dundee rewatch.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:11 PM (iJfKG)

36 Milton was a bit of a dirty hippy.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 08:12 PM (3uBP9)

37 Was he i think he was going for a majestic tableau

Quite an ambitious project

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:14 PM (bXbFr)

38 I'd rank "Major Dundee" quite a bit higher than this and it basically considered a failure.
Posted by: naturalfake

I loved that movie as a kid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 08:14 PM (ndZc7)

39 Every plate by Doré in my edition of "Paradise Lost" looks like a metal album cover, so it's begging for a heavily metallic treatment.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:15 PM (kpS4V)

40
I saw "Spider Noir" and didn't hate it but didn't love it.

Buuuut, as always Nicholas Cage gave his all and made it seem better than it was.

Brendan Gleeson was good and the singing gal was pretty and a good femme fatale.

Worth a watch to0 waste time.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:16 PM (iJfKG)

41 The hammer films tried to exceed their source material

As frankenstein was a one off although the world of early 19th century austria was worth examining

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:17 PM (bXbFr)

42 Citizen Vigilante looks pretty good to me. Could be a complete crap movie...but the theme would be extremely gratifying.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 30, 2026 08:19 PM (XMwZJ)

43 Saw about half of the first episode of "Spider Noir." So far, pretty good.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 30, 2026 08:21 PM (XMwZJ)

44 I'm mostly hoping stole the monster idea from my book Colonial Nightmare.


Not to suck up to the host here, but I'm currently reading 'Colonial Nightmare'. I'm enjoying it so far. It helps that I grew up in the region. At some point, I'm going to visit the museum in Waterford, PA. It's where Ft. LeBeouf was located. I've been wanting to visit Erie, PA for years anyway. I hear it's changed since I last visited it (1980s).

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 08:21 PM (bfy6w)

45 As frankenstein was a one off

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You know what I realized about Frankenstein. Stein. He was Jewish.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 08:24 PM (ndZc7)

46 A fever dream of shelleys

If she would see what they did with the bride she would run screaming

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:26 PM (bXbFr)

47 wasn't the whole premise an adaptation of the Golem myth?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 30, 2026 08:26 PM (gKWVE)

48 >>> Nicholas cage generally doesnt do genuinely bad movies well except mandy the wicker man (i withdraw the premise)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:11 PM (bXbFr)


Color Out of Space was not good, in my opinion. And Nic's performance was one of the things that made it not good.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 08:26 PM (3uBP9)

49 You know what I realized about Frankenstein. Stein. He was Jewish.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 08:24 PM (ndZc7)

I wonder if the Doc gave him a circumcised dick?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

50 Need to look again as just saw the announcement in passing (assuming I can even find it again), but presumably Hammer's film of Dracula (Dracula? The Horror of Dracula? their first from 1958 with Cushing and Lee) had some sequences that were shown theatrically in Japan but fell prey to the censors' scissors in England and it was the cut version that was released in the US. Announcement said that an intact version would be released on disc in October.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 08:28 PM (q3u5l)

51 Hard to top (bottom?) "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein":

https://tinyurl.com/fm68mvwu

I saw it in 3-D! The organs and limbs come right at you.

Udo Kier makes everything better.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:29 PM (kpS4V)

52 Chaucer wrote Middle English. Anyone from Shakespeare and the King James Bible on is using Modern English. Milton is in the latter category.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2026 08:29 PM (6VD39)

53 A discussion of an Arnie Hammer film that does not mention "The Lone Ranger"? Be better, TJM, be better.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 30, 2026 08:30 PM (P/woT)

54
I swathe Nicholas Cage "Wicker Man" mentioned upstairs.

I re-saw it on streaming last year and I'm now convinced that they were making a comedy or, at least, Cage was.

I'm not saying it's a good movie but it's an entertaining movie.

I'd watch it again. I like it.

Now, if they would only put it out in 4k....

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:31 PM (iJfKG)

55 You know what I realized about Frankenstein. Stein. He was Jewish.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 08:24 PM (ndZc7)

I wonder if the Doc gave him a circumcised dick?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

Definitely had an enormous schwanzstucher.

Posted by: FRONKENSTEEN!!! at May 30, 2026 08:32 PM (TbWk/)

56 Hard to top (bottom?) "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein":

https://tinyurl.com/fm68mvwu

I saw it in 3-D! The organs and limbs come right at you.

Udo Kier makes everything better.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:29 PM (kpS4V)

The main lesson I took away from that movie was-

"To know Life, you must fuck death in the gall bladder."

Words to live by people. Words to live by.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:34 PM (iJfKG)

57 I had forgotten about that one

Sometimes to tries to hard as that sort of satire with pedro pascal suggests

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:35 PM (bXbFr)

58 You gotta wonder what was up with the whole Armie Hammer thing. It wasn't like he was a great talent orexceptionally good looking. And who outed him and why? The studio already had to know he was weird. Was someone paying to cast him, and then the studio said, "It's not worth it. Let's end this thing"?

Posted by: Wally at May 30, 2026 08:36 PM (uQ0bR)

59
huh.

swathe = saw

Who knew?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:37 PM (iJfKG)

60 Whoever wrote the lone ranger was nutz (there were snippets yoi could salvage it) but arnie hammer as straight man to whatever depp was doing

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:37 PM (bXbFr)

61 Never got around to reading it, but if memory serves, the late great John Collier wrote a screenplay for Paradise Lost. The forthcoming PL will probably not use that script.

Don't know if I'll see that one. Milton's kind of boring, after all, and his jokes were terrible...

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 08:37 PM (q3u5l)

62 It turns out the "Citizen Vigilante" character is the great-great grandson of the Lone Ranger. He discovers his g-g-grandad's diary, and his pearl handled six-shooter, in the attic of the family mansion, and this inspires him to go forth and do justice.

At the end of the movie, CV's car gets blown up/goes off a cliff/plunges into a river and the authorities believe he is dead. The final shot is a hand arising out of the smoke/mist/water and it is holding the six-shooter.

Or, I could be wrong and this will be a cinematic treasure, studied for decades in film schools everywhere.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 30, 2026 08:39 PM (P/woT)

63 Other projects like the poirot effort shows his limited range

Uwe boll was amusing as long as you were in on the joke

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:39 PM (bXbFr)

64 Yeah thats nearly as plausible

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr)

65 Just Some Guy,
You're trying to bed Karen Allen, aren't you?

Posted by: Wally at May 30, 2026 08:41 PM (uQ0bR)

66 The main lesson I took away from that movie was-

"To know Life, you must fuck death in the gall bladder."

Words to live by people. Words to live by.
Posted by: naturalfake
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Our family motto, emblazoned in Latin on our crest. I have that embroidered on a couch cushion.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:41 PM (kpS4V)

67 I saw the original “Wicker Man” from 1973 in the theater: definitely not a comedy.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2026 08:41 PM (6VD39)

68 Sometimes you have to know what movie the speaker had been watching to know how to interpret a comment.

https://tinyurl.com/bd8tbruv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 08:43 PM (ndZc7)

69 Ah justin haythe kind of a train wreck

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:44 PM (bXbFr)

70
"Andy Warhol's Frankenstein":
I saw it in 3-D! The organs and limbs come right at you.

They got the brain out of a Campbell's soup can.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 08:46 PM (Cqx++)

71 Movie viewing this week? A re-watch of Battleground and The Young Lions. The Longest Day is on the list for June 6, naturally.

Also caught Carl Foreman's not-often-seen The Victors, which popped up on Tubi. I'd missed that in the theaters back in 63 or 64, and I don't know that it's ever been released on disc. Episodic flick, from a book by Alexander Baron called The Human Kind which is a book of vignettes based on Baron's experiences in WWII. Some of the film's episodes are so-so; some are really nicely done IMHO.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 08:46 PM (q3u5l)

72 OT, but I'm watching a Nova on Neanderthal and wooly mammoth remains uncovered in southern England and every time they show a thick mammoth leg bone I get a hankering for meat. Well, they do say we're two to three percent Neanderthal.

Wonder what mammoth meat tastes like... 🦣

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:47 PM (kpS4V)

73 I saw the original “Wicker Man” from 1973 in the theater: definitely not a comedy.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2026 08:41 PM (6VD39)

The Nicholas Cage remake plays very much as a "fish out of water" comedy of the "Naked Gun" straight face variety.

It's not quite "Frank Drebbin trying to solve a mystery on the Island of Karens" but definitely lives in the same neighborhood.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:47 PM (iJfKG)

74 Sometimes you have to know what movie the speaker had been watching to know how to interpret a comment.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 08:43 PM (ndZc7)

Pshaw! Next you'll expect capitalization, punctuation, and grammar that resembles English!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 30, 2026 08:47 PM (P/woT)

75 Cv seems to be hitman splicd with bat man

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 08:48 PM (bXbFr)

76 They showed "Mrs. Minniver" recently and for the first time also the 1950 sequel, "The Minniver Story", about postwar adjustment and family dealing with loves and loss. Not as great as the first but packed with real emotion and you could feel the deep connection between the husband and wife.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:51 PM (kpS4V)

77 Wally at 65. "You're trying to bed Karen Allen, aren't you?"

Not really, but hey, who wouldn't?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 08:52 PM (q3u5l)

78 Anybody seen "Backrooms"? Feelings?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:54 PM (kpS4V)

79 Mrs. Cop wanted to go see The Sheep Detectives a couple of weeks ago. It's a fairly cute little movie in which a flock of sheep work to solve the murder of their shepherd. The gag is that the sheep talk among themselves but the human only hear the baa sounds.

It's based on the novel, Three Bags Full, and the movie cuts out all the awful parts of the novel that I hated. The novel had some digs at Christianity and religion in general that I detested, and - surprise! - the murder isn't a murder, but a suicide. Avoid the novel, it's bad.

The movie has a more satisfying ending than the novel. Overall rating = 3.5/5.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 08:56 PM (ksbjf)

80 TJM, I have to ask, when will your Hammer series be presented? I believe there are over 200 films to be viewed and reviewed, so it must be a monumental task. Your AoS nic has been "Hammer" for months! I expect it will be a marathon definitive series whenever you're ready!

Posted by: jayhawkone at May 30, 2026 08:56 PM (QSaoA)

81 Anybody seen "Backrooms"? Feelings?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:54 PM (kpS4V)

*stubs out cigarette, blows smoke*

I try to avoid feelings, miss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)

82 An interesting subject, and it's made me realize I pay almost no attention any more to upcoming movies. There is no national cinema, so there's no strong buzz about what everyone might be seeing. We are all off seeing many different things. Maybe that's why the past is more of a lure for TJM. I catch up on award bait toward the end of the year, but I'm a little lucky I'm in a film critics group and they send movies to me. I don't review much anymore, even though I get sent screening invitations daily. I'd much rather post here about whimsical topics than review a specific movie. And when I do go to see a big summer movie or anything like that I'm routinely disappointed. The last Superman movie was almost unwatchable for me. I tend to like things that come out on Netflix that I may not have seen. The docu-series on Ulyssess Grant was pretty decent. Thanks for this post. Interesting for me to think about.

Posted by: Lex at May 30, 2026 08:57 PM (y4H1r)

83 80 TJM, I have to ask, when will your Hammer series be presented? I believe there are over 200 films to be viewed and reviewed, so it must be a monumental task. Your AoS nic has been "Hammer" for months! I expect it will be a marathon definitive series whenever you're ready!
Posted by: jayhawkone at May 30, 2026 08:56 PM (QSaoA)

===

176, with 3 missing.

I'm halfway through.

October.

Posted by: TJM's phone at May 30, 2026 08:58 PM (7RBt4)

84 Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 08:56 PM (ksbjf)
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That puts "Three Bags Full" in the short "Movie Was Better Than the Book" category, along with "Jaws".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:58 PM (kpS4V)

85 I try to avoid feelings, miss.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I meant to say "Thoughts?", you big burly slab o' man, you.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 09:00 PM (kpS4V)

86 Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 08:56 PM (ksbjf)
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That puts "Three Bags Full" in the short "Movie Was Better Than the Book" category, along with "Jaws".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 08:58 PM (kpS4V)

True, but they changed the movie title to The Sheep Detectives

I think what worked for the movie Jaws was that the shark was mostly a lurking menace.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:01 PM (ksbjf)

87 Ready Player One was a better movie than book. It wasnt a good movie, but it was better than the book.

Posted by: Wally at May 30, 2026 09:01 PM (uQ0bR)

88 I meant to say "Thoughts?", you big burly slab o' man, you.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 09:00 PM (kpS4V)

I've only heard things about it. It sounds like it is the thing the kids found scary after the slender man shit. I haven't heard anything from someone who's actually seen the movie.

I get the impression it is like atmospheric creepy- which could be good. But ADHD generation makes me wonder if they can set a tone and stick to it before some sort of payoff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 09:04 PM (zZu0s)

89 Watching Backrooms soon. Seems popular on a Saturday night.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 30, 2026 09:04 PM (YMCu2)

90 You know what's popular on a Saturday night?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 09:06 PM (zZu0s)

91 I hate to say it, but Uwe Boll never stopped making movies.

He hasn't improved as a filmmaker.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at May 30, 2026 09:08 PM (U2++c)

92 You know what's popular on a Saturday night?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 09:06 PM (zZu0s)

Drinking.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 09:09 PM (snZF9)

93 I was watching the James Bond retired so they replaced him with a woman of color of course movie but I had to stop.it to get to bed

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 09:10 PM (Ia/+0)

94 Uwe Boll is Ed Wood in boxing gloves.

Saw "Ed Wood" again recently. Brilliance. Bunny Breckinridge is Bill Murray's greatest roll.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 09:12 PM (kpS4V)

95 Skip,

Was the James Bond retired movie any good? I wasn't too crazy about much of the Craig flicks, so hadn't bothered with that one yet.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 09:12 PM (q3u5l)

96 Question for anyone who feels like answering it:

I'm thinking of replacing few of my old favorites on DVD with Blu-Rays. Is there enough difference in picture/sound to make it worth bothering with?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 09:15 PM (q3u5l)

97 No time left to die (was pretty much a mess) they sacrificed important figures like bowling pins leiter blofeld and finally bond himself what was the point

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 09:15 PM (bXbFr)

98 The movie I'm looking forward to is a black comedy entitled "Wild Horse Nine."

Cast: John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, and Parker Posey

Clips I've seen fall into my wheelhouse for entertainment. Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards) wrote and directed, which the reason I think it will be fun. The cast is solid. Rockwell is always entertaining. I believe it's scheduled to pop out in November. Oh, and another positive. Mark Ruffalo was set to be in it, and Steve Buscemi took his slot. BONUS!

Posted by: Orson at May 30, 2026 09:17 PM (dIske)

99 Question for anyone who feels like answering it:

I'm thinking of replacing few of my old favorites on DVD with Blu-Rays. Is there enough difference in picture/sound to make it worth bothering with?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 09:15 PM (q3u5l)

If your TV screen is large, yes! Very much so.

If your TV screen is small, the difference won't be as big.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:18 PM (iJfKG)

100 That seems good walken stole seven psychopaths from rockwell and co

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 09:18 PM (bXbFr)

101 My controversial hot take of the week:

The Event Horizon was a retelling of The Black Hole.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 09:18 PM (rbvCR)

102 Sam neil as max schell kinda works

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 30, 2026 09:20 PM (bXbFr)

103 I'm thinking of replacing few of my old favorites on DVD with Blu-Rays. Is there enough difference in picture/sound to make it worth bothering with?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 09:15 PM (q3u5l)

Yes, but try to get 4k or some other remastered version if possible. Or it won't matter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

104 Naturalfake -

Two tvs in the house -- a 50-inch (mostly used by The Actual Management aka Mrs Some Guy) and a 43-inch which serves as my computer monitor when I'm not reading or watching a movie. So maybe not much difference depending on how desirable the extras on the Blu-Ray may be?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 09:22 PM (q3u5l)

105 The Event Horizon was a retelling of The Black Hole.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 09:18 PM (rbvCR)

Hmmm. Ghost Ship in space. Check. Maniacal scientist. Check.

But, I think Black Hole is a stronger story because it is human evil rather than the 40kish Event Horizon hell dimension.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 09:23 PM (zZu0s)

106 8 But, I do keep abreast of current day movie news

Speaking of that, when do we get our definitive ranking of the films of Russ Meyer?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 30, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

====

When I'm good and ready!
Posted by: TJM's phone
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Tinto Brass?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 09:25 PM (cr9uY)

107 Andy Sedaris.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 09:25 PM (zZu0s)

108 Re extras on disc -

Some years back I'd grabbed a Blu-Ray of Burn Witch Burn, which included some extras like an all-too-short interview with Richard Matheson and some commentary by the flick's lead actor Peter Wyngarde.

Wyngarde seemed like such an ass in that interview that I finally dumped the Blu-Ray and kept my old DVD.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 09:26 PM (q3u5l)

109 Both have very cool ships though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 09:26 PM (zZu0s)

110 James Bond movies have gotten a bit cartoonist, the hero hardly misses with a bullet, plots clme, fall apart then come out again.
But I watch action moves so will see the ending tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 09:27 PM (Ia/+0)

111 The Great Revolt of 1381 was an interesting event. The 14 year-old Richard II managed to put it down, but the palace of his Uncle, the hated John of Gaunt, was burned to the ground.

I would normally look forward to such a film, but Hollywood does it's best to disappoint. I'm sure they'll cast young Richard as a black female...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at May 30, 2026 09:28 PM (iaj2d)

112 Of all of the franchises out there, why have they not done remakes/spinoffs of Back To The Future? Why merge this with the Jurassic franchise?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 09:30 PM (D1E+2)

113 Of all of the franchises out there, why have they not done remakes/spinoffs of Back To The Future? Why merge this with the Jurassic franchise?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Because the writer and owner of the rights has flat out said no fucking way.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 30, 2026 09:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

114 Black Hole had Roddy McDowall and Slim Pickens. As robots.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 09:32 PM (Cqx++)

115 It is on Tubi but said 3 more days so figured might as well see it.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 09:33 PM (Ia/+0)

116 Never got around to seeing The Black Hole. Now I'm picturing a robot Slim Pickens waving his hat and screaming Wahoo as the ship gets pulled into the black hole.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 09:35 PM (q3u5l)

117 The Event Horizon was a retelling of The Black Hole.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 09:18 PM (rbvCR)
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I can see that. Both of them rely on traveling through the singularity at the center of a black hole to arrive "elsewhere."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:37 PM (gnNyN)

118 I better call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 09:38 PM (Ia/+0)

119 The DeLorean time dashboard:

I don't get it. 🕘❓

I can't much relate to the cinephiles community, but I'll pretend to try by mentioning (again) that this past week we've punched two holes in our Iconic Movies card, They Live and Stargate. Wasn't all that impressed with either one, but didn't have high expectations anyway. And they were free on YooToob. Finally got to see They Live after all these years of seeing the sunglasses memes.

What next, I wonders.

Posted by: mindful webworker - jittery and scratched at an unsteady 12 frames per second at May 30, 2026 09:40 PM (kU8xu)

120 Stargate the movie was not all that good. Not a huge fan of the series either. I prefer the Capitol ship ideas of Star Trek.

They Live just hit some themes that resonates eith people. Some good lines and themes. Not a great movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 09:44 PM (zZu0s)

121 Fell asleep during Stargate and never went back to it. Someday, maybe. They Live was okay, but it never struck me as close to peak Carpenter and I have no plans to revisit any time soon.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 09:46 PM (q3u5l)

122 I can't much relate to the cinephiles community, but I'll pretend to try by mentioning (again) that this past week we've punched two holes in our Iconic Movies card, They Live and Stargate. Wasn't all that impressed with either one, but didn't have high expectations anyway. And they were free on YooToob. Finally got to see They Live after all these years of seeing the sunglasses memes.

What next, I wonders.
Posted by: mindful webworker - jittery and scratched at an unsteady 12 frames per second at May 30, 2026 09:40 PM (kU8xu)

The Stargate universe was one of those rare ones where the series vastly improved on the universe set up by the original movie. Still, it's nice to see where it all started.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 30, 2026 09:48 PM (edUvp)

123 Even Horizon was a trainwreck of a production, and it shows in the final product. The first team working on it wanted to make it a cerebral sci-fi movie, possibly something like Solaris. They got about halfway through production execs viewed what they'd done and shouted BORING!!!! So they brought in a new team to make a horror movie, and this bunch was mostly interested in just throwing buckets of blood around the set. Still, most of the original team was still there and they kept trying to keep some of their original idea alive.

In the end, the producers just jammed the two sets of work together without much rhyme or reason and shouted THAT'S A WRAP!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 30, 2026 09:54 PM (edUvp)

124 The Stargate universe was one of those rare ones where the series vastly improved on the universe set up by the original movie. Still, it's nice to see where it all started.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 30, 2026 09:48 PM (edUvp)
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Stargate was always a pretty solid mid-tier science fiction franchise. Not quite as good as some others, but definitely worth watching if nothing else appealed to you when you were channel surfing.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:54 PM (gnNyN)

125 And outta here for the evening.

Thanks for the thread, TJM.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 30, 2026 09:54 PM (q3u5l)

126 Stream of consciousness....
Armie Hammer ----> Armand Assante -----> Striptease ----> Demi Moore ----> BOOBS!

This is AOS, after all.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 09:55 PM (PC+XL)

127 ONT is here!

Posted by: clarence at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (c1D+3)

128 >Is there enough difference in picture/sound to make it worth bothering with?

Not just yes, but *hell*, yes. Not in sound; 5.1 is 5.1 and if you don't have a 5.1 sound system it doesn't matter. The difference between 480p and 1080p OTOH is huge.

A lot does depend on how good your eyesight is and how good the upscaling is on your disc player/TV. Cheap players/TV will do naive upscaling, resulting in blurry video at full HD resolutions. Expensive ones have the processing power to do real-time filtering, improving the picture immensely.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 30, 2026 11:28 PM (LgYtf)

129 Uwe Boll is a regular columnist on the "Tichys Einblick" website. Imagine a cross between Ed Anger and Nostradamus (but in German), and you're close.

Posted by: Mission of Mercy at May 30, 2026 11:29 PM (WyBHN)

130 >Stargate the movie was not all that good. Not a huge fan of the series either

I have high school friends who went on to work on the SG-1 show crew after graduation, so I got to occasionally hang out on site, go to cast & crew parties, etc.

What always amused me about the series was how little the writers and producers cared about the thing as anything but a cheap subsidy farm and syndication filler. They were genuinely bewildered by their own fanbase's avidity, and repeatedly wrote scenes and entire episodes mocking how seriously the fans took the show.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 30, 2026 11:37 PM (LgYtf)

Hobby Thread - May 30, 2026 [TRex]

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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. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) decided on a music logistics theme for this Hobby Thread.

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What are you hobbying?

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. All (legal) hobbying is welcome. We have a theme, but no need to stick with the theme. Even if the theme does not speak to you, find something else or offer something else relating to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring a church). Pants are optional. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

I am otherwise occupied with our own hobbying activity, so unlikely to be very visible and active in the comments tonight. Please don't make a mess of the place.

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Your dino host couldn't carry a tune, even if it was wrapped securely and carried in a basket with handles. Reading music is a jumbled mystery of sharps, flats, circles, and squiggles. Your dino host is also unfamiliar with rigging, lights, sound boards, and pyro (but willing to learn more about the pyro). Dino has hidden rhythm that sneaks out from time to time, but we don't mention that in polite company.

The mechanics of music are fascinating. What does it take to make music? How does it all come together? What is the "click track" that musicians talk about? How do different instruments work? How are instruments made? How do acoustics work?

Looking for a lot of help in the gray boxes for this one. Rather than trying to describe further, the content should give you a better sense of the theme.

If you're saying "I can't keep a beat, I don't play music, I've never helped a musician, I don't know anything about instruments, I don't understand the logistics of putting on a show, and I have no interest in learning," feel free to turn this into a general music thread and seek professional help.

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Please stand for opening ceremonies.

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This is gibberish to me but apparently makes sense to people with knowledge of such things.

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Tried to find a good video that explains what musicians hear in their earpieces when playing a concert. Much harder than I thought it would be. Ended up with drummers and click tracks. Short answer - many bands use a digital metronome that plays a "click" to a set a steady tempo. Only the drummer (or sometimes others in the band) hear the click. Playing along with the click keeps the tempo steady for everyone. It can also keep the band in time with backing tracks and stage effects. (Every wonder how the lighting and pyro is timed to the music? A click track and a laptop allows pre-programming.) It isn't for everyone. Some bands improvise and the variability is part of the charm of playing live (looking at you Foo Fighters).

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Rick Beato seems to think this Abbey Road studio is a big deal.

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In 1976, Boston released one of the most iconic debut singles in rock history, but Boston wasn’t really a band. As Music Mongoose breaks down in their viral video essay, "More Than A Feeling" was almost entirely the work of one man, MIT-educated engineer Tom Scholz, who spent five years building the track in his basement, played most of the instruments himself, and convinced Epic Records they were signing a full group. Brad Delp's soaring vocals completed the illusion, and the result became one of the fastest-selling debut albums in history. It's one of rock's great origin stories.

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How does the Blue Man Group make their instruments?

Blue Man Group making use of their fancy instruments.

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Playing glassware (rather than drinking from them as God intended):

Can you break a glass with sound? Learn more here.

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Gotta have lots of bells to play something like this:

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Making cymbals:

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Doesn't everyone love a violin rescue story?

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Making sound:

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8000 pipes!

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Behind the scenes at a European dance festival:

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The Absurd Logistics of Concert Tours

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Time lapse from setting up a Rammstein show in Dresden:

Rammstein tours are a major project. Even if you're not a Rammstein fan but you like seeing the logistics of how a big tour is organized, you might like this documentary. Among other things, I learned they simulate the acoustics in each stadium and adjust the speakers to optimize the sound and avoid unwanted echoes.

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a color theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

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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).

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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.

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Crap! I'm not musical or logical!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 05:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 I cannot play a note of music.

I can however, discern a song (that I've heard at least once) with about 3 notes. My wife hates me because I even know some of her "girlie" hits that she used to listen to but can't remember the name of.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 05:34 PM (jehhT)

4 3rdish?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at May 30, 2026 05:35 PM (CkDaS)

5 I can however, discern a song (that I've heard at least once) with about 3 notes. My wife hates me because I even know some of her "girlie" hits that she used to listen to but can't remember the name of.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 05:34 PM (jehhT)

Sounds like a good idea for a game show!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 05:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

6 Mostly this week signed up for Historicon, got 3 games of 5 I wanted due to games are filling up quick.
Have 2 Napoleonic, 1 America Revolution and a WW1 flying game.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 05:36 PM (Ia/+0)

7 My dad played upright bass in weekend gigs with a band. That is as close as I ever got to having any musical talent.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:36 PM (5P5DO)

8 My dad played upright bass in weekend gigs with a band. That is as close as I ever got to having any musical talent.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:36 PM (5P5DO)

Kid plays the cello at school. Never able to understand string instruments.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 05:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

9 7 My dad played upright bass in weekend gigs with a band. That is as close as I ever got to having any musical talent.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:36 PM (5P5DO)

Throckmorton idolizes your father.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at May 30, 2026 05:38 PM (CkDaS)

10 This all makes me want to go to YooToob and call up videos of Celtic Woman, with that little barefoot blonde playing the violin as she capers across the stage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 05:38 PM (wzUl9)

11 Not about hobbies, but an article on why the TRex might have had such short arms:

https://tinyurl.com/yaxw9p9h

From "New York Post"

Thanks for all your work on the hobby thread, TRex.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 05:39 PM (PFs9e)

12 Willowed, if a little OT: Wolfus, will Miss Linda be coming with you on the move? Or is that prying too much?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026

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Teresa, it's still . . . up in the air.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 05:40 PM (wzUl9)

13 This all makes me want to go to YooToob and call up videos of Celtic Woman, with that little barefoot blonde playing the violin as she capers across the stage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 05:38 PM (wzUl9)

Did the ice cream work?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 05:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

14 I'm going to regert this comment. String instruments are all about the fingering and stroking.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:40 PM (5P5DO)

15 I started out in elementary school trying to lesrn to play a clarinet. Really don't want to remember that horrible episode in my life.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 05:40 PM (Ia/+0)

16 I play the sax though only well enough that you can recognize the song.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 05:40 PM (WNOcj)

17 IIRC Shibumi had been a roadie.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 05:42 PM (rbvCR)

18 My music education was in jr. high and the second year of high school, when I learned to my chagrin that like TRex I cannot lug a tune anywhere. I *think* I'm hitting the notes when I sing along with, say, Bobby Darin on "Mack the Knife," but apparently I am not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 05:43 PM (wzUl9)

19 I'm going to regert this comment. String instruments are all about the fingering and stroking.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:40 PM (5P5DO)

Just think about how to play the piano. Tickling the Ivories and the Ebonys. Sorta like that AI Jazz vid from earlier.

I could tell it was AI because no man would be dancing at that time wearing his hat.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 05:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

20 I thought maybecI watched that video on Boston before bit seeing some its different. How Boston was really a 1 man band but a 1 man band can't play concerts so they had to get a few more players.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 05:45 PM (Ia/+0)

21 I own a number of instruments and a lot of music software. But I still end up using Audacity for the most part.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 30, 2026 05:45 PM (CHHv1)

22 Les Luthiers was an Argentine comedy musical troupe. They pulled their group name from the French term for instrument or stringed instrument makers. Theirs were made of a lot of different things, but clear acrylic was one major element. They moved away from odd instruments and went to doing odd pun-based comedy, which in Spanish is harder.
It was a lot of "spoken word" or tone poems, and narrations on top of Benny Hill type musical numbers.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 05:46 PM (rbvCR)

23 Did the ice cream work?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026

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Maybe tonight. The wine she wanted worked better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 05:49 PM (wzUl9)

24 I find the creation of musical instruments fascinating. Beating on a dead log has come a long way.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:50 PM (5P5DO)

25 Cymbals in the first image. All those cymbals are useless, you can't hear them. Go to a live presentation and they are an important part of the music. Listen to a reproduction and they are not there.
You make thank the recording engineers and the producers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 05:50 PM (cr9uY)

26 I have rescued small pile of violins that people were going to toss, old ones no less. Its good and bad. Good because they came out great, bad because they're here, and I don't play violin.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 05:51 PM (snZF9)

27 Anybody following the Fender cease and desist brouhaha? Apparently after 70 years or so of other companies making Stratocaster clones, they're now trying to stop it.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 30, 2026 05:52 PM (vTZFs)

28 BeckoningChasm you haven't had anything knew in awhile

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

29 Violin strings. More than one cat may have been sacrificed in this endeavor.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:54 PM (5P5DO)

30 I find the creation of musical instruments fascinating. Beating on a dead log has come a long way.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:50 PM (5P5DO)

Yeah, I was fascinated by the evolution of guitar over the centuries.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 05:54 PM (snZF9)

31 with that little barefoot blonde playing the violin as she capers across the stage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 05:38 PM (wzUl9)

Isn't that Lindsey Stirling? Might be a different wee blonde.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 05:55 PM (zZu0s)

32 Bers, some music teacher would love to hear from you.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:55 PM (5P5DO)

33 with that little barefoot blonde playing the violin as she capers across the stage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026
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Isn't that Lindsey Stirling? Might be a different wee blonde.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026

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I had to look her up. Mairead Nesbitt is the one I'm thinking of. Though she is just one of an entire crew of beautiful and talented women.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 05:58 PM (wzUl9)

34 Scott Uhl is one 'GuitarTuber' who is an actual working musician; most seem to either have a day job or be full-time 'Influencers' now. In addition to a multi-media narrative solo project, he's in multiple cover bands of different sizes -- so one might have a bass player, while another uses the bass 'stem' on their backing tracks -- and was also the tour guitarist for a metal band.

youtube.com/@ScottUhlMusic

So, in addition to the usual reviews of home wireless gear that anyone can do, he also gives in-depth breakdowns of how to set up in-ears with routing of different mixes for specific band members. I'm certainly not going to need the pro tips any time soon, but I think if you're daunted by the jump from playing local bars to "silent stage" venues like casinos, you could do a lot worse than his how-tos.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 05:58 PM (Sy6m/)

35 Even if you don't like the music Tom Scholtz is definitely a genius.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 05:58 PM (WNOcj)

36 26 I have rescued small pile of violins that people were going to toss, old ones no less. Its good and bad. Good because they came out great, bad because they're here, and I don't play violin.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 05:51 PM (snZF9)

Sounds like a beautiful opportunity!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at May 30, 2026 05:59 PM (CkDaS)

37 10 ... "This all makes me want to go to YooToob and call up videos of Celtic Woman, with that little barefoot blonde playing the violin as she capers across the stage."

She is adorable and talented. I refer to her as the Elf. Lovely smile as she capers.

Posted by: JTB at May 30, 2026 05:59 PM (yTvNw)

38 * waves to Mis Hum and The Fabulous *

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:01 PM (5P5DO)

39 XH bought a little synthesizer from a buddy what needed money. I 'won' it in the divorce... too bad it's only monophonic, or I would've (maybe) tried harder to re-learn piano/keyboard.

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 06:02 PM (rdVOm)

40 Without drums and bass rock music would be lost. Or so I believe.

Dated a bass player (upright then electric) til years later I met an acoustic player and married him (not his main job).He's a math genius and software/systems architect.

We learned with sons that music is good for math skills when they were in junior high and in bands. Must be some truth to it.

I can play the piano and sing. Their father can play the piano and guitar by ear. Our sons did not get musical genes from me.

It's frustrating for those who endured halitosis and a wicked woman whacking your fingers with a wooden ruler for years. To see him hear a tune and sit down and play it perfectly.

One fine day I will contribute to the hobby thread, as I have many. Hobbies went to the side of life over seven years ago when I became a Nana. Soon. My ambition and energy are lacking other than in the gardens these days. The month of May is a blur.

I admire people who are consistent and organized and normal. My life is basically Montesorri on brown acid in an asylum. Not good.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 06:03 PM (WONhk)

41
Oboe: the ill wind no one blows good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:03 PM (HdYcL)

42 Anybody following the Fender cease and desist brouhaha? Apparently after 70 years or so of other companies making Stratocaster clones, they're now trying to stop it.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 30, 2026 05:52 PM (vTZFs)

I loosely followed it. There are many guitars out there that are somewhat strat shaped, but not even remotely like a fender. I'm curious if its the body shape or headstock shape that seals the deal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 06:04 PM (snZF9)

43 I have a good friend that wanted to learn to play the saxophone. So he went out and bought an alto from a pawn shop and began to teach himself by ear.

He would play for me when we talked on the phone (he had moved to CA from FL).

I went out to visit him after a while and he was all excited to play for me for the first time. He puts his sax together and walks in the kitchen where i am sitting and he plays some easy bebop head and I am completely flipped out.

NOT because he's playing so well or so badly, I am freaking because he is playing UPSIDE DOWN.

He had taught himself to play with the reed at the top of the mouthpiece.

It was one of the most heartbreaking things I ever had to do was to tell him that he was doing it wrong.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 06:04 PM (+rSJz)

44 I taught myself how to play guitar and read music while in grade school. Never got good at it -- just enough to play and sing folk music. I played French horn and trumpet in high school and a couple years of college. Not great at that either, but I did learn about timing. It's been so.long ago that I can't read a note today.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at May 30, 2026 06:05 PM (DK5Sh)

45 I have rescued small pile of violins that people were going to toss, old ones no less. Its good and bad. Good because they came out great, bad because they're here, and I don't play violin.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 05:51 PM (snZF9)

Sounds like a beautiful opportunity!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at May 30, 2026 05:59 PM (CkDaS)

Uh...no. There are 2 levels of violin players. Master, and 2 cats fucking. I don't have enough decades left for that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 06:06 PM (snZF9)

46 Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 06:04 PM (+rSJz)

I'm trying to imagine how that would sound and about to pull my sax out to try it . Hah.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:07 PM (WNOcj)

47 Last weekend there was a young lady busking on the street corner playing a violin. She was playing for food for her kids and sick grandmother.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:07 PM (5P5DO)

48 Bers, some music teacher would love to hear from you.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:55 PM (5P5DO)

I'm not sure I'm following. Hear from me why, and about what?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 06:09 PM (snZF9)

49 ***
Maybe tonight. The wine she wanted worked better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
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If your realtor tells you she doesn't know the answer to your question, you mentioned this was a repetitive response, she's lying. She knows the answer or it's a negative answer to the sale that she doesn't want to know.
Bottom line, 'I don't know, is a big red flag.


please excuse the interruption, I've been chasing Wolfus on this

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 06:09 PM (cr9uY)

50 I'm curious if its the body shape or headstock shape that seals the deal.

Must be the body shape because they've (allegedly) sent a C&D to PRS.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 30, 2026 06:09 PM (vTZFs)

51 Last weekend there was a young lady busking on the street corner playing a violin. She was playing for food for her kids and sick grandmother.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:07 PM (5P5DO)

She should find out what hotel they're having a starving artist sale and go play there. ( do they still have those now that we have the internet?)

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:10 PM (WNOcj)

52 I'm going to regert this comment. String instruments are all about the fingering and stroking.
Posted by: Ben Had

Once you're playing, yeah. But you've gotta have good wood to start with.

Posted by: mikeski plays along at May 30, 2026 06:10 PM (VHUov)

53 Bers, for you to donate all of those violins.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:10 PM (5P5DO)

54 (Every wonder how the lighting and pyro is timed to the music? A click track and a laptop allows pre-programming.)

Lighting, projection, lasers, big-ass tv screens, pyro, etc. It's always fun, but it locks the band into that setlist.

People used to follow bands around on tour to see different songs every night. Now that it all has to match the movie being played behind them, same set the whole tour.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 06:12 PM (VHUov)

55 I'm going to regert this comment. String instruments are all about the fingering and stroking.
Posted by: Ben Had

Once you're playing, yeah. But you've gotta have good wood to start with.
Posted by: mikeski plays along at May 30, 2026 06:10 PM (VHUov)

And the tempo can't be too fast.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:13 PM (WNOcj)

56 polynikes, she definitely picked the wrong corner. There is a guy that has staked out the corner by the post office. This poor fellow needs to find a job because musician/singer is not his long suit.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:13 PM (5P5DO)

57 Last weekend there was a young lady busking on the street corner playing a violin. She was playing for food for her kids and sick grandmother.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:07 PM (5P5DO)

She should find out what hotel they're having a starving artist sale and go play there. ( do they still have those now that we have the internet?)
Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:10 PM (WNOcj)

I've seen people doing that in the parking lot of a store. Speakers and microphone. Never see anyone giving money. They don't show up more than once or twice before disappearing.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 06:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

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Uh...no. There are 2 levels of violin players. Master, and 2 cats fucking. I don't have enough decades left for that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 06:06 PM (snZF9)
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As a child I had the opportunity to learn violin from a concert violinist friend of my aunt's. Sadly I chose piano. In later decades I wish I had chosen the violin. I still want a Celtic harp and may bug my dude about it.

Son and wives are musicians. All played in bands. One DIL is also a singer. Eldest son, the PITA, is a professional musician and software engineer. He still teaches sax to HS/college kids privately. He had to learn all the woodwinds and was nationally recruited for old jazz bands on tours (Glenn Miller, etc).

His wicked parents told him to please, for the love of God,get a degree as he had only one year left.

This was after he toured the USA in an off broadway musical (the best of Ray Charles). At least got that out of his system, living on a tour bus. Older dancers were after my boy and glared at me when he introduced me to them. One of the main singers told me he was a good boy on tour (they were a decade or more older than him and his friend).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 06:15 PM (WONhk)

59 I wonder if there are people with "perfect rhythm" like people with perfect pitch. That they have an internal metronome that keeps them in time? I certainly don't I will start going fast or slow without someone keeping time. I have whiteboy rhythm.

I do have perfect pitch however. Something I've had my whole life. It does not mean I can always play or sing in a perfect pitch. It does mean I have a model of tones in my head, somewhere, and I always know exactly how much myself or others are off. And I can combine and mix music in my head and it is exactly the way it sounds in real life. I cannot explain how it works. Basically there is stuff inside me that can perfectly model systems like music and I can run the model and query it and so forth. The best I can explain it is it's like gears meshing or not meshing and grinding instead.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 06:15 PM (3uBP9)

60 THe upside sax sounded OK for a beginner but Gary immediately flipped the mouthpiece over and it sounded like shit.

It took a rater large amount of alcohol to over come the disappointment of his first performance.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 06:16 PM (+rSJz)

61 If your realtor tells you she doesn't know the answer to your question, you mentioned this was a repetitive response, she's lying. She knows the answer or it's a negative answer to the sale that she doesn't want to know.
Bottom line, 'I don't know, is a big red flag.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026

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It's not the realtor, Braenyard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:16 PM (wzUl9)

62 I saw Boston play at the Garden after their release of their self-titled first album. One of the worst concerts I've ever been too.

They all came out with headphones and basically faced each other while they played. The music was perfectly reproduced but it had zero soul. It was boring as hell.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 30, 2026 06:17 PM (viF8m)

63 Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 06:15 PM (3uBP9)

This is why I love watching Live From Daryl's House. Daryl and most of his guests have both.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:17 PM (WNOcj)

64 I would throw a sawbuck at the street kids with the 5 gallon buckets and drum sticks.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:19 PM (5P5DO)

65 Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 06:16 PM (+rSJz)

Poor Gary. I imagine he had to start from the beginning learning to play.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:19 PM (WNOcj)

66 >>> I've seen people doing that in the parking lot of a store. Speakers and microphone. Never see anyone giving money. They don't show up more than once or twice before disappearing.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 06:14 PM (1Ff7Z)


People don't carry money anymore. The street musicians will have those checkered code thingies, not bar code but the square thing, I forget the name, and when you hold your phone up at it will have a link to send them money through one of the common money sending apps.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 06:21 PM (3uBP9)

67 Les Luthiers was an Argentine comedy musical troupe. They pulled their group name from the French term for instrument or stringed instrument makers.
Posted by: Kindltot

"Luthier" is a valid English word, too.

If only because Anglifying it completely to "Luter" would confuse people as to your profession, or lack thereof.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 06:21 PM (VHUov)

68 Posted by: JackStraw at May 30, 2026 06:17 PM (viF8m)

It's an engineer giving a concert. Exactly what one would expect. I do love that album though.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:21 PM (WNOcj)

69 not bar code but the square thing, I forget the name

QR code.

Pointing your phone at random QR codes on the street sounds like a good way to get a phone virus, though.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 06:22 PM (VHUov)

70 >>>People used to follow bands around on tour to see different songs every night. Now that it all has to match the movie being played behind them, same set the whole tour.
Posted by: mikeski
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and the light man is out of a job.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 06:22 PM (cr9uY)

71 JackStraw, did you hear the boom ?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:22 PM (5P5DO)

72 >>> I saw Boston play at the Garden after their release of their self-titled first album. One of the worst concerts I've ever been too.

They all came out with headphones and basically faced each other while they played. The music was perfectly reproduced but it had zero soul. It was boring as hell.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 30, 2026 06:17 PM (viF8m)


I saw the Third Stage concert, their third album, a decade later. That album didn't do great but the concert was good. They played some old stuff too. But it was kind of a rock opera album so there was a lot of theatrics and lasers and wotnot.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 06:24 PM (3uBP9)

73 I always think I won't have anything to learn or to contribute to the Hobby Thread, but then I spend hours looking, listening, and learning as soon as it is posted each Saturday. Thank you for furthering my education on so many different subjects!

Posted by: jayhawkone at May 30, 2026 06:24 PM (QSaoA)

74 I did not Ben Had. But it was really windy and rainy here today.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 30, 2026 06:24 PM (viF8m)

75 Gene Wilder in Silver Streak from the '70s is on Movies! I did not know there were so many other familiar faces in it -- Richard Pryor, of course, but also Ned Beatty, Patrick McGoohan, and Jill Clayburgh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)

76 >>> It's an engineer giving a concert. Exactly what one would expect. I do love that album though.
Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:21 PM (WNOcj)


I have a feeling that Tim was as into designing the organ as he was playing the music. Maybe more so.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 06:26 PM (3uBP9)

77 People don't carry money anymore. The street musicians will have those checkered code thingies, not bar code but the square thing, I forget the name, and when you hold your phone up at it will have a link to send them money through one of the common money sending apps.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 06:21 PM (3uBP9)

No chance o that from me! I also think the management tells them to move along.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 06:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

78 "Luthier" is a valid English word, too.

If only because Anglifying it completely to "Luter" would confuse people as to your profession, or lack thereof.
Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026

***
I had to look that up. New word added to vocabulary, check!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:26 PM (wzUl9)

79 I’ve been on a tear 3D printing busts.

I’ve arrayed them on monitor shelves behind my work computers so now I have Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Hayao Miyazaki glaring at me.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 06:27 PM (XV/Pl)

80 @28 I've been working on stuff, it always takes forever if there's any complexity involved. I have to invent several wheels and then re-invent them when they don't work.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 30, 2026 06:27 PM (CHHv1)

81 thunderbird, 400w Reeves, 1 15 inch cab and 1 w\4 12s

Posted by: I weep for humanity at May 30, 2026 06:27 PM (jrgJz)

82 They all came out with headphones and basically faced each other while they played. The music was perfectly reproduced but it had zero soul. It was boring as hell.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 30, 2026 06:17 PM (viF8m)
**********************
I had to wade in to prevent an uncivil music war in my college party house once over Boston. Wall to wall people listening to '70's rock or stuff like Marshall Tucker in every room, drinking beer, all was well.

Things took a turn and became hostile when uninvited guys invited themselves in and put Boston on my turntable. My bf knew one of them, a ski bum and general jackass. Don't know how they knew of the kegger but invaded.

I had forgotten, but my husband said I calmly took the album off my stereo, handed it to them, and pointed to the door and they left without a single fist flung or bad words spoken...but it was close.My guy friend posse were not happy and I sensed why.

I was both hostess and bouncer as a multi talented supermodel. No idea where my roommate was at the time as it was her party as well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 06:28 PM (WONhk)

83 I’ve been on a tear 3D printing busts.

I’ve arrayed them on monitor shelves behind my work computers so now I have Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Hayao Miyazaki glaring at me.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 06:27 PM (XV/Pl)

No Sweeney bust?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 06:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

84 I lent an acquaintance some money so he could buy the Boston 8 track and he was going to pay me back in a week. That was 50 years ago and unfortunately he died 15 years ago so I'm out a few bucks.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:29 PM (WNOcj)

85 14 I'm going to regert this comment. String instruments are all about the fingering and stroking.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:40 PM (5P5DO)

They're also all about math. The length of the vibrating part of the string (from bridge to nut/capo/finger/slide) relates directly to the length of the sound wave, which relates directly to the tone produced.

Since the speed of sound is a constant (at your temperature and pressure), the wavelength is inversely related to the frequency: the more waves per second, the shorter they must be, and vice-versa. This also applies to light and electro-magnetic fields in general, including the frequency of alternating current which produces mains hum.

That frequency is arbitrary; in the U.S. and most of the world it's 60 cycles per second, whereas in Europe it's 50 Hz. So, that bass note coming from your speakers when everything is quiet is roughly a B-flat in America, but more of a G in Europe, since it's caused by the EMF generated by the building's wiring.

Fingering, stroking, and math. Obviously, this means that all AC electrical must be torn out and replaced with a frequency chosen for its pleasant tone and harmonics!

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 06:29 PM (Sy6m/)

86 I'm too old to be running all of that fucking cable, but I'll run your generators and automate your show.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 06:29 PM (D1E+2)

87 >>> I’ve been on a tear 3D printing busts.

I’ve arrayed them on monitor shelves behind my work computers so now I have Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Hayao Miyazaki glaring at me.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 06:27 PM (XV/Pl)


I was thinking of a different kind of bust.

Posted by: Lt. banana Drebin Dream at May 30, 2026 06:30 PM (3uBP9)

88 popcorn song on a moog synth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FawJuXhYxFI

Posted by: I weep for humanity at May 30, 2026 06:32 PM (jrgJz)

89 The original "click track" was a guy with a hand held hole puncher that made holes in the actual film. The tempo was indicated by however many sprocket holes were skipped. The sound thru headphones was god awful. Only the conductor heard those.
Today you can tell which pop songs use click tracks (which is just about all of them). The ones that don't have slight variations in tempo, which normal humans find pleasant.
Click tracks stimulate the reptilian cortex of the brain.

Posted by: Casual observer at May 30, 2026 06:33 PM (7Q+Zd)

90 Never got into the big light show concerts. I was interested in the music, not the 'concert experience'. The lasers and other fancy effects are distracting. I saw some of the biggest acts in the sixties but so long ago the Beatles and Stones still wore ties and jackets on stage. By the time the light shows became a regular thing I had pretty much stopped following rock music.

Posted by: JTB at May 30, 2026 06:33 PM (yTvNw)

91 @42

>> I'm curious if its the body shape or headstock shape that seals the deal.

You cannot trademark the shape of a guitar.

What Fender did was take a Chinese company to court in Europe, the Chinese company did not show up, so Fender got a default judgment, not on the merits, they are now taking that default judgment, which has no force against anyone and trying to bully other companies to knuckle under.

And especially has no force against American companies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 06:33 PM (XV/Pl)

92 In the mid-70s I used to play trombone on Court St. in Athens, OH (Home of OU) for beer money.

I met so many people.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 06:34 PM (+rSJz)

93 I’ve arrayed them on monitor shelves behind my work computers so now I have Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Hayao Miyazaki glaring at me.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

====

A lot of those guys don't post here any more.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 30, 2026 06:34 PM (LyEzZ)

94
A man walks into a bank with a violin case. People scream and run because they think he has a machine gun.

A man walks into a bank with a viola case. People scream and run because they think he has a viola.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:35 PM (HdYcL)

95 I wasn't a Kiss fan when I was a teen but I got free tickets to a Kiss concert at our civic center. One of the most entertaining concerts I've been to.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:36 PM (WNOcj)

96 *Tim

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 06:37 PM (3uBP9)

97 *Tom

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 06:37 PM (3uBP9)

98 Some of you might be familiar with the dancing bear caricature that has long been associated with the Grateful Dead. The bear was inspired by the sound engineer/chemist for the Dead at the time, Owsley "Bear" Stanley.

He was pretty fanatical about the sound and by the mid-70s the Dead were drawing huge crowds and so he wanted to design a system that brought out the best sound for huge stadium shows. In 1974 he created the Dead's Wall of Sound.

It was enormous and the sound was great. But it was so expensive to truck around and assemble they only used it for part of the '74 tour. Some of the most legendary shows the Dead ever did.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 30, 2026 06:38 PM (viF8m)

99 I’ve arrayed them on monitor shelves behind my work computers so now I have Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Hayao Miyazaki glaring at me.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 06:27 PM (XV/Pl)

Do Pallas next, and then a Raven to perch on it.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 06:39 PM (rbvCR)

100 Bers, in your experience did audience participation make a difference?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:39 PM (5P5DO)

101 A man walks into a bank with a viola case. People scream and run because they think he has a viola.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:35 PM (HdYcL)

The difference between a viola and a trampoline is that you take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 06:40 PM (rbvCR)

102 My piano is solid rosewood and 150yrs old. The solid cast iron "harp" is now cracked from moving from MS to FL to out West. It takes 4 men straining to move it, it dents wooden floors, and I don't, at this point, want to pay to have it fixed. It still plays for a year when tuned.

My uncle refinished the piano and it is a lovely piece with ivory keys.

The piano I wish I had saved for musician son was a black Steinway that stayed in tune for decades.

Unfortunately he was a crazy college kid when she died and a former friend bought it for much less that what it was worth. We have not spoken in over 20yrs so it will remain in her house unless she croaks before I do. I would pay to give it to him now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 06:40 PM (WONhk)

103
Q: Are violas larger than violins?

A: No, violists' heads are just smaller.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:44 PM (HdYcL)

104 I have a happy music story. I have a Steinway 7 foot grand, a lordly beast of rosewood mahogany. My tuner who trained at Steinway even knew the name of the man who "set the tone."

I have had nightmares of what would happen to it if my kids had to find a home for it and having it end up at the college as a practice piano. So I asked my tuner to help me find a new owner.

He told me it could take years. I said, then we better start. And 3 weeks later I got a phone call! A woman who had just moved here and wanted to resume serious study. She plays beautifully, better than I ever did, so the next chapter of my piano's life will be even better than this one.

Posted by: Wenda at May 30, 2026 06:45 PM (5xS0b)

105 I took piano lessons but we did not have a piano at that time. The lovely lady down the street volunteered to let me practice at her house. I was much more interested in her stories about Winston Churchill than playing the piano. She gave me a longbow that came from his collection.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:45 PM (5P5DO)

106 42 Anybody following the Fender cease and desist brouhaha? Apparently after 70 years or so of other companies making Stratocaster clones, they're now trying to stop it.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 30, 2026 05:52 PM (vTZFs)

I loosely followed it. There are many guitars out there that are somewhat strat shaped, but not even remotely like a fender. I'm curious if its the body shape or headstock shape that seals the deal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 06:04 PM (snZF9)

They already had the headstock, they're trying to get the Strat body shape. Since "blues lawyers" are a thing, I waiting for one to weigh in on it, and this is a really good breakdown that made me feel like I had a solid understanding:

A Lawyer explains the Fender Strat situation...
https://youtu.be/NOdaTPZROM0

Now, I have not watched the sequel yet, but apparently Fender went and did the really stupid thing (involving PRS) that he dared them to do in the first video, since it would doom the whole project:

A Lawyer explains how Fender just did the dumbest thing possible...
https://youtu.be/vUIRZz5BbUY

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 06:45 PM (Sy6m/)

107 the perfect pitch in music is when you toss an accordian in the dumpster and it hits a banjo

Posted by: I weep for humanity at May 30, 2026 06:45 PM (jrgJz)

108 "I've seen people doing that in the parking lot of a store. Speakers and microphone. Never see anyone giving money."

That comment reminded me of when we were visiting Boston about 20 years ago and were at Harvard Square when there was a band. They were pretty good but then the guitarist started up "Voodoo Child." Husband and I exchanged an "uh-oh" look---but the guy nailed it!! And it wasn't just a Hendrix cover either. Anyway, shortly after that we found $20 on the ground and put it in the case where the band was collecting money. A very fond memory.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 30, 2026 06:46 PM (FEVMW)

109 Posted by: Wenda at May 30, 2026 06:45 PM (5xS0b

That's a great story.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 06:47 PM (WNOcj)

110
Les Luthiers was an Argentine comedy musical troupe.

And an avowed enemy of Superman.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 06:51 PM (Cqx++)

111 I restored a Hammond organ to working order for Mrs fd but she doesn't play it anymore because she says it bothers the cats.

THAT has never been a consideration of mine about anything other than maybe letting the dog inside. That's mostly just to prevent mayhem though.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 06:54 PM (vFG9F)

112 Speaking of Guitars, with the guitar talk, I checked Guitar Garden and Firefly is selling an acoustic baritone for 259.00.

Acoustic Baritones typically sell out instantly from any manufacturer, so if you want to experiment with an acoustic baritone, now’s the time to do it for cheap.

An Orangewood equivalent going for 800 bucks sold out in a couple of days.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 06:56 PM (XV/Pl)

113 I’ve been on a tear 3D printing busts.

I’ve arrayed them on monitor shelves behind my work computers so now I have Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Hayao Miyazaki glaring at me.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

No Sweeney bust?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Why do you think they're glaring at him?

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 06:57 PM (VHUov)

114 In classical education, certainly in the Middle Ages and probably going back to ancient Greece, mathematics was used as a means of understanding the world, scientifically and philosophically. Da Vinci believed it was the best way to understand God's creation. And music was a large part of that. It took the theories of math, harmony, balance, and rhythm, and gave it a way to experience that through the senses. That's why madrigal or Gregorian Chant harmonies and cadences are recognizable, why instrument strings are certain lengths and thicknesses were established. The materials available over time, from gut to nylon to steel, vary but the basics remain.

Posted by: JTB at May 30, 2026 06:58 PM (yTvNw)

115 Sometimes I play a harmonica JUST TO bother the cats.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 06:58 PM (vFG9F)

116 polynikes,

Isn't it? I'm so grateful.

Posted by: Wenda at May 30, 2026 06:58 PM (5xS0b)

117 I started out in elementary school trying to learn to play a clarinet. Really don't want to remember that horrible episode in my life.
Posted by: Skip

Word

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 30, 2026 07:00 PM (W5mpo)

118 "I started out in elementary school trying to learn to play a clarinet. Really don't want to remember that horrible episode in my life.
Posted by: Skip"

I picked trumpet because there are only 3 valves. How hard can it be?

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 07:02 PM (vFG9F)

119 Grew up with a piano in the house. Older sister took lessons for about a year, and was getting good. Still remember her with the sheet music to "Yesterday" in front of her. Younger sister took lessons. Two, in fact.

Piano then sat for almost two decades. I was finally allowed to take guitar lessons after years of begging. Funny how the folks never thought to offer piano lessons to me. Never crossed my mind or theirs.

Senior year of college, I took piano. By then, I could read music, so all I needed was the finger exercises and I was off to the races. By then, the folks had gotten rid of our piano, so my ability to practice was compromised, and I only managed a C for the course. Would have made cum laude if I aced the class, which was achievable with a bit more practice. Le sigh....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 30, 2026 07:02 PM (nbLIj)

120 "Luthier" is a valid English word, too.

If only because Anglifying it completely to "Luter" would confuse people as to your profession, or lack thereof.
Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 06:21 PM (VHUov)

There is a joke(?) that 'luthier' means "crazy person". You may enjoy working with wood and making handmade, one-of-a-kind, bespoke guitars, but that doesn't mean that it would pay better per hour than washing dishes.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 07:04 PM (Sy6m/)

121 I actually played trumpet in middle school and one year of high school. As an instrument, I think I would have preferred a violin.

On the other hand, the trumpet taught me a lot of techniques useful for public speaking. The way you 'project' your voice is pretty much identical to belting out notes on the trumpet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 07:05 PM (zZu0s)

122 IMO sometimes a person could be very good at something they didn't know they might because they never got to try it

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:06 PM (Ia/+0)

123 >>I started out in elementary school trying to learn to play a clarinet. Really don't want to remember that horrible episode in my life.

In my elementary school the gave instruction on string instruments a year before you could try horns and fun stuff. So I ended up trying the violin.

I might have been the only kid whose father told him not to practice. I was many levels below bad.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 30, 2026 07:07 PM (viF8m)

124 JackStraw, hahahahaha.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 07:11 PM (5P5DO)

125
Six million Carnival Cruise passengers info stolen in hack.

Sad violin.

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 07:11 PM (3ek7K)

126 I'm taking the idea of 'music logistics, to mean how is music presented to create an emotional effect in the audience. It includes volume, of course. But the harmonies, tones and cadences are, for me, the determining factors. The response to "Stepping Out With My Baby" is entirely different from Gordon Lightfoot's "Edmund Fitzgerald" or the Rohan theme. A major chord is considered uplifting and positive, a minor chord gets a sadder or quieter emotional response. Some of that is cultural but I believe much of it is fundamental to being human.

Posted by: JTB at May 30, 2026 07:16 PM (yTvNw)

127 "IMO sometimes a person could be very good at something they didn't know they might because they never got to try it
Posted by: Skip"

That was not the trumpet for me. My poor parents. At least I didn't stick with the drums.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

128 Sometimes I play a harmonica JUST TO bother the cats.
Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 06:58 PM (vFG9F)

Bought myself a C harp one Christmas, just to amuse myself. Was blown away when I found out a C harp is all you need to do a spot on intro for Piano Man. A friend and I were strumming guitars on the patio when my neighbor called over the fence for Piano Man. I put down the guitar and ran to find my harmonica. What happened next blew his mind...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 30, 2026 07:16 PM (nbLIj)

129 Telling tales. Joe Kidd is a really, really good singer.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 07:19 PM (5P5DO)

130 My dad used to like "The Girl From Ipanema" until I got hold of it.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 07:19 PM (vFG9F)

131 This is right up my alley.

I may have mentioned before, but I had such bad inflammation in my hands that I couldn't play the piano anymore (or write longhand or draw or type for very long). I gave away my instrument.

Since my doctor and a specialist went to work, my right hand works fine and the pain in my left is manageable. I found an electric keyboard.It's a real treat to play again, although I'm limited to intermediate songbooks. I am practicing Christmas songs and old standards with the goal of playing for my family during the holidays.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 30, 2026 07:20 PM (p6DxW)

132 Wife unit and I, while walking around Chicago on a visit, stumbled across a pipe organ installation at a small church just north of the Miracle Mile.

The church was St. John Chrysostom Episcopal - doors open - and we could tell from across the street as we walked by that something was going on. We walked over and stuck our heads in, and there was the installer with a most of the pipes already unpacked and laid out on the floor.

It seemed a nice place to get out of the heat and relax, so we asked if we could stay and watch him work. He was very cordial (I think he probably just enjoyed the notion of having some company.), and said to come on in!

We watched for probably an hour and a half as he installed pipe after pipe, tuning each one after it was installed (climbing up a ladder to get to the whatever you call the slot up towards the top of each pipe where the tuning takes place) and explaining what he was doing as he went along. Filing a little bit here, snipping a bit there, bending or straightening the lips of the slot.

A highlight of the trip and a lovely memory!

Posted by: Philip at May 30, 2026 07:22 PM (o71/e)

133 @131

>> I am practicing Christmas songs and old standards with the goal of playing for my family during the holidays.

You cannot go wrong picking up The Charlie Brown Christmas song book by Vince Giraldi.

I’m a self taught cocktail piano player and let me tell you, there is no better crowd pleaser than Vince Giraldi.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 07:25 PM (XV/Pl)

134 Ben Had, I've been making weekly appearances at a local karaoke place here. Some of the ladies are scary good...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 30, 2026 07:27 PM (nbLIj)

135 Hey gang. Sorry to miss but thanks for being here and not making a mess. Thanks to MisHum for looking after things.

Posted by: TRex - hobbying dino at May 30, 2026 07:28 PM (vQv0a)

136 Joe Kidd, you can hold your own in any company.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 07:29 PM (5P5DO)

137 My dad was a classically-trained pianist (from the days when even working-class kids took piano lessons) but by the time I came along he only played R & B,boogie-woogie, jazz and rock-n-roll. He never pushed it on us, but if we wanted to learn, he taught us. One of my brothers and I were the only takers among my siblings.

After showing us the basics, he'd start us out on the left side of the bench just playing easy walking bass lines while he played the melody. Then we'd graduate to full 4-hands pieces. Then you went solo. I still to this day remember how magical it felt the first time I found each hand playing independent parts. It felt like doing a magic trick! It was only after his way-too-early death that I found his old piano lesson books from the 50s and realized he was playing the likes of Rachmaninoff in his teens! My mom told me he stopped playing classical as an act of rebellion against his rock-n-roll-hating father.

I later learned my main instrument, guitar, and then bass, and played in bands, and did studio work and had a blast doing all of it, but my musical life all started learning piano at my father's side.





Posted by: Delurker at May 30, 2026 07:30 PM (gtcuf)

138 Turn of the twentieth century some uber rich guy from the NE (as most were then) wanted to have his very own carillon to bang on all night long. To avoid noise ordinances and zoning codes he had to go way down south to build it.
And build it he did in central Florida.

Bok Tower Gardens.

Could have and crossing the streams thread between garden and hobby threads.
Could have.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 07:32 PM (/lPRQ)

139 Delurker, what a beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing that.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 07:33 PM (5P5DO)

140 133 ... "You cannot go wrong picking up The Charlie Brown Christmas song book by Vince Giraldi."

You are so right! His Charlie Brown Christmas album is a gem. It includes his Greensleeves which wasn't used in the cartoon but fits in beautifully with the Christmas theme.

I remember when the show first aired. Every kid with access to a piano, including me, was trying to learn the opening theme.

Posted by: JTB at May 30, 2026 07:34 PM (yTvNw)

141 Bers, in your experience did audience participation make a difference?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 06:39 PM (5P5DO)

Absolutely.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 07:34 PM (snZF9)

142 139 Delurker, what a beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing that.

Thanks, Ben. My brother that learned after me went on to play bass professionally, so we both really benefited from that early musical education. Can't imagine my life not including playing music. And thanks, Dad! Teaching me piano was right up there with teaching me to hunt and fish!

Posted by: Delurker at May 30, 2026 07:37 PM (gtcuf)

143 Interesting thread topic. Certainly took me in unexpected directions. Thanks, TRex.

Posted by: JTB at May 30, 2026 07:40 PM (yTvNw)

144 Thank you for the thread but an extra thank you to all of you that shared such fun stories.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 07:41 PM (5P5DO)

145 Six million Carnival Cruise passengers info stolen in hack.
Sad violin.

Posted by: four seasons


Most already are on the public booking list. Booking, not tour, but arrests.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 07:42 PM (/lPRQ)

146 >>Posted by: Delurker at May 30, 2026 07:30 PM (gtcuf)

Used to be that every middle-class family, if it had space for it, had a piano. We didn't have the space. Older brother of a grade-school friend gave me very basic lessons on their piano, but had no place to practice. Always regretted that there was no real opportunity to learn and it's too late, due to physiological reasons. Beautiful story, sir.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 30, 2026 07:42 PM (NcvvS)

147 The only advice I can give people that want to play an instrument is that you have to live with it. 1/2 hour a day is not enough, 1 hour isn't enough. You need to develop muscle memory and get a momentum happening, and its not happening with 1/2 hour, or even an hour. The goal is to come out of the gate where you left off the last time you played, because if you don't do that your practice time is just being spent on catch up, not progress. Its a serious commitment. You also have to judge overall progress in larger blocks of time. Every few months you have to look back at where you were, and if you are just starting out you need to get past the 6 month hump. Too many quit before things start falling in place and making sense. 6 months, then a year, then 1 1/2 years, etc. You need to hit mile stones and not quit before it starts taking root.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 07:44 PM (snZF9)

148 WE HAZ A MOVIE MARQUE

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)

149 Ben Had, I just found out the large boom that was heard in Massachusetts was a meteor that exploded and landed off the coast.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 30, 2026 07:45 PM (viF8m)

150 Movie thread is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 07:46 PM (zZu0s)

151 Anybody following the Fender cease and desist brouhaha? Apparently after 70 years or so of other companies making Stratocaster clones, they're now trying to stop it.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 30, 2026 05:52 PM (vTZFs)
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My Mom had a Penco built Fender Bass knock off from the 70's. I took it up about 18 months ago after I started learning the bass. Got it restrung and set up. Still sounds fine, or at least as fine as I can make it sound. Berserker noted really working with an instrument. Try to play with other people as soon as you can - makers a huge difference. I'm playing at my church in the Praise Band, makes a huge difference.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 30, 2026 07:49 PM (UVyKP)

152 I’m a self taught cocktail piano player and let me tell you, there is no better crowd pleaser than Vince Giraldi.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 07:25 PM (XV/Pl)

I love Guaraldi! I got the easy version.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 30, 2026 07:49 PM (p6DxW)

153 90 Never got into the big light show concerts. I was interested in the music, not the 'concert experience'. The lasers and other fancy effects are distracting. I saw some of the biggest acts in the sixties but so long ago the Beatles and Stones still wore ties and jackets on stage. By the time the light shows became a regular thing I had pretty much stopped following rock music.
Posted by: JTB at May 30, 2026 06:33 PM (yTvNw)

I highly recommend going on YouTube and looking up The Animals on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964 to 1966. Before I was born, but timeless. Just good live performances, recorded well, of a good band at its peak.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 08:10 PM (Sy6m/)

154 Well, as you know, I hate movies.

Posted by: Ronster at May 30, 2026 08:13 PM (8yXJr)

155 There used to be a place where the average Joe could hear a real carillon.
Unfortunately, it's in California, which means that it's FUBAR.
The Hearst Castle -technically, the Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument - has what used to be an operating carillon, installed by William Randolph in his Casa Grande, his bit in the Conspicuous Consumption Sweepstakes of early 20th century Hollywood.
The state took it over and runs it as part of the State Parks system. For awhile, visitor could hear it play at random intervals, but usually on holidays. I heard it on Independence Day, 1977.
But, budget priorities said that handing out free housing to illegal immigrants was more important than actually maintaining the mechanism, and they never turned it back on after the Chinese Flu lockdown.
They've announced a rehab project, with of course, no real schedule as to completion. Following the inviolable government principle of "takes longer, costs more" projects it might be playing again by 2040, but don't hold your breath. There's a lot of beaks to wet.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 08:28 PM (PC+XL)

156 My music education stated in 3rd grade. I wanted to play the Tenor Sax, but little kids shouldn't get into wind instruments because of teeth. I stated on viola. Switched to clarinet in 6th -closer to my goal - and finally tenor sophomore year. As an aside, in 9th grade, "music" was a required subject, which turned out to be singing.My voice was in the process of converting from Boy Soprano to baritone, so I didn't exactly exert myself. I got a C-, my worst grade in years. Ironically, at the same time, I was first chair, second clarinet in the high school.band.
Picked up bassoon, and played in the PMEA district and state bands (not a lot of competition) . Played in marching band, stage band and orchestra in high school, and marching and concert bands in college. Sold my tenor and got out of playing for years. But, II saw an ad on Craigslist right after I got a big bonus at work, so I bought a Conn Conqueror tenor. I'm a dilettante now, and the horn is so much better than me, I view myself as it's preserver.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 09:07 PM (PC+XL)

157 I am a fan of Rick Beato like I am fun of the daily tech update.
Humbling to realize I know and understand so little about parts of the world that I enjoy and use.

Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at May 30, 2026 11:09 PM (Z/Nbh)

158 Sound engineering isn't usually a hobby so much as an obligation one reluctantly takes up in support of the band/group/club/church. At least, that's my experience. Most sound guys are deaf as a post.

For mercy's sake, DO NOT mic the banjo and DO NOT mic the violin. If you weren't deaf, you would know that. But if you're recording, you have to mic them anyway for the recording equipment to pick them up. But you don't have to give them them any live speaker. They can be heard, I promise.

Reverb is stupid, but a lot of people like it anyway.

Musicians are irritating little prima donnas who won't sing into the mic and then complain when you can't pick them up. They also take the mic right under the monitor and then complain about feedback. Bleep you, musicians!

It is NOT a hobby. It is something you do to help out until you can find some other sucker to do it instead.

Posted by: Persnickety at May 31, 2026 07:30 AM (NXsA/)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, May 30

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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.

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Pet Science - there is quite a bit of detail if you follow the thread:

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Mama trusts her dog friend. And perhaps would appreciate a kitten sitter.

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Awwwww. . .

Meet The PetMorons

All of our PetMorons this week are actually PetMoron Adjascent Animals!


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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

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This bobcat not really a pet but we see him regularly on the game cam.

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My wife watered her tomatoes this week, and noticed a few leaves were missing. We figured maybe the groundhog that lives under the shed may have munched on them, and put a little caging up to keep it out.

A few trail cam checks later...the groundhog had 6 babies. First time that's happened, and she's lived here for 4-5 years. Good thing I didn't plant much in the garden this year...they've demolished weeds around the raised beds, and are kinda cute and fun to watch (but not as cool as the fox babies we had last year).

Intrepid Liaison/Admiral Ackbar

So long tomatoes, hello groundhogs!

Might as well enjoy watching them!

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Guess who's back at By-Tor's house?

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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:

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.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, May 23

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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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 03:33 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Dinosaur Face aka Mr Senegal says hi!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 03:36 PM (Kt19C)

3 Hard to type. Large black cat on lap. Send lawyers, guns, and money.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 03:40 PM (wzUl9)

4 Nyah!

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2026 03:42 PM (n5IFC)

5 the groundhog had 6 babies. First time that's happened, and she's lived here for 4-5 years. Good thing I didn't plant much in the garden this year...they've demolished weeds around the raised beds, and are kinda cute and fun to watch (but not as cool as the fox babies we had last year).

I bet fox babies are the reason for a lack of groundhog babies in prior years.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 03:43 PM (VHUov)

6 Wolfus,

And catnip

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2026 03:43 PM (n5IFC)

7 Haha! Cat sniffs disdainfully, dog inhales food paper and all! Classic.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 03:46 PM (kpS4V)

8 Happy pet day! I am missing my animals right now. My dad doesn’t have any pets and there is something missing.

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 03:46 PM (+sfcU)

9 Well, a meteor just smacked into Cape Cod Bay. My dog used to love chasing the waves there. Now she is more of a creek dog.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 30, 2026 03:46 PM (vV6n9)

10 You shall not pass

That's totally a D&D setup.

"You see a grand staircase. Halfway up sits a single fluffy kitten."

"I cast detect magic."

"I cast detect evil."

"Yeah, that's totally a polymorphed dragon. I draw my sword and charge up the stairs."

"Roll for initiative."

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 03:46 PM (VHUov)

11 Meow!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 03:52 PM (bfy6w)

12 Knights of Camelot, "fluffy kitten or fluffy rabbit?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2026 03:52 PM (n5IFC)

13 Never saw a porcupine, but seen videos they are fun to see around, and appear to be friendly. Guess wearing a pin cushion helps.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 03:52 PM (Ia/+0)

14 Stirling the big black cat has left my lap. He would pick the most inconvenient times to sit on me --!

The cat on the stairs looks something like Linda's late Angelique the Siberian Psycho. When she growled -- which was her habit when, atop your lap, she'd detect your leg moviing. She'd growl on a rising note, a la, "I'm about to explode --!" And then . . . she wouldn't leave your lap. She just didn't want you moving.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 03:54 PM (wzUl9)

15 Hey all,

Small update on our cat Astrid.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Posted by: Joyenz at May 30, 2026 03:56 PM (2F0/Y)

16 If you watch the bluebird nest video on X, there will be music to go with it.

Posted by: KT at May 30, 2026 03:56 PM (rdeQO)

17 Yay pets …and pet-adjacents!

Daisy the Malinois with a whopping two brain cells has new habits all of a sudden. Going out the door to play fetch, she used to just run in circles and bark like crazy; "throw it! throw it!" Now she runs off to the north to search for squirrels. Little baby tree rat barely got away the other day.

New behavior today: it's turtle season. There's a big flat mud turtle wandering around which she hunts down, but doesn't know what to do with, and there's a box turtle she had to pick up both going out and coming back on her morning walk. Forced to put it down - quite a trick - she does it no harm.

At least she isn't running out to the pasture to chase cows; she comes back expecting to still chase a ball, which she doesn't get to do because we don't want to reward her running off.

On a positive note, the control collar, which we thought had died, works again after we installed alkaline batteries. Now if we can just get her to respond to it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - well, dog my catz at May 30, 2026 03:57 PM (kU8xu)

18 The three little kittens in the dog + Mama video are very good-looking, and some of them may be medium-hairs. Mama picked a good male to mate with!

Or more than one male. As I understand it, each kitten in a litter can have a different sire.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 03:58 PM (wzUl9)

19 Mr. TiFW had to go scare off the squirrel who has been eating all of the bird feed he put out. Darn thing wasn't intimidated by him just tapping on the window.

After he was chased off, about a dozen birds came around to munch on goodies and partake of the birdbath. It was quite busy out there for a few minutes, but I guess they all went back to their trees for an afternoon nap.

The cat had fun watching them (and imagining a delicious dinner, no doubt! She is an indoor kitty, but still has dreams of adventure)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 03:59 PM (SRRAx)

20 I did not know that about a cat's ability to taste. Thanks for the info!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 30, 2026 03:59 PM (CHHv1)

21 13 Never saw a porcupine, but seen videos they are fun to see around, and appear to be friendly. Guess wearing a pin cushion helps.
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 03:52 PM (Ia/+0)
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Two years ago one of my son's dogs met a porcupine that killed her. She was a rescue pup and did not give up the fight.

Son took her to the vet asap after removing as many quills as he could. What we did not know was that quills continue to go inward and keep moving until they puncture lungs, etc. Doggie was in ICU for a couple of days and on a vent with her little lungs not able to fight this. It was horrible for son and his girl friend (now wife).

It was the middle of the night and he'd let her out to pee in his brother's mountain yard, which is fenced in.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 04:01 PM (WONhk)

22 I didn't realize cats had so few taste buds compared to dogs or humans. Makes sense: Cats are solely carnivores, with a narrower range of things they can eat; while dogs and people are omnivores, and need to be able to taste more things to see if they are bitter or whatever.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:03 PM (wzUl9)

23 That Golden and Cat Family video is throwing off some serious Marc Antony and Cleo vibes at the end. So sweet.

Is there anything more precious than a fuzzy little kitten arching its back trying to look badass?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 04:05 PM (kpS4V)

24
Christy,

I'm happy to see you.

We all as responsible pet owners do the best we can to protect our pets. It is heartbreaking when something bad happens.

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 04:05 PM (3ek7K)

25 22 I didn't realize cats had so few taste buds compared to dogs or humans. Makes sense: Cats are solely carnivores, with a narrower range of things they can eat; while dogs and people are omnivores, and need to be able to taste more things to see if they are bitter or whatever.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:03 PM (wzUl9)
Our cats eat grass. They demand grass. The younger cat Minnifer learned to eat grass from the older cat Madison.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 04:06 PM (LHPAg)

26 If cats have fewer taste buds, why are they so damn finicky?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 04:06 PM (kpS4V)

27 The cat had fun watching them (and imagining a delicious dinner, no doubt! She is an indoor kitty, but still has dreams of adventure)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026

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Once I get settled in the new house, one thing I want to buy and install is a cat window seat, you know the kind. You hook it onto the window sill and prop supports against the wall underneath. It'll need to be a window that looks out onto the front or back yard; not much point in putting one in a window that just looks out at a neighbor's house or yard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:07 PM (wzUl9)

28 My little girl kitty must have a taste receptor for duck fat. I had roasted some potatoes in duck fat and set the dish down to get a container for the leftovers. I turned back and found her licking and eating the potatoes.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 04:07 PM (5P5DO)

29 scare off the squirrel who has been eating all of the bird feed he put out.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3AGdftfBhEE

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 04:08 PM (Kt19C)

30
Robert The Cat must like how Beckoning Chasm tastes, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 04:09 PM (3ek7K)

31 I didn't realize cats had so few taste buds compared to dogs or humans. Makes sense: Cats are solely carnivores, with a narrower range of things they can eat; while dogs and people are omnivores, and need to be able to taste more things to see if they are bitter or whatever.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

And humans need more than dogs, because we're not scavengers, and our immune systems can handle fewer things than theirs can.

And the reverse. Cats have weaker immune systems because they don't eat week-old carrion, so they avoid disease-ridden things like "standing water." To the point that they make "cat fountain" dishes for pet kittehs to drink from.

I'm not sure the video proves anything about taste buds because, as you said, cats are carnivores. The cat didn't want the pancake at all, until after the dog inhaled it. Then it was mad that it didn't get a treat too. But it probably still didn't want a pancake.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 04:09 PM (VHUov)

32 28 My little girl kitty must have a taste receptor for duck fat. I had roasted some potatoes in duck fat and set the dish down to get a container for the leftovers. I turned back and found her licking and eating the potatoes.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 04:07 PM (5P5DO)
'Skat! Dang tater-lickin' cat!'

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 04:10 PM (LHPAg)

33 If cats have fewer taste buds, why are they so damn finicky?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Mostly because they're cats, I think.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 04:10 PM (VHUov)

34 Our cats eat grass. They demand grass. The younger cat Minnifer learned to eat grass from the older cat Madison.
Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026

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My boyhood cat, big red tabby Rusty, loved olives! Green ones, just slivers cut from the flesh. He'd nuzzle them in the plate we put down, then scarf them up. Something about them must have tasted good to him.

Perhaps he, and your cats, are responding to some instinct that says grass or olives are good for their digestion?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:12 PM (wzUl9)

35 A lot of nice pet items at Aldi's this week

https://tinyurl.com/bdhxr7t2

Posted by: Joyenz at May 30, 2026 04:13 PM (2F0/Y)

36 Perhaps he, and your cats, are responding to some instinct that says grass or olives are good for their digestion?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:12 PM (wzUl9)
They last saw outside as tiny kittens, and they won't eat people food, you could leave any kind of meat out and they turn up their noses.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 04:15 PM (LHPAg)

37 We all as responsible pet owners do the best we can to protect our pets. It is heartbreaking when something bad happens.

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 04:05 PM (3ek7K)
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Hey! Back from our trip to NOLA and MS and worn out. Of course, with the pre-trip appendectomy of grandson (he's fine), and my virus (I'm getting fine) the second we landed, more doom. Got a text from my brother that the power was out again at both houses on the farm.

He found a hotel and the grands loved it as it had a "lazy river." We spent two nights there and two nights on the farm. Son and DIL came from FL, so we were all there and I'm glad.

The power keeps going out because a farmer up the road from them refuses to let the power company cut some dead pines (from beetles and drought). They both have propane generators for fridge and lights but not AC. I cannot survive without AC.

We came, we saw, we lived, we were glad to be home again.

My 95yr old mother is always glad to see us and got to meet her newest 9mo old great-granddaughter.

It is not a real vacation, however, but a must do trip for us for now. I might be normal in a few days.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 04:16 PM (WONhk)

38 26 If cats have fewer taste buds, why are they so damn finicky?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 04:06 PM (kpS4V)

They have the worst organ function. Dogs can eat poop; we're in the middle; and cats are at the opposite extreme. So I think it's like how for humans, once you get throwing-up sick off a particular liquor -- be it tequila, or peach schnapps, or wine coolers, or what have you -- just the thought of it (let alone the smell) will make you queasy, cats are turned off by any food that they associate with digestive upset.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 04:17 PM (Sy6m/)

39
We came, we saw, we lived, we were glad to be home again. . . .

It is not a real vacation, however, but a must do trip for us for now. I might be normal in a few days.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026

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Christy, you survived Da Swamp. And in May. That is the important thing!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:18 PM (wzUl9)

40 Manyvtimes when our cats were alive, eating something they climed all over trying to get what I was eating. Give them a piece and acted like it was a rock and wanted no part of it.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:20 PM (Ia/+0)

41 Did y'all see the cat podcast?
https://youtu.be/HRbk70OryVA

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at May 30, 2026 04:22 PM (/enuJ)

42 A lot of nice pet items at Aldi's this week

https://tinyurl.com/bdhxr7t2
Posted by: Joyenz at May 30, 2026

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The cat scratching house sounds like something my cats would be interested in. Not sure they would want a cooling bed; they seek out warmth. Dagny sits in the bedroom window, which faces west, and snoozes in the hot sun.

The new house has one bedroom window that faces west and looks out onto the yard. That might be a good place for a window seat. I can put darkening blinds in the window, then run the blinds up a ways so they can have the warmth and a view.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:22 PM (wzUl9)

43 ***
Christy, you survived Da Swamp. And in May. That is the important thing!
Posted by: Wolfus , Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:18 PM (wzUl9)

True. I never left the house to see the lake where the grands fished or did anything outside. Somehow I survived 20yrs in the humidity, bugs and snakes and it is all too much now. I am a sissy redneck.

They have boots and bug spray and carry on with their dad or uncle. I stayed inside and played with the baby.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 04:23 PM (WONhk)

44 0 Manyvtimes when our cats were alive, eating something they climed all over trying to get what I was eating. Give them a piece and acted like it was a rock and wanted no part of it.
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026

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Many of my felines loved a bit of meat, as long as it wasn't spicy, or a bit of egg or cheese, ditto.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:23 PM (wzUl9)

45 Doggeh likes to do that gandalf impression at the back door when I have to go to work

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 04:27 PM (LmPA0)

46 True. I never left the house to see the lake where the grands fished or did anything outside. Somehow I survived 20yrs in the humidity, bugs and snakes and it is all too much now. I am a sissy redneck.

They have boots and bug spray and carry on with their dad or uncle. I stayed inside and played with the baby.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026

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That is the *only* way to handle this foul climate. I grew up without A/C at home until I was twelve, and at school until I got to college. Damned if I know how I lived through it. When you're small, I guess, you don't care if you're sweaty or your clothes are soaked with perspiration as long as you're having fun.

Lake Pontchartrain, I admit, is pleasant to see from the lakeshore; astonishing to see the horizon be nothing but water and imagine as a kid that it's how the sea looks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:28 PM (wzUl9)

47 The little girl kitty will.mug you for a piece of American cheese. She is worse than any dog about hearing that wrapper.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 04:28 PM (5P5DO)

48 Both Stirling and Dagny love their kitty treats, though. Stirling will eat almost any kind, crunchy or near-liquid. The girl only likes the crunchy ones.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:31 PM (wzUl9)

49 Big black Stirling is curled on the living room carpet near me. Dagny? Probably in her cat sauna, the hot window.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:32 PM (wzUl9)

50 Had two possums and a skunk munching down on bird seed out back the other night. The skunk didn't even acknowledge them, but the possums did their usual impressions of a a live electrical wire arcing (you'd know the sound if you heard it). It was annoying, because I had the windows open, and was trying to watch a Phillies game. So, I shouted (without getting up).

'KNOCK IT OFF!!!"

Those little bastards behaved after that. I swear, it's like the Three Stooges.

Posted by: Orson at May 30, 2026 04:35 PM (dIske)

51 Our black cat. Pynchon, is what I call a "peripatetic puss." . He starts out In the bedroom of FenSpouse and me, migrates to son's room and then ends up in the living room. I frequently go downstairs to the living room at about 2:30 a.m and he's sleeping on the headrest of the couch.
He's about 80 In cat years and our son loves him. ( Well, we all do really.) .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 04:36 PM (+hwtP)

52 Thank you for Pet Thread, K. T.

Rarely missed, always enjoyed!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 30, 2026 04:36 PM (QGaXH)

53 That is the *only* way to handle this foul climate. I grew up without A/C at home until I was twelve, and at school until I got to college. Damned if I know how I lived through it. When you're small, I guess, you don't care if you're sweaty or your clothes are soaked with perspiration as long as you're having fun.

Lake Pontchartrain, I admit, is pleasant to see from the lakeshore; astonishing to see the horizon be nothing but water and imagine as a kid that it's how the sea looks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:28 PM (wzUl9)
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I've had AC since birth as my grandfather, who died when I was a baby, did not want me to ever be hot. He installed a window unit in my nursery (we had an apt in their big house). He thought I was the best thing in his life and would have made me more "spoiled" than I was anyway.

26yrs later I was pregnant with first son and we lived in an 100yr old house out West with no AC. That summer was horrid and I was only happy in a pool. We got a window unit for the bedroom so I could sleep that summer (baby was a November lad).

I am no pioneer woman.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 04:40 PM (WONhk)

54 I forget, is there typically a Music Thread on Saturday or Sunday?

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 04:40 PM (Sy6m/)

55 Fen, my late Arizona the red tabby part-Coon would usually be in whatever room I was in. At night he'd be on the bed when I came in to sleep. Over the years, more than 16, he shifted his position periodically: next to my head on the pillow, then down in the lower left corner of the bed, then the lower right. If my bed had been the continental US, and I were sleeping along the Miss. River, he drifted from Minnesota to Seattle to southern California, and back again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:41 PM (wzUl9)

56 Lily can hear a yogurt container being unopened from three counties away. I look up and there she is. Of course she gets her tithe; one doesn't want to upset Dona Corleone.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 04:41 PM (kpS4V)

57 Lily can hear a yogurt container being unopened from three counties away. I look up and there she is. Of course she gets her tithe; one doesn't want to upset Dona Corleone.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026

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The late smart black cat Marie-Antoinette loved yogurt too. Miss Linda would give her the almost empty cup and Marie would stick her muzzle into it to lap up the dregs. One time she got the cup stuck on her muzzle for a few moments and looked pretty funny until she realized a paw would flip it off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:43 PM (wzUl9)

58 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:41 PM

And imagine, some people think cats are very standoffish.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 04:44 PM (m6Eem)

59 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:41 PM

And imagine, some people think cats are very standoffish.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026

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None of mine have ever been aloof, until little Dagny now. She's getting better though. In the evening I walk into the bedroom and call her name. She'll come trotting out. I scoop her up and put her on a cushion on my lap, and she dozes and rolls over for petting -- sometimes for as much as half an hour.

Arizona was not a lap cat. I didn't even think he liked me all that much -- until he got sick late in his life and was very glad to see me visit him at the vet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:47 PM (wzUl9)

60 Reading of the loud BOOM in MA.

With strange people crawling out of the sewer in NYC is this end times?

If it is I need to buy some Rocky Road Ice Cream and to heck with calories. I want a warning to drink the good gin as well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 04:47 PM (WONhk)

61 Lucy has been introduced to Churu.

She’s addicted.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 04:49 PM (WXuyH)

62 Mostly our cats loved yogurt, meat, simple grain like bread, as said chocolate might as well be a rock to them

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:49 PM (Ia/+0)

63 Time for me soon to shower. Tonight we may have some homemade tacos with good ground beef from Aldi, and may go out for a bit of ice cream

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:49 PM (wzUl9)

64 [i[ Lucy has been introduced to Churu.

She’s addicted.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026

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Aside from being $20, the same as in town, what in the world is Churu? It sounds like a 1960s Western starring Rod Taylor and Clint Eastwood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 04:51 PM (wzUl9)

65
The story about people emerging from the sewer is interesting.

Maybe they were looking for their lost pets.

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 04:52 PM (3ek7K)

66 Just had a short nap with Patsyonmy lap. She's accepted being an inside cat. My old cat gets a trip to the vets on Monday. I noticed one ear is swollen, so likely mites.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 30, 2026 04:55 PM (7T8ei)

67 nurse, I'm not sure about thanking you for the information about Churu but looks like my cats will.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 04:58 PM (5P5DO)

68 61 Lucy has been introduced to Churu.

She’s addicted.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 04:49 PM (WXuyH)
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Lily loves Churus and Temptations tubes. It's kitty krack.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 05:00 PM (kpS4V)

69 I called the crunchy temptations kitty crack. Think I'll avoid Churu snacks and Temptations tube if I get another cat. I never thought I'd want to have neither a dog or a cat, we've had both my whole life, but it never feels like the right time when I think about going to shelter to look at what they have. My housemate has a dog, if I didn't have her and her dog I'd probably have gotten another dog right away after I had to help Toby across the rainbow bridge.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 30, 2026 05:08 PM (AOl+5)

70 The porcupine in American mythology is always connected with sunlight, so far as my researches go - Jeremiah Curtin.

Book - Creation Myths of Primitive America: in relation to the religious history and mental development of mankind by Jeremiah Curtin and Alma Cardell Curtin.

Posted by: 13times at May 30, 2026 05:10 PM (2FQpt)

71 My kitties get wet food only but they get a starter of Temptation treats.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 05:11 PM (5P5DO)

72 54 I forget, is there typically a Music Thread on Saturday or Sunday?
Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 04:40 PM (Sy6m/)

I answered my own question by finding the archives, and it looks like about once a month, on a random Saturday, there will be a Music open thread instead of a Movie thread, between the Hobby thread and the ONT.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 05:28 PM (Sy6m/)

73 If cats have fewer taste buds, why are they so damn finicky?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 04:06 PM (kpS4V)

They have incredibly good sense of smell

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 05:28 PM (rbvCR)

74 This is about the seasons when squirrels get into loud bitchy arguments with each other about who gets to have the best branch on the tree.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 30, 2026 05:29 PM (gKWVE)

75 HOBBY NOOD IS UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

76 Wolfus, will Miss Linda be coming with you on the move? Or is that prying too much?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 05:36 PM (SRRAx)

77 Noodus Hobbyana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 05:39 PM (wzUl9)

78 Can I send you my Churru? My cats don't care for it

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 30, 2026 06:19 PM (7T8ei)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, May 30

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Good afternoon KT

The Lilacs are in bloom and smelling nice here in Southern NH. Mrs. R says she smells Lily of the Valley too but my old nostrils detect nothing!

Not an easy time of year for the flora and fauna. 95 Tuesday and 45 the next day...

Thanks as always for all the wonderful threads on Ace.

Rodent

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Don't you love lilacs? Time for changeable weather, eh?

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Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Would you like to try growing some perennial vegetables? Take a look at Skirret or Nine Star Broccoli, among others.

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Some techniques to try, courtesy of Biden's Dog. I would probably stick with rooting hormone for the first one. Anybody tried this?

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How about this?

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Ah, Nature


I don’t know what this wild bush is but my mom used to say the strands looked like little chandeliers. Thank you for gardening thread.
NorCal Sierra Nevada Foothills Lurker

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Name that plant!

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History of Photography

From Dr_N0

Hi, KT … Here's a bit of interesting material about autochromes from Public Domain Review that the Saturday Readers will likely not have heard of - but will still be interested to learn about. There's so much to know and share about flowers that just never sees the light of day that it's good to see a venue like PDR present it for inspection. I hope things are going well for you, and you're still producing a KILLAH column every week. Good on ya!

Harold A. Taylor's Autochromes of California Flowers
(early 20th century)

Today, the Coronado Flower Show, hosted each spring in the small San Diego Bay resort town for which it is named, is the largest tented flower show in the United States. But when it began in 1922, the display was little more than a few shaded tables of wildflower arrangements; the pet project of the photographer Harold A. Taylor (1878–1960), who had arrived in California from England in 1896, at the age of eighteen.

A true working photographer, Taylor documented Yosemite National Park (developing in an onsite darkroom), historical Spanish missions up and down the Pacific coast, and took some of the earliest aerial photographs (many destroyed by a studio leak). As the Hotel del Coronado’s resident photographer, he captured visiting dignitaries; more informally, he immortalized sports teams for the local high school yearbook. His images illustrate volumes of poetry, a 1920 historical romance, and the 1916 “pictorial survey” of the San Diego Exposition. “No man has done more to exploit the attractions of southern California or to spread a more general knowledge of the beauty of its scenery”, wrote San Diego chronicler Samuel T. Black in 1913.

Despite his range of subjects, it was flowers that were perhaps closest to Taylor’s heart. . .

See image at the link. Lovely.

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And recent flowers on a hot day in the UK:

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Gardens of The Horde

From a Long Time Lurker:

My cousin saved an amaryllis bulb from her grandmother’s funeral a decade ago. The blooms this year were spectacular. Wish this pic did them justice. Her granny would be so pleased.

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A lovely flower. Amazing that it has persisted for a decade!

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Hope everyone has a nice weekend.


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.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, May 23


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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1 y56b5rejhu5ebu

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 01:35 PM (n7rxJ)

2
Latin name for something growing in my front yard.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 01:35 PM (n7rxJ)

3 70°, sunny in van nuys.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 01:36 PM (Kt19C)

4 Latin name for something growing in my front yard.

Bigus Dickus.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 01:37 PM (Kt19C)

5 We don't get lilacs down here in Texas; I hear they are lovely both to see and to smell.

My rosebushes from the Antique Rose Emporium here in Texas are starting to bloom. They are all powerhouses in the Texas climate. I had to be without them for a long time, due to the yard being in constant flux during construction projects; now things have calmed down enough that I can have my favorites back in the rotation!

Duchesse du Brabant is my personal favorite, and we purchased 10 of them to line our fence line facing the side street. No sidewalk on that side of the street, so they can spread to their heart's content!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 01:44 PM (SRRAx)

6 >>>Latin name for something growing in my front yard.

Bigus Dickus.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

>Maximus Clitorus

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 01:48 PM (D1E+2)

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I'm amazed at how Amaryllis perform. From nub to big, colorful trumpet in no time! Then they do it all over again.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 01:49 PM (n7rxJ)

8 " Latin name for something growing in my front yard."

We've got a couple of anuli faeriarum growing in the front yard. One in the back too.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 01:49 PM (vFG9F)

9
42 degrees and raining here in SW Wyoming.

Rain glorious rain. Hopefully this bit of rain will help with the severe drought we have here.

We have strict rules about no outdoor watering this year.

We get it, but sure miss planting our vegetables and flowers.

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 01:53 PM (3ek7K)

10 I have begun my annual fight with Pokeweed. Let the glyphosate flow!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 30, 2026 01:53 PM (XeU6L)

11 Those were wild videos of roses and ginger propagation! Will have to try, altho all of my roses are David Austin's. A science experiment for the grands.

I'd love to have all of that ginger as well!

Rainy day, which we need in the Intermountan West. Roses in full bloom beauty.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 01:54 PM (WONhk)

12 Good afternoon Greenthumbs

But I am not one of them, never put anything in my garden this year yet

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 01:55 PM (Ia/+0)

13 Wait...we're doing Latin?

Pokeweed = Phytolacca americana

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 30, 2026 01:56 PM (XeU6L)

14 They did that purposely to keep Latin from going extinct

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

15 We have 1 asparagus plant that managed to keep from getting torn out over the years. Thing produces like crazy; unfortunately, there is only so much asparagus 2 people can eat, and it doesn't produce enough stalks at 1 time to feed both of us. By the time enough stalks do sprout, the ones that were ready to be cut originally have already bolted.

We tend to just use it as an ornamental "fern".

But every so often, we get to eat tender little fresh stalks. Microwave them for a couple of seconds with some butter, add salt and pepper, and yum!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 02:04 PM (SRRAx)

16 Love the English bouquet.
I miss my hybrid teas. Don't miss the effort, I miss the result.
Garden basically in cept for the viners.
Using buckwheat as my rotation crop cause it makes such great honey, and if I don't protect it from the deer, I get nothing.

Posted by: MkY at May 30, 2026 02:09 PM (q6tQZ)

17 I still have stuff to plant. The latest is a rosebush and sweet potato slips. And I bought a pecan tree. The fruit trees look good. All three Asian pears are lagging behind, so I don't know how well they will do.

Historic Iris Preservation Society is doing a rescue of an Iris garden and the sale is going on right now. I didn't know if I should get anything, but of course I did. The regular sale is in July. You do need to be a member but dues are cheap.

And I am waiting for the new fence to be put in.when complete, I can finally let Jake loose inthe yard. He knows where his boundary is, but wants to go visit the neighbors.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 30, 2026 02:12 PM (7T8ei)

18 TIFW, we have a 6'x6' patch of asparagus, and we put our spears in a jar of water in the fridge. They'll keep for a week or so.
We have too much for just us 2. Starts to get old after a while. That's when you know you have enough!

Posted by: MkY at May 30, 2026 02:12 PM (q6tQZ)

19 Lilacs and wild roses are done blooming here.

Mystery plant reminds me of pieris.

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 02:12 PM (rdVOm)

20 I've spotted four asparagus patches down at the lake. Never noticed them before. I do have my own asparagus planted so I don't need them. Just goes to show you how well it can do on its own.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 30, 2026 02:14 PM (7T8ei)

21 Pickled asparagus is fantastic, like green beans, garlic, olives peppers. If you're into that and want to try something new.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 02:17 PM (D1E+2)

22 Pickled asparagus
Rev. Wishbone

Never heard of it. We pickle everything else, so why not?

Posted by: MkY at May 30, 2026 02:18 PM (q6tQZ)

23 I am sitting here watching birds fly in and out of the bird feeder in my dad’s back yard and listening to him and my stepmother make bets on if the birds going to the bird bath just want a drink or a bath. lol. It actually kind of fun. Don’t tell anyone.

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 02:20 PM (+sfcU)

24 Gorgeous spring day here, 67 and barely a wisp of a cloud in the sky. I'm on the back porch, reading and observing the parade of suburban fauna.

Planted my front hosta bed with caladiums and pink snapdragons, and I must say it all looks fabulous. I'm enjoying it now and will try to be zen if critters munch at it.

Replaced a dead Black Strawberry tomato plant in my garden plot, so now all is as it should be. Everything is coming along swimmingly.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 02:23 PM (kpS4V)

25
We bought this house two years ago.

The former owners were big on growing asparagus.

The made huge beds right along the entire length against the back of the house. We haven't had any asparagus growing but the plants are pretty.

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 02:37 PM (3ek7K)

26 The secret to lilacs is having a breed that is specifically intended for where you live. I've been in Mediterranean-style climates and didn't have success with lilacs until I got a certain kind intended for it. Have moved to more of a desert climate, and am checking out any varieties that might work here.

Posted by: MartynWW at May 30, 2026 02:51 PM (M9zxq)

27 watching birds fly in and out of the bird feeder

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3AGdftfBhEE

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 03:04 PM (Kt19C)

28 Beautiful flowers as always, thanks, KT.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 03:07 PM (LHPAg)

29 Name that plant

Phillip.

Nah, that's a name for a philodendron.

Ralph.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 03:11 PM (VHUov)

30 Good afternoon Greenthumbs

But I am not one of them, never put anything in my garden this year yet
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 01:55 PM (Ia/+0)
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I'm not a Greenthumb.

The plants in my yard have not yet figured that out.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 03:12 PM (gnNyN)

31 The secret to lilacs is having a breed that is specifically intended for where you live.
Posted by: MartynWW

I must have had the right kind at my first place.

The secret to that lilac hedge's survival seemed to be "no meteor strikes." It probably would have survived a wildfire. I did nothing for it; it was immortal.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 03:13 PM (VHUov)

32 Could that ginger video really be legit? It looked like AI until he pulled it out of the pot but if ginger is so easy to grow, why do I never hear of people doing it? It's impossible to find US-grown ginger in the stores, at least near me.

Posted by: bluebell at May 30, 2026 03:13 PM (afFes)

33 The nice thing about the roses that we ordered is that the grower over the years went around and found roses that grew "wild" in our climate. We just plant them and leave them alone. They pretty much just grow. We do have our garden, small as it is, on a soaker hose system, so the plants we do have don't die. But I have always been a "you get one chance with me" gardener 😂😂😂

Now that we have a lawn service, we have a prettier garden....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 03:20 PM (SRRAx)

34 I would probably eat every one of those perennial vegetables with rice.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 03:21 PM (LHPAg)

35 Greetings, fellow garden geeks! Dragonflies are swarming, water lilies and irises and cannas and coreopsis and lantana and verbena and poker plants and larkspur and portulaca and yarrow are booming!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 30, 2026 03:29 PM (3Ope8)

36 NO PET THREAD NO PEACE!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 03:32 PM (Kt19C)

37 PET NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 03:33 PM (Ia/+0)

38 My amaryllis from Tim's funeral made it for 5 years, until I moved to SC. Then it flowered and produced a seed pod. Never flowered again. I still have the seeds, but they're 7 years old now and I don't know if they're viable.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 30, 2026 03:41 PM (w6EFb)

39 >>> But I have always been a "you get one chance with me" gardener

LOL, I call it my Darwinian torture chamber.

Speaking of which, my hundreds of tomatoes have turned into a jungle in that raised bed. Wish me luck trying to select 10 contestants.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 30, 2026 03:45 PM (w6EFb)

40 Thanks KT for a terrific job!!!

I have a question for you Morons, I have tried, unsuccessfully, for years, to eliminate Creeping Charlie from my lawn (northern MA). I have tried every weed killer mentioned on the interwebs and have pulled up as much as my old body will permit and yet it thrives. HALP!

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at May 30, 2026 03:45 PM (/enuJ)

41 Good afternoon all.
Just got back from a trip to Hime Depot. Last time I was there, not a single jalapeño. This time shelves and shelves but prices were bizarre. Big pot with a tiny plant, $9.98. Little pot with a great looking plant $4.98. Guess which I bought. 😉
Also found a poblano. Planted them in the same large pot like the tomatoe and pepper plant which seem to be quite well. Bought two flowering perennials too so should have some color when my lilies fade.
Have a great week all. Will try and be on time next week.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 30, 2026 03:54 PM (kJmSS)

42 5 - Duchesse du Brabant is beautiful, Teresa.

Posted by: KT at May 30, 2026 04:01 PM (rdeQO)

43 40 - Which Creeping Charlie are we talking about?

Posted by: KT at May 30, 2026 04:02 PM (rdeQO)

44 Could that ginger video really be legit? It looked like AI until he pulled it out of the pot but if ginger is so easy to grow, why do I never hear of people doing it? It's impossible to find US-grown ginger in the stores, at least near me.
Posted by: bluebell at May 30, 2026 03:13 PM (afFes)

It is better as a Southern plant, especially the SE. In Oregon it will grow, but it doesn't make big hands of roots, and it generally won't survive the winters.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 04:17 PM (rbvCR)

45 Supposedly can grow ginger in pots and have it in the house in the winter, and overnights when the nights are too cool. Takes 8+ months for it to mature according the the web search I did. Wants soil temps of 70-90, so even in the house it might want a warming mat.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 30, 2026 05:13 PM (AOl+5)

46 @40 > I have a question for you Morons, I have tried, unsuccessfully, for years, to eliminate Creeping Charlie from my lawn (northern MA). I have tried every weed killer mentioned on the interwebs and have pulled up as much as my old body will permit and yet it thrives. HALP!

Triclopyr is your huckleberry.

Posted by: Pat*'s Hubbie at May 30, 2026 06:26 PM (yY+gl)

47 Name that tree: Husband and I used to live in the Bay Area of CA, and we strongly believe that tree is Garrya elliptica, also called Garrya, or Coast Silk Tassel.

Teresa in Forth Worth (and anyone else with sporadic asparagus): Cook the few spears you get, cut them up and add them to a salad - little tasty surprises as you go. Or cook them with corn or green beans. (We've pretty much given up on our asparagus bed. This year I planted broccolini at one end of the bed. And if I need space next year, I'll just overprint the asparagus some more.)
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Posted by: Pat* at May 30, 2026 06:31 PM (yY+gl)

48 (overplant!)
From Boise area: lows 48-61 F, highs 72-91. Some heavy wind gusts, lots of sycamore sticks down - so far we've raked up half the lawn. Lots of blooms - fireweed, peony, blue penstemon, bearded iris, chamomile, larkspur, wild rose hedge (I'm gathering petals).

Checked the fruit trees - most have no fruit, or just a few. Strawberries are producing! Garlic scapes got cut off. Potato bags had to be topped up. Some of the orange bell pepper starts look very bad, but the reds and poblanos are OK so far.

Under Puttering At Home, we bottled beer, a style called Kentucky Common - made with corn, which we hadn't worked with before. It comes out short of 5 percent alcohol, with a very light flavor - what Husband calls "construction beer", and fancy people call "sessionable".
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Posted by: Pat* at May 30, 2026 06:42 PM (yY+gl)

No, patriots, there is not an Israeli Bioterrorist on the loose in Vegas

Do you care about biolabs run by Chinese illegal immigrants?

On Thursday, J.J. Sefton included in his Morning Report this piece by Debra Heine: Sen. Sheehy Calls for IG Investigation of Montana Research Lab After Lapses Involving Deadly Viruses:

Senator Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) is demanding a government review of two incidents in the past year involving the “theft, loss, or release” of a deadly pathogen” at a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research facility in Hamilton, Montana.

Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), an NIH lab, “conducts studies on some of the world’s most dangerous diseases, meaning even small lapses could put Montana communities at risk,” Sheehy said in a press release, Tuesday.

Even more concerning are reports that a senior RML scientist allegedly attempted to smuggle dozens of vials of VHF [viral hemorrhagic fever] into the United States from Africa in January and lied to customs officials about their contents.

"The authorities" don't seem to have their act together here. I'm in favor of looking for ways to decrease the size of government, but here it seems that agents of the government were endangering Americans.

BUT WHAT IF GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT GETS EVEN STUPIDER?

The Montana cases above apparently involved personnel at a licensed NIH lab. What if there are unknown biolabs running in the country, perhaps even by hostile illegal immigrants from, say, China?

Well, we have watched that happen, too. "The authorities" may be starting to pay attention in this case. In February, Ace posted about a case that had familiar overtones: A Covert Chinese Lab Is Operating in Las Vegas and "Sickening" Nearby Americans

RedState's Jen Van Laar:

Several people who stayed at the Las Vegas home apparently doubling as an illegal Chinese biolab became sick after their visit, with two people becoming "deathly ill" a few days after entering the home's garage, according to documents reviewed by Las Vegas journalist David Charns.

And that's just the beginning of today's updates. We've also learned more about how investigators believe the equipment ended up at that home, the relationship between the property manager, Ori Solomon, and the Chinese scientist charged with running the lab, Jia Bei Zhu.

This is where the conspiracy theorists went into high gear, ignoring everything but headlines (and ignoring the nationality of the Chinese guy who owns the "lab") in order to post stupid rhetoric like, "Charges against Israeli biolab terrorist Ori Solomon were dropped by Israeli-born, Trump-appointed prosecutor Sigal Chattah. Her appointment as prosecutor was ruled illegal last year, but Trump ignored it."

The Israeli guy (whose visa was earlier reportedly due to expire this month) faced firearms charges and on June 4 will go to court on charges concerning disposal of hazardous materials. But he has not been charged with being a "biolab terrorist". The firearms charges have been dropped. The hazardous waste charges are state charges, much to the chagrin of the Jew-haters.

Ace noted the proximity of the "biolab" to an Air Force base. The Chinese guy who set up shop in Fresno, then in Reedley, may have had nearby military bases in mind there as well.

Then again, before turning his attention to human diseases, the Chinese "scientist" in charge of these labs reportedly wanted to take down the American dairy industry (even if he failed to do it from Canada). Fresno would be a good place to attack American dairies, too. You may want to double-check some of the information in this reporting, which suggests that the guy now in prison is really a danger to the USA. I think I believe a lot of it.

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Back in the summer of 2023, we (though not necessarily most of the national press) were focused on what the Chinese guy above had been doing in Fresno and Reedley, in California. As in this post: Playing Kick the Can: The Chinese Biotech Lab in Reedley

River beach Reedley.jpg

All quiet at Reedley Beach

Back then, local media and local officials were trying to get state and federal officials to pay some real attention to the alarming "lab" found in a warehouse in Reedley because a code enforcement officer saw a garden hose sticking out of the side of a warehouse. There had been no permits or notifications to the local government.

This scene doesn't seem to go very well with the idea of a Chinese biolab with 20 pathogens and unlabeled blood, tissue and serum containers, plus genetically engineered Covid-19 mice which were just thrown in household trash when they died.

The lab that was reportedly taken over by the lab that moved to Reedley (but who knows who owns it?) had an electrical fire in Fresno. Do you think that a former wholesale furniture warehouse in Reedley had adequate electrical fixtures for (reportedly) 37 freezers? They never got business or building permits.

Can you imagine a fire spreading pathogens into the community?

reedley beach people.jpg

Last week, I wondered why it had taken so long for news about the Chinese lab to come out. The Mid Valley Times reports that "City Manager Nicole Zieba defends decision to not disclose the discovery of a an illegal lab in Reedley right away; situation stirs up a battle of 'protocol' versus 'public's right to know' "

When asked does not the public have the right to know what is happening in its backyard, particularly when that backyard is full of infectious agents, Zieba said that once investigators determined the public was not at any risk, it was paramount that nothing derail the investigations; even if that meant incurring the public's disdain.

"These investigations are still ongoing and are complex and comprehensive," Zieba said. "I believe the public is astute enough to understand that the more information that gets out to the public, the more the bad guys also know what we know. I think the public recognizes that."

She may have a point there. It is still difficult to determine who owns the lab, for example. The $360,000 tax credit Newsom gave to the bankrupt lab they took over was apparently not rescinded until June (even though the company had reportedly not met the milestones for the tax credit).

Zieba said she is upset that politicians are trying to make a name for themselves by criticizing the handling of the investigation. The bigger problem is the federal government and the fact there are no proscriptions preventing companies from doing what Prestige did.

Until Reedley.

"This company was already a bad player," said Zieba. "They got kicked out of Canada. They got kicked out of Texas. They go to California, they get kicked out of Fresno. They get kicked out of Tulare, they go back to Fresno. Get kicked out of Fresno and end up in Reedley."

Zieba continued, "We're the little David city that took down Goliath with a garden hose. We dismantled an entity that everyone else kicked down the road to someone else's town. I don't kick cans down the road."

Plus, she was threatened by the feds.

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The national press now has a second chance at this story. The Los Angeles Times actually released a decent piece based on the experiences of the code enforcement officer in Reedley, Jesalyn Harper, tying that story to the Las Vegas story.

"She uncovered a terrifying lab hidden in California, with alleged ties to China"

This rather lengthy (by today's standards) piece is mostly about the Reedley lab and what has been learned about the Chinese guy who ran it since the lab was discovered. Some of the details are very disturbing. Like this:

While living in China in the early 2000s, Zhu served as the vice chairman of the state-controlled enterprise, Henan Pioneer Aide Biological Engineering Co., and board chairman and general manager of Aide Modern Cattle Industry China Co., which was the primary shareholder of 11 cattle companies in China, according to the congressional report.

Zhu then moved to Canada and started doing business there, focusing on the cattle industry. In 2016, one of his businesses was ordered by a Canadian court to pay $330 million for allegedly stealing cattle-related technology from a U.S.-based company. It is not clear whether the business ever paid the judgment.

Amid the litigation, Canadian court records show, Zhu emailed a colleague: “The law is strong, but the outlaws are 10 times stronger.”

There are some details and photos from the Las Vegas raid included with the piece, too. I guess they help provide some more recent context for the article.

For two years Harper had warned federal agencies that there could be additional materials at the home in Las Vegas based on details she learned during the investigation in Reedley.

“I couldn’t get them to move on it,” she said. “The attitude really has been, well, we caught the guy. We did our part.”

A new search warrant was executed on the Reedley building after the Las Vegas raid.

And "The Authorities" have a second chance to ACTUALLY TEST samples found in one of these labs! And maybe keep that Chinese guy in prison for a while.

They broke out the robot dog and the drones this time. No use wasting that expensive investigation. The illegal immigrant they already have in prison was getting money and consideration from Gavin Newsom, the Chinese government and American customers. And there's so much we still don't know about him.


Weekend

The Week In Pictures: Remember the Alamo Edition

There was plenty of news this week, but meme creators were mostly focused on lesser stories, like Jill Biden’s recollection of her husband’s disastrous debate performance, which came as a surprise to everyone who hadn’t been paying attention for the previous four years. Good times! But what inspired memesters more than anything else was the candidacy of James Talarico, Democratic candidate for the Senate in Texas. Can a non-binary vegan be elected to the Senate from Texas? One certainly hopes not.

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Music

Don't sell your soul.

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs


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Last week's thread, Seen some transcendent fortitude and steadfastness lately? Where?

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:30 AM




Comments

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1 Morning, KT!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 30, 2026 11:31 AM (2UnvF)

2 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 11:31 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Otters called

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 30, 2026 11:31 AM (2UnvF)

4 https://youtu.be/Ix1SqK6CJV4?si=V2DgAAy_zM7RmYYL

Holy crap, what a disgraceful, corrupt organization!

Posted by: logprof at May 30, 2026 11:35 AM (jo6FO)

5 I always ask, why 30 say years ago Chinese eascaped from China, now they let millions out to roam the world?

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Ia/+0)

6 All bio labs should be like Russian nesting dolls and the lab is the smallest doll.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:42 AM (WNOcj)

7 Cold and rainy here today. Indoor work will be happening.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Wnv9h)

8 I wonder which one of our esteemed 3-letter agencies is responsible for this particular "Chinese bio-lab?"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

9 RMBS, and cooking too!

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:43 AM (5P5DO)

10 Cold and rainy here today. Indoor work will be happening.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Wnv9h)

Cold and rainy here, too. Baseball be happening.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 30, 2026 11:46 AM (dK+Kv)

11 I know, let's get that crack team of investigator's who looked into the Las Vegas mass shooting get to the bottom of this. Oh wait, they didn't find out jack or shit did they. Never mind.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 30, 2026 11:47 AM (aKxxZ)

12 Willowed from Saturday Prayer Thread.

258 250 Extra prayers for Mrs E awaiting news on how the treatment is working.

May the Peace of The Lord be with you all.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:29 AM (5P5DO)
Labs were , good numbers up, bad numbers down on the 22nd. She will be getting either an injection or a short infusion every 2 months for the time being.
Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 11:46 AM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 11:48 AM (LHPAg)

13 Nobody ever saw this coming in Hamilton. We certainly didn't when my eight man crew in 2019 all became ill and half of them ended up on respirators.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 11:49 AM (D1E+2)

14 Eromero, thank you for that news. Love to you both.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:50 AM (5P5DO)

15 Authentic negroes!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 11:50 AM (Kt19C)

16 11 I know, let's get that crack team of investigator's who looked into the Las Vegas mass shooting get to the bottom of this. Oh wait, they didn't find out jack or shit did they. Never mind.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 30, 2026 11:47 AM (aKxxZ)


The top cop on that is Nevada's Governer now.

Posted by: Reforger at May 30, 2026 11:51 AM (Rxz7v)

17 Willowed:

"The Post reviewed another photo in which Soto, the undersheriff, sent the entire office a picture of his scrotum on their internal messaging system."

Something that's just begging for a limerick.

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There once was an deputy named Soto
Who posted an explicit photo
He should've been "sacked"
Though he claimed he was hacked
Now he's known around town as El Scroto!

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:52 AM (qgHp7)

18 RMBS, and cooking too!
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:43 AM

But of course!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Wnv9h)

19 Really dislike that video. Fake as shit performers. Woke as shit black/ white couples.
Good tune though.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 11:54 AM (sl73Y)

20 Check under your bed for sneaky joo baddies 🙄

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 11:54 AM (fE6HJ)

21 Isn't biolabs a major factor in the Ukraine war?

Posted by: Reforger at May 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Rxz7v)

22 Eromero, prayers for Mrs E

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 11:55 AM (fE6HJ)

23 Check under your bed for sneaky joo baddies 🙄
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 11:54 AM

*checks*

Nope. Just a dust bunny.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Wnv9h)

24 lol muldoon

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 11:55 AM (J4Dwc)

25 Nobody ever saw this coming in Hamilton. We certainly didn't when my eight man crew in 2019 all became ill and half of them ended up on respirators.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 11:49 AM (D1E+

The intertubes only mention two most recent events.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:56 AM (WNOcj)

26 Now he's known around town as El Scroto!
Posted by: muldoon

Brilliant!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 11:56 AM (fE6HJ)

27 Muldoon. Superb.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 11:58 AM (sl73Y)

28 Muldoon, if you ever get a brain scan I bet the docs will post the contents on "worlds most convoluted sulci"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 11:59 AM (fE6HJ)

29 19 Really dislike that video. Fake as shit performers. Woke as shit black/ white couples.
Good tune though.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 11:54 AM (sl73Y)

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Yeah, is it just me or does that strike anyone else as AI slop? Clicked the link to the X post, strangely no artist referenced....

Here's a much more badass/authentic telling of that story:
https://youtu.be/vfw004sPz5M

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 12:01 PM (kOluj)

30 Oops. When you think you are giving something a good shake of pepper and then notice it's the salt shaker.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 12:01 PM (sl73Y)

31 Isn't biolabs a major factor in the Ukraine war?
Posted by: Reforger at May 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Rxz7v)

Ah Ha! People have already forgotten...Ukraine biolabs, Biden paying bribes to Ukrainian gangsters, Hunter having a sinecure making millions and all of this in the jerkwater of Europe...The Ukraine.

It is to laugh. The Bidens got away with it. All of it.

Posted by: Great Point Reforger! at May 30, 2026 12:02 PM (54bnG)

32 Oops. When you think you are giving something a good shake of pepper and then notice it's the salt shaker.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 12:01 PM (sl73Y)

Or when you are shaking it direct from the can and accidentally opened the big hole instead of the sifter.

You can't remove a pile of pepper.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 12:04 PM (WNOcj)

33 Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 12:01 PM (kOluj)

It's definitely an AI created vid and song. IMHO.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 12:05 PM (WNOcj)

34 LOL Muldoon!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 12:06 PM (kOluj)

35 Biolabs, Victoria Nuland knows a thing or a hundred about those.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 12:06 PM (5P5DO)

36 Rep. Frederica Wilson, 83, will retire from Congress.

I wonder if she's still alive. She'd been AWOL for months.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)

37 A bioterrorist in Las Vegas?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2026 12:08 PM (bss/y)

38 30 did that the other day

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 12:09 PM (LmPA0)

39 37 A bioterrorist in Las Vegas?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2026 12:08 PM (bss/y)

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$20, same as on the Strip...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 12:09 PM (kOluj)

40
Yeah, is it just me or does that strike anyone else as AI slop?

Typical Youtube these days. AI AI AI
We need more data centers!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)

41 Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
The single worst decision the American left made in recent years - and I include myself here - was defending, promoting, believing in this guy [Fetterman].
The absolute worst. An absolute charlatan and liar and wannabe Republican.

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I dunno. I can think of a few leftist decisions that may have been worse.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 12:12 PM (ndZc7)

42
A bioterrorist in Las Vegas?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

He dosed a man in Reno just to watch him puke.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 12:13 PM (Cqx++)

43 *reads story*

Oh yeah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

44 Bioterrorist lab = dog with the farts

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 12:14 PM (fE6HJ)

45 $20, same as on the Strip...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 12:09 PM (kOluj)

All you can eat Bioterrorists at the buffet!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

46 44 Bioterrorist lab = dog with the farts
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 12:14 PM (fE6HJ)

Truth.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y)

47 >>Yeah, is it just me or does that strike anyone else as AI slop? Clicked the link to the X post, strangely no artist referenced....

Search Eddie Dalton Music. Totally AI-generated that has climbed the iTunes charts, of late. Friend of mine posted a glorious review of "his" music on Facebook. I didn't have the heart to tell her.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 12:15 PM (J4Dwc)

48 So what was the Israeli guy doing with the CCP agent? Renting the house? I don't get it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 30, 2026 12:17 PM (diia5)

49 Daily Beast hits rock bottom; continues to dig.

https://tinyurl.com/bdddvbv5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 12:18 PM (ndZc7)

50 Thx K.T.
How many of our elites, Newsom, McConnell, the Clintons are benefiting from the little pop up labs?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 12:18 PM (SW0z7)

51 Rocky Mountain Labs? I love their Rocky Mountain Oysters! I prefer them raw. And still attached.

Posted by: James Talarico at May 30, 2026 12:18 PM (uQ0bR)

52 Search Eddie Dalton Music. Totally AI-generated that has climbed the iTunes charts, of late. Friend of mine posted a glorious review of "his" music on Facebook. I didn't have the heart to tell her.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 12:15 PM (J4Dwc)
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Interesting. Honestly, the sound of it (his voice in particular) as well as the music arrangement struck my ear as unauthentic.... something like "whitey sings the blues". Immediately set off my AI / BS detector. Didn't really even look that closely at the video....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 12:18 PM (kOluj)

53 47 >>Yeah, is it just me or does that strike anyone else as AI slop? Clicked the link to the X post, strangely no artist referenced....

Search Eddie Dalton Music. Totally AI-generated that has climbed the iTunes charts, of late. Friend of mine posted a glorious review of "his" music on Facebook. I didn't have the heart to tell her.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 12:15 PM (J4Dwc)

There was one I came across last night on ewetub 'Outlaw Rap' or something titled 'Go fuck yourself'. It wasn't bad... but I am pretty sure AI. While they can imitate voice pretty well, it is like it is monotone without inflection or variation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

54 'Outlaw Country'? Something like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)

55 Check under your bed for sneaky joo baddies

Given "baddies" now also means "hot girls", you definitely don't want them *under* the bed.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 30, 2026 12:21 PM (QZThv)

56 The government can. You can't.

Canadian "poison seller" pleads guilty to 14 counts of assisting suicide (apparently only the government is allowed to do that)

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It's about the sanctity of life.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ndZc7)

57 Chinese Intel agents using Airbnb locations for hacking. This is not an isolated incident.

Feb 4, 2026 PARIS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Two Chinese nationals suspected of ‌trying to intercept satellite communications from a ‌base in an Airbnb rental property in southwestern France.

Reedley biolab.

Posted by: 13times at May 30, 2026 12:22 PM (WHP6G)

58
@mehdirhasan
The single worst decision the American left made in recent years - and I include myself here - was defending, promoting, believing in this guy [Fetterman].
The absolute worst. An absolute charlatan and liar and wannabe Republican.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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lol. And to think, we tried to warn them. Oh, and Mr. Hasan, cf. our alerts about Joe Biden.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 12:23 PM (n7rxJ)

59 The $360,000 tax credit Newsom gave to the bankrupt lab they took over was apparently not rescinded until June (even though the company had reportedly not met the milestones for the tax credit).

And that right there says it all.
The corruption is deep and deadly.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 12:23 PM (2WIwB)

60 55 Check under your bed for sneaky joo baddies

Given "baddies" now also means "hot girls", you definitely don't want them *under* the bed.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 30, 2026 12:21 PM (QZThv)

Abby Shapiro would find the underside uncomfortable. Not enough clearance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2026 12:23 PM (bss/y)

61 A werewolf in London >>> A bioterrorist in Las Vegas

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 12:25 PM (qgHp7)

62 While they can imitate voice pretty well, it is like it is monotone without inflection or variation.

Like any other tool, the operator makes a big difference in the results. Skyebrows' AI stuff has pretty expressive vocals, for instance.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 30, 2026 12:25 PM (QZThv)

63 53

SNL had a skit long ago about "Thomas 'No Soul' Johnson" who supposedly sang just like that-- with no musical expression whatsoever.

Posted by: mnw at May 30, 2026 12:26 PM (RCjYY)

64 Another winner from the internet age./s . Woman loses job after posting that she hopes the "MAGA God " will increase Pam Bondi's pain and suffering. Why do people assume no repercussions will come from posting this kind of thing? I wouldn't even want to be a financial client of type of woman:

https://tinyurl.com/3usxdc79

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 12:27 PM (ix8EF)

65 Why are foreigners allowed to work in any research lab?

We are such a retarded country.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 12:28 PM (JQVry)

66 The corruption is deep and deadly.

Any apparent government failure is likely due to someone pocketing money. There's a whole subgenre on YouTube of home inspectors showing absolutely garbage failures in brand new houses, even ones priced at (Dr. Evil) ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Gas leaks, plumbing leaks, visible daylight through the roof, electrical circuits where the breaker can't turn on because it's a dead short, and all of these had code enforcement sign off already.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 30, 2026 12:29 PM (QZThv)

67 Like any other tool, the operator makes a big difference in the results. Skyebrows' AI stuff has pretty expressive vocals, for instance.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 30, 2026 12:25 PM (QZThv)

It is why you can find SO many differences in the same music that is covered by different singers/groups.

I have said before that I really first heard Stabat Mater by Pergolesi on the Tears from Heaven CD WAY back in the 90s. It was beautiful. I lost the CD and I spent years pouring through ewetub trying to find the same song from the CD. EVERY other variation just hit my ear wrong. Like it was being sung by Ben Shapiro.

Then I found it and it is like- THIS is right.

https://youtu.be/zpiGkc0UmiE?si=7PA1--W5o6rO_Yzt

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 30, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)

68 64 Another winner from the internet age./s . Woman loses job after posting that she hopes the "MAGA God " will increase Pam Bondi's pain and suffering. Why do people assume no repercussions will come from posting this kind of thing? I wouldn't even want to be a financial client of type of woman:

https://tinyurl.com/3usxdc79

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 12:27 PM (ix8EF)

Agree 100%

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 12:30 PM (y171U)

69 Judging by the symptoms exhibited by the conspiracy fans, sure it isn't something like Mad Cow Disease?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2026 12:31 PM (n5IFC)

70 Woman loses job after posting that she hopes the "MAGA God " will increase Pam Bondi's pain and suffering. Why do people assume no repercussions will come from posting this kind of thing? I wouldn't even want to be a financial client of type of woman:

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Why? Because for the most part there are no consequences. Shit like this is posted every day by tens of thousands of unhinged leftists. She happened to be fired which is why it’s news. But it’s like a plane crash. You hear about it you don’t hear about the 99.99% of flights that land safely.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 12:32 PM (JQVry)

71 Why do people assume no repercussions will come from posting this kind of thing?

Lefties assume all the world is Bluesky and only their ideological comrades will be reading. No idea why but it provides a steady supply of public rake-stepping.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 30, 2026 12:33 PM (QZThv)

72 I guess his momma knew his right name.

Oregon man called "Loony Toon" gets 20 years in the slammer after car chase, shootout with cops

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 12:34 PM (ndZc7)

73 We have an Internet full of people that make Mrs. Kravitz look like a saint.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2026 12:34 PM (n5IFC)

74 But it’s like a plane crash. You hear about it you don’t hear about the 99.99% of flights that land safely.

In many lines of business now there's an active hunt for "how do you get people who don't hate you to leave online reviews". Same principle.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 30, 2026 12:35 PM (QZThv)

75 Japanese Twitter accounts writing about Chinese airbnb sites.

Chinese inn owners struggle in Japan's Osaka as regulations tighten

2 days ago OSAKA -- Chinese owners of Airbnb-style accommodation in Japan are under pressure as the government and major municipalities tighten regulations on their businesses.

Why Airbnb is using Chinese AI despite US warnings? CEO responds
May 21, 2026 Airbnb has found itself at the centre of a growing geopolitical debate over artificial intelligence, after CEO Brian Chesky pushed back against US lawmakers questioning the company's use of ...

Posted by: 13times at May 30, 2026 12:37 PM (WHP6G)

76 I put it to looting as much as corruption

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Ia/+0)

77
Why? Because for the most part there are no consequences. Shit like this is posted every day by tens of thousands of unhinged leftists. She happened to be fired which is why it’s news. But it’s like a plane crash. You hear about it you don’t hear about the 99.99% of flights that land safely.
Posted by: Heroq

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Not only that, but you visits those accounts and they might have thousands to hundreds of thousands of followers, views, likes, etc. A whole army of like-minded.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 12:37 PM (n7rxJ)

78 sidebar: "Was the "transatlantic accent" favored by stage and screen actors of the 40s and 50s "fake"? This linguist says no, it was a real accent"

This is fantastic ! thank you ace for helping to debunk the "fake" transatlantic accent myths, passed around by ahistorical dunces, and recycled from fake info site called wikipedia! And, bonus, reels of Civil War veterans, speaking in the proper transatlantifc (mid-Atlantic) accent are too cool!

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 12:37 PM (GD0B3)

79 The line about capitalists selling the rope with which they will be hung is as try today as ever. America is destroying itself from within all to make an extra 0.2% return for shareholders.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 12:38 PM (JQVry)

80 Why a bio-lab in Montana when there are suitable islands like Great Britain available?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2026 12:38 PM (n5IFC)

81 My wife commented on all the "clean up" Trump's been doing in the capitol city. Especially getting the many, ornate fountains working again after decades of neglect.

Yet there are those that have to piss and moan about it because Trump's doing it.

The city "could" be beautiful again if the local government wasn't so miserably leftist and the chattering class not racked with TDS.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 12:39 PM (jehhT)

82 My wife commented on all the "clean up" Trump's been doing in the capitol city. Especially getting the many, ornate fountains working again after decades of neglect.

Yet there are those that have to piss and moan about it because Trump's doing it.

The city "could" be beautiful again if the local government wasn't so miserably leftist and the chattering class not racked with TDS.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 12:39 PM (jehhT)

A DC blog I read blames Trump when fountains and parks get closed off for fixing, but when they open back up again it's either bupkis or "Look, it's open again! How wonderful!" with no mention of who was responsible for it. Oh, and there is a lot of complaining about what is going on with the Reflecting Pool.

Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 12:42 PM (9rvP0)

83 Study Finds Rapid Depression Relief After Single Dose of Controversial Drug

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Jack Daniels?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 12:43 PM (ndZc7)

84 Oregon man called "Loony Toon" gets 20 years in the slammer after car chase, shootout with cops
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 12:34 PM

Please tell me that's on YouTube somewhere. Lie to me if you have to.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 30, 2026 12:44 PM (Wnv9h)

85 RMBS, "Tha.. tha.. that's all folks!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2026 12:45 PM (n5IFC)

86 Cheeze whiz

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Kt19C)

87 Given "baddies" now also means "hot girls"...

I can't keep up with you hip cats' jive lingo these days.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 30, 2026 12:45 PM (vTZFs)

88 One of my kids was friends with this other kid and I became friends with the kid’s parents. Not besties or anything but we’d have each other over for dinner and stuff like that.

I knew the mom was a leftie. She’s a college perfesseer. But whatever, we din’t really talk politics.

Then 2016 happened. An Ho Lee Fuk this chick went insane. Posts on Facebook (yeah I was on that stupid thing back the ) day after day about how Trump is Hitler and whatever the cutesy version of 8647 was then.

I basically stopped interacting with her. Her husband was kinda cool stil but I wanted nothing to do with that household anymore lol.

I can only imagine the level of rage and hate she has today. She’s still a professor. She’s faced no negative consequences for her lunacy. And that’s the reality for most of these people. They live in a a world where calling for pain for your political enemies is not only tolerated but celebrated.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 12:45 PM (JQVry)

89 I don't know if TiFW is reading the comments, but this article looked interesting.

https://tinyurl.com/4muf9u42+

It's about a therapy option with chemo that helps reduce hair loss, and dealing with insurance for it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 12:46 PM (qx7Zg)

90 Tv ad for makeup: "this is confidence in a bottle".
Thought that was whiskey.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 12:47 PM (Kt19C)

91 Won't somebody think of the armed robbers?

Tim Walz Issues Pardon to Illegal Alien Convicted of Armed Robbery and Facing Deportation

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 12:47 PM (ndZc7)

92 I hope the pardoned robber steals Tim Walz's watch.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2026 12:49 PM (n5IFC)

93 Biden should have had Bob Barker standing at the Mexican Border, yelling "Come on Down" like he used to do on the "The Price Is Right!"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 30, 2026 12:50 PM (fkSkh)

94 > A DC blog I read blames Trump when fountains and parks get closed off for fixing, but when they open back up again it's either bupkis or "Look, it's open again! How wonderful!" with no mention of who was responsible for it. Oh, and there is a lot of complaining about what is going on with the Reflecting Pool.
Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 12:42 PM (9rvP0)
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A couple of people who install pools have opined the blue paint on the bottom could actually enhance the "reflect-ability" of the water.

Back in the 60's and 70's when I lived near D.C. the reflecting pool, along with all the monuments and fountains were routinely cleaned. It's a city function, so that by itself explains a lot...

And I fully expect vandalization to happen on a large scale... just to tweak Trump.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 12:52 PM (jehhT)

95 I hit this headline, and have thoughts...

Judge Married To Joe Biden’s Personal Attorney Says Trump Can’t Put His Name On Kennedy Center

President Trump should name the restrooms in the center as the "President Biden Library and Restroom" for Men, and "Vice-President Harris Bar and Restroom" for Women.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 12:52 PM (qx7Zg)

96
Jill Biden's book is going to be fun. One excerpt that's been released describes Harris pressuring him to endorse her the minute he'd announced he was dropping out.

Biden: "Give me some time."

Harris: "20 minutes."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 12:54 PM (n7rxJ)

97 Then 2016 happened. An Ho Lee Fuk this chick went insane. Posts on Facebook (yeah I was on that stupid thing back the ) day after day about how Trump is Hitler and whatever the cutesy version of 8647 was then.

I go on farcebook sometimes and that's all lefties post. I tried reporting a few of them that clearly and directly called for killing Trump, Republicans, or MAGA and each time "this post does not violate our conditions"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)

98
I fully expect vandalization to happen on a large scale... just to tweak Trump.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

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It's funny, now that Trump has gotten crime pretty much under control in DC, antifa will have to travel to the scene and do the job themselves.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 12:56 PM (n7rxJ)

99 And you thought he was a nut.

Dem Senate Candidate James Talarico Supports Banning Private Firearm Sales

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 12:57 PM (ndZc7)

100 65 Why are foreigners allowed to work in any research lab?

We are such a retarded country.

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Cuz diversity is our strength, bigot.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 30, 2026 01:00 PM (THY4u)

101 all your bases are mine

why would you want to expose secrets by putting "biolabs" where they might be located?

Posted by: Aliss at May 30, 2026 01:01 PM (N8aOR)

102 Bioterrorist lab = dog with the farts
Posted by: vmom

*********

Heh!

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 01:04 PM (qgHp7)

103 why would you want to expose secrets by putting "biolabs" where they might be located?
Posted by: Aliss

Because they are the superior race, don'cha know?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 30, 2026 01:05 PM (diia5)

104 And on a nicer note: Before retiring 2nd grade teacher makes personalized quilts for every student in her class:

https://tinyurl.com/2nj5nkn4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 01:05 PM (7RYym)

105 There is something weird going on with the Freedom 250 group that is hiring artists to play at the 16 day state fair type thing in DC. Suddenly a bunch of headliners dropping out, with prepackaged press releases claiming they were misled into believing the fair was non political. No definite reasons given though. Most well-known dropout was Martina McBride.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 30, 2026 01:07 PM (6K6Tg)

106 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court > A werewolf in London >>> A bioterrorist in Las Vegas

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 01:12 PM (qgHp7)

107 105 There is something weird going on with the Freedom 250 group that is hiring artists to play at the 16 day state fair type thing in DC. Suddenly a bunch of headliners dropping out, with prepackaged press releases claiming they were misled into believing the fair was non political. No definite reasons given though. Most well-known dropout was Martina McBride.
Posted by: Jen the original at May 30, 2026 01:07 PM (6K6Tg)
Nothing weird about it. They was paid, or, 'visited'.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 01:12 PM (LHPAg)

108 Nothing weird about it. They was paid, or, 'visited'.
Posted by: Eromero

My first thought, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 30, 2026 01:14 PM (QovLg)

109 I go on farcebook sometimes and that's all lefties post. I tried reporting a few of them that clearly and directly called for killing Trump, Republicans, or MAGA and each time "this post does not violate our conditions"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)

I got autobunced off Twiiter for saying Biden deserved to be hanged for Treason. While there are legion posts saying kill white people, which don't violate Twitter guidelines against violent speech.

Censor robot is asshoe.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 30, 2026 01:16 PM (dK+Kv)

110 105 There is something weird going on with the Freedom 250 group that is hiring artists to play at the 16 day state fair type thing in DC. Suddenly a bunch of headliners dropping out, with prepackaged press releases claiming they were misled into believing the fair was non political. No definite reasons given though. Most well-known dropout was Martina McBride.
Posted by: Jen the original at May 30, 2026 01:07 PM (6K6Tg)

Hopefully The Boss will be playing...his live concerts are the greatest! He's so good live! He's The Boss! He's great live!

Posted by: Smooth Brained Concert Goer at May 30, 2026 01:17 PM (54bnG)

111 @me
replying to
@mehdi

"wah"

Sincerly,

@me

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 30, 2026 01:20 PM (YGJ8E)

112 with prepackaged press releases claiming they were misled into believing the fair was non political. No definite reasons given though. Most well-known dropout was Martina McBride.
Posted by: Jen the original

No mystery. Donald Trump is President. Democrats deem that political.

Nugent, Kid Rock, Gene Simmons, etc ... I hope if offered accept.

Posted by: old chick at May 30, 2026 01:20 PM (F3Dlr)

113 In Spain they had a national lab studying African swine fever, a serious threat to pork production. Unfortunately the researchers decided to play with the virus to make it more transmissible, as it was deadly to swine already. They placed the lab in the middle of one of the areas in Spain that is the premier areas for ham and pork. Then all the feral swine in the area started dying of African swine fever since they had a leak.
Oops. It will probably destroy the European swine industry by the time it burns out.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 01:21 PM (rbvCR)

114
Just cancel the Freedom 250 group and turn it into a karaoke event. Play nothing but popular and patriotic songs -- classic rock, C&W, golden oldies, patriotic hymns, etc. If someone decides to go off on an anti-American rant onstage, give them the hook.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ)

115 So does anybody have a copy of Joe Walsh's 'Rocky Mountain Way' to pop on the ol' Victor-ola?

Posted by: Dr_No at May 30, 2026 01:22 PM (ayRl+)

116 No mystery. Donald Trump is President. Democrats deem that political.

Nugent, Kid Rock, Gene Simmons, etc ... I hope if offered accept.
Posted by: old chick at May 30, 2026 01:20 PM (F3Dlr)

This will free the choice away from the top-end legacy acts and let the organizers pull on hungry newer bands with energy and talent

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 01:22 PM (rbvCR)

117 So does anybody have a copy of Joe Walsh's 'Rocky Mountain Way' to pop on the ol' Victor-ola?
Posted by: Dr_No at May 30, 2026 01:22 PM (ayRl+)

No but I have Funk#49...

Posted by: James Gang Rides Again at May 30, 2026 01:24 PM (54bnG)

118 Every link on this computer takes to a place says 'check in to prove you're human'. and they want to leave cookies. I don't like digital cookies. It's only on this computer, not the one in the other room, ad not on my phone. WTH?

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 01:24 PM (LHPAg)

119 @ 105 There is something weird going on with the Freedom 250 group that is hiring artists to play at the 16 day state fair type thing in DC. Suddenly a bunch of headliners dropping out, with prepackaged press releases claiming they were misled into believing the fair was non political. No definite reasons given though. Most well-known dropout was Martina McBride.
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Ummm … who the hell is 'Martina McBride' … ? The list of dropouts reads like a trip thru 'Never Were, Never Will Be' territory - why is everybody gettin' all wee-wee'd up about these losers leaving? They were planted to do precisely this from the start …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 30, 2026 01:25 PM (ayRl+)

120 And I fully expect vandalization to happen on a large scale... just to tweak Trump.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 12:52 PM (jehhT)

With geofencing, the district being a panopticon, 24/7 drone oversight, and DHS willing to do the arrests with J6 as a template for prosecution?
Gonna be a lot of unhappy trantifa activists.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 01:27 PM (rbvCR)

121 With geofencing, the district being a panopticon, 24/7 drone oversight, and DHS willing to do the arrests with J6 as a template for prosecution?
Gonna be a lot of unhappy trantifa activists.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 01:27 PM (rbvCR)

Who will demand jury trials and get let off.

Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 01:29 PM (9rvP0)

122 @ 118 Every link on this computer takes to a place says 'check in to prove you're human'. and they want to leave cookies. I don't like digital cookies. It's only on this computer, not the one in the other room, ad not on my phone. WTH?
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'Cookies' do NOT 'prove you're human'. They're TRAINING DEVICES that teach AI wares OBJECT RECOGNITION. No mystery - they're using us 'fleshies' to train the 'metalloids' …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 30, 2026 01:29 PM (ayRl+)

123 Think I saw that a group had been ID'd that was targeting anyone participating in the 250 thing and using threats/bribes to get them to cancel. Big money behind it as usual.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 01:30 PM (U/Byj)

124
Ummm … who the hell is 'Martina McBride' … ? The list of dropouts reads like a trip thru 'Never Were, Never Will Be' territory - why is everybody gettin' all wee-wee'd up about these losers leaving? They were planted to do precisely this from the start …
Posted by: Dr_No

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I also had to look her up. Like I say, just make it a big karaoke or a sort of America's Got Talent event and let the celebrities weep.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 01:31 PM (n7rxJ)

125 Just cancel the Freedom 250 group and turn it into a karaoke event. Play nothing but popular and patriotic songs -- classic rock, C&W, golden oldies, patriotic hymns, etc. If someone decides to go off on an anti-American rant onstage, give them the hook.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ)

Let Trump start with Damn Yankee's Don't Tread on Me, and I'm in!

https://youtu.be/EkEbqgbSqs8

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 01:31 PM (qx7Zg)

126
'Cookies' do NOT 'prove you're human'. They're TRAINING DEVICES that teach AI wares OBJECT RECOGNITION. No mystery - they're using us 'fleshies' to train the 'metalloids' …
Posted by: Dr_No at May 30, 2026 01:29 PM (ayRl+)
This 'bot test' is not like the picture squares asking 'choose all squares showing a grizzly bear.', or such like.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 01:32 PM (LHPAg)

127 First thing I thought when I saw the photos of the restored fountain at Union Station. It'll be hit with heavy vandalism pretty soon. Probably more than just paint, sledges to break away the sculpture.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 01:33 PM (U/Byj)

128
I was so looking forward to the 250th celebrations.

It ticks me off that a small group of aholes are trying to ruin the celebrations

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 01:34 PM (3ek7K)

129 Martina McBride rings a bell. Country singer I think from the 2010s.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 01:35 PM (JQVry)

130
Gardening

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 01:35 PM (n7rxJ)

131 Haven't been back to DC forever. Whole place had started to creep me out before I left, and that was *before* the absurdity of a "president" Obama. Don't recall if that fountain was working when I'd walk past it every day commuting to the Senate.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 01:36 PM (U/Byj)

132 Martina McBride rings a bell. Country singer I think from the 2010s.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 01:35 PM (JQVry)

Best-known song from her is "Independence Day". Song about domestic violence.

Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 01:37 PM (9rvP0)

133 In Spain they had a national lab studying African swine fever, a serious threat to pork production. Unfortunately the researchers decided to play with the virus to make it more transmissible, as it was deadly to swine already. They placed the lab in the middle of one of the areas in Spain that is the premier areas for ham and pork. Then all the feral swine in the area started dying of African swine fever since they had a leak.
Oops. It will probably destroy the European swine industry by the time it burns out.
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Hmmm, did the lab have a muzzie employee who decided to rid the world of pork? Or were they just careless. Odd to think of Europe having feral swine, I have this mental picture everything being carefully managed there.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 30, 2026 01:38 PM (AOl+5)

134 Looked her up. This was Martina McBride in 2024

I decided to speak about the lack of gender equality in country music because there’s still so much room for improvement,” she says. “I really believe that country music is so special because it’s about real life for so many people. Real emotions, real stories…and it’s important to show more than one gender’s point of view.

So yeah makes sense she hates anything to do with OrangeManBad. Good riddance bitch.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 01:38 PM (JQVry)

135 Whole celebration thing is understandable but at best ironic. Pearls before swine. Remove about 60% of the current population of the country and there'd be some chance of a celebration that makes sense.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 01:39 PM (U/Byj)

136 All Sousa, All The Time.

Posted by: Guy who really likes Sousa at May 30, 2026 01:39 PM (vFG9F)

137 I'll wager that cocksucker Tester is the reason why there's a level 4 biolab in MT.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 01:39 PM (D1E+2)

138 I’m not sure what there is to celebrate anyway. The American ideals of 1776 are long gone.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 01:40 PM (JQVry)

139 Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 01:34 PM

I think Trump and whoever is handling this will get it together . Some folks will show up to perform.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 01:40 PM (ix8EF)

140 I enjoyed many of McBrides's songs and she was/is a great performer. It's disappointing she withdrew from a commitment to be part of the 250th celebration of the great USA.
As many have commented above there are probably hundreds of lesser-known conservative performers that will fill the talent slots and celebrate making America Great!

Posted by: old chick at May 30, 2026 01:40 PM (F3Dlr)

141 The Montana lab was around long before Tester. It’s like 100 years old.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 01:41 PM (JQVry)

142
I bet most of the people trying to cancel the celebrations are hoovering up our tax money.

They think America is great as long as they can be freeloaders.


Their idea of greatness does not align with my idea of greatness.

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 01:43 PM (3ek7K)

143 I imagine a lot of flyover states and towns will have awesome 250th celebrations.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 30, 2026 01:43 PM (AOl+5)

144 I don't think I'll ever go back to DC. If I do......I'll just with OPSEC. The place is a shitpit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 30, 2026 01:47 PM (u9Xr5)

145 Senatoor John Thune is the hood ornament on the D.C. clown car.

Posted by: Howdy Doody at May 30, 2026 01:48 PM (ehY6c)

146 127 First thing I thought when I saw the photos of the restored fountain at Union Station. It'll be hit with heavy vandalism pretty soon. Probably more than just paint, sledges to break away the sculpture.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 01:33 PM (U/Byj)
May GOD place a hedge of protection around America that shaitan is unable to pass that day.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 01:51 PM (LHPAg)

147 Talarico really seems to be going full retard. Its like he is running in a primary.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 02:12 PM (zZu0s)

148 Hope all those pulling out of 250th anniversary do get to perform next May Day for the Marxists

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

149 Talarico really seems to be going full retard. Its like he is running in a primary.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 02:12 PM (zZu0s)

He's version 0.0.2 of Generic Dumocrat Male Candidate.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 02:28 PM (qx7Zg)

150 He's version 0.0.2 of Generic Dumocrat Male Candidate.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 02:28 PM (qx7Zg)

Its like he is running California or Washington. Which, maybe he is because he wants those donors. It seems more and more like a cash grab at this point than anything.

Unless they have something truly damaging on Paxton, but you'd have thought that would have been brought to light before now (impeachment, etc.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 02:30 PM (zZu0s)

151 Who wins a Democrat primary in a Democrat run state wins the prize

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

152 Speaking of selling souls....

You do realize you're pushing AI slop there, don't you?

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 03:14 PM (PC+XL)

153 Its like he is running California or Washington. Which, maybe he is because he wants those donors. It seems more and more like a cash grab at this point than anything.

Unless they have something truly damaging on Paxton, but you'd have thought that would have been brought to light before now (impeachment, etc.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work

It's a cash grab for the sacrificial lamb.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 30, 2026 03:16 PM (u9Xr5)

154 The dems may have reached peak stupidity by promoting Talarico in Texas. A senatorial candidate that knows nothing of law, business or energy production in the second fastest growing state in the nation.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 03:31 PM (5P5DO)

155 Reports of a meteor exploding in the atmosphere above the Boston/Cape area.

Dang

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 03:59 PM (5P5DO)

156 Catching up:

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Apple has tech support and 8 out of 10 calls they will be competent and polite. If you are dealing with an ass or their headset is not clear hang up and call again. It doesn't take long.
Code words: Technical Support
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Wolfus Aurelius, if a realtor tells you he doesn't know he's lying. He knows the answer but it is a negative to you. Therefore, noncommittal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 04:03 PM (27aLr)

157 146 127 First thing I thought when I saw the photos of the restored fountain at Union Station. It'll be hit with heavy vandalism pretty soon. Probably more than just paint, sledges to break away the sculpture.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 01:33 PM (U/Byj)
May GOD place a hedge of protection around America that shaitan is unable to pass that day.
Posted by: Eromero
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and if they get pass may security shoot them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 04:16 PM (27aLr)

158 157 146 127 First thing I thought when I saw the photos of the restored fountain at Union Station. It'll be hit with heavy vandalism pretty soon. Probably more than just paint, sledges to break away the sculpture.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 01:33 PM (U/Byj)
May GOD place a hedge of protection around America that shaitan is unable to pass that day.
Posted by: Eromero
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and if they get pass may security shoot them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 04:16 PM (27aLr)

I'd prefer to see them swarmed by a giant flock of eagles and hawks. Security can pick them up once they give up and start crying for their mommies.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 05:39 PM (qx7Zg)

The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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[H/T Hour of the Wolf]



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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Eau Galle)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind. Be nice. Don't be Pretti Good.
3) Running with sharp objects? Highly frowned upon. And permanent records can be involved.
4) Have a great weekend!

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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:

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.
4/18 Update – Daniel survived his complex open heart surgery. He is sitting up and it seems like it went well, but they are not going to release him as quickly as he would like, so he is not happy. Thanks to the Horde for the prayers and please keep praying for his dear wife, who now has even more to put up with.
5/16 Update – Hrothgar sends thanks for the prayers for Dan. Thanks to his attitude and the miracles of modern heart surgery, Daniel is back home and in good spirits and mobile. He still has a lot of rehab ahead, but it sounds like a pretty good recovery to be home only 20 days after being on the table!

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.
4/9 Update – On 4/1 Mr. Jordan61 was released from the hospital with six weeks of IV antibiotics, which Jordan61 is administering every 8 hours. He’s in a lot of pain; they’ve given him oxy, fentanyl, and dilaudid, and nothing seems to touch it. From what they were told, the pain won’t subside until the infection is cleared up. For the time being, he is bed-bound and they are limiting his movement as much as possible to keep the pain to a minimum. Jordan61 will send updates with progress.
4/25 Update – Mr. Jordan61 is making slow but steady progress. He can get up and walk for short periods of time, and can sit in the living room for an hour or so per day. He is halfway through the IV antibiotics, with 3 weeks to go. A physical therapist will be coming to help him build strength and learn how to move without aggravating his back injury. Thank you all for the prayers!
5/26 Update – Mr. Jordan61 had his last antibiotic infusion on 5/24 and his PICC line was removed on 5/26. He will have follow-up blood work in 2 weeks but for now, all looks good!

4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
4/24 Update – Teresa in Fort Worth provided an update: The pump that was put in to battle cancer in December can only be used for 6 months. After that, it starts to damage the liver. So she may have to go back onto the medication that made her lose her hair and messed up her vision and nails, and then return to this medication after a break. This is not good news, since this new medication is working so well. But for now, she is doing well and is incredibly grateful for the time that she has been given so far.

4/11 – Eromero craves prayers for Mrs. E., as she has been diagnosed with lymphoma. She begins infusions on 4/23.
4/25 Update – Mrs. E. reports that she feels fine. Praise be to God that she has had only one distressful episode during the infusions. Thank you for all the past and continued prayers.

4/18 – neverenoughcaffiene asked that Devyn be kept in prayers. She is a young mother of 2 with a mass on her esophagus. The Doc said it was scar tissue and hopefully the second opinion will agree.
5/23 Update – Devyn had the biopsy and is waiting for results. Prayers are appreciated.

4/18 – Smell the Glove could use some prayers as therapy and rehab occur after gout/sepsis.
5/2 Update – The gout has cleared and the infection in the lower back is healing.
5/18 Update – Smell the Glove may be out of rehab this week, but still would need wound care at home. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes!

4/18 – Sam Adams requested prayers for a friend, Mary F, who was just sent to a long-term recovery facility after having a tracheostomy.
5/2 Update – Mary’s breathing is improving, and they are weaning her off assisted breathing. She is now off the ventilator for 12 hours a day, and they are aiming for 14 hours soon. Many thanks to all of the Moron Horde for the prayers.

4/24 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for a friend’s father (Cory), who needs prayers for strength and peace as he is going through some troubled times.

4/27 – Matthew Kant Cipher sent his thanks to those who prayed for his friend Layne (who is also his son’s FIL). The Horde may recall that in August, Layne was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He has since undergone courses of chemo, immunotherapy, and radiation. His latest scans came back clean. The cancer is in remission; praise be to God! Prayers are also humbly requested for Mrs. MKC, who is dealing with a new flare-up of a GI condition that had been leaving her alone until a recent procedure re-aggravated it. It is very frustrating/discouraging as she waits to see a new GI doctor.

4/25 – Retired Buckeye Cop asked that we would continue to lift his 16 year old grandson (LH) up in prayers, as LH continues to consider the call to priesthood in the Catholic Church. LH recently went to a meeting with a group of young men who are considering the priesthood.

4/25 – Fenelon Spoke asked for prayers for “I”, who Fenelon visited and anointed with oil, and prayed for healing of her health concerns.

5/2 – neverenoughcaffiene requested prayers for parishioners at her church, who lost their newborn daughter, Astrid.

5/7 – turambar asked for prayers for relatives. Mom needs prayers as she was admitted to the hospital to check her heart and cardio. They did not find pneumonia. Two months ago, she fell at her assisted living place, and broke her hip. She also has dementia. Turambar’s uncle fell recently and broke his hip, too.

5/9 – D asked for prayers. He was let go from his IT job and has started a business making and selling lens cleaners to make ends meet. Please contact Annie’s Stew if you’d like more information – either to order lens cleaners, or if you’d like to contact him related to IT job openings (DBA/Network Admin).

5/11 – rez986 asked if anyone had an update on Neidermeyer’s Dead Horse’s health. The last info Annie’s Stew has was from January, 2026, that he’d been given 6 months to live due to heart failure and was being treated and waiting for a transplant at Mayo.
5/16 Update – Dash my lace wings! posted that NDH is recovering well. IrishEi posted that NDH did receive a heart transplant and that she is doing well. She also posted a link to NDH’s X account, and her fundraising page.
5/23 – rez986 sent thanks for the updates on NDH. It is much appreciated.

5/15 – Toad-O requested prayers for his second ex-wife, the mother of his two children. They were divorced 25 years ago, and 3 years later, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the children came to live with Toad-O. The ex-wife is now suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s, and has been living with Toad-O’s daughter and her husband. The ex-wife fell last month and and cracked 2 vertebrae, and just was taken to ER with a rapid heartbeat and low blood pressure due to dehydration. Prayers are appreciated for her and also for the daughter who has sacrificed a lot to care for her.

5/16 – Anna Puma requested prayers for the family of Dan Fordice, who was killed when the aircraft he was flying crashed. He leaves behind a wife, 3 children, and many friends. He was a Warbird flyer, a CEO, and a veteran of the 2/20th SFG.

5/16 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Jane who is dying of breast cancer, and for Cheri who is in jail (again) for drug related crimes.

5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.

5/20 – E gave an update. She and her family were having financial struggles a few months ago, and asked for prayers. E sends her thanks for the prayers, and wanted to let people know that things are getting better, thanks to the Horde’s prayers and their church family. They have resolved their mortgage issue and her husband has resumed his side gig making deliveries. They are also cutting monthly expenses. They would like continued prayers as they deal with the insurance company of the person who crashed into (and totaled) E’s vehicle. Insurance only offered half the replacement value, so that struggle is still going on.

5/23 – San Franpsycho sent a praise report. His prayer to become a grandad has been answered, and Girl F will have a baby in December. Girl F still plans to attend grad school, but will delay a year, which means they will depend on them for child care. This pleases San Franpsycho to the nth degree!

5/23 – Vmom deport deport deport would appreciate prayers. She has been freaking out about her eyesight. Her eye doctor says she has myopic macular degeneration.

5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.

5/23 – George V sends his thanks for the prayers on behalf of his wife, when she had a heart valve replacement. The procedure went very well and she is doing great in the rehab program. But prayers are still needed. There are indications of problems in her lymph nodes that showed up in the scans checking her heart. She will have a biopsy in June, as well as a biopsy on a skin lesion that is looking suspicious. Thank you for all prayers.

5/26 – Doof posted a request for prayers for his mom. She is back in the hospital. She is very weak from one or more infections, and is sleeping a lot. She isn’t really talking when she is alert for a few minutes.

5/27 – Grannysaurus Rex asked for prayers for Sherry, a co-worker, who is being tested for possible cancer of the blood.

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.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:08 AM




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1 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 08:13 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Good morning, MisHum!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 30, 2026 08:13 AM (u73oe)

3 Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

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. Joan of Arc, 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 May 30, 2026 08:15 AM (ksbjf)

4 Bulg sent a request - his sister is in palliative care. She has lots of blood clots and is not expected to last long. Please pray for her, her husband, their 4 children, and the rest of the family.

Beltway Elite could use some prayers, as Mom just entered hospice.

Posted by: Annies Stew at May 30, 2026 08:16 AM (dNIAD)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 08:16 AM (jehhT)

6 Prayers up for Bulg, BE, and their families.

And I could still use some for my job situation.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 30, 2026 08:18 AM (vTZFs)

7 I drink so much coffee, I listen to speed metal to relax.

Morning, Horde! As I mentioned a few days ago, dad's disability rating with the VA is at 100%. Apparently, his obsessive habit of documenting everything in his AF career helped immensely.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2026 08:19 AM (/k3in)

8 No coffee yet
Must make dog's bkfast first

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:20 AM (dE3DB)

9 I called Girl F. just to tell her how happy I was and started blubbering like a moron.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

10 Prayers for all in need, specially Bulg & his sister

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:20 AM (dE3DB)

11 I always thknk when I hear blood clots. Guess it doesn't mater how, only they get broken up or removed.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 08:21 AM (Ia/+0)

12 Good morning dear horde with thanks to annie and mh and you morons for praying

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

13 >>>No coffee yet
Must make dog's bkfast first

A good officer always makes sure the troops are fed first.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 30, 2026 08:22 AM (Riz8t)

14 Hey, I know that conductor! Manfred Honeck led the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in an amazing performance of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony several years ago. (It's on Lil Pooky's playlist.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:23 AM (Wt5PA)

15 San Franpsycho, my deceased best friend said "True wealth is grandchildren."

Indeed. Congratulations. May your grandchild be masculine.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 08:27 AM (qFwJc)

16 *sigh*

My cat Penny just turned off the volume on my computer.

I guess she doesn't like my music.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 08:27 AM (gnNyN)

17 Iran is demanding 1/2 of its frozen 24 billion up front as if they don't believe that Trump always pays his febts

Posted by: Paul at May 30, 2026 08:28 AM (tVgWn)

18 Hey, I know that conductor! Manfred Honeck led the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in an amazing performance of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony several years ago. (It's on Lil Pooky's playlist.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:23 AM (Wt5PA)


I am Die Fledermaus Mann!

*Throws Die Fliedermausarang at criminal*

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:28 AM (iJfKG)

19 Hey, I know that conductor! Manfred Honeck led the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in an amazing performance of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony several years ago. (It's on Lil Pooky's playlist.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:23 AM (Wt5PA)

Impressive!

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 08:29 AM (GD0B3)

20 Morning, Horde. Prayers up for all who need it!

I've had some good job prospects/interviews again this past week, I find myself worrying that like several before they're going to silently disappear into the spectral mists (sometimes it feels like I'm blackballed!). If any of these come through quickly enough, it looks like I might be able to avoid selling the house, and also support the fiancee through her own financial-and-other woes. Praying pretty much constantly, prayers from others appreciated. "Long-term involuntary LWOP status" sucks.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 08:29 AM (aJQbY)

21 Grand babies are the best babies. Someone else gets up at night to feed them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 30, 2026 08:30 AM (3ZBdr)

22 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers for all.

Hiya, JT!

Hope for news about grammie winger.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 08:31 AM (h7ZuX)

23 With cats, first time is a accident, 2nd time a plot

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 08:32 AM (Ia/+0)

24 Good morning Horde. Thx MisHum. A happy Saturday to all
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 08:32 AM (SW0z7)

25 Please pray for my brother, RD, who had to have his appendix out last night. My nephew said it had just begun to perforate, and the doctor thinks he got all the infection cleaned out. A ruptured appendix is very scary due to the threat of peritonitis, though, and he's in generally good health, but he's 73. Thank you.

Posted by: huerfano at May 30, 2026 08:35 AM (VJX5o)

26 @Alteria Pilgram (if you're reading this discussion):

I threw in a reply to your #140 comment in the Tech News thread.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 08:36 AM (O7YUW)

27 >>>No coffee yet
Must make dog's bkfast first

From the time I power on the Keurig, it takes about one minute for it to start dispensing coffee into my cup.

In that one minute, I "make" breakfast for the dog -- two level scoops of kibble transferred from the storage bin into the bowl and topped with a splash of chicken broth warmed for 20 seconds in the microwave.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 08:36 AM (J4Dwc)

28 Lessee....

Both of Pooky's grandpas wound up in the same ER a week apart, but for different reasons. One fell with a mild concussion, the other has bladder cancer and was bleeding from his urethra. The former is ready to go a nursing home, the latter will probably fight it. Pooky's mom has been taking care of one, Pooky's grandma has been going back and forth to the hospital for the other.

In much better news, Wee Pooky (or whatever we're calling him here) is doing great, and is on track to be here by Christmas.

Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:40 AM (Wt5PA)

29 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

30 Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 08:27 AM (qFwJc)


Thank you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)

31 43° this morning in Seattle. Need some global warming!

Posted by: Rex B at May 30, 2026 08:43 AM (rgnea)

32 31: It's a toasty 47 degrees in Western PA.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 08:44 AM (bfy6w)

33 Prayers ascending for those in need of Divine intervention.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

34 Have a great day, everyone.

May you all be blessed and bring happiness to the deserving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

35 It's a toasty 47 degrees in Western PA.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country

I don't recall it ever being this cold in late May. Rarely is an early May morning this cool. We put an hibiscus plant outside last weekend. It likes 50 or above.

Posted by: Rex B at May 30, 2026 08:49 AM (cbHSi)

36 Walked to my convenience store at 6AM. It was 47°. Going down to the low 40s tonight . Spring in the mid Hudson

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 08:49 AM (SW0z7)

37 Under advisement, I am simplifying my standard prayer to: may those whose responsibility it is to root out public fraud have their hearts convicted to be diligent, and may my righteous fury be directed to productive ends. (Such as finding and pursuing a career path dealing with that.) Amen.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 08:50 AM (Sy6m/)

38 Yes! Moar Coffee!

on the way, huerfano, that happened to me some years ago.

prayers of the Horde helped my recovery!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 30, 2026 08:50 AM (VyBeY)

39 44 degrees at dawn, here

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 30, 2026 08:51 AM (VyBeY)

40 “ Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Proverbs 3:5-6

Posted by: Marcus T at May 30, 2026 08:53 AM (vhFJq)

41 Here in the Bourbon Country we finally saw the rain end. It had been raining off and on for almost 10 days. The property needed a good trim yesterday. First time this year I did it all at once.

My body is unhappy with me this morning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 08:53 AM (jehhT)

42 Good morning, Horde! Prayers said for all requested intentions. Also prayers of thanksgiving for our beautiful grandson who was born healthy and happy on Monday.

Also thankful for the gully-washer that woke me up and reminded me my pickup needed washed. Think I'll go pull it back into the garage.....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 08:53 AM (kOluj)

43 RandomDave, prayers for you

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:54 AM (GhIJO)

44 Coffee at last

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:54 AM (GhIJO)

45 I don't recall it ever being this cold in late May. Rarely is an early May morning this cool. We put an hibiscus plant outside last weekend. It likes 50 or above.
Posted by: Rex B at May 30, 2026 08:49 AM (cbHSi)

Two or three years ago, it was similar. I didn't plant the garden until June.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 08:55 AM (h7ZuX)

46 It's on track for another hot one (annoying but not completely intolerable) here in OK. About 74 right now, forecast is 90, wouldn't be surprised at either a few degrees more or a few less. Summer arrived a little early this year, after some teases a month or so ago. As long as we can hold off triple digits until late July/August...

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 08:56 AM (aJQbY)

47 Thanks vmom!

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 08:56 AM (aJQbY)

48 Die Fledermaus seems excessively violent - can't we just livetrap maus and release back into the fleder?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:57 AM (GhIJO)

49 9 I called Girl F. just to tell her how happy I was and started blubbering like a moron.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

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No, you were blubbering like a Moron.... Horde daughters seem to have that power over us. So happy to hear of your/her blessing!!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 08:57 AM (kOluj)

50 Two or three years ago, it was similar. I didn't plant the garden until June.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Phone is saying Anchorage is warmer at 47.

Posted by: Rex B at May 30, 2026 08:57 AM (rgnea)

51 It's in the 50s but there's a brisk wind

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:57 AM (GhIJO)

52 Retired Buckeye Cop, I am so grateful for your rosary prayers

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:59 AM (GhIJO)

53
Last day of the Pentecost Embertide, so eating, at most, fish today. Easier to observe with Her Majesty, who is rather anti-clerical, out of town.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 08:59 AM (HdYcL)

54 Lil Pooky enjoyed the Strauss, MisHum. It was suitably dramatic enough for his tastes.

Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:59 AM (Wt5PA)

55 Congrats to all the new grandparents!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:00 AM (GhIJO)

56 Thank you MKC

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

57
MEN

{i]Bypassing Fundamental Laws of Physics Every Single Day!!!

https://tinyurl.com/5au6tbw2

Sorry, ladies, but no violating the fundamental laws of physics for you.

On the upside, you can easily assist in violating a fundamental law of physics!

And it's preferable if you do!

Everybody wins!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:03 AM (iJfKG)

58 I've been seeing things about the rivalry between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. But Larry Bird's first and best NBA rival was Doctor J.

Julius Erving was short and ignored when he started at UMass. Then he grew and his skill at dunking defined the Black style of basketball, perfected in the ABA. His streetball exploits at Rucker Park in Harlem were the stuff of legend, where hundreds would watch from neighboring rooftops. He was the most entertaining player ever, until Bird came along.

Bird grew up the equivalent of a poor black child and played like one. When they first met, Doctor J was in his twilight playing with the Sixers. While Bird might see Magic twice in the the regular season, the Celtics and Sixers were in the same division and had to play through each other to get to the Fnals - four times! And Bird and Erving guarded each other!

What they shared was a pure love of the game.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 30, 2026 09:04 AM (dtajH)

59 Thanks, Vmom!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:04 AM (kOluj)

60 52 degrees here in the PNW, and I'm not complaining at all. It'll be scorching hot soon enough.

I've been going down the YouTube rabbit hole lately on wi-fi and cellular security and privacy (or the total lack thereof). I am starting to think Teddy K had a point, though I obviously disagree with his actions. And I'm not quite at the point where living in a shack and eating stray coyotes sounds like a good option. Yet...

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026 09:04 AM (K1RVP)

61 40 “ Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Proverbs 3:5-6
Posted by: Marcus T at May

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Awesome verse, thank you! I need this reminder pretty much constantly...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:06 AM (kOluj)

62 Good morning Horde, prayers in abundance for all of you and your loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 30, 2026 09:06 AM (0nHVk)

63 MEN

Bypassing Fundamental Laws of Physics Every Single Day!!!

https://tinyurl.com/5au6tbw2

Sorry, ladies, but no violating the fundamental laws of physics for you.

On the upside, you can easily assist in violating a fundamental law of physics!

And it's preferable if you do!

Everybody wins!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:03 AM (iJfKG)
----
Huh. That was a pretty neat article. Also something that points to a Creator...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:07 AM (gnNyN)

64 naturalfake, lol. SciTechDaily, where the headline/article contradictions make Fox Butterfield look like a genius.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 09:08 AM (aJQbY)

65 One of Anthony Fauci's accomplices is being investigated for, among other things, attempting to smuggle into Detroit Airport vials of "unknown biological substances" following a trip to Africa.

Monkeypox, according to a whistleblower.

Politico with the story...

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 09:09 AM (J4Dwc)

66 Politico with the story...
On the one hand, it's Politico. On the other hand, I'd believe any horrors of Fauci and his gang of daemonhosts.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 09:11 AM (aJQbY)

67 Since this is a prayer thread, I thought I would ask if anyone else does something similar:

WhenI create a password manually it is always somehow related to a prayer. Each time I log in, I am silently reminded of the prayer.

(On my phone I usually use autogenerated passwords, but occasionally I manually create one)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:12 AM (gDlxJ)

68 Why smuggle monkeypox when you could've probably taken a sample from any number of Biden admin staffers?

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026 09:12 AM (K1RVP)

69 If the story is legit, and it might be because it is my understanding that ebola got in the same way, it means they stole it from some legit journalist.

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:13 AM (GD0B3)

70 WhenI create a password manually it is always somehow related to a prayer. Each time I log in, I am silently reminded of the prayer.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:12 AM (gDlxJ)

I do, sort of. I open up Psalms and pick a phrase.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:14 AM (h7ZuX)

71 I do, sort of. I open up Psalms and pick a phrase.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs

*high five*

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:14 AM (fE6HJ)

72 Since this is a prayer thread, I thought I would ask if anyone else does something similar:

When I create a password manually it is always somehow related to a prayer. Each time I log in, I am silently reminded of the prayer.

(On my phone I usually use autogenerated passwords, but occasionally I manually create one)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:12 AM (gDlxJ)

I don't do that, but it's a great idea!

Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 09:14 AM (9rvP0)

73 >>On the other hand, I'd believe any horrors of Fauci and his gang of daemonhosts.

https://tinyurl.com/427y2sx8

Lampposts, they're not just for hanging garland at Christmastime.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 09:15 AM (J4Dwc)

74 Smuggling in monkeypox - sounds like a homophobic hate crime! And just before Pride month!
Did he hide the vial in his butt? Coz that would be perfect.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:16 AM (fE6HJ)

75 Good morning. May you all be abundantly blessed with faith, hope, and love.

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

1 Corinthians 13:13

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 30, 2026 09:17 AM (wVcYX)

76 "May you be in Heaven full half hourrrrr
Before the devil knows you are dead"

---Old Irish Blessing

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:20 AM (GD0B3)

77 The Irish have some odd blessings. Like "may the road rise up yo meet you" - that doesn't seem desirable to me.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:21 AM (fE6HJ)

78 X has a post by Nick Sortor inside the Antifa protest tent at the ICE facility in N.J. There's nothing remotely organic about it.

https://tinyurl.com/2mbyp79f

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 09:23 AM (jehhT)

79 Carried over:

37 My son Is engaging in negative self talk, so I sent him this suggestion from the internet:

"Limit Social Media Exposure: Social media can exacerbate feelings of comparison. Be mindful of how it affects your self-esteem and consider taking breaks or curating your feed to include more positive influences."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:27 AM (lQ+/f)

My dad has always been a real Eeyore, and he saw real benefit from a computer course by neuroscientist Dr. Amen on "stomping ANTs" (automatic negative thoughts), back in the day. I don't know if they even have that particular thing anymore, as that version of Windows is long in the rearview, but anyway there's no need to start so heavy. Here's the lightest intro:

Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs): How to Stop Toxic Thinking and Rewire Your Brain
Amen Clinics Blog: https://tinyurl.com/3v4ev9md

Conquer Your Negative Thoughts: The Secret to Emotional Freedom and Happiness by Daniel G. Amen, MD
amazon.com/dp/1496457641/

From the "related" lists at the Amazon link, you can see that his books cover a range from focusing on the science, to focusing on scripture. That one's in the middle.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 09:23 AM (Sy6m/)

80 The Irish have some odd blessings. Like "may the road rise up yo meet you" - that doesn't seem desirable to me.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026

***
I think that means "May the road go downhill all the way to your destination, instead of uphill."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:23 AM (wzUl9)

81 One of Anthony Fauci's accomplices is being investigated for, among other things, attempting to smuggle into Detroit Airport vials of "unknown biological substances" following a trip to Africa.

Monkeypox, according to a whistleblower.

Politico with the story...
Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 09:09 AM (J4Dwc)

I'm currently reading an SF novel "Consider Phelbas" and part of the story is that there are planets called "Dead Worlds", which are planets where the "humans" wiped themselves out through war, or disease or hubris, etc. and are to be left inviolate as remembrances why you (as a civilization) don't do certain stupid things.

Honestly, when I read things like this, I think "Yep, Dead World"

Can we as a species survive the hubristic stupidity of Our Betters?

I wonder.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (iJfKG)

82 @77 "To meet" is , how you say, metafora .

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)

83 Like "may the road rise up yo meet you" -

I hear that happens in loosely-packed earth during an earthquake, like in San Francisco.

Posted by: Numbers 16:32 at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (gKWVE)

84 I'm back, but with no Feline Pine litter. The Walmart site says the store I went to has it, but it wasn't there on the rack. I'll have to try one a little farther away. It's near an Aldi, so I can stop there for a few things too.

Breakfast first, and maybe a little coffee!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:25 AM (wzUl9)

85 Oh, I have seen Dr Amen's books, SciVo
I remember the name 😀

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:26 AM (LmPA0)

86
"To meet" is , how you say, metafora .
Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)

I think it means-

"May you walk in earthquakes."

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)

87 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.  As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever.  Amen.

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 May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)

88 I don't do that, but it's a great idea!
Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 09:14 AM (9rvP0)

At work, I have to change my passwords every 90 days, and I'm never able to come up with anything myself! The Bible is right there--thousands and thousands of phrases.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (h7ZuX)

89 There’s some kind of DNC strategy meeting going on now and the New Mexico governess gave a speech about how they don’t need men and men are terrible and stupid. Bold strategy, Cotton!

Posted by: Ian S. at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (QZThv)

90 I think it means-

"May you walk in earthquakes."
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)

NO. It does NOT.

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (GD0B3)

91 Beaten to the punch.

*shakes fist at Numbers 16:32*

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (iJfKG)

92 Great idea on the passwords, Vmom & Dash!

A couple songs for the thread:

https://youtu.be/QjJyZfDCa88

https://youtu.be/Wqx19wk3fTI

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:29 AM (kOluj)

93 I am starting to think Teddy K had a point, though I obviously disagree with his actions. And I'm not quite at the point where living in a shack and eating stray coyotes sounds like a good option. Yet...
Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026

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Oh. You meant the Unabomber guy, not JFK's brother! Whew!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

94 *shakes fist at Numbers 16:32*
Posted by: naturalfake

Gotta get up early in the morning! as Bugs Bunny said

Posted by: gKWVE at May 30, 2026 09:31 AM (gKWVE)

95 At work, I have to change my passwords every 90 days, and I'm never able to come up with anything myself! The Bible is right there--thousands and thousands of phrases.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (h7ZuX)

And lists and lists of names in various spots.

Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 09:32 AM (9rvP0)

96
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 09:33 AM (AMvSw)

97 Morning all

I saw a photo of Ronald Reagan this morning and it made me think: Wow, do I miss that man and that era. The 80s were awesome…. Of course I was young then and it’s awesome being young and indestructible

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026 09:34 AM (5E66+)

98 Wolfus - ha, I'm not sure which Ted K was more reprehensible. Kaczynski killed three people, and Kennedy killed only one that we know of, but Kennedy certainly did much greater harm to the country overall.

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026 09:35 AM (K1RVP)

99 Last day of the Pentecost Embertide, so eating, at most, fish today. Easier to observe with Her Majesty, who is rather anti-clerical, out of town.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 08:59 AM (HdYcL)
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I consider myself "trad sympathetic" and have been introducing traditional elements into my worship, such as fasting all day on Friday so that I can have meat with dinner.

But keeping two liturgical calendars concurrently is beyond me.

Maybe when I don't have kids in the house.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

100 I saw a photo of Ronald Reagan this morning and it made me think: Wow, do I miss that man and that era. The 80s were awesome…. Of course I was young then and it’s awesome being young and indestructible
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026

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Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I got together in '81, married in '83, split in '86. So we encompassed a lot of that decade. It was incredible in so many ways.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

101 Nice selections, Matthew Kant Cipher.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:38 AM (h7ZuX)

102 Wolfus - ha, I'm not sure which Ted K was more reprehensible. Kaczynski killed three people, and Kennedy killed only one that we know of, but Kennedy certainly did much greater harm to the country overall.
Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026

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Yes. Hart-Celler was not TK's bill, but he spoke in favor of it ("It will not change the ethnic composition of this country" -- ha!) and probably pushed for it in Congress.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

103 Like "may the road rise up yo meet you" -

May you be falling down drunk!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 09:41 AM (Kt19C)

104 Mostly Irish. May the road always rise up to meet you always made me think of a drunken Irish man face planting on the road

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 09:42 AM (SW0z7)

105 Oh Gorsuch wrote a kid's book - Heroes of 1776 I think

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (fE6HJ)

106 My cat Penny just turned off the volume on my computer.

I guess she doesn't like my music.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 08:27 AM (gnNyN)
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Mittens has been on a prescription high fiber cat food for several years. It has to be special ordered with the prescription and for some reason Petsmart decided that they will not act on prescriptions more than a year old. Long story short, we ran out while trying to get the vet, the scrip and the order placed.

In the interim, we fed Mittens store brand chunk tuna in water. She loves tuna. When we give her a bath, she gets tuna afterwards, and this causes her to be more docile.

The all-tuna diet actually worked out really well for her, and now that we have the cat food again, I plan on splitting her diet with it. It's quite remarkable. More energy, coat looks better, and the patch of fur that she had obsessively licked bald is now growing back in.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

107 This was a bird which spouse and I saw on our walk today:

https://tinyurl.com/3utevya6

It was also nice to smell the honeysuckle and wild roses.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (qx04c)

108 *tips cap*

Glad you enjoyed, Dash!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (kOluj)

109 I think it means-

"May you walk in earthquakes."
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)
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What would the Irish know about earthquakes? What it means is that when you are fallling-down drunk, the earth rises up to gently catch you before you pass out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

110 ...Can we as a species survive the hubristic stupidity of Our Betters?

I wonder.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (iJfKG)

Hubris is a story as old an Mankind. The noteworthy characteristic of our self-declared Elite(tm) is a complete lack of humility. Of course, they're heeding the siren song of Satan, "You can be like gods."

These people invariably have a high opinion of themselves and think that they can run a system with a few billion moving parts. Thus, the denial of the human person: people are merely things to be used or discarded as needed to build Heaven-on-Earth(tm).

Despite repeated failures, they keep trying.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ksbjf)

111 My cat Penny just turned off the volume on my computer.

I guess she doesn't like my music.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026

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My iMac keyboard has volume control buttons, so it's conceivable that one of the cats might pat the "Off" button.

Stirling normally sleeps on the side of the desk away from the computer and keyboard, and Dagny only rarely gets up there at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

112 AH Lloyd, buy some heart (beef or chicken) and add it to her tuna diet - for the taurine.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:45 AM (fE6HJ)

113
I am starting to think Teddy K had a point, though I obviously disagree with his actions. And I'm not quite at the point where living in a shack and eating stray coyotes sounds like a good option. Yet...

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026 09:04 AM

Kaczynski was spot on 93.3% of the time

the other 6.7% of the time he was very problematic

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (AMvSw)

114 Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I got together in '81, married in '83, split in '86. So we encompassed a lot of that decade. It was incredible in so many ways.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

The 80s for me were HS and college; carefree days. Since then it’s been nose to the grindstone

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (5E66+)

115 In the interim, we fed Mittens store brand chunk tuna in water. She loves tuna. When we give her a bath, she gets tuna afterwards, and this causes her to be more docile.

The all-tuna diet actually worked out really well for her, and now that we have the cat food again, I plan on splitting her diet with it. It's quite remarkable. More energy, coat looks better, and the patch of fur that she had obsessively licked bald is now growing back in.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026

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I wonder if my two would do well on that as a supplement or treat?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

116
Abide With Me, by William Henry Monk. Stuart Burrows is the tenor soloist with the Ambrosian Choir conducted by Wyn Morris.

https://youtu.be/4W7q6z9aHgg

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (HdYcL)

117 In the interim, we fed Mittens store brand chunk tuna in water. She loves tuna. When we give her a bath, she gets tuna afterwards, and this causes her to be more docile.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)
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I've tried feeding my cats tuna. They are all "meh."

In fact, they tend to turn their noses up at any and all seafood-based cat food.

One of my former coworkers has a cat who is allergic to chicken, so he and his wife have to feed her specially formulated cat food with NO CHICKEN.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)

118 https://tinyurl.com/3utevya6

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (kOluj)

119 Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 09:23 AM

Thanks very much for the suggestion. I hope you have a blessed day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (qx04c)

120 My iMac keyboard has volume control buttons, so it's conceivable that one of the cats might pat the "Off" button.

Stirling normally sleeps on the side of the desk away from the computer and keyboard, and Dagny only rarely gets up there at all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)
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Penny usually hangs out in her cat bed on the side portion of my desk. But lately she's taken to camping directly between my keyboard and the monitors. When she stretches out her paws, she hits the "mute" button on the keyboard.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:48 AM (gnNyN)

121 May Almighty GOD have all praise and glory, we give thanks for many blessings already received. We ask that He grant healing, mercy and grace to those suffering.
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Amen

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 09:49 AM (LHPAg)

122 AH Lloyd, buy some heart (beef or chicken) and add it to her tuna diet - for the taurine.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:45 AM (fE6HJ)
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You know, she hates all other human foods. Dakota, the younger one, will eat literally anything. We think she was nursed by a bitch and raised with puppies because she begs during dinner and will snatch food off the table. Mittens despises her and one of the signs of her revival is that she is now defending herself and her food. For a while, she'd just growl at Dakota and slink away.

But now she's throwing haymakers and screaming like a wildcat.

Anyway, fish is what Mittens craves. Always has. Make a tuna sandwich and she'll be crawling up your leg. I suppose she's over the moon eating filet mignon for every meal. I was afraid she'd refuse her other food, but she chows down on that as well. Funny thing is that canned cat food is much more expensive.

So much for old people eating cat food.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

123 One of Anthony Fauci's accomplices is being investigated for, among other things, attempting to smuggle into Detroit Airport vials of "unknown biological substances" following a trip to Africa.

Monkeypox, according to a whistleblower.

Politico with the story...
Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 09:09 AM (J4Dwc)
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The movie "Twelve Monkeys" was not meant to be an instructional video...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:50 AM (gnNyN)

124 Fenelon, another idea - tell your son to set 20 min timers to interrupt his screen time. 20-20-20
It's primarily to give eyes a break - every 20 mon take 20 seconds to look at something 20 feet away.
I just started doing it for my eyes.
Side effect - also interrupts obsessive doom scrolling.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:51 AM (fE6HJ)

125 In the interim, we fed Mittens store brand chunk tuna in water. She loves tuna. When we give her a bath, she gets tuna afterwards, and this causes her to be more docile.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)
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I've tried feeding my cats tuna. They are all "meh."

In fact, they tend to turn their noses up at any and all seafood-based cat food.

One of my former coworkers has a cat who is allergic to chicken, so he and his wife have to feed her specially formulated cat food with NO CHICKEN.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)

Our cat loves tuna. We give her a little bit when we're making a tuna salad sandwich. She knows the sound when she hears that first "hiss" when Mrs. Cup punctures the can, and come running.

As far as the kitteh that needs special food: Pets really do become members of the family, and lots of people take extra effort to ensure the health of their pets.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:51 AM (ksbjf)

126 Whoops - wasn't trying to steal your link there, Fen. I just had a dumbass attack and pasted it in the wrong place... beautiful bird, BTW!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:52 AM (kOluj)

127 One of my former coworkers has a cat who is allergic to chicken, so he and his wife have to feed her specially formulated cat food with NO CHICKEN.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)
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Cats are really weird like that. It makes them more interesting pets. Dogs are pretty much as they are. Quirks to be sure, differences between breeds, but even littermates can have radically different personalities.

And of course cats lie. If you can read a cat, you can read anyone.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:52 AM (ZOv7s)

128 As far as the kitteh that needs special food: Pets really do become members of the family, and lots of people take extra effort to ensure the health of their pets.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:51 AM (ksbjf)
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Of course! I'd do the same if I discovered one of my cats had an allergy like that.

Kaylee's the only one that seems to have some issues with food, but then some cats just like to throw up. Vet's never been able to pin it down to anything concrete. I have noticed that giving her some treats at the end of the day does seem to help her digestion a bit.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:53 AM (gnNyN)

129 Doggeh eats better than I do
All homecooked
I don't even cook for myself usually!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:54 AM (fE6HJ)

130 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Would appreciate some good thoughts - I have a CT Scan scheduled on Monday morning, followed by a visit with my oncology surgeon in the afternoon. All of my numbers so far have been looking good, but I always get a touch of "scanxiety" before these things....

I've beaten the odds this long, but you just never know with this type of cancer - it's very sneaky. And we know that one day the news is not going to be good. It's the waiting for that other shoe to drop that is sometimes the hardest.

Thanks so much! 💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (SRRAx)

131 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (HFx9z)

132 Anyway, fish is what Mittens craves.... I was afraid she'd refuse her other food, but she chows down on that as well. Funny thing is that canned cat food is much more expensive.

So much for old people eating cat food.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

Wasn't the whole "old Americans eating dog/cat food to survive" a calumny against the U.S. devised by the Commies? I've heard that, inside the Soviet Union, the reaction to that was, "Wait, Americans have special food for pets?!!!!"

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ksbjf)

133
I consider myself "trad sympathetic" and have been introducing traditional elements into my worship, such as fasting all day on Friday so that I can have meat with dinner.

But keeping two liturgical calendars concurrently is beyond me.

Maybe when I don't have kids in the house.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

As I said, Her Majesty, to put it mildly, didn't think much of my returning to the Catholic Faith of my baptism. After some acrimonious discussions, we have something of a modus vivendi: I don't bring it up and she doesn't get in the way of my doing what I'm obliged to do.

On Fridays, my usual Penance is not to listen to my music. If she's out of town, I have fish. I'm past 60 and eat irregularly anyway, so I don't fast. I'd like to observe the full set of Days of Obligation, but I do those required. Since she's away right now, I can do the Ember Days this week without a problem.

I'm not doing anything wrong, but I wish I could do more right. I know I ought to be more courageous, but we also have to live.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (HdYcL)

134 Mornin' Horde. The beat goes on, la-di-da-di-eff this, I need real music.

/cranks up Sabaton

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 30, 2026 09:56 AM (N5734)

135 {TiFW}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

136 Funny thing is that canned cat food is much more expensive.

So much for old people eating cat food.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

My cat gets kibble, but also a good spoonful (about 1/4 cup) twice daily of salmon or minced chicken that I cooked for her. It's lots less expensive to cook up some extra than to buy the canned food, and she likes it better.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:57 AM (h7ZuX)

137 Chateau Lloyd update: school is winding down and I can't believe that next fall the grandkids will be in elementary school (K/1). Time is flying by. They're able to take on chores of course, and so peace and order is returning to our humble abode.

What seemed like a crushing burden years ago has been a tremendous blessing in disguise. There is still a lot of work to do and the budget remains tight, but I can't think of any vacation or product that is worth more than having such a great relationship with the kids and watching them grow up so closely.

Put simply: this is the good part - teaching, explaining, doing things and giving advice. God be praised!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

138 Hadrian, I pray frequently to St Monica that my husband & kids return to the church.
I will pray for your wife.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:59 AM (fE6HJ)

139 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Would appreciate some good thoughts - I have a CT Scan scheduled on Monday morning, followed by a visit with my oncology surgeon in the afternoon. All of my numbers so far have been looking good, but I always get a touch of "scanxiety" before these things....

I've beaten the odds this long, but you just never know with this type of cancer - it's very sneaky. And we know that one day the news is not going to be good. It's the waiting for that other shoe to drop that is sometimes the hardest.

Thanks so much! 💕💕💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (SRRAx)

Hi Teresa, there's so many intentions among the Horde that I simply can't remember them all. However, I've mentioned you by name the last few Rosaries.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:59 AM (ksbjf)

140 Abide With Me, by William Henry Monk. Stuart Burrows is the tenor soloist with the Ambrosian Choir conducted by Wyn Morris.

https://youtu.be/4W7q6z9aHgg
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (HdYcL)

Thanks for that. It’s been one of my favorite hymns for years. When other helpers fail and comforts flee. Help of the helpless, Lord abide with me…. Just wonderful lyrics

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026 10:00 AM (ALKK0)

141 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie! It's great that this Horde Community takes a few minutes to swap news and pray for one another.

May God continue to bless us with His mercy and grace.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 30, 2026 10:00 AM (D/6p1)

142 Wasn't the whole "old Americans eating dog/cat food to survive" a calumny against the U.S. devised by the Commies? I've heard that, inside the Soviet Union, the reaction to that was, "Wait, Americans have special food for pets?!!!!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ksbjf)
Purina Raccoon Chow.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:02 AM (LHPAg)

143 Hi Teresa, there's so many intentions among the Horde that I simply can't remember them all. However, I've mentioned you by name the last few Rosaries.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:59 AM (ksbjf)
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I include the Horde as a whole in my daily prayers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)

144 Password changes do get tougher the more you have. One standby cheat of mine is to pick adjacent letters and adjacent numbers and spam them. For a 12 digit password I might choose ccvvCCVV45$%. So 2 letters, the caps of those letters, 2 numbers, and the caps of those 2 numbers.

It works for me

Posted by: 496 at May 30, 2026 10:03 AM (sOtuf)

145 Purina Raccoon Chow.
Posted by: Eromero

Made from real Raccoons!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2026 10:03 AM (Y2B0/)

146 20. Long-term involuntary LWOP status" sucks.
Posted by: RandomDave

I hope that's not your real 'working status.'

If it is and you're in the public sector, resolve it - you know you have to fight through a union, if possible, &/or other available resources, and get some kind of a deal. Then do move on afterwards.

Best of luck.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 30, 2026 10:05 AM (NFX2v)

147 Saw a photo of Ronald Reagan this morning and it made me think: Wow, do I miss that man and that era. The 80s were awesome…. Of course I was young then and it’s awesome being young and indestructible
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026

80s and 90s was peak America. Kids today yearn for it. Friends is one of the most popular shows on streaming. Kids are buying records and Polaroids. 80s/90s music is also big with them.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:05 AM (JQVry)

148 Chateau Lloyd update: school is winding down and I can't believe that next fall the grandkids will be in elementary school (K/1). Time is flying by. ...

What seemed like a crushing burden years ago has been a tremendous blessing in disguise....

Put simply: this is the good part - teaching, explaining, doing things and giving advice. God be praised!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

We had similar thing happen to use when our daughter divorced her first husband. She and the granddaughter (about 2 years old) moved in with us. It was a challenge, but also a joy. Fast-forward about 4 years and our daughter met a great man and they got married and had two boys. You'd never know that our granddaughter wasn't his girl.

Now of the grandchildren, the 16 year old boy is discerning the priesthood.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ksbjf)

149 Hadrian, I pray frequently to St Monica that my husband & kids return to the church.
I will pray for your wife.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:59 AM (fE6HJ)
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St. Monica is part of my prayer posse and hearts are slowing returning to the Church. My eldest is still semi-separated, but has agreed to have the grandkids baptized and raised Catholic.

For my birthday (which falls on a Sunday) I've asked everyone to attend Mass. There was a time when I did this and no one would do it. Principles or something. I was so pissed off that I walked to the parish in the rain. The readings and homily that day seemed to be specifically addressed to me, and I walked home feeling much better.

When I got home, everyone was filled with remorse and the day ended in joy, but the battle never really stops.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

150 All my passwords are random lie 72!GqqA@11$ or whatever. I don’t keep track of any of them. Anything I log into something I do a password reset.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (JQVry)

151
I've heard that, inside the Soviet Union, the reaction to that was, "Wait, Americans have special food for pets?!!!!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ksbjf)

In the 40's, Soviet cinemas showed newsreels of a race riot in Detroit. Someone in the audience exclaimed, "Look at the shoes the Negro is wearing!" Similarly, officials stopped showing The Grapes of Wrath when Russians saw that in America even poor people could have a truck.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (HdYcL)

152 I include the Horde as a whole in my daily prayers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)

I do too. But I always mention a nic or two for special attention.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)

153 80s and 90s was peak America. Kids today yearn for it. Friends is one of the most popular shows on streaming. Kids are buying records and Polaroids. 80s/90s music is also big with them.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:05 AM (JQVry)
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My youngest is a devotee of Depeche Mode. Loves the 80s sound. I guess there are current groups that are decent, and part of that is that they are retro 80s in style.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

154 Good morning all
Been kind of quiet week here. Trying to keep to my exercise routine to have stuff to do. I've been having trouble sleeping soundly, tossing and turning as the song goes. I read a post about eating before bedtime. It said to stop 3 hours before. I often snack at night so tried this. It did seem to make a difference so will keep it up and report next week to see if it was a fluke or actually works.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 30, 2026 10:09 AM (kJmSS)

155 Good morning

Featuring a delicate balance between corruption and incompetence allow me to introduce the fine men and women of law enforcement in the Costilla County, CO sheriff's office. This is the agency nominally "in charge" of the non-investigation into my F-I-L's murder, from 2008 until 2024. Sixteen years of deflections, denials and downright negligence, including the loss of the (admittedly skimpy) investigative file which was never recovered. Now half the department has been indicted and the rest, save one, have resigned.

Denver Post:

"Missing evidence, mishandled cases and financial malfeasance: ‘The law just doesn’t exist’ in this rural Colorado county"

https://tinyurl.com/5ey8af8y

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)

156 St. Monica is part of my prayer posse and hearts are slowing returning to the Church. My eldest is still semi-separated, but has agreed to have the grandkids baptized and raised Catholic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

My oldest and his drunkard wife want nothing to do with the church of any type. Their stance is "the kids will choose if they want". My 15 year old grand had herself baptized and WOW! was Mom po'd.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2026 10:09 AM (Y2B0/)

157 ruptured appendix is very scary due to the threat of peritonitis, though, and he's in generally good health, but he's 73. Thank you.
Posted by: huerfano

Damn, I thought if you made it that far you were good to go appendix wise.
Thanks for one more thing to worry about in my golden years. Lol.
Prayers for your brother.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 10:09 AM (sl73Y)

158
March from Bridge on the River Kwai by Malcolm Arnold, arranged by Christopher Palmer.

This is not - repeat, not - the more familiar Colonel Bogey by Kenneth Alford.

https://youtu.be/qkJoufVDRt0

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:10 AM (HdYcL)

159 It can be break time

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:10 AM (Ia/+0)

160 youngest is a devotee of Depeche Mode. Loves the 80s sound

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Mine as well. Also The Smiths, The Cure, New Order all that New Wave stuff. Friends as well, they’re all into that kind of music.

GenZ, grew up 100% in an always on, digital world and they’re rebelling by looking to a pre-digital world. And they’re fucking hate AI with a passion. Those college graduation boos weren’t some isolated event.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (JQVry)

161 I'm going to see Weird Al live tomorrow night. I hope he does "Hardware Store".

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (vFG9F)

162 Sixteen years of deflections, denials and downright negligence, including the loss of the (admittedly skimpy) investigative file which was never recovered. Now half the department has been indicted and the rest, save one, have resigned.

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I'm betting the problem is, they have no fat lesbians in charge of the department.

You can't run a governmental department without fat lesbians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (u/oMr)

163 I do too. But I always mention a nic or two for special attention.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, and there is always room for special 'impromptu' prayers, but I try to set a baseline because we all need it.

I've taught my kids that the absolute best time for prayers
is right after receiving the Eucharist because Christ is literally within you. What better time to offer praise, and ask for blessings?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

164 In the 40's, Soviet cinemas showed newsreels of a race riot in Detroit. Someone in the audience exclaimed, "Look at the shoes the Negro is wearing!" Similarly, officials stopped showing The Grapes of Wrath when Russians saw that in America even poor people could have a truck.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (HdYcL)
This is a great point. Today's rioters are the most well-fed rioters in history.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:15 AM (LHPAg)

165 Poor in America means you have last year’s iPhone.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:15 AM (JQVry)

166 St. Monica is part of my prayer posse ...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

I also have my specific litany of holy men and women. For intersessions for healing, I always petition Servant of God, Fr. Vincent Capodanno, MM. He was a Navy Chaplain KIA during a battle in Vietnam in 1967 after having been wounded twice before his fatal wound. Witnesses saw him rendering first aid and Last Rites with complete disregard of his own safety.

The Old Man served in the same area and supported the same Marine units in 1969.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ksbjf)

167 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (hcPzc)

168 GenZ, grew up 100% in an always on, digital world and they’re rebelling by looking to a pre-digital world. And they’re fucking hate AI with a passion. Those college graduation boos weren’t some isolated event.
Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (JQVry)
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It's interesting to see. My eldest is a Millennial, and uses AI all the time. The younger two despise it, hate it with visceral fury. Both of them are artistically inclined, and they *know* the work they do online is being scraped and repackaged.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ZOv7s)

169 Anyone in NJ know the deal with one of your Reps , Tom Kean? He's been absent for over a hundred days . Says he is on medical leave but won't disclose for what and he plans on running for reelection in June. I don't care that he's a Republican. It's bullshit. He's going to lose that seat .

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (WNOcj)

170
But I always mention a nic or two for special attention.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)

I have two for whom I ask the intercession of, respectively, Blessed Karl of Austria and the Venerable Emil Kapaun.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:17 AM (HdYcL)

171 GenZ, grew up 100% in an always on, digital world and they’re rebelling by looking to a pre-digital world. And they’re fucking hate AI with a passion. Those college graduation boos weren’t some isolated event.
Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (JQVry)

The young Gen Z engineers I work with love vinyl records and other analog tech. I've heard that they're fascinated by manual typewriters.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:18 AM (ksbjf)

172 In the 40's, Soviet cinemas showed newsreels of a race riot in Detroit. Someone in the audience exclaimed, "Look at the shoes the Negro is wearing!" Similarly, officials stopped showing The Grapes of Wrath when Russians saw that in America even poor people could have a truck.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (HdYcL)
This is a great point. Today's rioters are the most well-fed rioters in history.
Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:15 AM (LHPAg)

Also showed the poor neighborhoods in NYC but didn't realize the clothes lines strung building to building with a lot of clothes on them caught the attention of the Russian people.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:19 AM (WNOcj)

173 Last summer I added J.R.R. Tolkien to the prayer posse. The fact that Pope Leo included a quote from him in his encyclical (specifically LotR) is yet another sign that his cause for canonization is moving forward.

It's pretty wild to see him go from a fringe fantasy author to Author of the Century and now be regarded as a philosophical giant of the Church. Several of our recently ordained priests said they were inspired by his writings.

I'm re-reading the Silmarillion and also reading City of God and WOW. I always loved it as a heroic tale, but there is just so much going on. Tolkien is basically laying out the Council of God and the reality of spiritual warfare in laymen's terms.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)

174 Prayers to all of the Horde in need, and your family & friends. 🙏🏼

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 30, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)

175 Americans and especially leftists have no idea how wealthy the US is relative to the rest of the world. There is no poverty here, save for the drugged out bums in costal cities. And that’s not an economic thing it’s a mental health and drug use thing.

Wanna see poverty? Go to the slums of India or Brazil. That’s poverty. In America, the “poor” live better than 80% of the world’s population.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:22 AM (JQVry)

176 Saying New Order and Depeche Mode weren't/aren't "digital" is certainly a take.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 30, 2026 10:23 AM (yYROg)

177 Anyone in NJ know the deal with one of your Reps , Tom Kean? He's been absent for over a hundred days . Says he is on medical leave but won't disclose for what and he plans on running for reelection in June. I don't care that he's a Republican. It's bullshit. He's going to lose that seat .
Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (WNOcj)
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The One Job of being in Congress is to vote. If you can't make it to vote, you can't do the job.

This business of collecting salary and benefits will being in a coma has to stop. It won't because all the other congresscritters want to do the same.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

178 But I always mention a nic or two for special attention.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)

I have two for whom I ask the intercession of, respectively, Blessed Karl of Austria and the Venerable Emil Kapaun.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:17 AM (HdYcL)

You misunderstand, I mention nics amongst the Horde.

However, I do have my personal Litany of holy men. Blessed Karl of Austria is not in that group, but I did have the privilege of hearing a talk given by one of his grandchildren (a rather elderly man) at a Catholic Men's Conference about 4 years ago.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:24 AM (ksbjf)

179 The all-tuna diet actually worked out really well for her, and now that we have the cat food again, I plan on splitting her diet with it. It's quite remarkable. More energy, coat looks better, and the patch of fur that she had obsessively licked bald is now growing back in.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

I was told that tuna is high in magnesium and that is not optimal for cats, but I wonder if your cat was deficient in magnesium or in fish oils and Vitamin D. You could try her on different meats as well. Chicken is higher in Mg, for example.
It is something suggested to help with mood and sleeping.


I wonder what PestMart thinks the street value of high fiber cat food is.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:25 AM (rbvCR)

180 narf

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (rbvCR)

181 This is a great point. Today's rioters are the most well-fed rioters in history.
Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:15 AM (LHPAg)
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They're professionals. Been that way for a while.

The whole business of besieging federal facilities gives the game away.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)

182 I'm re-reading the Silmarillion and also reading City of God and WOW. I always loved it as a heroic tale, but there is just so much going on. Tolkien is basically laying out the Council of God and the reality of spiritual warfare in laymen's terms.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
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This portion of your comment has been plagiarized for tomorrow's Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (gnNyN)

183
I suffer from food insecurity. I may not have enough chocolate ice cream in the house.

*bites fingernails nervously*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (HdYcL)

184 Yo Hordians. I'm drinking artisanal small batch microroast with a shot of lavender and some oat milk.

There's a big Heritage Days festival at the park. Civil War reenactors (their camp coffee smelled great), farm equipment, ye olde crafts, etc. plus an auto show. Why can't modern cars be this cool? Make Detroit Iron Great Again!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (kpS4V)

185 Saying New Order and Depeche Mode weren't/aren't "digital" is certainly a take.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 30, 2026 10:23 AM (yYROg)
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They like older music, they're not purists whining about Bob Dylan going electric.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:27 AM (ZOv7s)

186 I suffer from food insecurity. I may not have enough chocolate ice cream in the house.

*bites fingernails nervously*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (HdYcL)

The struggle is real.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:28 AM (ksbjf)

187 The One Job of being in Congress is to vote. If you can't make it to vote, you can't do the job.

This business of collecting salary and benefits will being in a coma has to stop. It won't because all the other congresscritters want to do the same.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)
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The staffers who are utterly dependent on their patrons remaining in office share part of the blame.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:28 AM (gnNyN)

188 "Why can't modern cars be this cool?"

We have to protect our phony baloney jobs.

Posted by: The US Federal Department Of Ruining Everything at May 30, 2026 10:28 AM (vFG9F)

189 Hubris is a story as old an Mankind. The noteworthy characteristic of our self-declared Elite(tm) is a complete lack of humility. Of course, they're heeding the siren song of Satan, "You can be like gods."

These people invariably have a high opinion of themselves and think that they can run a system with a few billion moving parts. Thus, the denial of the human person: people are merely things to be used or discarded as needed to build Heaven-on-Earth(tm).

Despite repeated failures, they keep trying.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ksbjf)

I always say, Eden Man is Babel Man is Soviet Man is Davos Man, just recapitulations of the same First Lie swallowed by a silly little clay golem with delusions of adequacy: believing it can be its own god, decide its own morality, and (after Eden) reach or make paradise on its own power. Anything to avoid submission to the Creator of All, while the self-styled Masters of the Universe have made no progress at all on their maximum longevity, only increasing their odds of approaching it. Just the pure delusion of injured pride.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 10:29 AM (Sy6m/)

190 naturalfake,

"Waiting is the hardest part."

I just went through that process a couple of years ago. Email in mic if you want to share. I'd be glad to share my experience.

Ask your Doc about the Decipher test if you haven't yet.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 10:30 AM (+rSJz)

191 Why can't modern cars be this cool? Make Detroit Iron Great Again!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (kpS4V)

CAFE standards determining minimum fuel efficiencies.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:30 AM (rbvCR)

192 youngest is a devotee of Depeche Mode. Loves the 80s sound

—

Mine as well. Also The Smiths, The Cure, New Order all that New Wave stuff. Friends as well, they’re all into that kind of music.

GenZ, grew up 100% in an always on, digital world and they’re rebelling by looking to a pre-digital world. And they’re fucking hate AI with a passion. Those college graduation boos weren’t some isolated event.
Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (JQVry)

A big part of this is the new addiction to Lp music.

One of the kiddos is all in on this.

I wish I'd kept my collection of Lps to dump on them, but alas.

Anyway, they prefer new pressings, though aa few old slip in.

some new music but mostly their catalogue runs late 6os to early 2000s.

Melodic music is slowly making a comeback.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)

193 I moved north of Houston next to Sam Houston State Park. There is an HEB nearby . I thought I'd be able to do my shopping during the week when everyone else is working. What I found out is apparently no one working.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:34 AM (WNOcj)

194 I'm just saying, with the old bulgemobiles, you could stuff bodies in the trunk, run moonshine, and then squire your lady to the Copacabana in the evening.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:34 AM (kpS4V)

195 >>>What they shared was a pure love of the game.

Posted by: Ignoramus

>What you have now is dogshit. Sloppy three point shooting contests, no plays, fifth grade coaching and a complete disregard for the rules. The refereeing sucks balls. The league wants to above all else, sell tickets, and gambling.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 10:35 AM (D1E+2)

196 naturalfake,

"Waiting is the hardest part."

I just went through that process a couple of years ago. Email in mic if you want to share. I'd be glad to share my experience.

Ask your Doc about the Decipher test if you haven't yet.
Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 10:30 AM (+rSJz)

I think you're addressing the wrong Moron on this.

Don't curse me!!!!111111!!!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:35 AM (iJfKG)

197 What you have now is dogshit. Sloppy three point shooting contests, no plays, fifth grade coaching and a complete disregard for the rules. The refereeing sucks balls. The league wants to above all else, sell tickets, and gambling.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 10:35 AM (D1E+2

I blame Michael Jordan. Seriously.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:36 AM (WNOcj)

198 I had missed a request last night from heurfano. She needs prayers for her brother, R, who will have appendix surgery tonight.

Posted by: Annies Stew at May 30, 2026 10:37 AM (dNIAD)

199 >What you have now is dogshit. Sloppy three point shooting contests, no plays, fifth grade coaching and a complete disregard for the rules. The refereeing sucks balls. The league wants to above all else, sell tickets, and gambling.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 10:35 AM (D1E+2)

And diving. Last year's league MVP would make half the teams in the World Cup blush with his perpetual diving.

Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 10:38 AM (9rvP0)

200 I wish I'd kept my collection of Lps to dump on them, but alas.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)
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My father has a collection of vinyl stored in crates. If I stacked them end to end, it would be 21 feet high.

His turntable is fully automated. You put the album on, lock in the control arm, it scans the disk, counts the tracks, and then you can program the order in which you want them played, just like a DVD.

I inherited his older semi-portable table. It was buried in crap, but as we clean out the house it will be brought into use.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)

201
 I moved north of Houston next to Sam Houston State Park. 

___________

I go to church near there on Breen Road off Fairbanks North Houston. Unfortunately I live in Iowa Colony, which is 45 miles away.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:40 AM (HdYcL)

202 Could use a nap time now

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:40 AM (Ia/+0)

203 166 St. Monica is part of my prayer posse ...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

Me too!
My daily saints list, I call it. 😇

When I signed up for OCIA last year (baptized Catholic but never confirmed), I told my hubby I want him to be my sponsor but he had to be in good standing, so he started going to Sunday mass with me.
Confirmation is done but he still attends Mass with me. Thank you, St Monica!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:42 AM (fE6HJ)

204 202 Could use a nap time now
Posted by: Skip

Go for it, Skip!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:43 AM (fE6HJ)

205 Prayers up for everyone who asked, and those who didn’t.

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 10:43 AM (c1LkM)

206 There are generic Congressman who can't barely function yet seem to not miss votes until its a embarrassment then seem to not be able to make it.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:43 AM (Ia/+0)

207 Still out working on my 1WP. Think will try cutting out worse parts of bents

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:44 AM (Ia/+0)

208 I wish I'd kept my collection of Lps to dump on them, but alas.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)
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My father has a collection of vinyl stored in crates. If I stacked them end to end, it would be 21 feet high.

His turntable is fully automated. You put the album on, lock in the control arm, it scans the disk, counts the tracks, and then you can program the order in which you want them played, just like a DVD.

I inherited his older semi-portable table. It was buried in crap, but as we clean out the house it will be brought into use.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)

That's very cool.

If I had something like that, I might have kept my LPs.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)

209 Melodic music is slowly making a comeback.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)
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I want to highlight this. Even though 80s and 90s music often used electronics, sampling, etc., it was still musically complex and the lyrics were often profound. The turns of phrase, use of rhyme, all that is missing.

It's kind of crazy to look back at the incredible musicianship groups regarded as "garage bands" or "hair bands" let alone "alternative/techno" were able to produce.

"It's just two guys with a synth." Sure, but what are they doing with it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)

210 There are generic Congressman who can't barely function yet seem to not miss votes until its a embarrassment then seem to not be able to make it.
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:43 AM (Ia/+0)
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It's kind of funny, but even while they revile the GOP as Nazis, the Dems still adhere to the old practice of "pairing" so that neither side loses a key vote due to absences.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:47 AM (ZOv7s)

211 You can't run a governmental department without fat lesbians.
Posted by: Cicero

*********

In this situation that might be an improvement. The prototypical Costilla County sheriff's deputy body type is roughly the shape of the Pillsbury dough boy. Five foot four. Two fitty, Two fitty fi.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 10:48 AM (qgHp7)

212 I'm finally learning how to type properly . It's going slowly. I'm using typing. com when it's slow at work. I took a typing class in high school but it didn't stick and I don't remember anything from it. It was during the '80s...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)

213 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:47 AM (ZOv7s)

The part that really angers me with Kean is he won't disclose what he's being treated for. I understand if he wasn't running for reelection but he is. Bitch you can't keep that shit secret.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:51 AM (WNOcj)

214 https://tinyurl.com/5ey8af8y
Posted by: muldoon

I hope justice finally comes to your town.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (LmPA0)

215
"It's just two guys with a synth." Sure, but what are they doing with it?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)

I was listening to OMD (Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark) earlier this week.

Yeah, just two guys and a synth (or five).

But, man, they made some great music.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (iJfKG)

216 Another crazy attempting to breach the cockpit of an airliner -- this one yesterday on a United flight from O'Hare to Minneapolis.

Dear Crazies: You are not getting past that hardened cockpit door. And even if you did, you'd be met with the first officer splitting your head open with a crash ax.

And you will also not be able to open any of the regular cabin doors or emergency exits at 30,000 feet either, no matter how hard you try. It's physics, you see...

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (J4Dwc)

217 "It's just two guys with a synth." Sure, but what are they doing with it?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s
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Purity Ring and Phantogram are two duos who create lush and complex music.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (kpS4V)

218 Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)

I used to be able to type over a 100wpm but since I retired and all my typing is done on a phone or iPad I'm a one finger typer now.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:53 AM (WNOcj)

219 I'm finally learning how to type properly . It's going slowly. I'm using typing. com when it's slow at work. I took a typing class in high school but it didn't stick and I don't remember anything from it. It was during the '80s...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)
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I took it in the spring of 1991. Back then, the high school had a graduation requirement that you learn an applied skill, so shop class or typing. We trained on IBM Selectric IIIs, total beasts. It transformed my life. No more writing longhand, it's all composing at the keyboard.

I think you needed 50 WPM to pass. I was around 90. My grandmother was professionally trained and when she fired up the typewriter, it was like an MG42. BRRRRRR.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:54 AM (ZOv7s)

220 I know a United pilot. Amazing shooter and shooting coach. Too bad he can't carry on the plane...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:55 AM (VCgbV)

221 The part that really angers me with Kean is he won't disclose what he's being treated for. I understand if he wasn't running for reelection but he is. Bitch you can't keep that shit secret.
Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:51 AM (WNOcj)
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Sounds like he needs a primary opponent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:55 AM (ZOv7s)

222 i'm lazy and hate typing or writing

Posted by: I weep for humanity at May 30, 2026 10:56 AM (jrgJz)

223 216 Another crazy attempting to breach the cockpit of an airliner -- this one yesterday on a United flight from O'Hare to Minneapolis

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I just scroogled it - unlucky for him, 5 off-duty LEOs were also on the flight. Hah!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:57 AM (LmPA0)

224 Yeah, I'm at about 12-15wpm, lololol! No idea how I passed typing in high school. I'm mainly type on my phone and iPad but use a keyboard for work.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:57 AM (VCgbV)

225 >>>I know a United pilot. Amazing shooter and shooting coach. Too bad he can't carry on the plane...

He could apply to be a Federal Flight Deck Officer. Then he could fly armed.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 11:00 AM (J4Dwc)

226 Thanks for the prayers!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 11:00 AM (SRRAx)

227 Damn near June, 11AM, and the temperature is 50° and falling.
This is not optimal.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 11:01 AM (sl73Y)

228 Oh shoot, naturalfake.

Cut and paste fail.

5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.

This is what I was responding to.

My sincerest apologies.

Of course the offer, along with sympathy stands for Different nic

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 11:02 AM (+rSJz)

229 I'm finally learning how to type properly . It's going slowly. I'm using typing. com when it's slow at work. I took a typing class in high school but it didn't stick and I don't remember anything from it. It was during the '80s...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)

I learned in HS in the 80's too, but I had to learn to type fast doing customer contact reports on the computer. I brushed up by typing in random stuff from any book I could find that would stay open on the desk.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 11:04 AM (rbvCR)

230 Here's an example:

Undersheriff wanted to run a simulated traffic stop for training of new deputies. He pulls an inmate out of the county jail and puts him in a car on the street outside the sheriff's office. Th then pulls out his sidearm and empties all the ammo out, and hands it to the inmate.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:04 AM (qgHp7)

231 214 https://tinyurl.com/5ey8af8y
Posted by: muldoon

I hope justice finally comes to your town.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (LmPA0)
Been a long time.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

232 Well, time to get moving. God be with you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 11:06 AM (ZOv7s)

233 Here's another example. The former undersheriff who was supposedly the lead investigator is the one who "misplaced" the physical investigative file on Jack's case. Shrugged his shoulders and said, "Nah!" when we offered to provide all the information we had accumulated to help rebuild the file. A couple years later he was arrested for running a scam trophy hunting scheme, charging out-of-state hunters $3 or4 thou for a guided elk hunt without hunting licenses or having a permit for the private properties he took them on. He also let them drive his patrol car on local highways at 100 mph with lights and siren for a thrill. He did jail time for all of that. Later died during COVID.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:08 AM (qgHp7)

234 "The Post reviewed another photo in which Soto, the undersheriff, sent the entire office a picture of his scrotum on their internal messaging system."

Something that's just begging for a limerick.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 11:10 AM (J4Dwc)

235 Look out! Tom Steyer is mad!

https://tinyurl.com/2ujsk77z

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)

236 I took typing in 1965 because all of us on the football team was in love with the teacher, who was only 5 years older than us. We still had manual return typewriters but also some electric. I had an electric with no letters or numbers on the keys, but still managed to hit 60 WPM, now nearly 60 years later I'm back to 15 WPM.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 11:13 AM (LHPAg)

237
today would have been my late wife's 58th birthday

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 11:16 AM (AMvSw)

238 I hope justice finally comes to your town.
Posted by: vmom deport
++++++++++
Been a long time.
Posted by: Eromero

*********

Thanks both.

The only bright spot is that since the winter of '23-'24 when my wife arranged for a K9 search of the suspect's property, the case has been taken over by the CBI, with two highly professional and skilled detectives who have committed to locating the fugitive (former neighbor of Jack). In spite of 16 years cold, with no primary source documents from CCSO, they have compiled enough evidence to convince the DA to issue a 2nd degree murder warrant (though we have no body and haven't located the fugitive). Potential witnesses have died or moved away in the interim.

So we endeavour to persevere, though it is always with us.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:17 AM (qgHp7)

239 My fingers always seemed to get stuck between keys on those manual typewriters.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 11:17 AM (J4Dwc)

240 I typed all my papers in my MBA program because I couldn't afford to pay the undergraduates who were providing the service for $2 a page.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:17 AM (WNOcj)

241 I took typing in jr hi.
From Miss Showalter.
Her grading was weird: FDSA JKL;

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 11:18 AM (2WIwB)

242 today would have been my late wife's 58th birthday
Posted by: AltonJackson

******

May her memory be blessed. How long ago has it been?

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:18 AM (qgHp7)

243 Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 11:16 AM (AMvSw)

I didn't realize she'd passed away. Belated, but sincere, condolances.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 30, 2026 11:20 AM (lFFaq)

244
How long ago has it been?

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:18 AM

it'll be five years this Thanksgiving

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 11:22 AM (AMvSw)

245 During the 80's and 90's I had a transcriptionist to type up all my reports I read into a dictaphone. Those were the good old days.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:23 AM (WNOcj)

246 Anyway, they prefer new pressings, though aa few old slip in.

some new music but mostly their catalogue runs late 6os to early 2000s.

Melodic music is slowly making a comeback.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)

I have become obsessed with this one live show from 1972, before I was born. I'm considering getting the DVD, even though I have downloaded a pretty good quality rip from YT, it's 642 MB.

Traffic: Live at Santa Monica
amazon.com/dp/B001CRRADU/

Traffic - Full Concert - Live in Santa Monica 1972 (Remastered)
https://youtu.be/vjhbvw0F-BQ

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 11:23 AM (Sy6m/)

247 Muldoon,
You continue in my hopes and prayers for a final resolution to this case.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 11:26 AM (2WIwB)

248 From Miss Showalter.
Her grading was weird: FDSA JKL;
Posted by: Diogenes

**********

10th grade. Bow-tied Mr. Burdick. He had us listen to music while we typed. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans singing "Happy Trails to You"

Happy trails...space space...to youuu..carriage return, Tab Tab...until...space... we meet...space...again!

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:27 AM (qgHp7)

249 I think AI is going to drive small venue bands and community music, aka singalongs.
I am not very musical, but my most joyful times were listening to my aunts and cousins play together in family get togethers.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 11:29 AM (rbvCR)

250 Extra prayers for Mrs E awaiting news on how the treatment is working.

May the Peace of The Lord be with you all.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:29 AM (5P5DO)

251 Nood

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 30, 2026 11:31 AM (2UnvF)

252 >>> I'm finally learning how to type properly . It's going slowly. I'm using typing. com when it's slow at work. I took a typing class in high school but it didn't stick and I don't remember anything from it. It was during the '80s...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)


There is a software called "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing". It's been around for as long as personal computers. It's what I used to learn typing back in the 80s. It sort of "game-ifies" the learning and practice. But it does so in a very smart way recording where you are having issues and giving you more time with it. I can't recommend it enough.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 11:33 AM (3uBP9)

253 AI can help painters /artists cheat by allowing them to create a reference photo to paint though the idea came from them. I don't know how I feel about that since I put together various photos I've taken to create a composition/subject idea I had. AI is just doing the same thing in a way.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:35 AM (WNOcj)

254 You continue in my hopes and prayers for a final resolution to this case.
Posted by: Diogenes

********

Always appreciated.

I don't expect everyone here to absorb all the details of the situation, but I appreciate the opportunity to occasionally vent here. It has truly been a head-shakingly bizarre path for us. Little did I realize back in '09 how curious the Curious Disappearance would become. I try not to thread jack or ruin others' enjoyment of other discussions. So I'll leave it for now.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:35 AM (qgHp7)

255 muldoon, I enjoy reading all your comments about the war diaries, this case and your medical opinions.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:38 AM (5P5DO)

256 Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:35 AM (qgHp7)

I think the case has been resolved. It's Justice that's outstanding.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:43 AM (WNOcj)

257 Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 11:23 AM (Sy6m/)

Traffic is a fave.

I regret never having seen them live.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 11:45 AM (iJfKG)

258 250 Extra prayers for Mrs E awaiting news on how the treatment is working.

May the Peace of The Lord be with you all.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:29 AM (5P5DO)
Labs were , good numbers up, bad numbers down on the 22nd. She will be getting either an injection or a short infusion every 2 months for the time being.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 11:46 AM (LHPAg)

259 "The Post reviewed another photo in which Soto, the undersheriff, sent the entire office a picture of his scrotum on their internal messaging system."

Something that's just begging for a limerick.

*********

There once was an deputy named Soto
Who posted an explicit photo
He should've been "sacked"
Though he claimed he was hacked
Now he's known around town as El Scroto!

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:50 AM (qgHp7)

260 sidebar: "Was the "transatlantic accent" favored by stage and screen actors of the 40s and 50s "fake"? This linguist says no, it was a real accent"

This is fantastic ! thank you ace for helping to debunk the "fake" transatlantic accent myths, passed around by ahistorical dunces, and recycled from fake info site called wikipedia! And, bonus, reels of Civil War veterans, speaking in the proper transatlantifc (mid-Atlantic) accent are too cool!


Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 12:37 PM (GD0B3)

261 Prayer of St. Benedict

Oh gracious and holy Father
Give us wisdom to perceive you
Diligence to seek you
Patience to wait for you
Eyes to behold you
A heart to meditate on you
And a life to proclaim you through the power of the spirit of Jesus our Lord. Amen.

I found this prayer card by St. Benedict in Westminster Abbey on a trip to London over a decade ago. Every time I went to London I made sure to visit.

Memorized the prayer as a conservative Presbyterian because I liked it. Now say it every night as a new Roman Catholic.

Prayers for all with praise for healing, new grandchildren and all who read here. Prayers for those who mourn.

God hears your prayers, even if the only word you say is "help."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 01:02 PM (WONhk)

Daily Tech News 30 May 2026

Top Story

  • In the comments yesterday, Seth asked:[quote>Regarding Anthropic and their IPO. Why the statement as to it crashing?[/quote>Which is a fair question because Anthropic's Claude Code is actually a useful product and well worth the $20 per month.

    And the answer is that Anthropic (and likewise OpenAI) spend a lot more than $1 to make $1 in revenue. Subscription plans in particularly are wildly unprofitable; it's the much more expensive per-token charges on their API services that make the balance sheets look less insane.

    And if they hiked their subscription fees by around 1000% to reflect the real cost of the services, they'd lose the bulk of their customers, which would just make things worse because the training costs for new AI models are fixed regardless of how many people are using them.

    That's why both companies are rushing for an IPO.


  • Microsoft is under fire for threatening a "security researcher" with criminal investigation. (Tech Crunch)

    The "security researcher" in question is anonymous and definitely no White Hat. The moment "Nightmare Eclipse" finds a security flaw, he goes public with it, regardless of the chaos that might ensue.

    On the other hand, Microsoft could do well to put fewer security flaws in their code in the first place.


Tech News

  • ChatGPT blindly trusts browser content, turning the page into a payload. (The Register)

    This is a bigger problem than ChatGPT, and a bigger problem than most people realise.

    Traditional computer programs have code and data. The code tells the computer what to do; the data tells it what to do it to. And you never mix the two up. When you do - because of course that happens - your get a security problem and you fix it. Languages like Rust, Ada, and Java are designed to prevent that happening in the first place.

    LLMs have a training set, and then after that everything is data. There's no fundamental distinction between the system prompt which tells the LLM how to deal with your prompt, or the skill file attached to application you're trying to work with, or the data in the application itself. There's just a sea of tokens.

    And if you use an LLM to try to sniff out problems with prompts or skill files or datasets, a malicious actor can use any of those to infect your AI security system.

    This comes back to the problem I mentioned with ClawHub, a repository for sharing open-source skill files for AI agents. They were using a security scanner, but it only checked the first 10,000 characters of each file to avoid blowing the its context window - the amount of data it can consider in one place. (LLMs are bad at chunking.)

    So all a hacker needed to do was put their malware anywhere after the first 10,000 characters.

    But worse than that: They could put malicious code in the file crafted not to infect users but to infect the security scanner itself, and from there they could slip anything in.

    There's no known solution to the problem; it's like trying to teach people not to do stupid shit. The workaround is to limit the damage the agents can do, like not giving a toddler your car keys.


  • Linux is planning to retire the x32 ABI (application binary interface) next year. (Tom's Hardware)

    x32 lets developers work with 64-bit data but only use 32-bit addresses, the idea being that this uses less memory while providing the same performance as full 64-bit mode.

    Only problem is, nobody uses it. And it's Linux-only; neither Windows nor MacOS provides an equivalent mode of operation.


  • Did some work on my own blog today, which somehow resulted in it going offline for about fifteen minutes. There was a long-existing problem with various log files (both application and database) growing to enormous sizes, and since the containers and since the containers are snapshotted and backed up daily, it was a lot of work to clean up afterwards.

    That's now automated, with proper log rotation.

    And then I cleared out a terabyte of backups and snapshots which pretty much froze ZFS for the entire server for a good ten minutes.


Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: Welcome mats are a plot by Big Vampire.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM




Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

2 w00t Skip won!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)

3 Should go put on coffee

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Kind of cool today, mid 60s

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)

5 It's Tal-a-REE-co

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 04:49 AM (qFwJc)

6 5 It's Tal-a-REE-co
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 04:49 AM (qFwJc)

Jimmy the Creep

Posted by: Robert W. Pratt at May 30, 2026 04:55 AM (T6aVk)

7 There can't be much of Montreal left standing at that point.

Showing how much I learn from the Horde (and why I keep coming back): I read various posters here stating that the Stanley Cup has not been north of the border since 1993. My thought: "That can't be right..."

So I consulted the 2026 World Almanac. And sure enough...Y'all were right. Mind. Blown.

And the streak continues.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 30, 2026 04:58 AM (T6aVk)

8 G'mornin all y'all

Posted by: Okjohn at May 30, 2026 04:58 AM (JiRwe)

9 Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now

What a great video.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

10 5 It's Tal-a-REE-co
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 04:49 AM (qFwJc)

Muldoon could have some fun with that.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

11 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 05:01 AM (V0/Sp)

12 Disclaimer: Welcome mats are a plot by Big Vampire.

And by old ladies who live in shoes.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)

13 On the other hand, Microsoft could do well to put fewer security flaws in their code in the first place.

https://tinyurl.com/rjfccsrb

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 30, 2026 05:14 AM (l3cgK)

14
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)

15 For those keeping score at home, the turkey wandering the back yard yesterday AM was likely a juvenile. Mrs fluffy had seen it with the hen and recognized the different coloration.

At one point it found the storm door to the bulkhead and was pecking at its own reflection.

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 05:20 AM (V0/Sp)

16 >>>Did some work on my own blog today

congrats

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)

17 haha, fluffy!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)

18 I have never seen so many turkeys along the road side from Virginia to Maine as this spring. They appear not to be bothered by cars and trucks. Deer like in their ambivalence

Posted by: Accomack at May 30, 2026 05:32 AM (+hwtP)

19 "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

20 I know someone who uses "Who Can It Be Now?" as their ringtone.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 05:37 AM (qRla/)

21 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 30, 2026 05:38 AM (Hbeqj)

22 Richard Grenell retweeted
Bad Hombre
@Badhombre
10h
James Talarico and his “girlfriend” met at a gay bar that she frequents in Austin.

Ric Grenell!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:42 AM (6wpGE)

23 Microsoft is under fire for threatening a "security researcher" with criminal investigation.

I'm going with "disgruntled former Microsoft employee". I'll go further and add "laid off and replaced by H1B".

Posted by: Bert G at May 30, 2026 05:44 AM (VARTN)

24 "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

Wild turkeys can fly a bit. I saw one fly across a four lane highway. It kept enough loft to stay above potential traffic, but just barely.

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 05:47 AM (V0/Sp)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Didn't get more than a few hours of sleep last night, so here I am.

I am heartily sick of Facebook. I only joined to access the "Theda Bara Fan Club," but my feed is constantly filled with political screeds from idiot leftists which, other than blocking each one at a time, I can't escape.

July 4 is going to be an absolutely horrible anniversary - the left is going to see to that in spades.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 05:48 AM (qRla/)

26 "James Talarico and his “girlfriend” met at a gay bar that she frequents in Austin."

Not that there is anything wrong with that?

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 05:52 AM (qFwJc)

27 This is oldish--I think it's from March? It should be the nail in the coffin for Gavin:

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
May 29
Katie Couric to Gavin Newsom:

"Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? No seriously, what do you do about that?"

Incredible stuff here from the authority on journalisming.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

28 18 I have never seen so many turkeys along the road side from Virginia to Maine as this spring. They appear not to be bothered by cars and trucks. Deer like in their ambivalence
Posted by: Accomack at May 30, 2026 05:32 AM (+hwtP)

Trapped in mortal solitude
Lift the gleaming cleaver
Hack the turkeys the shreds
Watch their feathers fly free
Hunger growing stronger
None survive your wrath

(h/t, Slayer)

"Ask not what can Slayer do you for, but what can you do for Slayer." - JFK

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 30, 2026 06:02 AM (T6aVk)

29 I'm going to try to catch a few winks curled up on the couch. Perhaps see you all in a couple of hours.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 06:03 AM (qRla/)

30 27 This is oldish--I think it's from March? It should be the nail in the coffin for Gavin:

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
May 29
Katie Couric to Gavin Newsom:

"Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? No seriously, what do you do about that?"

Incredible stuff here from the authority on journalisming.
Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

It should be the nail in the coffin for Newsom's political career and Perky Katie's "journalistic" career.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 30, 2026 06:05 AM (T6aVk)

31 Hi MP4

Just point and laugh at BookFace.

How does weather like this treat you?

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 06:06 AM (V0/Sp)

32 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Wilkommen. Bienvenue. Aloha.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2026 06:08 AM (TZz9Q)

33 School surprises 90 year old janitor with a surprise assembly for his birthday. Sunny Skyz site

https://tinyurl.com/m59uzhkb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:19 AM (lQ+/f)

34 Great 80s band, Men at Work. I was working at a Camelot Music store when their first album came out. The clerks referred to them as the poor man's Police (which was unfair).

My favorite song of theirs: Overkill

https://tinyurl.com/36r48k3e

Posted by: Biergood at May 30, 2026 06:21 AM (PwgSL)

35 Fisherman hugs Pelican Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/49du3mvp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:24 AM (lQ+/f)

36 Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 05:52 AM (qFwJc)

consequense-->consequence
?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:27 AM (6wpGE)

37 My son Is engaging in negative self talk, so I sent him this suggestion from the internet:

"Limit Social Media Exposure: Social media can exacerbate feelings of comparison. Be mindful of how it affects your self-esteem and consider taking breaks or curating your feed to include more positive influences."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:27 AM (lQ+/f)

38 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 30, 2026 06:28 AM (2Ez/1)

39 >>>my own blog

Pixy's archived posts go back to April 2003!

https://ai.mee.nu

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:29 AM (6wpGE)

40 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:32 AM (RIvkX)

41 Thanks. There is a icon blocking the last few letters on my browser.

Posted by: no one of any consequemce at May 30, 2026 06:33 AM (qFwJc)

42 25 I am heartily sick of Facebook. I only joined to access the "Theda Bara Fan Club," but my feed is constantly filled with political screeds from idiot leftists which, other than blocking each one at a time, I can't escape.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 05:48 AM (qRla/)

I've never used Facebook and I am just guessing, here: Can this kind of thing be moderated, voted on, something?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)

43 Better?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 06:34 AM (qFwJc)

44 Posted by: no one of any consequemce at May 30, 2026 06:33 AM (qFwJc)

consequemce-->consequence

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)

45 I quit Facebook after watching "Social Dilemma."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 06:35 AM (qFwJc)

46 43 Better?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 06:34 AM (qFwJc)

hahahahaha much better

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:35 AM (6wpGE)

47 >>> Men at Work. I was working at a Camelot Music store when their first album came out.

A few years ago they suddenly appeared on classic rock radio. Makes me wonder if there were cop

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 06:36 AM (V0/Sp)

48 Makes me wonder if Men At Workhad cpoyright issues or disputes with their record label.

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 06:38 AM (V0/Sp)

49 Evening to the Saturday toilers like Pixy, and early risers like so many of us! 'Tis Saturn's Day yet again.

I've got to wash the car and run to Walmart for some more cat litter; the usual excitement. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

50
I am heartily sick of Facebook. I only joined to access the "Theda Bara Fan Club," but my feed is constantly filled with political screeds from idiot leftists which, other than blocking each one at a time, I can't escape.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 05:48 AM (qRla/)

I have an account so that Her Majesty can send me little reels of cooking recipes. I also subscribe to some Catholic and Borzoi things as well as Eating History, which has menus from way back when.

The best way to avoid all the political stuff is never to have any friends and never comment on anything.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (HdYcL)

51
On the other hand, Microsoft could do well to put fewer security flaws in their code in the first place.

That flurry of "thuds" you just heard was MS employees collapsing on their fainting couches.

"Remove flaws from our code? Why, we never!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (ixS3i)

52 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (VyBeY)

53 Watching Nate Friedman and Nick Shirley "man on the street" interviews in NY and LA.

These zombies are not my countrymen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

54 "Remove flaws from our code? Why, we never!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (ixS3i)
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Well, hardly ever!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2026 06:40 AM (TZz9Q)

55 I know someone who uses "Who Can It Be Now?" as their ringtone.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026

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A great idea. I'm wedded to my "Channel D" signal ringtone, but if I ever changed, that would be the perfect replacement.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

56 The furry thugs are doing well. Yesterday at the thrift store Linda dragged me to, there was a basket full of little stickers to put on notebooks or whatever. One featured a black cat holding a bit mug of coffee at a laptop, captioned, "I Have Selective Hearing." Under that, "Sorry You Weren't Selected Today." And in smaller print, "And Tomorrow Isn't Looking Good Either."

The second was a little brown tabby standing on his/her hind legs, holding up a ball of yarn, captioned "Did You Drop This?"

The cats both looked so much like Stirling and Dagny, respectively, that I bought them (a big $1.00) and put them on the cover of my accounts/passwords notebook.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (wzUl9)

57
I've got to wash the car and run to Walmart for some more cat litter; the usual excitement. Howzabout you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Tonight is our Blue-Gold Banquet for the Cub Scouts, marking the end of this year's activities. Only two more years remain of the two gKids' time at this level and my obligation to serve the Pack as a leader.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (ixS3i)

58 Only two more years remain of the two gKids' time at this level and my obligation to serve the Pack as a leader.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026

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Freedom is in sight! Or will you miss it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:45 AM (wzUl9)

59
One featured a black cat holding a bit mug of coffee at a laptop, captioned, "I Have Selective Hearing." Under that, "Sorry You Weren't Selected Today." And in smaller print, "And Tomorrow Isn't Looking Good Either."

Good one!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:46 AM (ixS3i)

60 Tonight is our Blue-Gold Banquet for the Cub Scouts
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Haven't thought of that in over 50 years!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:49 AM (RIvkX)

61 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (ixS3i)

I think that's wonderful you served for so long as as example to the scouts!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:49 AM (looXz)

62
I have some shopping to do today. Need to restock the house for Her Majesty's return on Monday. I have settled upon making a pot of ham, sausage and bean soup, so I need the fixings for that in order to soak the beans tonight and get it ready to prepare tomorrow.

Otherwise, I have a project to finish by tomorrow so I can book it for May. Anyone know anything about silicone-polyurethane coatings for calcium aluminosilicate hydrate geopolymers? Because I sure as hell don't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:51 AM (HdYcL)

63
Freedom is in sight! Or will you miss it?

I have mixed feelings about it. I am disappointed that the two of them will not be able to do day camp week this year due to family vacations as it would be their last one together and they've mostly usually enjoyed it in the past. gSon is talking about crossing over to join his Dad's former troop, the one for which I still serve on its committee.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:52 AM (ixS3i)

64 mornin yall

"Freedom is in sight! Or will you miss it?"

I was a Pack/Troop adult leader when my boys were growing up. I do miss it at times. You only get one go around.

Krebs, I don't care what anybody says. You are a better influencer than anything found on the garbage pile known as the Internet. Keep up the good work. The memories and lessons will be there long after we are gone.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

65 One of my kindergarten buddies was in town so we had some dinner and drinks Thursday and Mrs. F. was kind enough to let me go out again last night. Thursday night we ate at Perry's on the Embarcadero with a great view of the Bay Bridge. I took him to a bierhaus last night in Fort Mason Center with a great view of the Golden Gate and the bridge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

66
Anyone know anything about silicone-polyurethane coatings for calcium aluminosilicate hydrate geopolymers? Because I sure as hell don't.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Luckily for you there are any number of AI pals out there who would gladly offer you sage advice from which you would have to decide what part of it is true and useful.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:55 AM (ixS3i)

67 The road toward the house purchase continues to unroll. Tuesday a rep from the local Bekins Van Lines will visit my place to gauge how many pounds of furniture and other stuff I am going to ship. (Hat tip to whoever suggested Bekins to me!) The rep even was willing to do a quick calculation for me, based on nnnn pounds x nnn miles to Terre Haute, and came up with a reasonable figure lower than any others I've talked to.

I may have the inspection report next Saturday, too. Which will tell me if I'm going ahead on a solid property, or backing out on one which needs a LOT of $$$ work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)

68 Who names their kid "Demontavious"? I think this guy is probably not Eagle Scout material.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

69
Tonight is our Blue-Gold Banquet for the Cub Scouts, marking the end of this year's activities. Only two more years remain of the two gKids' time at this level and my obligation to serve the Pack as a leader.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (ixS3i)

The Cub Scouts. Huh. An incubator of male supremacy. Boys may learn to act like boys and enjoy doing boy things. Before you know it, they'll be playing poker in each other's garages, join bowling leagues and play slo-pitch softball. We need to extirpate these tendencies so that the boys grow up knowing their place kowtowing to women.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:57 AM (HdYcL)

70 IIRC there are 4 or 5 species of Turkeys. I’m too lazy to check the correct number. Around here they are Merriam’s Turkey. We see them fly all the time. They typically roost in the trees. I doubt they fly far or much higher than the trees, but they can definitely fly. I assume that is true in some degree or another for all the wild birds. Years of selective breeding and living with no predators and lots of food have taken the wind from the wings of domestic turkeys.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 30, 2026 06:57 AM (vu6Vu)

71 Lots of stuff I should do today, what I will remains a question

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 06:58 AM (Ia/+0)

72 I just glanced at twz dot com, and they said trump said he was lifting the blockade. Iran’s leadership (?) immediately denied it. I saw that maneuver in one of the first episodes of Miami Vice.
Arraignment judge smiles at accused drug dealer and lets him go. Drug dealer now knows that he is suspected of becoming an informant to the vice squad. He also knows that he is about to be asssasinated.

Posted by: Fenderbender at May 30, 2026 06:58 AM (1FEc1)

73
Luckily for you there are any number of AI pals out there who would gladly offer you sage advice from which you would have to decide what part of it is true and useful.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:55 AM (ixS3i)

I think the client used one of those AI pals to come up with a list of illustrative references. None of which appear to have anything to do with the search they requested. "Son, you're on your own."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:59 AM (HdYcL)

74 Last night we had excellent calzones from the local Italian cafe up the street: muffaletta for me, veggie for Miss Linda. She's not a veggietarian by any means, but every now and then we omnivores want a break from meat. WE ate half and put the second part away for another night.

The cafe, which recently had a (probably drunken or high) motorist crash her car into the front door, is looking quite good. Part of the screened porch has been cut back, and temporary walls frame the front door.

For some reason there was a cluster of local cops standing around as I drove up. For a moment I thought the cafe people had another and more criminal disaster, but they were probably just picking up some chow as I was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

75
My sister told me the other night that one of our two nieces who are expecting to deliver a child soon will name her new daughter after our late mother.

I think that Mom would be honored and touched by that, but she would offer up numerous reasons why they should not do it. That's just who she was. You could praise her for cooking and serving a great meal and she would spend five minutes telling you what was wrong with it. That was part of her charm.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:01 AM (ixS3i)

76 Oops. Time to feed the felines.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

77 Changed out the generic joystick and buttons on my bar top arcade to Sanwa Denshi.

What a difference playing Dragons Lair or my personal favorite Cliffhanger is.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 07:03 AM (XV/Pl)

78 I don’t know who Merriam was or why he claims to own this species of Turkey. The numbers around here ebb and flow. Right now it seems the population is growing.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 30, 2026 07:04 AM (vu6Vu)

79 I may have the inspection report next Saturday, too. Which will tell me if I'm going ahead on a solid property, or backing out on one which needs a LOT of $$$ work.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Have you been able to discuss your move with Linda yet?

Posted by: Tuna at May 30, 2026 07:04 AM (lJ0H4)

80 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:01 AM (ixS3i)

Your mother sounds like a humble, nice woman. Nice to keep the name in the family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:05 AM (ZeH0U)

81 https://tinyurl.com/3ephj5v3
TJM's John Ford Directors Series

Realy want to see how he ranks them, should be in a month or two with all those movies.
Like and hype while there

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:06 AM (Ia/+0)

82 The NY Post had pictures and an article of James Talarico's supposed girlfriend who likes to "dance away the night" at gay bars. Yes, this sounds perfectly normal for a straight woman. Sure.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:08 AM (ZeH0U)

83
Oops. Time to feed the felines.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I read that as "... feed the felons".

Was that wrong?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:09 AM (ixS3i)

84 Have you been able to discuss your move with Linda yet?
Posted by: Tuna at May 30, 2026

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Discuss? No. I showed her the house on Realtor, and then went ahead and said, "I've bought it."

She went into a panic attack or shock; she actually lay on the floor like the late Chekov cat in his last months. I held her and talked to her about other things for a few minutes. She sat up and said, "I need some wine!" Of course I have none, so I ran over to the Aldi and brought back an inexpensive Chardonnay that she asked for. After she had a couple of glasses, I extracted a promise from her that we would talk about this today, before we watched the 2024 The Apprentice Trump hit piece on Tubi.

It's hard to discuss something with someone who won't talk. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

85 I read that as "... feed the felons".

Was that wrong?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026

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Pretty darn close.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

86
The NY Post had pictures and an article of James Talarico's supposed girlfriend who likes to "dance away the night" at gay bars. Yes, this sounds perfectly normal for a straight woman. Sure.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Fen, that was code for "she has no lady parts".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:11 AM (ixS3i)

87
The Big Dummy has had a good week so far with three Best of Breed wins and a Hound Group placement. We hope it extends to today and tomorrow.

TBD's Ohio mom is in attendance and he'll go back with her to be shown up there in June. Between no good shows around here, her travel and my travel (!!) it's better for him to be in Ohio for the big cluster in Lima. Then he'll return for the July Texas Death March.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:14 AM (HdYcL)

88 I guess once I finish my pipe, I'll have a little yogurt with a last cup of coffee; nip out to the car wash and Walmart; and get thoroughly cleaned up when I come back. Even when I wear car-washing jeans and shirt, compared to the other patrons at the Walmarts here, I look like Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker or Mr. Belvedere.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

89 Only two more years remain of the two gKids' time at this level and my obligation to serve the Pack as a leader.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (ixS3i)

Obligation seems right. They do extract a toll.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 30, 2026 07:16 AM (dK+Kv)

90
...it's better for him to be in Ohio for the big cluster in Lima.

That sounds like something that would be worthy of televised coverage by the broadcast team from ESPN 8, "The Ocho".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:17 AM (ixS3i)

91 @23/Bert G: { I'm going with "disgruntled former Microsoft employee". I'll go further and add "laid off and replaced by H1B". }

After reading the TechCrunch article, I'm not so sure that's the case. If he'd been at Microsoft, he'd likely have some internal contacts he could use to get them to take his bug reports more seriously.

However, the account he created in Microsoft's bug reporting system got locked out by Microsoft - again, if he had internal contacts he could use, that could have been reversed. That it wasn't indicates he's probably an outsider.

He claims with no other options, he decided to just disclose publicly. This sounds plausible. And the method of bug release now being used matches the level of "Well screw you then!" reaction one would have to being locked out of the very system that a company set up to collect bug reports.

Microsoft claiming that bug disclosure along with showing proof of concept code that proves the bug is real is "Criminal" is:

a) A stretch
b) Not yet proven in a court of law
c) A potential "libel" case against Microsoft. (This is why reporters almost always use the word "allegedly" when describing criminal behaviour.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 07:17 AM (O7YUW)

92 It's hard to discuss something with someone who won't talk. Oh, well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
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I would expect this to change as the prospect becomes more detailed, tangible and imminent. You can involve her in questions about decor and repair on the house. You can answer practical questions about what life might be like in Terre Haute

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)

93 @39

>> Pixy's archived posts go back to April 2003!

Looks like Stephen Den Beste was an active commenter on the site.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 07:18 AM (XV/Pl)

94 Speaking of Clifton Webb-era movies, Billy Wilder's Sabrina w/ Bogart and Audrey Hepburn is on Movies! in prime time tonight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

95
Even when I wear car-washing jeans and shirt, compared to the other patrons at the Walmarts here, I look like Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker or Mr. Belvedere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

I frequently wonder what people are thinking when they go out dressed the way they are. I'm no Beau Brummel, only in comparison.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:19 AM (HdYcL)

96 Also, G'morning Horde.

Coffee: Drunk. (It's having way more fun than I am apparently.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 07:20 AM (O7YUW)

97
I acquired an inexpensive string trimmer yesterday. Today begins the great clearing out of things we do not want in the garden beds and replacing them with things that we want to save. At the end of all this, come fall, there will be fewer garden beds 'round here.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:21 AM (ixS3i)

98 I saw a group of people wearing pajamas standing around looking under the hood of a car broken down beside the road. Bedroom slippers and everything. It's obvious these people were never Scouts. Be Prepared folks.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

99 I would expect this to change as the prospect becomes more detailed, tangible and imminent. You can involve her in questions about decor and repair on the house. You can answer practical questions about what life might be like in Terre Haute
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026

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That's IF she will ask any questions. Her standard response to things she dislikes is to say nothing, or go, "I don't know."

She is a lovely creature, very smart, and endlessly helpful. I've never forgotten how she came with me to work back in '16 when I was on crutches for a cracked foot bone, and ran minor errands for me so I didn't have to leave my office much. And I've told her many times over the recent years that I didn't want to do the move thing without her.

I guess she thought I'd never really do it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)

100 100!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 07:23 AM (O7YUW)

101 I frequently wonder what people are thinking when they go out dressed the way they are. I'm no Beau Brummel, only in comparison.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026

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I never wear shorts unless I'm working out, always wear a collared shirt at the least, and real shoes or boots with my jeans. The idea of going to a store dressed as if I were about to go to sleep is just not in my order book.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)

102
Time to make my brekus and go face the day. The weather here is lovely, but it will be hot by early afternoon.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:25 AM (IWEBk)

103 Out banging on my 1WP, wife complaining its not 8am yet

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:27 AM (Ia/+0)

104 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:11 AM (ixS3i)

I thought it was code for "Yes, he's got a girlfriend, but he's really fine with gay people ." I would have more respect for he and his campaign if he is actually gay to just admit it."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:27 AM (x8j4T)

105 Mrs. F. and I had been living together over a year when I was offered a spot in graduate school back east. After only a few months apart, I asked her to marry me. Separation was clarifying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

106 Didn't sleep, but up early anyway because someone needs to feed Lil Pooky while Pooky goes out for breakfast with his dad. Both of Pooky's grandpas have wound up in the ER in the past week, and my FiL needs a good meal and a listening ear. And JT The Wonder Dog needs bacon, as always.

Posted by: pookysgirl, feeding a black hole at May 30, 2026 07:29 AM (Wt5PA)

107
I thought it was code for "Yes, he's got a girlfriend, but he's really fine with gay people ." I would have more respect for he and his campaign if he is actually gay to just admit it."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:27 AM (x8j4T)

Frankly, I don't care who's in bed with Talarico. It's his faux Christianity that I find deeply disturbing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:31 AM (HdYcL)

108 >>> I guess she thought I'd never really do it.

Did you not tell her about the scouting trips?

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 07:31 AM (V0/Sp)

109 My mother could never accept a compliment.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 07:32 AM (qFwJc)

110 Morning, Horde...how goes it?

Parked cars at the county fair again last night. Thanks to the rain, it was quite a sloppy mess in the fields. We had to limit certain areas to vehicles with 4WD or AWD.

I turned away one guy driving a camper because I told him flat out that if he parked in the grass, he'd never get his camper out of there.

We'll see how tonight goes. Only three people have signed up to park vehicles over two shifts and the one guy on the second shift is recovering from a back injury so I don't even want him there (he's a great guy, but he needs to REST.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 07:33 AM (gnNyN)

111 I frequently wonder what people are thinking when they go out dressed the way they are. I'm no Beau Brummel, only in comparison.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:19 AM (HdYcL)

See "BBQ Guy" on Thursday's ONT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 07:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

112 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:31 AM (HdYcL

Yes, that's the big factor but conservative Scott Bessent doesn't need to put a big fake act about being straight .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:35 AM (q5DOt)

113 Did you not tell her about the scouting trips?
Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026

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She knew and understood their purpose, sure. She took care of the cats while I was gone. But I suspect she thought (or hoped) I would never take the plunge.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

114 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 07:40 AM (bfy6w)

115 Off into the heat to finish my errands. I might be back in time for the Coffee Thread -- and who knows, I might have things to ask or contribute on the Home & Garden Thread!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:41 AM (wzUl9)

116 65 One of my kindergarten buddies was in town so we had some dinner and drinks Thursday and Mrs. F. was kind enough to let me go out again last night. Thursday night we ate at Perry's on the Embarcadero with a great view of the Bay Bridge. I took him to a bierhaus last night in Fort Mason Center with a great view of the Golden Gate and the bridge.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

Super cool!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 07:44 AM (6wpGE)

117 The NY Post had pictures and an article of James Talarico's supposed girlfriend who likes to "dance away the night" at gay bars. Yes, this sounds perfectly normal for a straight woman. Sure.

--

Ok, this is getting just hilarious. This guy is amazing in his awfulness. All I can do is laugh and SMH.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 30, 2026 07:46 AM (qBdHI)

118 I often wonder what became of elementary school mates. Never see any, though 1 female who also lived next to.my grandparents so was a very often play mate stopped by the house some months ago

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:49 AM (Ia/+0)

119 @117/Lady in Black: "Ok, this is getting just hilarious. This guy is amazing in his awfulness. All I can do is laugh and SMH."

Did you see the black bear/polar bear "fusion" meme in the ONT last night?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 07:49 AM (O7YUW)

120 Went to see Tab Benoit and his two sidemen last night. Tab's setup is a Telecaster style guitar body with dual humbuckers, a dual amp setup, electricity, and extraordinary skill. Stunning. That trio was a master class in apex American music.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 07:50 AM (glnUu)

121 "Politics is not fun. I'm fighting a machine dedicated to lying."
-- Spencer Pratt
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Good man. Lets see what happens.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 30, 2026 07:51 AM (wUQJO)

122 120: I saw Tab Benoit open up for The Allman Brothers in '95 at the Hillsborough Fair Grounds. He was very good. Saw several opening acts that day but Benoit was the most memorable. Of course The Allman Brothers were excellent!

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 07:53 AM (bfy6w)

123 Have Newsmax on, predictions they say for mild hurricane season. Shocked its not worse hurricane season ever

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:55 AM (Ia/+0)

124 Even when I wear car-washing jeans and shirt, compared to the other patrons at the Walmarts here, I look like Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker or Mr. Belvedere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

Went to Wally World at lunch time to get a new pair of shoes on a Wednesday last week. As I wondered about, I was shocked by the amount of people in the place and none of them were dressed properly and obviously do not work. Young 20's and 30s. Disgusting.

Posted by: Layabouts, Neerdowells and Moochers at May 30, 2026 07:56 AM (54bnG)

125
Almond Joy > The Allman Brothers

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 07:57 AM (iJfKG)

126 "Have Newsmax on, predictions they say for mild hurricane season. Shocked its not worse hurricane season ever
Posted by: Skip"

What about the devastating hurricane building in the beloved Atlantic?

Posted by: The Daily Mail at May 30, 2026 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

127 72 I just glanced at twz dot com, and they said trump said he was lifting the blockade. Iran’s leadership (?) immediately denied it. I saw that maneuver in one of the first episodes of Miami Vice.
Arraignment judge smiles at accused drug dealer and lets him go. Drug dealer now knows that he is suspected of becoming an informant to the vice squad. He also knows that he is about to be asssasinated.
Posted by: Fenderbender at May 30, 2026 06:58 AM (1FEc1)

wow

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 07:58 AM (6wpGE)

128 On the other hand, Microsoft could do well to put fewer security flaws in their code in the first place.

That's just crazy talk! If we tighten our standards, millions of Indians would be out of work.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2026 07:59 AM (/k3in)

129 @121

>> Good man. Lets see what happens.

He’s going to lose by something slightly less than a landslide.

Remember, ballot harvesting is legal in California.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 08:02 AM (XV/Pl)

130 I spoke briefly to my neighbor who is a ceo for a small manufacturing informatics company and he says that the AI companies are basically giving you the first hit free before they jack up prices.
Once they go public, they will have to become profitable. That means usage fees go up. Way up. So they're hoping to integrate AI in personal and corporate habits and processes so you can't live without it.

Thats the plan. I know at work we can't live without it anymore. Too many tech stacks have it deeply integrated now.

Posted by: Defenestratus at May 30, 2026 08:02 AM (WYStd)

131 The implication I am getting from the Talarico spin he is SO NOT GAY that his going to gay bars to hang out with gay men is self-evident proof of how secure he is in being SO NOT GAY.

Cory "I AM SO EXTRA STRAIGHT" Booker and him should get along fine if he makes it to the Senate.


Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 08:05 AM (glnUu)

132
Disclaimer: Welcome mats are a plot by Big Vampire.

Since you have to invite vampires into your home for them to come in,

yes, Welcome Mats open you to unnecessary vampire danger.

Even worse, people asking you to vote Democrat!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:05 AM (iJfKG)

133 Straight men do not frequent gay bars.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 08:08 AM (XV/Pl)

134 Thats the plan. I know at work we can't live without it anymore. Too many tech stacks have it deeply integrated now. Posted by: Defenestratus

There are advantages to having a life where the high point of the week anymore is Trash Day Eve. I had a robust computer science education and career. All of it is obsolete; the reality is I wouldn't last a week in a modern development job anymore. The best part is I don't care.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 08:10 AM (glnUu)

135 Best gay bar visit was when Frasier followed that guy into a gay bar to talk. Hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Niles Crane at May 30, 2026 08:10 AM (54bnG)

136 On the other hand, Microsoft could do well to put fewer security flaws in their code in the first place.

That's just crazy talk! If we tighten our standards, millions of Indians would be out of work.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2026 07:59 AM (/k3in)

Feature not a bug.

The more flaws, the more data they can collect about you to enforce their unwanted security protocols and processes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 30, 2026 08:11 AM (dK+Kv)

137 Coffee nood.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 30, 2026 08:13 AM (dK+Kv)

138 COFFEE BREAK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 08:13 AM (Ia/+0)

139 Locally, a state senator who is a Dem, has been aligning herself with people (which is most of the constituents) opposing the construction of massive data centers that Gov Shapiro and both PA Repub Senators have invited into the state.
This is a problem for me as I may end up voting for her despite being a dem

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:15 AM (6U1c2)

140 Thomas Bender...I went over to the DARK SIDE! My first Apple product ever, a 13" M5 MacBook Air, hits the house tomorrow.

My question now is how to deal with my cousin harassing me for the next five years because of my endless unmerciful snickering at her because of all the Apple gear she owns. This is going to be brutal.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 08:18 AM (glnUu)

141 140 Thomas Bender...I went over to the DARK SIDE! My first Apple product ever, a 13" M5 MacBook Air, hits the house tomorrow.

My question now is how to deal with my cousin harassing me for the next five years because of my endless unmerciful snickering at her because of all the Apple gear she owns. This is going to be brutal.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 08:18 AM (glnUu)

; )

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 08:24 AM (6wpGE)

142 @132/naturalfake:

I like the "Come back with a warrant" mat.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 08:28 AM (O7YUW)

143 @140/Alteria Pilgram: "My question now is how to deal with my cousin harassing me for the next five years because of my endless unmerciful snickering at her because of all the Apple gear she owns. This is going to be brutal."

By turning it around and making them your personal Apple tech support every time you run into a question or problem caused by Apple "being different".

They'll regret you joining the Apple "family" soon enough.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 08:31 AM (O7YUW)

144 @140

>>Thomas Bender...I went over to the DARK SIDE!

Good move.

You now own a UNIX based OS, with the best windows manager ever developed.

Which you can use to develop for any system/OS.

I mean, windows just absolutely sucks the llamas ass right now, so it makes sense.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 08:35 AM (XV/Pl)

145 @140

>> This is going to be brutal.

You can always pull out the, I didn’t leave Windows, Windows left me, card.

You also don’t have to go whole hog into the Apple ecosystem.

But you probably will, like Thanos, it’s inevitable.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

146 "And if they hiked their subscription fees by around 1000% to reflect the real cost of the services, they'd lose the bulk of their customers, which would just make things worse because the training costs for new AI models are fixed regardless of how many people are using them."

In other words, Elon has them by the short snd curlies. The only way they can escape is by going to space-based processing.., oh, wait.

Elon's First Law: "Elon wins."

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (FpP3s)

147 I'm going to see Weird Al live tomorrow night. I hope he does "Hardware Store".

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (vFG9F)

148 143 @140/Alteria Pilgram: "My question now is how to deal with my cousin harassing me for the next five years because of my endless unmerciful snickering at her because of all the Apple gear she owns. This is going to be brutal."

By turning it around and making them your personal Apple tech support every time you run into a question or problem caused by Apple "being different".

They'll regret you joining the Apple "family" soon enough.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
--------

Apple has tech support and 8 out of 10 calls they will be competent and polite. If you are dealing with an ass or their headset is not clear hang up and call again. It doesn't take long.
Code words: Technical Support

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 03:29 PM (27aLr)

And When He Had Opened The Fourth ONT

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Fido Friday:Adultery


You win an all expenses paid 2 week vacation, but you have to stay in just one zone. Which do you choose?

trip1.jfif

I think E, although D would be close.

For all the Euroweenies

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NGL, this looks awesome


I think Alex made this meme

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Feel good story of the day

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Nice


This guy is a serious creep. And they think Texans are going to elect him?

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This is an actual tweet he made that he thinks him somehow look good

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Why, just the other day I was saying "You know who I want as my senator? A grown-ass man who texts 13 year old girls at midnight."

Some days be like


Fix her? I wanna race her

Sailing.jpg


Heh

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VP of the USA


British Invasion

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Scary thought

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Feline Friday


Boomers vs Gen Z

door dash.jfif


Find someone who loves you as much as this guy loves his bird

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Not to step on CBD's toes, but this is seriously good

I made it and my wife said "I think this is my new religion."

Meme from the ending of the TV series "The Boys"

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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by the 70s:

youll live.jpg

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM




Comments

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1 Uh-oh!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 29, 2026 09:58 PM (VCgbV)

2 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 09:59 PM (SRRAx)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 10:00 PM (Y2B0/)

4 Chew the wire
Eat the sheep

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 10:01 PM (fF9x2)

5 ONT!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 29, 2026 10:01 PM (4tsnh)

6 Ooh. Early!

I need some help here…The fruitcake Senate Candidate from TX

Is it Tal-a-REE-co, or Tah-LAHR-I-co?

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 29, 2026 10:02 PM (HZfH/)

7 You mean all I have to do is pretend I'm dying?!

Damn!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 10:02 PM (Y2B0/)

8 hi

Posted by: Iris at May 29, 2026 10:02 PM (286+n)

9 Zone A because I've never been anywhere in it.

Same goes for E, but it's too damn hot.

Posted by: logprof at May 29, 2026 10:03 PM (jo6FO)

10 F not E

Posted by: logprof at May 29, 2026 10:03 PM (jo6FO)

11 E, final answer. Rome, southern France. The Alps. Constantinople.


Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)

12 Oh, and hey y’all.
Thanks Dave,

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 29, 2026 10:03 PM (HZfH/)

13 I could murder a pan of those potatoes any day of the week.

Posted by: huerfano at May 29, 2026 10:04 PM (VJX5o)

14 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:05 PM (77rzZ)

15 >>You win an all expenses paid 2 week vacation, but you have to stay in just one zone. Which do you choose?

___
I stay at home. I have no interest in Europe. They can pay for me to stay in the lake house I like that is 3 hrs away and no passport needed.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:05 PM (Xdfhw)

16 C, because Poland
D, because Hungary and Romania

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

17 And When He Had Opened The Fourth ONT

And lo, I saw a rider on a pale horse. And the rider was death.

Musical accompaniment:

https://youtu.be/pJ_UYHqWfJk

.....in case you wonder what Vangelis did before all that "Chariots of Fire" stuff.

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

18 E, final answer. Rome, southern France. The Alps. Constantinople.


Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)
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D, because a ton of my ancestors came from there. The other came from the UK and I'll probably get stabbed and sent to jail for fighting back.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:06 PM (ZOv7s)

19 I think Jessica Marino must be AI. There's no way she's that good looking and still does stuff like that. She tells men to do stuff like that...and they do. She laughs as they're run over by semis.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

20 I'd choose F, for Sicily

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 29, 2026 10:07 PM (QVmho)

21 You win an all expenses paid 2 week vacation, but you have to stay in just one zone. Which do you choose?


Is cash instead an option?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)

22 I need some help here…The fruitcake Senate Candidate from TX

Is it Tal-a-REE-co, or Tah-LAHR-I-co?

Lib-er-ACHI

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

23 You win an all expenses paid 2 week vacation, but you have to stay in just one zone. Which do you choose?

C lets me see all my ancestors' home countries.

Gotta stop that little tiff in the Ukraine first, though.

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

24 Swell ONT!

I'm with you on zone E

Posted by: 496 at May 29, 2026 10:08 PM (sM50u)

25 Fix her? I wanna race her


I volunteer to be the jockey.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 10:08 PM (/lPRQ)

26 RE: the "you'll live option."

In 4th grade, I was running on a lose pile of woodchips on the playground and broke my ankle.

I was sent to the office for treatment, and asked if I could walk on it. I could, but it hurt. Well, it's obviously not broken.

So I went back to class and at the end of the day walked home on it.

It was, in fact, broken.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:09 PM (ZOv7s)

27 >>I think E, although D would be close.

Going back and forth but I think I would swap the order.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 10:09 PM (viF8m)

28 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 10:10 PM (bfy6w)

29 22 I need some help here…The fruitcake Senate Candidate from TX

Is it Tal-a-REE-co, or Tah-LAHR-I-co?

----
It is pronounced hell-no-way is this freakazoid getting elected. That is another sad wet dream from the out of state leftoids.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:10 PM (Xdfhw)

30 FUCK DEATH!

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)

31 VP of the USA

That's what TVTropes calls "acrofatic."

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

32 You win an all expenses paid 2 week vacation, but you have to stay in just one zone. Which do you choose?

Define "all expenses paid" first, and then we'll talk.

'Cuz this girl can spend some serious money on vacation - just ask Mr. TiFW.... 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 10:11 PM (SRRAx)

33 Tal-a-REE-co, su-WAH-vay!

Posted by: davidt at May 29, 2026 10:12 PM (Q+gd/)

34 Forgot to mention: when I got home, my foot was so swollen that the laces had to be cut off my shoe. Splint and crutches for two weeks, then walking cast.

Fourth grade was on the third floor. No elevator. So I crawled up the stairs for a fortnight using the "teacher" stairwell, but I also got to take a "buddy" to help me get down at lunch and recess. This made me very popular because I got to leave class early.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:12 PM (ZOv7s)

35 "Find someone who loves you as much as this guy loves his bird"
_____________________________

PHRASING!!!!

Oh, and definitely category E on that map. South of France, Monaco, Most of Italy, and some of the Greek Isles.

Isn't odd that your choices are likely determined by which locations still have a handle on immigration in the tourist areas....and even Category E is very compromised.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 10:12 PM (dIske)

36 "NGL, this looks awesome"

"We lit 500 mortars at once"

Yup. Awsome.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 10:14 PM (O7YUW)

37 I hate everything:

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:14 PM (77rzZ)

38 Define "all expenses paid" first, and then we'll talk.

'Cuz this girl can spend some serious money on vacation - just ask Mr. TiFW.... 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 10:11 PM (SRRAx)
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Good catch. My great-great grandmother had a considerable inheritance and lost it on the tables of Monte Carlo. If I have an open-ended commitment, I will run up trillions.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ZOv7s)

39 Why, just the other day I was saying "You know who I want as my senator? A grown-ass man who texts 13 year old girls at midnight."

If something like that isn't the "Readers Added Context" already, then his campaign has a mole working at Xwitter.

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

40 "NGL, this looks awesome"

"We lit 500 mortars at once"

Yup. Awsome.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

More awesomer, just like the man says.

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

41 Why, just the other day I was saying "You know who I want as my senator? A grown-ass man who texts 13 year old girls at midnight."

grown ass-man, more likely.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)

42 29 22 I need some help here…The fruitcake Senate Candidate from TX

Is it Tal-a-REE-co, or Tah-LAHR-I-co?

----
It is pronounced hell-no-way is this freakazoid getting elected. That is another sad wet dream from the out of state leftoids.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:10 PM (Xdfhw)

I thought it might be ped-o-fi-ul. Alternates include pond scum and yikes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)

43 Jeebus. Mom would say things like, "come over here and let me look at it"

She told me when I was much older it was a way to do triage, if I could make it over to her, the chances were I wasn't needing to go to the doctor's.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 10:17 PM (rbvCR)

44 If something like that isn't the "Readers Added Context" already, then his campaign has a mole working at Xwitter.
Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)
---
His browser history is going to be spectacular.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:17 PM (ZOv7s)

45 D.
Munich...bier.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 10:17 PM (2WIwB)

46 Not to step on CBD's toes, but this is seriously good
===

Three kinds of fat and potatoes.
How could you go wrong?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)

47 What's going on, Bulg?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 10:17 PM (SRRAx)

48 I used to put a blanket on my lap or wear long shawl so my big tom, Angus, could sleep in my lap while I worked.
None of my current cats put up with me working on the computer, but they do like the cat beds I put on the desk flanking my computer

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 10:18 PM (rbvCR)

49 40 No matter what the msn says…

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:18 PM (77rzZ)

50 45 D.
Munich...bier.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 10:17 PM
***
This is the correct answer.

Posted by: TRex - Bavarian dino at May 29, 2026 10:18 PM (swDku)

51 The "choose a Zone" thing:

forced choice between places you've already seen (but not long enuf) & really liked, OR places you've never visited. at all.

I'm an undecided voter.

Posted by: mnw at May 29, 2026 10:19 PM (RCjYY)

52 Oh, and definitely category E on that map. South of France, Monaco, Most of Italy, and some of the Greek Isles.

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. No contest, really. Add in most of the Adriatic, too.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 29, 2026 10:19 PM (kYmoU)

53 Here's my first attempt at synonym rolls.

"These taste just like the last rolls you made."

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

54 I see Robert the Cat got top billing tonight.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 10:19 PM (qx7Zg)

55 47 Teresa, my sister is dying.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

56 Jeebus. Mom would say things like, "come over here and let me look at it"



Followed by, "Sit still!"
Then, "Quit crying. That didn't hurt." As she puts the bottle of mirthiolate away.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

57 D

I don't think the boob man died. It was a trick.

I see nothing wrong with trying to sail down Florida I-95 in a shopping cart at 0300 as it's not that busy then.

The potatoes are called Fondant Potatoes, altho I've seen recipes that differ from this one. Also for soaking in water 15min to remove starch and searing.

Son is waiting for a flight to Sydney and it's delayed. Giving him about 20min to make the flight from LA. We'll see. I am not looking forward to the Aussie germs he brings home for all of us. I did email him that koalas have chlamydia and gave him stats...which I know is totally normal for mothers to do...or if conversation lags at business meetings.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 29, 2026 10:21 PM (WONhk)

58 Fuck death.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)

59 Zone C for me ... Golfer's heaven

****

Florida Woman is worth a try

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 29, 2026 10:21 PM (3sXRv)

60 Mercurichrome. And a spray-on plastic bandage.
Methiolate was brutal.
No wonder I’m “slow”.
Wish Mom knew about the “just rub a little dirt in it” cure…

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 29, 2026 10:21 PM (HZfH/)

61 Though I would miss out on Royal Dornach in the Highlands (Zone B)

Still, I get all of Ireland's great courses

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 29, 2026 10:22 PM (3sXRv)

62 Message for Berserker. Please check in for the hobby thread tomorrow. Thank you.

Posted by: TRex - bulletin board dino at May 29, 2026 10:22 PM (swDku)

63 55 47 Teresa, my sister is dying.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

Bulg, I am so sorry to hear that.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 10:22 PM (qx7Zg)

64 Zone A would have the mostest scenery and the leastest peoples.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 10:23 PM (f0sNM)

65 The "choose a Zone" thing:

forced choice between places you've already seen (but not long enuf) & really liked, OR places you've never visited. at all.

I'm an undecided voter.

Posted by: mnw at May 29, 2026 10:19 PM (RCjYYlefties.

Or places you haven't seen ever. And aren't interested to see. Europe seems like a risk to visit, and I lack the interest.

Asia and South America seem more interesting.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:23 PM (Xdfhw)

66 Teresa, my sister is dying.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)


Prayers up for Team Bulg.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

67 37 I hate everything:
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:14 PM (77rzZ)
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God bless you.

Know that there are man Horde member praying for you and your sister.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:23 PM (ZOv7s)

68 So sorry, Bulg. I hope that you are able to be with her.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 10:24 PM (SRRAx)

69 Or places you haven't seen ever. And aren't interested to see. Europe seems like a risk to visit, and I lack the interest.

Asia and South America seem more interesting.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:23 PM (Xdfhw)
---
The best way to travel is on Uncle Sam's account. IYKYK

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:24 PM (ZOv7s)

70 RE: the "you'll live option."

My Dad, a former FMF Corpsman attached to 1MARDIV during Korea and Mom, a L&D nurse had no sympathies for any of the numerous injuries I and my 7 sibs experienced - UNTIL
Brother John ran over his own foot with the lawnmower.

Mom carried him into the house with one arm and swept dinner off of the kitchen table where she laid him to apply first aid with the other. A real mess. Dad drove him off to the ER.

Only then did Mom sit down, lite up a cig and started to shake.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 10:25 PM (Y2B0/)

71 Florida Woman, dang.

Out of my league, even though she is fucking scary crazy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 10:25 PM (0aYVJ)

72 63 55 47 Teresa, my sister is dying.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

I am sorry, Bulg. Is this the Sister you just reconnected withbl recenty?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:25 PM (Xdfhw)

73 Thank you, Hour and Diogenes.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

74
Mary,

I was wondering the same thing.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)

75 Out of my league, even though she is fucking scary crazy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 10:25 PM (0aYVJ)
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*Taps sign*

NEVER STICK YOUR DICK IN CRAZY

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)

76 >>D.
Munich...bier.

I'm partial to German beer but I've had some fantastic beers in Switzerland too. I could easily spend a couple weeks all expenses paid eating and drinking my way around the Alps and the rest of D.

My peeps.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 10:26 PM (viF8m)

77 Daytona Beach crack addict vs A kangaroo

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2026 10:27 PM (d9FiM)

78 NEVER STICK YOUR DICK IN CRAZY
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I take "What is sage advice that is never, ever taken for $1000? Alex"

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 10:27 PM (Y2B0/)

79 my sister is dying.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

Aw, man. So sorry. Sending prayers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 10:28 PM (0aYVJ)

80 Thanks for the ONT, WD.

Posted by: scampydog at May 29, 2026 10:29 PM (HQBRg)

81
Sometimes a little crazy is fun, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 10:29 PM (3ek7K)

82 {{{Bulg}}}

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 29, 2026 10:29 PM (LmPA0)

83 A. I’d like to visit the Faroe Islands, at least a few of the 18 that are inhabited. Gorgeous scenery and only 50,000 inhabitants. A bit windy and rainy, I can deal with those issues. Getting there might be a bit tough.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 29, 2026 10:30 PM (2NHgQ)

84 Zone F has a couple acceptable spots near Sicily and Greece, but most of it rates as bumfukistan.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 10:30 PM (QDJ2U)

85 Only then did Mom sit down, lite up a cig and started to shake.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 10:25 PM (Y2B0/)
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One of the grandkids was clowning around, fell backward and cut his head on a bookshelf. There was a lot of blood.

Panic ensued, and then Grandpa took charge, put pressure on the wound, called for more paper towel and and an icepack. Bleeding stopped, kid calmed down. A pressure dressing was improvised. He fell asleep. Everyone looked at me expectantly.

"Now what?"

"No idea. I was just trained to bandage them. The medics were supposed to the next part."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

86 my sister is dying.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

Terrible. I'm sorry.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2026 10:30 PM (d9FiM)

87 AHL

"His browsing history is going to be spectacular."

Is it better or worse than swastika-man Platner in Maine?

I ask because Platner is 7-10 points AHEAD of Collins in the polls I've seen.



Posted by: mnw at May 29, 2026 10:31 PM (RCjYY)

88 If there isn’t blood spurting out, a bone sticking out and you haven’t lost consciousness for longer than 20 seconds, you’re fine. Don’t be a pussy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:31 PM (9CzvH)

89 You win an all expenses paid 2 week vacation, but you have to stay in just one zone. Which do you choose?


Me and my golf clubs choose B. 2 weeks in Scotland. That's some good golf. BTW, I have done 2 weeks+ in Scotland, twice. Just didn't golf. Young and drunk is the only excuse I have. Also, didn't want to drag my clubs, via train, all over the place.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 10:31 PM (bfy6w)

90 You win an all expenses paid 2 week vacation, but you have to stay in just one zone. Which do you choose?

Why are the latitude lines curved but the zone lines aren't?

I think this is flat-earther propaganda.

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)

91 And A on the map.

Brown/black folks don’t like snow.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:32 PM (9CzvH)

92 Teresa, my sister is dying.
Posted by: Bulg

Prayers up for Team Bulg.
Posted by: Diogenes

Same!

Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

93 Zone B for the metal bands. Zone E for the weather and food.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (snZF9)

94 I take "What is sage advice that is never, ever taken for $1000? Alex"
Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 10:27 PM (Y2B0/)
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LOL. I figured my wife was safely on the positive side of the line. I was wrong.

But it'll be 25 years of marriage next month. A wild ride, but it's been great. Sometimes it's worth taking a risk.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (ZOv7s)

95 I never used to be a racist asshole.

I am now.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (9CzvH)

96 >>Asia and South America seem more interesting.

I think South America is a very overlooked area for a vacation. I like Chile a lot.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

97 "No idea. I was just trained to bandage them. The medics were supposed to the next part."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

Then you take them to the hospital or critical care to get stapled up.
Pro-tip, bring a clean shirt and pants for the kid, but leave him in the blood soaked clothing to get faster service.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)

98 I'm partial to German beer but I've had some fantastic beers in Switzerland too. I could easily spend a couple weeks all expenses paid eating and drinking my way around the Alps and the rest of D.

My peeps.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 10:26 PM (viF8m)

Hubby wants me to have an interest in seeing Germany and Austria. I'm trying to have enthusiasm. I can put on a cheery face I suppose. The Germans I've ever met were irritating and rude, and that was in the US. I don't like beer much other than Shiner. I do not see that being a trip I would like much.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:34 PM (Xdfhw)

99 Don’t go to sleep after you have a concussion, you won’t believe what happens next.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 10:34 PM (LHPAg)

100
nurse,

That is what I told my kids to get them to stop calling me at work.

Don't call me because ya'll are fighting.



Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 10:34 PM (3ek7K)

101 I ask because Platner is 7-10 points AHEAD of Collins in the polls I've seen.

Posted by: mnw at May 29, 2026 10:31 PM (RCjYY)
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OMG, and polls never lie, amirite?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:34 PM (ZOv7s)

102 The best way to travel is on Uncle Sam's account. IYKYK
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:24 PM (ZOv7s)

Yup. Germany for three years, back when it was still Germany.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

103 Excellent Fri ONT!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 10:35 PM (wVcYX)

104 I take "What is sage advice that is never, ever taken for $1000? Alex"
Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 10:27 PM (Y2B0/)

Don't sleep with co-workers.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

105 I had no complaints about Bavarian beers. They were all good. But, oddly, the best beer I had during Oktoberfest in Munich was a Czech pale lager Budvar. You might say it's the original Budweiser. It's one of the few brewers who will cold condition the batch for at least 90 days before bottling. Makes it reallllll smooth.

Anheiser Busch wouldn't let them export to the US due to "trademark" issues. Which is laughable since Budweiser Budvar has been brewed for centuries. You can buy it in the US now under the name "Czechvar", but it's hard to find.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 10:36 PM (dIske)

106 I've not been to Zones A or E. I'd like to try A before E. Of the zones I've visited, I liked C the most.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 29, 2026 10:36 PM (0CU3H)

107 Message for Berserker. Please check in for the hobby thread tomorrow. Thank you.

Posted by: TRex - bulletin board dino at May 29, 2026 10:22 PM (swDku)

You got it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2026 10:36 PM (snZF9)

108 Thank you, Teresa, AH Lloyd, and Mary.
And, yes, Mary, this was the sister that I recently reconnected with after a long estrangement. The last time that I talked to her was on her birthday, in March, when I sang “Happy Birthday” to her. She enjoyed it.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)

109 E has an amazing variety of options. Just got back from Nova Roma. Add in Italia, Adriatic, Aegean, Iberia. One could find a lot of expenses to be paid in these parts.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at May 29, 2026 10:36 PM (ohyUf)

110 Isn't most of the US climate around E and F and much of it G-whatever? I've only been to C in winter. Gets a bit nippy.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 10:37 PM (3uBP9)

111 Jeez, Bulg. May she go peacefully and be of blessed memory.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 29, 2026 10:37 PM (N5734)

112 "I'm afraid, Dave. I'm afraid, Weird Dave."

Thought why not quote a movie everyone has seen.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 10:37 PM (CHHv1)

113 I never used to be a racist asshole.

I am now.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (9CzvH)

You're not racist. You hate everybody. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2026 10:37 PM (snZF9)

114 55 47 Teresa, my sister is dying.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

Terrible news. Praying for both of you now.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 29, 2026 10:37 PM (0CU3H)

115 Then you take them to the hospital or critical care to get stapled up.
Pro-tip, bring a clean shirt and pants for the kid, but leave him in the blood soaked clothing to get faster service.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
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In this particular case, we didn't take him in. By strange coincidence, one of my daughters is an EMT, and she swung by and together we deemed that things were in a good place. He didn't like it, but we made him wear a bandage overnight.

Because toddlers regenerate like werewolves, in two days, we struggled to find the cut.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:37 PM (ZOv7s)

116 These new Sanwa Denshi Joysticks and buttons are the cats meow.

This Gimlet ain’t bad either.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 10:38 PM (XV/Pl)

117 Weird Dave’s ONTs hit different. But not in a James Talarico different kind of weird way.

Posted by: H at May 29, 2026 10:38 PM (6Km86)

118 Why are the latitude lines curved but the zone lines aren't?

I think this is flat-earther propaganda.
Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)



The only thing flat earthers have to fear is sphere itself.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

119 In all honesty, I have absolutely no desire to return to Europe. I would rather visit Mongolia. Really.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

120 I’ve not been to Iceland, but I’ve been to Finland, Sweden and Norway.

Lovely weather and scenery and wildlife. Not too many lightbulb heads.

Reindeer sausage is nice.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:39 PM (A5RD0)

121 Bulg, hugs to you. I'm sorry.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:39 PM (Xdfhw)

122 Evening all,

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-41
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 30, 2026
Launch Time: 8:25 a.m. PDT (1525 UTC, 17:25 CEST)

https://youtu.be/PNTtpjYDYt8

Posted by: Joyenz at May 29, 2026 10:39 PM (2F0/Y)

123 88 If there isn’t blood spurting out, a bone sticking out and you haven’t lost consciousness for longer than 20 seconds, you’re fine. Don’t be a pussy.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Just home from the hospital I passed out and hit the tile floor hard. Concerned about brain bleed, mostly, I called my doc. He asked, did you break your nose? 'No.' OK, don't worry about it.

those weren't his words, don't remember what he said but that's what it boiled down to

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 10:39 PM (fF9x2)

124 Bulg, I am glad that you were able to reconnect with her before it was too late. I am sorry that your time together now is going to be cut short.

I hope that both of you are able to make the most of what time she has left 💔💔💔

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 10:40 PM (SRRAx)

125 Thank you to all my Hordemates for the good wishes. Thank you all:

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:40 PM (77rzZ)

126 The only polls that count are the ones on election day!

Four months is an eternity in politics!

Did I miss any rose-tinted cliches?

Paxton is not safe, and Collins is worse than "not safe."

And as for that open Senate seat in NC...

Posted by: mnw at May 29, 2026 10:40 PM (RCjYY)

127 Jessica Marino shopping cart gal

"I can fix her"
......

Why would you want to fix that?

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 10:41 PM (oq9dX)

128 96 >>Asia and South America seem more interesting.

I think South America is a very overlooked area for a vacation. I like Chile a lot.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

Completely agree with this. My mom's from South America, and there is a LOT to see down there. You can ski in Chile in the summertime.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 29, 2026 10:41 PM (0CU3H)

129 >>Hubby wants me to have an interest in seeing Germany and Austria. I'm trying to have enthusiasm. I can put on a cheery face I suppose. The Germans I've ever met were irritating and rude, and that was in the US. I don't like beer much other than Shiner. I do not see that being a trip I would like much.

In my experience it makes a big difference where exactly you go and what you want to do. I have no use for Berlin but I've had great times in other areas in Germany, mostly smaller and south, and had a great time. And Switzerland in areas is every bit as beautiful as the photos ace posts and so is Austria.

And you have to like beer. God loves you. And go to South America instead.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 10:42 PM (viF8m)

130 I think the "hot chick committing strange but alluring crime in florida" is probably a meme template you can pull up and add your own text.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 10:42 PM (3uBP9)

131 A vacation choice based on longitudes would be more interesting.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 29, 2026 10:42 PM (W5mpo)

132 I never used to be a racist asshole.

I am now.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:33 PM (9CzvH)

Heh. I try not to be a racist, but all these fuckers around me makes this extremely difficult.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)

133 {{{Bulg}}}

Prayers going out, for you and her. Comfort for you both, medical staff willing to do their best for her.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at May 29, 2026 10:42 PM (sEJiq)

134 Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 10:36 PM (dIske)

Czech pilsners. Years ago Pilsner Urquel licensed a Canadian brewer to make its beer and it's dang tasty.

Posted by: 13times at May 29, 2026 10:43 PM (pIIW9)

135 Bulg,

I'm sorry to read about your sister. Sending prayers and hugs to you and family.

Posted by: Joyenz at May 29, 2026 10:43 PM (2F0/Y)

136 I saw Pale White Horse of Death open for System of a Down at The Whiskey in '82.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 10:44 PM (u/oMr)

137 Isn't most of the US climate around E and F and much of it G-whatever? I've only been to C in winter. Gets a bit nippy.
Posted by: banana Dream

Venice: about 45 degrees north
Fargo: about 47 degrees north
Paris: about 49 degrees north

Latitude ain't everything.

Posted by: mikeski has a bad latitude at May 29, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

138 In high school some friends would have races in the parking lot where we would put our cars in neutral, open the doors and then tac into the wind, backwards. This is a thing you can do in Kansas. Probably not elsewhere.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 10:44 PM (3uBP9)

139 That vid of the guy working from home is spot on. Prettygirl not only insists on desk time with me but when I'm on the phone she insists on participating. It does endear me to court clerks and such so that's a good thing.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 29, 2026 10:45 PM (W5mpo)

140 A hearty, meaty ONT, with a delicious variety of amusements and diversions. Simmered to perfection.

That "dying" old guy with the accommodating nurse miraculously recovered the next day. The kid attempting, with predictable results, to stomp the beer cans did not.

The feline work assistant - how did you get that picture of our dear old Ony cat?

Posted by: mindful webworker - and hospital ghosts at May 29, 2026 10:45 PM (kU8xu)

141 Very sorry to hear that, Bulg. Wish I knew something to say.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 10:46 PM (CHHv1)

142 OK, with the potatoes...
Where is the actual recipe to be found?

Also, isn't there a French word for those sorts of potatoes?

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 10:46 PM (kU0PQ)

143 The largest water park in Europe is in Spain so whatever zone that’s in.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 10:46 PM (XV/Pl)

144 Florida Woman with twigs in hair arrested after throwing nuts at police officers and yelling "I am the Squirrel Queen!"

-- picture of tweet from Florida TV station.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)

145 E or F for weather and food.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2026 10:47 PM (d9FiM)

146 As to which zone....
Which one do I think I could conquer the easiest?

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 10:47 PM (kU0PQ)

147 never used to be a racist asshole.

I am now.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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I dislike everyone in a my own special way.

Posted by: scampydog at May 29, 2026 10:47 PM (HQBRg)

148 I love you, Bers.

Hug wife. I love her more.
And I miss WDS. Damn. She was a hoot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:48 PM (PComA)

149 My biggest question about FL Woman is how did she rig the sail? A shower curtain is square-ish so I'm assuming lanteen or gaff?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 10:48 PM (vTZFs)

150 When I lived in Germany, I got some Budweiser, the original Czech brew. I wish I had saved a bottle. it was a pilsner, but pretty good.

I also had a bottle of Stolichnaya with the Cyrillic script. Paid like a buck two-fitty for it in East Berlin. Again, wish I had kept the bottle.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

151 In my experience it makes a big difference where exactly you go and what you want to do. I have no use for Berlin but I've had great times in other areas in Germany, mostly smaller and south, and had a great time. And Switzerland in areas is every bit as beautiful as the photos ace posts and so is Austria.

And you have to like beer. God loves you. And go to South America instead.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 10:42 PM (viF8m)

Hubby lived in Bavaria for a while. He lived right there at Neuschwanstein. I need to nut up and go. I could put up with beer and sausages and Germans and put on a shit eating grin. . He would be so happy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:49 PM (Xdfhw)

152 Thank you all, for your prayers and thoughts. I cannot tell you how much they mean. I am crying as I type this.

Thank you all. And that includes all those expressed below.

Thank you all for being here.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:49 PM (77rzZ)

153 Praying for you and your sister, Bulg.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 29, 2026 10:50 PM (aJQbY)

154 Strange to say, but Zone F is where it's at. Morocco is a great place to visit. Stay in a Riad in Marrakech if you can; it's North African hospitality culture at its finest.

Otherwise, the high rollers can book a room at La Mamounia, a first-rate hotel experience just a hop, skip and a rented camel ride from the city square at Jemaa al-Fnaa.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 10:51 PM (u/oMr)

155 Fondant Potatoes, or pommes de terre fondantes

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 10:51 PM (rbvCR)

156 >>Completely agree with this. My mom's from South America, and there is a LOT to see down there. You can ski in Chile in the summertime.

I went to a bachelor party in the Lakes Region of southern Chile. Old customer who turned into a lifelong friend. Absolutely spectacular area and very friendly and safe.

We went for a hike in a national park one morning and then ended up having lunch at a ski lodge that was on a mountain that was an active volcano. As in it was venting smoke constantly. Overlooked a huge crystal clear lake. And it was cheap compared to going to Europe.

Loved every time I've visited South America.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 10:51 PM (viF8m)

157 My biggest question about FL Woman is how did she rig the sail? A shower curtain is square-ish so I'm assuming lanteen or gaff?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 10:48 PM (vTZFs)
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If she's running before the wind, a square rig would do quite well. She'd have to be careful when she comes about to make a turn, tho.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:52 PM (ZOv7s)

158 My biggest question about FL Woman is how did she rig the sail? A shower curtain is square-ish so I'm assuming lanteen or gaff?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 10:48 PM (vTZFs)

Honestly, she could have done a Polynesian Crab-Claw rig, it can use a more square sail.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 10:53 PM (rbvCR)

159 135 Thank you, Joyenz. I miss your Dad. Best wishes to you and yours.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:54 PM (77rzZ)

160 I would much prefer travel
To SA than Europe.

Is it safe for a single white woman?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:54 PM (4piHn)

161 153 Thank you.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:55 PM (77rzZ)

162 I speak Spanish, but not Portuguese.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:56 PM (4piHn)

163 The Florida Woman in the shopping cart on the Interstate doesn't need to be fixed. She's just fine, as-is.

Posted by: a.moron at May 29, 2026 10:56 PM (X5Jzz)

164 Honestly, she could have done a Polynesian Crab-Claw rig, it can use a more square sail.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 10:53 PM (rbvCR)
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*golf clap*

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 10:57 PM (ZOv7s)

165 Region E. I could spend 2 weeks in Italy alone, and if that fails, plenty of interesting stuff to see on the other side of the Adriatic coast, I'll bet.

Honestly though? Fuck most of the places in that map. I'd rather spend my time in parts of Asia these days.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 10:57 PM (AUL7F)

166 I love you, Bers.

Hug wife. I love her more.
And I miss WDS. Damn. She was a hoot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:48 PM (PComA)

We love you too. Yeah, I think about WDS somewhat often. She was a riot.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2026 10:58 PM (snZF9)

167 Honestly though? Fuck most of the places in that map. I'd rather spend my time in parts of Asia these days.

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Vietnam is worth a look.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 10:58 PM (u/oMr)

168 Leaving for zone E and F on June 24 with daughter, son-in-law and grandkids. Portugal... Peniche and south to the Med.

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)

169 Sorry, Cicero,

Marakesh was a nightmare. I was with two girlfriends and we were dressed appropriately. We were hissed at in public in the daytime, followed and harassed. And this was 20 years ago.

I doubt the sand people have progressed much.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 10:59 PM (A5RD0)

170 155 Fondant Potatoes, or pommes de terre fondantes
Posted by: Kindltot
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So, potatoes, a can of cream of celery soup, some cilantro, garlic and onion and you're good to go?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 11:00 PM (fF9x2)

171 If anyone needs a dose of cuteness, this video might help.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ElsSjQwzVKg

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)

172 Prays for you sister Bulg. At least you reconnected with her. Thats worth a lot.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)

173 Marakesh was a nightmare. I was with two girlfriends and we were dressed appropriately. We were hissed at in public in the daytime, followed and harassed. And this was 20 years ago.

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You're lucky you weren't in Fez.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:01 PM (u/oMr)

174 Polling is broken completely. I can point to no better example than the fact that not one single poll picked up on the fact that Paxton was cruising towards a 2-1 victory over Cornyn.

How could an honest, worthwhile polling outfit have missed such a huge trend? But they all did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 11:02 PM (QDJ2U)

175 172 Yes, I’m very glad about that.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 11:03 PM (77rzZ)

176 Oh, and definitely category E on that map. South of France, Monaco, Most of Italy, and some of the Greek Isles.
Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 10:12 PM (dIske)

I used to spend time looking at Greek islands I could buy (some day). Now that "some day" has expired, unfortunately. Still, it's fun to dream.

(Those dreams included a large Phalanx system on the top of the fortress, an army of 'ettes to defend the place, and a nuke to power the place.)

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)

177 >>I would much prefer travel
To SA than Europe.

>>Is it safe for a single white woman?

Like everywhere, depends on when and where. The more public and touristy areas I've been during the day are fine, some get sketchier after dark.

You'd feel right at home in southern Chile. It feels like the Pacific Northwest.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m)

178 "S.F. pedestrian hit by recycling truck suffers life-threatening injuries"

You know there's an old punchline just dying to try it again.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 29, 2026 11:05 PM (W5mpo)

179 Vietnam is worth a look.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 10:58 PM (u/oMr)

Saigon has gone through a bit of a conversion.

https://tinyurl.com/bdzckmyu

Posted by: javems at May 29, 2026 11:05 PM (zFsEm)

180 Hard to match my time in Vietnam, mostly because of the march of time (it was much mellower then, and far fewer dai tourists, and very few who got off the beaten path such as it was), and circumstances. Linked up with a local the whole time (gf), whose daddy had been VC but then a fairly high-ranking guvamint official, so lived in a 'hood, did local things, and once stayed in a military vacation hotel (Nha Trang) thanks to daddy's status.

Her father had been on the trail during the war, was grateful to have survived, was sent to East Germany for college (accounting), ended up finance minister of a key province, but was sidelined for outing corruption. When he visited his daughter in the US he spent a lot of time at the Jefferson Memorial, making her translate every word on the walls. He was wildly pro-American.

Vietnam in the 90s was an incredibly cheap, impossibly friendly paradise for those who don't mind a few - none important - rough edges.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:05 PM (U/Byj)

181 Vietnam is worth a look.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 10:58 PM (u/oMr)
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I'm partial to the Thai ladyboys!

Posted by: Devoted Seminarian Talerico at May 29, 2026 11:06 PM (ZOv7s)

182 @174 Polling depends entirely on the rationality of the respondents. We no longer live in an age where the unrational can be disregarded. Instead, they are courted. And they add to the count. And we get the results we have seen in recent years.

The Insane vote. And they vote for their friends.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 11:07 PM (CHHv1)

183 Original Predator movie on TV.

Posted by: scampydog at May 29, 2026 11:08 PM (HQBRg)

184 I speak Spanish but I hear they don't like that in Portugal.
Maybe some will speak English, I don't like offending the locals.

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 11:08 PM (oq9dX)

185 You'd feel right at home in southern Chile. It feels like the Pacific Northwest.
Posted by: JackStraw

If you stand on your head

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 29, 2026 11:08 PM (W5mpo)

186 Also, isn't there a French word for those sorts of potatoes?
Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 10:46 PM (kU0PQ)

Les petites Pom de Terres.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 11:08 PM (QDJ2U)

187 My unicorn got eaten by my ocelot.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:08 PM (/+uur)

188 Tallarico has a GF

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:10 PM (/+uur)

189 Fondant Potatoes, or pommes de terre fondantes
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 10:51 PM (rbvCR)

"Fondant" was the word I was looking for. Thank you.

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:10 PM (kU0PQ)

190 I'm debating a package tour to somewhere, wherever. Whatever continent. I'm good at planning domestic trips. But I'm tired of being the planner. I just want to go without the drama.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 11:10 PM (Xdfhw)

191 My unicorn got eaten by my ocelot.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:08 PM (/+uur)
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My hovercraft is full of eels.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 11:10 PM (ZOv7s)

192 >>If you stand on your head

It's weird how the further south you drive down there the more north it feels.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 11:12 PM (viF8m)

193 What's in Zone J?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 11:12 PM (Cqx++)

194 190 I'm debating a package tour to somewhere, wherever. Whatever continent. I'm good at planning domestic trips. But I'm tired of being the planner. I just want to go without the drama.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Go on a cruise. Max passengers 500.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:12 PM (BApYz)

195 Tallarico has a GF
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:10 PM (/+uur)
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So does Senator Spartacus. Does she live in Canada?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 11:12 PM (ZOv7s)

196 190 I'm debating a package tour to somewhere, wherever. Whatever continent. I'm good at planning domestic trips. But I'm tired of being the planner. I just want to go without the drama.

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That's pretty open-ended. Care to elaborate?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oMr)

197 I don't care about Europe or the zones. Can I take the money instead?

Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 11:12 PM (8XBuM)

198 Tallarico has a GF

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:10 PM (/+uur)

Who works at a gay bar in Austin. Cheer Up Charlie's or something something. Sure, Jan.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 11:13 PM (Xdfhw)

199 Also, isn't there a French word for those sorts of potatoes?
Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 10:46 PM (kU0PQ)

Les petites Pom de Terres.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 11:08 PM (QDJ2U)

LOL. I should have said for "potatoes cooked like that". Along with fondant, I might have been thinking of "croquettes". Which is NOT what that recipe was.

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)

200 Warrens cheek bones were so high she was pretendian princessist

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:13 PM (/+uur)

201 Have many many places to go in all the zones, plus Asia, but especially South America and Central America. Who couldn't find great things to do in all those European zones? Jeebus.

Spent half a year in Brazil and only scratched the surface, in a way. But Chile and Argentina are top of the list.

Was lucky to hit certain off-beat places during what may be their best times, like Vietnam. Eritrea another one, amazing trip. The changes, even "improvements", would make them less appealing now. Doubt Angola has improved much, but still, seen enough. Azerbaijan would be much better, but meh. Next door Georgia though I want to see, will be unrecognizable to me.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:13 PM (U/Byj)

202 I've heard great things about Vietnam.

But I think it may be a poor fit for me. My father was there, and I think I owe some of my fun-filled upbringing to his experience. So I'm not sure I could enjoy being there except as part of a massive invasion force. Sort of a "Surprise, nothing is forgiven" tour. Yes, I know this is irrational.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 11:14 PM (AUL7F)

203 Let's go Canes!!!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 29, 2026 11:14 PM (5yDGQ)

204 My hovercraft is full of eels.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 11:10 PM (ZOv7s)

Add moor hover

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:14 PM (/+uur)

205 195 Tallarico has a GF
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:10 PM (/+uur)
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So does Senator Spartacus. Does she live in Canada?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 11:12 PM (ZOv7s)

They are dating
The GFs that is

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:15 PM (/+uur)

206 29, 2026 11:12 PM (viF8m)

193 What's in Zone J?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 11:12 PM (Cqx++)

You mean Zone Jigaboo?

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 11:15 PM (QDJ2U)

207 Yes, I know this is irrational.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 11:14 PM (AUL7F)

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Vietnam has a very young population that loves Americans. Especially in the South.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:15 PM (u/oMr)

208 202 I've heard great things about Vietnam.

2.25 bucks
Same as downtown

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:16 PM (/+uur)

209 I loathe the heat. Anything over 72, if not directly on the water , is horrid.

I would love to ski in chile.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:16 PM (A5RD0)

210 They are dating
The GFs that is
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:15 PM (/+uur)
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"I am very attracted to women. Like Rosaria Dawson. Whom I am dating. In a serious way."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 11:17 PM (ZOv7s)

211 210 They are dating
The GFs that is
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:15 PM (/+uur)
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"I am very attracted to women. Like Rosaria Dawson. Whom I am dating. In a serious way."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 11:17 PM (ZOv7s)

She does not have to suck the D
Works out very well

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:18 PM (/+uur)

212

See Rock City

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 11:18 PM (Cqx++)

213 I swear, modern Democrat male politicians have more beards than the Army of Northern Virginia.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 11:19 PM (ZOv7s)

214 She does not have to suck the D
Works out very well
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:18 PM (/+uur)
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LOL, she's never even seen the D.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 11:19 PM (ZOv7s)

215 That's pretty open-ended. Care to elaborate?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oMr)

Sure. I've always planned our vacations. We've seen a lot of the US.. Seen much of Australia. Hubby would love to visit Europe again. My interest in Europe is limited. I would go to please Hubby. It would be a chore to plan, because of my lack of interest. But I would do it. But it would be a chore.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 11:19 PM (Xdfhw)

216 I would love to ski in chile.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:16 PM (A5RD0)

is that a euphemism


Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:21 PM (/+uur)

217 I speak Spanish but I hear they don't like that in Portugal.
Maybe some will speak English, I don't like offending the locals.
Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 11:08 PM (oq9dX)

They are probably ok with both Spanish and English , however if you speak Spanish to them you will never understand them when they respond. Never.
And the Portuguese speakers will never ever be able to understand why you can't seem to understand them.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)

218 plenty of interesting stuff to see on the other side of the Adriatic coast, I'll bet.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 10:57 PM (AUL7F)

I'd love to go tour the old Yugoslav countries now that I don't have to be ready to blow them all up with a radio call.

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:22 PM (kU0PQ)

219 It would be a chore to plan, because of my lack of interest. But I would do it. But it would be a chore.

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Think outside the box. Go to Egypt or Jordan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:22 PM (u/oMr)

220 212

See Rock City
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 11:18 PM (Cqx++)

When Tallaricos meets Corey

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:22 PM (/+uur)

221 I would love to ski in chile.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:16 PM (A5RD0)

is that a euphemism

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:21 PM (/+uur)
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This comment, he is about me?

Posted by: The Paolo at May 29, 2026 11:23 PM (ZOv7s)

222 216 I would love to ski in chile.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:16 PM (A5RD0)


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I rolled around in baked beans.

Posted by: Ann Margaret at May 29, 2026 11:23 PM (u/oMr)

223 They are both dating George Glass

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:23 PM (/+uur)

224 Florida Woman with twigs in hair arrested after throwing nuts at police officers and yelling "I am the Squirrel Queen!"
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)

She's lucky she didn't get shot. Police can be really touchy with nuts.

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:24 PM (kU0PQ)

225 Think outside the box. Go to Egypt or Jordan.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:22 PM (u/oMr)
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I've stayed away from the box for my entire life.

Posted by: Barry O. at May 29, 2026 11:24 PM (ZOv7s)

226 Swim in spaghetti

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 11:25 PM (Cqx++)

227 That's a lot of work for spuds. Bake'em, pressure cook'em, mash'em. That's about all the effort I'll put into a potato.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 29, 2026 11:26 PM (D1E+2)

228 218 plenty of interesting stuff to see on the other side of the Adriatic coast, I'll bet.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 10:57 PM (AUL7F)

I'd love to go tour the old Yugoslav countries now that I don't have to be ready to blow them all up with a radio call.
Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:22 PM (kU0PQ)

I feel the same way about Russia, more or less, and would love to see it. But it seems less appealing now that we've been fighting a proxy war against for several years. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. But paranoia has worked well for me so far.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 11:26 PM (AUL7F)

229 223 They are both dating George Glass
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:23 PM (/+uur)

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George Glass? Oh Jan.

Posted by: Marsha Marsha Marsha at May 29, 2026 11:27 PM (u/oMr)

230 I am calling in sick

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:27 PM (/+uur)

231 Think outside the box. Go to Egypt or Jordan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:22 PM (u/oMr)
S

We are thinking of Japan. That seems like an interesting place to visit.

Are women allowed to visit Egypt or Jordan without wearing a hijab or a scarf? I'm not going to do that.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 11:27 PM (Xdfhw)

232 >>Think outside the box. Go to Egypt or Jordan.

Are we still preparing for our tour of the VI/BVI?

Cause I'm your huckleberry travel planner for that one.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 11:27 PM (viF8m)

233 She's lucky she didn't get shot. Police can be really touchy with nuts.
Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:24 PM (kU0PQ)
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(Obligatory)

Especially deez nutz.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)

234 Good evening morons e grazie wd

If you think Kid Franpsycho accepted "you'll be fine" as a full diagnosis you would be mistaken. Not until dad threatened to take me to Queens Hospital Center ER. That was very healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 11:27 PM (RIvkX)

235 229

hahaaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:27 PM (/+uur)

236 Kindltot dunno if it's the same with Spain/Portugal, but in Brazil it was a one-way linguistic membrane with their Spanish-speaking neighbors. Brazilians easily understood most Spanish, but other way, fuggetaboutit. Spanish-language novelas (prime time soaps) ran without subtitles in Brazil. In Argentina, Brazilian novelas (best in the world at the time) always had subtitles.

Saw it personally too. Some very nice Chileans at a BBQ in Parana, prosperous southern Brazilian state, had to settle for German with me (they were fluent), my Portuguese by then was pretty good but Swahili to them.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:28 PM (U/Byj)

237 Well, the white male Democrat politicians have beards. The black Democratic male politicians have hookers and side pieces.

Posted by: Wally at May 29, 2026 11:28 PM (uQ0bR)

238 Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)

May both of you have true peace and may all involved have strength for this time. Prayers up.

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:28 PM (kU0PQ)

239 Think outside the box. Go to Egypt or Jordan.

I think if I won the lottery tomorrow I could spend whatever's left of my life traveling and seeing and doing cool and fun stuff without ever leaving the US.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 11:29 PM (vTZFs)

240 I hate traveling.
I like being in new places, but I hare getting there.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 29, 2026 11:30 PM (fE6HJ)

241 I feel the same way about Russia, more or less, and would love to see it. But it seems less appealing now that we've been fighting a proxy war against for several years. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. But paranoia has worked well for me so far.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 11:26 PM (AUL7F)
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There's nothing there. Like Oakland, except colder.

Maybe the Hermitage is worthwhile if you like 10th century wooden icons.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)

242 Are women allowed to visit Egypt or Jordan without wearing a hijab or a scarf? I'm not going to do that.

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Westerners don't need to be covered, although to be safe you should not wander off away from your male escort.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:32 PM (u/oMr)

243 Saw it personally too. Some very nice Chileans at a BBQ in Parana, prosperous southern Brazilian state, had to settle for German with me (they were fluent), my Portuguese by then was pretty good but Swahili to them.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:28 PM (U/Byj)

I speak Spanish and I have seen it from the other side, the Brazilians all understand me fine, I just talk funny. They, however, make amusing noises that only sound like language. Even when they speak Spanish. When I watch Brazilian videos with Portuguese sub titles all I can think is "They are pronouncing it wrong"
Portuguese has too many phonemes next to Spanish, and the ear gets confused in the sheer volume of half-tones and nasals.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 11:33 PM (rbvCR)

244 Jordan was fantastic (this was 20 years ago). Small, easy to operate in, lots to see. Go down to Aqaba (nice fish restaurants, and if you're lucky you can watch intercepts of Houthi drones over nearby Eilat!). From there spend a day touring Petra (amazing). Next day have a descendant of the Howeitat who rode with Lawrence to take Aqaba from the Turks guide you around Wadi Rum (spectacular, for a taste see clips from "Lawrence of Arabia" on UToob). Do a boat dive in the Red Sea.

Bear in mind that Jordan is mostly Palestinians and sort of batshit stupid on all that stuff, but the tribes and royal family are pretty efficient at security. Amman is nice, go a bit north for some Roman ruins and wine country.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:33 PM (U/Byj)

245 Hubby wants me to have an interest in seeing Germany and Austria. I'm trying to have enthusiasm. I can put on a cheery face I suppose. The Germans I've ever met were irritating and rude, and that was in the US. I don't like beer much other than Shiner. I do not see that being a trip I would like much.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 10:34 PM (Xdfhw)

Mary, I've heard changes have happened in the German character in the last 10 years, but....
Bavarians were always a little different than Yankee Germans in terms of friendliness. They still don't say "pardon me"* when squeezing past you in the store aisle, but if you attempt some German (like "I don't speak German, can you help me in English?") they were generally welcoming.

As to beer, spend your time in Franconia, the home of the funny-shaped wine bottles. They have winefests all spring and summer (and into fall). You can also drink radler (a beer-lemonade mix) in the summer. It's actually really good. And, of course, all the fun castles with funky histories are in Bavaria.

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:33 PM (kU0PQ)

246 Evening, folken! I thought I'd drop in before heading off to sleep. Just finished watching 2024's The Apprentice, with an uncannily-good Sebastian Stan (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Trump from age 28 or so into his 40s. The movie is a hit piece, of course, with various unflattering anecdotes from Ivana's book about life as the first Mrs. Trump. But Stan's performance is amazing, as is Jeremy Strong's as Roy Cohn.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 11:33 PM (wzUl9)

247 I think if I won the lottery tomorrow I could spend whatever's left of my life traveling and seeing and doing cool and fun stuff without ever leaving the US.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 11:29 PM (vTZFs)

I agree. But am trying to please my hubby who wants to do.a big international trip. I'm taking deep breaths .

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 11:34 PM (Xdfhw)

248 Bear in mind that Jordan is mostly Palestinians and sort of batshit stupid on all that stuff, but the tribes and royal family are pretty efficient at security.

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My experience was that there are Palestinians, and then there are the balance of the population that despises the Palestinians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:35 PM (u/oMr)

249 And I would choose Zone B. Scotland, Sweden, Finland, the tip of Denmark? Yeah, they've been swarmed by invaders, but so has the UK.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 11:35 PM (wzUl9)

250 But paranoia has worked well for me so far.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 11:26 PM (AUL7F)

Always remember and never forget: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean no one is out to get you.

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:35 PM (kU0PQ)

251 I've heard great things about Vietnam.

But I think it may be a poor fit for me. My father was there, and I think I owe some of my fun-filled upbringing to his experience. So I'm not sure I could enjoy being there except as part of a massive invasion force. Sort of a "Surprise, nothing is forgiven" tour. Yes, I know this is irrational.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 11:14 PM (AUL7F)
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My dad came back with a deep affection for Vietnam and the people. Lib little sis did visit where he was stationed in Saigon and Long Binh a couple years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 11:37 PM (RIvkX)

252 Thanks WeirdDave.
Night, y'all.

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 11:37 PM (kU0PQ)

253 Oh Russia is near the top of my list, Franpsycho. And since I am somehow indifferent as to whose flag flies over Nova Mikhailovka or Kramatorsk, I wish they would finish up with their stupid war with Ukeistan so I can go (could go now but nah, too much b.s. for amerikantsi).

Have seen a bit, lived there a bit, but much to see. Lots of WWII sites - Kursk, Stalingrad (Volgograd), military museums in Moscow. Take the Trans-Siberian to Baikal. See what Leningrad is like as St Petersburg.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:37 PM (U/Byj)

254 . . . Portuguese has too many phonemes next to Spanish, and the ear gets confused in the sheer volume of half-tones and nasals.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026

***
Written Portuguese *looks* much like Spanish on the page. Once you understand that "ao-with-the-tilde" thing, it's oddly easier than you'd think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 11:38 PM (wzUl9)

255 @191 Drop your panties, Sir William, I cannot wait until lunchtime.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)

256 JFC

Mariners once again trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:40 PM (PTUsc)

257 We are thinking of Japan. That seems like an interesting place to visit.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
.......

My nephew from Germany went there for a few months. He said it was insane.

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 11:40 PM (oq9dX)

258 Mrs. F. visited Aqaba as a yute. Cairo too. Of course this was many years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 11:41 PM (RIvkX)

259 @240 l hate traveling.

I hate it too. Done lots of it in my younger days, maybe too much. But it was fun back then, now it seems like a big hassle. I remember when flying was fun. Now you can't get me near an airport. It's like riding in a bus full of rude people.
Even the airport people are rude.

Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 11:43 PM (8XBuM)

260 Tomorrow, car wash and a trip to Walmart to pick up some more Feline Pine cat litter. I'm exhausted already just thinking about it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 11:44 PM (wzUl9)

261 At least the Brits convict their murderers quickly. A Sikh stabbed an innocent man to death in Dcember 2025; convicted yesterday of murder, will be sentenced June 1. He'll get life. https://tinyurl.com/3c6r8vxw

Done, under six months.

OTOH, Charlie Kirk's killer will face a (delayed) preliminary hearing in July -- ten months after the murder. And still no trial date.


Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 29, 2026 11:44 PM (JbymY)

262 Please. Killmenow

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:45 PM (hv2WN)

263 Aqaba has beaches segregated by sex. You're better off in Eilat on the Israel side.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:45 PM (u/oMr)

264 Oh Russia is near the top of my list, Franpsycho
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I'm going to Colorado next month.
/wanly

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 11:45 PM (RIvkX)

265 My Portuguese is from Brazil and Brazilians so "continental" is not instantly easy to understand. And that includes in Africa, where the educated types of course speak continental. People in Portugal and Africa usually are amused by Brazilian pronunciation from a foreigner, but they get it, Brazil is not just huge, but the engine of lusophone pop culture in the world, far more foreigners learning that flavor than continental.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:45 PM (U/Byj)

266 Oh FFS

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:46 PM (hv2WN)

267 260 Tomorrow, car wash and a trip to Walmart to pick up some more Feline Pine cat litter. I'm exhausted already just thinking about it.

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Having the grandbabies down to the boat. It's not buying cat litter, but it should be fun.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:47 PM (u/oMr)

268 Oh FFS
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:46 PM (hv2WN)
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Sounds like a baseball fan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 11:47 PM (RIvkX)

269 Franpsycho, I think Boulder might remind you in some ways of Moscow of your youth. At least the people's mindset (actually that's slandering Muscovites of the 80s, who were mostly "over it" WRT the Sovyetskiy Soyuz by then).

Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:48 PM (U/Byj)

270 Not sure what is going on, Nurse, but here's a virtual hug if that helps.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 11:49 PM (CHHv1)

271 Tomorrow I am going to the dept store in the next town over to get a security tag removed.
Missed it when we went shopping last weekend.
Will probably end up buying more stuff.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 29, 2026 11:49 PM (fE6HJ)

272 Written Portuguese *looks* much like Spanish on the page. Once you understand that "ao-with-the-tilde" thing, it's oddly easier than you'd think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 11:38 PM (wzUl9)

Reading, yes. Not speaking. Seriously, no Portuguese speaker comprehends that a Spanish speaker needs special training to understand the language. Sarah Hoyt had a hilarious rant about trying to order a burrito at a drive-through and I don't think she understood the problem.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)

273 Always remember and never forget: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean no one is out to get you.
Posted by: GWB

But if everyone is out to get you, being paranoid won't help.

Posted by: mikeski checks under the bed at May 29, 2026 11:50 PM (VHUov)

274 Evening, Weird Dave, and ONT Horde. Putting the convertible in going-home gear tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2026 11:51 PM (8zz6B)

275 So how come the forces manifested by AOC are suddenly anti AI? Thought that was modern techie stuff and the modern techie types were all "left" except for Musk? And the biggest uses for AI are control, surveillance, eliminating workers and lying about history. What gives? Is it a briar patch move?

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 29, 2026 11:51 PM (3/XaG)

276 Cicero looks like it might be sunny tomorrow, though cool on the water (as usual). My niece uses the family boat quite a bit. 38-ft green Beneteau.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:52 PM (U/Byj)

277 275 So how come the forces manifested by AOC are suddenly anti AI? Thought that was modern techie stuff and the modern techie types were all "left" except for Musk? And the biggest uses for AI are control, surveillance, eliminating workers and lying about history. What gives? Is it a briar patch move?
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 29, 2026 11:51 PM (3/XaG)

Chinese money for one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 11:53 PM (bss/y)

278 ONT WTF
@OntWtf
Dying man wanted to see tits one last time. Some heroes wear scrubs.
5:23 PM · May 29, 2026
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On film? Yeah, no. Call your wife or g.f. sir the nurses are not here for that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 11:54 PM (RIvkX)

279 E all the way. 1 week in Madrid and 1 week in Rome.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 29, 2026 11:55 PM (R86kT)

280 D. Austria, Hungary, Romania.... some of Europe I have not seen yet.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 29, 2026 11:56 PM (mP0Kj)

281 276 Cicero looks like it might be sunny tomorrow, though cool on the water (as usual). My niece uses the family boat quite a bit. 38-ft green Beneteau

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The forecast does look perfect.

Beneteaus are great ships (it's supposedly the largest private watercraft producer on Earth now). I have access to a couple of 41s through my sailing club, but I'm really liking my Hunter 27-3.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 11:56 PM (6/7Fs)

282 Teresa, my sister is dying.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

Condolences, Bulg.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2026 11:57 PM (8zz6B)

283 Mariners take the lead.

But. My goodness, our relief pitching SUCKS

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 11:57 PM (A5RD0)

284 Franpsycho, I think Boulder might remind you in some ways of Moscow of your youth. At least the people's mindset (actually that's slandering Muscovites of the 80s, who were mostly "over it" WRT the Sovyetskiy Soyuz by then).
Posted by: rhomboid at May 29, 2026 11:48 PM (U/Byj)
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Как приятно

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 11:57 PM (RIvkX)

285 Teresa, my sister is dying.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

Condolences, Bulg.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2026 11:57 PM (8zz6B)
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Very sorry to hear this news and I hope you will see her soon.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 12:00 AM (RIvkX)

286
280 D. Austria, Hungary, Romania.... some of Europe I have not seen yet.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 29, 2026 11:56 PM (mP0Kj)

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D: Switzerland, Northern Italy, Victor Orban's peaceful Hungary.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 30, 2026 12:01 AM (JbymY)

287 May God give your sister relief and peace, Bulg.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2026 12:01 AM (6/7Fs)

288 There you go flaunting your Cyrillic privilege again.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 12:02 AM (U/Byj)

289 Reading, yes. Not speaking. Seriously, no Portuguese speaker comprehends that a Spanish speaker needs special training to understand the language. Sarah Hoyt had a hilarious rant about trying to order a burrito at a drive-through and I don't think she understood the problem.
Posted by: Kindltot
.......

Taco Bell solved that problem long ago with the picture menu and ebonic spelling.
Burr-ee-toe
Tah-co
En-chi-ree-toe

Posted by: wth at May 30, 2026 12:02 AM (oq9dX)

290 D: Switzerland, Northern Italy, Victor Orban's peaceful Hungary.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 30, 2026 12:01 AM (JbymY)

I had the great opportunity to snow ski in Switzerland and Northern Italy...

And yeah... early 80's... back when skiing was WAYYYYYY different between the US and Europe.

We were shredding... and people there were like... wait... we can have FUN doing this? We don't do this just to look Mahvelous?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 30, 2026 12:03 AM (mP0Kj)

291 Almost Saturday here in CDST zone. I'm disembarking now. To dream of travels to exotic places - or not.

https://youtu.be/Ai0TDkEjJtI

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - lemme tell ya about the dream I had with Mao, Milton Berle, and George Burns. It at May 30, 2026 12:04 AM (kU8xu)

292 It doesn't always work. Some hamsters disavow it.

We are spending 4 days in Boulder at Chataqua. Probably nothing worse than we deal with daily here in SF.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 12:05 AM (RIvkX)

293 Why would you want to fix that?
Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 10:41 PM (oq9dX)

Was she nekkid when she was riding the shopping cart?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 30, 2026 12:05 AM (8zz6B)

294 Zone C. We have two little Irish grand kids.

Posted by: Cosda at May 30, 2026 12:06 AM (K1QO5)

295 275 So how come the forces manifested by AOC are suddenly anti AI? Thought that was modern techie stuff and the modern techie types were all "left" except for Musk? And the biggest uses for AI are control, surveillance, eliminating workers and lying about history. What gives? Is it a briar patch move?
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 29, 2026 11:51 PM (3/XaG)

They finally realized that THEY will be watched as well... not just those Fascist righties.

It was like my Older brother, who has smoked Pot for 55 years (since a teenager) asked me once WHY I was worried about being spied on online, or via my phone...

I pointed out if they had that capability before Pot was legal, he would have been in Jail.

He was like.... Oh...

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 30, 2026 12:06 AM (mP0Kj)

296 I'm still not used to the amazingness of the Brave Search AI summary. I'll catch myself still wondering something a few days later after I first wondered it, and then remember that I don't have to wonder things anymore. I don't have to get up the energy for the mental work of exercising my search-fu.

To be fair to me, I got discouraged and out of the habit of even looking, because despite my skill, the engines themselves had been nerfed into uselessness in recent years. But it doesn't matter. Every question that pops into your head, the answers are there for the taking now.

You're not trying to scrape a living from a small plot that mostly grows rocks, as your fieldstone wall grows towering into the sky; you're hunting and gathering in a fecund rainforest where fruit and small prey practically jump into your basket and beg to be eaten. And I'm not sure I'll ever fully adjust to the change.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 12:09 AM (Sy6m/)

297 Robert the Cat (TM) update. A lot of non-brat activity. Aggressive butt in face, which I know is a form of affection but I do not want. LEARN THAT.

Mostly normal day. And I am not dead (so far).

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 30, 2026 12:10 AM (CHHv1)

298
We were shredding... and people there were like... wait... we can have FUN doing this? We don't do this just to look Mahvelous?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 30, 2026 12:03 AM (mP0Kj)

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Sad to say, I went in the summer in the 80s. (Not Hungary). Your way sounds great!!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 30, 2026 12:11 AM (O5nIL)

299
Lol Beckoning

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 12:12 AM (3ek7K)

300 A man went to the ER with a seriously inflamed throat and a high fever, and was admitted for suspected strep throat, pneumonia and dehydration. The series of tests and throat swabs were taken, and the man was put into a gown, and placed in a bed for rehydration with a couple of bags of saline. Because of possible upper respiratory infection concerns he was asked to wear a mask.
He sat in the bed for a good while, listening to the machine go beep, and a nurse came in too check on him.

He asked the nurse through the mask, "are my testicles black, yet?"

The nurse, just on shift was taken back, but hiked up his gown and checked, moving his testicles a bit to see clearly.
She straightened up and said, "no, they aren't" and turned away to wash her hands.

The patient pulled down his mask and said, "I am sorry, let me ask that more clearly. I meant to ask, 'Are my test results back, yet?'"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 12:13 AM (rbvCR)

301 wokka wokka!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 12:14 AM (rbvCR)

302 Patrick O'Brian had a character say a man not born of a Portuguese mother can ever understand Portuguese.
Isn't that what Brazil speaks?

Posted by: MkY at May 30, 2026 12:15 AM (q6tQZ)

303 It was like my Older brother, who has smoked Pot for 55 years (since a teenager) asked me once WHY I was worried about being spied on online, or via my phone...

I pointed out if they had that capability before Pot was legal, he would have been in Jail.

He was like.... Oh...
Posted by: Romeo13

So what illegality are you hiding?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 30, 2026 12:15 AM (W5mpo)

304 They finally realized that THEY will be watched as well... not just those Fascist righties.

I don't really believe that the likes of AOC "realize" anything. They are told what topics to push by the forces behind the "left". It just strikes me as odd as techie surveillance and propaganda is basically the lifeblood of the " left", who consist of a minority that deeply yearn to be like the overclass of Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia. AI is their friend.

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 30, 2026 12:16 AM (3/XaG)

305 Bonus testicle feel.

Posted by: wth at May 30, 2026 12:16 AM (oq9dX)

306 Patrick O'Brian had a character say a man not born of a Portuguese mother can ever understand Portuguese.
Isn't that what Brazil speaks?
Posted by: MkY at May 30, 2026 12:15 AM (q6tQZ)

Yes, well. The other joke was that Maturin spoke Catalan, and honestly. Catalan is bad enough.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 12:18 AM (rbvCR)

307 So what illegality are you hiding?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 30, 2026 12:15 AM (W5mpo)

Three felonies a day

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)

308 The klutz falling on the cans was good, but a recent ONT had a Klutz with a pickup truck!

https://tinyurl.com/ycxjdacm

More better!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 30, 2026 12:19 AM (enwbs)

309 Julio!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 12:20 AM (bOZwV)

310 The klutz falling on the cans was good, but a recent ONT had a Klutz with a pickup truck!

https://tinyurl.com/ycxjdacm

More better!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 30, 2026 12:19 AM (enwbs)

What a stupid asshole.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 12:28 AM (snZF9)

311 Taco Bell solved that problem long ago with the picture menu and ebonic spelling.
Burr-ee-toe
Tah-co
En-chi-ree-toe
Posted by: wth at May 30, 2026 12:02 AM (oq9dX)


El coke-o

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 12:29 AM (2WIwB)

312 From the Kosovo-Serbia peace deals to Jack Smith’s conspiracies against Hashim Thaçi and Donald Trump, Journal Magazine presents the first issue of in digital form.

President Donald Trump and Ambassador @RichardGrenell Contribution to Peace in the Balkans

https://tinyurl.com/3st2ba4t

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 12:30 AM (if9yV)

313 What a stupid asshole.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 12:28 AM (snZF9)

He should have close-coupled that toolbox to the truck. It would have moved easily.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 30, 2026 12:32 AM (8zz6B)

314 A @StateDept official has confirmed to The Pavlovic Today that Bulgarian businessman Alexander Manolev has been removed from a Biden administration sanctions list.

Trump officials are reviewing other cases they believe may have been influenced by George Soros.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 12:36 AM (if9yV)

315 Boom!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 12:38 AM (A5RD0)

316 Legs brushed against again, meaning time for petting than then bed. Good night, to the best people on the planet.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 30, 2026 12:38 AM (CHHv1)

317 Killmenow

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 12:47 AM (A5RD0)

318
Yeah, no. Call your wife or g.f. sir the nurses are not here for that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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Agreed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 12:56 AM (n7rxJ)

319
That California mayor, Eileen Wang, who was found to be a Chinese spy was also selling high school diplomas to Chinese people -- like, in China -- so they could fake their way into American colleges.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 01:00 AM (n7rxJ)

320 That California mayor, Eileen Wang, who was found to be a Chinese spy was also selling high school diplomas to Chinese people -- like, in China -- so they could fake their way into American colleges.

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Wow. I can't even imagine what a California high school diploma is worth on the international market.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2026 01:02 AM (6/7Fs)

321 Wow. I can't even imagine what a California high school diploma is worth on the international market.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2026 01:02 AM (6/7Fs)

Don't they come on rolls?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 30, 2026 01:06 AM (8zz6B)

322 Bulg if you are still around, I am so very sorry about your sister. I am really happy that you guys reconciled and I am sure that your sister takes great comfort in that too.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 30, 2026 01:13 AM (0nHVk)

323 I don't believe the tits story.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 30, 2026 01:31 AM (YlWIZ)

324 Japan is on the move.

Regarding the misunderstanding that "this amendment makes it possible to export lethal weapons"

Previously, domestically produced finished defense equipment could only be transferred to five types: "rescue," "transportation," "alert," "monitoring," and "minesweeping." However, with this review, all types have been made transferable to security partner countries
_Sanae Takaichi

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 01:41 AM (if9yV)

325 It is kind of a quiet Friday night, cool and breezy here. Sweet Dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 30, 2026 01:51 AM (0nHVk)

326
Wow. I can't even imagine what a California high school diploma is worth on the international market.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

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Haha, plenty to those who haven't actually visited a California high school or talked to a recent grad.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 01:57 AM (n7rxJ)

327 My biggest question about FL Woman is how did she rig the sail? A shower curtain is square-ish so I'm assuming lanteen or gaff?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 10:48 PM (vTZFs)
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If she's running before the wind, a square rig would do quite well. She'd have to be careful when she comes about to make a turn, tho.


I love this place.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 30, 2026 02:00 AM (ufFY8)

328 I need some help here…The fruitcake Senate Candidate from TX
Is it Tal-a-REE-co, or Tah-LAHR-I-co?
Posted by: Gunslinger at May 29, 2026 10:02

I just heard that's not his original name. Anyone know why he chose this name?
To sound more hispanic? His stepfather's name?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 30, 2026 02:04 AM (55Qr6)

329 Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:20

So sorry to hear about your sister. Tonight I talked to my Dad's cousin Bev, she is dying of cancer. I wanted to reassure her I had cleaned up the flowers left for Memorial Day.

We'd bought 2 large potted arrangements, planned to bring them home after a bit. Lo and behold...one was stolen. Who is the lowlife that would steal a pot of flowers off a gravesite?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 30, 2026 02:23 AM (55Qr6)

330 Wow. I can't even imagine what a California high school diploma is worth on the international market.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2026 01:02 AM (6/7Fs)

Same as the value in this country - about fifteen cents.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 30, 2026 02:36 AM (T6aVk)

331
This damned fascinating. A recent paper from an analysis from James Webb telescope data has proven something damned interesting. Most galaxies have big, supermassive black holes in the center. A question was, which came first, the galaxies or the black holes. Well, they always sort of assumed that the galaxies would have to form first, and then somehow stellar collapse would create black holes which would merge and grow somehow.

Well, a "Little Red Dot", dubbed QSO1, a strange, small object dating to about 700 million years old in the early universe has been proven to be a big black hole without a galaxy.

So, at least in this case, we have a big black hole that formed before a galaxy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 02:43 AM (w6EFb)

332
I just heard that's not his original name. Anyone know why he chose this name?
To sound more hispanic? His stepfather's name?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 30, 2026 02:04 AM (55Qr6)

His stepfathers name, and there’s a nonzero chance that it’s his real fathers name, even though his mother was married to someone else at the time of his birth.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 30, 2026 02:51 AM (QDJ2U)

333 Fucking hell. The boy has kicked the baby momma out of the condo, apparently. The baby has been with her step-mom, because she is too lazy to care for him. She has his phone, which is why we couldn't speak with him. So, tomorrow, we go into town to find him and find out where the grandbaby is, and collect the both of them. Time to sell the condo, bring the boy and grandboy here, and cut off baby momma for good.

And she is making all kinds of threats and nasty grams at us, saying for some reason that I was gonna adopt my own grandbaby and heaven-only-knows-what. Lord, deliver me from white trash.

By the time I'm done with her, she will have given up her rights to the kid and we will never have to deal with her again.

Dammit all to hell.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 30, 2026 02:52 AM (DwqWV)

334 333 So sorry to read this, tcn. I hope it all works out for all concerned.


Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 30, 2026 02:58 AM (QGaXH)

335 330 Wow. I can't even imagine what a California high school diploma is worth on the international market.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2026 01:02 AM (6/7Fs)

Same as the value in this country - about fifteen cents.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 30, 2026 02:36 AM (T6aVk)

Could be quite a bit more if it gets you into UC without having to deal with pesky ESL tests.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 30, 2026 03:00 AM (QGaXH)

336 Sorry to rant. Nothing about this situation is good, except that baby boy. He is a dream baby. Sweetest little urchin you could imagine.

All will be well, with God's providence. Getting to that point might be messy, but we will persevere.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 30, 2026 03:03 AM (DwqWV)

337 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 11:27 PM (/+uur)

KILLED WITH DEATH

"So, how'd you die?"
"I was killed."
"Oh? How?"
"With.. death."
"No, I mean, what was the means?"
"No means nor medium. Just.. death. Killed with death." {shudders}
"...whoa." {edges away}

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 03:04 AM (Sy6m/)

338
Barnaby Jones, tonight's episode: "Murder by death".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 03:12 AM (w6EFb)

339 So, at least in this case, we have a big black hole that formed before a galaxy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Over a long enough time horizon, maybe the black holes accrete (?) stars around them that form a galaxy?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 30, 2026 03:12 AM (W5mpo)

340 All will be well, with God's providence. Getting to that point might be messy, but we will persevere.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 30, 2026 03:03

Best wishes tcn for this to go as smoothly as possible. Tis may be a trying time, but some day your son an grandson will be eternally grateful for your help in this situation. God be with you.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 30, 2026 03:14 AM (55Qr6)

341 >> Over a long enough time horizon, maybe the black holes accrete (?) stars around them that form a galaxy?

That's exactly where it's going. The big black holes formed first, and then the galaxy material, which formed stars, formed around them. Can't say for sure, but that's what it's looking like.

This gets complex and fascinating, but star formation in the early universe was very different than it is now. The trouble is the lack of metals, metals in astrophysics being any element heavier the helium. Metals are critical for the formation of stars, allowing the accreting blobs of stuff to radiate and cool off, allowing further contraction.

These first stars (dubbed population III), would've had only hydrogen and some helium to form with, and they would've had to get massive indeed before they would light off as stars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 03:17 AM (w6EFb)

342 tBarnaby Jones, tonight's episode: "Murder by death".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 03:12

What a way to go.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 30, 2026 03:31 AM (55Qr6)

343 Not to be confused with murder by Death, e.g. Final Destination.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 03:34 AM (Sy6m/)

344 Bulg -

May Your Sister be Blessed with Peace & Strength at this frightening time.

Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at May 30, 2026 03:36 AM (3ZUWJ)

345 My condolences to Bulg and tcn, catching up with the thread. I will keep you and yours in my prayers.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 03:37 AM (Sy6m/)

346 Dammit all to hell.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Said in a Charelton Heston accent for full effect . . .

tcn, prayers for you and your family.

Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at May 30, 2026 03:38 AM (3ZUWJ)

347 Not to be confused with murder by Death, e.g. Final Destination.
Posted by: SciVo

& definitely not to be confused with Death By Chocolate ...

Posted by: Adriane the Gourmet Dessert Critic . . . at May 30, 2026 03:40 AM (3ZUWJ)

348
Sending white light to Bulg and tcn.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 30, 2026 03:44 AM (n7rxJ)

349 Might as well get up

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

350 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)

351 AND TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

352 Re: 2 weeks all exp. Vacation: C. Definitely C.
Last week of May, first week of June.
Fly to London, get picked up at Gatwick or Heathrow by SuperBike Rentals, drive to Essex, get my Honda CBR 1000, ride to Nottinghamshire to my buddy Bill's house, hoist 8 pints of local at The Olde Trip to Jerusalem. Wake up next day, ride across the Yorkshire Dales to Heyshem, load up onto the Steam Packet Ferry to the Isle of Man for the TV races! The greatest show on Earth. Break my record of 177mph over the mountain on Mad Sunday. There is nothing in the world like the TT Races!

Posted by: Riddle at May 30, 2026 08:04 AM (uE32N)

353 i think that jessica merino gal is the same one that broke in, swept vacuumed, left a sandwich and all that.

Posted by: cmeat at May 31, 2026 02:12 PM (R11M+)

354 352 we all took our vincents, but i guess a honda is ok.

Posted by: cmeat at May 31, 2026 02:14 PM (R11M+)

Summertime Cafe

rosewellnm2017viaunwetterfreaks.png
Strange -- some might say alien -- clouds over
Rosewell, NM (!), 2017
via Unwetterfreaks

I think those are mammatus clouds. Because they look like boobies. Hundreds and hundreds of big fluffy boobies.

From last week: It's Friday!

Cat curling, the sport of the future.

Puppy is helping.

Belgian Malinoises being sick athletes.

The greatest danger when you're filming a school of sharks is...

Cat pulls his cat-bed on to the human bed.

"Rubbing the hedgehog's ears," if you know what I mean.

"Washing the platypus," if you catch my drift.

The goat wants to play but doesn't realize that the guardian dog is actually at work.

Dog wants to play but doesn't realize the cows are inanimate.


Dachshund agility demo.


It's the weekend!


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM




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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 07:21 PM (PJdmB)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 07:22 PM (PJdmB)

3 Nooding

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 07:22 PM (PJdmB)

4 Back

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 07:23 PM (PJdmB)

5 The mothership is inside those clouds isn't it?

Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2026 07:24 PM (YwEeS)

6 I think those are mammatus clouds. Because they look like boobies. Hundreds and hundreds of big fluffy boobies.


Now the picture has me thinking of the later parts of Akira.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 07:24 PM (zZu0s)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 07:24 PM (Ia/+0)

8
Another Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Lawton DFA show in Oklahoma City.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (HdYcL)

9 That Leopard in Figen's video is Tank. Check out Safari Sammie's YT channel.

Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (YwEeS)

10 The jumping dog is pretty much exactly like Reef. (As far as the jumping.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (zZu0s)

11 LOL Paul

Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2026 07:26 PM (YwEeS)

12 I wonder if E Jean Carroll paid taxes on the $7 million from fat boy. Because it is income to E Jean Carroll from fat boy.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 07:26 PM (l26NL)

13 You say Rosewell, I say Roswell -- lit's call the whole place "off."

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM (Av6i5)

14 We made it! A 100% week!

It won't be like this forever, but let us enjoy and celebrate a victory over BP!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

15 I was watching some vids about cat psychology. Female cats like to sit atop some high shelf and monitor the territory. Male cats like to explore outside the territory and also are friendlier.
I don't know how true this is because, as you can imagine, the comments were flooded with people saying that Mr Whiskers likes to sit on a high shelf and basically hated everybody, and Miss Tabbie was big on rubbing up on total strangers.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM (gKWVE)

16 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 07:29 PM (Y2B0/)

17 Trump unseen for 48 hours after Walter Reed visit

Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (5+3vm)
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Wish-casting springs eternally from the heart of the political drone.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:30 PM (ikSmX)

18 Red clouds at night. Alien fright.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 07:30 PM (Cqx++)

19 Mr Whiskers likes to sit on a high shelf and basically hated everybody, and Miss Tabbie was big on rubbing up on total strangers.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM

Miss Tabbie is THOT.

Posted by: Mr. Whiskers at May 29, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

20
Atlas V launch no-go for now due to weather constraints.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (w6EFb)

21 The truth is out there... at aliens.gov.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (qx7Zg)

22 Karen Bass is spectrum |---------+-| Like full-tilt spectrum. Truly.

That smile pasted on woke faces? Its wolfish. Like gobble your grandma wolfish. I see these people and have an immediate, visceral, reaction; WOLF!

There's a reason fairy tales remain embedded in our collective memory, and Karen Bass exemplifies the smiling, devious wolf.

Posted by: 13times at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (RNHFB)

23 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (ikSmX)

24 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM (ikSmX)

I flew in with my flying saucer.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 07:34 PM (qx7Zg)

25 I don't know how true this is because, as you can imagine, the comments were flooded with people saying that Mr Whiskers likes to sit on a high shelf and basically hated everybody, and Miss Tabbie was big on rubbing up on total strangers.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM (gKWVE)
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I suppose with a large enough sample size you'll see some trends among the cats.

But cats are very individualistic. I had 5 cats (now 4, sadly). Three of them are "climbers" and liked high places. Two of them are "huddlers" and like low places. All of them are female. Two of them enjoy belly rubs. Two of them do not. One is somewhere in between if you catch her in the right mood.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 07:35 PM (gnNyN)

26 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM

Just went.

Everything they say is true.

Some are anal-probers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

27 Trump unseen for 48 hours after Walter Reed visit

Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (5+3vm)

Only needs another 144 hours to break Biden's record.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:35 PM (XMuV+)

28 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:32 PM

Weird that the thread just hung for minutes right after that question, ain't it?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 07:36 PM (KnoEq)

29 Is something at Aliens worth seeing?
Or all AI crap?

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

30 Right on schedule, Dems on X are pumping out all of their push-polls saying that Talarico is ahead. Yeah right. The most outrageous one claims that 30% of Cornyn voters will vote for Talarico.
Which is idiotic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 07:37 PM (QDJ2U)

31 I know my brother and sister cat have totally different personalities but it's just a sample size of 2.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:37 PM (XMuV+)

32
I wonder which type of large wild animal is most likely to suddenly attack you while you're petting it or ignoring it:

ursine
canine/lupine
feline

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 07:37 PM (n7rxJ)

33 I had to reread the link because that looked like an ewok agility demo.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 29, 2026 07:38 PM (D1E+2)

34
Willowed:

I haven't watched all of the Pratt ads, so forgive me if this ends up being familiar.

Since Bass hates these Lego ads so badly, Pratt should do another one for Bass, as an olive branch.

A music video with the "Everything Is Awesome" Lego song, and Lego Bass cavorting joyously through LA past Lego junkies shooting up Lego heroin, squatting on the sidewalk dropping a huge stinky Lego deuce, with a background of Lego houses burning with the plastic Legos melting into the gutter, and tattooed Lego MS13 thugs beating little old Lego ladies and stealing their Lego I-Phones.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:38 PM (y9nCu)

35 Evening, Horde. I just signed the forms for hospice for my mom. She's two and half hours away from me. My sister, who lives twenty minutes from her nursing home, has utterly abandoned her. Mom's quality of life has been declining since she had a stroke several years ago, and she hasn't been able to speak or swallow solid food recently. I wish teleportation were real.

Posted by: Beltway Elite at May 29, 2026 07:38 PM (91R3d)

36 I'm not going up to a momma bear to ask which of her cubs wants a belly rub.

Posted by: gKWVE will leave this to Talarico at May 29, 2026 07:39 PM (gKWVE)

37 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:38 PM (y9n

They did one but changed the words.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:39 PM (XMuV+)

38 These sad movies seem to go on forever

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

39 Anybody drop by aliens.gov?
Posted by: Axeman

Paul is here, if that's what you mean

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 29, 2026 07:40 PM (d52Qr)

40 I think those are mammatus clouds but a smaller version. Mammatus - A

Posted by: banana Dream - I know about the cup sizes at May 29, 2026 07:41 PM (3uBP9)

41 My dog is being very comforting tonight. He make every day better.

Posted by: Beltway Elite at May 29, 2026 07:42 PM (91R3d)

42 Aliens.gov is a database where you can see the illegal invaders arrested in your area, what they were doing and a count. A great troll on the part of the white house.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)

43 ursine
canine/lupine
feline
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 07:37 PM (n7rxJ)

Ask Timothy Treadwell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 07:43 PM (DR/Xu)

44 Our correspondents at Penguin Facts have just been informed that President Trump is on a secret trip to Antarctica to let Big Penguin know, in no uncertain terms, that their mephitic mission will be opposed with the full force of the Navy's elite team of Leopard Seals. This President is not one to bow to the ambitions of a second rate seafowl that walks funny.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 29, 2026 07:43 PM (vFG9F)

45 I could have just read what ace posted.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (3uBP9)

46 Beltway Elite,

Prayers for you. And peace and comfort for mom. I pray she is unafraid and knows you love her.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (RtbvM)

47
They did one but changed the words.
Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:39 PM (XMuV+)



Figures. I thought I'd been all clever and shit. I mean, I'd seen the one where Lego Pratt is the hero, but I didn't know if they'd done another sarcastic one focused on Bass.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (y9nCu)

48 I could have just read what ace posted.

New here?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 07:46 PM (cIN/p)

49
I could have just read what ace posted.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (3uBP9)



Doesn't the blog rulebook forbid reading the blog?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:46 PM (y9nCu)

50 A great troll on the part of the white house.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)
---
From the Trollmaster in chief.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:47 PM (ikSmX)

51 Figures. I thought I'd been all clever and shit. I mean, I'd seen the one where Lego Pratt is the hero, but I didn't know if they'd done another sarcastic one focused on Bass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM (y9nCu

I like your idea better where they use the same song ( if they legally could)

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:47 PM (XMuV+)

52 I couldn't tell you any other kind of cloud name, "gloufobombulous". Or whatever. No idea. But I always remember mammatus. It also sounds like an autobot. A girl one, of course, with a great rack, that all the other autobots want to go on missions with, especially the very bouncy missions. MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:47 PM (3uBP9)

53 Beltway Elite,
Prayers for you. Such a difficult choice, even when you know you have no other choice.

Posted by: Wenda at May 29, 2026 07:47 PM (5xS0b)

54 30% of the 36% = ~10% of registered and motivated Republicans will vote for Talarico? That's some bullshit. most will sit it out and maybe some will vote for the pothead whoever-he-is. Actually most will likely fall in line.
Paxton will more than make up for Cornyn Class losses with Hispanic male independents, homes.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

55 Aliens.gov is a database where you can see the illegal invaders arrested in your area, what they were doing and a count. A great troll on the part of the white house.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)
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Huh. So in my little semirural community, there have been 8 arrests in the past year. Crimes include Immigration and Traffic Offenses (of course). From Central and South America (of course.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 07:49 PM (gnNyN)

56 I think those are mammatus clouds but a smaller version.
Posted by: banana Dream

I sang a song about the Mammatus of Love!

Posted by: Steve Miller at May 29, 2026 07:49 PM (Y2B0/)

57 I could have just read what ace posted.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 07:44 PM

You're not new here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

58 ULA launch, Spaceflight Now.
youtu.be/tAipfiXqcEc
contains Amazon satellites, which Bezos cannot get up by himself

Posted by: gKWVE hopes this doesn't go boom too at May 29, 2026 07:51 PM (gKWVE)

59 Cat curling, the sport of the future.
---
The cat even has its own broom!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 07:52 PM (gnNyN)

60 Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

I didn't vote for either in the primary but will vote for Paxton in the general .

I thought if Cornyn won the GOP turn out would have been less. I think most Cornyn voters will vote for Paxton.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:52 PM (XMuV+)

61 Belgian Malinoises being sick athletes.

Really enjoy these. The Malinois leaping the fence, twice, while the German Shepherd just stares is hilarious.

Our delightful Malinoisy Daisy is like a rocket when she runs, after a squirrel or a ball. But not too big on any other tricks. I've tried to train her to chase a frisbee like the one in this clip, but she just stares at me.

Posted by: mindful webworker - very big on barking loudly at May 29, 2026 07:53 PM (kU8xu)

62 Mammatus, pappatus and little babytus.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 07:54 PM (Cqx++)

63 ULA launch, Spaceflight Now.
youtu.be/tAipfiXqcEc
contains Amazon satellites, which Bezos cannot get up by himself
Posted by: gKWVE hopes this doesn't go boom too at May 29, 2026 07:51 PM (gKWVE)

Most guys would keep that private, including use of Viagra or Cialis (or others).

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 07:56 PM (qx7Zg)

64 ULA looks like they succeeded. although their engines look 1980s-tier compared to the Raptor.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:58 PM (gKWVE)

65 Those mammatus clouds remind me of the three beautiful breasts of my girlfriend...

wait, it is three isn't it? Yes, I think so. In Total Recall it was three.

Posted by: James Talarico at May 29, 2026 07:58 PM (1wjle)

66 The Mammatus and the Pappatus sang California Dreammatus.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:59 PM (ikSmX)

67 When the platypus was first discovered, it was called a "water mole". Scientists thought they were being punked with the first specimens. It was some time before the experts found out that the Ornithorhynchus laid eggs, but the natives knew it all along.

Posted by: Platypus Facts at May 29, 2026 08:00 PM (vFG9F)

68 Platypus females have no nipples.

Posted by: Platypus Facts at May 29, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

69
The Atlas V first stage core is powered by a Rooskie engine, the RD-180 (two nozzle engine).

The Atlas V is supposed to be retired, as ULA moves to the newer Vulcan-Centaur. However, there may be a problem, as the Vulcan uses the same Blue Origin first stage engines as the New Glenn that blowed up last night.

If the problem was with those engines, that may ground the Vulcan for a while. The Vulcan is currently grounded anyway due to some solid booster problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 08:02 PM (w6EFb)

70 Starting a week of vacation. Not a moment too soon.

Posted by: davidt at May 29, 2026 08:03 PM (Q+gd/)

71 >>>71 Starting a week of vacation. Not a moment too soon.

strong work this week, take the rest of the week off

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 08:04 PM (1wjle)

72 thanks publius. frankly i hadn't paid a lot of attention to ULA, I just got this recommended to me in Youtube since I was watching the New Glenn do its lateral launch last night.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 08:05 PM (gKWVE)

73 Are you guys breasts men? Or legs men? Or buttocks men?

I can't even decide, I'm so heterosexual I just love them all.

Posted by: James Talarico at May 29, 2026 08:06 PM (1wjle)

74 Hit "1" if you love women's uteruses the way I do!

I love Neighbors with Uteruses so much I start planning abortion care from the moment I first meet one!!!

Posted by: James Talarico, Heterosexual Lover of Neighbors with Uteruses at May 29, 2026 08:08 PM (1wjle)

75 mindful worker, When I tried throwing a frisbee for our Bouvier Barney, he would look up at me and say very clearly, If you want it over there, I will leave it over there.

Posted by: Wenda at May 29, 2026 08:08 PM (5xS0b)

76
One thing crazy about the Atlas V is that off-balance strap-on booster arrangement. 3 on one side and two on the other. Gimballing and canting required to keep it straight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 08:09 PM (w6EFb)

77 'Alien' clouds … ? Pfft. But no, mes amis … they are naught but simple little 'mammatus' cloudforms … and boy, do they dump a shitload of rain when they let go. That's if there's no tornadic activity along for the ride … then it's even more fun(-ish).

Posted by: Dr_No at May 29, 2026 08:09 PM (ayRl+)

78 The clouds were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 08:09 PM (O7YUW)

79 Our Malinois, Breccia, could climb straight up 8 foot fences. When we modified the fences so she couldn't get out she started tunneling under it. This forced me to bury cinder blocks and attach them to the bottom of the fences.

One of her favorite things to do was leaping onto the kitchen counter and look out the window when I would pull into the driveway. When I got into the house she would be pretending to be sleeping on her bed.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 29, 2026 08:16 PM (IYeV+)

80 Friday. Gateway to next week. Onrush toward the unknown horror. Rapidly.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:16 PM (CHHv1)

81 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

82 I wish teleportation were real.

Posted by: Beltway Elite

Tough. So sorry.

Posted by: MkY at May 29, 2026 08:18 PM (q6tQZ)

83 "Your breasts are like pillows. Let me fluff your pillows!"

Posted by: obscure movie reference at May 29, 2026 08:18 PM (Q+gd/)

84 Jesse Watters .... Iran coming up.

I'm no longer a fan of edging.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 08:18 PM (Sco7b)

85 Sounds like something Groucho would say.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 08:19 PM (PJdmB)

86 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

You could try posting like you are having a good time, instead, and see if that changes your outlook

"Fake it til you make it" is a terrible strategy for brain surgeons and crop dusters, but it works OK for small talk in social settings.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 08:22 PM (rbvCR)

87 I just cleaned out the golden raspberry bed. Cut out the dead wood. I look like I did 10 rounds with a wet cat. Is it cocktail hour yet?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (DwqWV)

88 >>>All cats on Earth run on identical internal software.

It's sweet how he started to tenderize her hand at the end.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (syz1S)

89 82 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm


You’re not!

A doc I worked with,
When I said “happy first day of summer!” Said, “ yay, now the days start getting shorter!”

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (X0iLW)

90 "Fake it til you make it" is a terrible strategy for brain surgeons and crop dusters

Or, it seems, for rockets

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)

91 A doc I worked with,
When I said “happy first day of summer!” Said, “ yay, now the days start getting shorter!”
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 08:25 PM (X0iLW)

Not yet, they aren't. Pretty much light all night just now and gets lighter until the 21st.

It's up to 63 degrees this afternoon and both the dogs and myself are panting.

Too much garden work to do, in this beastly heat. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 08:27 PM (DwqWV)

92 tcn, time for a G&T

Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2026 08:31 PM (5P5DO)

93 Too much garden work to do, in this beastly heat. Lol.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Yeah, we're almost getting to our March highs... 84 ish lately.
March, we hit 90's a few times.
My garden sucks. Things are growing, but slowly...

Posted by: MkY at May 29, 2026 08:31 PM (q6tQZ)

94 @86 good advice. thanks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:33 PM (CHHv1)

95 92 tcn, time for a G&T
Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2026 08:31 PM (5P5DO)

You always have the best ideas, darlin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 08:34 PM (DwqWV)

96 94 @86 good advice. thanks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:33 PM (CHHv1)

Smile widely. It confuses the hell out of progressives. And it feels pretty good, too.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 08:36 PM (DwqWV)

97 >>My garden sucks. Things are growing, but slowly...

Just the opposite here. We've had a lot of snow and rain this year and stuff seems to grow here fast in a normal year, this year I'm out cutting back the forest that is constantly trying to overgrow my yard.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 08:37 PM (viF8m)

98 Roswell, alien fire in the sky.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 08:40 PM (/lPRQ)

99 With me being laid up from my Achilles injury, I decided to swap out my generic joystick and buttons on my bartop arcade for Japanese Sanwa Denshi sticks and buttons.

Night and freaking day in quality and enjoyment.

Enjoying a nice whiskey and playing Galaga.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 08:41 PM (XV/Pl)

100

Pennsylvania Town Officials Vote Down Plan to Turn Haunted Hospital into AI Data Center

https://t.ly/CLVh5

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 08:41 PM (Cqx++)

101 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)


Is Robert the cat still making biscuits on you? That could be painful or pleasant, depending on your outlook. He seems to like you.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 08:41 PM (Xdfhw)

102 I really should get to bed and not get off week schedule

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 08:42 PM (Ia/+0)

103 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 08:44 PM (77rzZ)

104 JackStraw.

Got the same problem. The forest is winning.

Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 08:44 PM (8XBuM)

105 I just cleaned out the golden raspberry bed. Cut out the dead wood. I look like I did 10 rounds with a wet cat.

These euphemisms keep getting more and more obscure.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 08:46 PM (Riz8t)

106 >>Got the same problem. The forest is winning.

I swear some days I can almost see the stuff growing. It's like living in a demented Brothers Grimm story.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 08:48 PM (viF8m)

107 I have, once again, inadvertently booked a room in a hotel that is also hosting some bullshit traveling high school girl's softball team. The kids are just being kids.

The parents, however, are loud, obnoxious, drunken louts.

FML

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 08:48 PM (Y2B0/)

108
Summer solstice will be June 21, 08:25Z, or 4:25AM EDT. The days will start getting shorter then, well for the Northern hemisphere.

If you use the so-called "solar seasons", where the equinoxes and solstices are the midpoints of the seasons, and the cross-quarter points are the start of each, summer began May 5, 11:49Z.

If you use the meteorological definition, summer begins Jun 1.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 08:48 PM (w6EFb)

109

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced he was increasing the refugee cap for white South Africans because of “an unforeseen emergency refugee situation”, signing an executive order to “increase the ceiling to 17,500.” Trump blamed the South African government for “recent increases in the incitement of racially motivated violence”.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 08:49 PM (Cqx++)

110 Not a good idea to mix AI with a former Insane Asylum.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 08:49 PM (LHPAg)

111 The Canadians are cooked.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 08:51 PM (viF8m)

112
2-0, Carolina. The Canadian threat is about to be extirpated.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 08:51 PM (HdYcL)

113 110 Not a good idea to mix AI with a former Insane Asylum.
Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 08:49 PM (LHPAg)

Could get interesting!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 29, 2026 08:52 PM (h7ZuX)

114 The parents, however, are loud, obnoxious, drunken louts.

FML
Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 08:48 PM (Y2B0/)

Start blasting disco. Break out the leisure suit and dance, baby.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)

115
Now 3-0 and we haven't even finished the first period.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 08:54 PM (HdYcL)

116 About two dozen LE eagerly dump all the mags into dirtbag cop killer:
youtube.com/watch?v=BH4k_jllNks

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 08:54 PM (Wq24h)

117
Carolina is outshooting Montreal 15-4. Can't score if you don't put the puck on the net.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 08:59 PM (HdYcL)

118 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

Perhaps you need to make a short film featuring Robert the Cat, and turn him into a star. Make an inexpensive horror film, and you too might be the next Cecil B. DeMille - or RtC will be.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (qx7Zg)

119 Pennsylvania Town Officials Vote Down Plan to Turn Haunted Hospital into AI Data Center

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Maybe they are all as bad as they say. Perhaps they are not - I don't know. But I do know a grassroots operation when I see one and this ain't it.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (Y2B0/)

120
I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Some say China

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 09:05 PM (Cqx++)

121 Trump unseen for 48 hours after Walter Reed visit

Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (5+3vm)
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He died again just like last Labor Day.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:05 PM (0TtYd)

122 Rumor is China is funding the data center outrage

Posted by: Accomack at May 29, 2026 09:06 PM (m6Eem)

123 Once Trump leaves, the wolves will fight over our carcass.

Posted by: Accomack at May 29, 2026 09:07 PM (m6Eem)

124 Rumor is China is funding the data center outrage
Posted by: Accomack at May 29, 2026 09:06 PM (m6Eem)

Of course they are.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:08 PM (0TtYd)

125 118 Sorry, being a bummer again. Apologies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 08:17 PM (CHHv1)

Perhaps you need to make a short film featuring Robert the Cat, and turn him into a star. Make an inexpensive horror film, and you too might be the next Cecil B. DeMille - or RtC will be.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (qx7Zg)
RobertTheCat has potential, I mean look at Spencer Pratt.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 09:08 PM (LHPAg)

126 They are taking farmland to build data centers. There is plenty of unused industrial land that they should be using. That is driving alot of this, plus arrogant local politicians ignoring the voters' concerns.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 29, 2026 09:10 PM (7T8ei)

127 So a few people in my are with No Data signs are Chinese operatives?

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:10 PM (Ia/+0)

128
Beckoning,

I love your Robert stories.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 09:11 PM (3ek7K)

129 I've tried to train her to chase a frisbee like the one in this clip, but she just stares at me.
Posted by: mindful webworker - very big on barking loudly at May 29, 2026 07:53 PM (kU8xu)
~~~~~

Well at least she's smarter than my Golden who just lets it hit him in the head.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 29, 2026 09:11 PM (3ImbR)

130 Bertram wonder which former hospital?

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:12 PM (Ia/+0)

131 I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (Y2B0/)
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Clearly you're a youngster or you would remember the widespread reaction against "urban sprawl" in the 1990s.

Back then the Dems were the ones driving it, but now they love that sweet, sweet, Big Tech money, and hate local government autonomy, so anyone opposed to turning productive farmland into a future Superfund site must be paid by the CCP.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)

132 They are taking farmland to build data centers. There is plenty of unused industrial land that they should be using. That is driving alot of this, plus arrogant local politicians ignoring the voters' concerns.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 29, 2026 09:10 PM (7T8ei)
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Michigan is awash with vacant urban land. Lansing has a massive hole where the Verlinden Plant used to be. There is nothing there, but it is surrounded by infrastructure.

But no, data centers must be built in the countryside for reasons.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:14 PM (ZOv7s)

133 127 So a few people in my are with No Data signs are Chinese operatives?
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:10 PM (Ia/+0)

No but they’re been duped by CCP propaganda

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:15 PM (0TtYd)

134 Same people who whine about dAtA cEntERs are the same ones who freak out if their internet service goes down for 10 minutes.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (0TtYd)

135 Certainly enough vacant industrial buildings in se Pa, better used than empty

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (Ia/+0)

136 Maybe they are all as bad as they say. Perhaps they are not - I don't know. But I do know a grassroots operation when I see one and this ain't it.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:03 PM (Y2B0/)

To me it feels like a gigantic bubble. One truly insane.

So these data centers run on video cards. Nvidia is supposedly stopping consumer production in order to just make cards for AI. Memory is similar. They are putting all the eggs in one basket and I think I can see why.

Two, all these components are wear items. They probably figure they are creating a gold mine where the data centers will need to constantly replace cards and memory every year.

But if the bubble burst for some reason?

I think i see why Elon is looking at getting into the chip market. They are leaving a vast, gaping hole in the market in order to serve the AI companies. Someone else can pick that up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (DR/Xu)

137 What's the estimated operating lifetime of a big datacenter? The silicon keeps getting better and faster; I assume that means an existing plant rapidly becomes obsolete, and less cost effective than other, newer plants.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:17 PM (Wq24h)

138
Do the data centers generate noise which is heard outside the building?

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 09:17 PM (3ek7K)

139
I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Maybe they are all as bad as they say. Perhaps they are not - I don't know. But I do know a grassroots operation when I see one and this ain't it.
Posted by: Tonypete

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"Data Centers Aren't the Enemy"

https://jewishworldreview.com/
0526/lowry052926.php

excerpt: "The growing animus to data centers is as irrational as the campaign to stop nuclear power, which had considerable success, to our detriment to this day."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:18 PM (n7rxJ)

140 But no, data centers must be built in the countryside for reasons.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:14 PM (ZOv7s)

There are hundreds of them in NoVa in the DC suburbs. Guess what is happening there? Thanks to CCP propaganda, Karens are whining about them. Put them in cities? No good. Put them in the country also no good. But everyone still wants to be able to download a movie in 13 nanoseconds.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:19 PM (0TtYd)

141
I thought if Cornyn won the GOP turn out would have been less. I think most Cornyn voters will vote for Paxton.
Posted by: polynikes
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There aren't enough fag hags and faggots in Texas to elect Talarico.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:19 PM (fF9x2)

142 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 09:19 PM (Ia/+0)

143 "Certainly enough vacant industrial buildings in se Pa, better used than empty"

No enterprise wants to repurpose those old buildings. They almost always choose to build new, for efficiency and custom suitability advantages. Wherever an enterprise does choose to site in an old Rust Built factory (I live amidst many,) you can bet there's some perverse government incentive driving the decision, with plenty of graft to grease it.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:19 PM (Wq24h)

144 "I have, once again, inadvertently booked a room in a hotel that is also hosting some bullshit traveling high school girl's softball team."

Sounds like the opening narration to an 80s teen comedy movie.

Posted by: davidt at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (Q+gd/)

145 I assume that means an existing plant rapidly becomes obsolete, and less cost effective than other, newer plants.
Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:17

Maybe a year and a half to 2 before a bleeding edge card becomes obsolete (and that has nothing to do with wear and tear.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (DR/Xu)

146
Sleep well Skip

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (3ek7K)

147 Same people who whine about dAtA cEntERs are the same ones who freak out if their internet service goes down for 10 minutes.
Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (0TtYd)
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No. I want to know why we need to create massive infrastructure in the boonies when it already exists in the Rust Belt.

Obviously, the answer is "pure profit," and I'm not as sympathetic to that as I once was, perhaps because all the techies will be H1B foreigners.

And when the data center is no longer profitable, a dirt-poor rural community will be saddled with the polluted ruins.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

148 Same people who whine about dAtA cEntERs are the same ones who freak out if their internet service goes down for 10 minutes.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:16 PM (0TtYd)

And they probably don't bitch about solar farms or windmills. I recall telling a lefty friend about how wind farms killed birds. She couldn't believe it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:21 PM (Xdfhw)

149 Anything good happening?

Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:21 PM (MD5N2)

150 139
I'd like to know who is/are the big money behind all the anti-data center advertising and activity that has gee, just miraculously and overnight sprung up all over the country.

Maybe they are all as bad as they say. Perhaps they are not - I don't know. But I do know a grassroots operation when I see one and this ain't it.
Posted by: Tonypete

=================

We're just into the fourth industrial revolution.
For a Data Center reference see the movie, Boom Town with Spencer Tracey and Clark Gable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:22 PM (fF9x2)

151 @106. JackStraw.
I know what you mean. My problem is it's raining almost every day. I can't get ahead of it. Oh well, mother nature. Nothing I can do about it.

Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 09:22 PM (8XBuM)

152 I think data centers could be a boon to power generation. And when the bubble bursts, we'll, you will still have those nukes.

Its a backhanded shoring up of infrastructure, which could be another reason china would be agin it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:22 PM (DR/Xu)

153 A data center is basically a warehouse. Until CCP propaganda got going nobody gave them a second thought.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (0TtYd)

154 149 Anything good happening?
Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:21 PM (MD5N2)

I applied for a bunch of jobs and I got a response from one of them. Rocket Lab. They didn't want me.
So I guess the good news is their rockets will be better.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (gKWVE)

155 David Strom at Hot Air has made a couple interesting posts today, speculating that the Big Bada Boom lest night may have totally wrecked NASA’s Return to the Moon plans, or at least have pushed them back by several years. He makes a good case.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (QDJ2U)

156 Rust Belt, not Rust Built, which is the name of a failed hand tool manufacturer of the 1920s.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (Wq24h)

157 excerpt: "The growing animus to data centers is as irrational as the campaign to stop nuclear power, which had considerable success, to our detriment to this day."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:18 PM (n7rxJ)
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Yes, it's totally irrational for a rural community to mortgage its future on vaporware that, when it inevitably finds greener pastures, will leave them with toxic soil and infrastructure that they cannot support.

Let's pretend we haven't seen this movie before. Flint is thriving, Detroit is humming along, and surely, the new hotness would never leave your tiny community high and dry, amirite?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (ZOv7s)

158 DDG "who is funding anti-ai" turns up various news stories.

The usual suspects:
China and other furriners
Environmental activists and other luddites
Evil billionaires

Posted by: mindful webworker - and hospital ghosts at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (kU8xu)

159 A.H. Lloyd, have you read "Ways That Are Dark" and if so what is your assessment?

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (vFG9F)

160 Not sure that data center people are green earthers, they are more into Small Modular Reactors. Which will be another boom for us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (fF9x2)

161 154 149 Anything good happening?
Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:21 PM (MD5N2)

I applied for a bunch of jobs and I got a response from one of them. Rocket Lab. They didn't want me.
So I guess the good news is their rockets will be better.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:23 PM (gKWVE

Keep applying! The right role is out there.

Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (MD5N2)

162 A Venn diagram of people opposed to data centers and people who have a Ukraine flag on the social media bio is almost a perfect circle.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (0TtYd)

163 A.H. Lloyd, have you read "Ways That Are Dark" and if so what is your assessment?
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (vFG9F)
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Sorry, no. Never heard of it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

164 >>Do the data centers generate noise which is heard outside the building?

No.

I was in the data center business a while ago. Back then urban areas were more popular because of connectivity issues and enough vacant space.

But the purpose and scale of data centers now has largely changed and power, cheaper land and development costs are key. That's why the demand has shifted to more rural areas.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (viF8m)

165 A Venn diagram of people opposed to data centers and people who have a Ukraine flag on the social media bio is almost a perfect circle.
Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:24 PM (0TtYd)
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Wrong.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

166 I'm agnostic on 'AI' and data centers. I'm just watching and speculating.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (DR/Xu)

167 I know a little bit of insider stuff on data farms from a part of TX that has some important stuff going on. A lot of this stuff is hair on fire agit prop.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (Xdfhw)

168 Anything good happening?
Posted by: Piper

My first granddaughter is graduating from high school tomorrow. I hope it doesn't turn into a spectacle (it has the potential if you know what I mean).

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (Y2B0/)

169
144 "I have, once again, inadvertently booked a room in a hotel that is also hosting some bullshit traveling high school girl's softball team."

Sounds like the opening narration to an 80s teen comedy movie.
Posted by: davidt at May 29, 2026 09:20 PM (Q+gd/)

Or the opening to Debbie Does Dubuque.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (QDJ2U)

170 >>>Let's pretend we haven't seen this movie before. Flint is thriving, Detroit is humming along, and surely, the new hotness would never leave your tiny community high and dry, amirite?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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None of those problems have anything to do with data centers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (fF9x2)

171 But the purpose and scale of data centers now has largely changed and power, cheaper land and development costs are key. That's why the demand has shifted to more rural areas.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:25 PM (viF8m)
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Can't we just respect the need of Big Data for profit?

Profit is the highest good! Every penny saved through raping virgin farmland and hiring H1B employees is a penny earned in heaven.

Posted by: David French or someone at May 29, 2026 09:27 PM (ZOv7s)

172 Axios reported this week that an unnamed Anthropic enterprise client managed to run up roughly $500 million in Claude charges in a single month after failing to put usage limits on employee licenses.

The company was not named, but we suspect Blue Origin might not be the only thing that blew up for Jeff Bezos this month.

Posted by: SMOD at May 29, 2026 09:27 PM (O7XEN)

173
Thank you JackStraw.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 09:27 PM (3ek7K)

174 "Sorry, no. Never heard of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"

I thought maybe you had come across it researching "Walls Of Men".

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:28 PM (vFG9F)

175 Lots of people on the Right don't want data centers. It's not because of water or land or noise or energy-use or much of that. (Pro data center accounts have knocked down a lot of these straw men already.)
It's more because the people running the data centers went hard #woke in the early 2020s. The Right doesn't trust them not to make AI an antiAmerican surveillance state. (Pro data center accounts have absolutely nothing to say about this beyond "trust us now bro".)

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:29 PM (gKWVE)

176 Anything good happening?
Posted by: Piper

My first granddaughter is graduating from high school tomorrow. I hope it doesn't turn into a spectacle (it has the potential if you know what I mean).

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (Y2B0/)

Congrats Tonypete and Granddaughter of Tonypete!
My BFF's son graduated today. He has big goals. God bless him.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:30 PM (Xdfhw)

177 Yea, I have no idea what to think in regard to data centers. I'm currently visiting the Rust Belt. Got family here. There are plenty of spaces, where mills used to be that are big enough for data centers. They are near rivers and major highways. Still, I simply don't trust those who are for them and against them because they all have an agenda that benefits them and not the Rust Belt. Trust has eroded in the culture and that doesn't bode well. Complicated.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:30 PM (bfy6w)

178 None of those problems have anything to do with data centers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (fF9x2)
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What happens when the data center outlives its usefulness? All industries experience upheaval. It is inherent in the free market.

So in 20 years, will AI still be the new hotness? Or might technology not continue to evolve?

And WHEN it does, what happens to that massive concrete pad in the middle of farm country? Who will pay for the cleanup and removal?

Because some of us have seen the whole "This industry is durable, and the Company will provide jobs for your family forever more" film.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:30 PM (ZOv7s)

179 My retired parents recently found out a data center is planned next to where they live.

They are moving ASAP, already got loan pre-approval and looked at some houses...
whether justified or not, data centers are not considered good neighbors nor add to property values.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:30 PM (/lPRQ)

180 No such thing as "virgin farmland", it's already been fucked by farmers, often big agribusiness farmers.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:32 PM (gKWVE)

181 Asphalt seals in the freshness.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:32 PM (DR/Xu)

182 >>Can't we just respect the need of Big Data for profit?

Here's a fun fact. Despite the complaints of data centers being a rural only issue, the largest concentration of data centers in the US, the world for that matter, is Northern Virginia. Largely in Loudoun and Fairfax counties, some of the most expensive suburban land in the country. Has been for years and nobody really complained.

And it's not slowing down.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:32 PM (viF8m)

183 "I'm agnostic on 'AI' and data centers. I'm just watching and speculating."

I find it a great tool for my personal use. I wouldn't invest in it. The sector seems mighty bubbly to me.

I gather that some DCs consume ground water. I could see that as a possible valid concern for some locals. I'd like to see farmland conserved, but I respect landowners right to sell to whoever, whenever they want.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (Wq24h)

184
I think those are mammatus clouds. Because they look like boobies. Hundreds and hundreds of big fluffy boobies.

-----------

Tornado warning.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (VWtfl)

185 Yeah the tech bros are assholes who will go hard left again when a Dem is in office. It’s what they do. It’s what all businesses do.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (0TtYd)

186 Can we all just agree that data centers are the beginning of Matrix and Terminator scenarios?

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (LHPAg)

187 That's the other thing with data centers. If I knew they were going to hire Americans, I'd be a bit warmer to the idea. Alas, as we all know, they'd hire the cheapest H1B serfs they could get.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (bfy6w)

188 I did pass a few galactically huge building projects in southern Ohio along I71 yesterday:
Honda Battery Plant costing about $3.5 billion+. Over 2 million sq ft.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data Center. Part of a $5 billion commitment to the county. About 590 acres. This is one of the largest data center developments in Ohio.

And, to support them, Supporting Infrastructure Projects (Very Large Scale) 800 MW Natural Gas Power Plant to supply electricity to the battery plant and data centers.
Fayette Substation Expansion & New Transmission Lines (AES Ohio) — Major electrical upgrades to handle the massive new power demand (1.5 GW scale).

Honestly, equipment and construction as far as the eye can see.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (Y2B0/)

189
UPDATE: Billionaires are retarded.


Latinometrics
@LatamData
ARGENTINA | Tech billionaire Peter Thiel relocates to Argentina, citing concerns about the U.S. future and shared ideology with leadership.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:34 PM (n7rxJ)

190 Where I am, it's a data center, or a subdivision or a shit ass Mexican trailer park. People don't want to keep large swaths of farmland. That is sad. But farming is a hard lifestyle. It isn't a career really. It is a lifestyle and a calling.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:34 PM (Xdfhw)

191 Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the media.

Marlow said, “The fraudulent Jake Tapper book that didn’t expose anything, it’s so right. … Halperin is seen as trusted by all sides. So, hopefully that gets out.”

Posted by: SMOD at May 29, 2026 09:35 PM (O7XEN)

192 116 About two dozen LE eagerly dump all the mags into dirtbag cop killer:

youtube.com/watch?v=BH4k_jllNks

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 08:54 PM (Wq24h)

That was long, but oddly satisfying...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 09:35 PM (SRRAx)

193 180 No such thing as "virgin farmland", it's already been fucked by farmers, often big agribusiness farmers.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Relative to solar panels or wind farms, data centers take up little space. They don't fuck up everything else either.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:36 PM (fF9x2)

194 Alas, as we all know, they'd hire the cheapest H1B serfs they could get.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (bfy6w)

That too.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:36 PM (gKWVE)

195 That's the other thing with data centers. If I knew they were going to hire Americans, I'd be a bit warmer to the idea. Alas, as we all know, they'd hire the cheapest H1B serfs they could get.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (bfy6w

One of the leftists knocks against them is that they create very few jobs. It’s basically just a warehouse of servers. Employees are there are for maintenance. There’s not much work to do inside a data center other than that.

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 09:37 PM (0TtYd)

196 If I see clouds like that top picture IRL, I make sure my phone is charged and there's a basement nearby.

Posted by: pookysgirl has lived in the Midwest awhile at May 29, 2026 09:38 PM (Wt5PA)

197
What happens when the data center outlives its usefulness?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

==============

It gets repurposed. Like malls, mills, movie theaters, drive-ins, etc. What do you propose to do, never develop anything because ultimately everything becomes obsolete?

This exchange started with some abandoned Pennsylvania hospitals being repurposed as data centers -- but nooOOoo0000ooO00OOooo. Just let a bunch of old buildings harbor 10,000 rats and collapse on some homeless person's head.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:39 PM (n7rxJ)

198 I dunno - there is plenty of land out near where Mr. TiFW grew up that won't grow anything but mesquite trees and rocks. Data centers could sprout there, if it wasn't for their need for water...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 09:39 PM (SRRAx)

199 >>The Right doesn't trust them not to make AI an antiAmerican surveillance state. (Pro data center accounts have absolutely nothing to say about this beyond "trust us now bro".)

The part of the data center business I was in was more interested in network than data storage. And a big part of it was peering and network interconnections so we can all be on different networks and speak seamlessly.

There are or at least were at the time prime spots for facilities in that business and they were focused on where the physical network architecture was densely packed, urban areas largely. Also around undersea cable landing areas.

And right near every one of those areas the NSA had facilities. We've been living in a surveillance state for a very long time.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:40 PM (viF8m)

200
Alas, as we all know, they'd hire the cheapest H1B serfs they could get.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:33 PM (bfy6w)

That too.
Posted by: gKWVE

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A data center is a battery farm. It probably needs janitors and monitors.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:40 PM (n7rxJ)

201 I thought maybe you had come across it researching "Walls Of Men".
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:28 PM (vFG9F)
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No. It looks interesting and I've noted it. I find China fascinating, and so far, Walls of Men is looking pretty good. China's military equipment isn't looking to hot at the moment.

A big boost to me when I was doing research was a professor of Asian studies deciding to sell off his personal library. Noticing my interest, the owner of a local used book store told me to keep clearing the shelves and he would restock them. That's how I got Pu Yi's memoirs and a bunch of other neat books.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)

202 One of the leftists knocks against them is that they create very few jobs. It’s basically just a warehouse of servers. Employees are there are for maintenance. There’s not much work to do inside a data center other than that.


Those empty spaces where mills used to be in the Rust Belt, employed thousands. Not a good trade off.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 09:41 PM (bfy6w)

203 >> may have totally wrecked NASA’s Return to the Moon plans,

Yep, this is a big monkey wrench in that. They were depending on Blue Origin to for the Mark 1 lunar lander missions, and the lunar rovers (think Mars autonomous rovers that can also serve as buggies for the astronauts) and other hardware to scout and scope out the South Pole landing sites.

New Glenn is a heavy lift vehicle, capacity just shy of 100K lbs to LEO. The first of those launches were supposed to happen this year, along with an Artemis III LEO mission to test docking and interop with Blue Origin and Starship landing systems.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

204 As for data centers not creating jerbs, that's only indirectly. If they need power (they need power) they can create jobs generating power. Nuclear power plants can hire for more of those jerbs.
Leftists are dumb.
Rightists... can be dumb, but I like to think better of Rightists, which is why I'm here. They also have arguments against data centers, which I haven't seen as being dumb arguments.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:43 PM (gKWVE)

205 Relative to solar panels or wind farms, data centers take up little space. They don't fuck up everything else either.
Posted by: Braenyard

A 1600 acre solar panel farm somehow was snuck in our county and approved without too many folks knowing about it. The developer/owner promises a tax windfall for the county, and, get this - an increase in agricultural usage compared to the previous owner/rancher. They claim the farm will support 3x the sheep herd size that the previous owner had. Apparently, the sheep keep the weeds down beneath the panels.

All of this remains to be seen of course. It is still under construction.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (Y2B0/)

206 It gets repurposed. Like malls, mills, movie theaters, drive-ins, etc. What do you propose to do, never develop anything because ultimately everything becomes obsolete?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:39 PM (n7rxJ)
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Who is going to repurpose a data center slab in the middle of nowhere? What farmer is going to pay the money to rip out all that pipe, wiring and concrete and try to grow crops on it?

Again, go to Google maps and look at the City of Lansing. Huge swathes of vacant land right next to ample water and electrical generation. I'm sure the city will hand out tax deferments like trick or treat candy.

So why isn't that what they are trying to leverage?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (ZOv7s)

207 My first granddaughter is graduating from high school tomorrow. I hope it doesn't turn into a spectacle (it has the potential if you know what I mean).

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:26 PM (Y2B0/)

That is awesome, though I pray for no drama. I am going to my niece’s college graduation party tomorrow. She has already gotten a job offer in her field (medical laboratory science), so that is good!

Posted by: Piper at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (c1LkM)

208
Data centers could sprout there, if it wasn't for their need for water...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

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Data centers can run on virtually no water. There are other types of cooling systems. Putting them in the middle of nowhere is an intriguing idea, because some minimal support for the human attendants would have to exist -- including society.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:45 PM (n7rxJ)

209
What farmer is going to pay the money to rip out all that pipe, wiring and concrete and try to grow crops on it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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I'm not surprised that some idiot is proposing to put them on prime farm land, but that doesn't have to happen. TiFW just mentioned some plots that aren't suitable for commerce, agriculture, etc. that would be perfect for data centers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:47 PM (n7rxJ)

210 Won't the sheep nibble on the cables?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:47 PM (zZu0s)

211
The problem Bezos has is that he blew up his only pad for New Glenn, LC-36. Elon blew up a Falcon 9 way back in 2016 at LC-40 at the Cape and wrecked it pretty good, but they had other pads they could use.

Now, historically there were two pads at LC-36, the A and B pads. When Bezo took it over, they changed everything for their own purposes, and just have the one pad, call it "A". Now, they were starting construction on a second "B" pad, but that's not too far along.

The best bet may be to just accelerate Pad B construction rather than try to repair A for now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 09:47 PM (w6EFb)

212 Apparently, the sheep keep the weeds down beneath the panels.

All of this remains to be seen of course. It is still under construction.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (Y2B0/)

They're going to chew on wires and get fried constantly. Sheep are predominantly two things: stupid and stubborn.

Posted by: pookysgirl has been around sheep at May 29, 2026 09:48 PM (Wt5PA)

213 Michigan once handed out massive tax incentives to try to convince Hollywood to make films in one of the most overcast cities in the US. The Dems drove that, but now they're all hot and bothered about planting data centers not in their vote-rich strongholds, but in the middle of Red Michigan.

Huh. You'd think they'd want to maximize the declining urban tax base. Draw more people into their strongholds.

So why are they so determined to give Republican areas all these new jobs and prosperity?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

214 205 Relative to solar panels or wind farms, data centers take up little space. They don't fuck up everything else either.
Posted by: Braenyard

A 1600 acre solar panel farm somehow was snuck in our county and approved without too many folks knowing about it. The developer/owner promises a tax windfall for the county, and, get this - an increase in agricultural usage compared to the previous owner/rancher. They claim the farm will support 3x the sheep herd size that the previous owner had. Apparently, the sheep keep the weeds down beneath the panels.

All of this remains to be seen of course. It is still under construction.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:44 PM (Y2B0/)
Sheepherder-'Hey, cookie, what's for chow?'
Cookie- 'Mutton. Same as always. Come here and help me get it down from there.'

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 09:49 PM (LHPAg)

215 "Won't the sheep nibble on the cables?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone"

Only once.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 09:49 PM (vFG9F)

216 Morticia: classical nuclear and I believe other power systems do use water for turbines, so increased energy would require water for that in addition to cooling the data centers.
On the other hand, some nuclear designs propose (compressed) liquid carbon dioxide for their work...

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:49 PM (gKWVE)

217 But they'll all have fine wool coats and blankets and throws and socks and ...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (zZu0s)

218
So why isn't that what they are trying to leverage?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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The argument, not to build a thing because in twenty years it will be obsolete is superfluous.

Biding that argument we would never build anything.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (fF9x2)

219 Those empty spaces where mills used to be in the Rust Belt, employed thousands. Not a good trade off.
Posted by: Puddleglum

WAG -
Those defunct mills are in areas zoned for industrial. Nobody is going to do Ag or residential, or much commercial in industrial zones. They just sit there waiting for a new gas station of something...
Those farm fields way out there are zoned Ag, which kind of limits 'development' to Ag or low density housing. Relatively cheap land. Data farmers can approach the small town rural zoning officials and guy them some McDonalds and get the zoning changed to industrial and buy up 50 or hundred acres before anybody notices.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (/lPRQ)

220 Speaking of cooling - the IBM360 mainframes were retired during the period when I was working. You couldn't give them away. Truly, no one wanted them, even for scrap. I now wish I had scarfed one up just to have the water pumps and related equipment used to cool the damn thing.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:51 PM (Y2B0/)

221 So why are they so determined to give Republican areas all these new jobs and prosperity?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

Investors TRIED to put a data center in, I believe, Cleveland, but the locals voted it out.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:51 PM (gKWVE)

222 I'm not surprised that some idiot is proposing to put them on prime farm land, but that doesn't have to happen. TiFW just mentioned some plots that aren't suitable for commerce, agriculture, etc. that would be perfect for data centers.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 09:47 PM (n7rxJ)
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Just to dispel any confusion: at this late date, marginal farmland in rural areas surrounding an urban core has already been developed. It's where those cool boutique shops and "farm to table" places are located.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:52 PM (ZOv7s)

223 So why isn't that what they are trying to leverage?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


Hazardous waste dumps and brown fields become the responsibility of the owner, even if they didn't make the mess in the first place.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:53 PM (/lPRQ)

224 The argument, not to build a thing because in twenty years it will be obsolete is superfluous.

Biding that argument we would never build anything.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (fF9x2)
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And your argument is optimism over experience.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:54 PM (ZOv7s)

225 >>So why are they so determined to give Republican areas all these new jobs and prosperity?

Money. It's not completely nefarious. The top issues for data centers now is cheap real estate and available cheap power. That's what is driving demand south and west where both are cheaper and more readily available.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:55 PM (viF8m)

226 Investors TRIED to put a data center in, I believe, Cleveland, but the locals voted it out.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:51 PM (gKWVE)
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Wow, too bad that's the only open land in Ohio. A true shame.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:55 PM (ZOv7s)

227 Those farm fields way out there are zoned Ag, which kind of limits 'development' to Ag or low density housing. Relatively cheap land. Data farmers can approach the small town rural zoning officials and guy them some McDonalds and get the zoning changed to industrial and buy up 50 or hundred acres before anybody notices.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:50 PM (/lPRQ)

I hate to see farm land not being farmed. Farming is a hard job that most people don't want to do. It is not a job. It is a lifestyle. You farm til you die. If you're lucky, a younger family member wants to take over this hard work.

All in all, I'd prefer seeing the land as a data center rather than a shit ass Mexican trailer park. Or another soulless subdivision that means more people.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 09:56 PM (Xdfhw)

228 AH Lloyd, I find your responses to be needlessly snarky.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:56 PM (gKWVE)

229 Hazardous waste dumps and brown fields become the responsibility of the owner, even if they didn't make the mess in the first place.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 09:53 PM (/lPRQ)
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And of course a massive influx of tax revenue and jobs would never motivate legislators to bend over backwards to change those laws.

Weird that the same people who want us to eat bugs are now wanting to build on farmland.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

230 AH Lloyd, I find your responses to be needlessly snarky.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:56 PM (gKWVE)
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I am Gen X. It is the language of my people.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

231 Just so people are clear, over the entire span of my life I have seen now hot investments want to push outside the urban core, abandoning brownfields and seeking fresh, unpolluted land.

Which they then pollute. This, I have been told, is the price of progress. Maybe progress is overrated.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 29, 2026 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)

232
Huh. You'd think they'd want to maximize the declining urban tax base. Draw more people into their strongholds.
So why are they so determined to give Republican areas all these new jobs and prosperity?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

It's a trap.
*totes not socking the Admiral*
Here's a link to prove my bonfides.

Safe for work and small animals...
https://collegepill.com/wp-content/ uploads/2023/01/Lena-Dunham-2.jpg

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 29, 2026 10:01 PM (QVmho)

233 ONT is nood. Take your snarkyvasses up there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 10:01 PM (zZu0s)

Spencer Pratt, Donald Trump, and the Democrat (and GOP Establishment) Taboo Against Simple, Direct Honesty

They have built an Empire of Lies and demand we all pledge our fealty.

Mike Solana:


[W]hat's driving the popularity of a professional 21st Century clown like Pratt, with no experience in government, over a thoughtful, if imperfect, standard issue Democrat like Bass, in her nice professional pantsuit? In Los Angeles?

Well, I think it's basically something like this: there really still just is tremendous political alpha in getting on stage and telling the truth. But in local politics it also matters what you're telling the truth about, and a soccer mom of two will never care about Donald Trump while a meth addict's shitting in her driveway.

...]

If you had to distill all of this criticism into something coherent, I think it might just be that Pratt reminds libs of Donald Trump, who they hate, and he talks about crime, which is bad for lib politicians? People also have a lot to say about the AI-generated campaign advertisements fans have produced on Pratt's behalf, which many pundits incessantly credit to the candidate himself. But it's not clear why they hate these things other than their general appearance of effectiveness, and, again, Pratt has nothing to do with them. Still, I do agree the guy's a little bit like Trump, just not in terms of disposition or, from what I can tell thus far, any of Trump's most popular positions.

Pratt is another funny, charismatic white guy from the world of entertainment who obsessively discusses an extremely popular issue we are not, as good upstanding people in a one-party state controlled by the DNC, supposed to discuss. In the case of Trump in 2016, that issue was immigration. To a certain extent, Trump's winning issue continues to be immigration. But for Pratt, the winning issue is the obvious fact that many of LA's homeless 'victims,' who Americans are expected to imagine as exclusively a class of sweetspoken, down-on-their-luck single mothers, are in fact violent drug-addicted criminals.

Running as a Democrat in a city controlled entirely by Democrats, from the bureaucrats who run the place to the reporters who cover the bureaucrats, is mostly a sweet gig. But when things start to crumble as badly as they have in Los Angeles, and you've completely defeated the neutered Republican Party you're supposed to keep around for purposes of witch burning, the act of noticing problems becomes taboo.

An honesty taboo, if you will.

It truly feels like we're all expected to lie. We're expected to understand the good people are in charge, and they are doing their best, and any pointing out of their (many, many (MANY)) enormous failures can only help the bad people. Then, we are expected to believe the bad people will lead us to some truly heinous moral horror merely in the name of baseline functioning government. I understand this seems ridiculous, but I genuinely do think it constitutes the underlying psychology of a one-party town, in which not even Democrats are supposed to tell the truth.

...

Nothing has thus far painted a starker difference between the taboo-shattering Pratt and the incumbents who torched LA than the sitting councilwoman, herself responsible for a myriad of the city's problems, who is somehow framing herself an outsider in the race for mayor.

Bass is currently talking about how nice the city was when she was growing up, forgetting that she's been the mayor for almost four years, and Democrats have controlled the mayoralty since 2001.

So she's promising to return to the city to its glory days... before one-party Democrat rule.

And she's saying she'll address all of the problems she left unaddressed for almost four years.

...

When you shatter the honesty taboo and talk about problems created by the One Party, most people simply will not give a shit that you're a reality television star who clocks as just a little bit retarded. This is because the average person is starved for the truth, and if you tell it to them they will find you intriguing, fascinating, mesmerizing. Then, a good amount of people will decide that you're a hero. In 2026, heroes are memed, and in this age of attention he who is memed makes money.


...

Obviously, there's something a little bit retarded about choosing a former reality television star with no experience to run the second largest city in the country. Like, no shit, if a sane person with a lot of experience running a city who agreed crime should be illegal and reservoirs should be filled with water were an option, he'd be the obvious choice. But he's not an option, and we're living in a world post-Obama. Is the prospect of a reality television star in office somehow really more ridiculous than a "community organizer" like Karen Bass? Or a former rap star turned, for like five minutes, state assemblyman like Mamdani?

I agree wholeheartedly with this. In 2016, I desperately wanted a candidate who adopted Trump's positions but who was a more professional, less impulsive, more disciplined version of Trump. That option was not available (though I kidded myself into thinking that Ted Cruz would fit this unmet need).

At some point, the political establishment of the Uniparty will have to accept that simply insisting we have to vote for the buttoned-up stuff shirt who will sell us down the river because look, his stuffed shirt is so nicely buttoned up!, is not a winning message.

Ask John Cornyn.

BEHOLD THE TASTEFULLY-CREASED TROUSER
AND BE JOYOUS, PEASANTS!


...

Is this not the defining aspect of our culture today? Politicians will stand up and say the most retarded things ever said in their position, but they will dress well, they will say these things with an aesthetic of thoughtfulness, they will not violate the honesty taboo, and we will be expected to support them over the 'bad guy' who thinks the local hobo jerking off under a bridge should pack his shit up and go.

...


Alas, we are not living in the thinking man's world this summer. This is Pratt Summer. And I'm feeling just a little bit retarded myself.

RedWave Press
@RedWavePress

Greg Gutfeld: "I walk around New York... I see a half n*ked crazy motherf*cker on the street shooting up or taking a crap. Like you're saying that."

Spencer Pratt: "My campaign now, how I identify, besides being the common sense American, it's the look around candidate. You look around and see with your own eyes what I am saying. And it's true."

"That's why I'm going to win, because my opponents just lie and they've had 10 years combined that they have created everything that they are looking around, and seeing."

"No more of this, we're going to stop this. We're going to get all of the tax money that these two have been stealing to put these n*ked drug addict zombies that are going number two and number one in front of your houses, your businesses, maybe trying to machete you or st*b you. We're going to get them mandatory medical treatment. Not an empty bed. They need help to get off f*ntanyl and super m*th."

Overton
@overton_news

Greg Gutfeld asked Spencer Pratt if there is anyone who was affected by the fires in Los Angeles who are still voting for Karen Bass.

Pratt said he is in a constant battle against those who blame "climate change" for the fires and refuse to see the failures of Bass.

PRATT: "There's definitely lunatics."

"Their houses didn't burn down but they could have been saved by the U.S. Forest Service, who came in to save the day."

"But these people have convinced themselves the palisades burned down because of climate change and these imaginary hurricane winds that did not exist..."

"So for them, they go, oh, it's the winds. And it was the climate change. That's what it was."

"It wasn't that Mayor Bass was drinking in Ghana and defunded the firefighters by $17 million, that the fire chief said we needed to keep everyone safe."

"Or that her Janisse Quiñones, the LADWP CEO that got $750,000 -- drained both of the reservoirs that were for wildfire protection."

"So, I don't know why that message isn't getting to them. I keep trying to say that out loud a lot."

So yes, Democrats continue to claim that the fires were caused not by a leftwing arsonist who shares their admiration of the murderer Luigi Mangione, but by "global warming."

And they continue pretending that no one could have stopped the fires, even if the reservoirs had been filled, because "hurricane force winds" would have prevented helicopters from flying.

As Spencer Pratt said, correctly, during the debate, the winds never went above 35 mph on the first night of the fires. Helicopters could have easily flown, so yes, the disastrous decision to empty the reservoirs, which had been created precisely to fight fires, could have stopped the fire early.

Another great ad by a supporter:

Bonus: About the other Democrat plant in the race, communist incompetent and DEI clown Nithya Raman.

She's been on the LA City Council for five years, after carpetbagging her way in. She has been a partner with Karen Bass in creating the disaster.

And maybe is still a partner with Bass: Spencer Pratt says that insiders tell him that Bass recruited her ally Nithya Raman to "run against her," hoping that Raman would take second place and keep Spencer Pratt out of the run-off.

I believe him.

Protesters staged a simulated homeless encampment around Nithya's home so that she could experience the chaos and menace of strangers living outdoors on your street the same way Los Angelenos have to.

She is now whining to the media -- who amplifies this whine for her -- that this "crosses a line."

She says this threatens her family.

Except... people with families have been complaining about homeless criminals shooting up heroin and shitting in the street right outside their children's schools. Nithya blocked a regulation that would outlaw homeless encampments being any closer than 500 feet to a school -- which would still be menancingly close -- saying that it she didn't thing 500 feet would matter as far as safety.

But put up a fake homeless encampment of non-drug-addicted bums outside of her house, and boy oh boy, would she like that 500 feet of distance.

Pratt is pounding this foreign communist interloper and election ringer:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

May 28

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Spencer Pratt just DROPPED THE MIC after they played the clip of Nithya Raman saying, 'he doesn't have the experience' to be mayor

"That woman has had almost 5 YEARS. She's been the chair of the homeless housing department for the last 3 years. The drug addicts that are attacking moms that are NAKED in front of kids, that is on HER and Mayor Bass."

"This is a woman who fought in her own district for moms that didn't want drug addicts selling drugs, being naked in front of kids in front of the school."

"She's fighting them on camera saying there's no difference between one foot and 500 feet to have naked drug addict encampments in front of kids!"

"So when these people talk, you're literally listening to a lunatic...she's not even going to be a conversation. We should just focus on Bass."


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:10 PM




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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 06:13 PM (ytBBc)

2 I may need to road trip to CA to vote.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 06:13 PM (ytBBc)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 06:16 PM (PJdmB)

4 "They lie and we have to be merciful, for those who lie. Those nabobs. I hate them. I really hate them."

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 06:19 PM (xcxpd)

5 >>>2 I may need to road trip to CA to vote.

LA doesn't require voter ID so people are talking about doing this.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 06:19 PM (1wjle)

6
I pray that Pratt will win the election.

I don't think he will because there many assholes living on government money.

Turn off the "free" money in our country and we will see major improvements.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 06:19 PM (3ek7K)

7 She says this threatens her family.

Illegals sent to Martha's Vinyard redux. She's making Pratt's case for him and doesn't even realize it. Because she's retarded.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 06:20 PM (gtcuf)

8 It's true, Pratt has no experience running a city. Just look what all the experienced people have done with the place.

Posted by: huerfano at May 29, 2026 06:20 PM (VJX5o)

9 I like this man, he fights!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 06:20 PM (GD0B3)

10 *Should I fly to LA and vote for him ??

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 06:20 PM (GD0B3)

11 He's a creased trouser snake.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2026 06:21 PM (bIH8o)

12 The Lord hates a liar. So do I. If you have to lie to make your point, then you don't have one.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:22 PM (DwqWV)

13 11 He's a creased trouser snake.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2026 06:21 PM (bIH8o)

That sounds... painful?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (DwqWV)

14 Reid Hoffman, who you may remember from past hits like E. Jean Carroll, and Epstein is behind the campaign to scare all the performers out of the 250 celebration. Lots of money being moved around, and threatened. The leftoids are going around declaring victory showing lists of the people that have cancelled. It's still about a month away, things may still change. The left are such garbage humans. All they can ever do is destroy.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (3uBP9)

15 Why do honest people always get caught?!!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (GD0B3)

16 I wish I lived in LA so I could vote for Pratt.

Well, no, actually I *don't* wish I lived in any part of CA. But I wish I could vote for him anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

17 As I was saying.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

18 "Obviously, there's something a little bit retarded about choosing a former reality television star with no experience to run the second largest city in the country. "

Now do Mamdami

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (ItWcy)

19 13 11 He's a creased trouser snake.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2026 06:21 PM (bIH8o)

That sounds... painful?
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (DwqWV)

I blame those skinny jeans

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 06:24 PM (xcxpd)

20 "They have built an Empire of Lies and demand we all pledge our fealty."

THIS.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

21 14 Reid Hoffman, who you may remember from past hits like E. Jean Carroll, and Epstein is behind the campaign to scare all the performers out of the 250 celebration. Lots of money being moved around, and threatened. The leftoids are going around declaring victory showing lists of the people that have cancelled. It's still about a month away, things may still change. The left are such garbage humans. All they can ever do is destroy.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (3uBP9)

I saw this.. They are trying their darnedest to ruin the 250th Anniversary because they hate Trump... I've never seen anything like this

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 06:25 PM (FtULh)

22 16 Well, no, actually I *don't* wish I lived in any part of CA. But I wish I could vote for him anyway.

Given CA's extremely loose voting rules, I'm not positive we can't.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 06:25 PM (gtcuf)

23 >>>"Obviously, there's something a little bit retarded about choosing a former reality television star with no experience to run the second largest city in the country. "

Now do Mamdami

I think he did mention Mamdani as a retard, but pointed out that while this "evil nepo baby" was talking about improving the city, the asshole Andrew Cuomo was talking about... Trump.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 06:26 PM (1wjle)

24 I saw this.. They are trying their darnedest to ruin the 250th Anniversary because they hate Trump... I've never seen anything like this
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 06:25 PM (FtULh)

Let's be serious. They just hate. Doesn't matter what. The will to power means they hate everything they didn't build, and they are incapable of building, so they hate everything.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:26 PM (DwqWV)

25 Willowed:
Best Magnum episode was when he was lost at sea. Utterly remarkable in every way. Kinda solidified it as a serious if really funny show.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:14 PM (DwqWV)

I would actually disagree and say 'Did you see the sunrise?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:26 PM (zZu0s)

26 LA doesn't require voter ID so people are talking about doing this.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 06:19 PM (1wjle)

Just make sure you don't announce it anywhere on the internet, because I suspect the moment Pratt wins, Dems will be looking for evidence of this newly-discovered crime.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 29, 2026 06:27 PM (h7ZuX)

27 Democrats have nerfed the residency requirements for voting so if you move in one day before an election and have an "intention" to be resident, you can legally vote -- even if you immediately show you never had that intention by moving out.

they do this with college kids, who are obviously not residents of swing-state college towns, but Democrats say they just have to "express an intention" to be permanent residents and voila, legal voter.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 06:27 PM (1wjle)

28 Maybe the real mayoralty is the friends we make along the way.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 06:28 PM (NxZ4/)

29
a soccer mom of two will never care about Donald Trump while a meth addict's shitting in her driveway.

===============

Sickeningly, I wasn't (still aren't) sure how to read this if I see it in isolation. "A soccer mom of two STILL won't vote for Trump, even if a meth addict's shitting in her driveway" is entirely plausible.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 06:28 PM (n7rxJ)

30 So she's promising to return to the city to its glory days... before one-party Democrat rule.

Just look at Karen Bass and hear her speak. She is the paradigm of the profoundest incompetence. She's the Kathleen Kennedy of big city politics.

She has no business being anywhere near the levers of power. But there she is.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 06:28 PM (+5YP2)

31 13 11 He's a creased trouser snake.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2026 06:21 PM (bIH8o)

That sounds... painful?
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (DwqWV)

I blame those skinny jeans
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 06:24 PM (xcxpd)

Hold a hot iron on it to smooth out the crease.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 06:29 PM (wVcYX)

32 Pratt has some great ads. He's filled with righteous anger. I hope he wins. I hope he beats those Dem women like a rented mule so they cry victim and blame whitey for the rest of their natural lives. They'll do that anyhow.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 06:29 PM (Xdfhw)

33 I blame those skinny jeans
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 06:24 PM (xcxpd)

A certain type of boxer short. Guys know what I mean.

Ladies, ever notice how towels in the dryer can get twisted around each other?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)

34 wish I lived in LA so I could vote for Pratt.

Well, no, actually I *don't* wish I lived in any part of CA. But I wish I could vote for him anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I'll send you one of my extra ballots. Hang tight

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 29, 2026 06:30 PM (ItWcy)

35 I'll bet if Spencer Pratt wins we won't have three fat lesbians running the LAFD into the dirt anymore too. Another win.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 06:31 PM (+5YP2)

36 Ladies, ever notice how towels in the dryer can get twisted around each other?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)

Use dryer balls. Those help.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 06:31 PM (Xdfhw)

37 I don't want to be a one-note today but it's like Trump cleaning up DC and restoring the monuments.

And they hate him so much for it.

Because it shows it doesn't have to be this way. That decline is a policy choice.
The policy of choice of the Democrats.

When the only choice is squalor, then they can't be held accountable.
Where only candidates with the proper Woke Stack score are allowed and any criticism is a form of "ist"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 06:31 PM (73/SM)

38 Pratt was great on Gutfeld last night.

His campaign slogan is basically "Look around."

Your kids don't have to literally be avoiding human piles of feces. This was a bad choice that can be fixed. He was unpolished and human, Fantastic.

Nightly News - all of them. Laos cave, rocket explosion, busy judges granting liberal wishes.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 06:31 PM (Sco7b)

39 Use dryer balls. Those help.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 06:31 PM (Xdfhw)

Lol. Might look at that. Sheets are rhe worst.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:32 PM (zZu0s)

40 I never watched Pratt's reality shows, so I don't have an opinion of him on that. Had to actually look him up on Wiki just to find out who he is and where he came from.

So he's a slightly flaky, wise-ass, surfer-dude, turned magic crystal dealer who lived in Pacific Palisades with his hottie wife, and their kids. Seems like a typical Southern Californian to me.

And then his house was burned down by an arsonist and corruption & incompetence - no wonder he's coming across as angry about it.

Pratt seems sincere and motivated to me, and that's more than can be said of his opponents.

He can't do worse than Bass and her predecessors.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:32 PM (6ydKt)

41 Just look at Karen Bass and hear her speak. She is the paradigm of the profoundest incompetence. She's the Kathleen Kennedy of big city politics.

She has no business being anywhere near the levers of power. But there she is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 06:28 PM (+5YP2)

Whattaya mean? She's a trained Marxist, yo.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 29, 2026 06:33 PM (h7ZuX)

42 I'm praying that the colored communist cvnt Bassura doesn't get over 50% and Platt beats the other colored communist cvnt for a runoff election.

He has a lot more truth to tell.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 29, 2026 06:33 PM (xvV+O)

43 Use dryer balls. Those help.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 06:31 PM (Xdfhw)

Lol. Might look at that. Sheets are rhe worst.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:32 PM (zZu0s)

The dryer balls are cheap and work really well.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 06:34 PM (Xdfhw)

44 Look around! Look around! Look up, look up, and - ah shit, I just squelched another hobo turd.

Posted by: House of Pain at May 29, 2026 06:34 PM (gKWVE)

45 >>Whattaya mean? She's a trained Marxist, yo.


Just because countless Marxists ran countless Trains on her in Cuba...

Posted by: garrett at May 29, 2026 06:34 PM (P0D9r)

46 16 I wish I lived in LA so I could vote for Pratt.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

The Democrats would find that so cute and adorable.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)

47 Old Soviet joke
The future we know, the past is what changes

No Leftist ever admits to defeat

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 06:34 PM (Ia/+0)

48 Bass is thoughtful? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Heroq at May 29, 2026 06:35 PM (Tk4Lb)

49 Saw a clip of the severely retarded Sonny Hostin using Arnold Schwarzenegger as an example of a celebrity candidate who was Better Than Pratt because he had experience.

Um, no, retard, he didn't. He had zero experience. None. Zilch. Nada.

She started out semi-OK using Reagan as an example, correctly noting he had been president of the Screen Actor's Guild, but seemed to forget the obvious fact that all non-retards know, that Reagan had been two-time Governor of California. Someone else on the panel had to remind the severely retarded harridan. Then she went completely off the rails trying to use Ahnuld as an example of a celebrity candidate with experience.

And, Ms. Hostin, in the future please keep the name of Ronaldus Maximus out of your filthy whore mouth.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 06:35 PM (gtcuf)

50 Mm, L.A. proved too much for the mayor
So she's leavin' the life, mm
he's come to know, ooh,

She said she's goin' back to find,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, what's left of her world
The world she left behind
Not so long ago

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 06:35 PM (wVcYX)

51
I get the not caring about celebrity endorsements, but seriously. Did Leo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx endorse him? That's rad, especially Foxx. He's been a loony lefty in the past.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 06:35 PM (n7rxJ)

52 They are trying their darnedest to ruin the 250th Anniversary because they hate Trump... I've never seen anything like this
---
They hate anything and everything that would make you proud to be an American.
They want you embarrassed to be an American.

They are going to show such an ugly face contorted in spite and rage this summer.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 06:35 PM (73/SM)

53 "judges" have been bust today.. Stopped Trumps DOJ payments to victims of Biden's wrath and told Trump he had to take his name off the Kennedy/Trump center and keep it open.. Trump said okay to that one and handed it over to congress to deal with

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 06:36 PM (FtULh)

54 >>The dryer balls are cheap and work really well.


True Fact: No Man wants Dryer Balls.

Posted by: garrett at May 29, 2026 06:36 PM (P0D9r)

55 Bass is a weapon created by the intelligence services, here and abroad, to infiltrate, control, and destroy. Both her and Newsom are the exact kind of muppets you would totally expect to see propped up in a fake potemkin state. Blank lifeless eyes, creepy smiles. They are central casting for this.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:36 PM (3uBP9)

56 >>>Use dryer balls. Those help.

I have drier balls, they're practically raisins

Posted by: Joe Biden, former senator and, um, uh, you know, the thing at May 29, 2026 06:36 PM (1wjle)

57 I don't live in L.A. but I am going to vote for Karen Bass.

Karen Bass is the mayor L.A. deserves.

Posted by: Paid For By You, The Taxpayer at May 29, 2026 06:36 PM (54bnG)

58 Good luck to him, that's quite the uphill battle in Lefty Land.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 06:37 PM (n5tGW)

59 @21. .....because they hate Trump....
They hate our country too. They want a Socialist government they can control. Lots of big money behind this. If the media done their job they would tell us who these people are. However, we can guess who some of them are.

Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 06:37 PM (8XBuM)

60 Companers bass was trained by cuban intelligence who were trained by kgb

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 06:37 PM (bXbFr)

61 I hope Pratt has security

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)

62 Bass is currently talking about how nice the city was when she was growing up, forgetting that she's been the mayor for almost four years, and Democrats have controlled the mayoralty since 2001.

Leftists will often tell me life was so much better when they were kids.

Then I point out on almost every political issue the US has gone hard left since then.

And...that's when they call me racist.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 06:38 PM (sKqQm)

63 >>> "judges" have been bust today.. Stopped Trumps DOJ payments to victims of Biden's wrath and told Trump he had to take his name off the Kennedy/Trump center and keep it open.. Trump said okay to that one and handed it over to congress to deal with
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 06:36 PM (FtULh)



HTF is anyone supposed to think they have the ability to make any of these decisions? And yes, trump always says, ok nevermind then. And the left knows this.

Blackrobed Politburo

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:38 PM (3uBP9)

64 Since riordan left

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 06:39 PM (bXbFr)

65 True Fact: No Man wants Dryer Balls.

Posted by: garrett at May 29, 2026 06:36 PM (P0D9r)

I have drier balls, they're practically raisins

Posted by: Joe Biden, former senator and, um, uh, you know, the thing at May 29, 2026 06:36 PM (1wjle)

Um. I was giving laundry advice. I ain't getting into testicular stuff.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 06:39 PM (Xdfhw)

66
Spencer Pratt: "My campaign now, how I identify, besides being the common sense American, it's the look around candidate. You look around and see with your own eyes what I am saying. And it's true."

===============

So true, but the problem is, this is now normal. Probably half of LA doesn't know it can be better, if not downright GOOD. How many people are around in LA who can say "It wasn't like this 25-30 years ago"?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 06:39 PM (n7rxJ)

67 Pratt's other big point yesterday.

He didn't want to do national media but he realised he needed the national exposure to beat the Dems ballot harvesting.

Morticia, it sounded like Leo endorsed him. Don't knkw about Foxx. Pratt doesn't care. Celebrity hate is a badge of honor.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 06:40 PM (Sco7b)

68 I saw this.. They are trying their darnedest to ruin the 250th Anniversary because they hate Trump... I've never seen anything like this
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 06:25 PM (FtULh)

Pffft. Oh if Kamala had won they wouldn't be trying to ruin the 250th 'celebration', because they would be confident that the 250 'celebration' would really be an attack on the founders and a big old "celebrate undocumented immigrants and the mentally ill" affair rather than any kind of celebration of our country. But they don't hate Trump the man; they loved him when he was just a low to mid level celebrity. They hate America and the MAGA sentiment. ie. you and me.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 29, 2026 06:40 PM (AOl+5)

69 hash check

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 29, 2026 06:41 PM (R+iUD)

70
Bass is currently talking about how nice the city was when she was growing up, forgetting that she's been the mayor for almost four years, and Democrats have controlled the mayoralty since 2001.

=============

It's crazy, but there's at least one Bass ad where she's RANTING about how she came in and it was AWFUL in LA, the homelessness, the trash, the crime, the gangs, what she inherited was a DISASTER!!

It was Democrats all the way back to 2001, dear.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 06:41 PM (n7rxJ)

71 "the look around candidate. You look around and see with your own eyes what I am saying."

There are so many things in this country that we are not supposed to notice. Free us from this Empire of Lies.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 06:42 PM (Wq24h)

72 Arnold did so well as a Republican governor of California that they haven't had another Republican since.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)

73 "If we tell the truth, they won't vote for us!"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 06:42 PM (CHHv1)

74 Mrs. Jukin's sister lives in LA and when there is a family get together for any event, I hear "I'm a progressive so I..." or "As a progressive I..." at least 20 times. What comes after is pure lunacy. I beg out og 3/4s of those get togethers.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 29, 2026 06:43 PM (xvV+O)

75 Just make sure you don't announce it anywhere on the internet, because I suspect the moment Pratt wins, Dems will be looking for evidence of this newly-discovered crime.

And what are they gonna do about it? Demand picture IDs to vote?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 06:43 PM (vTZFs)

76 July 4th will be the perfect day for them to let their hate flag fly. I'll be drinking, shooting fireworks and thanking my lucky stars for the founding of this country.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 06:44 PM (n5tGW)

77 So true, but the problem is, this is now normal. Probably half of LA doesn't know it can be better, if not downright GOOD.

I would say the problem runs much deeper. 2/3 of the public simply can't do cause and effect. Its ideology all the way down.

This doesn't get better until everything falls apart enough to permit widespread civil unrest - thus allowing a Pinochet or Franco to rise. And helicopter tours to commence.

Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 06:44 PM (/3whg)

78 Well no he gave after his first term went aling with skydragon and the jungle primary

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 06:44 PM (bXbFr)

79 >>> They are going to show such an ugly face contorted in spite and rage this summer.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 06:35 PM (73/SM)


Everyone knows where everyone stands today. There are no surprises left. No masks. There's nothing left for one side to show the other. It's been that way for a long long time.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:44 PM (3uBP9)

80 Pratt has hit an absolute home run with his ad campaign. The "Days of our Lives" mockery in the last clip is brilliant

Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2026 06:45 PM (5P5DO)

81 Maybe like the 6th day they replaced him with a clone

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 06:45 PM (bXbFr)

82 And what are they gonna do about it? Demand picture IDs to vote?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 06:43 PM (vTZFs)

I'm in CA and we get our ballots in the mail.. You can either mail it in or take it to a voting station... I guess you could get a provisional ballot, but that would connect you to the vote which wouldn't be good...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 06:46 PM (FtULh)

83 Circling back that 'did you see the sunrise episode' was a stunner because they had never killed even a long time player like jeff mckay a bellisario veteran back to black sheep

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 06:47 PM (bXbFr)

84 Mm, L.A. proved too much for the mayor
So she's leavin' the life, mm
he's come to know, ooh,

She said she's goin' back to find,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, what's left of her world
The world she left behind
Not so long ago

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 06:35 PM (wVcYX)

------------

She's leavin' ...
On that high-speed train to nowhere

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 06:47 PM (Na5xP)

85 Arnold did so well as a Republican governor of California that they haven't had another Republican since.

Arnold found out what its like to face an implacable Dem majority in the Legislature and a state GOP organization that made the Keystone Kops seem like the Untouchables.

Besides, he was busy shtupping the maid a lot of the time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 06:47 PM (+5YP2)

86 Arnold found out what its like to face an implacable Dem majority in the Legislature and a state GOP organization that made the Keystone Kops seem like the Untouchables.

Besides, he was busy shtupping the maid a lot of the time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 06:47 PM (+5YP2)

Plus he was married to a Kennedy

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 06:48 PM (FtULh)

87 74 Mrs. Jukin's sister lives in LA and when there is a family get together for any event, I hear "I'm a progressive so I..." or "As a progressive I..." at least 20 times. What comes after is pure lunacy. I beg out og 3/4s of those get togethers.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 29, 2026 06:43 PM (xvV+O)

It's the same way a very religious person would present themselves.

"I'm Catholic, so I..."
"I'm Jewish, so I..."
"I'm a Hindu, so I..."
"I'm a Buddhist, so I"
"I'm a Muslim, so I..."
"I'm a Scientologist, so I... (am looking for Body Thetans)"

It's their cult and we have to treat them like the fanatical zealots they've become.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)

88 Watching another sad move about Communists bastards
Eternal Winter, Hungarian women rounded up and sent to a Gulag in 1944

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 06:49 PM (Ia/+0)

89 I hope Pratt wins. I also hope there are more normal people in LA who vote for him vs the Commie bred and toasted Large Mouth Bass (no offense to fish).

She looks evil. As if she eats tiny humans evil. Or spent time in Haiti as well as Cuba.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 29, 2026 06:49 PM (WONhk)

90 I'm in CA and we get our ballots in the mail.. You can either mail it in or take it to a voting station... I guess you could get a provisional ballot, but that would connect you to the vote which wouldn't be good...

-----------

Thank goodness ballot harvesting is legal in Califzuela.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 06:49 PM (Na5xP)

91 Truth and Beauty.

Learn It.
Live It.
Love It.

Posted by: Plato and the Pythagoreans at May 29, 2026 06:49 PM (wVcYX)

92 Arnold said "Fuck your freedoms" during the plandemic.

Fuck him sideways with a pineapple.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 06:49 PM (gtcuf)

93 Just make sure you don't announce it anywhere on the internet, because I suspect the moment Pratt wins, Dems will be looking for evidence of this newly-discovered crime.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 29, 2026 06:27 PM (h7ZuX)

Voter Fraud is a MYTH!!

---The Democrats

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 06:49 PM (GD0B3)

94 As for the 250 celebration, you have to understand that one of the left's main, very core efforts is to depress, emotionally depress their adversaries. They want you to be depressed, drop out, die, kill your self. This is a constant endeavor of theirs.

Anything that might bring a little joy has to be fought. The DC improvements, the rebuilding, the painting and refinishing. They want it all stopped because the opposite, the decay and waste, is depressing and that's their goal.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:50 PM (3uBP9)

95 James Talarico's mysterious girlfriend revealed - she's vegan and hangs out at gay bars.

Not making this up.

https://t.co/O5LPDKuQDD

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 06:51 PM (f0sNM)

96 Evil is what their father shaitan likes.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 06:51 PM (LHPAg)

97 Then Here
There Here

There is a great disconnect in deciding that people from 3rd world shithole will decide NOT to live in 3rd world shitholes.
It is their world, NOT our world, and with 40 million or so 3rd worlders they can find a community that matches their worldview.
Opening a store or shop in the US 3rd world community is a chance at leaving the 3rd world.
Opening a Learing Center is 3rd world ideas impregnated into a high trust society. A BASTARD.
There are ZERO people opening shops.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 06:51 PM (/+uur)

98 Use dryer balls. Those help.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Seems obvious.
But when it is 88 degrees and 75% humidity it is harder than it sounds.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 06:52 PM (/lPRQ)

99 I was really disappointed in Arnie the way he turned on Trump in 2016, and they even had him host The Apprentice, which subsequently bombed.

I'm not sure if he really accomplished anything during his term as governor.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)

100 Brianna Menard, 30, is a “committed vegan,” yoga buff, cat mom, and likes “dancing the night away” at local gay bar Cheer Up Charlies in Austin, according her bio at a local food coop, where she serves on the board.

That is not his GF
That is his friend that is a girl

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 06:53 PM (/+uur)

101 You know there is going to be more "mail in ballots" counted for Bass than the entire population of Los Angeles.

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 06:53 PM (UjdFS)

102
Turn off the "free" money in our country and we will see major improvements.

After the riots are quelled.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 06:54 PM (Cqx++)

103
They were planning to turn America 250 into an absolute Wokefest. If Kumswallow had won -- well I don't want to think about.

It would've been in-your-face tranny and DEI shit turned up to 11.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 06:54 PM (w6EFb)

104 ***there really still just is tremendous political alpha ***
--

This hurts my head.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 06:54 PM (NlVMd)

105 I read on X (I think) an article which explained that the Senate GOP don't think they are RINOs. They think MAGA is nuts and that if the base gets its way, they might choose a candidate who can't win.
The 2010 triple-debacle of O'Donnell, Angle, and Buck weighs heavily on Thune. (Buck was arguably a decent candidate at the time, but he was running in CO when that Governor race was split between Tancredo and Maes. But never mind this.)
This is why Thune threw so much money (away) on Cornyn.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 06:55 PM (gKWVE)

106 Arnold said "Fuck your freedoms" during the plandemic.

Fuck him sideways with a pineapple.
Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 06:49 PM (gtcuf

There's still a LOT of entire bloodlines I want to see eliminated.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 06:55 PM (Sco7b)

107 83-Year-Old Rep. Frederica Wilson Announces She Will NOT Seek Reelection After Health Crisis Forced Prolonged Absence from Congress...

I guess they 'found' her.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 06:55 PM (/lPRQ)

108 Got it: Hobos defecating and doing drugs in the streets and burning down the city is not Scott Pratt's brand, since that has already been taken.

Posted by: Minuteman at May 29, 2026 06:55 PM (47/pr)

109 Been thinking this week, all the looting is what has driven the country into debt

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 06:56 PM (Ia/+0)

110 There is a great disconnect in deciding that people from 3rd world shithole will decide NOT to live in 3rd world shitholes.

When I said that 2/3 couldn't do cause and effect ? That wasn't just liberals. We still have to hear this myth - from the right - that with enough muggings the left will eventually see the light. Thats not how people work. Not how we see them work.

Yet the myth lives on.

Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 06:56 PM (/3whg)

111 Arnold said "Fuck your freedoms" during the plandemic.

Fuck him sideways with a pineapple.
Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 06:49 PM (gtcuf

There's still a LOT of entire bloodlines I want to see eliminated.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 06:55 PM (Sco7b)

Well, he's a European after all.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO+)

112 >>> James Talarico's mysterious girlfriend revealed - she's vegan and hangs out at gay bars.

Not making this up.

https://t.co/O5LPDKuQDD


Is zer name Mary Moon?

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:56 PM (3uBP9)

113 Talarico's gf is his beard. He knows it. We know it. The vegan gf knows it. There are some strange vibes with her posing as his beloved.

One outfit she has on looks like something a tranny would wear as the top does not fit and it's weird.

He's a faggot.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 29, 2026 06:57 PM (WONhk)

114 Not making this up.

https://t.co/O5LPDKuQDD

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 06:51 PM (f0sNM)

Looks like she has some Hindi or Arabic writing as a tattoo.

Is she part Indian? Arab?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)

115 Use dryer balls. Those help.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Seems obvious.
But when it is 88 degrees and 75% humidity it is harder than it sounds.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 06:52 PM (/lPRQ)

Million dollar idea: Men's underwear with strategically located pouches for replaceable desiccant packs. Keeps you dry and comfortable all day. Bonus: bigger bulges.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 06:57 PM (wVcYX)

116 When I said that 2/3 couldn't do cause and effect ? That wasn't just liberals. We still have to hear this myth - from the right - that with enough muggings the left will eventually see the light. Thats not how people work. Not how we see them work.

Yet the myth lives on.
Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 06:56 PM (/3whg)

Some do, each time stuff happens they shed a bit more of their hold. If it weren't for the schools indoctrinating the new generations they would have crumbled already.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 06:58 PM (8avO+)

117 They always have an excuse dont they and 16 years later no gop candidate did better than o donnell

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 06:58 PM (bXbFr)

118 VTK, thanks, I put it in the sidebar with commentary

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 06:59 PM (1wjle)

119 *** support them over the 'bad guy' who thinks the local hobo jerking off under a bridge should pack his shit up and go.
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.. a public park in Belgium i...

A woman runs toward a migrant and splashes water on him in anger after noticing that he’s pleasuring himself while watching her and her friend ...

https://tinyurl.com/yckf5h5a

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 06:59 PM (NlVMd)

120 Launch in a few minutes.

ULA - Atlas V 551 - Amazon Leo (LA-07)
SLC-41 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 29, 2026 (EDT)
Launch Time: 7:33 p.m. EDT ( 2333UTC (May 30, 01:33 CEST)

https://youtu.be/_-erZQuZNx4

Posted by: Joyenz at May 29, 2026 07:00 PM (2F0/Y)

121 This James Talarico romance with a Neighbor With a Uterus is a love story for the ages

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 07:00 PM (1wjle)

122 I read on X (I think) an article which explained that the Senate GOP don't think they are RINOs. They think MAGA is nuts and that if the base gets its way, they might choose a candidate who can't win.
The 2010 triple-debacle of O'Donnell, Angle, and Buck weighs heavily on Thune. (Buck was arguably a decent candidate at the time, but he was running in CO when that Governor race was split between Tancredo and Maes. But never mind this.)
This is why Thune threw so much money (away) on Cornyn.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 06:55 PM (gKWVE)

That's nonsense of course. They can't possibly think electoral failure is more likely with MAGA, not after all the evidence showing the opposite. They just like the old way they used to do it when they could get away with it.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:00 PM (8avO+)

123 >>> James Talarico's mysterious girlfriend revealed - she's vegan and hangs out at gay bars.

Not making this up.

https://t.co/O5LPDKuQDD

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I think she was The Grand Marshall for this year's annual Dykes on Bikes parade.

Posted by: ShainS at May 29, 2026 07:01 PM (HRncj)

124 aunch in a few minutes.

ULA - Atlas V 551 - Amazon Leo (LA-07)
SLC-41 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 29, 2026 (EDT)
Launch Time: 7:33 p.m. EDT ( 2333UTC (May 30, 01:33 CEST)

https://youtu.be/_-erZQuZNx4
Posted by: Joyenz


Big Blue Blast had no effect on the neighbors.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 07:02 PM (/lPRQ)

125 We know this by now mcconnell and rove spiked those races

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 07:02 PM (bXbFr)

126 I was really disappointed in Arnie the way he turned on Trump in 2016, and they even had him host The Apprentice, which subsequently bombed.

I'm not sure if he really accomplished anything during his term as governor.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)

Stopped the bleeding for 4 years till be bandage soaked through and fell off.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:02 PM (8avO+)

127 well,yeah, O'Donnell might have been a witch or whatever, but Frank Castle was telegraphing hard that he was not going to do jack shit for the base. He might even have switched to being an "independent who caucuses with the Republicans" like Murkie. Just so he could prop up the GOPe in leadership.
And then Castle lost and let O'Donnell twist, like Cornyn is trying to do to Paxton.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:02 PM (gKWVE)

128 I read on X (I think) an article which explained that the Senate GOP don't think they are RINOs.

They are not. You starry-eyed reformers are the RINOs. Its their party - and they'll destroy it before they let you take it.

Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 07:03 PM (/3whg)

129 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 07:02 PM (/lPRQ)

That was one heck of an explosion.

Posted by: Joyenz at May 29, 2026 07:03 PM (2F0/Y)

130 Posted by: Joyenz at May 29, 2026 07:00 PM (2F0/Y)

Awesome, thanks for the link! I freakin' love this stuff.

Currently reading Andy Weir's Artemis trilogy, just to add to the synergy.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 07:03 PM (gtcuf)

131 I saw this.. They are trying their darnedest to ruin the 250th Anniversary because they hate Trump... I've never seen anything like this
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 06:25 PM (FtULh)
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Sure, they hate DJT. They hate the people who VOTED for DJT even more. In too many parts of this country, simply wearing a MAGA hat is worth your life, even the lives of your family members. Nancy Pelosi's "precious Democracy" (spit!). You exercise your privilege to vote for a person a Communist doesn't agree with and you'll find out how PRECIOUS that privilege is.

Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2026 07:05 PM (rj6Yv)

132 Not making this up.

https://t.co/O5LPDKuQDD

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 06:51 PM (f0sNM)


Cheer Up Charlie's? Did that replace the old Austin
gay bar Oil Can Harry's? I wish I didn't know of this stuff at all.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 07:05 PM (Xdfhw)

133 Keep surging, Spencer!
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From the CA Post:
Spencer Pratt is now Karen Bass’ biggest headache.

A bombshell California Post poll conducted with McLaughlin & Associates shows the reality TV star-turned-mayoral candidate has surged to a statistical tie with the incumbent mayor.

And voters blame homelessness, affordability and the direction of Los Angeles as the reason for turning on Bass.

Pratt now leads the field with 30.1% support, compared with 29.5% for Bass, setting up a razor-thin race heading into next week’s primary.

Socialist councilwoman Nithya Raman sits in third place at 23.4%.

Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 07:06 PM (kX27y)

134
It's their cult and we have to treat them like the fanatical zealots they've become.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)

They have to keep changing the name until we learn that the introduction means they are evil...

I'm a Leftist....
I'm a Liberal....
I'm a Progressive...

each one only has so much shelf life until it quits working.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)

135 They think MAGA is nuts and that if the base gets its way, they might choose a candidate who can't win.
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Except they have a worse track record for that or appealing to the middle than MAGA shows practically every election.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:07 PM (ikSmX)

136 This James Talarico romance with a Neighbor With a Uterus is a love story for the ages

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 07:00 PM (1wjle)

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Are you ready for the Hollywood reboot with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts: 'Pretty Vulva?"

I can hear the "AI" Roy Orbison now ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 29, 2026 07:07 PM (HRncj)

137 I read on X (I think) an article which explained that the Senate GOP don't think they are RINOs.

They are not. You starry-eyed reformers are the RINOs. Its their party - and they'll destroy it before they let you take it.
Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 07:03 PM (/3whg)

We already took it. We just haven't cleaned all the crap out of the garage and spare bedroom yet and moved in our furniture.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:07 PM (8avO+)

138 "They are trying their darnedest to ruin the 250th Anniversary because they hate Trump"

They hate America and its history just as much.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 07:08 PM (Wq24h)

139 T-minus 1 minute till liftoff.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 07:09 PM (gtcuf)

140 Except they have a worse track record for that or appealing to the middle than MAGA shows practically every election.

They do not give a damn. They'd rather control a losing party than serve in a winning one. Its not an opposition party.

Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 07:09 PM (/3whg)

141 Talarico's gf is his beard. He knows it. We know it. The vegan gf knows it. There are some strange vibes with her posing as his beloved.

One outfit she has on looks like something a tranny would wear as the top does not fit and it's weird.

He's a faggot.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 29, 2026 06:57 PM (WONhk)

Remember that manly guy from New Jersey I think it was who dug up a starlet for his beard when he ran a while ago?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:09 PM (8avO+)

142 It's not just President Trump they H8, it's the Constitutionand the Cou,

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 07:10 PM (Ia/+0)

143 Like ace, I thought Cruz was the answer in '16 but as soon as he met slight resistance he quietly folded his tent and shrunk back to his comfy hole. Was like he disappeared, never even a candidate. Way to go Ted - show em what you're made of. Defines 99.99% of the party "leaders".

Posted by: Roadie at May 29, 2026 07:10 PM (hyQrc)

144 "They are trying their darnedest to ruin the 250th Anniversary because they hate Trump"

They hate America and its history just as much.
Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 07:08 PM (Wq24h)

They hate Daddy and his rules. You know, the things that work.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 07:10 PM (wVcYX)

145 Oops, 23 minutes till liftoff. Looks like a slight delay.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 07:12 PM (gtcuf)

146 Reid Hoffman, who you may remember from past hits like E. Jean Carroll, and Epstein is behind the campaign to scare all the performers out of the 250 celebration. Lots of money being moved around, and threatened. The leftoids are going around declaring victory showing lists of the people that have cancelled. It's still about a month away, things may still change. The left are such garbage humans. All they can ever do is destroy.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (3uBP9)

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I am absolutely heartbroken that Milli Vanilli has bowed out.

/Seriously, thanks -- I was unaware of that.

[I often wish that Trump would act like a mob boss and eliminate his enemies and the enemies of this country ... but then he'd be The Clintons.]

Posted by: ShainS at May 29, 2026 07:12 PM (HRncj)

147 Way to go Ted - show em what you're made of.

Apparently Ted's biggest worry the past year has been writing a bill to make sure a college ballplayer doesn't make too much money and can only transfer once.

Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 07:13 PM (/3whg)

148 Oh noes milly vannilli

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 07:15 PM (bXbFr)

149
I have an important announcement.

*pauses dramatically*

I have nothing useful to say.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 07:15 PM (HdYcL)

150 Arnold did so well as a Republican governor of California that they haven't had another Republican since.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)

The CA GOPe is more loathsome and inert than the national party by far. That isn't really Arnold's fault.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:16 PM (8avO+)

151 Remember that manly guy from New Jersey I think it was who dug up a starlet for his beard when he ran a while ago?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:09 PM (8avO+)

Spartacus Cory Booker?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 07:16 PM (wVcYX)

152 I suggest the 250 celebration not happen and that TPUSA host their own thing somewhere outside DC.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:17 PM (gKWVE)

153 Remember that manly guy from New Jersey I think it was who dug up a starlet for his beard when he ran a while ago?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:09 PM (8avO+)

Spartacus Cory Booker?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 07:16 PM (wVcYX)

thats him.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:17 PM (8avO+)

154 Reid Hoffman, who you may remember from past hits like E. Jean Carroll, and Epstein is behind the campaign to scare all the performers out of the 250 celebration. Lots of money being moved around, and threatened. The leftoids are going around declaring victory showing lists of the people that have cancelled. It's still about a month away, things may still change. The left are such garbage humans. All they can ever do is destroy.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (3uBP9)
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In any same world this would out them as just miserable fucks.

Can't wait for when they stand before The Throne and the Lord tells them how closely they resemble fascists.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:17 PM (ikSmX)

155 Remember that manly guy from New Jersey I think it was who dug up a starlet for his beard when he ran a while ago?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 07:09 PM (8avO+)

Cory Booker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 07:17 PM (zZu0s)

156 I don't know who Mike Solano is but first impression is he's a dick.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:18 PM (XMuV+)

157 All of these Democrats use the same rhetoric. Our sacred democracy is fragile and under attack, yet you've been office for fifty years and nothing has happened. Cut the bullshit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 29, 2026 07:19 PM (D1E+2)

158 I agree wholeheartedly with this. In 2016, I desperately wanted a candidate who adopted Trump's positions but who was a more professional, less impulsive, more disciplined version of Trump. That option was not available (though I kidded myself into thinking that Ted Cruz would fit this unmet need).

---------------

When Trump's poll numbers started rising in 2016 on the back of his opposition to unchecked immigration I thought one of the other candidates will take up the cause and beat him to it. When none of them would touch it I realized they couldn't care less what the voters wanted so voters went with Trump.

Posted by: Decaf at May 29, 2026 07:20 PM (Z8tay)

159 I have to laugh when these people say shit like " this clown doesn't know how to be mayor, Senator, President ", whatever. All you need is common sense. The "educated" political class is worse than useless. The founding fathers WANTED people who were not lifelong politicians.

Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2026 07:20 PM (YwEeS)

160 I like the rural small town July 4 events the best. Vets, first responders, tractors, lodge members on Cushman scooters. Genuinely patriotic crowds.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 07:21 PM (Wq24h)

161 I suggest the 250 celebration not happen and that TPUSA host their own thing somewhere outside DC.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:17 PM (gKWVE)

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Despite never having lived anywhere outside of the Western US, it grieves me to know end that Boston and the rest of Massachusetts -- the birthplace of The American Revolution -- is a commie shithole (even fifty years ago during the Bicentennial, and far worse now)!.

* spit *

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 07:21 PM (Na5xP)

162 The patient in the Clay Travis video looks and sounds a lot like the British Amelia. Good try.

Posted by: Decaf at May 29, 2026 07:21 PM (Z8tay)

163 At some point, the political establishment of the Uniparty will have to accept that simply insisting we have to vote for the buttoned-up stuff shirt who will sell us down the river because look, his stuffed shirt is so nicely buttoned up!, is not a winning message.

* stomps tiny feet *

But that's not who we are!

Posted by: Uniparty at May 29, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

164 WTF is up with the Ted Cruz criticism now?

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 07:22 PM (XMuV+)

165 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 07:22 PM (PJdmB)

166 *to NO end ... damn fingers

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 07:23 PM (Na5xP)

167 "Like ace, I thought Cruz was the answer in '16 but as soon as he met slight resistance he quietly folded his tent and shrunk back to his comfy hole. "

NOBODY fights like Trump. He's a f'n superhero.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 07:23 PM (vFG9F)

168 Dunno, man, I didn't say anything bad about Cruz. I thought he's been fine since 2016. 2016 remains a sorepoint with some, I guess.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 07:23 PM (gKWVE)

169 In 1973 Bass joined "The Venceremos Brigade" and went to Cuba where she got training in "terrorist tactics" and "guerrilla warfare" from Soviet KGB and Cuban secret police, to overthrow the United States.

And yet the media still refers tiher as "a thoughtful, if imperfect, standard issue Democrat like Bass"???

Dude -- SHE'S STILL ENACTING HER KBG TRAINING.

She is trying to overthrown the United States. Her terrorism i through politics, not overt.

Instead of Molotov cocktails, she is used fnetaly addict and Antifa thugs and illegal alien ngang member as her weapons.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 07:24 PM (Av6i5)

170 I have to laugh when these people say shit like " this clown doesn't know how to be mayor, Senator, President ", whatever. All you need is common sense. The "educated" political class is worse than useless. The founding fathers WANTED people who were not lifelong politicians.

Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2026 07:20 PM (YwEeS)
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When they can state gross incompetence in the face and cite them as people who have that knowledge.

How the Hell could anybody look at the clusterfuck that is Bass' term as mayor and the imbecile Fire Chief?

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (ikSmX)

171 Bass is spectrum |---------+-| Like full-tilt spectrum. Truly.

That smile pasted on woke faces? Its wolfish. Like gobble your grandma wolfish. I see these people and have an immediate, visceral reaction; WOLF!

There's a reason fairy tales remain embedded in our collective memory, and Karen Bass exemplifies the smiling, devious wolf.

Posted by: 13times at May 29, 2026 07:25 PM (RNHFB)

172 Reid Hoffman, who you may remember from past hits like E. Jean Carroll, and Epstein is behind the campaign to scare all the performers out of the 250 celebration. Lots of money being moved around, and threatened. The leftoids are going around declaring victory showing lists of the people that have cancelled. It's still about a month away, things may still change. The left are such garbage humans. All they can ever do is destroy.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (3uBP9)

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They are simply wiping themselves out of history. In 50 years time when the tricentennial comes around people will look back on these celebrations and conclude the celebrities who took part were the real leaders and the ones who didn't must not have been good enough to invite.

Posted by: Decaf at May 29, 2026 07:28 PM (Z8tay)

173
I haven't watched all of the Pratt ads, so forgive me if this ends up being familiar.

Since Bass hates these Lego ads so badly, Pratt should do another one for Bass, as an olive branch.

A music video with the "Everything Is Awesome" Lego song, and Lego Bass cavorting joyously through LA past Lego junkies shooting up Lego heroin, squatting on the sidewalk dropping a huge stinky Lego deuce, with a background of Lego houses burning with the plastic Legos melting into the gutter, and tattooed Lego MS13 thugs beating little old Lego ladies and stealing their Lego I-Phones.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 07:29 PM (y9nCu)

174 The Senate and House have their ways to run things and they don't like an outsider (Trump) coming in and rocking their boat. Well tough shit assholes. Do your jobs you were sent there to do or do us all a favor and quit. Bunch of lazy sots.

Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 07:33 PM (8XBuM)

175 "The drug addicts that are attacking moms that are NAKED in front of kids"

I think this could use a comma.

Posted by: Fritz Geiger at May 29, 2026 07:34 PM (38jsa)

176 If Pratt finishes in the top 2 next week but doesn't get 50% + 1, the final 2 meet in November.
Why not consider a special "Pratt Visit" to LA this November in he doesn't win in June? You can do Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) the day of the election, and can refuse them if they ask for ID. Use any address, like your hotel. Since the voter rolls are garbage already, you can help stand up against the non-Commie and illegal votes.
Make it a vacation weekend, and vote early, then fly or drive home and watch Pratt win from your living room!
Nurse's comment in the #1 spot is only hinting this. I'm flat out calling BS on the entire crooked voter rolls in all the West coast states.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 29, 2026 07:43 PM (Uvvcx)

177 I read on X (I think) an article which explained that the Senate GOP don't think they are RINOs.

They are not. You starry-eyed reformers are the RINOs. Its their party - and they'll destroy it before they let you take it.
Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 07:03 PM (/3whg)

Fine, let them, if they can. We can call the new party we form out of their ashes anything we want, including Republican.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 29, 2026 08:08 PM (ZVgZ4)

178 I bet Pratt has an IQ 15 points higher than Karen Bass.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 30, 2026 09:32 AM (R86kT)

The Week That Was Woke

From October 2025: Talarico is subliminally screaming his actual sexual preference to us.

topvsbottomtalarico.jpg

Transextremist and heretic James Talarico keeps referring to women as "neighbors with uteruses" who of course need "abortion care" almost as much as gender-affirming care, but now he's trying to correct himself to just say "women" once in a while.

Headline of the Week: Democrats' Greatest Fear: The GOP Will Turn James Talarico Into a Creepy, Unmanly Weirdo.

Oh that's just silly. How could we do something like that? What are we, Jewish Mind-Wizards who can hypnotize people into believing something completely crazy?


A mentally ill antifa terrorist who praised the murder of Charlie Kirk done got arrested for having sex crimes.

"I never saw this coming" said someone who thought you were talking about Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire, but then, when you told him you said an antifa thug was a sex criminal, said "Oh yes, that makes much more sense."

A queer-identified Antifa activist who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk has been arrested in upstate New York on suspicion of felony child sex crimes.

Justin Robert Stroup, 37, of Plattsburgh, N.Y., was arrested on April 30 by the New York State Police following a joint investigation involving Plattsburgh City Police and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). He allegedly shared child sex abuse material.

Stroup is a leftist activist and guitarist for the left-wing death metal band Dead Solace. The band announced on Instagram after the news of his arrest that they were immediately disbanding.

"This decision follows recent actions by a member that do not align with our values, our expectations of one another, or the respect we believe should exist within our community," the band said in a statement.

In 2022, Dead Solace performed a charity concert in Burlington, Vt., co-organized by Planned Parenthood.

After Charlie Kirk was assassinated last September, Stroup wrote on Facebook: "Rest in P*SS you dirty f*cking fascist." Earlier that year, he wrote, "I think it's time to get militant with my anti bigotry once again."

You're not going to believe this but it turns out he's a squat, fat, blobby kobold with a neckbeard.

A violent Portland "protester" was released without bail and then quickly smashed a cop in the face with a "softball-sized rock."


Timothy Lawrence Reed, 35, is accused of breaking into a north Portland home occupied by a mother and her children, threatening to kill the family, and then assaulting a pursuing officer as he tried to evade arrest.

The attack happened around 11:35 p.m. on May 14 when officers responded to a reported burglary in progress in the 3900 block of North Overlook Terrace. A woman called 911 to report that a stranger had entered her home while she and her children were inside.

The woman told 911 that the intruder threatened to kill everyone in the home. Armed with a stick, the woman chased the suspect from the home.

The suspect was located in Overlook Park. Police said he ignored repeated commands and continued running through the neighborhood, prompting a prolonged foot pursuit.

"I'm not afraid of you, pig!" Reed shouted in the police body camera video. "I'll f*cking kill you!"

As the chase moved north of North Prescott Street, Reed allegedly suddenly turned toward an officer and struck him on the head with a large rock.

Since 2022, suspect booking photos are no longer allowed to be released without a conviction in Oregon due to a law passed by Democrats in response to this journalist's reporting on the 2020 BLM-Antifa riots.

An investigation into Reed's criminal history shows that just three days before the assault, he was arrested in Portland for felony unlawful use of a weapon, escape, resisting arrest, menacing, and second-degree disorderly conduct. On May 13, the day before the rock attack, he was released without bail by Judge Chanpone Sinlapassai.

You're not going to believe this, but he looks like a gangly Genderfuck Witch with hideous teeth who wears belly-shirts despite being nominally male and also having a chubby middle.

People don't join antifa because their dating life is too hectic, you know.

A swishy steroid case in California spent Memorial Day kicking over flags because Democrats love The America That Can Be But Never Will Exist.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok


Parents are SUING Rochester Memorial elementary school after a male student who identifies as transgender entered the girl's bathroom with their 3rd grade daughter and peeked under the stall

The principal allegedly responded by saying the girl should use a different bathroom if she isn't comfortable.

NJ committeewoman and Democrat -- obviously -- was just arrested for driving DUI with a child in the car. She got hit with a child endangerment charge, too. Now she's caught driving with a suspended license. The rules and laws just don't apply to woke Democrats, especially woke Democrat women. They're fighting the oppressor by becoming the oppressor class.

The whole family is criminal trash that would be too unseemly to appear on COPS.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok


Illegal from El Salvador who had charges for drugs, rape, sexual assault, and property damage was let out of prison by sanctuary politicians in Virginia before RAPING a woman, per DHS

Democrats want foreign criminals on our streets raping and murdering Americans

Elementary school principal bars parents from their children's elementary school graduation, to punish them for ICE's arrest of an illegal alien. This woke Karen naturally cites Muh Safety and Muh Concerns as a valid reason to punish American citizens for the lawful detention of an illegal alien.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok

19h

BREAKING: @TempeElementary Principal Bronwyn Sternberg sent a letter to families informing them that parents and guests will NOT be allowed to attend students' graduation after a reported illegal alien parent and her child were arrested by ICE near the school.


Venemously embittered ugly, unfuckable women are the Manson Girls agitating for chaos, misery, and murder. They are the shock troops of the Democrat Party, because the Democrat Party is the Husband of Last Resort for unfuckable women.

She's now been fired and can now move to the only job she's ever been qualified for, a welfare-collecting dependent on the state.

Speaking of...

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:02 PM




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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 05:03 PM (PJdmB)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 05:03 PM (PJdmB)

3 Nooding

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 29, 2026 05:04 PM (PJdmB)

4 Kobold? He has a candle on his head?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s)

5 Darnit! I came in late on the Hollywood thread. Love it when Ace posts about movies or TV anytime, but I especially liked it on Friday afternoons.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:05 PM (wzUl9)

6 Transextremist and heretic James Talarico keeps referring to women as "neighbors with uteruses" who of course need "abortion care" almost as much as gender-affirming care

Abortion care. Great for woke women, not so great for their innocent babies.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 05:06 PM (+5YP2)

7 Wow, the Dems REALLY HATE WOMEN, don't they?

They treat the women like shitty whores and the womenfolk just love that and can't get themselves enough Democrats...

There's probably a bad lesson in there somewhere...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 29, 2026 05:07 PM (Sco7b)

8 Democrats want foreign criminals on our streets raping and murdering Americans
_____

And what are you going to do about it, huh? Shut up and pay your taxes.
-Democrats

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 05:07 PM (Dv3i1)

9 Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s “office of lgbtq advancement” is holding a “trans period pride” event to discuss menstrual equity & the experiences of transgender menstruators

Please tell me there will be merch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 05:08 PM (+5YP2)

10
Abortion care.

Maybe if you kept your legs together you would not need need abortion.

We the honest taxpayers pay for birth control.

Whores.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:09 PM (3ek7K)

11 Kumala sounds drunk, but perhaps it's brain damage from many years of head banging...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 05:09 PM (l3cgK)

12 Feature? Bug? You be the judge.
Binge Paul Harrell and feel better for doing it.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 29, 2026 05:09 PM (YlWIZ)

13 }TempeElementary Principal Bronwyn Sternberg sent a letter to families informing them that parents and guests will NOT be allowed to attend students' graduation after a reported illegal alien parent and her child were arrested by ICE near the school."

***
It's an elementary school. What kind of "graduation" could they have? When I finished sixth grade, I trooped off to junior high without fanfare. (Of course, LBJ was president then, not the hair-pulling insanity we have now.)

If I were such a parent, I'd be glad and would keep my kid home from the "graduation" in protest. And would be looking for a new, sane school for him/her for next year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:09 PM (wzUl9)

14 Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s “office of lgbtq advancement” is holding a “trans period pride” event to discuss menstrual equity & the experiences of transgender menstruators

Only women bleed.

Posted by: Alice Cooper at May 29, 2026 05:10 PM (TbWk/)

15 Maybe a little less woke than usual?

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 05:10 PM (Ia/+0)

16 Only women bleed.
Posted by: Alice Cooper at May 29, 2026 05:10 PM (TbWk/)

Preach!

Posted by: Ike Turner at May 29, 2026 05:11 PM (Sco7b)

17 Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s “office of lgbtq advancement” is holding a “trans period pride” event to discuss menstrual equity & the experiences of transgender menstruators

aka Bloody Sunday.

And pizza will be served.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 05:11 PM (+5YP2)

18 Leftists/Liberals are just nasty evil people. Purposeful destruction under the guise of compassion.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 05:11 PM (n5tGW)

19 16 Only women bleed.
Posted by: Alice Cooper at May 29, 2026 05:10 PM (TbWk/)


Hell yeah!!

Posted by: Chris Brown at May 29, 2026 05:12 PM (Sco7b)

20 I don't think I saw Transgender Menstruators open for anybody, nor do I want to.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:12 PM (vFG9F)

21 16 Only women bleed.
Posted by: Alice Cooper at May 29, 2026 05:10 PM (TbWk/)

Not in my experience...

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 29, 2026 05:12 PM (Sco7b)

22 20 I don't think I saw Transgender Menstruators open for anybody, nor do I want to.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:12 PM (vFG9F)

They do keep talking about gender fluid...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 05:13 PM (l3cgK)

23 Bronwyn Sternberg needs a visit from Uncle Buck.

Posted by: Melanoma Head at May 29, 2026 05:13 PM (54bnG)

24 It's pretty well known now that these little events they use taxpayer money for are all fund diversion scams. 250K for the event and the other 750K into their grubby pockets.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 05:14 PM (n5tGW)

25 Hey the Kamster again.........

I have been thinking about something that been bothering me for years. The subject of "Passing gas in Public Places".

First of all, Women or Transgender Men do not Peel Off Good Ones, Rip One, Step on a Duck or FART in public.

The correct term is "Passing Human Greenhouse Gas" !!!!

That's my thought of the day !!!!!

Posted by: Kami Harris at May 29, 2026 05:14 PM (thvln)

26 I'm surprised Oregon doesn't have a carve out to the no booking photo law to allow the release if it's a suspected conservative.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 05:14 PM (XMuV+)

27 Tiktoker prays for Pam Bondi to suffer permanently from cancer.


A prayer like that is just begging for retribution from God.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 05:14 PM (+5YP2)

28 Kamala: "Reflect on all the good you have done."

I will. Voting for Trump three times was a big part of it, lady.

Oh, and K? Do try not to appear on camera. At all if possible, but certainly not while drunk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:14 PM (wzUl9)

29 Bronwyn Sternberg?

Okay, who's writing this stuff? That's not a real name for a woke school super, is it? Because it's just too "on the nose".

Bronwyn fucking Sternberg.

Posted by: spongeworthy at May 29, 2026 05:14 PM (sLLbN)

30 I remember when Limbaugh said he wanted Obama to fail and it was the worst thing ever.

Now half the democrats are calling for Trump's murder and its...ok I guess?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 05:15 PM (sKqQm)

31 They do keep talking about gender fluid...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026

***
Gender fluid made the old GM transmissions shift very smoothly.

Then they banned it and released it into the general environment.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:15 PM (wzUl9)

32
Transgender Menstruators?

Does this mean they're going to have a visit from their Aunt Flo Heinz?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 05:15 PM (iJfKG)

33 32
Transgender Menstruators?

Does this mean they're going to have a visit from their Aunt Flo Heinz?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 05:15 PM (iJfKG)

Only the ersatz male ones...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 05:17 PM (l3cgK)

34 Transextremist and heretic James Talarico keeps referring to women as "neighbors with uteruses" who of course need "abortion care" almost as much as gender-affirming care ...

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Really, James. So close to Trans Period Pride and Menstrual Equity Month??? REALLY???

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:17 PM (Na5xP)

35 If we're REALLY lucky, maybe we can get a used tampon RBG art piece out of this event.

Not like that crappy, unused tampon art lacking the dreams of billions of men or something.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 05:17 PM (Sco7b)

36 Mayor Michelle Wu with all the problems that exist in Boston we would like to ask you a very important question that can shape the future of Boston...

Do you prefer a Pad or a Tampon???

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at May 29, 2026 05:17 PM (h5xyp)

37 After an afternoon of phone calls, emails, and changing the cats' litter box (not all at the same time), I'm relaxing a bit. Going to call the nearby Italian cafe to order a pickup of some calzones!

There's *nothing* good on TV tonight. Trek and TNG have weak episodes this evening, and of course I've seen them all nnn,nnn times. Maybe we'll drive out for some ice cream a little later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:18 PM (wzUl9)

38 34 Transextremist and heretic James Talarico keeps referring to women as "neighbors with uteruses" who of course need "abortion care" almost as much as gender-affirming care ...

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Really, James. So close to Trans Period Pride and Menstrual Equity Month??? REALLY???

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:17 PM (Na5xP)

I'm down with TPP, yeah you know me!

Posted by: Jim "Jones" Talarico at May 29, 2026 05:18 PM (l3cgK)

39 "experiences of transgender menstruators"

Who makes this stuff up? Are peoples brains scrambled?
Or is it the drugs?

Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 05:18 PM (8XBuM)

40 Y'all missed out on my awesome poats in the dead thread.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 05:18 PM (0aYVJ)

41 She's now been fired and can now move to the only job she's ever been qualified for, a welfare-collecting dependent on the state.

Are there no brothels? Are there no medical experimentation labs? Think of this persyn's value to society.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 29, 2026 05:18 PM (ExV1e)

42
Tempe Elementary Principal Bronwyn Sternberg got out of the trouble of holding a graduation ceremony anyway. If she can keep milking this ICE threat, she can get out of Christmas pageants, cheerleaders, glee, the school play, parents' assembly meetings, all kinds of annoying principal-like tasks and school events.

But -- of course there will be Pride Day.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 05:19 PM (n7rxJ)

43 Parents are SUING Rochester Memorial elementary school after a male student who identifies as transgender entered the girl's bathroom with their 3rd grade daughter and peeked under the stall

The principal allegedly responded by saying the girl should use a different bathroom if she isn't comfortable.

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"THIS is why Gaia made trees and ditches, h8rs!"

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:19 PM (Na5xP)

44 he's now been fired and can now move to the only job she's ever been qualified for, a welfare-collecting dependent on the state.
*
Are there no brothels? Are there no medical experimentation labs? Think of this persyn's value to society.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 29, 2026

***
If only we had the organ banks, so she could wake up a piece at a time . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:20 PM (wzUl9)

45 41 She's now been fired and can now move to the only job she's ever been qualified for, a welfare-collecting dependent on the state.

Are there no brothels? Are there no medical experimentation labs? Think of this persyn's value to society.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 29, 2026 05:18 PM (ExV1e)

Unless government run, brothels would need for her to have actual customers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 05:20 PM (l3cgK)

46 I don't get the jewelry on the face thing. The girl behind the desk at the Fed Ex office yesterday must have had 20 pieces of metal all over her face and ears. I did refrain from asking her if she fell face first into a tackle box.

Anyway it was somewhat revolting and she would have looked quite nice without it. The poor thing has been brainwashed into uglyfying herself.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

47 Even the doll is complaining about where Talarico touched it

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 05:20 PM (73/SM)

48 46 I don't get the jewelry on the face thing. The girl behind the desk at the Fed Ex office yesterday must have had 20 pieces of metal all over her face and ears. I did refrain from asking her if she fell face first into a tackle box.

Anyway it was somewhat revolting and she would have looked quite nice without it. The poor thing has been brainwashed into uglyfying herself.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

It's like danger hair...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 05:21 PM (l3cgK)

49 Tempe Elementary Principal Bronwyn Sternberg got out of the trouble of holding a graduation ceremony anyway. If she can keep milking this ICE threat, she can get out of Christmas pageants, cheerleaders, glee, the school play, parents' assembly meetings, all kinds of annoying principal-like tasks and school events. . . .

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026

***
Why didn't I think of that!
( -- Mr. Rooney)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:21 PM (wzUl9)

50 Type II gender fluid was never as good as the original stuff they made with whale oil.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:21 PM (vFG9F)

51 ‘he's a squat, fat, blobby kobold with a neckbeard’

For shame, Ace. This is totes unfair to kobolds. They are intelligent, crafty, cool monsters that look like baby dragons. That guy looks like a baby load of fecal matter. And while kobolds won’t trouble even mid-level characters, a pack of them have my party the fight of their lives at 1st level. Show some respect!

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 05:21 PM (rBLri)

52 Apparently Talarico is walking back some of his comments.

This poster -Kai- had some thoughts related to R.C. Who was a great preacher and writer ( and who had gone to be wit the Lord. I haven't read this book, "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", but I have listened to some of his sermons.

Here are the main points from R.C. Sproul’s A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Theological Liberalism: Liberal theology is a specific 19th-century movement rooted in naturalism, which says everything can be explained without the supernatural. It rejects miracles, the virgin birth, the resurrection, the atonement, and the authority of Scripture, treating them as myths or pre-scientific legends.
It redefines Christianity as basically an ethical system — the universal fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man, plus social reform — instead of personal redemption through Christ. The focus shifts from the gospel to the social gospel and good works.
Sproul argues it’s not a milder version of Christianity; it’s unbelief masquerading as faith. It denies the heart of the biblical Christ and His gospel, making it the antithesis of historic orthodoxy. Liberals often stay in churches and pulpits while rejecting core doctr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:22 PM (PFs9e)

53 47 Even the doll is complaining about where Talarico touched it

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 05:20 PM (73/SM)

I woulda expected the poor doll was inserted...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 05:22 PM (l3cgK)

54 She's now been fired and can now move to the only job she's ever been qualified for, a welfare-collecting dependent on the state.

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AKA Comptroller of Somali Affairs.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:22 PM (Na5xP)

55 Out: "What is a woman? A life-support system for a pussy."

In: "What is a woman? A life-support system for a uterus."

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:22 PM (Av6i5)

56 Serious question and I'm a woman: what is period underwear?

Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 05:23 PM (kX27y)

57 Unfortunately obama succeeded too wwll

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 05:23 PM (bXbFr)

58 James Talarico keeps referring to women as "neighbors with uteruses

B-b-b-b-but this excludes Trans Women!

(Hisss! Points finger at Talarico.)

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:23 PM (Av6i5)

59 ype II gender fluid was never as good as the original stuff they made with whale oil.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026

***
Yeah, but then Mercedes used the gender fluid in their power steering pumps. Ew.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:23 PM (wzUl9)

60 46 I don't get the jewelry on the face thing. The girl behind the desk at the Fed Ex office yesterday must have had 20 pieces of metal all over her face and ears. I did refrain from asking her if she fell face first into a tackle box.

Anyway it was somewhat revolting and she would have looked quite nice without it. The poor thing has been brainwashed into uglyfying herself.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

So she defeated your “gaze” then? Boys are Stupid Throw Rocks at Them is taught from the very start.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (Gqar8)

61 56 Serious question and I'm a woman: what is period underwear?

Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 05:23 PM (kX27y)

Corsets?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (l3cgK)

62 46 I don't get the jewelry on the face thing. The girl behind the desk at the Fed Ex office yesterday must have had 20 pieces of metal all over her face and ears. I did refrain from asking her if she fell face first into a tackle box.

Anyway it was somewhat revolting and she would have looked quite nice without it. The poor thing has been brainwashed into uglyfying herself.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

It's self-vandalism.

Posted by: Looks terrible. Very sad. at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (TbWk/)

63 "So she defeated your “gaze” then? Boys are Stupid Throw Rocks at Them is taught from the very start.
Posted by: tubal "

Almost defeated my gag response.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (vFG9F)

64 56 Serious question and I'm a woman: what is period underwear?
Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 05:23 PM (kX27y)

I would say the frilly undies.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (Gqar8)

65
Are you sure you are a womam?

Times are changing. You can be whatever you want.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (3ek7K)

66 65
Are you sure you are a womam?

Times are changing. You can be whatever you want.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (3ek7K)

"Unless it's a black conservative"--Dems

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 05:25 PM (l3cgK)

67 More of an ugnaught

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 05:25 PM (bXbFr)

68 Gay sex jokes aside, that is an accurate statement.

The Rich vs the normies is a much worse situation, they need to fear us more.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 05:26 PM (xcxpd)

69 RC Sproul, one of the greats of our time.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 05:26 PM (Gqar8)

70 "Serious question and I'm a woman: what is period underwear?
Posted by: beckster "

It's used to punctuate your wardrobe.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:27 PM (vFG9F)

71 Talarico is a Bottom if ever I've seen one.

Posted by: Zombie Liberace at May 29, 2026 05:27 PM (70cb5)

72 Even the doll is complaining about where Talarico touched it

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice


I'm smooth down there you pervert.

Posted by: Ken at May 29, 2026 05:27 PM (UjdFS)

73 Serious question and I'm a woman: what is period underwear?
Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 05:23 PM (kX27y)

I would say the frilly undies.
Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (Gqar
——-

Thick absorbent panties designed to catch menstrual leaks

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 05:27 PM (rBLri)

74 Are you sure you are a womam?

Times are changing. You can be whatever you want.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (3ek7K)

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You can't always get off with what you want
You can't always get off with what you want
But if you try sometime
You just might find
You get the genitals you need

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:27 PM (Na5xP)

75 "Top vs. Bottom"

He's not wrong, you know.

Posted by: Miss Lindsay at May 29, 2026 05:27 PM (0sNs1)

76 Period underwear? That's exactly what I need to complete my ren fair costume. What? Not that kind of period? Never mind.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 05:28 PM (vTZFs)

77 I thinkTom Styer wants to date that Hernandez boy.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 05:28 PM (LHPAg)

78 And Portland woman needs something more dramatic than a stick. OR still has some good gun laws. Use them to cut down on repeat offenders.

I'm glad the stick worked and all but still.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 05:28 PM (xcxpd)

79 "Serious question and I'm a woman: what is period underwear?
Posted by: beckster "
*
It's used to punctuate your wardrobe.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026

***
I'd hate to see colon underwear.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)

80 Talarico is a Bottom if ever I've seen one.
Posted by: Zombie Liberace

Wait, Liberace was gay?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 05:28 PM (l26NL)

81 Pure bigotry, what about comma underwear, question mark underwear and exclamation point underwear?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 05:30 PM (n5tGW)

82 That top vs bottom thing can’t be real, can it? The flaming creeper faggot can’t be that blind, can he? Was there nobody on his entire staff that said ‘hey guys, this might not be the right message?’

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 05:30 PM (rBLri)

83 4 Kobold? He has a candle on his head?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s)

He's afraid someone will take candle

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 05:30 PM (xcxpd)

84
Thick absorbent panties designed to catch menstrual leaks
Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 05:27 PM (rBLri)
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Yes, googled it. One of the companies is period.co and their tagline is "Flowing Is Knowing".

Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 05:30 PM (kX27y)

85 Serious question and I'm a woman: what is period underwear?
Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 05:23 PM

It's kind of like a training bra; you wear it on your journey to Oxford Comma underwear.

Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor, Punctuation Brigade, Oxford Comma Company at May 29, 2026 05:31 PM (0sNs1)

86 50 Better yet deep fried in beef tallow. Yum.

Posted by: Richard Head at May 29, 2026 05:31 PM (70cb5)

87 The things you can't learn on this blog

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

88
Holy smack, I just went to "Caitlyn's" TikTok page and her profile says she's:

✨️Loud, messy, and magical mom w/ a touch of rage, peri-menopaus and neurospicy chaos✨️
F*ck Trump. F*ck ICE.

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What do you want to bet she's not only a magical mom, but a single mom -- to some incredibly unfortunate child?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 05:31 PM (n7rxJ)

89 We need to focus more on who has the authority to grant approval on these scams. They need to go down.

Obviously we also need to punish the scammers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 29, 2026 05:31 PM (D1E+2)

90 That top vs bottom thing can’t be real, can it? The flaming creeper faggot can’t be that blind, can he? Was there nobody on his entire staff that said ‘hey guys, this might not be the right message?’
Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026

***
Considering how many other stupid sayings by Dems have gotten out of containment, I believe Dems are truly afraid to step out of line and go against the narrative, even slightly, in the presence of their co-religionists.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:32 PM (wzUl9)

91
An amazing video of Bezos' Bodacious Blast at LC-36 last night from about 5 miles away:

t.ly/3Dlkv

A silvery sparkle shower was visible.

And scroll down here to see some aerial pictures of the damage done to LC-36 pad complex:

t.ly/fYcrB

There appears to be nothing left of the rocket itself. It blew itself to smithereens shore nuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 05:32 PM (w6EFb)

92 56 Serious question and I'm a woman: what is period underwear?
Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 05:23 PM (kX27y)

My wife has underwear that's already stained from previous accidents. She tends to wear them during her periods. Maybe that's it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 05:32 PM (xcxpd)

93 "Sorry about that but I have just the thing to cheer you up.

Hopefully this message from drunk Kamala makes you feel better."

Couldn't bare to turn the volume up past 0

Posted by: javems at May 29, 2026 05:32 PM (zFsEm)

94 "Neurospicy"? These weirdos must be using AI to construct a lot of their words and messages. Or they are just spitting out word salad (and not the tasty, nutritious kind).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:33 PM (wzUl9)

95 Still think it's funny that their voters said let's go with the crazy homo instead of the ratchet black woman.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 05:33 PM (n5tGW)

96 What the fark (thats the question of the decade,)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 05:33 PM (bXbFr)

97
That blast was a metaphor for what the Lunatic Left Wokesters have done to the country.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 05:34 PM (w6EFb)

98 Nobody gives a hot about female-to-male transsexuals-- mostly they're jut teens girls either afraid if becoming hypersexualized by out culture or who are just following a fad. They're sad and deluded, but they don't really threaten anyone.

It's the male-to-femal transsexuals who are the problem.

And here's the truth no one wants to speak aloud:

Yes, some of threm are heterosexual perverts using a fake "trans' identity to spy on and get their rocks off by harassing biiological females.

Sme are just mentally ill fad-following sychopaths.

But a signifciant prtion are homosexual men who have a fetish for straight men.

The're gay -- but they don't want to have sex with other gery men, they want to have sex with straight men. That is their kink.

problem is, anyone who voluntarily has sex with these guys is by definition also homosexual.

So the only way they can get a straight guy inti bed is through deception, lying and trickery. Such that the (naive) straight guy falsely thinks he's going t have sex with a female.

Sex through deception is, legally, rape.

Thus, most trannies are rapists.

The averagee person groks this.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:34 PM (Av6i5)

99 I don't get the jewelry on the face thing. The girl behind the desk at the Fed Ex office yesterday must have had 20 pieces of metal all over her face and ears. I did refrain from asking her if she fell face first into a tackle box.

Anyway it was somewhat revolting and she would have looked quite nice without it. The poor thing has been brainwashed into uglyfying herself.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

It's self-vandalism.
Posted by: Looks terrible. Very sad. at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (TbWk/)

-------------

The body is the temple of the soul.

Overtly despoiling it is a subconscious public advertisement of self-hatred and potential self-annihilation.

Angry and striking out at God for -- to quote the great Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday about the Johnny Ringo character in "Tombstone:"

"Bein' born ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:34 PM (Na5xP)

100 Praying for the horrible death of one's enemies has a long and storied tradition in "curse tablets". IIRC they were carved into lead and chucked into wells. Which can't have been great for the local water table.
Actually we get a lot of our knowledge of ancient vernacular language from curse tablets. Because the people inscribing them tended to be angry losers, so slipped into dialect. Check out Pella in Macedon and, yes, a woman did that one.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 05:34 PM (gKWVE)

101 She's now been fired and can now move to the only job she's ever been qualified for, a welfare-collecting dependent on the state.

I'm not entirely sure that she is really a she?

It's hard to tell these days.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 05:35 PM (6ydKt)

102 There's *nothing* good on TV tonight. Trek and TNG have weak episodes this evening, and of course I've seen them all nnn,nnn times. Maybe we'll drive out for some ice cream a little later.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:18 PM (wzUl9)

Perfect time to break the news! Hopefully, there's nothing breakable nearby....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 05:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

103 My wife has underwear that's already stained from previous accidents. She tends to wear them during her periods.

The things you learn around here.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 05:37 PM (+5YP2)

104 Ordered my calzones! $32 for a veggie and a muffaletta. (Geez. But their food is good, I want to help keep them in business after the car crashed into their front wall, and the girl on the phone was perky and cheerful.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)

105 The things you can't learn on this blog
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

The things you can't unlearn on this blog....

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 05:37 PM (GD0B3)

106 Or they are just spitting out word salad
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:33 PM

Indeed. You are a testament to the strength and the resilience and the tenacity of our community.

Posted by: Kamala "Kokonut" Harris at May 29, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1)

107 9 Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s “office of lgbtq advancement” is holding a “trans period pride” event to discuss menstrual equity & the experiences of transgender menstruators

Please tell me there will be merch.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 05:08 PM (+5YP2)

Well, there's "Free period underwear provided to all attendees!" at least.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 29, 2026 05:38 PM (qivay)

108 We want to unlear

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 05:38 PM (bXbFr)

109 Wu is CCP agent. Prove me wrong!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 05:38 PM (GD0B3)

110 I saw a story where a prison warden and 'Onlyfans Mom' had sex with a prisoner (robbery, iirc) recorded it and got arrested.

Shocking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 05:38 PM (zZu0s)

111 Perfect time to break the news! Hopefully, there's nothing breakable nearby....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026

***
Yeah, I'm dreading it. She might surprise me with a better reaction, but who knows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:38 PM (wzUl9)

112 Praying for the horrible death of one's enemies has a long and storied tradition in "curse tablets".

Granted that it's not some of his better poetry but somewhere in Psalms, David asks God to "make my enemies' wives widows."

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 05:39 PM (vTZFs)

113 Pluto might have s better selection

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 05:40 PM (bXbFr)

114 Ace, I just turned on Spider-Noire.

I got the B&W and Color versions working fine.
You can switch back and forth while watching an episode, too.
You just have to pause the video and then scroll down to Alternate Versions and pick one.

If you can't get it to work, it might be you have to update the Amazon app on your TV, or you're TV might not support that feature for some reason (there was a disclaimer about the alternate versions only working on "supported devices").

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 05:40 PM (6ydKt)

115 That top vs bottom thing can’t be real, can it? The flaming creeper faggot can’t be that blind, can he? Was there nobody on his entire staff that said ‘hey guys, this might not be the right message?’

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026

-----------

I think he actually was referring to the "oppressor"/"oppressed" narrative -- but let him continue to eat coke.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:40 PM (Na5xP)

116 The world is going crazy (still)....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 05:40 PM (SRRAx)

117 102 There's *nothing* good on TV tonight. Trek and TNG have weak episodes this evening, and of course I've seen them all nnn,nnn times.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Question for the horde:

Which TV series have you watched in their entirely, all episodes, and how many times each?

I'll get the ball rolling:

Star Trek (original 1966-9 series) 3 times
Gilligan's Island: 2 times
Twilight Zone (original 1959-1962 version): 4 times
Lost in Space (don't laugh at me): 1 time

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:40 PM (Av6i5)

118 Okay, this is good. Beto O'Roarke is now...GAYto O'Roarke.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 05:41 PM (l26NL)

119 speaking of nazi cvnts..."The wife of New York Times columnist Nick Kristof—who along with Kristof worked as a Times correspondent in China and who was recently appointed vice chair of the executive committee of Harvard’s Board of Overseers—is a member of a Chinese government-linked group known for “doing Beijing’s bidding in the US,” ..."

JAIL!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

120
zombie,

None of them.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:42 PM (3ek7K)

121 runner thats why a supply of mind bleach needs to be kept

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 05:42 PM (Ia/+0)

122 Star Trek (original 1966-9 series) 3 times
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:40 PM

You know that's not even within sniffing distance of qualifying for the AoSHQ Nerd All-Star Team, right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 05:42 PM (0sNs1)

123 runner thats why a supply of mind bleach needs to be kept
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 05:42 PM (Ia/+0)




Tequila??

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

124 Here, let me throw another log on the woke bonfire:

Child sex change advocate appointed head of Canadian Paediatric Society

https://archive.is/bFwfP

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:43 PM (O7YUW)

125 Oh, and when I switched to the B&W version of Spider-Noire the TV went into 'Filmmaker Mode' automatically.

Could be that the TV needs to have Filmmaker Mode to work correctly with that version.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)

126 I should amend my original question:

Which CLASSIC (i.e. 1980s or earlier)TV series have you watched in their entirety?

(This is to exclude modern shows which people binge-watch, like Game of Thrones or whatever, and short 4-episode mini-series.)


re classic series I've wartched

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:44 PM (Av6i5)

127 It's like Neil Diamond sang . . .

Girl (dum dum dum)
You'll be a neighbor with uterus soon

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 29, 2026 05:44 PM (JVU30)

128 NY is pretty nice to felony child sex offenders. $5K bond. I've had to pay that for way less serious shit in liberal Colorado.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2026 05:44 PM (sQnY9)

129 Brave AI is turning up Psalm 109:9 and Jeremiah 18:21-23 for that curse. The Psalm is indeed ascribed to David. Could well be royal (it's associated with 110 obviously) and if not actually David's, then at least approved by later Judah dynasts.
Iron Age theology, man. Contact sport.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 05:44 PM (gKWVE)

130 WTF ???? Top vs Bottom ???

Rich (Companies and Entrepreneurs) vs Poor (Grifters and Losers) ????

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 29, 2026 05:45 PM (Dsp/g)

131 Other classic series I've watched all of:

My Mother the Car (seriously)
The Fugitive
The Time Machine

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:45 PM (Av6i5)

132 Which TV series have you watched in their entirely, all episodes, and how many times each?

I'll get the ball rolling:

Star Trek (original 1966-9 series) 3 times
Gilligan's Island: 2 times
Twilight Zone (original 1959-1962 version): 4 times
Lost in Space (don't laugh at me): 1 time
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:40 PM (Av6i5)

I've never sat down to do that. I've seen plenty of episodes numerous times, but not binging type. I was going to watch all of Have Gun, Will Travel on CBS.com, but it disappeared, or you have to pay.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 05:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

133 They treat the women like shitty whores and the womenfolk just love that and can't get themselves enough Democrats...

Think about it for a second.

If the men who behave like that are the only men Leftist women know, and those are the Good People (TM) in society, and they know for a fact that Republican men are Bad People (TM), how much worse would those Republican men treat them?

And I don't know what lesson you think can be learned from Leftists about how to treat women in general, but if it's "treat them like shitty whores" I never want to meet you in person.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 29, 2026 05:45 PM (C0Nlv)

134
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:34 PM (Av6i5)

=============

You've probably seen this whole strain of tranny social media content that's trannies ranting that members of the opposite sex won't date them. What's funny is, they threaten the real men/women they want with... a label. "I'm sorry, but if you refuse to date me, you're TRANSPHOBIC. You simply are, there's no way around it!"

I've only seen one person respond with "Fine, I'm transphobic."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 05:46 PM (n7rxJ)

135 Hey, about that Transgender Make-believe Period Event in Boston, partially financed by Boston taxpayers. I recommend full support. Here's a # that you can call to offer cudos:

(((To report government waste and fraud in Boston, call the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General (OIG) fraud hotline at (800) 322-1323. You can report suspected issues, including theft or misuse of state and city funds, anonymously)))

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 05:46 PM (dIske)

136 Trump has announced fabulous deal to end Iran war
Best deal in history
Iran will open Hormoz under their control
Trump will end his blockade

Trump (bless his heart) will give the Iranians their frozen 24 billion

12 billion up front

Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 05:46 PM (5+3vm)

137 I've probably seen the complete Gunsmoke series, but may have missed a few stray episodes, seem some episodes multiple times. But I'm a luddite, I don't stream and keep track of episodes. Dad was into the series and a couple of the old western channels had it on. Its wild how much story they could put into a 30 minute episode (first year or two) and then the 60 minute episodes.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 29, 2026 05:47 PM (AOl+5)

138 Wait. I forgot I watched all the Batman episodes during the scam.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 05:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

139
We both worked, three kids in school.

We came home, made dinner, kids did their homework and we got things ready for the next day.

That is how things worked in the old days.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:47 PM (3ek7K)

140 I've never sat down to do that. I've seen plenty of episodes numerous times, but not binging type. I was going to watch all of Have Gun, Will Travel on CBS.com, but it disappeared, or you have to pay.
Posted by: OrangeEn

I didn't binge-watch any of these. In many cases, it took months and months -- like just one or two episodes per week.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:48 PM (Av6i5)

141 72 Even the doll is complaining about where Talarico touched it
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I'm smooth down there you pervert.
Posted by: Ken at May 29, 2026 05:27 PM (UjdFS)

😂😂😂 You guys just kill me some days!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 05:48 PM (SRRAx)

142
Which TV series have you watched in their entirely, all episodes, and how many times each?

I'll get the ball rolling:

Star Trek (original 1966-9 series) 3 times
Gilligan's Island: 2 times
Twilight Zone (original 1959-1962 version): 4 times
Lost in Space (don't laugh at me): 1 time
Posted by: zombie

==============

Pretty sure I've seen every episode of Frasier, but now when I binge I stop at the end of Season Five. It went to hell after [spoiler] happened.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 05:49 PM (n7rxJ)

143
😂😂😂 You guys just kill me some days!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

==============

I'm stealing it!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 05:49 PM (n7rxJ)

144 137 I've probably seen the complete Gunsmoke series, but may have missed a few stray episodes, seem some episodes multiple times. But I'm a luddite, I don't stream and keep track of episodes. Dad was into the series and a couple of the old western channels had it on. Its wild how much story they could put into a 30 minute episode (first year or two) and then the 60 minute episodes.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 29, 2026 05:47 PM (AOl+5)

138 Wait. I forgot I watched all the Batman episodes during the scam.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

OK, we got Gunsmoke and Batman. Any more completists?

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (Av6i5)

145 And there you have it - i looked it up - a typical bond for a simple unlawful possession of a firearm in NY is between $1k-6k. So molesting kids is about the same as packing a gunvwithout a license as far as NY perverts in robes are concerned.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (sQnY9)

146 Per the NY Post, Talarico's girlfriend has been revealed. Guess what? She's a vegan too.

Posted by: Tuna at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (lJ0H4)

147 Transphobic. Snakephobic. LongFallsFromHeightsphobic. Cancerphobic.

This whole transphobic things doesn't have the power over me they think. Might as well call me racist while they are at it. Do I make decisions in some instances based on race ? Be your ass I do.

Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (/3whg)

148 The remake of the Lost In Space series is pretty good. It’s got some woke casting and the genius kid is annoying, but the black girl is hot with a great rack and they give the male characters heroic shit to do. I liked it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 05:51 PM (rBLri)

149 Which TV series have you watched in their entirely, all episodes, and how many times each?

ST:NG - I have no idea how many times I've watched episodes again.
STS9 - Watched it all once.
ST: Voyager - One time.
ST: Enterprise - One time, and then watched some episodes again.
Battlestar Galactica (2000s version) - I only watched it once, as I was wore out by the time I finished it.
Breaking Bad - I've watched the entire series at least three times over the years.
Better Call Saul - Watched it all once.
Game of Thrones - Watched it all at least twice.
Downton Abbey - Watched it all once, plus the movies.
Black Sails - Watched it all once.
Deadwood - Watched it all at least three times and the movie.
Rome - I've re-watched this one four or five times.
Carnavale - Watched the series two times.

That's all I can remember at the moment.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 05:51 PM (6ydKt)

150 I've seen every episode of Andy Griffin at least 100 times. Mayberry RFD sucks.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:51 PM (vFG9F)

151 Talarico is a faggot.

He may or may not be homosexual. He may even possibly be gay. There is a non-zero chance he's a trans-goblin.

But it can be stated with cosmic certainty that he is a faggot.

Posted by: Minuteman at May 29, 2026 05:51 PM (47/pr)

152 I didn't binge-watch any of these. In many cases, it took months and months -- like just one or two episodes per week.
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:48 PM (Av6i5)

That's what I did with Batman. It was on some OTA channel. Couldn't watch them all at once. Same with HGWT. I didn't binge, just one or two eps a day.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 05:52 PM (1Ff7Z)

153 I know. It drives Mrs fd nuts when I do that.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:52 PM (vFG9F)

154 This is real

-
Well, not real real but it did happen.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 29, 2026 05:52 PM (JVU30)

155
Star Trek (original 1966-9 series) 3 times
Gilligan's Island: 2 times
Twilight Zone (original 1959-1962 version): 4 times
Lost in Space (don't laugh at me): 1 time
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026

***
All of those, more times than I like to admit or can count. Also:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Man From U.N.C.L.E.
It Takes a Thief
ST: TNG
All Creatures Great and Small (the new one)

There'll be more. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:52 PM (wzUl9)

156 ST:NG - I have no idea how many times I've watched episodes again.
STS9 - Watched it all once.
ST: Voyager - One time.
ST: Enterprise - One time, and then watched some episodes again.
Battlestar Galactica (2000s version) - I only watched it once, as I was wore out by the time I finished it.
Breaking Bad - I've watched the entire series at least three times over the years.
Better Call Saul - Watched it all once.
Game of Thrones - Watched it all at least twice.
Downton Abbey - Watched it all once, plus the movies.
Black Sails - Watched it all once.
Deadwood - Watched it all at least three times and the movie.
Rome - I've re-watched this one four or five times.
Carnavale - Watched the series two times.

That's all I can remember at the moment.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Impressive, but most violate my change-the-rules subsequent 1980s-or-earlier "classic" series only rule.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:53 PM (Av6i5)

157 I've never sat down to do that. I've seen plenty of episodes numerous times, but not binging type. I was going to watch all of Have Gun, Will Travel on CBS.com, but it disappeared, or you have to pay.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026

***
Good choice. H & I used to run it weekday mornings. MeTV still shows it on Sat. afternoon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:53 PM (wzUl9)

158 End word in quote #52 is "doctrine".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:53 PM (Nx5jP)

159 150 I've seen every episode of Andy Griffin at least 100 times.
Posted by: fd

That may be a world record.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:54 PM (Av6i5)

160 Magnum PI.
Star Trek (of course)
Battlestar Galactica (OG)
Robotech

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 05:54 PM (zZu0s)

161 ✨️Loud, messy, and magical mom w/ a touch of rage, peri-menopaus and neurospicy chaos✨️

I read it as neurospicy taco. Well, it is dinnertime.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 05:54 PM (Dv3i1)

162
Very sick

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:55 PM (3ek7K)

163 Bear City
Bear City 2

— James Talafreako

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 05:55 PM (rBLri)

164 @134/Blonde Morticia: { I've only seen one person respond with "Fine, I'm transphobic." }

Yup, and that is how you take their power away.

Similar scenario: They accuse you of being a racist. "Yeah, and?" Blows the fuses in their mind.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:56 PM (O7YUW)

165 " I've seen every episode of Andy Griffin at least 100 times.
Posted by: fd

That may be a world record.
Posted by: zombie"

It's been on every weekday afternoon on a local station for the past 50 years or so.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:56 PM (vFG9F)

166 146 Per the NY Post, Talarico's girlfriend has been revealed. Guess what? She's a vegan too.
Posted by: Tuna at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (lJ0H4)

So, no blow jobs?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 05:56 PM (SRRAx)

167 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 05:51 PM (6ydKt)
________________________

Bugs Bunny cartoons?

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 05:57 PM (dIske)

168 Democrats want foreign criminals on our streets raping and murdering Americans
---
"We're not paying them to sit on a cell!" -- Dems

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 05:57 PM (NxZ4/)

169 Paxton is running a great campaign. No wonder the Vichy Pubs hate him so much. The Talarico campaign had a long time to prepare for this, yet they are getting clobbered.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at May 29, 2026 05:57 PM (xverI)

170 Wings
News Radio
Just Shoot Me
Rules of Engagement
Scrubs

Seen all episodes at least a half dozen times.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 05:58 PM (XMuV+)

171 Watching the Talarico campaign is baffling to me, he's just the next in a long series of the Democrats trying to appeal to normal people and being utterly unable to. Its like watching an alien try to blend in with humanity.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 29, 2026 05:58 PM (UZCuZ)

172 An elementary school graduation? Seriously?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 29, 2026 05:58 PM (T6aVk)

173 More series I've watched all of (these were all British):

The Prisoner
Thunderbirds
The Champions

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:58 PM (Av6i5)

174 166 146 Per the NY Post, Talarico's girlfriend has been revealed. Guess what? She's a vegan too.
Posted by: Tuna at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (lJ0H4)

So, no blow jobs?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29


*snort*

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 05:59 PM (NOlOe)

175 I gotta believe at some point the left is going to realize their relentless push deeper into the freak zone is killing their electoral chances worse than anything we could do to them but they don't appear to be catching on yet.

How did they see what happened to Beto and conclude the reason they lost was he wasn't weird enough for Texas and pick Talarico?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 05:59 PM (viF8m)

176 "You got to pump those rape and murder numbers up! Those are rookie numbers!" -- The Party of Rape, Murder, and Democracy.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 05:59 PM (NxZ4/)

177 We both worked, three kids in school.

We came home, made dinner, kids did their homework and we got things ready for the next day.

That is how things worked in the old days.

Posted by: four seasons

It works that way at my house now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2026 05:59 PM (bIH8o)

178 . Its like watching an alien try to blend in with humanity.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 29, 2026 05:58 PM (UZCuZ)

I think Platner might be more relatable than this guy- and he jerks off in portalets.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 05:59 PM (zZu0s)

179 Yeah those in 160, havent seen robotech in ages

Cozi has run magnum a host of times

There were a lot of filler episodes as with even the six million dollar man

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 06:00 PM (bXbFr)

180 I don't believe I've binge watched anything, but mostly sure I've seen every episode of Hogan's Heroes and Farscape.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 29, 2026 06:00 PM (D1E+2)

181
Mr Aspirin Factory,

SALUTE!!!

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 06:01 PM (3ek7K)

182
Bronwyn Sternberg is a woman.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 29, 2026 06:01 PM (azNOR)

183 He may or may not be homosexual. He may even possibly be gay. There is a non-zero chance he's a trans-goblin.
But it can be stated with cosmic certainty that he is a faggot.
Posted by: Minuteman at May 29, 2026 05:51 PM (47/pr)

But he's married. Which means he cannot be a homosexual.

Posted by: Elton John at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (54bnG)

184 166 146 Per the NY Post, Talarico's girlfriend has been revealed. Guess what? She's a vegan too.
Posted by: Tuna at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (lJ0H4)

So, no blow jobs?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 05:56 PM (SRRAx)
——-

Lotsa them. Only it’s Talafreako blowing rando hobos he finds in the gutters of Austin. His ‘girlfriend’ doesn’t like dick at all. She’s much more into scissors.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (rBLri)

185 Magnum PI was interesting to rewatch as an adult. I never knew as a kid that Magnum was a SEAL (or what that was) and how much of a badass he was. You rewatch it and you catch subtleties that as a kid you miss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

186 It's Joey Boombots from my Bech Chair on the Beach with an important message for everyone about me running in 2028....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRchogcIK8o

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (h5xyp)

187 How did they see what happened to Beto and conclude the reason they lost was he wasn't weird enough for Texas and pick Talarico?

Like most corporate boardrooms - I doubt you get a seat at the Texas Dem High Table by saying things like "this is a dumb idea".

Posted by: Howdy at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (/3whg)

188 This is real

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Well, not real real but it did happen.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 29, 2026 05:52 PM

+1

Posted by: Jean Carroll at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (0sNs1)

189 The whole family is criminal trash that would be too unseemly to appear on COPS.

When I am really ill I will watch some TV since I don't feel like doing anything but lifting a remote. I watched a LOT of reality/crime TV like Forensic Files, Cops, The First 24 etc.

With Cops and First 24 there is a line in time where you can see that the producers got leaned on HARD because 90% of the cases involved persons of non crackertude. Suddenly they turned into retro shows, follow ups on specific (white) cases, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (UZCuZ)

190 175 I gotta believe at some point the left is going to realize their relentless push deeper into the freak zone is killing their electoral chances worse than anything we could do to them but they don't appear to be catching on yet.

How did they see what happened to Beto and conclude the reason they lost was he wasn't weird enough for Texas and pick Talarico?
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 05:59 PM (viF8m)
_____________________________

You're generously giving them critical thought and the concept of repercussions. They've spent the last number of decades trying to remove and villainize those concepts.

The only way forward for them is tyranny...and forcing compliance. That's when the fireworks start.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 06:03 PM (dIske)

191 178 . Its like watching an alien try to blend in with humanity.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 29, 2026 05:58 PM (UZCuZ)

I'm hoping to have AI Lori Lighthouse in a bikini images up in a little while. The world needs that now more than ever.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 06:03 PM (Sco7b)

192 I didn't ever call Talarico a homosexual and from some comments he'd made a decade ago when he was a teacher, it looks like he's not. libsoftiktok says he was texting his female students to talk to him on his cell phone. He didn't do this for his male students.

Posted by: teach teachers not to... do that at May 29, 2026 06:04 PM (gKWVE)

193 Truth in advertising: Low-T Talarico knows all about being a "bottom."

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 29, 2026 06:04 PM (ksbjf)

194 Best part about The Champions is that Alexandra Bastedo is in every episode, even if she's often relegated to the sidelines. That's OK -- she doesn't need to speak.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 06:04 PM (Av6i5)

195 I think Platner might be more relatable than this guy- and he jerks off in portalets.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 05:59 PM

* scribbles a note *

On Zoom?

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at May 29, 2026 06:04 PM (0sNs1)

196 Seal and naval intelligence don bellasario had a respectfuk attitude to rank and file soldier and sailors but not wirh the staff
(Like colonel green or the directors of the firm in airwolf)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 06:05 PM (bXbFr)

197 oh, the kids were in junior high too.

Posted by: pedobear! at May 29, 2026 06:05 PM (gKWVE)

198 I think Platner might be more relatable than this guy- and he jerks off in portalets.

Yeah, he seems genuinely masculine, if a disaster of a human being. He's the kind of guy that convinces leftist women that all men are evil. But at least he's not a pipe cleaner-armed soy feeb

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 29, 2026 06:05 PM (UZCuZ)

199 I'm old enough to remember when having one's period was one's own business and the preference is that nobody else had a clue.

Now they have to explain to gender-benders that bodily functions still exist no matter who you think you might be.

WTF?

Mom would be aghast.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:05 PM (DwqWV)

200 Magnum PI was interesting to rewatch as an adult. I never knew as a kid that Magnum was a SEAL (or what that was) and how much of a badass he was. You rewatch it and you catch subtleties that as a kid you miss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

Magnum was on background in my teen years. I kinda sorta watched. Only as an adult did I realize what a fox he was. He had long legs in those short man shorts. And he was a charming good guy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 06:06 PM (Xdfhw)

201 I'm hoping to have AI Lori Lighthouse in a bikini images up in a little while. The world needs that now more than ever.

You want no man to ever get an erection again?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 29, 2026 06:06 PM (UZCuZ)

202 Oh,w hat am I thinking -- seen every episode of The Beverly Hillbillies at least twice.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 06:06 PM (Av6i5)

203 Bill Maher has been telling the Dems that they're on the wrong side of so many issues and just pushing people away. He's been saying that for awhile.

So of course he's a bought off uber-MAGA that now needs to be cancelled.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 06:06 PM (Sco7b)

204 185 Magnum PI was interesting to rewatch as an adult. I never knew as a kid that Magnum was a SEAL (or what that was) and how much of a badass he was. You rewatch it and you catch subtleties that as a kid you miss.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)
——

Also almost unique at the time for showing Vietnam vets as cool, successful, adjusted people. Every other portrayal of Vietnam vets was of broken, psychotic outcasts.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 06:06 PM (rBLri)

205 192 I didn't ever call Talarico a homosexual and from some comments he'd made a decade ago when he was a teacher, it looks like he's not. libsoftiktok says he was texting his female students to talk to him on his cell phone. He didn't do this for his male students.
Posted by: teach teachers not to... do that at May 29, 2026 06:04 PM (gKWVE)

He refers to women as "neighbors with uteruses." He is a faggot whether he acknowledges it or not.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:07 PM (DwqWV)

206 >>The only way forward for them is tyranny...and forcing compliance. That's when the fireworks start.

Helps to win if you want to impose tyranny. Right now a Pratt has a better chance of winning the mayors race in LA than They/He does in the Texas Senate race and Steve Hilton is winning the Governor's race.

Their appeal is becoming very selective.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 06:07 PM (viF8m)

207 I’ve probably watched Adam 12, Barney Miller, STTOS and The X-Files a combined 100k times.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 06:08 PM (XV/Pl)

208 I'm hoping to have AI Lori Lighthouse in a bikini images up in a little while. The world needs that now more than ever.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 06:03 PM

* blinks eyes in code for "Hurry!"

Posted by: I am Groot at May 29, 2026 06:08 PM (0sNs1)

209 200 Magnum PI was interesting to rewatch as an adult. I never knew as a kid that Magnum was a SEAL (or what that was) and how much of a badass he was. You rewatch it and you catch subtleties that as a kid you miss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

Magnum was on background in my teen years. I kinda sorta watched. Only as an adult did I realize what a fox he was. He had long legs in those short man shorts. And he was a charming good guy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 06:06 PM (Xdfhw)

I bought all the seasons on DVD. Loved it then, love it now. If only to watch Higgins explode at Magnum now and again.

DH and I use the line "don't look at the dogs, work the lock" for all kinds of tasks. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:09 PM (DwqWV)

210 mpressive, but most violate my change-the-rules subsequent 1980s-or-earlier "classic" series only rule.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 05:53 PM (Av6i5)


Ahhh... missed that part completely.
Trying to read, type, and eat, and doing it badly.

I've watched all the episodes of Maverick and Cheyenne multiple times.
Then Leave it to Beaver and the Brady Bunch.
Beverley Hillbillies, Gilligan's Island, The Andy Griffith Show, The Flintstones, and the Jetsons.
Basically anything that came on TBS in the afternoons in the 80s I was watching it at some point.

Probably saw all of The Cosby Show and some other 80s sitcoms.

I've watched most episodes of ST:TOS, but not all of it, I don't think.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)

211 DH still refers to our two dogs: "Zeus, Apollo, patrol!" and they run out the dog door.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:09 PM (DwqWV)

212 Also almost unique at the time for showing Vietnam vets as cool, successful, adjusted people. Every other portrayal of Vietnam vets was of broken, psychotic outcasts.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 06:06 PM (rBLri)

And you also realize Higgins wasn't just a prissy, stuck up asshole but a career British soldier. The episode where his old comrades come to visit because their unit is getting killed off one by one is really good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)

213 Goggles they do nothin

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 06:10 PM (bXbFr)

214 Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
There’s a reason establishment figures are afraid of Graham Platner- his campaign is demonstrating the power of building an FDR coalition with moral clarity on foreign policy in battleground states.

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Yeah, FDR was all about empowering Nazis.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 29, 2026 06:10 PM (JVU30)

215 211 DH still refers to our two dogs: "Zeus, Apollo, patrol!" and they run out the dog door.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:09 PM (DwqWV)

Nice. *golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:11 PM (zZu0s)

216 Bottoms up!

Posted by: Dulcinea del Talarico at May 29, 2026 06:11 PM (qUkBO)

217 164 @134/Blonde Morticia: { I've only seen one person respond with "Fine, I'm transphobic." }

Yup, and that is how you take their power away.

Similar scenario: They accuse you of being a racist. "Yeah, and?" Blows the fuses in their mind.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:56 PM (O7YUW)

Not acknowledging objective reality is a sign of Insanity.

Thus, not acknowledging your Sex, is a form of insanity, and was designated as such until very recently.

I am afraid of crazy people, you just never know what they will do...

So yeah, Transphobic.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 29, 2026 06:11 PM (mP0Kj)

218 I bought all the seasons on DVD. Loved it then, love it now. If only to watch Higgins explode at Magnum now and again.

DH and I use the line "don't look at the dogs, work the lock" for all kinds of tasks. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:09 PM (DwqWV)

I found hubby one of the authentic Hawaiian shirts like Magnum wore. The red one with the Jungle bird design. He gets brownie points for wearing it, lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 29, 2026 06:12 PM (Xdfhw)

219 Cant recall if it was Colbert or Kimmel that pumped Talarico. Racist white late night host(s) convinced themselves that "racist, sexist Texas" would never elect a black woman. Jasmine probably would have lost, not because of being a woman or black, but Texas state-wide probably would have rejected her commiecrat ideas.

But that would probably have been a closer race. Talarico is just sooo weird that if he doesn't lose by over 10 points I'm going to worry about Texas. He should lose by over 20 points, but liberals can be very stupid.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 29, 2026 06:13 PM (AOl+5)

220 I've seen STOS so many times I can usually identify the episode in the first 30 seconds. Sometimes sooner.

There were 250 Andy G shows. I may have exaggerated a bit. I bet I've seen them all at least 10 times though.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 06:14 PM (vFG9F)

221 I'm hoping to have AI Lori Lighthouse in a bikini images up in a little while.

I'm going to pretend that you meant Lori Laughlin and autocorrect punked you. That way I won't have to preemptively gouge my eyes out.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 06:14 PM (vTZFs)

222 Best Magnum episode was when he was lost at sea. Utterly remarkable in every way. Kinda solidified it as a serious if really funny show.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:14 PM (DwqWV)

223 Not by the name though. I just know the STOS episodes by "the one with...".

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 06:15 PM (vFG9F)

224 Series watched?

All the Sharpes Rifles movies.
Babylon 5
Space: Above and Beyond
Eureka
Chuck
Star Trek TOS
Adventures of Brisco County Junior

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 29, 2026 06:15 PM (mP0Kj)

225 The Prisoner
Thunderbirds
The Champions
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026

***
I know I saw the entire run of The Prisoner when it was new, but never since.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:15 PM (wzUl9)

226 During the 80s I also probably watched all of The A-Team, Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazzard, Remington Steele, MacGyver, and X-Files.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:16 PM (6ydKt)

227 185 Magnum PI was interesting to rewatch as an adult. I never knew as a kid that Magnum was a SEAL (or what that was) and how much of a badass he was. You rewatch it and you catch subtleties that as a kid you miss.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)
——

Also almost unique at the time for showing Vietnam vets as cool, successful, adjusted people. Every other portrayal of Vietnam vets was of broken, psychotic outcasts.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 06:06 PM (rBLri)

I was a teenager when this show was on TV. I loved it. I also loved Simon and Simon, which was next up on Thursday night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 06:16 PM (0aYVJ)

228 nood



pratt

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 06:17 PM (3uBP9)

229 I never could get into The Prisoner.
It's such a strange show.
I think you have to watch it in order to understand it, and I'm not even sure if that would help.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 06:17 PM (6ydKt)

230 Per the NY Post, Talarico's girlfriend has been revealed. Guess what? She's a vegan too.
Posted by: Tuna at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (lJ0H4)

So, no blow jobs?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.

She also loves dancing the night away at some local gay bar. LOL

Posted by: Tuna at May 29, 2026 06:17 PM (lJ0H4)

231
Our Betters microdosing LSD have a lot to answer for.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 06:17 PM (iJfKG)

232 Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s mysterious beau is a vegan political lobbyist who previously worked as his chief of staff, The Post has learned.

Brianna Menard, 30, describes herself as a “committed vegan,” yoga buff and cat mom who likes “dancing the night away” at local gay bar Cheer Up Charlies in Austin, according her bio at a local food coop, where she serves on the board.

nypost https://tinyurl.com/5yzxune3

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 06:19 PM (ZxPkt)

233 Also almost unique at the time for showing Vietnam vets as cool, successful, adjusted people. Every other portrayal of Vietnam vets was of broken, psychotic outcasts.

It was one of the shows and movies that benefitted greatly from those fearless, nuts helicopter pilots that came out of Nam. The stunts are unbelievable

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 29, 2026 06:20 PM (UZCuZ)

234 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 06:22 PM (Ia/+0)

235 Best Magnum episode was when he was lost at sea. Utterly remarkable in every way. Kinda solidified it as a serious if really funny show.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 06:14 PM (DwqWV)

I would actually disagree and say 'Did you see the sunrise?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (zZu0s)

236 >Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s mysterious beau
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hmm
I always thought the 'beau' was the male half of a m/f couple

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 06:24 PM (ZxPkt)

237 Bewitched
Petticoat Junction
Big Valley
Star Trek
Dallas
Here Come the Brides
Rat Patrol
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Johnny Quest

Posted by: museisluse at May 29, 2026 06:24 PM (YtyqX)

238 I would actually disagree and say 'Did you see the sunrise?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (zZu0s)

agree.

great show, though.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ivan, did you see the sunrise? at May 29, 2026 06:27 PM (0aYVJ)

239 I wanted to see those 2 dobermans rip someone apart on an episode.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2026 06:29 PM (bIH8o)

240 I can see it now. One of AOC's 2028 presidential campaign slogans will be -

Workers and Transgender Menstruators of the World, Unite!

Posted by: Gref at May 29, 2026 06:30 PM (5rh/l)

241 Type II gender fluid was never as good as the original stuff they made with whale oil.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 05:21 PM (vFG9F)

Sperm whale oil.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 29, 2026 06:40 PM (kd1a0)

242 Talarico’s mystery gf gives me weird tranny vibes.

I don't know why. Perhaps because he seems homo.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 29, 2026 06:54 PM (WONhk)

243 Also almost unique at the time for showing Vietnam vets as cool, successful, adjusted people. Every other portrayal of Vietnam vets was of broken, psychotic outcasts.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 29, 2026 06:06 PM (rBLri)

And you also realize Higgins wasn't just a prissy, stuck up asshole but a career British soldier. The episode where his old comrades come to visit because their unit is getting killed off one by one is really good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)

I always liked in many of the shows that when things started going down Rick/TC/Magnum/Higgins dropped their goofy schticks and locked in and got serious.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 06:54 PM (8avO+)

244 This week in woke…this morning ICE agent Christian Castro was taken into custody in Texas, of all the places in this woketard republic, for extradition to Minnesota where he will face a lawless Soros prosecutor. The feds, the Texas Rangers (curse them each and together) and some cops from Minnesota took the agent under arrest.

Why is this allowed? Why is Texas playing along with this nonsense? Why is Trump’s executive branch playing along?

This is going to play out like Ramos and Compean, when George W Bush’s pet prosecutor railroaded those two up the river until Trump pardoned them. Is trump going to make this ICE agent suffer the indignity of a Minnesota show trial as they star-chamber this dude into Minnesota jail? It won’t do the agent any good to go to trial, get convicted in a rigged court, end up in stare prison jail where Trump is powerless.

Maddening. Trump and Texas are screwing this guy.

Posted by: Chunk at May 29, 2026 07:00 PM (9U6Wl)

245 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 29, 2026 06:54 PM (WONhk)

Any person who says that they like to dance away the night at gay bars seems not a normal straight person.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 31, 2026 02:04 PM (PFs9e)

Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?

Greeks are unhappy being written out of their own foundational national myth in the upcoming The ODEIssy.


To the cast and creative team of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey,
We write to you as Greeks, not as fragments of antiquity, not as echoes from museum displays, and not as characters sealed in marble, but as a living people whose story has never stopped being written.

First, we wish you well.

Cinema has always carried the power to reimagine ancient texts, to cross borders of language and time, and to reintroduce old stories to new generations. Homer's Odyssey belongs, in many ways, to the shared cultural imagination of humanity. We understand the ambition behind bringing it to the screen on a global scale, and we recognise the artistic tradition of reinterpretation that has surrounded these epics for centuries.

But we also ask you to consider something that is often overlooked in modern retellings of Greek stories.

We did not vanish.

Greek people did not disappear after the age of myth. Greek culture was not frozen in classical marble. Greek language was not extinguished in antiquity.

We are still here.

...

At every stage, something essential remained unbroken: language, memory, and cultural continuity.

Greek is still spoken today, the oldest continuously surviving language in Europe. Not reconstructed. Not revived. But lived.

That continuity matters when stories like The Odyssey are retold.

Odysseus is not only a universal symbol of endurance, struggle, and homecoming. He is also part of a cultural inheritance that has been carried through every one of those historical layers -- retold by Byzantine scholars, preserved in manuscripts copied through the medieval world, studied during the Renaissance, and still taught, spoken, and reinterpreted in Greece today.

This is why conversations about representation matter deeply to us.

We are not asking for exclusion or limitation. We are not arguing against diversity, nor against reinterpretation. Greek culture itself has always been shaped by exchange, migration, and encounter across centuries.

What we are asking is something simpler and more human.

That when Greek stories are retold on a global stage, Greek people are not rendered invisible within them.

...

So as you step into Homer's world - into seas, wanderings, gods, and returning kings - we ask that you carry this awareness with you:

That Greece is not only a setting in antiquity.

It is a living country.

Greek people are not historical figures.

We are contemporaries.

...

We did not vanish.

We are still here.

It's interesting, if a little sad, that the only answer to a Muh Representation argument is another Muh Representation argument.

The Mandala Effect and Gorp made $101 million over the four-day (actually five) day weekend, matching the original low projections, but beating the revised, even-lower projections of $80 million. Which I now wonder wasn't an effort at expectations-lowering so that Disney could claim they matched expectations.

Something kind of amazing has been happening since the weekend, beginning Tuesday. The independent, super-low-budget, YouTuber-made horror film Obsession -- which is about a Low-T Beta Cuck who wishes for a hot girl to love him more than she has ever loved before, and then discovers that the love of an obsessed, magically-deranged psychotic stalker isn't so wonderful --has been slowly catching up to the Star Wars film's daily takings, and has now overtaken it.

Obsession' Has Dethroned 'The Mandalorian And Grogu' At The Box Office

By Paul Tassi

There is effectively no precedent to describe what's happening with Obsession right now, the low-budget horror film that has achieved milestones like increasing 39% in revenue in its second weekend after word-of-mouth spread.

But that was even more impressive given that it was going up against the first new Star Wars movie in seven years, The Mandalorian and Grogu, which did win the weekend handily. But now? Obsession is...beating it.

Daily box office tracking is now showing that Obsession is now beating The Mandalorian and Grogu handily as of this Wednesday, earning $5.6 million domestically to Mando's $4.1 million on that day. And again, this is the second week of Obsession's release (this Wednesday is practically a non-existent drop from last Wednesday) and this is Mando's first week.

It also appears that Obsession could be heading into a third weekend where its revenue increases from last week's $24 million. That would now be going up against both The Mandalorian and Grogu and fellow YouTuber-directed, low-budget horror film Backrooms, which is now projected to make a mammoth $40-60 million, resulting in back-to-back hits for the genre. But Obsession is still in a league of its own in terms of its earning trajectory.

Backrooms itself is based on YouTube short films, and directed by the original YouTuber.

There's every chance that Obsession will battle Backrooms for the #1 spot, dropping Mufflerrepair and Gauges to #3 in its second weekend. Beaten by two low-budget YouTube movies.

Film Threat's Chris Gore says it's "riveting." He says it's "going to be huge." Allen Ng agrees it's "anxiety-inducing" but also says that the mysteries posed by the film aren't resolved. They both agree that this is intended as the first film in a franchise, so they're not going to properly finish it now.

Eh, I'm not sure I object to that. The thing about WTF Bizarro Mysteries is that they're not supposed to be resolved. The solution to the mystery would be antithetical to the point of posing a question which is supposed to be imponderable, without an answer.

I have thoughts about this. I'm a big fan of thrillers. Thrillers are just mysteries with simpler plots and lots of running around and yelling.

I'm also a fan of Twilight Zone WTF premises. This kind of thriller just has something impossibly strange happen in the opening, and promises you, don't worry, by the end, we'll have explained this impossibly strange situation in a logical and satisfying manner.

But here's the thing: That promise is a lie 95% of the time. The more bizarre and fantastical your opening gambit is, the less likely it will be that you can conjure any sort of explanation of any degree of plausibility or satisfaction. And this whole subgenre depends on starting off with the most outlandish and impossible premise you can think of.

That's why 90% of these stories end with some variation of "It was all a dream... or was it?" or "Oh my God, we've been dead the whole time! We're in hell!" The most original and startling the opening, the more you can be sure that the cameras are all in comas imaging it all in some kind of group hallucination.

Because seriously, what the hell kind of "logical" explanation can you actually come up with to explain this nonsense?

Normal thrillers-- those without the sci-fi/fantasy/bizarro weirdness premise -- also struggle to explain why anything in the movie actually happened. North by Northwest famously makes no real sense, and is just one set piece after another.

So my point is that anyone who likes this kind of thing and has been around the block a few times goes into it knowing there will almost certainly not be a satisfying and logical third-act explanation, and that the enjoyment will just derive from the freaky-deaky premise and the exploration of that through the second act. These movies (and books and stories) are all journey, no destination.

Every once in a long while, a thriller or Twilight Zone thriller will actually conjure up an ending that does make sense and does answer all of your questions. And that will become an instant classic.

But that is definitely not the way most of these go.

So if Backrooms never explains what's going on -- 1, it's not supposed to, the question is more interesting than any possible answer and 2, any answer they give will be stupid so why don't they just save us the disappointment and say We May Never Know the Motive.

The NY Post says Hollywood is afraid... of interlopers from YouTube beating them up and stealing their lunch money.

Hollywood trembles in fear of the havoc the internet has wrought and will continue to wreak on its core business. Execs wake up in a cold sweat from a nightmare that blockbusters have been replaced by 30-second TikTok videos. And, yikes, they almost have. But perhaps the key to a prosperous future is collaboration.

Enter "Backrooms": A disquieting and smart new horror film from A24 that, for now, can only be seen in theaters, yet is the brainchild of 4chan and YouTube users. Its director Kane Parsons is just 20 years old and his movie is already an uncommonly hot title with the younger set. Eighty-eight percent of its packed preview night audiences around the country were under 35.

You can see why. While the main character of "Backrooms," Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), is a sleep-deprived, middle-aged man whose dreams of being an architect have been crushed as irreparably as his marriage, a youthful energy pervades Parsons' strange and engrossing journey into the unfurnished abyss.

The seed of "Backrooms" was planted in 2019 when a user posted an image on the website 4Chan of an architecturally unsettling room -- tinted yellow with fluorescent lights, patterned wallpaper, ceiling tiles and gray carpet. People wrote horror stories online about the picture, which led to the detailed lore of the Backrooms, a labyrinth of eerie spaces accessible by hidden portals around the world.


Parsons turned the trend into a popular YouTube series with millions of views when he was 16. And he rooted his creation in documentary-style "found footage," like "The Blair Witch Project."

The director used that same on-edge aesthetic for his debut feature, which is set in no-smartphones 1990. Clark, who runs Cap'n Clark's Ottoman Empire, a failing furniture store, stumbles into the Backrooms when he walks through a wall in his building's basement.

The confused man tells his therapist, Mary (Renate Reinsve of "Sentimental Value"), who has her own demons, about what the messed-up oddity he's found. And Clark sounds completely insane.

"It's like the store just continues, I guess?," he says.

I love when arrogant but untalented people find out they're completely untalented and that their previous "success" had just been due to connections in the industry.

It's got a 78% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is good, but not as good as Obsession or some other recent horror offerings.

Now, reviews are coming for Backrooms, and while decent enough, they are not sky-high like a few other horror entries this year, including the runaway hit from just two weeks ago, Obsession, which is on its way to make 100x its budget amidst 95% and 94% critic and audience Rotten Tomatoes scores. Backrooms, in contrast, has a 78% Rotten Tomatoes score right now with three dozen reviews in. How does that stack up against the other horror offerings of the year? Here's the list of major releases:

Obsession -- 95% critic score
Send Help -- 93% critic score
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple -- 92% critic score
Hokum -- 88% critic score
We Bury the Dead -- 88% critic score
Backrooms -- 78% critic score
Primate -- 78% critic score

Und so weiter.

Eh. I'll see it on streaming.

Either way, The Marzipan and Gorget will drop to #3 in just its second weekend.

Last week, I mentioned that I would put up a thread for older/less-known movie recommendations. Please consider this that thread!

No corporate slop. Movies from an earlier, less stupid era, or smaller/unnoticed movies that people might have missed.

Oh: Question for y'all. I tried to watch Spider-Noir but I don't see any way to choose the "Authentic Black and White" version. I get a title screen that tells me I can select this, "Below," but there's nothing "below" for me to click on.

The "True-Hue color" version looks decent and I'd probably watch a lot of it in color anyway but I'm cheesed that I don't have the option to watch in B&W as promised.

Can you help a blogger out? What am I missing?


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1 Hollywood is so Fucked up. John Huston could eat a can of Kodak and puke a better movie than the shit these days

Posted by: night lifted at May 29, 2026 03:46 PM (kJmLc)

2 I'll fetch em

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:46 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Mandingo and Gravy

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:47 PM (3uBP9)

4 Embrace the word And

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Last week, I mentioned that I would put up a thread for older/less-known movie recommendations. Please consider this that thread!

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John Ford made a couple of movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1tin1xHgQA

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:47 PM (7RBt4)

6 Just for nothing

Karl Childers >>>>> Forest Gump

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 03:47 PM (XMuV+)

7 Greek is still spoken today, the oldest continuously surviving language in Europe. Not reconstructed. Not revived. But lived.

Hoo boy, the Italians are not going to like this.

Posted by: the Welsh might also want a word at May 29, 2026 03:49 PM (gKWVE)

8 The Oddity

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 03:49 PM (UjdFS)

9 7 Greek is still spoken today, the oldest continuously surviving language in Europe. Not reconstructed. Not revived. But lived.

Hoo boy, the Italians are not going to like this.

Posted by: the Welsh might also want a word at May 29, 2026 03:49 PM (gKWVE)

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"I don'ta capisco Latino!"
-Dante

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:50 PM (7RBt4)

10 Marzipan and Homestarrunner > The Marzipan and Gorget

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)

11 I'm kinda done with movies like I'm done with SNL.

Too much craptasm.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (RIvkX)

12 https://tinyurl.com/3ephj5v3
Here you go on John Ford Series

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (Ia/+0)

13 what do we think of Disclosure Day ?

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (ZxPkt)

14 Making horror movies is like painting abstract art.

It's the easiest to do .

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (XMuV+)

15 Greek is still spoken today, the oldest continuously surviving language in Europe. Not reconstructed. Not revived. But lived.

Hoo boy, the Italians are not going to like this./i]

Be a real shame if someone dropped by and burned your cities you know Greece? Just sayin...

Posted by: Lucius Mummius at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)

16 Hollywood: Shit or and Garbage? !!

Behold! The power of and!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (0sNs1)

17 The Oddity

Great little movie...keeps you guessing

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

18 To ask is to have answered.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:53 PM (BGLxh)

19 Posted by: the Welsh might also want a word at May 29, 2026 03:49 PM

Go long on vowels!

Posted by: Jim Cramer at May 29, 2026 03:54 PM (0sNs1)

20 10 Marzipan and Homestarrunner > The Marzipan and Gorget

lonestar and yogurt > marzipan and homestarrunner > the marzipan and gorget

Posted by: spaceballs: the moron at May 29, 2026 03:54 PM (v3pYe)

21 It's Hollywoke.

I warned everybody last year when they were crowing DEI IS DEAD, that no, it wasn't, all of this stuff, movies and video games, have a long, LONG pipeline of 4-6 YEARS.

All the stuff coming out now was approved in the ~2021-2022 era, when Democrats thought they'd won and lost their freaking minds spiking the football from their perceived win.

There's more woke nonsense coming.

They haven't learned, they think they can just dial it back a LITTLE and con the rubes.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at May 29, 2026 03:55 PM (lCHt6)

22 Hollywood doesn't care about making good movies often now. Hence Matt Damon on Odysseus.

Imagine taking the case of The Return and just having it focused on more of The Odyssey. It would like be a great movie and make a ton of money

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

23 Worst movie I've seen this year: -- or perhaps any year -- was "The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus" from 1962. Starring "Dr. Morgus," the late-night horror-film TV host from New Orleans in the 1960s.

God, it was horrible beyond belief. The Morgus character is supremely ugly, the "jokes" are non-existent, nothing about it is even remotely funny, scenes go on forever for no reason, the acting is Z-grade,most of the dialogue was improv, and the plot is ludicrous and flimsy.

Not all "indies" are good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wacky_World_of_Dr._Morgus

nly two tings about it were: The girl Dr, Morgushas hypnitized was kinda cute, and the actor playing the reporter was halfway decent -- but he seemed like he was in a different movie.

Ended up being a spy spoof, similar to "The Mouse That Roared," about an imaginary tiny European cuntry trying to use dr. Morgus' invention to invade America,

Avoid at all costs.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 03:55 PM (Av6i5)

24 I'm not a huge movie buff and have no real issue with odd experimental movies, its your investment you might lose.

This contempt for the general audience has to go, though from the studios to the actors to the commentariat.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:55 PM (8avO+)

25 I watched Sisu yesterday. It wasn't bad. Revenge flicks are definitely in vogue now. Like they were during the 70s in response to the craziness coming out of the 60s. Friggin hippies...

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:55 PM (3uBP9)

26 Nope( I'm
Not into seeing horror films right now, but the movie/ stage critic at the "NY Post" says "Backrooms" is appealing to younger people and was very cheap to produce.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 03:56 PM (looXz)

27 on topic of languages which probably haven't moved much from where they started, here's Albanian since maybe 2500 BC or before -
tinyurl.com/ja8phsty
I haven't even got into the Basques yet because I don't wanna get bombed.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 03:56 PM (gKWVE)

28 Every once in a long while, a thriller or Twilight Zone thriller will actually conjure up an ending that does make sense and does answer all of your questions. And that will become an instant classic.

*******

"Three Body Problem" actually did that. Admittedly, it was using alien technology (Sophons) that was so far advanced, that until it is explained, the effects it could create seemed absolutely impossible, driving physicsts to psychosis and suicide.

I am refering to the Chinese version of this, both the novels and the TV series, NOT the Netflix version.

Posted by: EFG at May 29, 2026 03:57 PM (ut7Zw)

29 Thrillers are just mysteries with simpler plots and lots of running around and yelling.
---
But most thrillers have forgotten the running around and yelling community in their casting!

Far too few running-around-and-yellers are actually cast in these roles!

Posted by: The Running Around and Yelling Community at May 29, 2026 03:57 PM (Fi81e)

30 Here's a review of "Backrooms":

https://tinyurl.com/5an2pcnv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 03:57 PM (looXz)

31 15 Greek is still spoken today, the oldest continuously surviving language in Europe. Not reconstructed. Not revived. But lived.

Hoo boy, the Italians are not going to like this./i]

Be a real shame if someone dropped by and burned your cities you know Greece? Just sayin...
Posted by: Lucius Mummius at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)

16 Hollywood: Shit or and Garbage? !!

Behold! The power of and!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM

* snaps mandibles *

Curse you, Duncanthrax! May the penguins launch a mephitic TOT barrage on you!

Posted by: The Barrel at May 29, 2026 03:57 PM (WqA0P)

32 on topic of languages which probably haven't moved much from where they started, here's Albanian since maybe 2500 BC or before -
tinyurl.com/ja8phsty

Didn't Epirus speak Greek? Was Albanian a mountain language and eventually came down to the cities?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)

33 That Irun place will nots every sign any deel with Trump because they knows he be lyed to our Black Presdent and that's bothers them two !!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 29, 2026 03:58 PM (9VJYb)

34 Legend of Hell House was a horror from the 70s. Roddy McDowel. Clive ... Reville(?) Creepy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 03:58 PM (zZu0s)

35 Sharbage?

Posted by: 29Victor at May 29, 2026 03:58 PM (0MjtC)

36 I like the backrooms.

Oh wait, sorry, misread that

Posted by: Sandra Fluke putting down a bottle of lube at May 29, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)

37 I am going to see "Pressure" this weekend . It is about the decisions by Eisenhower and others around the D Day invasion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 03:59 PM (looXz)

38 Far too few running-around-and-yellers are actually cast in these roles!
Posted by: The Running Around and Yelling Community at May 29, 2026 03:57 PM (Fi81e)

We all lurch around looking like zombies now.

Posted by: Former freakout actor at May 29, 2026 03:59 PM (Rxz7v)

39 Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:55 PM (3uBP

Sisu was too way over the top for me to enjoy it. Admittedly I only made it a little more than halfway through.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (XMuV+)

40 I haven't even got into the Basques yet because I don't wanna get bombed.
Posted by: gKWVE

Most everyone here on Friday nights is.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (W5mpo)

41 I am going to see "Pressure" this weekend . It is about the decisions by Eisenhower and others around the D Day invasion.

That movie has a real downer of an ending

Posted by: Graham Platner at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

42 My son and his girlfriend watched Obsession last night. Said it was awesome.

Posted by: Jmel at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (3TlS+)

43 Did anybody else like Bubba Ho-Tep or just me?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (n5tGW)

44 You never hear albanian except in inside job and taken

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 04:01 PM (bXbFr)

45 Peruvian!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 29, 2026 04:01 PM (W5mpo)

46 Hollyweird is filled with low talent hacks and don't even get me started on the actors.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 29, 2026 04:01 PM (Q/FnY)

47 >an architecturally unsettling room -- tinted yellow with fluorescent lights, patterned wallpaper, ceiling tiles and gray carpet

Literally just a cheap rented office that the occupants had just moved out of. Nobody on 4Chan has ever had a real job.

Backrooms II will be about a demon-possessed backhoe or something.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 29, 2026 04:01 PM (LgYtf)

48 >>>Last week, I mentioned that I would put up a thread for older/less-known movie recommendations. Please consider this that thread!

Excellent!

erm... Where did you hide those recommendations?

Posted by: No Name Today at May 29, 2026 04:01 PM (8mulE)

49 43 Did anybody else like Bubba Ho-Tep or just me?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (n5tGW)

I think 90% of the horde loves it.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:01 PM (XMuV+)

50 Don't watch Obsession.

Watch Possession:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLXW-oVbTxE

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:02 PM (7RBt4)

51 Most everyone here on Friday nights is.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (W5mpo)

I have to work in an hour. Should, but can't, get bombed.

Posted by: Reforger at May 29, 2026 04:02 PM (Rxz7v)

52 None of it's Greek to me.

/Christopher Nolan

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 04:02 PM (qgHp7)

53 Worst movie I've seen this year: -- or perhaps any year -- was "The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus" from 1962. Starring "Dr. Morgus," the late-night horror-film TV host from New Orleans in the 1960s.

....

Ended up being a spy spoof, similar to "The Mouse That Roared," about an imaginary tiny European cuntry trying to use dr. Morgus' invention to invade America,

Avoid at all costs.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 03:55 PM (Av6i5)

I'm something of a bad movie buff, they can have charm. I have one around that is about the dangers of drug addiction and the funny part is how clean cut the dregs of society look in the film compared to, well, lots of current day people.

I'll put in a word for the Canadian movie "The Uncanny"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuWy2vcecXY

Its a 'horror' movie about the international conspiracy of Cats to rule the world and has both a star studded cast hamming it up and terrible acting and cat stunt work.

Cat haters and lovers should enjoy it, or the kitties will git ya.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 04:02 PM (8avO+)

54 >>>34 Legend of Hell House was a horror from the 70s. Roddy McDowel. Clive ... Reville(?) Creepy.

I've had that in my watch list for like five years!

A couple of movies:

"Cobweb." This is on Pluto, for free, but man are they going to wack you with frequent ad breaks. A well-made movie with Lizzie Caplan in a dramatic role and Anthony "Homelander" Starr as a couple of protective parents who might be... weird. A little kid keeps hearing banging on his wall and his parents keep telling him he's imagining it.

Pretty good! Well made, well shot, well acted. Has a kind of fairy-tale logic to it.

One thing, it's kind of like Weapons in that I really enjoyed the mystery part of it (the first two thirds) and kind of didn't want to see the horror payoff. Like, the mystery part with just the *tease* of something monstrous or strange was better than the payoff of the monstrous or strange. but, as with weapons, the payoff was good enough. Just liked the stuff before the payoff better.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 04:02 PM (1wjle)

55 what do we think of Disclosure Day ?
Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (ZxPkt)

The final trailer with Spielberg outgassing explanations and motives pretty much spoils the overall story...if not the exact plot.

So SPOILER more or less.

Benevolent godlike space critters show up and humanity loses its mind be cause of course.

But, then everyone chills out.

FIN.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:02 PM (iJfKG)

56 Quechua is a niche

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 04:02 PM (bXbFr)

57 The thing about WTF Bizarro Mysteries is that they're not supposed to be resolved. The solution to the mystery would be antithetical to the point of posing a question which is supposed to be imponderable, without an answer.

-----------

* "The X-Files" have entered the post *

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 04:02 PM (BGLxh)

58 Hard Times with Charles Bronson is a must watch.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM (XMuV+)

59 I'll bet Hebrew is right up there with Greek as the oldest spoken language.

And I wonder about those subcontinent languages...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM (iERP6)

60 Funny Farm with Chevy Chase is fun

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM (yLn/F)

61 I am watching the Bloodryane trilogy.

They are based on a video game. I've never played it.
I'm pretty sure it used the source as more a jumping off point and didn't bother with the game lore.

The first has Michael Madson and Ben Kingsley.
Cost $20 million; grossed like $3.7.
It's stupid bad. Shot in Romania and using Vlad's castle.
But the dialog is just terrible.

The second jumps to the old West. Has Billy the Kid as the vampire boss who, unexplained, prefers the blood of ... kids.
It's a direct-to-DVD release (like the 3rd).
With better dialog, it could have been good because the plot point of Billy the vampire is new.

I've not seen 3 yet, where she fights Nazis.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM (73/SM)

62 Obligatory go watch Frailty right now

I highly recommend two Melissa George movies - Triangle and A Lonely Place To Die.

The first is a horror movie that packs even more of a punch when you realize the story it is telling.

A Lonely Place To Die is a thriller that takes a simple premise of help a kidnapped girl down a mountain and makes the most of the premise.

Also, I absolutely Byzantium and not just because Gemma Arterton is hot like the center of the Sun. It's a vampire movie and has an interesting take on vampirism.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM (sJZBK)

63
You never hear albanian except in inside job and taken
Posted by: Miguel cervantes

Inside Man.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM (ixS3i)

64 'The Mandala Effect' - I saw that. Madeleine McGraw - Gwen from 'The Black Phone' was the guys daughter.

I'm looking forward to 'Obsession' and 'Backrooms' which I've been seeing advertised on Instagram when I escape for a few minutes to not be pissed off.

A lot of the actresses have also been posting videos of 'Scary Movie' so I guess they put out another one of those.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 29, 2026 04:04 PM (Sco7b)

65 Latest horror movie I saw ( unless you want to put "Alien" in that category which was sort of horror in space ) was "The Haunting" from 1963. I didn't watch it until much later than 1963, however. It was very good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 04:04 PM (looXz)

66 I am going to see "Pressure" this weekend . It is about the decisions by Eisenhower and others around the D Day invasion.

That movie has a real downer of an ending
Posted by: Graham Platner at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

Killer soundtrack song, though.

Posted by: ZZ Top at May 29, 2026 04:04 PM (wVcYX)

67 So as far as movies, the one I watched last week was The Island of Lost Souls. A competent squeeze of the important ideas from "Dr Moreau" into 70ish minutes. Maybe even the editor HG Wells needed at the time, unless you really want to read Wells pontificate about atheism and human-nature (Wells thought he was Swift; Wells was not Swift).
The Criterion edition seems to be the best edition, from 2011; although still a little degraded from its original 1932 glory.
As is fairly well known, the later attempts to do Moreau have all been ludicrous failures.
Apparently Beavis and Butthead were designing the script and couldn't take the name "Prendick" seriously so he's "Parker" here.
Best performance is universally agreed to be Charles Laughton's as the Doctor. [Marlon Brando probably would have played the part well too, but his daughter took the quick way out when Brando was in the middle of shooting that remake so the poor man pretty-much went insane as a result.]

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 04:04 PM (gKWVE)

68 Obligatory go watch Frailty right now

Bonus points, get your best atheist buddy to watch it with you.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 04:05 PM (sKqQm)

69 We saw "The Sheep Detectives" in the theater this last weekend. It was really good.

Posted by: 29Victor at May 29, 2026 04:05 PM (0MjtC)

70 I hear Ryan Goslings new movie, Project Hail Mary is really good.

If you like space semi horror/drama movies.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:05 PM (XMuV+)

71 55 The final trailer with Spielberg outgassing explanations and motives pretty much spoils the overall story...if not the exact plot.

So SPOILER more or less.

Benevolent godlike space critters show up and humanity loses its mind be cause of course.

But, then everyone chills out.

FIN.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:02 PM (iJfKG)

=======

When they pull out trailers like that, Spielberg talking directly to camera, it's confirmation that the studios don't think it's going to perform well.

Sudden changes in marketing strategy are evidence of panic.

Not necessarily at the quality of the film, but at the film's potential performance at the box office.

Disclosure Day looks like the kind of movie people say they want from Hollywood, and people are not going to go see it. So Hollywood will have another incentive to not make movies like it anymore. Instead, we will get Super Mario 3.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:05 PM (7RBt4)

72 >>>60 Funny Farm with Chevy Chase is fun

yes. Super-underrated. Was at the time, too.

The actress in it, Madelynn Smith or something like that, is in this two-actor thriller movie with Malcolm McDowell I want to see but I can't find on streaming. Well it's on MGM and Philo but I don't have those.

It's called The Caller. Supposedly good.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 04:05 PM (1wjle)

73 "All the evidence points to a single conclusion: Physics has never existed, and will never exist."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w47F8g8EgM


(Whole bunch of Chinese commercials/stuff before the episode starts...

Posted by: EFG at May 29, 2026 04:05 PM (ut7Zw)

74 on topic of languages which probably haven't moved much from where they started, here's Albanian since maybe 2500 BC or before -
tinyurl.com/ja8phsty
I haven't even got into the Basques yet because I don't wanna get bombed.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 03:56 PM (gKWVE)

most mountain remnant languages got driven up into them hills by later movement of peoples. Etruscan was another who moved out of the area, probably, and into North Italy. Back after the fall of Rome the Slavs stated migrating from their origins into that whole area from wherever they originated.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 04:06 PM (8avO+)

75 The link in comment #73 goes to the Chinese version of the first episode of "Three Body Problem."

Posted by: EFG at May 29, 2026 04:06 PM (ut7Zw)

76 What happened with the Odyssey is one of those peculiar things that happen when leftists gather in groups, and somebody says something really stupid that they all know isn't true, but because its one of the Leftist Golden Idols, nobody dares question it.

There was some kind of casting conversation around Helen of DeTroit that went something like, 'OK, who can play The Most Beautiful Woman In The World', and some true believer said, 'Everybody agreed that Lupita Nyongo was Most Beautiful Woman Ever except for those racist MAGA chuds, so we should cast her'. And nobody else in the room dared disagree. They all knew it wasn't true, none of them at any point actually believed she was MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, but they couldn't object.

A lot of leftist corporate insanity happens this way, where they KNOW it's going to go badly, but none of them are going to individually be on the hook for the failure that results, butif they speak up before it happens, they WOULD be fired and blacklisted forever due to being a Racist MAGA Chud.

That's how this happens.

Media does it too, declaring anybody that disagrees she is literally Most Beautiful Woman Ever is just a stupid racist MAGA incel chud.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at May 29, 2026 04:06 PM (lCHt6)

77 Okay all you smarties, who names their kid Chiwetel?

And don't say Mr. & Mrs. Ejiofor...

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 04:06 PM (qgHp7)

78 The fact that people think "The Mandala Effect" was actually once "The Mandela Effect" is the best example of the Mandala Effect.

Posted by: Eric in Atlanta at May 29, 2026 04:06 PM (aQZli)

79 Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM

Didja y'all hear sumpin' jus' now comin' from down around your knees?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 04:07 PM (0sNs1)

80 Okay. I've got nothing.

I can't even give Ace the rest of the week off.

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 04:07 PM (qgHp7)

81 Latest horror movie I saw ( unless you want to put "Alien" in that category which was sort of horror in space ) was "The Haunting" from 1963. I didn't watch it until much later than 1963, however. It was very good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 04:04 PM (looXz)
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It was.

Robert Wise directed an unparalleled eery movie.

Posted by: The Running Around and Yelling Community at May 29, 2026 04:07 PM (Fi81e)

82 I don't consider Frailty to be horror . More supernatural drama.

I guess that's self serving because I dislike horror movies but love Frailty.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:08 PM (XMuV+)

83 Georgia!

Atlanta judge caught having LOUD S*X in her chambers during work hours for 2 YEARS, LIED to investigators about it, and got NOTHING but a "private reprimand.

...her own law clerks told investigators they could hear MOANING, KISSING, and MUSIC through the walls.

One partner is an ATL police chief. She's married to another judge.

No consequences, she's keeping her job.

x.com/mattvanswol/status/
2060360406405652909

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 04:08 PM (3uBP9)

84 Epirus had a Greek-speaking aristocracy like Macedon. The people belowdecks were speaking whatever, because they only met the homos during tax time.
The Albanian people in antiquity clustered in what today is the Kosovo/Albanian border.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 04:08 PM (gKWVE)

85 It means something in west africa

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 04:08 PM (bXbFr)

86 >>>81 Latest horror movie I saw ( unless you want to put "Alien" in that category which was sort of horror in space ) was "The Haunting" from 1963. I didn't watch it until much later than 1963, however. It was very good.

i watched that for the first time around Halloween. Very good. They always say it's a "psychological horror" which I assumed meant "it's all in their heads."

It's not.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 04:08 PM (1wjle)

87 The Paolo is well acquainted with this "Three body problem."

Posted by: The Paolo at May 29, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)

88 I would recommend “Shotcaller” to anyone who hasn’t seen it. It’s got some well known actors, but it was a smaller movie when it came out

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 29, 2026 04:09 PM (4MsaP)

89 Also, I absolutely Byzantium and not just because Gemma Arterton is hot like the center of the Sun. It's a vampire movie and has an interesting take on vampirism.
Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM (sJZBK)

******

Can you say more about the interesting take?

Posted by: EFG at May 29, 2026 04:09 PM (ut7Zw)

90 The link in comment #73 goes to the Chinese version of the first episode of "Three Body Problem."
Posted by: EFG at May 29, 2026 04:06 PM (ut7Zw)

I got bored silly with the Chinese 3BP and gave up.

I liked the Netflix better despite all the DEI crapola because it moved along nicely.

Does Sino-3BP get any better?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:09 PM (iJfKG)

91 86 i watched that for the first time around Halloween. Very good. They always say it's a "psychological horror" which I assumed meant "it's all in their heads."

It's not.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 04:08 PM (1wjle)

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Yeah, but it doesn't have slick CGI like the remake from the 90s!

/jk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:09 PM (7RBt4)

92 I saw the FNAF movies. Because my kid is into that. The first one was better. The second one was a bit predictable and was really driving towards the obvious conclusion.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 04:09 PM (3uBP9)

93 Watched that "Bang" on amazon.

It has the guy who played Robocop as the bad guy boss.

I mean, a hitman who has a literal change of heart and that causes a moral change of heart?
LOL, dumb.

At some point, some guy kills some girl in the shower 'cause I guess the unmade bed proved she'd been cheating on him?
And I'm like, "who is this guy? where did he come from? who is she? Why is he mad she's cheating, did he suspect her? cheating with who?"
I may not have been paying close enough attention.

But, the conclusion scene, the big showdown, was actually pretty good. Really solid.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 04:09 PM (73/SM)

94 Apropos of nothing, I thought Eye of the Needle a pretty good thriller flick.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 04:09 PM (wVcYX)

95 The Others is also a supernatural movie I really enjoyed .

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:10 PM (XMuV+)

96 Okay all you smarties, who names their kid Chiwetel?

And don't say Mr. & Mrs. Ejiofor...
Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 04:06 PM

The name Chiwetel is of Igbo (Nigeria) origin, meaning "God is with us". It is a powerful and auspicious name that reflects a sense of divine presence and protection. In Igbo culture, names hold significant meaning, and Chiwetel conveys a deep reverence for the spiritual realm.

Chiwetel symbolizes the presence of God and the power of faith. It represents a belief in the divine and the belief that we are never alone in our journey. The name also symbolizes hope and renewal, suggesting a person who is optimistic and always looking for the positive in life.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 29, 2026 04:10 PM (0sNs1)

97 I haven't even got into the Basques yet because I don't wanna get bombed.
Posted by: gKWVE

***********

Don't care to basque in the warm afterglow, eh?

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 04:10 PM (qgHp7)

98 Last week, I mentioned that I would put up a thread for older/less-known movie recommendations. Please consider this that thread!
____________________________

Instead of plopping your anklebiter in front of a screen showing a retarded purple dinosaur or four asian kids swinging around kitchen knives....consider this a great recommendation for a kids movie that is actually educational and entertaining as hell:

"The Great Race" -1965- (Tony Curtis, Peter Falk, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Keenan Wynn, Larry Storch, Ross Martin, Vivian Vance etc.)

It really is family friendly, and most of you likely have seen it. Kids love it. And parents don't consider OD'ing on Ambien after the 250th showing of Barney.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 04:11 PM (dIske)

99 Best Jackie Chan movie. You will be surprised how good it is.

The Foreigner.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:11 PM (XMuV+)

100 It would the twist

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 04:11 PM (bXbFr)

101 Also, I absolutely Byzantium and not just because Gemma Arterton is hot like the center of the Sun. It's a vampire movie and has an interesting take on vampirism.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM (sJZBK)

And Saoirse Ronan is in it too, and she can act!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 04:11 PM (iERP6)

102 I finished "Hellraiser 5" and "Final Destination 4". They were entertaining but not really scary. They're kind of like zombie movies, not really scary if you pretty much know everyone will die.

Movies I want to see again because they did disturb me - 'Eden Lake', 'The Human Centipede 1' and the french version called 'Inside' - those were pretty nicely f'ed up movies.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 29, 2026 04:11 PM (Sco7b)

103 79 Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:03 PM

Didja y'all hear sumpin' jus' now comin' from down around your knees?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 04:07 PM (0sNs1)

To be fair, I usually hear something down around my knees every time I stand up, so...

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 04:11 PM (DwqWV)

104 About byzantium

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 04:11 PM (bXbFr)

105 Posted by: 29Victor at May 29, 2026 04:05 PM (0MjtC)

I was planning g to go see that. Sounds fun

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 04:12 PM (Nx5jP)

106 As for Spider Noir, I just clicked on it for the first time yesterday to add to my watchlist on Prime (through Roku) and found out about the color/B&W options. I wondered at first how to choose. It wasn't until I clicked to play the first episode that it popped up with the option to watch in black and white or color. It was a simple left/right tile choice for me.

Posted by: Brian448 at May 29, 2026 04:12 PM (H46jI)

107 87 The Paolo is well acquainted with this "Three body problem."
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Any sex that involves more than one dick is gay. Just sayin'

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 04:12 PM (Dv3i1)

108 The walls closing in on the therapist in the "Backrooms" trailer is enough to keep it off of my see list.

Posted by: javems at May 29, 2026 04:12 PM (zFsEm)

109
Backrooms II will be about a demon-possessed backhoe or something.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 29, 2026 04:01 PM (LgYtf)



So, a remake of Killdozer...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 04:12 PM (y9nCu)

110 I saw Backrooms last night. I liked it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 04:12 PM (Y6K7e)

111 By Paul Tassi


Is this the GHEYIST movie review ever?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 04:12 PM (+5YP2)

112 Latest horror movie I saw ( unless you want to put "Alien" in that category which was sort of horror in space ) was "The Haunting" from 1963. I didn't watch it until much later than 1963, however. It was very good.

i watched that for the first time around Halloween. Very good. They always say it's a "psychological horror" which I assumed meant "it's all in their heads."

It's not.
Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 04:08 PM (1wjle)

The Haunting (1963) is one of my faves.

Turn out the lights and watch it. A great non-gory movie that just wants to creep you out.

The little vignette at the beginning indirectly sets the mood very nicely.

BONUS!!! It's now available in 4K.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:12 PM (iJfKG)

113 "That when Greek stories are retold on a global stage, Greek people are not rendered invisible within them."

Too late, suckers! It's indeed sad that the ancient Greeks had an amazing civilization and culture, and created some of the greatest art and literature and science of all human existence, and without them we probably wouldn't be where we are today.

But they were too white, so fuck them. They must be memory-holed and forgotten -- if not ridiculed and shit on -- to appease failed, feral cultures that happen to have more melanin in their skin.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 04:13 PM (iFTx/)

114 Both.

Posted by: Glenn at May 29, 2026 04:14 PM (nvKZ7)

115 Watched The Pianist, that is horrifying

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:14 PM (Ia/+0)

116 CBD: Hebrew - the language of the Apiru? - is a clear substrate of the Akkadian noted in the Amarna Tablets. Sadly we don't have clear literature written in Bronze Age Canaanite.
Ugaritic is a different language, if a very similar one, and shared the same mythology.
These weren't spoken in Europe yet however. Canaanite will get exported to western Sicily but much later.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 04:14 PM (gKWVE)

117 *smacks Duncanthrax*

The Minus Man with Owen Wilson is one of those movies that I wouldn't necessarily say is good, but it gets under your skin. Hr is a serial killer with no real pattern or even reason to why he kills and watching him wander into people's lives and cause havoc without ever being overly dangerous, or even really trying to be evil, is very creepy.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:14 PM (sJZBK)

118 OT, Seattle libs are aghast as Mark Zuckerberg brings $300M super yacht into the area, moors it in Bellevue on Seattle s east side. (As he lays off 14 thousand employees.)

Maybe Mayor Katie and her merry band of Somali pirates can hijack it.

Posted by: Rex B at May 29, 2026 04:15 PM (wZmRG)

119 >> The Paolo is well acquainted with this "Three body problem."

You should aspire to up your game to the general N-body problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 04:15 PM (w6EFb)

120 Those Greeks seem unaware of the Greek homos who stole all their culture from Africa.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 04:15 PM (Fi81e)

121 Watching the great Heather MacDonald on Winston Marshall on YouTube now

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0)

122 Death Hunt with Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin

Emperor of the North with Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:15 PM (XMuV+)

123 I got bored silly with the Chinese 3BP and gave up.

I liked the Netflix better despite all the DEI crapola because it moved along nicely.

Does Sino-3BP get any better?
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:09 PM (iJfKG)

*****
Not sure what you mean by Chinese 3BP vs Sino-3BP.

Anyway, sorry you didn't like the version I posted. Different strokes for different folks.

I read the 3 Body Problem novel trilogy twice...and watched the Chinese 3BP series three times. Once by myself, once with my wife, and once with my niece.

As you can see, I'm not exactly unbiased here.

The Netflix version very probably was good. Some of the Youtube clips looked great. But, they were doing a bunch of DEI race swapping in it, so I just decided to give it a pass.

But if you liked, that's cool. Try the novels.

Posted by: EFG at May 29, 2026 04:16 PM (ut7Zw)

124 Does anyone think there'll ever be a House of Leaves movie? Probably not. They could play it off as one of the meta levels of the book. I mean, the book discussed a movie about one of itself, and I think a documentary movie about the making of the movie about it. I don't know how good it could be. MZD is an acquired taste.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 04:16 PM (3uBP9)

125 *smacks Duncanthrax*
Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:14 PM

Despite the abuse, it's nice to have you back, AtC!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 04:16 PM (0sNs1)

126 Literally just a cheap rented office that the occupants had just moved out of.

Spaces that someone has just moved out of are creepy. And the awful white balance of circa-2003 digital cameras is the cherry on top for making the original photo even creepier.

Also it'll be nice to see Cheezwhiz Eekamouse in something where he's not threatening Nathan Fillion.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 04:17 PM (2ocoG)

127 The Mangojuice and Gromet

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 04:17 PM (6ydKt)

128 Posted by: Wesley Crusher

************

Thanks for explaining that.

Did you know that Neveah is 'heaven' spelled backwards...

...incorrectly?

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 04:17 PM (qgHp7)

129 Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 04:13 PM (iFTx/)

Western civilization is in the process of being destroyed by Western governments and nearly all the major power centers in the West. This includes saying that there is no white culture which helps disguise what they are doing.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 04:18 PM (Dv3i1)

130 TJM got me started on YouTube when I got home, now on 3rd lkng video

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:18 PM (Ia/+0)

131 what do we think of Disclosure Day ?
Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (ZxPkt)

Is that the one where the Browns learn that they still suck despite Robin Hood getting all the picks in the draft or something?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 29, 2026 04:18 PM (ExV1e)

132 "older/less-known movie recommendations"

"Madam Satan" (1930) Spunky hoofer Lillian Roth serves up loads of luscious leg. She'll jazz the dullness right out of you. Suddenly, the movie turns into 'Eyes Wide Shut' aboard a f'n zeppelin. Then things get weird.
youtube.com/watch?v=LldVvHWTctw

"Indecent" (1932) A rough take on 'Vanity Fair.' Myrna Loy in very sheer wardrobe. Her accumulating sins gradually run her through one of those 'Faces Of Meth' deterioration sequences. Geez, she's way tall in this one. Or the rest of the cast is short.
youtube.com/watch?v=6oC3LnRj_Yc

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 04:18 PM (Wq24h)

133 Watched The Pianist, that is horrifying
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:14 PM (Ia/+0)

Great movie imo. And yes it is horrifying .

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:18 PM (XMuV+)

134 But if there was a movie Poe could write the soundtrack and it would all be worth it for a new album. I'd like more Poe in my life.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 04:18 PM (3uBP9)

135 what do we think of Disclosure Day ?

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (ZxPkt)

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It ends Christianity is my understanding.

I'm not going to have any party to ending Christianity.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)

136 "The Devil" from 2010 was really good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_(2010_film)

Posted by: EFG at May 29, 2026 04:20 PM (ut7Zw)

137 Get Low (2009) is a great film with the late, great Robert Duval, Bill Murray, and Gerald McRaney. Duval's character is a 1930s rural hermit who comes into town to visit the local funeral parlor to plan his own funeral - to be held while he is alive.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 29, 2026 04:20 PM (bNf8H)

138 Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 04:18 PM (Wq24h)

Between those two movies, the catgirl in "Lost Souls", and Tarzan and Jane practically doin' it in the water I can't believe any voters at the time wanted a Hayes Code.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 04:20 PM (gKWVE)

139 133 Watched The Pianist, that is horrifying
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:14 PM (Ia/+0)

****

That is the WWII holocaust movie, right?

Man, that was a rough one...

Posted by: EFG at May 29, 2026 04:21 PM (ut7Zw)

140
Speaking of shit and garbage, here's Tom Steyer:

Jackson Thompson
@JackThompsonFOX
·
3h
California Gov. candidate Tom Steyer just posted this video with trans athlete AB Hernandez, who will compete for a girls' state track & field title this weekend.

"I'm so proud of you for what you're doing," Steyer told him/her.

Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 04:22 PM (kX27y)

141 Did anybody else like Bubba Ho-Tep or just me?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (n5tGW)

I liked it. Fun, goofy movie.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 04:22 PM (0aYVJ)

142
Not so much horror and terrifying real life --

"Lost on a Mountain in Maine"

https://youtu.be/NDve7wOCEAE

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 04:22 PM (ixS3i)

143 Finally able to find Sling Blade streaming on an app called Red Coral.

Watched it last night. Should go on the top 100 all time movies list .

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:22 PM (XMuV+)

144 Steyer should pack it in. He has NO chance. Maybe he and Porter can enjoy a consolation potato-salad together.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 04:23 PM (gKWVE)

145
Not horror but something I enjoyed a lot recently was the series "Scrubs" streaming on Hulu.

The series really holds up with a few good laughs per episode.

Seasons 1-8 are excellent with the good and satisfying ending.

Season 9 is a pile o'poo because two of the main actors left and just pop in for guest shots. It destroyed the shows Chemistry.

Season 10 is new and continues the same characters back together after 15 years or so. Great chemistry still. some good laughs. It pretty much ret-cons all of the stuff in Season 9 so that's mostly good.

Give it a rewatch. It's fun. Or give it a test drive if you've never seen it.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:23 PM (iJfKG)

146 Watched The Pianist, that is horrifying
Posted by: Skip

**********

The Paolo will probably point out that it is too long.

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 04:23 PM (qgHp7)

147 Fandago

Maybe its just a memory of a time for me.

Posted by: Heirloominati, always wanted to skydive at May 29, 2026 04:23 PM (erhDr)

148
Re: the Greeks.

Ehh, sorry, guys, but you are not the same people as the ones who built the Acropolis and gave us the titans of philosophy and figured in epics like The Odyssey.

You're pretty much the example of westerners' fear about the decline of our civilization yet again. We fear that we're repeating the ancient classical civilizations that became crappy Middle Eastern and European commie shit-holes.

No one knows what a "Greek" is now. It's not a minority, it's not a recognizable identity. Greek actors, Greek singers, Greek designers, how would I recognize one except by their last name?

I do think it's kind of fun that Greeks are spitting on woke Hollywood, but I can't much defend casting Genuine Greeks except on the basis that you probably look the part more than Ellen Page and Lupita N'Yongo.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 04:23 PM (n7rxJ)

149 When people are enjoying memes about The Odyssey more than the trailers , there's a problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 04:24 PM (SW0z7)

150 >>> Did anybody else like Bubba Ho-Tep or just me?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 04:00 PM (n5tGW)

I liked it. Fun, goofy movie.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 04:22 PM (0aYVJ)


Anything with Bruce Campbell in it is good in my book.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 04:24 PM (3uBP9)

151 My favorite instrumental song by the Canadian flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook is entitled "Byzantium Underground:"

youtube.com/watch?v=dTArM5WZKcg

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 04:24 PM (BGLxh)

152 1 Hollywood is so Fucked up. John Huston could eat a can of Kodak and puke a better movie than the shit these days
Posted by: night lifted at May 29, 2026 03:46 PM (kJmLc

Nominated: the most meritorious first comment of the third millenium.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 29, 2026 04:24 PM (YlWIZ)

153 It's actually depressing that CA might get that retard Becerra to lead them (into the abyss)

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 04:24 PM (gKWVE)

154 Worthy of an Oscar, Spencer Pratt's latest as posted by Rick Grenell:


https://tinyurl.com/5b8evj86

Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 04:25 PM (kX27y)

155 Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:23 PM (iJfK

Love Scrubs but if you have Hulu you can also watch Mr In Between. My favorite crime series.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:25 PM (XMuV+)

156
... as terrifying real life --

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 04:25 PM (ixS3i)

157 There was an Exircist parody with Leslie Nielson and Linda Blair. Repossessed. It was horrible, but the breasts were good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 04:25 PM (zZu0s)

158 Ace, you like weird unexplainable stuff, you should watch the series FROM, Pluribus, and Severance. From is made by the Lost creators and I love it and expect nothing to be resolved, ever. The other two are just as excellent.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 29, 2026 04:25 PM (IhL8c)

159 Exorcist.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)

160 I hear Ryan Goslings new movie, Project Hail Mary is really good.

If you like space semi horror/drama movies.
Posted by: polynikes

Strongly endorse!

I laughed, I cried.
It was better than Cats.

Posted by: Heirloominati, amaze amaze amaze! at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (erhDr)

161 Not horror but something I enjoyed a lot recently was the series "Scrubs" streaming on Hulu.

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That's a good series. John C. McGinley as Dr. Cox--and Krista Miller as his ex-wife--are standouts. The main characters are great, and so is Neil Flynn as the "The Janitor".

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (Fi81e)

162 Watched The Pianist, that is horrifying
Posted by: Skip

**********

The Paolo will probably point out that it is too long.
Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 04:23 PM (qgHp7)

-----------

And deep!

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (BGLxh)

163 I always like this movie Tin Men with DeVito and Dreyfuss. I don't think it did as well as Diner (same director) but I liked it better.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (n5tGW)

164 Anything with Bruce Campbell in it is good in my book.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 04:24 PM (3uBP9)

Bruce is so cool. He wrote a memoir, "If Chins Could Talk." Dude is awesome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (0aYVJ)

165 I laughed, I cried.
It was better than Cats.

Posted by: Heirloominati, amaze amaze amaze! at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (erhDr)
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Hold up, there!

Posted by: ALF at May 29, 2026 04:27 PM (Fi81e)

166
Seeing alexthechick again made me think of The Descent (hi, alex!), which I remember she really enjoyed, as I did. Incredibly creepy flik. Too bad that Neil Marshall blew his talent wad early and became a hack.

Of course there's always Evil Dead II, THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE BY MAN. Raimi had the same problem as Marshall, blowing his talent wad early, although it took him longer.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 04:27 PM (y9nCu)

167 love when arrogant but untalented people find out they're completely untalented and that their previous "success" had just been due to connections in the industry.

Worked for plenty of those in movie advertising.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 29, 2026 04:27 PM (Kt19C)

168 "Between those two movies, the catgirl in "Lost Souls", and Tarzan and Jane practically doin' it in the water I can't believe any voters at the time wanted a Hayes Code."

I find it 100X more arousing to watch Lillian Roth dance fully dressed, than to see Sydney Sweeney's butthole fully exposed on "Euphoria." The pre-code movies were titillating without being downright gross and degrading.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 04:27 PM (Wq24h)

169
A supernatural movie that freaked the shyte out of me was The Innocents. It's based on Henry James's Turn of the Screw. I never knew why that novella was supposed to be so scary until I saw the movie.

WOW, that is psychological horror. It ends with a big question mark as to just how bad things were and who was the most twisted -- barring actual ghostly intervention in human affairs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 04:28 PM (n7rxJ)

170 Anything with Bruce Campbell in it is good in my book.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 04:24 PM (3uBP9)

Bruce is so cool. He wrote a memoir, "If Chins Could Talk." Dude is awesome.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (0aYVJ)

He was great in Burn Notice .

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:28 PM (XMuV+)

171 Can you say more about the interesting take?

Posted by: EFG at May 29, 2026 04:09 PM (ut7Zw

Without spoiling too much, you become a vampire through a ritual, not being turned. The way feeding is accomplished is interesting as well, a long fingernail is used to puncture the throat, then feeding.

It also has a world and rules that exist but are not fully explained, which I like. The people involved know the rules and act accordingly and the viewer can then put it together.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:28 PM (V14+8)

172 Good on Obsession.

The power of good writing and good acting and the director not messing up.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (xcxpd)

173 And for people that saw it, was the remake of "The Haunting" was it any better than the 1963 version? ! I don't want to see remakes of older films which I enjoyed. I don't really see the point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (ix8EF)

174 Anything with Bruce Campbell in it is good in my book.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 04:24 PM (3uBP9)

What impressed me most about the 'Dead' movies were the effects, especially the skeletons and this being done decades ago.

Same with 'Hellraiser'. The makeup and effects were fantastic for so long ago.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (Sco7b)

175 I'll watch "Odyssey" when I can see it for free. I shan't diss the casting until I have actually watched it.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (Wq24h)

176 I'm enjoying "Widow's Bay" which is a horror series on Apple.

Slow burn start but builds nicely to the 4th episode which is a knockout.

I was hoping they'd keep up the craziness but they took a step back so we'll see.

Anyway, give it a look.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (iJfKG)

177 And yes, Triangle is a really good horror movie one of the few to handle it's plot twist well.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (xcxpd)

178 Bull
it's on Amazon, its a Father that was missing comes back looking for his son, it's revenge movie. I really like it.

https://tinyurl.com/3u6fbkb8

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 29, 2026 04:30 PM (7db69)

179 162 Watched The Pianist, that is horrifying
Posted by: Skip

**********

The Paolo will probably point out that it is too long.
Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 04:23 PM (qgHp7)

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And deep!
Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (BGLxh)
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I'm sorry, but the best thin about "The Pianist" was that the Director couldn't receive his Academy Award or the coppers would have locked him up (Polanski). And, all the incessant whining amongst his peers that a pedophile couldn't show up in California and be honored.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 04:30 PM (dIske)

180 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 04:28 PM

I did see that one as well- the original one it was very good . I don't know if they did a remake of that as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 04:30 PM (ix8EF)

181 And for people that saw it, was the remake of "The Haunting" was it any better than the 1963 version? ! I don't want to see remakes of older films which I enjoyed. I don't really see the point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (ix8EF)
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I saw it.

I liked Liam Neeson at the time.

They should not have called it a remake. Every subtlety of Wise's is shredded with jump scares and CGI effects.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 04:31 PM (Fi81e)

182 And yes, Triangle is a really good horror movie one of the few to handle it's plot twist well.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (xcxpd)

And where it is easy to have no pity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 04:31 PM (zZu0s)

183 Widow's Bay is excellent.

I loved the sheriff at the end of the most recent epispde who when a character tries to explain more he is all nope, I'm good, also I quit.


Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:32 PM (V14+8)

184 160 I hear Ryan Goslings new movie, Project Hail Mary is really good.


It's damn good, The chemistry between GRACE (human) and Rocky (alien) is really good and you can take your family to this movie.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 29, 2026 04:32 PM (7db69)

185 There is a Korean monster movie coming out called Hope

youtu.be/Vt7860xZFXk

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 04:32 PM (rbvCR)

186 And for people that saw it, was the remake of "The Haunting" was it any better than the 1963 version? ! I don't want to see remakes of older films which I enjoyed. I don't really see the point.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (ix8EF)

The remake is awful. Avoid at all costs.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:32 PM (iJfKG)

187 185 There is a Korean monster movie coming out called Hope

youtu.be/Vt7860xZFXk

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 04:32 PM (rbvCR)

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This screened at Cannes.

Like, in competition at the festival.

It's apparently just a gory thrill ride.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:33 PM (7RBt4)

188 154 Worthy of an Oscar, Spencer Pratt's latest as posted by Rick Grenell:


https://tinyurl.com/5b8evj86
Posted by: beckster

Agreed.

Of all the Spencer Pratt ads, this new one is actually my favorite. Very simple, not too many characters, hilarious, and devastating.

Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026 04:33 PM (Av6i5)

189 Jeremy Jahns, as middle of the road as they come, called Backrooms a good time. Nothing special. That's what The Mandalorian and Grogu is. it's fine. Not an abomination like The Last Jedi or laughably bad like The Rise of Skywalker.

Remember that "anti-woke" YouTubers like Gore and Critical Drinker glazed (as the kids say) the Super Mario Bros sequel, which is pretty f*cking terrible and made significantly less than its predecessor, because it wasn't made by Disney and Grace Randolph hated it.

Posted by: Jim at May 29, 2026 04:33 PM (D7MKZ)

190 I've binged watched all of the Jesse Stone movies last week. Sad when I ran out of movies. Nine of them I think.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:33 PM (XMuV+)

191 Bruce is so cool. He wrote a memoir, "If Chins Could Talk." Dude is awesome.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (0aYVJ)

Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 29, 2026 04:34 PM (Ucgf4)

192 I liked Scrubs back when, but recently tried watching it again, and it missed. Not sure what happened. It might be the rat-a-tat-tat jokes every 20 seconds thing. I have become more a fan of the slow build-up, like the Beetlejuice bit in Community: three seasons, you guys!

*adjusts onion on belt*
*scans for kids on lawn*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 04:34 PM (0aYVJ)

193 190 I've binged watched all of the Jesse Stone movies last week. Sad when I ran out of movies. Nine of them I think.
Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:33 PM (XMuV+)

Tom Selleck is really good in those. But it falls into the trap of most long-running series. It kinda all blends together except for the first one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:34 PM (xcxpd)

194 The remake is awful. Avoid at all costs.

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I completely agree.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 29, 2026 04:34 PM (qBdHI)

195 And for people that saw it, was the remake of "The Haunting" was it any better than the 1963 version? ! I don't want to see remakes of older films which I enjoyed. I don't really see the point.

The remake was a garish over-the-top comic book take on the atmospheric and terrifying original.

Don't waste your time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 04:35 PM (+5YP2)

196 There is a Korean monster movie coming out called Hope

youtu.be/Vt7860xZFXk

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 04:32 PM (rbvCR)

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This screened at Cannes.

Like, in competition at the festival.

It's apparently just a gory thrill ride.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:33 PM (7RBt4)

Koreans know how to make good movies

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:35 PM (xcxpd)

197
The walls closing in on the therapist in the "Backrooms" trailer is enough to keep it off of my see list.
Posted by: javems

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What, it can't be any worse than cave diving and realizing you're 100 feet deeper than your plan with only 10 minutes of oxygen left and you need to swim through hundreds of feet in a cavern full of silt with dozens of false exit tubes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 04:36 PM (n7rxJ)

198 An Trump-inspired immigration win you may have forgotten about from a few months ago:

Former Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) Superintendent Ian Roberts was sentenced Friday to two years in prison after pleading guilty to federal immigration and weapons charges.

Imagine things in your own country are SO bad, you willingly choose prison here instead of going home. I bet if he did go home, the bad guys would find him

It wasn’t his choice. The Feds could have offered him the chance to plead and deport, but this was too much publicity for them. So of course us taxpayers get to flip the bill for his incarceration. Total waste of money.

Exactly. I'd be 100% ok if he just got deported and saved us the 40k/year it costs to house an inmate at a federal pen. This is just about the perp walk.

So guilty by black because Trumps family and Epsteins friends illegal immigrant violations seem to go unpunished.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2026 04:37 PM (JCZqz)

199 196 Koreans know how to make good movies

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:35 PM (xcxpd)

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Na Hong-jin's previous film, The Wailing, sounds really interesting and is apparently really good. And it was on Prime.

I put it on my watchlist. I went back like three days later and it was gone from the platform.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:37 PM (7RBt4)

200 Shaggy Dog DA
I thought as a kid their is no way the DA, Cops and Mayor all corrupt, let the city go to hell with crime, Dean Jones runs for DA because his whole house is robbed and the Cops, DA won't do anything, sure as hell it's happening NOW. I rewatched it with my son and it Holds up, except that the FBI were the good guys

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 29, 2026 04:37 PM (fPsYl)

201 182 And yes, Triangle is a really good horror movie one of the few to handle it's plot twist well.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:29 PM (xcxpd)

And where it is easy to have no pity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 04:31 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah, you go into it feeling sorry for the woman and by the end you're like...nope

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:37 PM (xcxpd)

202 Help me Obi-wan Kenobi, you're my only hope -

https://tinyurl.com/3nch3rjy

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 04:37 PM (Dv3i1)

203 Anything with Bruce Campbell in it is good in my book.

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His cameo in 1989's The Intruder! That one's a particularly "so bad it's good" category of 80s slashers.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 29, 2026 04:37 PM (qBdHI)

204 Anyone see The Entity with Barbara Hershey?

If I was a ghost I might have to 'haunt' Barbara Hershey too.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:37 PM (XMuV+)

205
A favorite of mine.... that I never watch. Carnival of Souls by Herk Harvey from 1962. Filmed on a shoestring budget, horrible acting performances, but the setting at the Saltair Pavilion is one of the greatest creepy locations ever.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 04:38 PM (y9nCu)

206 199 196 Koreans know how to make good movies

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:35 PM (xcxpd)

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Na Hong-jin's previous film, The Wailing, sounds really interesting and is apparently really good. And it was on Prime.

I put it on my watchlist. I went back like three days later and it was gone from the platform.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:37 PM (7RBt4)

Eeek. Hopefully I bought it and didn't just wishlist it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:38 PM (xcxpd)

207 Anything with Bruce Campbell in it is good in my book.

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Happy to find another Escape from LA fan.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:38 PM (7RBt4)

208 206 I put it on my watchlist. I went back like three days later and it was gone from the platform.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:37 PM (7RBt4)

Eeek. Hopefully I bought it and didn't just wishlist it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:38 PM (xcxpd)

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Well, platform is the wrong word.

From the streaming service. The movie itself is still listed, just for sale.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:38 PM (7RBt4)

209 175 I'll watch "Odyssey" when I can see it for free. I shan't diss the casting until I have actually watched it.

where's the fun in that?

Posted by: anachronda at May 29, 2026 04:39 PM (v3pYe)

210 I guess these aren't really small films, but they feel that way to me because I saw them in the Grandview Theater, which was Columbus's arthouse venue at the time. First is Searching for Bobby Fischer about a child chess prodigy. The child actor has very disturbing eyes, but in a good way. The second is Shallow Grave, which is one of those movies where they almost smack you in the face with clues, but you miss them all anyway.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 04:39 PM (m5VHW)

211 Koreans know how to make good movies

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If you can overlook the obvious CGI, the Train to Busan is a very good, zombie-like horror flick from Korea.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 29, 2026 04:39 PM (qBdHI)

212 Anyone see The Entity with Barbara Hershey?
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I think so....

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)

213 210 The second is Shallow Grave, which is one of those movies where they almost smack you in the face with clues, but you miss them all anyway.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 04:39 PM (m5VHW)

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Danny Boyle's first film.

Every film after that, Boyle's father would say, "It's good, but it's not as good as Shallow Grave."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:40 PM (7RBt4)

214 What, it can't be any worse than cave diving and realizing you're 100 feet deeper than your plan with only 10 minutes of oxygen left and you need to swim through hundreds of feet in a cavern full of silt with dozens of false exit tubes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 04:36 PM (n7rxJ)

Just don't pin my arms in one of the tubes, in the dark.

Posted by: javems at May 29, 2026 04:40 PM (zFsEm)

215 Anthropod movie about the assassination of SS commander Reinhard Heydrich is more a tragic story

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:40 PM (Ia/+0)

216 211 If you can overlook the obvious CGI, the Train to Busan is a very good, zombie-like horror flick from Korea.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 29, 2026 04:39 PM (qBdHI)

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I didn't like it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:40 PM (7RBt4)

217 “ The Man From Nowhere “ is the best Korean movie I’ve ever seen. I heard it’s due for an American remake, which they will likely fuck up

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 29, 2026 04:40 PM (4MsaP)

218 A favorite of mine.... that I never watch. Carnival of Souls by Herk Harvey from 1962. Filmed on a shoestring budget, horrible acting performances, but the setting at the Saltair Pavilion is one of the greatest creepy locations ever.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 04:38 PM (y9nCu)

Saw that one, via Rifftrax, of course. It no longer exists. Son and his wife live in SLC. I recognize a lot of the location shots.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 04:41 PM (0aYVJ)

219 135 what do we think of Disclosure Day ?

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 03:52 PM (ZxPkt)
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It ends Christianity is my understanding.

I'm not going to have any party to ending Christianity.
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)

A few theologians believe aliens are a demonic op to usher in the whole endgame of history. To 'prove' Christianity wrong by a big dog and pony show.

Speilberg being involved is very on brand for him.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:41 PM (xcxpd)

220 215 Anthropod movie about the assassination of SS commander Reinhard Heydrich is more a tragic story
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:40 PM (Ia/+0)

The bugs got him?

Posted by: Emily Litella at May 29, 2026 04:41 PM (gKWVE)

221 Anthropod movie about the assassination of SS commander Reinhard Heydrich is more a tragic story

He died, didn't he?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 04:41 PM (+5YP2)

222
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 04:30 PM (ix8EF)

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I just checked, and there were some other remakes or movies inspired by The Turn of the Screw, but:

"Most critics still regard The Innocents as the definitive adaptation because it captures the novella's central ambiguity. Many later versions lean more heavily toward one explanation or the other, whereas The Innocents leaves the question hauntingly unresolved."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 04:42 PM (n7rxJ)

223
I like the "The Appointment" with Edward Woodward.

Such an eerie atmosphere.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 04:42 PM (Fi81e)

224 185 There is a Korean monster movie coming out called Hope

youtu.be/Vt7860xZFXk
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 04:32 PM (rbvCR)

Koreans do know how to make good movies

It's ok but MONSTRUM set during the Joesnen era (Swords no guns) A monster is in the Forest and is killing people so a retired General must find out it if it's real or a rumour that was put out by the Kings' enemies saying the King is cursed.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 29, 2026 04:42 PM (fPsYl)

225 I didn't like it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:40 PM (7RBt4)

Don't like fast zombies

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:42 PM (XMuV+)

226 Yeah they got him, but Nazis being Nazis wiped out thousands from it

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:43 PM (Ia/+0)

227 Get Low (2009) is a great film with the late, great Robert Duval, Bill Murray, and Gerald McRaney. Duval's character is a 1930s rural hermit who comes into town to visit the local funeral parlor to plan his own funeral - to be held while he is alive.
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Loved that film. Saw it in the theater when it came out.

Posted by: Tuna at May 29, 2026 04:43 PM (lJ0H4)

228
The Blair Witch Project was going on during my college days. Everybody had to watch it. It did have a growing uneasiness about it as I remember.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 29, 2026 04:43 PM (IifOV)

229
Someone mentioned "Inside" up stairs, which is one of the best horror thrillers I've seen.

If you can handle some gore check it out.

Be sure to watch the French original, and not the terrible American remake.

It concerns a pregnant women alone on Christmas Eve when a psychotic woman shows up wanting to take her baby.

It is really good.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:43 PM (iJfKG)

230
Just don't pin my arms in one of the tubes, in the dark.
Posted by: javems

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heh, you want horror, watch YouTube videos about cave diving disasters, or caving disasters.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 04:43 PM (n7rxJ)

231 Backrooms fans may like 'The Messiah of Evil'. Atmospheric horror with no clear happy ending due to production problems.

Very interesting, I've seen it a few times.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:43 PM (xcxpd)

232 i thought obsession sucked(premise was good..a knock off of the old genie in a bottle thing)...poorly executed...

and "send help" is a feminist wet dream....both (as always) female-centric)...as is pretty much most movie fare these days...

Posted by: uncouth jay marks at May 29, 2026 04:44 PM (uc/1V)

233 In The Grey and The Breadwinner have wildly different critic v audience scores on RT. Critics hate 'em, audiences love 'em.
Breadwinner is for dads; In The Grey is for male action fans.
Hmm.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 04:44 PM (gKWVE)

234 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 04:42 PM (n7rxJ

Thanks for that

And Deborah Kerr was such a good actress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 04:44 PM (ix8EF)

235 Outlander. Has vikings AND aliens. Not sure it counts as a hidden gem though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 04:44 PM (n5tGW)

236 I had a feeling Send Help was going to be a squirtfest so had no desire to see it.
Obsession I dunno. That one might actually be antimale against a sort of male I detest too.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 04:45 PM (gKWVE)

237 One thing that the AppleTV series Severance had going for it was a "Backrooms" vibe.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 04:45 PM (Fi81e)

238 The ending of Night of the Living Dead is my favorite. Might be a Pittsburgh thing.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 04:45 PM (m5VHW)

239 Anyone see The Entity with Barbara Hershey?

Watched it ages ago and found it...disturbing.

It certainly kept my interest...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

240 238 The ending of Night of the Living Dead is my favorite. Might be a Pittsburgh thing.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 04:45 PM (m5VHW)

I like that rednecks with guns are handling the zombies just fine.

But Romero is such an misanthropic Liberal ass, he had to make the sequels worse and worse in tone.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 04:47 PM (xcxpd)

241 Bill Murray has a couple of just story telling type movies that are pretty good .

St Vincent
Broken Flowers

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:47 PM (XMuV+)

242 217 “ The Man From Nowhere “ is the best Korean movie I’ve ever seen. I heard it’s due for an American remake, which they will likely fuck up
Posted by: UGAdawg at May 29, 2026 04:40 PM (4MsaP)

India remade that movie it's called ROCKY HANDSOME lol

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 29, 2026 04:47 PM (fPsYl)

243
Watchers in the Woods which was a Disney Movie from the 70's was a horrifying scary movie for a kid. It has an old Bette Davis in it.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 29, 2026 04:47 PM (IifOV)

244 All Of Us Are Dead is a fantastic Korean TV series. It is a zombie story set in a high school where the zombies are possibly the lesser threat than the humans.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:48 PM (CSPbn)

245 Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

Disturbing is the perfect description.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:48 PM (XMuV+)

246 "Just shoot 'em in the head. They aren't moving too fast. They're dead, they're in pretty bad shape"

Or something like that.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 04:48 PM (m5VHW)

247
I didn't like it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:40 PM (7RBt4)

Don't like fast zombies
Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:42 PM (XMuV+)


Yeah, fast zombies kind of misses the point, the slow inevitability of death approaching.

But I really enjoyed Busan regardless.

Best fast zombie film is the first, The Return of the Living Dead. Send. More. Paramedics.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 04:48 PM (y9nCu)

248 India remade that movie it's called ROCKY HANDSOME lol

Oh Lord. I saw the knife fight from that on YouTube and it was dogshit

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 29, 2026 04:48 PM (4MsaP)

249 Wind River
Taylor Sheridan movie starring Jeremy Renner
Excellent movie about a very unpleasant topic.

Posted by: FLKraka at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (TXtcH)

250 Outlander. Has vikings AND aliens. Not sure it counts as a hidden gem though.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 04:44 PM (n5tGW)

I liked it a lot. It had the ending I wanted.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (XMuV+)

251 I find that any time I look at my streaming service options I can find a good thriller, fantasy, horror, or SF movie (often foreign, but still)

But comedy? Very hard to find now

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

252 Oh: Question for y'all. I tried to watch Spider-Noir but I don't see any way to choose the "Authentic Black and White" version. I get a title screen that tells me I can select this, "Below," but there's nothing "below" for me to click on.

Doof at it again? Last night's ONT wouldn't completely load for me a couple of times. It'd cut off at David Lee Roth. Then, poof, the whole thing loaded. Must be some kind of weird science going on.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

253 a nifty little throwback blood and guts horror movie?...try "abigail".....excellent cast....great atmosphere.....fun watch....

Posted by: uncouth jay marks at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (uc/1V)

254 It's apparently just a gory thrill ride.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 04:33 PM (7RBt4)

It is a Korean monster movie. It brings the same ethos that the Korean gang / war / assassin movies bring.
You can tell the heroes because they do not swerve in their dedication and honor on their path to being turned into stringy bits between destiny's toes.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (rbvCR)

255
If you don't mind "found footage" a Japanese movie titled "Noroi: The Curse" is a real knockout.

It's a slowburn but stick with it by the end you'll be blown away.

The story concerns a paranormal journalist that goes missing after putting a documentary together.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:50 PM (iJfKG)

256 "where's the fun in that?"

Two tips on how to have fun watching movies:
- Don't pay to watch them. That puts a floor under your level of disappointment.
- Enjoy them simply for what's on the screen, and fret less about how much you hate director A, actor B, and production company C. Since you didn't put money in their pocket, (see tip 1,) then who cares how much you hate them.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 04:50 PM (Wq24h)

257 Wasn't supposed to be a good Korean show where it is set in medieval korea/china with zombie. Like the Kingdom, or something?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)

258 Ma Dong-seok the Korean actor is from Ohio LOL he went to Columbus State, I really like his movies, he was Train to Busan and The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil which is really good when a serial Killer tries to kill a mob boss fails, and the mob boss hunts for the Killer because he wants to kill him or let the cops have him

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 29, 2026 04:51 PM (fPsYl)

259 The super-indie filmmakers are drinking Hollywood's milkshake because they write interesting stories that draw people in, something Hollywood has forgotten all about. This is how a youtuber puts together a horror movie a complete shoestring and blows an expensive Disney anti-Star Wars VFX AI piece of slop out of the water, especially on ROI. It's not because the audience is misogynist, or homophobic, or bigoted, or whatever like Disney claims when one of the projects flop, it's because Disney keeps making shit and people are starving for non-shit entertainment.

Posted by: It's a simple formula at May 29, 2026 04:52 PM (TbWk/)

260 "Police Reveal NHL Great Claude Lemieux Hanged Himself"

Breitbart

Not a hockey fan but this is sad.

Posted by: javems at May 29, 2026 04:52 PM (zFsEm)

261 I'm beginning to think I like crappy movies. One of my favorites is from 1988:

"The Seventh Sign" (Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow)

It's not fantastic, but the premise was original. The story was it's strength. They lost some points on execution. It's about the Second Coming. And, throughout the movie they put a modern twist on the Seven Seals from the book of Revelation. It all circles around a death sentence placed on a kid with Downs Syndrome.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)

262 a nifty little throwback blood and guts horror movie?...try "abigail".....excellent cast....great atmosphere.....fun watch....
Posted by: uncouth jay marks at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (uc/1V)

I liked that one! It maybe should have ended a bit sooner (felt a little long), but I did enjoy it. The little girl who plays Abigail does a nice job.

Abigail: I'm sorry.
Woman: For what?
Abigail: For what's getting ready to happen to you.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 29, 2026 04:53 PM (k9OZB)

263
Wasn't supposed to be a good Korean show where it is set in medieval korea/china with zombie. Like the Kingdom, or something?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)



Kingdom is awesome. A really interesting and creative twist to the zombie genre.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 04:53 PM (y9nCu)

264 Doof at it again? Last night's ONT wouldn't completely load for me a couple of times. It'd cut off at David Lee Roth. Then, poof, the whole thing loaded. Must be some kind of weird science going on.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

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Earlier today on a "classic rock" station I head the old 1985 "Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody" David Lee Roth song.

Holds up pretty good (I remember the music video had babes in swimsuits) ... and he so much was trying to sound like Satchmo.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 04:53 PM (Na5xP)

265 But comedy? Very hard to find now
Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

She's Out of My League
Going the Distance
Spy

Highly recommend Spy. I was shocked how much I enjoyed it.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:54 PM (XMuV+)

266 Kingdom is a pretty good zombie series that had some freaky scary zombies. The asians really like zombie movies.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 04:54 PM (n5tGW)

267 I watched a movie produced 20 years ago the other night, "The Matador," with Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear. Highly entertaining in a way simply impossible to pull off today. It occurred to me that Hollywood started dying around 2010. It's like pod people took over after that.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 29, 2026 04:54 PM (b4LBp)

268 I've been rewatching the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies on YouTube. I turn off lights and watch them in the dark which gives them that much more mysterious.

Finished The Hound of the Baskerville and The Claw.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 29, 2026 04:54 PM (IYeV+)

269 257 Wasn't supposed to be a good Korean show where it is set in medieval korea/china with zombie. Like the Kingdom, or something?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)

Rampant, yes same premise as Kingdom

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 29, 2026 04:55 PM (fPsYl)

270 Holds up pretty good (I remember the music video had babes in swimsuits) ... and he so much was trying to sound like Satchmo.
Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 04:53 PM (Na5xP)

Perfect cleanser for BBQ Guy last night.

(shudder)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 04:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

271 Huge films, but have a wonderful creative quality are Hero and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Hero is just beautiful to watch even if you pay no attention to the story.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 04:56 PM (m5VHW)

272 K-horror is good stuff. It takes a little adjustment since their storytelling follows a slightly different path than what we're used to, but usually a good bet if you're just looking for something to watch.

Posted by: K-drama isn't bad either at May 29, 2026 04:56 PM (TbWk/)

273 Backrooms?

So if I understand these things, they usually end up in a room with couch, two dudes and a camera...

Posted by: FOMSG at May 29, 2026 04:56 PM (VmHAb)

274 I've been having dreams like Backrooms ever since I started on chemotherapy. Or since I first got cancer, maybe - who knows? Anyway, it's weird.

And I am always VERY glad when I wake up from those "dreams", because they are real nightmares....

Anyway, Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 04:56 PM (SRRAx)

275 Earlier today on a "classic rock" station I head the old 1985 "Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody" David Lee Roth song.

Holds up pretty good (I remember the music video had babes in swimsuits) ... and he so much was trying to sound like Satchmo.
Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 04:53 PM (Na5xP)

That song was originally recorded by Louis Prima.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2026 04:57 PM (8zz6B)

276
And Deborah Kerr was such a good actress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Yessssss!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (n7rxJ)

277 Is kingdom on netflix?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)

278 I haven't heard if Roth ever paid Lious Prima for, "Just A Giggolo." It would be niceif he did.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (YlWIZ)

279 "Police Reveal NHL Great Claude Lemieux Hanged Himself"

Breitbart

Not a hockey fan but this is sad.

Posted by: javems at May 29, 2026 04:52 PM (zFsEm)

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Very sad. Had heard the news of his death (R.I.P.) earlier but not the cause.

Being on the wrong side of 60 (and soon 65), it's always stunning to hear about deaths of younger individuals -- ESPECIALLY my fellow classmates from high school (and thus I suffer from a heavy dose of "survivors' guilt").

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (Na5xP)

280 Earlier today on a "classic rock" station I head the old 1985 "Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody" David Lee Roth song.

Holds up pretty good (I remember the music video had babes in swimsuits) ... and he so much was trying to sound like Satchmo.
Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 04:53 PM (Na5xP)
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Dave's tastes in Big Band, swing, and blues was a big part of the early VH character.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (NxZ4/)

281 Huge films, but have a wonderful creative quality are Hero and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Hero is just beautiful to watch even if you pay no attention to the story.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 04:56 PM (m5VHW)

Sorry but imo the greatest Kung Fu movie of all time is Kung Fu Hustle

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (XMuV+)

282 I've been having dreams like Backrooms ever since I started on chemotherapy. Or since I first got cancer, maybe - who knows? Anyway, it's weird.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 04:56 PM (SRRAx)

I've had those. Going through a house looking for something or someone, and on the other side of a door is a completely different house.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (1Ff7Z)

283
Good Limey horror flick from the 80s, The Woman in Black (avoid the Harry Potter Hollywood remake like it's the monkeypox). Wonderfully creepy story/setting with a couple of fantastically scary scenes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (y9nCu)

284 Wind River
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Excellent movie about a very unpleasant topic.

Posted by: FLKraka at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (TXtcH)

Seconded. The acting was first rate. That Olsen chick actually did an excellent job. And the character actors were all great.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (iERP6)

285 "Police Reveal NHL Great Claude Lemieux Hanged Himself"

Breitbart

Not a hockey fan but this is sad.
Posted by: javems at May 29, 2026 04:52 PM (zFsEm)

This hit me hard. A) he was close to my age, a little older, B) He was an yuge part of why I became such a fan of hockey (Avalanche fan). These bastards mean business. Toughest muthafuckas in the sporting world.

Slapshot is a documentary. FYI

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (0aYVJ)

286 Wanted to see the D Day Movie Pressure, until a friend told me half the cast is openly Gay

Posted by: Jerry J at May 29, 2026 04:59 PM (YCxFk)

287 Oh, Deborah Carr reminds me of a very fun movie. James Garner and her in The Wheeler Dealers.

She's beautiful, he's charming. Comedy.

From a bygone era. Its on Amazon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)

288 It's too bad Hollywood doesn't do snuff films anymore.

Maybe they should give it another go around.

Get Rosie and that other fella to star in one. Or Two.

Posted by: Hollis P. Wood at May 29, 2026 04:59 PM (54bnG)

289 I discovered the British Carry On comedy movies the other day. I had never heard of them.

The Carry On Up the Khyber was very funny with lots of scantily clad young women, which seems to be a trademark of the series.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 29, 2026 04:59 PM (IYeV+)

290 Of all the Spencer Pratt ads, this new one is actually my favorite. Very simple, not too many characters, hilarious, and devastating.
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2026

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Subtle and entertaining, with an edge. The mother looks kind of like the actress, Julie Benz, who played vampire Darla on Buffy and Angel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:00 PM (wzUl9)

291 Black 47 is a great movie.

It's John Wick in 1847. And he's Irish.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 05:00 PM (XMuV+)

292 I have found that Korea makes some really good Christian movies
The Priests (exorcism)
The Guest (Exorcism)
Detective K funny detective but Christian
Blood Rain
Fiery Priest

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 29, 2026 05:00 PM (NHQe3)

293
Husband and i are not movie watchers. Mostly you are giving your hard earned money to people who hate you and who want to destroy our country.

We prefer having awesome sex. Much more satisfing than watching shit on tv.



Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:01 PM (3ek7K)

294 Anyway, Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 29, 2026 04:56 PM (SRRAx)

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Always makes my day to see you here, Teresa -- and so glad I got to meet and hug you at last years TX MoMe.

[We're supposed to be out of the country -- in Israel if it's not closed down -- this year, but hope to see you again at the 2027 MoMe.]

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:01 PM (Na5xP)

295 Hamnet was very good. As was Once upon a time in Hollywood, Manchester by the Sea. Movies without DEI and Social Justice are for me

Posted by: Jerry J at May 29, 2026 05:01 PM (YCxFk)

296 I've had those. Going through a house looking for something or someone, and on the other side of a door is a completely different house.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026

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The dreams I remember on waking usually focus on me trying to find a decent restroom, one with a stall or room door you can close or which isn't in an open space with other people watching.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:02 PM (wzUl9)

297 Gloria Grahame just ate up every scene in In A Lonely Place, probably my favorite movie.

Her performance was supported by Humphrey Bogart.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 05:02 PM (m5VHW)

298 nood

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 05:02 PM (Wq24h)

299
I really enjoyed "The Monkey" which came out last year.

It concerns two brothers who inherit a cursed toy monkey which causes the death of those around you, usually in some grotesque fashion.

It's a horror comedy. you'll probably enjoy it if you enjoy splatstick.

I saw it twice in the theater which is something I almost never do.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 05:02 PM (iJfKG)

300 We prefer having awesome sex. Much more satisfing than watching shit on tv.
Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:01 PM (3ek7K)

A movie can last 90 minutes, and it is less embarrassing to fall asleep to.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 05:03 PM (rbvCR)

301 I'm gonna try the spider man thing on Amazon. Plan on watching n black and white if I can

We will see if H.I. s a good Spider-Man

Posted by: Bixby Snyder at May 29, 2026 05:03 PM (HcoTw)

302 I've had those. Going through a house looking for something or someone, and on the other side of a door is a completely different house.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (1Ff7Z)

I have those damn dreams all the time. I usually go from someone's backyard to the house to another backyard to a house...all while knowing that at some point I'm going to get caught...

Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 29, 2026 05:03 PM (k9OZB)

303 The Movies! over-the-air channel is running a lot of the things TCM used to, with commercials but apparently uncut. Lots of B & W films, and on Thursdays their "film noir" series.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:03 PM (wzUl9)

304 272 K-horror is good stuff. It takes a little adjustment since their storytelling follows a slightly different path than what we're used to, but usually a good bet if you're just looking for something to watch.
Posted by: K-drama isn't bad either at May 29, 2026 04:56 PM (TbWk/)

Their Crime dramas are really good, same with their Thrillers, because it's not always the White Christian Male. like in Hollywood

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 29, 2026 05:04 PM (NHQe3)

305 I discovered the British Carry On comedy movies the other day. I had never heard of them.

The Carry On Up the Khyber was very funny with lots of scantily clad young women, which seems to be a trademark of the series.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 29, 2026 04:59 PM (IYeV+)

The "Carry On Gang" made a lot of movies. Benny Hill got a lot of his shtick from them. Lot's of double-entendre jokes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2026 05:04 PM (8zz6B)

306 We prefer having awesome sex. Much more satisfing than watching shit on tv.



Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:01 PM (3ek7K)

Do you ever get together to compare notes?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 05:04 PM (+5YP2)

307
Husband and i are not movie watchers. Mostly you are giving your hard earned money to people who hate you and who want to destroy our country.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:01 PM (3ek7K)



The last two films I paid to watch were Top Gun Maverick (Mom was dying to see it, so I took her), and Sisu.

As for the rest, BitTorrent FTW. Because fuck Hollywood.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 05:05 PM (y9nCu)

308 Just wait until Shards comes to Netflix. Based on the very disturbing book by Brett Easton Ellis.

Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 05:06 PM (kX27y)

309 Manchester by the Sea. Movies without DEI and Social Justice are for me
Posted by: Jerry J at May 29, 2026 05:01 PM (YCxFk)

I just remembered I bought this one on DVD, but have not yet watched it. I buy a lot of movies in the Walmart bin, on a hunch.

Which is how I found "Mud," one of my favorite McConnaughey movies. Has the kid who later was in "Landman."

Hidden treasures.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 05:06 PM (0aYVJ)

310 Wind River
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Excellent movie about a very unpleasant topic.

Posted by: FLKraka at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (TXtcH)

Seconded. The acting was first rate. That Olsen chick actually did an excellent job. And the character actors were all great.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (iERP6)

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Thanks. Only recently became a big fan of Taylor Sheridan (damn, that dude is proflic!) who wrote and directed this movie I'd not previously heard of.

Big fan of his various TV series, although I find "Tulsa" requires tremendous suspension of disbelief and Marshals" is not a very worthy "Yellowstone" spinoff (a poor-man's "Strike Back").

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:06 PM (Na5xP)

311 Best Jackie Chan movie. You will be surprised how good it is.

The Foreigner

Polynikes.
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Best Jackie Chan movie is Armor of God 2: Operation Condor.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 29, 2026 05:07 PM (XB1Qt)

312
I have those damn dreams all the time. I usually go from someone's backyard to the house to another backyard to a house...all while knowing that at some point I'm going to get caught...
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 29, 2026 05:03 PM (k9OZB)


My most consistent nightmare is returning to basic training at 61, trying to find a clean and wrinkle-free uniform in my wall locker while hearing the drill sergeant's heel taps on his mirror-shined jump boots.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 05:09 PM (y9nCu)

313 Hollywood is mostly garbage. Just like these sportsball leagues, - the focus is self-perpetuation. Sell tickets. I don't give any of these people a fucking dime yet they're still millionaires and billionaires.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 29, 2026 05:15 PM (D1E+2)

314 I have recurring dream themes a lot. One, back in the service, but I am still in BDUs, and/or with a full beard.

Another, which distresses me more, is trying to contact my wife via phone as I navigate some kind of crazy huge mall, or airport, and all the things go wrong, and if I don't get a hold of her, things will go badly.

I no longer have the dreams where I go to class and have to take the final, despite having never been in class.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 05:16 PM (0aYVJ)

315 I started watching The Expanse. So far a really great, high quality production. Into season 3 now which is kinda a shift in gears to the nonstop kickass action of the first 2 seasons.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (Vh9CX)

316 310 Wind River
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Excellent movie about a very unpleasant topic.

Posted by: FLKraka at May 29, 2026 04:49 PM (TXtcH)

Seconded. The acting was first rate. That Olsen chick actually did an excellent job. And the character actors were all great.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 04:58 PM (iERP6)

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Thanks. Only recently became a big fan of Taylor Sheridan (damn, that dude is proflic!) who wrote and directed this movie I'd not previously heard of.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 05:06 PM (Na5xP)

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Such a good movie, I looked up why it hadn't gotten much "press"... seems it was caught up in the Harvey Weinstein fallout.
I'm a prolific reader of AoS daily, rarely a poster... so kinda honored the CBD seconded my post!

Posted by: FLKraka at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (TXtcH)

317 293
Husband and i are not movie watchers. Mostly you are giving your hard earned money to people who hate you and who want to destroy our country.

We prefer having awesome sex. Much more satisfing than watching shit on tv.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:01 PM (3ek7K)

cool story

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 05:25 PM (xcxpd)

318 I highly recommend "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies" and the follow up movie. Hilarious anti-DEI spy movies.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 29, 2026 05:27 PM (Vh9CX)

319 Season 10 is new and continues the same characters back together after 15 years or so. Great chemistry still. some good laughs. It pretty much ret-cons all of the stuff in Season 9 so that's mostly good.

Give it a rewatch. It's fun. Or give it a test drive if you've never seen it.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 04:23 PM (iJfKG)

I enjoyed Season 10/2026 Season 1. I'm currently going back to rewatch the original series after seeing it back when it was new. I'd forgotten Brendan Fraser was a guest star in the first season - I thought he came later.

Posted by: Octochicken at May 29, 2026 05:43 PM (oCS0o)

320 315 I started watching The Expanse. So far a really great, high quality production. Into season 3 now which is kinda a shift in gears to the nonstop kickass action of the first 2 seasons.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 29, 2026 05:24 PM (Vh9CX)

The TV show does some necessary changes to the early books - the first season would have been really slow if they did a straight adaptation of the first book, but overall the series was pretty faithful to the material.

Posted by: Octochicken at May 29, 2026 05:45 PM (oCS0o)

321 For Spider Noir, choose an episode, click on it and you will see a Tru Color panel on the left and Black and White on the right. Just use your controller's left and right arrows to move from one to the other and click on it to open. I had the same problem last night. It's so simple it's not obvious.

Posted by: FelixL at May 29, 2026 05:49 PM (wiK+s)

322 Shit or garbage? Embrace the power of 'and.'

Posted by: vivi at May 29, 2026 06:05 PM (OFw3k)

323 "These movies (and books and stories) are all journey, no destination."

The recent sleeper hit The Housemaid DEFINITELY qualifies as a thriller worth watching even if a) the plot unravels at least a little if you think it through and b) we don't get to see nearly enough of Sydney Sweeney in all her nude glory.

Posted by: Bubba at May 29, 2026 06:21 PM (uzf2B)

324 316 310 Wind River

Had no idea this was a Taylor Sheridan movie; i generally like Jeremy Renner and was slightly surprised to see another marvel Star in it with Olson so I gave it a watch and it was excellent. One of the best rando movies i've picked off Amazon prime. The shootout with the crooked security team was absolutely brutal. yeah, I finally have Paramount plus and i keep telling myself to watch yellowstone; may actually do it now.

We prefer having awesome sex. Much more satisfing than watching shit on tv.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 05:01 PM (3ek7K)

I'd definitely prefer having awesome sex but my wife only remembers i exist when she has sh*t work to be done so I only get to watch movies. Ah well.

Posted by: Nelly at May 29, 2026 06:26 PM (6+ehB)

325 I heartily recommend Nic Cage's Willy's Wonderland, an utterly unhinged take on Five Nights at Freddy's. I tell people--watch one trailer at most, don't look for the plot or reviews, go into it as cold as possible. It's glorious.

Released in 2021 in the middle of the pandemic to only 440 or so theaters nationwide, so almost nobody I've met has ever heard of it.

Posted by: Rick C at May 29, 2026 07:17 PM (1zWbY)

326 I loved "The Mouse that Roared". Of another time and place and I want to go back there.
Basque ready to tell the Greeks a thing or two, if anyone learns to translate them the Greeks are going to be big mad.
Haven't figured out the Black and White on Spider Noir. Half expect Bezos to rickroll us at this point.

Posted by: Manitoba and Gobi at May 29, 2026 07:52 PM (rQRDJ)

327 Hollywood hates you. We know that.

If Hollywood loved you, they would proudly give you a movie like “Duluth”.

A slightly alternate 1978 America, where Hank the Cat and his secret band of staunch anti-Communists protect their beloved Duluth, Nebraska from the Red Scourge.

Lots of glorious stock footage from the bygone America that has been taken away from us.

Family-friendly, because nothing is more friendly to the family than protecting them from Communists.

Click on the ‘Duluth’ poster at: www.laslofilms.com/american-international (takes you to the movie on ad-free Vimeo).

If Ace doesn’t love this movie then Talarico will have already won.

I am Laslo.

Posted by: I am Laslo at May 29, 2026 08:46 PM (uWVaY)

328 The "tell me a somewhat obscure or easily overlooked movie" answer for me is always "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead".

Posted by: Dodd at May 29, 2026 10:35 PM (Bw4GH)

329 AntMan was getting beat by Cocaine Bearl

Posted by: MikeN at May 29, 2026 11:20 PM (841yG)

330 Without spoiling too much, you become a vampire through a ritual, not being turned. The way feeding is accomplished is interesting as well, a long fingernail is used to puncture the throat, then feeding.

It also has a world and rules that exist but are not fully explained, which I like. The people involved know the rules and act accordingly and the viewer can then put it together.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 29, 2026 04:28 PM (V14+

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Many thanks.

Posted by: EFG at May 30, 2026 01:54 AM (iX+Zb)

331 The Koine Greek language was used by the authors of the 'New Testament' of the Christian Bible that has been translated into what we read today. Translation has its own imposed perspective of the translator as to the meaning of the original authors.
The Greek languages that existed at the transition to the current Gregorian Calendar must be preserved for us to have insight into our current understanding of the Christian faith that existed during the transition.

Posted by: John at May 30, 2026 02:15 PM (0DsdP)

332 off the top of my brain:
the battery (shoe budget zombie)
the host (korean)
weekend in paradise (korean)
fido (zombie)
whale rider (new zealand)
smash palace (new zealand)
noise (australian)
the icicle thief (italian)
eating raoul
100 bloody acres (australian)
dead alive (re- titled from braindead in england)
cemetary man
and of course, return of the living dead.

Posted by: cmeat at May 30, 2026 05:07 PM (R11M+)

333 haha sorry, that should be "night in paradise" above

Posted by: cmeat at May 30, 2026 05:09 PM (R11M+)

The Soldier Who Was Mocked by Unemployed Nazi Gerald Platner Speaks

Let me ask veterans here: If you collect full 100% disability from the military, are you able to also work? Because Platner claims to be an "oyster farmer" but also receives full 100% "disability." It seems to me he's that either:

1, he can work, but is bilking the system, because he's another Bernie Sanders laybout who refuses to work and exists perpetually on welfare;

or,

2, he actually can't work, but pretends to be an "oyster farmer" because that sounds like he might actually do some rough-handed work and wants to hide the fact that he's a layabout like his hero Bernie Sanders.

Any ideas? How can he be both so incapable of labor that he's on 100% full disability while also being an "oyster farmer"?

Which is it-- is he a Workin' Man or a Welfare Case? It can't be both, can it?

Update:

Ace, I'm a disabled Vet,yes you can draw 100% and still work.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I know lots of 100% disabled vets who work. Lots of them work for federal, state, and local governments.

Posted by: lin-duh

I guess "disability" here doesn't have the meaning one might assume it does.

Okay, I guess I should have figured he wouldn't commit benefits fraud right out in the open.

But I've also read he declares no income from his "job" as an "oyster farmer." I think it's his wife's business, and he does not declare income from it on his income tax forms.

Update: From commenters, I think I can guess how this works: You get a percentage "disability" from various wounds you take while in service. This number is not dependent on whether you are or are not actually disabled. It's just a tally of woundings, and you're paid a stipend for life based on that, and it's called "disability" but isn't what your average man on the street would call "disability."

Is that right?

Next item: You may remember that the Nazi Communist Gerald Platner mocked a US soldier who had been shot by a terrorist. Platner laughed about the shooting of an American soldier, critiqued the soldier's abilities, declared that he was incompetent, and said further that he "didn't deserve to live."

That soldier now reveals himself in the WSJ:

Steve Guest
@SteveGuest

1h

Army combat veteran and a Purple Heart recipient Teddy Daniels in the Wall Street Journal: I'm the Soldier Graham Platner Mocked

"Flannel shirt and all, Graham Platner is Tim Walz on steroids. An entitled brat who campaigns with socialist Bernie Sanders. A real man by the lights of the Democratic Party, he presents himself as "relatable" to working-class Americans, but in reality he's a typical elitist who believes blue-collar, hardworking, salt-of-the-earth rural Americans are stupid and racist. I couldn't care less about the comments he made about me, but they are a reflection of his character. I never thought I'd see the day when Democrats would even consider backing a candidate like this."

https://wsj.com/opinion/im-the

Democratic men are having an identity crisis. Maine's Graham Platner, the party's presumptive nominee for U.S. Senate, is a prime example. Mr. Platner presents himself as a savior for working-class Americans while his background screams the opposite and his offensive comments about fellow veterans--including me--speak poorly of his character.

The tough-talking Marine veteran struts around in a Carhartt jacket and jeans, but recent reporting relates that he comes from a prestigious family where he had access to an elite private-school education and a lifestyle of privilege. He also plays up his job as an "oyster farmer," but the only client mentioned in his federal financial disclosure was the restaurant his mother owns.

...

Flannel shirt and all, Graham Platner is Tim Walz on steroids. An entitled brat who campaigns with socialist Bernie Sanders. A real man by the lights of the Democratic Party, he presents himself as "relatable" to working-class Americans, but in reality he's a typical elitist who believes blue-collar, hardworking, salt-of-the-earth rural Americans are stupid and racist. I couldn't care less about the comments he made about me, but they are a reflection of his character. I never thought I'd see the day when Democrats would even consider backing a candidate like this.

28 Don't forget, Platner also mocked Chris Kyle.

Posted by: Bulg

Oh I did forget that. He claimed Kyle was murdering civilians to pad his kill-count.

Update: Some say the scam isn't the disability -- it's the claim of being an "oyster farmer."

Oyster farming is not really "work," it is - as far as I can tell - either a hobby for eccentrics or a grift. I knew an oyster farmer and it seem you have to get a plot from the state - something like an allotment in UK, where you sign up and wait on a list and then pay a small fee, but then you contract out the actual, you know, farming - the digging and shit.

Posted by: bob


The Nazi Public Masturbator Who Is Sexually Aroused by the Smell of Male Feces has been attacking Susan Collins for sending him off to war. She voted for the Iraq War, he says, which resulted in this non-working Nazi being shipped off to fight in a war he never signed up for.

Of course, the Nazi Korprophiliac is lying. Collins did vote to authorize military action in Iraq, but Platner signed up for the military two years into the Iraq War, which means his claims of having been sent there against his will by Susan Collins are just more Nazi shit-aroused propaganda.

In new news, Collins points out that not only did he sign up knowing he'd be going straight to war, but additionally, he then signed up to be a mercenary in Blackwater after he was discharged by the US Military.

Now I'm using the word "mercenary" as the left uses it. I have never thought there was anything wrong with military men signing up to make a large salary doing what they had just been doing for Uncle Sam for a small salary. To me it's like giving up your amateur status in golf to accept a prize (which only declared pros can receive).

But that's the way the left sees it-- if you're a private military contractor, you're a "mercenary." And "screw them, I feel nothing," as Platner's no-doubt supporter DailyKos said of four murdered contractors.

This once again proves this Nazi feces-fanatic is lying about Collins "sending him to war." He was a private citizen with no further military obligations when he signed a private contract with a private military contracting firm. Did Susan Collins force this Nazi scum to take a signing bonus and nice salary?

Legal Phil
@Legal_Fil

9h

People really do not appreciate how insane it is that Platner went to work for Blackwater--which had to change its name because it was so reviled due to scandal--and now is trying to pass himself off as some poor kid who was sent off to war.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:23 PM




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1 Ha

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 29, 2026 02:24 PM (Za1vu)

2 This is the guy the Dems have chosen to be their standard bearer.

Keep that in mind.

They really, REALLY mean it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:24 PM (Kdi1r)

3 Ace, I'm a disabled Vet,yes you can draw 100% and still work.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 29, 2026 02:24 PM (iMotb)

4 Can you be 100% disabled and find Porta Potties to whack off in?

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 02:25 PM (Gqar8)

5 Oyster farming isn't even really a thing. He made up the term.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2026 02:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

6 I know lots of 100% disabled vets who work. Lots of them work for federal, state, and local governments.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (Za1vu)

7 Where' Lt. Dan in all of this?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (XV/Pl)

8 FURST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (jCuxY)

9 Or.....first.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (jCuxY)

10 Great article ace...

For a party that seems to get about 48% of the vote, the Dems seem to be having a ton of trouble connecting with real men, women, blacks, hispanics.....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (Sco7b)

11 >>>3 Ace, I'm a disabled Vet,yes you can draw 100% and still work.

Oh okay, thanks.

Posted by: Douglas Quaid at Rekall at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (1wjle)

12 I hate typing on screens.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (jCuxY)

13 I don't even know what "layabout" even means. HA HAAA!

Posted by: Tucker layabout Carlson at May 29, 2026 02:27 PM (3uBP9)

14 Wow.

Why are Dermocrats all such vile scumbags?

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:27 PM (77rzZ)

15 I suspect that the oyster farm is a political put-on. Not to discount the possibility that it is also a scam since I read that his only "customer" is his mother's restaurant.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 02:27 PM (vTZFs)

16 Deserves a carryover.


The View remains, if you can believe it, dumber than mud that's been fucked by retards.

Oh shit that's funny. Don't care who ya are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:27 PM (jCuxY)

17 I bested sponge for first😜

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 29, 2026 02:27 PM (Za1vu)

18 Willowed:
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Obama doesn't like Joey. Obama doesn't like the Clintons. Obama doesn't like Trump. Obama doesn't like anyone. He tolerates people giving him tongue baths because they are useful idiots. Obama only like himself
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 02:21 PM (SW0z7)
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That actually fits in brilliantly with former Hollywood Dem, Burt Prelustky's observation:

Liberals really don't like each other. Their social cohesion is based on commonality of politics. Which is why when you break with their politics, there is no etiquette they are required to observe.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)

19 I figured "oyster farmer" was a metaphor for something else. Probably gay.
Pearls..pearl necklace...farming...gay.

Posted by: 29Victor at May 29, 2026 02:28 PM (0MjtC)

20 Platner sounds like a Blue Falcon, a Buddy F**ker.

I wonder what his fellow servicemembers thought at the time he was over in Iraq.

Also, remember John F'ing Kerry and the Swiftboat Veterans. The latter didn't have many good things to say about Kerry, and the media went after them instead of their darling presidential contender who was "Reporting For Duty!"

Posted by: Another Anon at May 29, 2026 02:28 PM (4h45B)

21 Hocks loogies for profit?

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 29, 2026 02:29 PM (cS1cw)

22 One question I have, and I hope it's not taken as trolly or annoying.
I assume Putzkommandant Platner wasn't 100% disabled when he switched over to XE-formerly-Blackwater. I don't know what they hire over there but I assume it's people who know how to fuck shit up and can still do that. Which is a lot of assumptions but let's roll with it.
If you aren't disabled going into XE but you get hurt doing work for XE (alongside Uncle Sam): does that count toward your disability rating with the VA?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 02:29 PM (gKWVE)

23 suspect that the oyster farm is a political put-on. Not to discount the possibility that it is also a scam since I read that his only "customer" is his mother's restaurant.
Posted by: Oddbob

His "business" loses money. He's a silver spoon socialist through and through. He's father was very involved in big time Maine politics.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2026 02:29 PM (YZ0Fo)

24 Platner is not a very clever liar, is he?

I have never been in the military, but based on my research that included watching the terminal list, it seems to be the case that at least some soldiers do receive higher pay for combat or special ops. According to what I heard without trying to raise my corpoulent body from the recliner is that the special ops guys all drove land cruisers and wore rolexes. And good for them!

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 02:29 PM (m5VHW)

25 >>>The View remains, if you can believe it, dumber than mud that's been fucked by retards.
Oh shit that's funny. Don't care who ya are.

I stole that from Ethan Van Sciver, a former DC comics artist now an independent due to cancellation, who got it from Warren Ellis, who was also cancelled for liking big-titty goth girls (who doesn't) who claimed that he would woo them and have sex with them but then not make them his wife. These adult women claimed they were being "Groomed."



Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:29 PM (1wjle)

26 I don't know how honest his claims are but I'm assuming he's getting 100% veteran's disability which isn't like Social Security disability as I understand it.

I believe veteran's disability has a max rate and various issues you have related to service can add up to your max rate.

Posted by: Austin in TC at May 29, 2026 02:30 PM (l00bX)

27 Democrats will say absolutely anything they need to say in order to win. Any inconsistencies in what they say will be covered up by the official press and anyway do not exist until Republicans pounce on them. Logic is a tool of the white patriarchy.

Posted by: PG at May 29, 2026 02:30 PM (1aX52)

28 Don't forget, Platner also mocked Chris Kyle.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:30 PM (77rzZ)

29 Like a lot of classifications that come with benefits, disability attracts a lot of fraud.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 02:30 PM (Y6K7e)

30 >>> suspect that the oyster farm is a political put-on. Not to discount the possibility that it is also a scam since I read that his only "customer" is his mother's restaurant.

Huh!

Workin' Man!

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:30 PM (1wjle)

31 Grant Planter IS: TMI.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)

32 The Nazi Public Masturbator Who Is Sexually Aroused by the Smell of Male Feces

That's some cruelty gold, Ace.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 29, 2026 02:30 PM (Kt19C)

33 I know lots of 100% disabled vets who work. Lots of them work for federal, state, and local governments.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (Za1vu)

Are they doing desk jobs or physical labor? I suspect that's what Ace really is trying to ask. Oyster farming seems likely to require physical labor, but I'm from Colorado so it's not like I'd know for sure.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 02:30 PM (lFFaq)

34 I'm 100% a quadriplegic of the mind.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:31 PM (7RBt4)

35 Platner is in IC (oh shadow IC I guess) asset plainly

are they getting off on putting up asshats like this, just laughing away? or is their bench just that short?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:31 PM (j+aD2)

36 And yeah, throwing Teddy Daniels under that bus was purest Norwegian Blue energy. I'm past done listening to Platner sqawk

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 02:31 PM (gKWVE)

37 their darling presidential contender who was "Reporting For Duty!"
Posted by: Another Anon

"John Kerry, who, by the way, served in Vietnam"

I miss Rush

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)

38 Democrats and leftists in general are juat miserable assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:32 PM (jCuxY)

39 oh crap i coulda been first. damn bladder

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2026 02:32 PM (CWTWj)

40 >>> I figured "oyster farmer" was a metaphor for something else. Probably gay.
Pearls..pearl necklace...farming...gay.

this makes sense to me.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:32 PM (1wjle)

41 Don't forget, Platner also mocked Chris Kyle.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:30 PM (77rzZ)

No.

Platner called Kyle a murderer and stated directly that Kyle deliberately targeted and killed civilians.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:32 PM (Kdi1r)

42 Chris Kyle wasn't man enough to get it up for the smell of male excrement.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)

43 oyster farmer is another part of the joke

these people have a very odd sense of humor

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:33 PM (j+aD2)

44 Oyster farming seems likely to require physical labor, but I'm from Colorado so it's not like I'd know for sure.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Harvesting Rocky Mountain oysters is demanding and dangerous physical labor.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:33 PM (77rzZ)

45 These adult women claimed they were being "Groomed."

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:29 PM (1wjle)

I would like to be groomed by Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 02:33 PM (iERP6)

46 43 oyster farmer is another part of the joke

these people have a very odd sense of humor

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:33 PM (j+aD2)

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I remember reading that Platner's mother is the only customer of the oyster farm.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:33 PM (7RBt4)

47 >>>28 Don't forget, Platner also mocked Chris Kyle.
iOh I did forget that. He claimed Kyle was murdering civilians to pad his kill-count.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:33 PM (1wjle)

48 I figured "oyster farmer" was a metaphor for something else. Probably gay.
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Oysters are definitely vaginal, though.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:33 PM (Fi81e)

49 I bested sponge for first😜
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 29, 2026 02:27 PM (Za1vu)


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I yield the spot, for now. Posting from my phone at 34,000 ft kinda sucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:33 PM (jCuxY)

50 Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 02:29 PM (gKWVE)

This seems like a good question. Are we paying for injuries he received while not in the military?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (lFFaq)

51 I was giving Platner a slight pass over Chris Kyle because there does exist a subculture of vets who grumble that Kyle got a movie and they didn't. Since both sides are vets and I'm not, I'm unqualified to judge that position.
Platner's take on Daniels on the other hand was clear b.f.'ing. Nobody has to be a vet to see that.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (gKWVE)

52 Platner called Kyle a murderer and stated directly that Kyle deliberately targeted and killed civilians.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:32 PM (Kdi1r)

Based on zero evidence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (iERP6)

53 I'm 0%. I didn't know they did that until they did it to me.
I have a service connected disability that get's me no money.
That's okay. I don't need their "care" nor thier money.

Posted by: Reforger at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (Rxz7v)

54 ... it also shows a pattern of behavior.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (gKWVE)

55 52 Platner called Kyle a murderer and stated directly that Kyle deliberately targeted and killed civilians.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:32 PM (Kdi1r)

Based on zero evidence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (iERP6)

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Just like the efficacy of socialism!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (7RBt4)

56 35 > are they getting off on putting up asshats like this, just laughing away? or is their bench just that short?

Their bench must be short enough if they're recruiting tattoo carrying nazis.

Posted by: Gaff at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (EqzMw)

57 No.

Platner called Kyle a murderer and stated directly that Kyle deliberately targeted and killed civilians.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

OK, thanks. I knew he was somehow saying that Kyle deserved what he got, and took it as mockery.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:35 PM (77rzZ)

58 The Nazi Public Masturbator Who Is Sexually Aroused by the Smell of Male Feces ...

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"You're gonna need to be A LOT MOAR specific."

/Cucker Qatarlson

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 02:35 PM (BGLxh)

59 Oyster farming.


Shoving your meat in a man's fartclam.

Fartoyster.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:35 PM (jCuxY)

60 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:33 PM (jCuxY)

I hope this is not a continuation of the awful flight you were talking about yesterday with the plane change and delays.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 02:35 PM (Nx5jP)

61 What's the common bond here?

Oh, yeah. Nazis like socialism, too.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (Fi81e)

62 Graham Platner Is Forcing Centrist Dems to Reckon With “Vote Blue No Matter Who." Rep. Jake Auchincloss urging Democrats to vote against the presumptive Maine Senate nominee exposes the limits of party unity.

Susan Collins will 100% fuck Democrats over every time. She will never be a tie-breaker, or “reach across the aisle” unless she’s the designated Republican. Even if he's a Democrat spoiler, like Fetterman or Sinema, you might get a vote with Democrats occasionally.

Bring RCV to all elections. Newsom just vetoed a bill to allow jurisdictions in California to adopt Ranked Choice Voting.

What a shit headline designed to cause dissension. Obviously he’s the person to vote for. His opponent has garbage policies that hurt people. Never mind that she’s also older, thus less likely to be affected by her bad policies and she’s clearly out of touch with her constituents

Ah yes, more articles trying stoke the divide in Democratic voters. Can tell we're getting close to election season. Far left, center leaning, either Democrat should get your vote against MAGA. Anything less is enabling fascism.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (JCZqz)

63 I was giving Platner a slight pass over Chris Kyle because there does exist a subculture of vets who grumble that Kyle got a movie and they didn't.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (gKWVE)

The vets grumbling that they didn't get a movie aren't calling Kyle a deliberate killer of civilians like Platner is, though.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (Kdi1r)

64 If you aren't disabled going into XE but you get hurt doing work for XE (alongside Uncle Sam): does that count toward your disability rating with the VA?
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 02:29 PM (gKWVE)

No.

Dude is a serial liar.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (DwqWV)

65 Someone on the morning doomscroll made an observation. Democrats spent the last few years calling everyone on the right a Nazi. Now, they are running literal Nazis. Platner, the guy in New Jersey who joined Al Qaeda, the woman in Texas who wants to out Jews in camps. It's like they were desensitizing the public while preparing to run actual fascists.

Lately, they have started to call everyone on the right a pedophile. And they are running a guy in California who decriminalized gay pedophilia and blocked a bill making child sex trafficking a felony.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (gb7Bj)

66 35 Platner is in IC (oh shadow IC I guess) asset plainly

are they getting off on putting up asshats like this, just laughing away? or is their bench just that short?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:31 PM (j+aD2)

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The establishment really, REALLY didn't want him. That's why Schumer recruited Janet Mills to run against him.

It's just that the Democrat base desire authentic middle-class appeal so much that they run towards anyone who can put on a flannel shirt and with a beard who says the same things that the progressive base already wants.

They want their Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (7RBt4)

67 My cousin Congress critter Pat Ryan tweeted out an attack on Collins. He's a West Pointer who did two tours in Iraq. He's a politician in a hurry and has taken to cursing to prove his points

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (SW0z7)

68 I yield the spot, for now. Posting from my phone at 34,000 ft kinda sucks.
Posted by: Sponge

You aren't in NJ yet? Did the flight go by way of Skagway, Alaska.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:37 PM (77rzZ)

69 62 Susan Collins will 100% fuck Democrats over every time. She will never be a tie-breaker, or “reach across the aisle” unless she’s the designated Republican. Even if he's a Democrat spoiler, like Fetterman or Sinema, you might get a vote with Democrats occasionally.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (JCZqz)

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Oh, look, I agree with Reddit.

Collins comes through whenever leadership actually needs her. She voted for Kavanaugh, for instance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:37 PM (7RBt4)

70 >>>It's just that the Democrat base desire authentic middle-class appeal so much that they run towards anyone who can put on a flannel shirt and with a beard who says the same things that the progressive base already wants.

yeah but someone pushed this guy to the press. He got write ups in major media before he'd ever announced.

I think he's a Soros Special.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (1wjle)

71 remember, platner got the nomination from maine's female gov. dems up there are cookoo

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (CWTWj)

72 This guy so dirty, and not just from jagging off at truck rest stops!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (GD0B3)

73 Wow.

Why are Dermocrats all such vile scumbags?
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:27 PM (77rzZ)
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I'm pretty sure it is a requirement to join the party.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (XB1Qt)

74 Not cousin, but I did work with Ryan's family

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (SW0z7)

75 The establishment really, REALLY didn't want him. That's why Schumer recruited Janet Mills to run against him.


come on if that's true Janet would have stayed in

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2)

76 I hope this is not a continuation of the awful flight you were talking about yesterday with the plane change and delays.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 02:35 PM (Nx5jP

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No ma'am. That was Wednesday. I'm on my way home now. No delays thus far.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (jCuxY)

77 1. Oyster farming is not really "work," it is - as far as I can tell - either a hobby for eccentrics or a grift. I knew an oyster farmer and it seem you have to get a plot from the state - something like an allotment in UK, where you sign up and wait on a list and then pay a small fee, but then you contract out the actual, you know, farming - the digging and shit.

2. It is worse than you think - you can be 100% disabled, and still work. Because Why the fuck not, we just print up the shit so lets hand it out to anyone for any excuse we can think up. All due regards to vets, but disability is a scam and you all know it. It demeans those who were really injured to hand it out to people who have all the normal diseases and problems that every human gets from living and aging.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (nEyOj)

78 Let me ask veterans here: If you collect full 100% disability from the military, are you able to also work?

Able? Or willing?
I know several vets who are 100% disabled and they do not work. Two have brain cancer and one can barely walk. Another has a sit down, keyboard job.
That said, I know many vets who are disabled (myself included) who have ratings from 10% up to 90% who are able to hold down a job and are happy to do so. What they receive from the VA is separate from anything an employer would pay them, or what they might earn if running their own business. VA entitlements are something earned as a part of the service commitment. If injured in the line of duty, the government recognizes that and will support the veteran.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (2WIwB)

79 Far left, center leaning, either Democrat should get your vote against MAGA. Anything less is enabling fascism.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (JCZqz)

Quick question: What fascism are they complaining about? What actual actions have been taken that took away anyone's "rights?" Has Trump seized the means of production? Does he routinely take away private property? Has he rounded up and shot any dissidents?

Can any of these asshats bring actual facts to any of their arguments, or are they just monkeys flinging poo?

Okay, that was more than one question.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 02:39 PM (DwqWV)

80 You may not be able to hump that pack or swing that 100 pound shell like you need to in the army and still work a desk or light duty shop.

In the American Civil War when manpower needs were severe the north re-signed up wounded vets and some missing limbs to rear area duties, guarding posts who could not stand front line service, but did good work guarding blockhouses and guard duty in rear areas. One unit of 'volunteer vets' drove off some Confed raiders who attacked their post.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 02:39 PM (8avO+)

81 Don't forget, Platner also mocked Chris Kyle.

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Maybe Kyle's fellow sniper buddies can return the favor.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 02:39 PM (BGLxh)

82 Good. Prayers for your safety and all on the plane , birthday brother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 02:39 PM (Nx5jP)

83
Everything is about money.

The aholes running for office don't give a shit about our country.

It's all about how much taxpayer money they can steal.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 02:39 PM (3ek7K)

84 come on if that's true Janet would have stayed in

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2)

I don't agree. The major money on the left wouldn't prop her up. Schumer KNOWS Platner's a loser which is why he didn't want him. But the major money on the left hates him, too, for reopening the government.

The donors are radical leftists now. All of them. There's nothing Mills could have done about that.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:39 PM (Kdi1r)

85 yeah but someone pushed this guy to the press. He got write ups in major media before he'd ever announced.

I think he's a Soros Special.


right I think there are two sets politically on the Left as there is on the Right

the Revolution (backed by Soros who wants to sweep up when the USA collapses) and the Old Guard Libs (like Schumer, just want their grift to keep going).

this guy is a set up for sure.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:40 PM (j+aD2)

86 Based on research consisting of reading the old man and the boy by Robert Ruark, I didn't think it took much farming to grow oysters.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 02:40 PM (m5VHW)

87 You aren't in NJ yet? Did the flight go by way of Skagway, Alaska.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:37 PM (77rzZ)


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I made it to the hotel Wednesday night, 5 hours late.

Heading home now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:40 PM (jCuxY)

88 Can any of these asshats bring actual facts to any of their arguments, or are they just monkeys flinging poo?

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"ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH ME IS A FASCIST, FASCIST! Q.E.D.!"

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 02:40 PM (BGLxh)

89 Lately, they have started to call everyone on the right a pedophile. And they are running a guy in California who decriminalized gay pedophilia and blocked a bill making child sex trafficking a felony.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 02:36 PM (gb7Bj)

Whenever they start calling their enemies a real word, as opposed to islamophobic and other made-up slurs, you can pretty well bet it's because they are training people to ignore the word so they can freely behave in the way they really have wanted to behave all along.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (lFFaq)

90 I yield the spot, for now. Posting from my phone at 34,000 ft kinda sucks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Excuses, excuses 🎻🎻

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (VCgbV)

91 In the American Civil War when manpower needs were severe the north re-signed up wounded vets and some missing limbs to rear area duties, guarding posts who could not stand front line service, but did good work guarding blockhouses and guard duty in rear areas. One unit of 'volunteer vets' drove off some Confed raiders who attacked their post.
Posted by: Oldcat

Phil Kearney died leading troops at my local battle of Chantilly -- with one arm.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (77rzZ)

92 37 their darling presidential contender who was "Reporting For Duty!"
Posted by: Another Anon

"John Kerry, who, by the way, served in Vietnam"

I miss Rush
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)
___________________________

My dad was a mailman!!!! I SAID, MY DAD WAS A MAILMAN!!!!

Posted by: John Kasich at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (dIske)

93 Oyster farming is indeed a real thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (viF8m)

94 The donors are radical leftists now. All of them. There's nothing Mills could have done about that.


how tho?

not American radicals surely. they don't have any money, or not much.

foreigns I guess? a little cabal led by Soros Inc?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (j+aD2)

95 This is Maine. Much like Alaska, it has devolved into a 3rd world socialist sh—hole where stupidity and corruption are resume enhancements. Major industries are welfare fraud and meth cooking.

John Galt don’t live there.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 29, 2026 02:42 PM (OJ3CE)

96 I aksked the internets about employment:

"Employment Options for 100% Disabled Veterans
Schedular 100% Disability Rating
Veterans with a 100% schedular disability rating can work full-time without any impact on their VA benefits. This rating indicates that the veteran's service-connected disabilities are severe enough to warrant full compensation, but it does not restrict their ability to earn income.

Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU)
In contrast, veterans rated under Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) face different rules. TDIU is designed for veterans who cannot maintain substantially gainful employment due to their service-connected disabilities, even if their combined rating is less than 100%. Engaging in full-time work while receiving TDIU benefits could jeopardize their compensation."

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 02:42 PM (GD0B3)

97 All due regards to vets, but disability is a scam and you all know it. It demeans those who were really injured to hand it out to people who have all the normal diseases and problems that every human gets from living and aging.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (nEyOj)

I know enough disabled vets to say that your comment here is really quite obnoxious. You may or may not see a disability, but when it exists, the person who was injured surely knows it changes his or her life. You are treating compensation for disability like it was winning a lottery. I can assure you, the folks who qualify for disability do so because they volunteered to protect you and yours.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 02:42 PM (DwqWV)

98 I told you Jill Biden was made a public sacrifice. I walked past the living room TV with Fox on and Jon Favreau of all people, is on making his disgust of the Biden deception known on some podcast clip.

This is a total (bad) attempt at a clean-up job. But it may yet work with Dem brand voters.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:42 PM (Fi81e)

99 75 The establishment really, REALLY didn't want him. That's why Schumer recruited Janet Mills to run against him.


come on if that's true Janet would have stayed in

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2)

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If it's true, then Schumer would have sent her money to run.

Which he did.

https://shorturl.at/X8lOI
"Union leaders in recent days have urged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to end their support for Gov. Janet Mills in Maine’s Senate primary, pointing to what they see as her weaker record with labor."

https://shorturl.at/AWSsp
"A new memo from the DSCC claims that “Democrats have created multiple paths to flip the majority in 2026.” Democrats believe they’ve recruited their best possible candidate in multiple states: ...former Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, Gov. Janet Mills in Maine"

https://tinyurl.com/4w9su8y3
"Mills received $2.7 million after launching her campaign two weeks into the reporting period in October." That 2.7 was all from Schumer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:43 PM (7RBt4)

100 I chose not to file for anything because I was good and ready to get out as fast as I could. After seeing the country being robbed by democrats through lightbulb heads...it makes me want to not be a chump and get my slice of sweet sweet taxpayer dollars.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 29, 2026 02:43 PM (nCTkv)

101
tcn,

You are correct.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 02:43 PM (3ek7K)

102 In Texas being 100% military disabled means you pay no property taxes on your primary residence. And the Hazelwood act which pays college tuition in state up to a certain amount for you or your dependents. That's huge, or can be. I don't begrudge them that though.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 29, 2026 02:43 PM (VCgbV)

103 Oyster farming is indeed a real thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (viF8m)
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Is it like a sex farm?

Posted by: Nigel at May 29, 2026 02:43 PM (Fi81e)

104 Excuses, excuses 🎻🎻
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (VCgbV)


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Touche

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:44 PM (jCuxY)

105 Like Biden , Platner was always a scumbag psychopath. It wasn't sudden onset.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 02:44 PM (XMuV+)

106 The donors are radical leftists now. All of them. There's nothing Mills could have done about that.


how tho?

not American radicals surely. they don't have any money, or not much.

foreigns I guess? a little cabal led by Soros Inc?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (j+aD2)

I don't know if I agree with that either - the radical left has all the billionaires not named Musk. The richest 10 Congressional districts are represented 100% by leftists. They're the monied party now.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:44 PM (Kdi1r)

107 I know lots of 100% disabled vets who work. Lots of them work for federal, state, and local governments.
Posted by: lin-duh

Yeah. I am a vet working for the VA and have co-workers who are also vets who get disability. One co-worker and friend has chronic back pain from all of the jumps he made as an Army medic in combat. He's had multiple surgeries, therapies, etc. but he will have this for the rest of his life and only 52. He can work but there are days he can't get out of bed. There are other co-workers who get disability at a certain percentage who are milking the system. They got a doctor to sign off on a small complaint writ larger but weightlift, hike, mountain bike, etc. and are perfectly fine but get that check every month.

Posted by: Cheri at May 29, 2026 02:44 PM (oiNtH)

108 Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 02:44 PM (59BGO)

Plater is a peverted degenerate just like you.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 02:45 PM (XMuV+)

109 Kinda sorta vaguely related but not really...

I just got my 4K disc of Penkinpah's "Cross of Iron".

Probably watch it tonight.

Found it at a good price so went for it.

I remember it being a pretty good movie.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 02:46 PM (iJfKG)

110 >>>Ace was prime age to enlist.

um, bless you for thinking that.

Say Paul, tell us about your adventures in the military.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:46 PM (1wjle)

111 Can any of these asshats bring actual facts to any of their arguments, or are they just monkeys flinging poo?

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If any of them could argue, they wouldn't need the Demedia machine. The Demedia machine works to gain power without competency.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:46 PM (Fi81e)

112 Based on research consisting of reading the old man and the boy by Robert Ruark, I didn't think it took much farming to grow oysters.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 02:40 PM (m5VHW)

Put out a frame for the eggs/babies to attach to, wait a while to let them grow, then pull it out of the water and detach a mess of oysters, then put it back in. Some light hauling and frame making, not strenuous if you only are moving a small amount each day.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 02:46 PM (8avO+)

113 108 Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 02:44 PM (59BGO)

Plater is a peverted degenerate just like you.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 02:45 PM (XMuV+)

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Platner is a national socialist who hates Jews, which makes him not a socialist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:46 PM (7RBt4)

114 When I was still unemployed, my neighbor talked me into going down to the local VA office to see what I could get. I have diabetes, which is considered a disability. But it's not service-related, so the VA guys told me that they couldn't help me. Which is fine, I have no problem with that. But it was worth the try.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

115 Plenty of vets game the disability system...then they end up on Caleb Hammer's show.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (nCTkv)

116 Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 02:44 PM (59BGO


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You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (jCuxY)

117 gee Paul turns out to be a Nazi-Super-Fan because his Cult told him that Nazis are cool now

what a non-surprise.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (1wjle)

118 95 This is Maine. Much like Alaska, it has devolved into a 3rd world socialist sh—hole where stupidity and corruption are resume enhancements. Major industries are welfare fraud and meth cooking.

John Galt don’t live there.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 29, 2026 02:42 PM (OJ3CE)

John Galt might not live here, but I do. Is this just the day for everyone to crap on everyone else? Alaska is not socialist, nor a shithole. Anchorage has the same stupid problems most urban areas have, but Anchorage is not Alaska, and the rest of us who are sane and self supporting would prefer you types stay in Anchorage where you belong.

And for the record, our economic drivers are oil, forestry, fishing, mining and tourism.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (DwqWV)

119 Lying and killing for money is a democrat resume enhancer if yo are a democrap NAZi shit house masturbator.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (xvV+O)

120 Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 02:44 PM

WTF are you talking about? Please tell me about your military experience and try to type in the English language scumbag.

I would love to see Platner speak before his local VFW group

Posted by: Cheri at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (oiNtH)

121 I could probably learn some unpleasant things by looking into the big money supporting the Rs. Those things would likely make it obvious why we are not allowed to have nice things, such as the SAVE Act.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (m5VHW)

122 Paul, do you agree we should Punch Nazis, if we encounter them in real life? Like on a campaign trail in Maine?

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (1wjle)

123 Look at me! Look at me!

I am the American people now!

Posted by: Somali Refugees at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)

124 122 Paul, do you agree we should Punch Nazis, if we encounter them in real life? Like on a campaign trail in Maine?

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (1wjle)

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"He said he was sorry for getting the Nazi tattoo. That's so much better than Trump not admitting he's a Nazi for doing Nazi things like protecting Jews in Israel or deporting immigrants to countries with socialized healthcare where they can be free of racism in America."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:48 PM (7RBt4)

125 "oyster farmer" ...

Is that like a Cleveland Steamer?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)

126 Hi guys,
I can assure you that Oyster Farming is a real thing, and very lucrative...if you have a good dry cleaner who doesn't over-charge.
Yours Truly,
Hawk Tuah Girl

Posted by: Hawk Tuah Girl at May 29, 2026 02:48 PM (dIske)

127 Oyster farming is indeed a real thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 02:41 PM (viF8m)

It's why you can find safe year-round oysters now.

Also, a lot of different breeds(?) available that weren't before.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 02:48 PM (iJfKG)

128 Paul is an oyster farmer as defined by me up thread.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (jCuxY)

129 This has been gnawing at me recently and I apologize if someone has mentioned it before.

Apparently white QB Jaxon Dart of the NY Giants introduced Trump at some rally and video of the intro made it to social media, causing Abdul Carter -- the giants third-round pick in the 2025 draft and an overrated clown who is easily pushed off the line and controlled by O linemen -- to respond "Hey what the fuck we doing? I thought this shit was AI."

So Dart now has to explain himself to that clown and to the idiot media. The idiot media jumped in by "writing" scolding editorials about how incidents like Dart's "obvious political statement" should be strictly banned from the league.

The NFL, and all their black nationalist bullshit, who demand their own national anthem and the right to lecture their white customers on how they can be better, along with the jock-sniffing NYC media idiots who demand "Pride Nights" at Ranger games, they are just shocked... shocked... at this blatant political agitprop from Dart.

Fuck the NFL. (I grew up and NFL fanatic with Oakland Raiders posters on my bedroom wall. I never thought in a million years I'd say that.)

Posted by: front toward enemy at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (TIizU)

130
Would you want our taxpayer money going to people who honorably served our Country or to the filthy scum who are pussies who are cowards?



Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (3ek7K)

131 tcn,

You are correct.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 02:43 PM (3ek7K)


Spot on!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (2WIwB)

132 "ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH ME IS A FASCIST, FASCIST! Q.E.D.!"
Posted by: ShainS

Except the guy running as a Democrat for congress who has a literal Nazi tattoo. That was just a silly mistake in his youth, and he's cool now.

Posted by: Deranged Leftist Apologist at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (JCZqz)

133 Paul is a Boyster Farmer.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (1wjle)

134 Who is gayer? Oyster Nazi or Talafreako?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (iFTx/)

135 >>Put out a frame for the eggs/babies to attach to, wait a while to let them grow, then pull it out of the water and detach a mess of oysters, then put it back in. Some light hauling and frame making, not strenuous if you only are moving a small amount each day.

Pretty much like any crop.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 02:50 PM (viF8m)

136 Paul is an oyster farmer as defined by me up thread.

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hahahah!!

xhe never worked a day in his life!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 02:50 PM (GD0B3)

137 >>>Apparently white QB Jaxon Dart of the NY Giants introduced Trump at some rally and video of the intro made it to social media, causing Abdul Carter -- the giants third-round pick in the 2025 draft and an overrated clown who is easily pushed off the line and controlled by O linemen -- to respond "Hey what the fuck we doing? I thought this shit was AI."

so much angry feminine energy from the "men" of the left

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)

138 I still think Talarico is Nick Fuentes wearing a wig.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 02:50 PM (dIske)

139 Paul has supplied much protein for the Blue Oyster Bar, so, there's that.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 02:51 PM (gKWVE)

140 "He said he was sorry for getting the Nazi tattoo. That's so much better than Trump not admitting he's a Nazi for doing Nazi things like protecting Jews in Israel or deporting immigrants to countries with socialized healthcare where they can be free of racism in America."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:48 PM (7RBt4)

Then why hasn't he covered up his Nazi tattoo?

Just asking...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:51 PM (Kdi1r)

141 5 Oyster farming isn't even really a thing. He made up the term.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2026 02:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

I'd be afraid to look up oyster farming in the urban dictionary.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 29, 2026 02:51 PM (7apRy)

142 140 Then why hasn't he covered up his Nazi tattoo?

Just asking...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:51 PM (Kdi1r)

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Listen, man, if you can't realize that saying sorry about the Nazi tattoo once and then talking about how much he hates Jews doesn't absolve him of being a Nazi, then I don't know what to tell you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:51 PM (7RBt4)

143 "I never thought I'd see the day when Democrats would even consider backing a candidate like this."


Somebody hasn'tbeen paying attention to the types of people the Democrats have been nominating since the 1830's.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 29, 2026 02:51 PM (PMi3m)

144 Except the guy running as a Democrat for congress who has a literal Nazi tattoo. That was just a silly mistake in his youth, and he's cool now.

Posted by: Deranged Leftist Apologist at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (JCZqz)
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THE PARTIES SWITCHED!!!....

(Because that's what parties do...)

Posted by: Somali Refugees at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (Fi81e)

145 I think Abdul Carter was a bit higher than a third round pick.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (m5VHW)

146 Based on research consisting of reading the old man and the boy by Robert Ruark, I didn't think it took much farming to grow oysters.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 02:40 PM (m5VHW)

Put out a frame for the eggs/babies to attach to, wait a while to let them grow, then pull it out of the water and detach a mess of oysters, then put it back in. Some light hauling and frame making, not strenuous if you only are moving a small amount each day.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 02:46 PM (8avO+)

I don't know.

Watching the oyster farmers at work in Hiroshima Bay, I got the idea that it wasn't an easy life.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (iJfKG)

147 Paul let's his mom pound him in the fartoyster.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (jCuxY)

148
Who is gayer? Oyster Nazi or Talafreako?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (iFTx/)

"Oyster farming" will be the new euphemism for cruising for teen boys.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (HdYcL)

149 Someone who forms a 'corporation' that is hired to perform combat duties for a state is the textbook definition of a mercenary. It isn't necessarily pejorative, although historically they often have a bad reputation because if the money runs out for their bosses, they have the whip hand and have done what they like.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (8avO+)

150 Listen, man, if you can't realize that saying sorry about the Nazi tattoo once and then talking about how much he hates Jews doesn't absolve him of being a Nazi, then I don't know what to tell you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:51 PM (7RBt4)

This seems reasonable, and I have completely changed my previous position.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (Kdi1r)

151 Oyster farming is a real job. Here in the Pacific Northwest, there are lots of oyster farms. Local restaurants charge top dollar for them, Willapa Bay, Penn Cove, Lummi Island, etc. Farmers have to fight off those cute otters from stealing their harvests.

Still, Platner is a retarded douche canoe.

Posted by: fly gal at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (+8HoB)

152 I don't know how many NFL players were vocal supporters of Kamala but there were a lot.

The Left have absolutely no self awareness.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 02:53 PM (XMuV+)

153 Watching the oyster farmers at work in Hiroshima Bay, I got the idea that it wasn't an easy life.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (iJfKG)

They are likely moving a lot more product.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 02:53 PM (8avO+)

154 Oyster farming sounds like muffler grease or mopping up prop wash.

Hey recruit.. Yeah you! I need you to take that oyster hook, the one that looks exactly like an anchor, yeah that one, and throw it overboard, we goin oyster farming.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 02:53 PM (3uBP9)

155 I think Abdul Carter was a bit higher than a third round pick.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (m5VHW)

Third OVERALL.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (Kdi1r)

156 Watching the oyster farmers at work in Hiroshima Bay, I got the idea that it wasn't an easy life.
Posted by: naturalfake

Well, huge, nuclear-mutated oysters are another matter...

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)

157 >>>Except the guy running as a Democrat for congress who has a literal Nazi tattoo. That was just a silly mistake in his youth, and he's cool now.

Posted by: Deranged Leftist Apologist

the New Hotness is to claim he got an "accidental" tattoo. Muslim propagandist Zaid Jilani pushed this claim of "accidentally" getting a Nazi SS Tottenkopf tattoo.

Muslims have historically made "accidental" pacts with Hitler, so I get his confusion.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (1wjle)

158 "He said he was sorry for getting the Nazi tattoo. That's so much better than Trump not admitting he's a Nazi for doing Nazi things like protecting Jews in Israel or deporting immigrants to countries with socialized healthcare where they can be free of racism in America."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:48 PM (7RBt4)
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Trump's a Nazi for ... being a puppet for Israel!

Posted by: People Who Don't Get Consistency at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

159 I'm a clam rancher.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (3uBP9)

160 As an aside, Oysters are pretty much the only seafood I will not eat.

That, and eel.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 02:55 PM (0aYVJ)

161 >>> Farmers have to fight off those cute otters from stealing their harvests.


monsters!

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:55 PM (1wjle)

162 Yes, I would be allowed to work, but my problems don't allow me to, so the threw SSDI at me too.

No3w I barely leave the house, because, well, people.

Posted by: SGT Mortis von Gobbleshanks at May 29, 2026 02:55 PM (D4Jc5)

163 158 "He said he was sorry for getting the Nazi tattoo. That's so much better than Trump not admitting he's a Nazi for doing Nazi things like protecting Jews in Israel or deporting immigrants to countries with socialized healthcare where they can be free of racism in America."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:48 PM (7RBt4)
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Trump's a Nazi for ... being a puppet for Israel!

Posted by: People Who Don't Get Consistency at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

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"Well, Zionists are the new Nazis because Zionists do genocide of Palestinians worse than what Jews got in the Holocaust (which didn't happen). So, yeah, backing Israel does make you Nazi."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:55 PM (7RBt4)

164 >>>I'm a clam rancher.

I used to be. Sigh.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:55 PM (1wjle)

165 Oyster farming isn't even really a thing. He made up the term.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2026 02:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

Do you know how few oysters even survive branding time?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (+5YP2)

166 I liked to hunt for the elusive bearded clam back in the day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (jCuxY)

167 115 Plenty of vets game the disability system...then they end up on Caleb Hammer's show.
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 29, 2026 02:47 PM (nCTkv)

And plenty who deserve it get rejected...

Almost like any other government service - delivered badly and with little rhyme or reason.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (tOcjL)

168 >>It's why you can find safe year-round oysters now.

>>Also, a lot of different breeds(?) available that weren't before.

Guy who lives in my neighborhood is an oyster farmer and a lobsterman. There are something like 75 oyster farms in RI and it's really interesting how different they taste, even ones that are grown relatively close to each other.

Water flow, salinity, sediment, etc. make a huge difference in the taste.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

169 164 >>>I'm a clam rancher.

I used to be. Sigh.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:55 PM (1wjle)

======

Confirmed:

ace is married.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (7RBt4)

170 "I never thought I'd see the day when Democrats would even consider backing a candidate like this."


Somebody hasn'tbeen paying attention to the types of people the Democrats have been nominating since the 1830's.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 29, 2026 02:51 PM (PMi3m)

(thinking about the "filibuster" expeditions organized to take over Central American countries to introduce slavery there in that period).....yeah, about right.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (8avO+)

171 You are treating compensation for disability like it was winning a lottery. I can assure you, the folks who qualify for disability do so because they volunteered to protect you and yours.
Posted by: tcn in AK

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But some due treat it like winning the lottery -- i have met then and they said so. In fact, I think I have heard those exact words. This is a shame as, as I said, it demeans those who really were injured.

If someone is injured, then they should get proper compensation, but why do you think this one group of people are immune to grifting? Why do you think this one government program is properly cautious in handing out Other People's Money?

Maybe I am too pissed about this because I know too many people milking the government to think that all vets on disability are honest and not taking advantage.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (nEyOj)

172 >>>160 As an aside, Oysters are pretty much the only seafood I will not eat.

they're not bad once you get used to them. Like, you know.

Also they supposedly have some rare-ish nutrients in them.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (1wjle)

173 160 As an aside, Oysters are pretty much the only seafood I will not eat.


me either. and no mussels and no eel and NO OCTOPUS

freaking octopus. how can you eat them? they are so smart

Greek people - am disappoint

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (j+aD2)

174 I'm a clam rancher.

I used to be. Sigh.
Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:55 PM (1wjle)

*spins up Clam Caravan, Spinal Tap*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (0aYVJ)

175 s an aside, Oysters are pretty much the only seafood I will not eat.

That, and eel.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 02:55 PM (0aYVJ)

heh..you eat puffer fish ? lionfish ??

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (GD0B3)

176 Platner also went after Chris Kyle, Navy Seal sniper, who conveniently is deceased, saying that he inflated his kill numbers. Kyle's widow called him what he is - a coward, liar and attention whore.

Posted by: Cheri at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (oiNtH)

177 Do they harvest pearls from the oysters along with the meat, or is that a totally different thing?

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (77rzZ)

178 Apparently white QB Jaxon Dart of the NY Giants introduced Trump at some rally and video of the intro made it to social media, causing Abdul Carter -- the giants third-round pick in the 2025 draft and an overrated clown who is easily pushed off the line and controlled by O linemen -- to respond "Hey what the fuck we doing? I thought this shit was AI."

Posted by: front toward enemy at May 29, 2026 02:49 PM (TIizU)
_________

So many of these football players claim to be hard-nosed tough macho guys with big swinging dicks and devil-may-care attitudes ... but they almost invariably squeal and cry like little faggot bitches at the first hint of micro-aggressions.

And I'll bet if the truth were revealed, a lot of them are like all the "gansta rappers" at Puffy Daddy's parties: closet homos who like the taste of ass as much as Gay Oyster Nazi.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

179 Confirmed:

ace is married.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (7RBt4)

You bitch!

- garrett

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (Kdi1r)

180 Trump's a Nazi for ... being a puppet for Israel!
Posted by: People Who Don't Get Consistency at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

The crazy woman running in TX was pushing that "zionists" were the anti-semetic ones because they were pushing teh "real" semites out of their lands.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (lFFaq)

181 Watching the oyster farmers at work in Hiroshima Bay, I got the idea that it wasn't an easy life.


You should watch the leather dyers in Fez, Morocco, knee deep in the outdoor dye pits. If you can stand the smell.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (+5YP2)

182

Head em' up

Move 'em out!

Posted by: Oyster wrangler at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (Cqx++)

183 Third OVERALL.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (Kdi1r)
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If you saw the wash-out rate for high-first rounders, nobody needs to be that impressed about what somebody who has never shown himself on an NFL field says about a more established player.

Posted by: People Who Don't Get Consistency at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (Fi81e)

184 I hear there are "services" for vets that will do all the legwork for vets to get them a disability rating.
I hear because another vet told me so.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (/lPRQ)

185 Platner's main line of work isn't oyster farming.

Its giving $20 handies in port a potties around Portland.

4 Stars on yelp in fact.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)

186 I love it when ace reads the comments.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:58 PM (jCuxY)

187 Platner also went after Chris Kyle, Navy Seal sniper, who conveniently is deceased, saying that he inflated his kill numbers. Kyle's widow called him what he is - a coward, liar and attention whore.

Posted by: Cheri at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (oiNtH)

Saying he inflated his kill numbers by deliberately targeting and killing civilians.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:58 PM (Kdi1r)

188 The crazy woman running in TX was pushing that "zionists" were the anti-semetic ones because they were pushing teh "real" semites out of their lands.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (lFFaq)
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Words? How do they work?

Posted by: People Who Don't Get Consistency at May 29, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)

189 But some due treat it like winning the lottery -- i have met then and they said so. In fact, I think I have heard those exact words. This is a shame as, as I said, it demeans those who really were injured.

If someone is injured, then they should get proper compensation, but why do you think this one group of people are immune to grifting? Why do you think this one government program is properly cautious in handing out Other People's Money?

Maybe I am too pissed about this because I know too many people milking the government to think that all vets on disability are honest and not taking advantage.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (nEyOj)

Oh, trust me - I know many as well. No pot of money is immune to the selfish...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (tOcjL)

190 172 >>>160 As an aside, Oysters are pretty much the only seafood I will not eat.

they're not bad once you get used to them. Like, you know.

Also they supposedly have some rare-ish nutrients in them.
Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (1wjle)

Too bad they’re nasty and disgusting.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (Gqar8)

191 As an aside, Oysters are pretty much the only seafood I will not eat.


They're an acquired taste, but once you acquire it a good raw oyster is heavenly.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (+5YP2)

192 Oyster farming is a real thing (though that doesn't exclude this particular one from being a scam).

There's no digging involved. That would be clams. Clams are mobile as adults, oysters are not. Once an oyster settles, it's there for life.

Like many marine critters, oysters produce about a zillion spawn at a time, only one of which normally needs to survive to adulthood to replace the population. That means if you can put oysters in a protected environment, you can easily crank out them out by the thousand.

People have been raising oysters for thousands of years, and oyster pirates have been stealing them for just about as long.

Good-writer-despite-being-a-communist Jack London was an oyster pirate in his younger days.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (IG3/x)

193 158 "He said he was sorry for getting the Nazi tattoo. That's so much better than Trump not admitting he's a Nazi for doing Nazi things like protecting Jews in Israel or deporting immigrants to countries with socialized healthcare where they can be free of racism in America."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:48 PM (7RBt4)
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Yeah, i remember the time I tripped on a loose cobblestone and ended up across town at a seedy tatoo parlor with my shirt off getting operated on for hours to get a Nazi tattoo, paid for it, and then neglected to get it 'edited' or removed for the last 25 years.

Happens to us all.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (8avO+)

194 2. It is worse than you think - you can be 100% disabled, and still work. Because Why the fuck not, we just print up the shit so lets hand it out to anyone for any excuse we can think up. All due regards to vets, but disability is a scam and you all know it. It demeans those who were really injured to hand it out to people who have all the normal diseases and problems that every human gets from living and aging.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 29, 2026 02:38 PM


I blew out both of my knees doing 22 years in the service. The VA gives me the princely sum of $1,241.90 every month for that. I could have been making that every week if I could still drive a truck which I can't due to my knees. It's not a scam for me.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (0N4FZ)

195 190 Too bad they’re nasty and disgusting.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (Gqar

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The proper way to eat them is to douse them in horseradish so all you can do is taste the horseradish.

Oysters are delivery vehicles for actual tasty things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (7RBt4)

196 >>> As an aside, Oysters are pretty much the only seafood I will not eat.

That, and eel.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 02:55 PM (0aYVJ)


How about scallops? Very similar but more meat. Another delivery mechanism for butter into one's pie hole. I like butter sauteed scallops. But then again, I'm a clam rancher so it makes sense.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (3uBP9)

197 As an aside, Oysters are pretty much the only seafood I will not eat.
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Anchovies?

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:00 PM (Fi81e)

198 Those aren't oysters.

Posted by: Gerald Platner at May 29, 2026 03:00 PM (n/5F5)

199 OT- Rufo's got another piece in City Journal about how us CA taxpayers are paying for a slush fund for Indians, owl watching and ceremonial fire lighting lessons!


https://tinyurl.com/bddtk95j

Posted by: beckster at May 29, 2026 03:00 PM (kX27y)

200 Watching the oyster farmers at work in Hiroshima Bay, I got the idea that it wasn't an easy life.
Posted by: naturalfake

Well, huge, nuclear-mutated oysters are another matter...
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)


Ackshewallee, the oysters served on Miyajima Island just offshore of Hiroshima are pretty damn huge

you know, for an oyster..

In theory that's due to the nutrient rich waters there, not radiation.

But who knows?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (iJfKG)

201 I want to know who the nazi supplies with his oysters. SO WE CAN BOYGOT THEM!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (GD0B3)

202 I have a friend who grows oysters in a cage attached to his bulkhead. Does this make him an oyster farmer?

Posted by: LMD at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (hUI3V)

203 lionfish can be good, and it's good to eat them/harvest them bc they are obnoxious and invasive

puffer fish no. I did that once. never again!

I sadly like turtle a lot. poor guys.

but octopi are on the list with little lambs and calves...

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (j+aD2)

204 "they're not bad once you get used to them. Like, you know."

Clams?
Those things are disgusting too.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (W5mpo)

205 Oysters are delivery vehicles for actual tasty things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (7RBt4)
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Disagree.

Although "Oyster Stew" is mostly cream, butter, and potatoes.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

206 Trust The Blade: Find a girl who likes oysters. You are in for a very fun night. IYKWIMAITYD.

I like oysters and all kinds of seafood. The Blade eats cannibals.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

207 "they're not bad once you get used to them. Like, you know."

Clams?
Those things are disgusting too.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (W5mpo)
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Chow-dah.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)

208 The only thing I don't like about oysters is the sand. Even the smallest amount isn't great. They need real good washing or something. I scrub all my clams down with a good stiff loofa down on the clam ranch.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (3uBP9)

209 If you have a problem with vets collecting disability by scamming, try going after the asshole doctors falsifying the records.

Vets EARN their goddamn pay in most cases.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (jCuxY)

210 The oyster operation is a front.

It was established after his campaign website was set up.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (RIvkX)

211
Better services for veterans than pieces of shit illegals stealing our tax money.

Has anyone ever done a study on the money the illegals are stealing versus the money spent for veterans?

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (3ek7K)

212 How about scallops? Very similar but more meat. Another delivery mechanism for butter into one's pie hole. I like butter sauteed scallops. But then again, I'm a clam rancher so it makes sense.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 02:59 PM (3uBP9)

I like scallops, especially the big sea scallops. But sometimes them are fake (dollops of fish meat), so you have to be careful.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (0aYVJ)

213 OT- Rufo's got another piece in City Journal about how us CA taxpayers are paying for a slush fund for Indians, owl watching and ceremonial fire lighting lessons!


https://tinyurl.com/bddtk95j

We can only do that kind of shit here because all of the freeways are in absolutely first-rate condition and there's nothing else to spend the money on.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (+5YP2)

214 Do not believe the Maine Nazi unless he publishes his 214 and VA disability letter.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (enLlh)

215 The oyster operation is a front.

It was established after his campaign website was set up.

==

WHOA!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (GD0B3)

216 How long before a certain horrible woman I shannot name starts Asking Questions about Kyle's widow too?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (gKWVE)

217 All disability is gonna need a rethink with both the recent cancer diagnoses of the young and the recent cancer advances where treatment no longer requires one to be caretaken...this is just one example...

Like the fed gov admin systems Elon was overheauling, it's another system that needs a serious overhaul and rethink...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (tOcjL)

218 >>me either. and no mussels and no eel and NO OCTOPUS

>>freaking octopus. how can you eat them? they are so smart

One of the guys in my old dive shop in PR was a local. We'd go spear fishing and grab all kinds of stuff after work and his mother would make delicious seafood stew and stuff.

I couldn't kill the octopi. Way too cute and smart. Right near the top of my favorite creature chart.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (viF8m)

219 *A front for his nazi activities!!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (GD0B3)

220
If you knew Sushi, like I know Sushi....

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)

221 Paul is a meadow muffin farmer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (jCuxY)

222 Also, his disability is due to PTSD.

Better than "back pain" I guess.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (RIvkX)

223 > 177 Do they harvest pearls from the oysters along with the meat, or is that a totally different thing?
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (77rzZ)

While many types of shellfish will occasionally produce pearls, the species known as the pearl oyster is not generally eaten, and the various species consumed for food don't often produce pearls.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (IG3/x)

224 You should watch the leather dyers in Fez, Morocco, knee deep in the outdoor dye pits. If you can stand the smell.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (+5YP2)

Back in Rome one year Emperor Vespasian put a fee on the leather curers who used to haul off the urine from the city baths and latrines for free. His son Titus complained it was unseemly to do this, and Vespasian pulled out a silver coin from the fee and said 'this does not stink'.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (8avO+)

225 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (Ia/+0)

226 Posted by: People Who Don't Get Consistency at May 29, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)

People like her always point to the Ashkenazi Jews from eastern Europe and ignore all the other diaspora lines like the Sephardim, Yemeni, and Mizrahi who all look more middle-eastern because they didn't travel as far away.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (lFFaq)

227 Just worthless trivia, but eel was Steve Jobs's favorite.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (m5VHW)

228 People have been raising oysters for thousands of years, and oyster pirates have been stealing them for just about as long.

---------

Minnesota Somali Pirates have adapted to stealing freshwater mussels instead of saltwater oysters.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (BGLxh)

229 overheauling = overhauling plus healing...there, I've created a new word with my typo that works...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (tOcjL)

230
Crab!!

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)

231 Saw a show about octopus. Smart little things. Only live a year or two though. Weird to have evolved smarts for such a tiny period of time.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (Gqar8)

232 Has anyone ever done a study on the money the illegals are stealing versus the money spent for veterans?

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (3ek7K)

Illegals cost exponentially more, just because of the raw numbers. There are orders of magnitude more illegals here than veterans, even if 100% of the vets are falsely collecting 100% disability.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (Kdi1r)

233 >>> Ackshewallee, the oysters served on Miyajima Island just offshore of Hiroshima are pretty damn huge

you know, for an oyster..

In theory that's due to the nutrient rich waters there, not radiation.

But who knows?
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (iJfKG)


History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man.

Posted by: banana Dream - oh wow this comment is meta at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (3uBP9)

234 I do like squid (calamari) and clams tho so not sure how that squares. clams are not gooey (not as much anyway)

and hopefully squid are mean and stupid?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (j+aD2)

235 Eel is one of my favorites in sushi restaurants because it's cooked.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 03:05 PM (m5VHW)

236 VA Disability is a complicated issue. And to clarify, it is a 100% disability rating, not 100% disabled.

VA Disability rating math is also convoluted, as individual medical conditions recieve specific assessments and they may not be directly compounding. So two separate medical conditions that both receive a 50% rating, don't add up to 100%. (I consider the blog's "math free-zone" to be a silent tribute to the VA's special math process.)

Mental conditions like PTSD carry high VA Disability ratings and yet the veteran may have few physical limitations.

But no system is void of fraud and abuse.

Posted by: GuardianB at May 29, 2026 03:05 PM (dLJqZ)

237 Crab!!
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)

Jelly fish!!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 03:05 PM (GD0B3)

238 OT- Rufo's got another piece in City Journal about how us CA taxpayers are paying for a slush fund for Indians, owl watching and ceremonial fire lighting lessons!


https://tinyurl.com/bddtk95j

We can only do that kind of shit here because all of the freeways are in absolutely first-rate condition and there's nothing else to spend the money on.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (+5YP2)

I imagine most of the 'Indians' in the program are as authentic as Elizabeth Warren is.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:05 PM (8avO+)

239 Maybe I am too pissed about this because I know too many people milking the government to think that all vets on disability are honest and not taking advantage.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 29, 2026 02:56 PM (nEyOj)

Got a friend with TBI. You'd never know it to look at him. But getting blown up overseas does all sorts of nasty things to a person.

Another with an ankle fractured so badly he can turn his foot. You would likewise not realize it if you met him, but it is a real disability.

Not all injuries are physical, either.

Maybe there are scammers, but there are plenty of checks and balances on the system, and at least those who need help get it.

I'm willing to withhold judgment of another person's injury status if that person volunteered to walk into combat on my behalf.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 03:05 PM (DwqWV)

240 Ackshewallee, the oysters served on Miyajima Island just offshore of Hiroshima are pretty damn huge

you know, for an oyster..

In theory that's due to the nutrient rich waters there, not radiation.

But who knows?
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 03:01 PM (iJfKG)

In theory, I could become "Oyster Man!"

Wow, a dream come true...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 29, 2026 03:05 PM (Sco7b)

241 Saw a show about octopus. Smart little things. Only live a year or two though. Weird to have evolved smarts for such a tiny period of time.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (Gqar
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They are like an alien intelligence.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:05 PM (Fi81e)

242 "Oyster farming" will be the new euphemism for cruising for teen boys.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

If you think a teen boy is better hung than a proper oyster, you're woefully mistaken... https://tinyurl.com/4xk4vpk6

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 29, 2026 03:05 PM (JCZqz)

243 Feel free to eat as much squid as you like. They are dumb as a post.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 03:06 PM (viF8m)

244 I did not know of the Blackwater connection.

Figures they would take a guy claiming PTSD. Must be a prerequisite or something.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 03:06 PM (RIvkX)

245 If you think a teen boy is better hung than a proper oyster, you're woefully mistaken...

I'm thinking I'll leave that calculation to our colleages at the Bulwark, the Dispatch, and the Lincoln Project.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 03:06 PM (gKWVE)

246 You should watch the leather dyers in Fez, Morocco, knee deep in the outdoor dye pits. If you can stand the smell.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 02:57 PM (+5YP2)

----------

U.S. Grant refused to follow in his father's profession as a leather tanner and merchant owing to the awful stench.

So we have his father to thank for all of Ulysses' future accomplishments ...

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:07 PM (BGLxh)

247 Octopi live only a very short time -- maybe a year or two -- and the last quarter to even half of their lives are miserable. The female starves herself to death caring for the eggs. So eating them before the misery sets in is almost doing them a favor.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

248 Has anyone ever done a study on the money the illegals are stealing versus the money spent for veterans?

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (3ek7K)

Illegals cost exponentially more, just because of the raw numbers. There are orders of magnitude more illegals here than veterans, even if 100% of the vets are falsely collecting 100% disability.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (Kdi1r)

And pretty much 100 percent of vets have been of value to the country for the service in some way, even if just being ready for a need that never comes up.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:07 PM (8avO+)

249 jack we had an octopus by our overwater bungalow once

he'd hang out by the ladder

(or she I mean I don't want to misgender!)

so sweet tho. I felt like it was waving when I'd go down in the morning!

still miss that little guy

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 03:07 PM (j+aD2)

250 Oysters are gross. Just this squishy thing covered in fluid right in front of your face while your girlfriend waits for you to eat it.

Thankfully I never had to worry about that with Michelle!

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 29, 2026 03:07 PM (sKqQm)

251 The weekend is here
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:03 PM (Ia/+0)

Everybody's been working for it.

Posted by: Mike Reno at May 29, 2026 03:08 PM (fmbc9)

252 Saw a show about octopus. Smart little things. Only live a year or two though. Weird to have evolved smarts for such a tiny period of time.
Posted by: tubal

I kid I knew who was an aspiring marine biologist told me that mother octopodes (the formal Greek plural) die before they can pass any knowledge they may have to their offspring. So I guess every octopus has to reinvent the wheel for itself.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 03:08 PM (77rzZ)

253
Crab!!

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)

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Having crab >>>> Getting crabs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 03:09 PM (HdYcL)

254 VA Disability is a complicated issue. And to clarify, it is a 100% disability rating, not 100% disabled.

I'll be retiring soon. My favorite fact is you can get a disability rating of 0%, but it's still a rating, so you get access to benefits.

Veterans with a 0% rating are eligible for several key benefits, including:

VA Health Care: Free treatment and prescription medications for the specific service-connected condition (income limits may apply for other care).
Travel Pay: Reimbursement for mileage and travel costs to VA medical appointments.
Federal Hiring Preference: A 10-point preference when applying for federal government jobs.
Commissary/Exchange Privileges: Access to military bases, commissaries, and MWR facilities (online and in-person).
Life Insurance: Eligibility for Service-Disabled Veterans Life Insurance (S-DVI).
Home Loan: Potential waiver of the VA funding fee (specifics vary by case).

As well as al sorts of state and county benefits like free hunting licenses, tax breaks, etc.

Posted by: Military Moron at May 29, 2026 03:09 PM (JCZqz)

255 I saw an argument that octopi are even smarter then we realize because very few of them survive more then a couple of years so they don't get a time to learn things.

Imagine how we would judge human intelligence if humans didn't generally make it past 2...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm)

256 Well I learned what I know 'bout octopodes by reading remarkably bright creatures.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 03:10 PM (m5VHW)

257 This obsession Collins guy needs to be locked up in a mental hospital
Oh, forgot, there isn't any

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:10 PM (Ia/+0)

258 Feel free to eat as much squid as you like. They are dumb as a post.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 03:06 PM (viF8m)

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The most disgusting thing ever was watching an Asian movie ("Oldboy" IIRC) where they're at a sushi bar or the like and eating living & writhing squid, octopus, or the like.

Damn -- and don't get us started on the Chinese Wet Markets ...

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:10 PM (BGLxh)

259 And pretty much 100 percent of vets have been of value to the country for the service in some way, even if just being ready for a need that never comes up.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:07 PM (8avO+)

You can say VA Disability is a good thing while also saying it needa a rethink b/c of the permanency given to conditions medicine has made no longer permanent and the ability to game so many of the mental and physical issues (while folks with cancers, who can't game, usually get denied b/c their diability didn't come "fast enough")...

Even the 0-100% system needs a total rethink...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 29, 2026 03:10 PM (tOcjL)

260 Eel is one of my favorites in sushi restaurants because it's cooked.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 03:05 PM (m5VHW)

Grilled eel is wonderful. Has gotten really expensive though, because the favored type breed in the ocean and the elvers grow in really deep water. That makes it difficult to replicate their life cycle and environment to be able to farm them.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 03:11 PM (lFFaq)

261 >>jack we had an octopus by our overwater bungalow once

They were all over the big reef we used to dive on. Most were pretty shy but every now and then one would let you pick it up. There was clearly some level of intelligence there.

Not atom splitting intelligence, maybe just about Paul. But too cute to eat.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 03:11 PM (viF8m)

262 I knew someone (now sadly deceased) who developed hearing problems after many years hanging around Air Force flight lines, going back to the days well before modern hearing protection.

The VA never did approve the claim.

So, while I have no doubt there are VA disability scammers out there, scamming that system isn't trivial.

I'd guess you'd need a crooked doctor at a minimum.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 29, 2026 03:11 PM (IG3/x)

263 Imagine how we would judge human intelligence if humans didn't generally make it past 2...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm)


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Thats a win in the Talarico book of Mother, Mary and abortion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 03:11 PM (jCuxY)

264 Crab people.
Crab people.
Look like crab.
Talk like people.
Crab people.
Crab people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:11 PM (7RBt4)

265
Eating raw oysters is like trying to Hock up mucus from your airways.

YMMV

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 03:12 PM (3ek7K)

266 Has anyone ever done a study on the money the illegals are stealing versus the money spent for veterans?

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 03:02 PM (3ek7K)
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No comparison, I would bet. Illegals are part of the Circle of Graft.

Chances are that corruption cuts into the money that actually goes to veterans, while corruption is the source of most money going toward illegals.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

267 This obsession Collins guy needs to be locked up in a mental hospital
Oh, forgot, there isn't any

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:10 PM (Ia/+0)

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Excepting Congress. And Califzuela. And Seattle. And ...

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:12 PM (BGLxh)

268 Feel free to eat as much squid as you like. They are dumb as a post.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 03:06 PM (viF8m)

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The most disgusting thing ever was watching an Asian movie ("Oldboy" IIRC) where they're at a sushi bar or the like and eating living & writhing squid, octopus, or the like.

Damn -- and don't get us started on the Chinese Wet Markets ...
Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:10 PM (BGLxh)
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Live baby octopus. The Blade ate that. Once. Never again.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

269 268 The most disgusting thing ever was watching an Asian movie ("Oldboy" IIRC) where they're at a sushi bar or the like and eating living & writhing squid, octopus, or the like.

Damn -- and don't get us started on the Chinese Wet Markets ...
Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:10 PM (BGLxh)
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Live baby octopus. The Blade ate that. Once. Never again.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

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"It's usually sliced. They say I'm a good sushi chef despite being a woman because my hands are unusually cold."
-Mi Do

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:13 PM (7RBt4)

270 There was a photograph recently, maybe last year, of a big whale, like a sperm whale, breaching with an absolute unit of a gaint squid in its mouth just chomping away like it was chewing gum.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:13 PM (3uBP9)

271 Ace, the "oyster farm" has one customer, a restaurant owned by his mother in Blue Hill, Maine. Blue Hill is one of the toniest of wealthy Maine summer towns.

Platner is a fraud in every conceivable way.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 29, 2026 03:13 PM (r7+k8)

272 I saw an argument that octopi are even smarter then we realize because very few of them survive more then a couple of years so they don't get a time to learn things.

Imagine how we would judge human intelligence if humans didn't generally make it past 2...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm)

Humans are bad examples because we are born only part ready because we have to get the baby out before the head gets too big.

Look at something like a puppy or kitten. A few weeks of blind feeding on the mom and they are getting ready to be a little cat or dog.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:13 PM (8avO+)

273 OT: John Cornyn is being a passive aggressive little b!tch on Twitter.

An old, but apt fable:
A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across [... and blah blah blah] it's my character.

Don't go away mad, John . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 03:13 PM (gKWVE)

274 I can assure you farming is rigorous work. Particularly organic tree farming.

Posted by: Weasel at May 29, 2026 03:14 PM (vt7xw)

275 There was a photograph recently, maybe last year, of a big whale, like a sperm whale, breaching with an absolute unit of a gaint squid in its mouth just chomping away like it was chewing gum.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:13 PM (3uBP9)

Sperm whales often have scars from hunting big squids from the suckers and perhaps beak.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)

276 Oysters Rockefeller are good, except for the oyster part.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 29, 2026 03:14 PM (m5VHW)

277 I can assure you farming is rigorous work. Particularly organic tree farming.
Posted by: Weasel at May 29, 2026 03:14 PM (vt7xw)

Try inorganic tree farming. It's even harder.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:15 PM (8avO+)

278 You can say what you want to say about the rest of seafood. Won't stop me from eating it.

But dungeness crab, or king crab, smothered in butter and me with a shell-cracker....

Delectible.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:15 PM (Fi81e)

279 275
Sperm whales often have scars from hunting big squids from the suckers and perhaps beak.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)

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To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:15 PM (7RBt4)

280 276 Oysters Rockefeller are good, except for the oyster part.
Posted by: Oglebay

Let me tell you about Rocky Mountain oysters!!!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at May 29, 2026 03:15 PM (JCZqz)

281 As well as al sorts of state and county benefits like free hunting licenses, tax breaks, etc.
Posted by: Military Moron at May 29, 2026 03:09 PM (JCZqz)

So many military folks leave the services in AK. I think we have the most vets per capita of any state. Lots of bennies for military and past service up here, plus no income tax, and lots of hunting and fishing, etc.

And a pretty good VA.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 03:16 PM (DwqWV)

282 Ace, the "oyster farm" has one customer, a restaurant owned by his mother in Blue Hill, Maine. Blue Hill is one of the toniest of wealthy Maine summer towns.

Platner is a fraud in every conceivable way.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 29, 2026 03:13 PM (r7+k
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When you start to make Somalis look honest by comparison, there's a problem.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 03:16 PM (gnNyN)

283 Thats a win in the Talarico book of Mother, Mary and abortion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 03:11 PM (jCuxY)

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"Maybe if Mary was black, we would have never had Jesus?"

/White Democrat Death Cultists and fans of Margaret Sanger

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:16 PM (BGLxh)

284 "Made from organic cotton."


Find me some inorganic cotton........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 03:16 PM (jCuxY)

285 We should register octopuses to vote.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 29, 2026 03:16 PM (1D2Ie)

286 John Ford the Directors Series
https://tinyurl.com/3ephj5v3

Like and hype please

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:17 PM (Ia/+0)

287 >>The most disgusting thing ever was watching an Asian movie ("Oldboy" IIRC) where they're at a sushi bar or the like and eating living & writhing squid, octopus, or the like.

We get a lot of them around here. A lot. Probably RI's biggest seafood business and shipped all over the country. When they are running we get a lot of ethnic types flocking down here to catch them. Portuguese, Vietnamese, etc.

It's so big for the marine economy a few years Calamari was made the official state appetizer of RI. And you people say RI doesn't exist. Does your state have an official appetizer?

I didn't think so.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 03:17 PM (viF8m)

288 Damn -- and don't get us started on the Chinese Wet Markets ...

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:10 PM (BGLxh)
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I want to fry like an eagle
To the sea.
Fry like an eagle
Revolution.

Posted by: Steve Mirrel at May 29, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)

289 > So we have his father to thank for all of Ulysses' future accomplishments ...
Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:07 PM (BGLxh)

His original plan was to graduate from West Point, do his time, and then become a math teacher, as I recall.

I recommend his autobiography highly to those who haven't read it. Besides the excellent first-hand accounts of the Civil War, there's a great deal of dry humor in it, which is even more impressive when one considers that Grant was dying, painfully, of cancer while he was writing the book.

One of my favorite parts was him describing how, as a young Army quartermaster, he found himself in charge of a bunch of (allegedly) trained mules and a bunch of (allegedly) expert teamsters. Hilarity ensued.

The completely unbroken mules were sold to Uncle Sam by unscrupulous dealers, while the "expert teamsters" mostly only claimed to be so because teamsters got to ride on wagons rather than humping 50 pounds of gear on foot.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 29, 2026 03:18 PM (IG3/x)

290 Saw a show about octopus. Smart little things. Only live a year or two though. Weird to have evolved smarts for such a tiny period of time.
Posted by: tubal

I kid I knew who was an aspiring marine biologist told me that mother octopodes (the formal Greek plural) die before they can pass any knowledge they may have to their offspring. So I guess every octopus has to reinvent the wheel for itself.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 03:08 PM (77rzZ)

I like octopi...they're yummy!

I also think their intelligence is grossly overstated. I was willing to be convinced but I watched a show on how intelligent octopuses were and despite all the heavy praise they were throwing the genius mollusk...nothing I saw couldn't be explained by instinct.

And their life-cycle as described above and short life doesn't indicate an extended childhood with parental teaching in the mix which is usually required for intelligent critters.

Octopuses are the Somalians of the Sea and you've fallen for the scam.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 03:18 PM (iJfKG)

291 Jeebus, just briefly tuned into Hugh Hewitt's radio show and he's STILL crying and wetting his panties over Paxton kicking the FAFO out of Cornyn.

My guess is he'd hate vote against Paxton and for Talafreako if he lived in Texas ...

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:19 PM (BGLxh)

292 I also think their intelligence is grossly overstated. I was willing to be convinced but I watched a show on how intelligent octopuses were and despite all the heavy praise they were throwing the genius mollusk...nothing I saw couldn't be explained by instinct.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 03:18 PM (iJfKG)
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Big Octopus.

Posted by: Steve Mirrel at May 29, 2026 03:20 PM (Fi81e)

293 >>Sperm whales often have scars from hunting big squids from the suckers and perhaps beak.

If you've never seen them checkout videos on youtube and elsewhere of Humboldt Squid.

You don't want to be in the water around them when they are feeding.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 03:21 PM (viF8m)

294 You can say VA Disability is a good thing while also saying it needa a rethink b/c of the permanency given to conditions medicine has made no longer permanent and the ability to game so many of the mental and physical issues (while folks with cancers, who can't game, usually get denied b/c their diability didn't come "fast enough")...

Even the 0-100% system needs a total rethink...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 29, 2026 03:10 PM (tOcjL)

I am fully for a vigorous check on qualification and honesty in any government payout. Some conditions show up later so rechecking the status should be a thing.

I got my great great grandfathers military records years back and it showed he started getting a pension in his later years due to a wound in the foot at Kennesaw Mountain from his Civil War service in the artillery, which his wife also got after his death in the 1910s until her death some years later.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:21 PM (8avO+)

295 I’ve heard that the DOD sets aside a significant amount of money for every person that enlists just for disability benefits. Most don’t even ask about it, myself included.

I’ve got a friend that’s 100 percent disabled from being burned by an IED in Iraq. The guy still can run sub 7 minute miles; he might not be human

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 29, 2026 03:21 PM (4MsaP)

296 My kindle tablet is pushing me Prime video on me, to watch Caro Doda, Topless At The Condor.
Why would I want to watch a near 100 year old topless woman?
And I thought the Condor was torn down long ago.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 29, 2026 03:21 PM (sl73Y)

297 Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley
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As Democrats demand the removal of the masks of ICE agents, a protester was shown yesterday yelling at an agent, "I've got your face. I'll kill your whole f**king family. You whole f**king family is dead. Your child, your wife, and all are dead. I have your face mother f**ker. You re dead."
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Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)

298 I kid I knew who was an aspiring marine biologist ...

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George Costanza?

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:22 PM (BGLxh)

299 https://youtu.be/pIYWzuIgchY

My favorite thing about octopi.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 03:22 PM (DwqWV)

300 I blew out both of my knees doing 22 years in the service. The VA gives me the princely sum of $1,241.90 every month for that. I could have been making that every week if I could still drive a truck which I can't due to my knees. It's not a scam for me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

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I guess I shouldn't have said anything. I understand that many people were legitimately injured. I said that from the start.

But I also know that, like most gov. programs, it is taken advantage of by those who are dishonest. The problem is that as soon as you point out fraud people get defensive. I am sorry I said what I said since I appreciate that any criticism is going to hurt people who were legitimately injured.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 29, 2026 03:22 PM (gDedl)

301 291 Jeebus, just briefly tuned into Hugh Hewitt's radio show and he's STILL crying and wetting his panties over Paxton kicking the FAFO out of Cornyn.

My guess is he'd hate vote against Paxton and for Talafreako if he lived in Texas ...

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:19 PM (BGLxh)

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Compare and contrast how establishment Democrats are treating Platner, dude with a Nazi tattoo, and how establishment Republicans are treating Paxton.

Establishment Democrats have accepted that Platner is the nominee, at least in public (they have until June 9), and are just pushing against Collins.

Establishment Republicans are in two camps. One, like Thune, are treating Paxton like a normal Republican, saying that he's going to support him. But you still have this group like Hewitt who refuse to treat Paxton like a normal Republican. Instead of focusing attacks on the Democrat, he'd rather talk about the weaknesses of the Republican.

It's just an interesting look at how, institutionally, the two parties are actually quite different still. No matter the internal strife, Democrats will put on a face of unity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:22 PM (7RBt4)

302 I think the proper term is "oysterman."

Posted by: Word nerd at May 29, 2026 03:22 PM (2Ez/1)

303 I've a son who tried for two years to get a disability rating (tried to stop a jet engine coming off its stand). Got no where til he contacted a VA group who helped him tremendously.
BTW, he quit because while he was arguing, his command started okaying sex change operations.

Posted by: MkY at May 29, 2026 03:23 PM (q6tQZ)

304 Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley
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As Democrats demand the removal of the masks of ICE agents, a protester was shown yesterday yelling at an agent, "I've got your face. I'll kill your whole f**king family. You whole f**king family is dead. Your child, your wife, and all are dead. I have your face mother f**ker. You re dead."
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Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)

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That sounds a little like Domestic Terrorism-y.

"Kash Patel, please pick up the white-adjacent privilege courtesy phone ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:23 PM (BGLxh)

305 My kindle tablet is pushing me Prime video on me, to watch Caro Doda, Topless At The Condor.
Why would I want to watch a near 100 year old topless woman?
And I thought the Condor was torn down long ago.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 29, 2026 03:21 PM (sl73Y)
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Still there.

The Condor, I mean. Carol Doda is no longer there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 03:24 PM (RIvkX)

306 Oysterman - rejected by Marvel Superhero Name.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 03:24 PM (Gqar8)

307 As Democrats demand the removal of the masks of ICE agents, a protester was shown yesterday yelling at an agent, "I've got your face. I'll kill your whole f**king family. You whole f**king family is dead. Your child, your wife, and all are dead. I have your face mother f**ker. You re dead."
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Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)
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Someone will have to explain to me why that "person" was not shot in the face.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 03:25 PM (RIvkX)

308 Pooky gets 110% VA disability (I don't know how the math works on that, but it does) and he does very occasional volunteering. And really, the only reason he's able to volunteer at all is due to JT The Wonder Dog.

Posted by: pookysgirl, weighing in at May 29, 2026 03:25 PM (Wt5PA)

309 It's just an interesting look at how, institutionally, the two parties are actually quite different still. No matter the internal strife, Democrats will put on a face of unity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:22 PM (7RBt4)

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Yep.

Excellent observation and analysis, per usual, TJM.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:25 PM (BGLxh)

310

Bob

So there are vets scamming the system. They served.

Fucking pieces of shit illegals haven't served and they don't deserve to get any of our hardened earned money.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 03:26 PM (3ek7K)

311 Every thing connected to the federal government is full of corruption and grift.

Posted by: It's A Swindle, A Swindle at May 29, 2026 03:26 PM (54bnG)

312 Oysterman would be dc

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 03:27 PM (bXbFr)

313 Best thing I like about octopuses is they are not walking around land as in my yard

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:27 PM (Ia/+0)

314 It's just an interesting look at how, institutionally, the two parties are actually quite different still. No matter the internal strife, Democrats will put on a face of unity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:22 PM (7RBt4)

It might look different from the inside. The 'establishment' candidate withdrew before the primary, and was an ex governor. Not sure how unified she feels if she spoke freely.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:28 PM (8avO+)

315 Is it like a sex farm?
Posted by: Nigel at May 29, 2026 02:43 PM (Fi81e)

No,

Herr Oberoysterfuhrer's sex farm was apparently the chemical potty room.

Posted by: Nelly at May 29, 2026 03:28 PM (6+ehB)

316
AMERICA FIRST!

Fuck anyone who doesn't agree.

I'm so sick of this shit.

Posted by: four seasons at May 29, 2026 03:28 PM (3ek7K)

317 309 Yep.

Excellent observation and analysis, per usual, TJM.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:25 PM (BGLxh)

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Republicans implied their own president might be a Russian asset for more than 2 years.

Democrats just accepted the culturally foreign Obama because he won votes, even as he was trying to prop up Iran despite the party's long-held and fairly deep loyalty to Israel over Iranian proxies in the Middle East.

I mean...there are downsides.

But, seriously, the primary's over. Time to treat Paxton like a boring Republican.

I mean, it's not like Hewitt is some kind of ideologue. He's a partisan for the party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:28 PM (7RBt4)

318 Isn't everyone in Maine an oyster farmer? Go for a walk on the beach, see some 86 shells, walk farther, hey look oysters! Dinner!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 03:28 PM (n5tGW)

319 Who is who whoitt and why should pay any attention to that joker?

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 29, 2026 03:29 PM (HIzgC)

320 314
It might look different from the inside. The 'establishment' candidate withdrew before the primary, and was an ex governor. Not sure how unified she feels if she spoke freely.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:28 PM (8avO+)

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Oh, the fissures exist, and there are some minor Democrats saying things about a brewing civil war because of Platner.

But, the national party either supports Platner or says nothing. The mouth pieces support Platner, or they say nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 03:29 PM (7RBt4)

321 Who is who whoitt and why should pay any attention to that joker?
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 29, 2026 03:29 PM (HIzgC)

I felt that way even when he was a somebody.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:30 PM (8avO+)

322 For the less-than-29-year-olds who don't know who Carol Doda was:

https://tinyurl.com/ynkbhx9y

(NSFW, obviously)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 29, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)

323 I mean, of course a Nazi would love Scheisse.

Posted by: XTC at May 29, 2026 03:30 PM (iXqHn)

324 There's actually a lot to like about octopi and squid. Generally.

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at May 29, 2026 03:31 PM (3uBP9)

325 > 306 Oysterman - rejected by Marvel Superhero Name.
Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 03:24 PM (Gqar

Barnacle Man.

Origin: scraped himself on a radioactive barnacle in the outflow of a malfunctioning nuclear power plant.
Super power: clinging to the hull of vessels below the waterline, thus slightly reducing speed and fuel economy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 29, 2026 03:33 PM (IG3/x)

326 I worked Workers Comp claims for 35 years. Even the most honest people took advantage of the system because it was there to take advantage of.

That said I never saw the people who got legitimately injured but kept working and never made a claim.

The thing honest people mostly did was after they got a legitimate injury they took off more time than they normally would have , if any, from the exact same injury if it would have occurred outside of work.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 03:33 PM (XMuV+)

327 Barnacle Man >> Particle Man

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:34 PM (3uBP9)

328
Bezos is Number One. He now has taken the crown for largest rocket explosion in US history. He pulled off about 1 kT TNT equivalent.

Thankfully, it's the Rooskies who still hold the all-time title for biggest rocket boom-boom, with the N-1, their ill-fated attempt at a moon rocket. That was 7 kT TNT equivalent, and besides the biggest rocket explosion, it also holds the title as the largest non-nuclear explosion in history.

Elon's Starship 36 hit 0.5 kT, and before all this, an Atlas-Centaur exploded in 1965, which until these latest was the biggest American rocket explosion at maybe 0.25 kT.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 03:34 PM (w6EFb)

329 Hugh hewitt waa a boring sominrx on a better bill with steyn and lileks once upon a time

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 03:35 PM (bXbFr)

330 Considering his stability, I wonder if he is one of the reasons Blackwater has a bad rep?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)

331 On a radio station sold to haitian evangelicals

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 03:36 PM (bXbFr)

332 Apparently rocketry has not been perfected.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 03:37 PM (n5tGW)

333 Looks more and more like Trump is gonna sign that "deal" with Iran... Damned if he does damned if he doesn't...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 03:37 PM (yLn/F)

334 That was 7 kT TNT equivalent, and besides the biggest rocket explosion, it also holds the title as the largest non-nuclear explosion in history.

I wonder what Halifax was?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)

335 Platner is simply a thinner LTC Vindaloo Bearclaw.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 03:37 PM (ZpG08)

336
For the less-than-29-year-olds who don't know who Carol Doda was:

She and Ken "The Snake" Stabler, QB of the Oakland Raiders, got caught in some sort of naked and / or lewd romp in San Francisco around 1980.

"Snake" bleated piteously to the local press, "This will hurt my work with local youths. Folks in the area rolled their eyes and said, "Sure it will, Snake."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 03:37 PM (ixS3i)

337 Elon's Starship 36 hit 0.5 kT, and before all this, an Atlas-Centaur exploded in 1965, which until these latest was the biggest American rocket explosion at maybe 0.25 kT.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 03:34 PM (w6EFb)

Other notable booms:

On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc was hit by the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mont-Blanc, laden with high explosives, caught fire and detonated, devastating the Richmond district of Halifax. At least 1,782 people, largely in Halifax and Dartmouth, were killed by the blast, debris, fires, or collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. The blast was the largest human-made explosion at the time.[1] It released the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT (12 TJ).[2]

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:38 PM (8avO+)

338 To quote Elon Musk - How unfortunate. Rockets are hard.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar8)

339 Its a misnomer, Yes the "Disability" Can be visible, i.e. Wheel chair, missing limbs, scarred. But they can be invisible, overall health, pain, ptsd, illnesses. It's mostly COMPENSATION for injuries, visible or INVISIBLE to the average person. Compensation owed from the military damaging your body over your time in service. Period. And if anyone is up in arms about it all, you probably never served and you will continue to sit on your high chair and judge those who answered the nations call.

Posted by: saar at May 29, 2026 03:38 PM (lexfv)

340 As Democrats demand the removal of the masks of ICE agents, a protester was shown yesterday yelling at an agent, "I've got your face. I'll kill your whole f**king family. You whole f**king family is dead. Your child, your wife, and all are dead. I have your face mother f**ker. You re dead."
____

Why? what has this (or any) particular ICE agent done that warrants mass murder to him and his family? Is it just a threat to try to mess with the guy's head? Again, why?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 03:38 PM (Dv3i1)

341 Blackwater has been libeled since the fallujah bridge (recreated in the dark knight rises) to the nisan gates incident

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 03:38 PM (bXbFr)

342 The tough-talking Marine veteran struts around in a Carhartt jacket and jeans

I'm told that Carhartt is now a fashionable brand that got bought by the GAP or some fashion clothing company like that.

It's only a matter of time before it's crapifacted into uselessness as work gear.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 29, 2026 03:39 PM (vJrRc)

343 Barnacle Man will have a tough job standing apart in our Senate.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 03:39 PM (gKWVE)

344 Collins is no prize but seriously Maine ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 03:40 PM (yLn/F)

345 Posted by: saar at May 29, 2026 03:38 PM (lexfv

All benefit systems are taken advantage of because they serve humans.

Posted by: polynikes at May 29, 2026 03:40 PM (XMuV+)

346 Beirut was equivalent to 1.4 KT the internet says.

Wasn't there a test of conventional explosives where they wanted to test the damage of a nuclear blast but not have the radiation so they used and absolutely massive amount of conventional explosives. I bet that was pretty high on the equivalent scale?

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:41 PM (3uBP9)

347 Barnacle Man will have a tough job standing apart in our Senate.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 03:39 PM (gKWVE)

He can cling on a rafter.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:41 PM (8avO+)

348 Halifax was 2.9 KT but killed almost 1,800.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 03:41 PM (ZpG08)

349 "Made from organic cotton."


Find me some inorganic cotton........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 03:16 PM

*whistles innocently*

- steel wool

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2026 03:41 PM (Wnv9h)

350 285 We should register octopuses to vote.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Can they, you know,.... "Consent"?

Posted by: Kurt at May 29, 2026 03:42 PM (gKWVE)

351 According to the net, Halifax was 2.9 kt equivalent.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s)

352 I'm told that Carhartt is now a fashionable brand that got bought by the GAP or some fashion clothing company like that.

It's only a matter of time before it's crapifacted into uselessness as work gear.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 29, 2026 03:39 PM (vJrRc)

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Yesterday, I got a chuckle out of hearing Dana Loesch refer to Talafreako as looking like an Old Navy Mannequin.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:42 PM (BGLxh)

353 Does your state have an official appetizer?

I didn't think so.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 03:17 PM (viF8m)

If we did, it'd either involve corn or be deep-fried. Our unofficial dessert is Snicker Salad (not an actual salad).

Posted by: pookysgirl uses Granny Smith apples for hers at May 29, 2026 03:42 PM (Wt5PA)

354 >> I wonder what Halifax was?

Listed as 2.9 kT equivalent.

We hit about 5 kT or so intentionally in some military tests way back in the day to simulate nuclear blast waves.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 03:42 PM (w6EFb)

355 The idiotic thing about the VA disability rating game is that you can be unable to work but they’ll fight like hell to avoid giving a 100% rating while folks with 100% work full time.

Posted by: epador at May 29, 2026 03:42 PM (5JNK/)

356 >>> Why? what has this (or any) particular ICE agent done that warrants mass murder to him and his family? Is it just a threat to try to mess with the guy's head? Again, why?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 03:38 PM (Dv3i1)


All leftists want to murder anyone, destroy anything in their way. That's it. That's the answer.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:43 PM (3uBP9)

357 Beirut was equivalent to 1.4 KT the internet says.

Wasn't there a test of conventional explosives where they wanted to test the damage of a nuclear blast but not have the radiation so they used and absolutely massive amount of conventional explosives. I bet that was pretty high on the equivalent scale?
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:41 PM (3uBP9)

I don't recall the test myself, but the 2.9 kiloton was an entire cargo ship full of munitions. Hiroshima was estimated at 15, so that would require 5 cargo ships full.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:44 PM (8avO+)

358 How does Blue Origin compare to the Soviet Moon rocket explosion?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 03:44 PM (ZpG08)

359
I got tired of Hewitt years ago.

He always seemed like a Crypto-Democrat constantly pushing the GOP Weak-Sisters like Mutt Rombly or cucks like Corny.

Do. Not. Need.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 03:44 PM (iJfKG)

360 Wasn't there a test of conventional explosives where they wanted to test the damage of a nuclear blast but not have the radiation so they used and absolutely massive amount of conventional explosives. I bet that was pretty high on the equivalent scale?
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:41 PM (3uBP9)

Iirc, the calibration test for the instruments was .1kt. Its at the beginning of the Atomic Bomb Movie (narrated by the Shat.) I think it on ewetub. Ill check real quick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)

361 Now a judge has ruled that Trump can't close the Trump/Kennedy Center and his name has to be removed

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 03:45 PM (yLn/F)

362 I know Planter is not a real veteran 'cause Jake Tapper isn't running to his defense ....

Jake Tapper supports the veterans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 03:45 PM (73/SM)

363 >>> How does Blue Origin compare to the Soviet Moon rocket explosion?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 03:44 PM (ZpG0


Publius got it above.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:45 PM (3uBP9)

364 Other notable booms:

On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc was hit by the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mont-Blanc, laden with high explosives, caught fire and detonated, devastating the Richmond district of Halifax. At least 1,782 people, largely in Halifax and Dartmouth, were killed by the blast, debris, fires, or collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. The blast was the largest human-made explosion at the time.[1] It released the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT (12 TJ).[2]
Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:38 PM (8avO+)

The Port Chicago disaster was a massive munitions explosion on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Concord, California (near Suisun Bay). The blast, caused by the detonation of approximately 2,000 tons of TNT equivalent in munitions being loaded onto the Liberty ship SS E.A. Bryan, killed 320 sailors and civilians instantly, making it the largest loss of life on U.S. soil during World War II.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:45 PM (BGLxh)

365 Disability percentages are additive. You can get say 10% for tinnitus and 20% for neuropathy for example. They have an odd way of adding them but you need a lot of conditions to add up to 100%.

There are lawyers that work with people to get pensions.

Posted by: javems at May 29, 2026 03:45 PM (zFsEm)

366 nood



hollyrooood!

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 03:45 PM (3uBP9)

367 Kurt is nevarr going to live that down

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 03:46 PM (bXbFr)

368 343 Barnacle Man will have a tough job standing apart in our Senate.

barnacle man
barnacle man
doing the things
a barnacle can

Posted by: anachronda at May 29, 2026 03:46 PM (v3pYe)

369 >> How does Blue Origin compare to the Soviet Moon rocket explosion?

N-1 explosion was 7 kT, and remains the biggest non-nuclear, man-made explosion in history.

Bezos Boom-Boom was 1 kT.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 03:46 PM (w6EFb)

370 THE BOSS HAS A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)

371 Its not on ewetub that I can find.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 03:47 PM (zZu0s)

372 I prefer clam farming.

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)

373 The Port Chicago disaster was a massive munitions explosion on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Concord, California (near Suisun Bay). The blast, caused by the detonation of approximately 2,000 tons of TNT equivalent in munitions being loaded onto the Liberty ship SS E.A. Bryan, killed 320 sailors and civilians instantly, making it the largest loss of life on U.S. soil during World War II.
Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:45 PM (BGLxh)

I recall a ship in an Italian harbor being hit by I think a german guided bomb that was full of poison gas munitions kept near the front in case the Axis went back on the overall reluctance to use poison in combat.

Had to be kept quiet about for a long time.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 29, 2026 03:49 PM (8avO+)

374 I guess I shouldn't have said anything. I understand that many people were legitimately injured. I said that from the start.

But I also know that, like most gov. programs, it is taken advantage of by those who are dishonest. The problem is that as soon as you point out fraud people get defensive. I am sorry I said what I said since I appreciate that any criticism is going to hurt people who were legitimately injured.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 29, 2026 03:22 PM


I didn't take it personal I just wanted to point out that there are tons of veterans that are legitimately drawing disability money from the VA due to injuries from their service.


And yes there are grifters and scammers just like every other government program that hands out money. It's just like any other benefit program, there are going to be people who scam the system. I will say the VA does the best job they can to make sure all claims are legitimate. And if they find someone who is scamming they will stop payments and get that money back. I knew one guy who was scamming and they found out and stopped his pay and had the irs go after him for the money that he had been paid.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 29, 2026 03:50 PM (0N4FZ)

375 I got tired of Hewitt years ago.

He always seemed like a Crypto-Democrat constantly pushing the GOP Weak-Sisters like Mutt Rombly or cucks like Corny.

Do. Not. Need.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 03:44 PM (iJfKG)

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I remember listening to his radio show 20 years ago and him singing the praises of the "severely conservative" Cheap Justice Benedict Roberts.

* sticks finger down throat *

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 03:50 PM (BGLxh)

376 Claims he was "sent" to war but enlisted DURING the war.

S
Dems gotta lie

Constantly

About everything

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at May 29, 2026 03:51 PM (61TgR)

377 Collins going to walk all over him.

I disagree with her a bunch for a republican, but she can triangulate better than most, and she is a pretty skilled politician. Now that the targets are set, he's going to get shown up on the regular.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 29, 2026 04:01 PM (GZYu7)

378 100% disability means you receive the maximum disability benefits from military. It doesn't mean you're a quadriplegic.

Posted by: MP2k2 at May 29, 2026 04:20 PM (B9Qbl)

379 Hey pal, I was 100% disabled and I worked! I have the surgical scars on my brain to prove I was disabled! Not a joke! My word as a Robinette!

Posted by: Joe B. from Scranton, Delaware at May 29, 2026 04:26 PM (5rh/l)

380 As a Desert Storm vet and vet of the 80s era Cold War...

Option 1

Dude is a failure in life and only has one avenue: grift. Because he see's an 18 yr old nail banger making $100K and he is too lazy; we owe it to him. Psycho.

Posted by: Danimal28 at May 29, 2026 04:32 PM (mNOhh)

381 Posting quite late but this might help with some 100% VA disability questions:

A 100% VA disability rating provides a tax-free base monthly compensation of $3,938.58. This basic amount increases if you have dependents (such as a spouse or children). Veteran with a spouse (no children): $4,158.88

Each child under 18: $76 to $109 depending on the combination of dependents.

>As a veteran with a 100% disability rating, you qualify for full healthcare coverage, specialized life insurance programs, and additional local tax relief:

Highest priority for medical care at all VA hospitals and clinics. You pay no copays or fees for inpatient care, outpatient care, or prescription medications.

You qualify for full, comprehensive VA dental coverage.

Your spouse and dependent children get health insurance through the VA Civilian Health and Medical Program (CHAMPVA). This pays for most of their medical costs and supplies.

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (NFX2v)

382 You get guaranteed acceptance into the VALife Whole Life Insurance Program if you are age 80 or younger. You can buy up to $40,000 in coverage with no medical exam.

If you get a VA grant to adapt your home for a physical disability, VMLI can pay off your mortgage up to $200,000 if you pass away.

>Additional blessings from Maine -
Maine provides a $6,000 reduction in your home's assessed value for local property taxes. (Veterans with specially adapted housing can receive up to ($50,000).)

If you are 100% permanently and totally disabled, the state waives the motor vehicle excise tax for up to three vehicles you own.

Maine offers a 100% tuition and mandatory fee waiver for spouses and dependents of 100% permanently disabled veterans at all state universities, community colleges, and the Maine Maritime Academy.

You may be eligible for up to $2,000 in emergency financial assistance through the state for urgent needs like medical bills or home repairs.

Free Hunting and Fishing Licenses

If you require physical modifications to your home due to service-connected mobility issues, you can receive a grant of over $100,000 to remodel (kitchen, baths, or entryways).

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (NFX2v)

383 >You qualify for several highly supportive home healthcare programs, caregiver stipends, and burial benefits at the 100% rating level:
Home Healthcare and Long-Term Support. Because you are enrolled in VA healthcare, several VA Long Term Care Services are included in your standard benefits package if a doctor determines you have a medical need for them.

Skilled Home Health Care: If you need professional medical help, the VA can send physical therapists or nurses to your house.

Veteran-Directed Care: This unique program gives you a monthly budget. You can use the money to hire your own personal care workers—including your own family members.

Respite Care: If a family member takes care of you, the VA will pay for a professional to step in. This gives your regular caregiver a helpful break.

Family Caregiver Monthly Stipend: Through the VA Family Caregiver Assistance Program, a designated family caregiver may receive a tax-free monthly financial stipend, health insurance, and mental health counseling.

Burial -
Free National and State Cemetery Burial
Burial Allowances (Private Cemetery)
Transportation Reimbursement for remains under some circumstances.

Back later.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 29, 2026 05:50 PM (NFX2v)

384 Veterans disability is a problem that will have to be addressed at some point, the fraud is rampant (but no where near the levels of somali home healthcares). My introduction to the topic is a guy making 6 figures and rated 100% disabled, he could squat about twice my max. The costs are ever increasing, the military doesn't particularly care about being good stewards of the publics money, "use it or lose" spending and zero concern for passing an audit ( every one failed so far). Freedom isn't free but frankly 2 oceans handles most of it. The genuine existential threat to freedom is the debt this country refuses to address.

Posted by: EzE at May 29, 2026 06:23 PM (pxzPN)

No One Believes Jill Biden's "Gaslighting" Campaign -- Especially Not the Leftwing Media Operatives and Democrats Who Conspired to Cover This Up, and Now Have Pretend They Were "Fooled" by a Conspiracy They Were Always Part of

The Bee:

bbjilbidenlies.png

Trump has Questions about "Doctor" Jill Biden's new op:

Fox News
@FoxNews

2h

JUST IN: President Trump launches a scathing attack on Jill Biden after she admitted that she thought her husband was having a "stroke" during their infamous 2024 presidential debate.

"She said that she thought he was having a 'stroke,' and various other really bad things, and yet never rushed onto the stage to help her troubled husband, as any good wife would do."

"As many have asked, did my strong performance in that debate cause him to, plain and simple, 'choke,' leading to his ignominious defeat, or were there other reasons? Nobody else knows the answer to that, BUT I DO!!!"

trumpdoubtsjillbidensstory.png

Leftwing CNN reporter: Jill Biden's story is "revisionist history," Democrat sources tell me she's lying and "gaslighting" the American voters now just as she did back then.

Dasha Burns
@DashaBurns

May 28

A former senior Biden campaign advisor tells me Jill Biden's comments are "revisionist history."

"She and a handful of other close advisors around President Biden kept gaslighting us, telling those of us on the campaign we were the ones who were wrong, and that he just had a 'bad night.' I think she saw the reputational harm this caused her and is therefore taking a new position."

@playbookdc

Politico's Alex Thompson, who had some low level of credibility on this for at least permitting the question of Biden's mental fitness, before throwing it away to co-write his book "exposing" this with Dementia Denier Jake the Fake Tapper:

Alex Thompson
@AlexThomp

One former Biden official reacts to this with just: "she's lying."

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze

What Alex is admitting here is that a former Biden official knew Biden was senile, but did not say it at the time, and is now calling Jill Biden "bullshit" for saying it now.

Alex, do you see how much this reflects badly on you for protecting this person so you could sell books?

First Democrats (including Democrat Comms Media) covered up Biden's senility. Then they covered up the cover up by demanding the story go away and no one search for accountability except from the Five Designated Fall-Guys, Biden, "Doctor" Jill, and his three most senior co-conspirators.

Democrats are angry that "Doctor" Jill is ruining their cover-up of the cover-up:

democratsfuriousbidengoaway.jpg

The media is pretending it's shocked and outraged about being "tricked" into repeating the Bidens' lies to the public every week for four years -- but will a single media interviewer ask "Doctor" Jill hard questions about why she didn't immediately drive Joe to the hospital if she had "never, ever" seen this behavior "before or since" and was "frightened" that he was "having a stroke" on stage?

In fact she immediately whisked the Shambling Withered Husk off to a post-debate rally and paraded his Grim Mockery of Human Life before a crowd of horrified spectators, telling him "Joe, you did great! You answered every question, you knew all the facts!"

If the media really want to prove they're not in on the con, they'll confront her.

It's not even necessary that they get her to agree to an interview. They can just send a question to her and her PR people asking them why she left Biden on stage to die of a stroke, and report her refusal to answer the question.

But.

They.

Will.

Not.

Because "journalists" have the same interest that the Democrat Party does -- they want to smother this fire, not add oxygen to it, to grant political cover and advantage to (you'll never guess!) the Democrat Party they all vote for and belong to and scheme behind-the-scenes with.

They were on it. Period. They supported the now-acknowledged lie for as long as was physically possible and then acted shocked and offended when the lie was exposed.

They will just continue passive-aggressively shunning the Bidens, hoping they will take the hint and stop embarrasing them by exposing their own complicity in the Cheapfake Op on the American public.

Even DEI Debbie now gets it, after lying about Cheapfakes and "misleading videos" for years:

Even fired fatbody former CNN Thumb Christh Cthilitha gets it:

Sonny Hostin, on the other hand, is still on Team "Doctor" Jill, though she does have some minor doubts.

Nicholas Fondacaro
@NickFondacaro

Sunny Hostin praise Jill Biden how she "stands by her man" but only now admits that they at The View had personally seen how Joe Biden "faltered" and "lost his train of thought and she [Jill] will jump right in" to save him.

"But, i have to say, I'm a little disappointed in the fact that she was living with Joe Biden, she must have seen some of his decline. She must have seen it," Hostin declared.

This is about the take of the entire view-- they're all still on Team "Doctor" Jill but are disappointed she missed the signs of Biden's decline.

Nicholas Fondacaro
@NickFondacaro

1h

The View defends Jill Biden's flip-flopping about her husband's condition post-debate in a CBS interview. Without address Jill saying she thought Joe had a stroke but didn't take him to a hospital, Ana Navarro says she was being a good wife and believes what she said in the interview:

JOY BEHAR: So, why do you think she's saying this now? She didn't say it then. What do you make of this whole thing?

ANA NAVARRO: People lie after debates. Right? It's called spinning. Every time -- I have seen debates where there's clearly one candidate who has bombed and next thing you know you get the press, 'so-and-so won the debate handily.'

She's not going to going to say, 'Joe, you bombed!' You know, he was still running.

BEHAR: What would you have said if you were her?

NAVARRO: 'Joe, you did great!' I mean, if it's your husband running for president.

BEHAR: She did what she thought she was doing.

NAVARRO: I think she was doing what a political spouse and what somebody supporting her husband - at that point they didn't know he was going to continue running or not, he was still running.

I - you know, I believe her because I think -- I believe her in this interview. I think Jill Biden is a truthful person and I also think -- I suspect she's watched it a lot of times since, which is different than watching it in real time when you watch -- like we just watched it right now and both said, this is painful to watch.

BEHAR: It was painful to watch.

The View remains, if you can believe it, dumber than mud that's been fucked by retards.


The corrupt communist media that covered for Biden's dementia for five years now demands we examine Trump's non-dementia:

That's the fired over-the-top Democrat shill Margaret Sullivan, who was shitcanned by the Washington Post because she was so embarrassingly Yay Feminism! Yay Democrats! Yay Transgenders! that she destroyed the credibility of everyone in a two-mile radius.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:15 PM




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1 Leftwing CNN reporter: Jill Biden's story is "revisionist history," Democrat sources tell me she's lying and "gaslighting" the American voters now just as she did back then.

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"But all the other Democrats are always telling the truth about obviously untruthful things."
-leftwing CNN reporter

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:18 PM (7RBt4)

2 Dr. Jill, LOL, now just Jill.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 01:18 PM (73/SM)

3 I think there's a high probability that after Joe croaks, Jill will pickle him, have him carved up and sell of the pieces as collectibles.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 29, 2026 01:18 PM (Sco7b)

4 Jill should have gone up there and escorted him from the stage, during the debate. Imagine PDJT's reaction heh.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 29, 2026 01:19 PM (y171U)

5 That's E. Jean Carroll woman! No? huh...look alike they do

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 01:19 PM (GD0B3)

6 They were on it. Period. They supported the now-acknowledged lie for as long as was physically possible and then acted shocked and offended when the lie was exposed.

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"But they're not in on any other lie. It was just that one time."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:19 PM (7RBt4)

7 I can't help thinking that Jill is somehow the sacrificial lamb, here.

This allows the DNC and the media to distance itself from the "deception" of the Biden white house.

Just in time for the new fraudulent elections.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:20 PM (Fi81e)

8 I liked The Strokes. Decent guitarist. Haven't released any new music in a while.

Posted by: fly gal at May 29, 2026 01:20 PM (+8HoB)

9 Dr. Jill, LOL, now just Jill.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 01:18 PM (73/SM)
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That's how you always know that the long knives have turned.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:21 PM (Fi81e)

10 This is how good we've got it, how slow the news is: we're talking about King Pantsshitter and his wife Frau Doktor Professor Jill.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 01:21 PM (Y6K7e)

11 "This is the sharpest Biden ever."

Morning Joe, like a week before the debate.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 01:21 PM (Kdi1r)

12 Oh boy, more "Doktor" Jill.

Just what we've always wanted.

Posted by: XTC at May 29, 2026 01:22 PM (FpHTM)

13 Tapioca!

Posted by: Shambling Withered Husk at May 29, 2026 01:22 PM (wVcYX)

14 Her leftwing "interviewer" believed her, and nodded her head in sympathy and agreement.

Posted by: M. Gaga at May 29, 2026 01:22 PM (KiBMU)

15 Lamestream media at the time said the Biden Trump debate was a draw. LOL

Posted by: Joemarine at May 29, 2026 01:22 PM (y171U)

16 Remember when the View ladies said DOCTOR JILL should be the Surgeon General? Good times.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (2ocoG)

17 7 I can't help thinking that Jill is somehow the sacrificial lamb, here.

This allows the DNC and the media to distance itself from the "deception" of the Biden white house.

Just in time for the new fraudulent elections.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:20 PM (Fi81e)

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There are moments when obvious lies tear the blindfolds off of people.

Those who saw through the media's shilling for Democrats at that moment...most of them don't go back.

Any attempt to regain ground is really just a salve for the people who refuse to accept what they already know, the ones who have to justify continued believe in the media because they know something's wrong but can't or won't admit it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (7RBt4)

18 Different strokes for different folks, ehh Dr Jiill?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (2WIwB)

19 Takes out voice recorder. Hits rewind for a split second. Hits play.

"I don't really care, Margaret"

Hits rewind again so it's setup for the next time.

Posted by: banana Dream - different Margaret, but it's still very useful at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (3uBP9)

20 ...I think she saw the reputational harm this caused her and is therefore taking a new position."

As some other super smart person once said "What difference at this point does it make?" Why should DOCTOR Jill give a crap about her reputation? She has nothing to sell any more.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (vTZFs)

21 Her leftwing "interviewer" believed her, and nodded her head in sympathy and agreement.
Posted by: M. Gaga at May 29, 2026 01:22 PM (KiBMU)
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That's probably part of the con the DNC is pulling on Jill Biden.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

22 I replaced the DEI Debbie vid with one showing her "evolution" on the question of Cheapfakes and "Misleading videos."

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (1wjle)

23 22 I replaced the DEI Debbie vid with one showing her "evolution" on the question of Cheapfakes and "Misleading videos."

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (1wjle)

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Only misinformation experts are allowed to do such things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:24 PM (7RBt4)

24 I sometimes like to stroke out IYKWM.

Posted by: Graham Porto-Platner at May 29, 2026 01:24 PM (gKWVE)

25 This is how good we've got it, how slow the news is: we're talking about King Pantsshitter and his wife Frau Doktor Professor Jill.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 01:21 PM (Y6K7e)

We didn't get a harrumph out of this guy!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 29, 2026 01:24 PM (dK+Kv)

26 The Bidens are a family full of people that serve as nothing but an example that makes actual trailer trash go: "SEE!"

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 01:24 PM (oqH4h)

27 Joe and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water;
Joe fell down, and broke his crown,
And Jill said: "Oh fucking whatever"

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 01:24 PM (UjdFS)

28 26 The Bidens are a family full of people that serve as nothing but an example that makes actual trailer trash go: "SEE!"

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 01:24 PM (oqH4h)

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According to anonymous sources, Jill and Hunter had sex on Beau's corpse at his funeral.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:25 PM (7RBt4)

29 #BelieveFormerFirstLadies

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 29, 2026 01:25 PM (KsNkq)

30 She really is a nasty piece of work.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 01:25 PM (2WIwB)

31 Jill, in the car, after the debate. "Joe, let's face the facts. I gave you a nasal swab with some of that shit Hunter had and it didn't bump you. Maybe you stroked out up there. Look, we're going to the Waffle House, so none of that N word stuff. Have a patty melt, grin and wave like a good boy. Oh, Joe, let me give you a shot of Febreeze. I think it happened again."

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 29, 2026 01:25 PM (gm9Sb)

32 This DOKTOR Jill person. Sheesh!

Posted by: Joe Isuzu at May 29, 2026 01:25 PM (wVcYX)

33 >>>8 I liked The Strokes. Decent guitarist. Haven't released any new music in a while.

I liked the one song a lot, but didn't really love anything else.

There's this two-girl band from Argentina called Pacifica who LOVES the Strokes and who does covers of half of their songs.

Here's a band that was recommended by, I think, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness. The Cardiacs. They went nowhere but this song is good.

https://youtu.be/9rWhDsk4K18?
si=svZCeAMSQXtc4tyW

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)

34 Think of it: a national election was stolen and a mentally-impaired puppet was installed as President

a faceless cabal exercised power behind the scenes, and ruthlessly pursued its political enemies, while flooding the country with 'new voters'

...and they got away with it.

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 01:26 PM (ZxPkt)

35 24 I sometimes like to stroke out IYKWM.
Posted by: Graham Porto-Platner at May 29, 2026 01:24 PM (gKWVE)
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Go on...

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at May 29, 2026 01:26 PM (oqH4h)

36 As some other super smart person once said "What difference at this point does it make?" Why should DOCTOR Jill give a crap about her reputation? She has nothing to sell any more.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (vTZFs)

Hmmm. What about on Only Fans?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (g8Ew8)

37 Now Have to Show How Offended They Are That They Were "Fooled" by a Conspiracy They Were Always P

I'm just going to assume Ace meant the next letters to be "E-N-I-S".

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (2ocoG)

38 34 Think of it: a national election was stolen and a mentally-impaired puppet was installed as President

a faceless cabal exercised power behind the scenes, and ruthlessly pursued its political enemies, while flooding the country with 'new voters'

...and they got away with it.

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 01:26 PM (ZxPkt)

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The point of such schemes is to retain power beyond a single, predetermined term of power.

It's not to graft and throw a country into chaos for 4 years and then hand everything back.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (7RBt4)

39 So, if you're reading the tea leaves, this is all Team Kamala:

See, if Joe would have left the race earlier* she would have won, so it's only fair to give her another chance.
She deserves a full campaign season.
Where she is properly positioned for success.

*that would be all of ... three weeks earlier. Because nobody but nobody was calling for Joe to drop out before the debate.
My pre-debate favorite was "Lil' Talarico," Harry Sisson giggling and snorting how Joe was going to crush Trump in the debate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (73/SM)

40 Damn Minx.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (2ocoG)

41
I could'a been first loser! And morally obligated ot "nood, y'all'.

For those of you non-veterans....this is how a proper e4 mafioso shams...

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (1xk0I)

42 I figure that the DNC worked her kind of like John Dean did Nixon: "Gee, sir the break-in will look bad for us, we need to cover this up."

Dean was definitely key to the fix to get Nixon. Probably a number of Nixon's advisors who "turned" on him were probably part of the fix.

Only it was, "You know what would help out the release of your memoirs? That the people believe you that you could not have seen this coming for Joe...."

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (Fi81e)

43 Joe Biden's corvette has an eight stroke engine and it goes "vroom, vroom." You should hear it, Jack!

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (1wjle)

44 Ian S., to the white courtesy barrel....

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (wtvvX)

45 I love Trump's comment. It is so Trump.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (xcxpd)

46 I thirst.
-- The Barrel

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (77rzZ)

47 Strokin' to the East
Strokin' to the West
Strokin' out on stage
Is what he do best

Joe be strokin'!

Posted by: New Zombie Clarence Carter at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (wVcYX)

48 Think of it: a national election was stolen and a mentally-impaired puppet was installed as President

a faceless cabal exercised power behind the scenes, and ruthlessly pursued its political enemies, while flooding the country with 'new voters'

...and they got away with it.
Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 01:26 PM (ZxPkt)

***

Excellent summary.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (2WIwB)

49 "Fishnets" would never lie, would she?

Posted by: mr tmz at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (rJ48h)

50 39 So, if you're reading the tea leaves, this is all Team Kamala:

See, if Joe would have left the race earlier* she would have won, so it's only fair to give her another chance.
She deserves a full campaign season.
Where she is properly positioned for success.

*that would be all of ... three weeks earlier. Because nobody but nobody was calling for Joe to drop out before the debate.
My pre-debate favorite was "Lil' Talarico," Harry Sisson giggling and snorting how Joe was going to crush Trump in the debate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (73/SM)

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Well, this has been the common pro-Kamala refraid since November of 2024.

It was the point of her book, 107 Days, and it's the most common refrain from supporters when they get asked why Kamala should run again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (7RBt4)

51 43 Joe Biden's corvette has an eight stroke engine and it goes "vroom, vroom." You should hear it, Jack!
Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (1wjle)

*Billy Squier has entered the chat*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (xcxpd)

52 They aren't even interested in a plea deal. That's either a suicide pact or

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (YlWIZ)

53 "I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME, IAN S.!!!!"

Posted by: The Barrel at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (wtvvX)

54 As some other super smart person once said "What difference at this point does it make?" Why should DOCTOR Jill give a crap about her reputation? She has nothing to sell any more.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (vTZFs)

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Her memoirs are in the works--I think June.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:29 PM (Fi81e)

55 Well if Jill is experiencing the FNM turning on her I guess that is a tiny bit of karma.

The odd thing is the FNM could have picked a not horrible candidate in 2019-2020 and pushed them heavily as they did for Barky in 2007-2008. But they chose not to. Perhaps the word came down that the DS didn't have enough leverage over the other candidates, or Joe and Jill knew too much and would expose things if the commiecrats tried to cut them out.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 29, 2026 01:29 PM (AOl+5)

56 45 I love Trump's comment. It is so Trump.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 01:27 PM (xcxpd)

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If you love it so much, why don't you marry it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:29 PM (7RBt4)

57 *Billy Squier has entered the chat*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (xcxpd)
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Has he danced around like a poof, yet?

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:29 PM (Fi81e)

58
In this particular case, I believe Dr Jill Biden.

Right before the debate began, President Joe Biden was heard singing in his best Billy Squier imitation:

"Stroke me, Stroke me
Stroke! Stroke!"

And apparently it worked.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 01:30 PM (iJfKG)

59 Q: Did you hear the joke about the gas lighter?
A: No, what is it?
Q: You already heard it.
A: No, what is the joke about the gas lighter?
Q: What do you mean, there is no joke.
A: You just said there was!
Q: You are crazy

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 01:30 PM (rbvCR)

60 Patriot Act, do your stuff. Either all that SIGINT is there like we were told or

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 29, 2026 01:30 PM (YlWIZ)

61 Two problems for people like the Bidens is 1) that they were able to trade their knowledge of and involvement in criminal acts for power based on a future value of more criminal acts. Because there is a balance there. Your involvement is a liability that can be easily solved by your non-existence. But if you provide additional value beyond your liability in the form of future underhanded deals then it extends your clock. 2) they are very stupid and dropped the ball on their future worth and in the balance are now mostly a liability that needs solved.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:30 PM (3uBP9)

62 "Fishnets" would never lie, would she?

Hips don't lie. I'm not sure if there's been a ruling on fishnets.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 01:30 PM (2ocoG)

63 Billy Squier does not deserve to be linked to Joe Biden like this. It's a shonda.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:30 PM (1wjle)

64 >>>62 "Fishnets" would never lie, would she?

FENCEnets, Jack! The even trashier cousin of fishnets!

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:31 PM (1wjle)

65
Takes out voice recorder. Hits rewind for a split second. Hits play.
"I don't really care, Margaret"
Hits rewind again so it's setup for the next time.
Posted by: banana Dream

Questions your sobriety from the previous time you used the clipboard to do this...

Shouldn't the recorder be primed for use?

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 29, 2026 01:31 PM (1xk0I)

66 (no shade intended to either fencenets or fishnets. Trashy can be pretty awesome in the right context)

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:31 PM (1wjle)

67 Well if Jill is experiencing the FNM turning on her I guess that is a tiny bit of karma.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 29, 2026 01:29 PM (AOl+5)
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Not really, because the media is so much more complicit in all of the Democrat party's success in fooling Americans.

Joe's shot. There isn't a whole lot more than Jill can do to you. Meanwhile the media is taking a breather for their next assault. And spinning the line that though they were soldiers marching to the "Sharp as ever" campaign, they were taken totally unawares by Joe's decline, Honest Injun.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:32 PM (Fi81e)

68 So, if you're reading the tea leaves, this is all Team Kamala:

See, if Joe would have left the race earlier* she would have won, so it's only fair to give her another chance.

That makes sense (of a sort, I guess) for her but what's in it for Jill? It's not like they were ever friends or anything.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 01:32 PM (vTZFs)

69 during our spectacular, and highly rated, 2024 Presidential Debate

Combined with "spectacular", that parenthetical cracks me up.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 29, 2026 01:32 PM (qivay)

70 She really is a nasty piece of work.
Posted by: Diogenes
......

Matriarch of the Biden Crime and Incest Family

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 01:33 PM (UjdFS)

71 Alexander Butterfield, John Dean, Liddy, kind oof like a hormonal cascade.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 29, 2026 01:33 PM (YlWIZ)

72 >>>62 "Fishnets" would never lie, would she?

FENCEnets, Jack! The even trashier cousin of fishnets!
Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:31 PM (1wjle)

This gone be serious.

Posted by: Morris Day at May 29, 2026 01:33 PM (wVcYX)

73 It's not lying if it serves the goal of retaining and growing power. Don't you rubes know anything?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 01:33 PM (Dv3i1)

74 Here's a band that was recommended by, I think, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness. The Cardiacs. They went nowhere but this song is good.

https://youtu.be/9rWhDsk4K18?
si=svZCeAMSQXtc4tyW
Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)
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Thanks for the recommendation, Ace. That's a trippy tune. I like it.

Posted by: fly gal at May 29, 2026 01:34 PM (+8HoB)

75 >>>Thanks for the recommendation, Ace. That's a trippy tune. I like it.

np. there's a video version but the sound quality is lame.

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:34 PM (1wjle)

76 "We beat Medicare!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026 01:34 PM (TZz9Q)

77
This is about the take of the entire view-- they're all still on Team "Doctor" Jill but are disappointed she missed the signs of Biden's decline._/i]

'Xcuse me for whippin' this out, but does not this call into question WhoPeed's assertion that "Doctor" Jill was "a great doctor and would make a fantastic Sturgeon General"?

It smells to me like it does. Just sayin'

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 01:34 PM (IWEBk)

78 I see the media going after the Biden's as a big "See!!! We treat every side equally!"

You cannot hate them enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 01:34 PM (2WIwB)

79 Kamala found the stupid threshhold between state and federal. Now they have to cap it.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 29, 2026 01:35 PM (YlWIZ)

80 54 As some other super smart person once said "What difference at this point does it make?" Why should DOCTOR Jill give a crap about her reputation? She has nothing to sell any more.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (vTZFs)

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Her memoirs are in the works--I think June.
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:29 PM (Fi81e)


And OnlyFans can also tide her over. I hope she doesn't ruin green dildos for us.


As a caregiver for years, this kind of pisses me off as I think about it more. No, if you give a damn, you notice every small change, you're hyper-alert as if you have a newborn.

It eventually blends together but still. What a sub-human bitch. On the plus side, Joe got what he deserved.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 29, 2026 01:35 PM (Sco7b)

81 The leftists are screaming " Trump has dementia" much louder than before. They think volume will drown out Dr Jill

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:35 PM (SW0z7)

82 Hey, I was pretty sharp!

Posted by: Presidential Autopen at May 29, 2026 01:35 PM (Dv3i1)

83 Any attempt to regain ground is really just a salve for the people who refuse to accept what they already know, the ones who have to justify continued believe in the media because they know something's wrong but can't or won't admit it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:23 PM (7RBt4)
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Unfortunately, the catch-up doesn't happen fast enough, though.

As Keynes said, in the long run, we're all dead.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)

84 >>> Shouldn't the recorder be primed for use?
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 29, 2026 01:31 PM (1xk0I)


What is this? A time travel movie plot? Ok ok... I'll put in a flashback where I show how I was going to prime the recorder that time but I was attacked by a flock of pterodactyls which distracted me and I didn't have enough time. I'll actually make that a major plot point now. Yeah! Now it's a buddy movie with pterodactyls! So there!

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:35 PM (3uBP9)

85 "But all the other Democrats are always telling the truth about obviously untruthful things."
-leftwing CNN reporter
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For the Prog/Left/Dems 'Truth' is highly malleable, merely a convenient and useful construct. Recall Biden intoning 'We believe in truth, not facts'. The guy should have been roasted by the media for that, but...no.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2026 01:35 PM (XeU6L)

86 BEHAR: She did what she thought she was doing.

that's right up there with "we are the change we're waiting for"

Posted by: anachronda at May 29, 2026 01:36 PM (v3pYe)

87 83 As Keynes said, in the long run, we're all dead.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)

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Speak for yourself.

I plan to live forever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:36 PM (7RBt4)

88
A former senior Biden campaign advisor tells me Jill Biden's comments are "revisionist history."

==============

I've seen a few anonymous sources close to the administration, close to the campaign, etc saying these things. Not exactly public servants.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 01:36 PM (n7rxJ)

89 Next she'll be telling us he was pruning the hedge, not stuck in it.

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 01:36 PM (UjdFS)

90 lol bad news kammie

ya got some Biden on ya

that stuff does NOT come off

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (j+aD2)

91 I plan to live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Hey, Everyone! TJM is Glenn Reynolds!

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (77rzZ)

92 66 (no shade intended to either fencenets or fishnets. Trashy can be pretty awesome in the right context)
Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:31 PM (1wjle)

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A woman that can pull off trashy AND classy...

Posted by: Josephistan at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (y9ksN)

93 91 I plan to live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Hey, Everyone! TJM is Glenn Reynolds!

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (77rzZ)

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Commander William Riker, actually.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (7RBt4)

94 What's the point of all this? To try to generate some fugazi buzz for this filthy whore's book?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

95 DOCTOR Jill is too stupid to stick with the 'He was jet-lagged and had a cold' excuse? She is more stupid than I believed possible for any mammal.

Did the publisher's PR department suggest the 'I thought he was having a stroke!" crap? If so they are almost as stupid as Jill.

I cannot imagine the chaos behind closed doors at the White House and Joe's homes in New Jersey. Constant worrying about what Joe could and could not do in various necessary and optional public settings. Intense planning for each and every one of Joe's public appearances. Doctors participating in every worrying and planning session.

It's almost beyond belief that DOCTOR Jill and the other Handlers let Joe push for a June debate and let him actually do it. They must have mentally plotted Joe's rate of mental decline, then determined they had to get a debate done ASAP. Then they would refuse to do any more. They gambled and lost.

Posted by: Gref at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (5rh/l)

96 also all the lefties lie

so it's basically impossible to try to follow any of this

they're all just stupid liars who lie even when they don't have to

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (j+aD2)

97 The Dims haven't done this much gaslighting since their first night of community college

regardless.......the party of abortion and assassination to poised to take eviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil (said in my best Harvey Korman accent) to a new level

Posted by: I weep for humanity at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (jrgJz)

98 94 What's the point of all this? To try to generate some fugazi buzz for this filthy whore's book?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

======

It's not like the DNC is going to buy a million copies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:38 PM (7RBt4)

99 94 What's the point of all this? To try to generate some fugazi buzz for this filthy whore's book?


that fam really really loved the spotlight

did we cover Hunt's interview with whatshername, tuckers friend?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 01:38 PM (j+aD2)

100 It was the point of her book, 107 Days, and it's the most common refrain from supporters when they get asked why Kamala should run again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (7RBt4)
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If she'd had more than 107 days, she would have lost by a bigger margin.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026 01:38 PM (TZz9Q)

101 The spin on this is going to eventually be, "Well, Trump is old too! We need to make sure we don't make this mistake again!"

Posted by: pookysgirl will bet on this at May 29, 2026 01:38 PM (Wt5PA)

102 100 If she'd had more than 107 days, she would have lost by a bigger margin.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026 01:38 PM (TZz9Q)

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I'm sorry, but if you can't take her Black Girl Magic, then you've done a racism and you need to be better, senator.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:39 PM (7RBt4)

103
The View remains, if you can believe it, dumber than mud that's been fucked by retards.

"Mud Babies of The View -- Gotta Collect 'Em All!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 01:39 PM (IWEBk)

104 Poor Jill. Michelle Obama, the black Jackie O, is a hard act to follow.

Posted by: davidt at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (Q+gd/)

105 101 The spin on this is going to eventually be, "Well, Trump is old too! We need to make sure we don't make this mistake again!"

Posted by: pookysgirl will bet on this at May 29, 2026 01:38 PM (Wt5PA)

======

1. They're already doing it.

2. Vance is in his 40s and Kamala is in her 60s.

Not that the media will treat the whole ageism thing consistently at all, ever, instead of just as a convenient cudgel from time to time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (7RBt4)

106 >>>101 The spin on this is going to eventually be, "Well, Trump is old too! We need to make sure we don't make this mistake again!"

Eventually? It's going on right now, Jack!

Posted by: ace at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (1wjle)

107 Just looking at Jill Biden makes my skin crawl

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (26GAh)

108 >>> I plan to live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Hey, Everyone! TJM is Glenn Reynolds!
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (77rzZ)


You'll need to put a fitbit on your boner now.

Posted by: Bryan Johnson at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (3uBP9)

109 This is damage repair. And they convinced Jill Biden to throw herself in front of the bus, unknowing that they would all denounce the revisionism, so that they can shift the picture to the DNC-media as the bystanders, who should not be punished by the Biden Whitehouse's deception.

The way that Abby Phillip was bold enough to call it, repeatedly "deception", indicates to me that "deception"--and scape-goating--is in the talking points.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)

110 I love Jill tho

she's perfect to use as an example of how truly stupid people can be really cunning at the same time

see also: Barry Soetero

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (j+aD2)

111 The spin on this is going to eventually be, "Well, Trump is old too! We need to make sure we don't make this mistake again!"

I must reluctantly admit that maybe Trump should not run again in 2028.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (vTZFs)

112 I plan to live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

---
I'm going to live until I die!

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)

113 Edith Wilson her guiding light

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (Kt19C)

114 The media is 100% pro-democrat and anti-Trump propaganda 24/7. Worse than whores, they do it for free. I celebrate when reporters get laid off or fired now. They are my sworn enemies.

Posted by: Biergood at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (PwgSL)

115 Do I need to remind y'all, before you start dissing former FLOTUS Brandon, that she is a DOCTOR, and y'all are most likely not?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (0sNs1)

116 Salute the Marine!

Posted by: Shambling Withered Husk at May 29, 2026 01:41 PM (wVcYX)

117 111 The spin on this is going to eventually be, "Well, Trump is old too! We need to make sure we don't make this mistake again!"

I must reluctantly admit that maybe Trump should not run again in 2028.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (vTZFs)

=======

He promised to repeal the Sonny Bono Act, and he hasn't done it! It was a centerpiece of his entire campaign! He said it all the time!

I'm never voting for Trump again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:41 PM (7RBt4)

118 >>>A woman that can pull off trashy AND classy...

Demure... *and* slutty...

Posted by: Douglas Quaid at Rekall at May 29, 2026 01:41 PM (1wjle)

119 112 I plan to live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

---
I'm going to live until I die!

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)

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I'm going to have a near-death experience even if it kills me!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:41 PM (7RBt4)

120 “I have no idea what the hell he just said, in fact I don’t think he does”.

Posted by: Trumps Best Quotes at May 29, 2026 01:41 PM (i14TE)

121 I plan to live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Best read Dean Swift's chapter on the Struldbrugs before you commit to that.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026 01:41 PM (TZz9Q)

122 There's a pattern here.

Sorry ladies. Y'all are just way too emotional to be anywhere near levers of power or responsible for distributing information.

This country was was in full scale femme decline thanks to Twitter and other social media predominantly used by women.

An emotional rollercoaster where they only see the now. No. Past. No future. Just RIGHT NOW.

It's fundamentally flawed

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (VhW9l)

123 Who wants to live forever?

Posted by: Crow from Kansas at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (HcoTw)

124 123 Who wants to live forever?

Posted by: Crow from Kansas at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (HcoTw)

======

Apes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (7RBt4)

125 I must reluctantly admit that maybe Trump should not run again in 2028.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (vTZFs)

Not me. Repeal the 22nd amendment!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (26GAh)

126 >>> I plan to live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Hey, Everyone! TJM is Glenn Reynolds!
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (77rzZ)


You'll need to put a fitbit on your boner now.
Posted by: Bryan Johnson at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (3uBP9)

Minimum number of strokes per day? 1,000? 5,000? 10,000?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 01:43 PM (wVcYX)

127 I plan to live forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The key is to arrest your current state. Just...stop aging.
Bwahahaha. Sorry. It's a joke among my age demographic.



Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (XeU6L)

128 We all DO live forever.

The question is where.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (77rzZ)

129 DOCTOR Jill is too stupid to stick with the 'He was jet-lagged and had a cold' excuse? She is more stupid than I believed possible for any mammal.

Did the publisher's PR department suggest the 'I thought he was having a stroke!" crap? If so they are almost as stupid as Jill.

Posted by: Gref at May 29, 2026 01:37 PM (5rh/l)
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I think they convinced her that looking like she could not have foreseen the debate meltdown would make her more credible for the book.

That's really what I heard in her new story.

But perhaps it was a DNC embed in the publisher/consultant staff.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (Fi81e)

130 OT: I'm supposed to help park cars at our county fair this afternoon. Only one other person is signed up to help (we need 6 total) and right now it's pouring cats and dogs.

It's going to be a GLORIOUS failure, only superseded by FJB's spectacular failure at his last debate performance.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (gnNyN)

131 Townhall shares a scoop from the Times (NY Times? dunno) - Trump is using revenue from national park visitor fees to fund his vanity projects in DC (reflecting pool, Columbus fountain), which, of course, are managed by the National Park service. Doesn't he know that money should be used to pay for Somalian fraud instead? IMPEACH!

https://tinyurl.com/2wkmckjz

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (Dv3i1)

132 Diane Feinstein was incompetent and dying. Her staff was voting for her.

I could repeat this many times.

I think we’ll be ok.

Posted by: Trumps Best Quotes at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (i14TE)

133 If she'd had more than 107 days, she would have lost by a bigger margin.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026 01:38 PM (TZz9Q)

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I'm sorry, but if you can't take her Black Girl Magic, then you've done a racism and you need to be better, senator.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:39 PM (7RBt4)

Oh, no, you dint! Black Girl Magic my ass!

Kamala is BRAT!!!!

Why won't you people let Kamala have Brat Summer 2!!!

Why?!?!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (iJfKG)

134 >Yeah, an' I like my women just a little on the trashy side,
When they wear their clothes too tight and their hair is dyed.
Too much lipstick an' er too much rouge,
Gets me excited, leaves me feeling confused.
An' I like my women just a little on the trashy side.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 29, 2026 01:45 PM (rJ48h)

135 Dr Jill could have done something worse than this. She could have gone on OnlyFans

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:45 PM (SW0z7)

136 Do I need to remind y'all, before you start dissing former FLOTUS Brandon, that she is a DOCTOR, and y'all are most likely not?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (0sNs1)

My sister has a doctorate of education (E.D.)… I have a PhD…. For years I’ve teased her that hers is not real. She knows it and doesn’t even get annoyed

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 29, 2026 01:45 PM (26GAh)

137
"She did what she thought she was doing."
-- Joy Behar

"Time for us to do what we have been doing."
-- Kamala Harris

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 01:45 PM (0sNs1)

138 Edith Wilson her guiding light
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

I'd like to think that Mrs. Wilson at least had some love and compassion for her husband.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:45 PM (77rzZ)

139 Simple reason why Jill didn’tnotice Joe's "decline" through an analogy:

Everybody sees when a career 350 hitter's performance starts to wane.

Who is going to be able to tell when a career .067 hitter starts losing it?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 29, 2026 01:45 PM (PMi3m)

140
Fishnets sure, but does she wear panties?

Get Hunter on the line, stat!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 01:46 PM (IWEBk)

141 in that 'four more years' video biden looks like he has no idea what's going on

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2026 01:46 PM (CWTWj)

142 Just use the war emperor fron 40 k

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 01:46 PM (bXbFr)

143 OT: I'm supposed to help park cars at our county fair this afternoon. Only one other person is signed up to help (we need 6 total) and right now it's pouring cats and dogs.

It's going to be a GLORIOUS failure, only superseded by FJB's spectacular failure at his last debate performance.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (gnNyN)

Don’t ask George Costanza to help. These pretzels are making me thirsty!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 29, 2026 01:46 PM (26GAh)

144 Who wants to live forever?
Posted by: Crow from Kansas

https://tinyurl.com/ye4f6s32

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM (ftFVW)

145
fired over-the-top Democrat shill Margaret Sullivan, who was shitcanned by the Washington Post

================

Speaking of, Cecilia Vega has been shitcanned from 60 Minutes. She's one of the most annoying twinkies on the air.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM (n7rxJ)

146 OT: I'm supposed to help park cars at our county fair this afternoon. Only one other person is signed up to help (we need 6 total) and right now it's pouring cats and dogs.

It's going to be a GLORIOUS failure, only superseded by FJB's spectacular failure at his last debate performance.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (gnNyN)

Get some homeless "urban outdoorsmen" to help?

Posted by: Kramer and Newman Enterprises at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM (wVcYX)

147 I love the HQ. Where else can I sock a creepy old AF looking tech mogul and his hobby of putting electronics on genitalia. Anywhere else that would require some convoluted series of quoting and wotnot. The HQ is kind of the Perl of the blogverse where it keeps the easy stuff easy, makes the hard things possible, and you might accidently explode the universe.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM (3uBP9)

148 Look at joe on that stage while she's talking, just vacant, and of course he was still prez for another 6 months, not that he was actually ever making decisions or was even elected mind you.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM (n5tGW)

149 Dear Bidens...how can we miss you if you won't go away?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM (kgE5c)

150 135 Dr Jill could have done something worse than this. She could have gone on OnlyFans


If buy that for a dollar

Posted by: Bixby Snyder at May 29, 2026 01:48 PM (HcoTw)

151 biden: if it's yellow bring it on, if it's brown let it go down

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2026 01:48 PM (CWTWj)

152 Get some homeless "urban outdoorsmen" to help?
Posted by: Kramer and Newman Enterprises at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM (wVcYX)

Only if they’re parking rickshaws…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 29, 2026 01:48 PM (26GAh)

153 148 Look at joe on that stage while she's talking, just vacant, and of course he was still prez for another 6 months, not that he was actually ever making decisions or was even elected mind you.


still shocking (kinda) that they yoinked the guy from running and replaced him BUT left him in office?!!

I mean but of course he was never leading anything but wow. Very brazen and open about it, huh Barry and pals?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 01:48 PM (j+aD2)

154 Whoopi started suspecting Biden’s cognitive decline in early 2021, when he didn’t name Dr. Jill as Surgeon General.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at May 29, 2026 01:48 PM (3R4l6)

155 According to anonymous sources, Jill and Hunter had sex on Beau's corpse at his funeral.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:25 PM (7RBt4)

A joke, but given Hunter's behavior with his sister-in-law and niece, I can see him being completely willing to do that. He seems like he was always compared to Beau while being stuck doing all the family's dirty work. Being able to literally "Screw Beau over" would likely appeal to him.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 01:48 PM (lFFaq)

156 re 147: solarbinite!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2026 01:48 PM (CWTWj)

157 Dr Jill admitted that she was Edith Wilson to Joe Biden's Woodrow Wilson

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:49 PM (SW0z7)

158 151 biden: if it's yellow bring it on, if it's brown let it go down
____

Dad, how many times do I have to say this - No yellow!
-Hunter

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

159 You'll need to put a fitbit on your boner now.
Posted by: Bryan Johnson at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (3uBP9)

Minimum number of strokes per day? 1,000? 5,000? 10,000?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 01:43 PM

Dude. It's a little late to be asking this now. International Masturbation Month is almost over!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

160 “ What is crooked cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.”

Ecclesiastes 1:15

Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2026 01:49 PM (UMWMT)

161 Jill Biden is going to run for office. I'm guessing Senator. Bank on it. She considers her recent statements and her new book a "house cleaning/ plausible deniability" exercise.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 01:49 PM (dIske)

162
"Doctor" Jill calls to mind this aphorism: "I like my women like I like my coffee -- scummy and depleted."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 01:50 PM (IWEBk)

163 Can you imagine the psychological break Democrats have when they underperform in November?

Seriously, there are 213 safe Republican seats now (it could go up to 215 with AL and LA). Democrats might get a majority of like 225 seats...tops...assuming they win every swing district (which doesn't happen, it didn't happen in 2018 with a D+9 environment).

And the Senate is more likely to be the same (53-45-2) next year than anything else.

Worst president in history, worst economy in history, worst and most unpopular war in history, and that's all they get?

Sure, they'll scream about gerrymandering, but the deflating nature of it all.

Now, imagine Republicans actually keep a bare majority in the House on top of that...

It will tickle me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:50 PM (7RBt4)

164 Dude. It's a little late to be asking this now. International Masturbation Month is almost over!
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Better get busy!

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 29, 2026 01:50 PM (ftFVW)

165 I see the media going after the Biden's as a big "See!!! We treat every side equally!"

You cannot hate them enough.

I interpret it as "Jill stuck her head up again and Kalorama ordered the kill shot". Because Obama *hates* the Bidens.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 01:51 PM (2ocoG)

166 8 I liked The Strokes. Decent guitarist. Haven't released any new music in a while.
Posted by: fly gal at May 29, 2026 01:20 PM (+8HoB)

Their album Reality Awaits releases next month. Singles from the album, Going Shopping and Falling Out of Love were released April 7 and May 13th.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 29, 2026 01:51 PM (PMi3m)

167
Brazen it out, Jill.

"I continued the post-debate campaign event because my husband's commitment to the American people was always more important to him than his health, and I was confident Iron Joe could play through it, just like his last stroke.

That's why everyone calls him Iron Joe. Word as a Biden."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2026 01:51 PM (sQnY9)

168 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (gnNyN)

I hated how early Missouri's county fairs were. I was trying to get the kids to start in 4-H, but just couldn't get my head around the fairs being before June.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 01:51 PM (lFFaq)

169 Democrats will not get a House majority in November and what happens will defy statistics and the record.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2026 01:52 PM (UMWMT)

170 @159 it's always International Masturbation Monrh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:52 PM (SW0z7)

171 The HQ is kind of the Perl of the blogverse where it keeps the easy stuff easy, makes the hard things possible, and you might accidently explode the universe.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM

There's more than one way to do it!

Posted by: Perl Monks at May 29, 2026 01:52 PM (0sNs1)

172 Now, imagine Republicans actually keep a bare majority in the House on top of that...

It will tickle me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:50 PM (7RBt4)
________

The Blade has already gone on record that we will keep the House. Senate is ours easily. Hell, we may pick up a few seats in both chambers. I would love that for no other reason than just to see Dumocrap heads do a Scanners.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

173 Dear Bidens...how can we miss you if you won't go away?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Neither will the Clintons or the Obamas.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2026 01:52 PM (XeU6L)

174
161 Jill Biden is going to run for office. I'm guessing Senator. Bank on it. She considers her recent statements and her new book a "house cleaning/ plausible deniability" exercise.
Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 01:49 PM

Who will finance her run? She can’t even raise $10 for a Joe Biden presidential bookmobile. She’s done, her whole family is done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 01:53 PM (QDJ2U)

175 The HQ is kind of the Perl of the blogverse where it keeps the easy stuff easy, makes the hard things possible, and you might accidently explode the universe.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM (3uBP9)
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Nope, just the same figurehead for another 6 months.

The DC politburo was all that ever ruled in the Biden administration.

I remember it was sometime in 2020 when I said that Joe nor Kamala would ever *be* president.

But, I think early on that they decided that Kamala would take the title seriously and try to wrest power from the DC politburo, citing that she actually was in the office of the Chief Executive.

Which is why, IME, they never asked Joe to step down, and had to keep propping him up as secretly competent.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:53 PM (Fi81e)

176 Dude. It's a little late to be asking this now. International Masturbation Month is almost over!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

Start early each day, pace yourself, and remember to lube and hydrate often.

Posted by: Zombie Ernest Borgnine at May 29, 2026 01:53 PM (wVcYX)

177 Rewatch the debate. I’m still not convinced Trump did any better than Joe Biden. Trump just gets a pass for everything.

"Rewatch the debate." I'd rather stick hot needles in my eyes.

I told my brother at the time they could have sat Biden up on stage in a lawn chair with sunglasses and I would have voted for him. My brother found that shocking, but at this point I feel pretty validated.

Trump guy is just jealous of people with better lives and families than himself. The Bidens are happily married, while the thrice divorced kid diddling rapist's illegal immigrant escort wife that recoils when he touches her lives apart.

I'm jealous of Jill Biden. I wish I could be more like her. She is 74 years old and still truly gorgeous inside and out. Trump is jealous because she is a real role model.

I don't understand. Democrats saw Biden was slipping and MADE HIM STEP DOWN.,Why is Trump still harping on it? Given the state of his dementia-ridden brain, why the fuck wouldn't they just stop the comparisons? It only makes them look bad!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2026 01:53 PM (JCZqz)

178
That makes sense (of a sort, I guess) for her but what's in it for Jill? It's not like they were ever friends or anything.
Posted by: Oddbob

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Her book comes out in a few days.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 01:53 PM (n7rxJ)

179 Anywhere else that would require some convoluted series of quoting and wotnot.

No matter what you're talking about someone here knows it cold. Because conservatives are the people who keep the lights on in every field.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 01:54 PM (2ocoG)

180 170 @159 it's always International Masturbation Monrh
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:52 PM (SW0z7)

November?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 01:54 PM (DR/Xu)

181 @159 it's always International Masturbation Monrh
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:52 PM (SW0z7)
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And we never listened to Masturbatin' Pete while we had him with us.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e)

182 124 123 Who wants to live forever?

Posted by: Crow from Kansas at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (HcoTw)

======

Apes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (7RBt4)

THAT'S A STARSHIP TROOPERS REFERENCE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 01:54 PM (xcxpd)

183 "Rewatch the debate." I'd rather stick hot needles in my eyes.

heh

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 01:54 PM (j+aD2)

184 @159 it's always International Masturbation Monrh
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:52 PM

Perhaps, in practice, with the exception of November "No Fap" Month, but try finding a card to celebrate it in a Hallmark store after May.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 01:54 PM (0sNs1)

185 172 The Blade has already gone on record that we will keep the House. Senate is ours easily. Hell, we may pick up a few seats in both chambers. I would love that for no other reason than just to see Dumocrap heads do a Scanners.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

======

Democrats are going to dump so much cash into Maine and Texas that GA and NC and MI are going to get underfunded comparatively.

Even in 2018, the GOP gained 3 Senate seats in a D+9 environment.

Senate maps and races are...peculiar.

Should be fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:55 PM (7RBt4)

186 Now, imagine Republicans actually keep a bare majority in the House on top of that...

It will tickle me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But if Thune is still in charge, will the tickling be wholesome? Show me on the doll where the GOPe tickled you.

That was kinda defeatist. I'll try to adjust my attitude.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 29, 2026 01:55 PM (ftFVW)

187 And we never listened to Masturbatin' Pete while we had him with us.

To be fair, it turns out he would've just told us to keep Jew hands off our cranks.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 01:55 PM (2ocoG)

188 The case for the Democrats taking the Senate rested on the assumption that Talarico was a Wonderful True Christian that every Texan would love to vote for.

Cornyn and Thune pushed that idea as much as anyone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 01:55 PM (QDJ2U)

189 Didja see this?

We know what he said as Jill led him off the stage: “I really f**ked up, didn’t I?” said Joe at the time. Jill was blunt in her response: “Yes, you did.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 29, 2026 01:56 PM (ndZc7)

190 177 Trump guy is just jealous of people with better lives and families than himself. The Bidens are happily married, while the thrice divorced kid diddling rapist's illegal immigrant escort wife that recoils when he touches her lives apart.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2026 01:53 PM (JCZqz)

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Weird how this person fails to mention how Biden's first wife committed suicide because Joe was boinking Jill.

Or how Hunter and Jill literally loathe each other.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:56 PM (7RBt4)

191 Why won't you people let Kamala have Brat Summer 2!!!
Why?!?!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (iJfKG)

because the only thing that will make an impression on her anymore are schnitzengruben

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)

192 Just think for a second what it takes to call Jill beautiful and Melania ugly.

You don’t have to know another thing to realize the levels of delusion that permeate the Democrats.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2026 01:56 PM (UMWMT)

193 182 Apes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (7RBt4)

THAT'S A STARSHIP TROOPERS REFERENCE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 01:54 PM (xcxpd)

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A reference? What is it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:57 PM (7RBt4)

194 But if Thune is still in charge, will the tickling be wholesome? Show me on the doll where the GOPe tickled you.

That was kinda defeatist. I'll try to adjust my attitude.
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 29, 2026 01:55 PM (ftFVW)

Thune is now realizing that next session, Cornyn, Cassidy, Tillis, and McConnell are already gone. That changes a lot of things.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 01:57 PM (QDJ2U)

195 it's always International Masturbation Month

I'm Out!

Posted by: Kramer at May 29, 2026 01:58 PM (n5tGW)

196 “ What is crooked cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.”

Ecclesiastes 1:15
Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2026 01:49 PM (UMWMT)
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That is not dead
Which can eternal lie


Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:58 PM (Fi81e)

197 >>> Perhaps, in practice, with the exception of November "No Fap" Month, but try finding a card to celebrate it in a Hallmark store after May.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 01:54 PM (0sNs1)

I believe that NoJack is held a bit later in June using the Eastern Orthodox calendar so you may still be in luck.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:58 PM (3uBP9)

198 186 But if Thune is still in charge, will the tickling be wholesome? Show me on the doll where the GOPe tickled you.

That was kinda defeatist. I'll try to adjust my attitude.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 29, 2026 01:55 PM (ftFVW)

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Honestly, the jury is still out on Thune.

With Tillis, Mitch, Murkowski, and Cassidy in the caucus, he was never going to pass anything of substance.

Plus, he got the OBBB through.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:58 PM (7RBt4)

199 >>>dumber than mud that's been fucked by retards.

I had to follow the link to see what was there, even though I knew I wasn't going to get retards doing their thing to mud.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 29, 2026 01:58 PM (8mulE)

200 126 She should have told Joe early to announce he was not going to run again. Harris was not a strong candidate. But was nominated by default.

Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 01:43 PM (59BGO)


The three-to-four top White House staff puppeteers were drunk with power. So was Jill. All wanted Four More Years of being de facto Presidents. Along with enjoying all the perks of being First Lady and top White House staff. The biggest remaining questions I have are:

A. How did Jill and the Handlers successfully con the Democrat National Committee Top Dogs into putting their money on Joe in '24?

B. Did the DNC Top Dogs know Joe's actual mental abilities?

C. Were the DNC Top Dogs not conned by the Handlers, wanting to continue full speed ahead with de facto Presidents while conning the nation? Maybe it was an early, mutual decision by the Handlers and DNC to con the nation through another election campaign?

Posted by: Gref at May 29, 2026 01:59 PM (5rh/l)

201 THAT'S A STARSHIP TROOPERS REFERENCE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 01:54 PM (xcxpd)
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Starship trooper, go sailing on by
Catch my soul, catch the very light
Hide the moment from my eager eye

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:59 PM (Fi81e)

202 The Republicans will keep their Senate seats in Texas and Maine
They should win in Georgia. Michigan should be a win as the Dem candidates are horrible, but vote fraud is a bitch. NC will depend about Republicans turning out and independents going Republican

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:59 PM (SW0z7)

203 194 Thune is now realizing that next session, Cornyn, Cassidy, Tillis, and McConnell are already gone. That changes a lot of things.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 01:57 PM (QDJ2U)

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The 120th Congress could end up being far more productive than the 119th if the GOP keeps the House.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:59 PM (7RBt4)

204 It was an ironic query

The mobile infantry had their lives counted in minutes

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 01:59 PM (bXbFr)

205 185

Democrats are going to dump so much cash into Maine and Texas that GA and NC and MI are going to get underfunded comparatively.

Even in 2018, the GOP gained 3 Senate seats in a D+9 environment.

Senate maps and races are...peculiar.

Should be fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:55 PM (7RBt4)

The SENATE is Peculiar. That body needs to be modified, greatly.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 01:59 PM (Gqar8)

206 Republicans will win back the seat in Georgia. 20% of the Republicans in the senate will be replaced with new members. Collins has a new found penchant to do the right thing. Murkowski is on notice it’s time to leave.

I think even Thune will get the message.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2026 02:00 PM (UMWMT)

207 She should have told Joe early to announce he was not going to run again. Harris was not a strong candidate. But was nominated by default.

Posted by: Paul at May 29, 2026 01:43 PM (59BGO)
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You just can't see how dug in your party was to their prior deceptions.

LOL.

Shoulda + Woulda + Coulda = 0.0.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:00 PM (Fi81e)

208 162
"Doctor" Jill calls to mind this aphorism: "I like my women like I like my coffee -- scummy and depleted."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 01:50 PM (IWEBk)

At least it'sbetter than the aphorism Michelle Obama brings to mind- "I like my women like I like my coffee- without a penis."

Posted by: tankdemon at May 29, 2026 02:00 PM (PMi3m)

209 Her book comes out in a few days.

And no one will buy it who would not have regardless of whatever lame-o crap she spews about Joe, Hunter, or anything else.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 02:00 PM (vTZFs)

210 Jill and the Handlers opened for someone

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 02:01 PM (Gqar8)

211 Biden had two aneurysms. In 1988. The mortality rate approaches 50%.

The recovery rate is also not great. He never should have held office after that.

Posted by: Blue Hen at May 29, 2026 02:01 PM (0Iuar)

212 Thune is a cuck and always will be.

Even if there were a slim chance he'd shed his cucksuit and emerge as a MAGA champion (there isn't), who fucking cares?

He's disgraced himself and must be made an example.

Down with Thune.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2026 02:01 PM (sQnY9)

213 202 The Republicans will keep their Senate seats in Texas and Maine
They should win in Georgia. Michigan should be a win as the Dem candidates are horrible, but vote fraud is a bitch. NC will depend about Republicans turning out and independents going Republican

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:59 PM (SW0z7)

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Registered indies in NC lean heavily Republican.

I genuinely think that Cooper is actually the underdog against Whatley.

Last time Cooper won statewide as governor, there were 400,000 more Democrats than Republicans on the voter rolls. He won by 250,000 votes.

Now, there are 10,000 more Republicans than Democrats in the state, plus governors races have the tendency of being less purely partisan than federal races (Larry Hogan out front should have told everyone).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:01 PM (7RBt4)

214 Paul's here to tell us how much better it would be if the Democrat party had chosen what they specifically did not choose.

Paul, that kind of sums up their governance.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e)

215 Speaking of first ladies . . .

Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
This is what Trump's done to the people's house:
A third of it is rubble.
Another third is a cage match.
What a metaphor.

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Well, certainly Bill never did anything to besmirch the White House.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 29, 2026 02:02 PM (ndZc7)

216 He wasn't fit for office in 2016. They all knew then. It's just that they knew his staff would run the office. The entire regime was a fraud.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 29, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)

217 Paul YOUR Party could not HAVE POSSIBLY chosen HONESTY.

You're asking for honesty from a lie-first party.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (Fi81e)

218 The SENATE is Peculiar. That body needs to be modified, greatly.
Posted by: tubal

They're all too old, but we'd love to greatly modify your childrens' bodies!!!

Posted by: Transtifa at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (JCZqz)

219
Poor Jill. Michelle Obama, the black Jackie O, is a hard act to follow.
Posted by: davidt

===============

I was yakking about Jill vs former FLOTUSes.

- Hillary -- got rich, almost powerful, reputation as hella smart
- Michelle -- got rich, revered, media projects everywhere
- Melania -- worst that can be said is that she's married to Trump
- Laura -- content to be a nonentity, has kids in media

She fucked her chance royally.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (n7rxJ)

220 216 He wasn't fit for office in 2016. They all knew then. It's just that they knew his staff would run the office. The entire regime was a fraud.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 29, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)

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Obama didn't like Joe (still doesn't), and Obama put his backing to Hillary instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (7RBt4)

221 Jill and the Handlers opened for someone
Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 02:01 PM (Gqar

Yes, Sticky Fingers. They toured together on the Land of Pleasure tour.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (rbvCR)

222 There’s always been a tantalizing theory that Biden was pissed at being dumped, and that he forced Kamala’s quick nomination to prove that she was an even worse choice than him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (QDJ2U)

223 Everyone needs to start calling her Lady MacBiden. Pushing her husband onto the throne, regardless of his health or ability. And trying to keep him there, despite his worsening health. All for the power of the position.

At least Lady MacBeth had some subconscious realization of her evil (the "Out, damn spot!").

I also wonder whether Biden's final F-U of nominating Kamala Harris as the candidate for 2024 was his own idea, or Jill's. I recall Jill not being very fond of Kamala, but the nomination could be Jill Biden's way of setting up Kamala up for a nasty fall. After all, Jill was First Lady, knew what Joe Biden was up to, and what Joe Biden *WASN'T* up to. She probably knew Kamala would faceplant, despite Democrats trying to drag her over the finish line.

Posted by: Another Anon at May 29, 2026 02:04 PM (4h45B)

224 222 There’s always been a tantalizing theory that Biden was pissed at being dumped, and that he forced Kamala’s quick nomination to prove that she was an even worse choice than him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (QDJ2U)

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I remember the leak that Obama was planning on a convention vote between four candidates, and all it would take is no one trying to secure delegates before the convention.

I believe this because Obama is not nearly as smart as he thinks he is, deeply misunderstands people in general and powerful, ambitious people in particular, and is kind of awful at politics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:04 PM (7RBt4)

225 A "pleasantly confused" woman makes a nurses day. Obviously a much nicer person than confused Joe Biden. From "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/3aatcxcb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 02:05 PM (rZCVI)

226

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), a 16-year veteran of Congress, announced Friday that she will not seek reelection, becoming the 30th House Democrat from the 119th Congress who won’t be joining the 120th.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 02:05 PM (Cqx++)

227 Michigan should be a win as the Dem candidates are horrible, but vote fraud is a bitch.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 01:59 PM (SW0z7)
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I think I need to remind y'all that Jocelyn Benson (our Secretary of State) is the only person who can challenge an election. She's a Democrat of the Three Witches of Michigan.

Posted by: Axeman, Michigander at May 29, 2026 02:05 PM (Fi81e)

228 This is what Trump's done to the people's house:
A third of it is rubble.
Another third is a cage match.
What a metaphor.
-
Well, certainly Bill never did anything to besmirch the White House.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I just watched some AWFL on YouTube crying about this same thing, but she identified the last "third" being symbolically ruined as the Rose Garden paved over to look like a "Panera patio."

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2026 02:05 PM (JCZqz)

229 The Biden's are out of money. That's why Jill is out with a book.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 29, 2026 02:06 PM (IifOV)

230 We get a reasonable Fetterman vote on occasion, so the next congress should be interesting times.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 02:06 PM (n5tGW)

231 >THAT'S A STARSHIP TROOPERS REFERENCE!
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That's a Conan The Barbarian reference
https://tinyurl.com/4wpx6hsp

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 02:06 PM (ZxPkt)

232 226

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), a 16-year veteran of Congress, announced Friday that she will not seek reelection, becoming the 30th House Democrat from the 119th Congress who won’t be joining the 120th.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 02:05 PM (Cqx++)

Tiny cowboy hat lady? I thought she was M.I.A.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 02:06 PM (Y6K7e)

233 Poor Jill. Michelle Obama, the black Jackie O, is a hard act to follow.
Posted by: davidt

Men do make the best women.

Posted by: Transtifa at May 29, 2026 02:07 PM (JCZqz)

234 Just use the war emperor fron 40 k

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 29, 2026 01:46 PM (bXbFr)

Eh, I'll use everyone's favorite commissar:

"Men of Tanith! Do you want to live forever?!"

"FETH NO!!!"

Posted by: pookysgirl, Gaunt's Ghosts fan at May 29, 2026 02:07 PM (Wt5PA)

235 I’ve found myself over the past few months not really caring all that much about the midterms. Yeah I’ll vote and I hope republicans keep both chambers…. But I’m not gonna lose sleep over it either way. Now…. The prez contest in 28 matters enormously because if a Dem manages to win (legitimately or by cheating) they are gonna go on a MAGA revenge tour that I shiver to even think about…. I don’t wanna live in that universe

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 29, 2026 02:07 PM (ugElV)

236 There’s always been a tantalizing theory that Biden was pissed at being dumped, and that he forced Kamala’s quick nomination to prove that she was an even worse choice than him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (QDJ2U)

Nah, Kamala's team put out the resignation letter and then then took up the nomination and all the cash when Biden was down on not recovering fast enough, and Jill and Hunter's only response would have been to bring Joe into public where he would have drooled and pissed himself.
There was supposedly a cabal in the executive to find a replacement and they were busy fighting when Kamala acted.
She is not dumb, and she has mean backers, she just is not competent and is a sloppy alcoholic, so she couldn't keep it together once she got the Nom

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 02:07 PM (rbvCR)

237 Obama didn't like Joe (still doesn't), and Obama put his backing to Hillary instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (7RBt4)

Which is ironic, given that Obama refused to allow Hillary to be his VP. Which was probably wise since everyone knew she hated him for "stealing" the nomination from her and people she hates have a habit of committing suicide.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 02:07 PM (lFFaq)

238 230 We get a reasonable Fetterman vote on occasion, so the next congress should be interesting times.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 02:06 PM (n5tGW)

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On occasion means one out of every 50 times.

He always pulls through when Democrat leadership needs him.

He's always been against the SAVE act because leadership needed him to be.

He's a far left loon who thinks men can become women but just doesn't like calling Republican Nazis and supports Israel existing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:07 PM (7RBt4)

239 There’s always been a tantalizing theory that Biden was pissed at being dumped, and that he forced Kamala’s quick nomination to prove that she was an even worse choice than him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 02:03 PM (QDJ2U)
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Which makes Biden another Democrat choice.

But Biden was never the DNC's choice. It was a choice that Dem voters made, as Joe was a "moderate". They could not resist drafting Joe into office.

They can't run a campaign, but vote for them to run a country!

Posted by: Axeman, Michigander at May 29, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e)

240 Just think for a second what it takes to call Jill beautiful and Melania ugly.

You don’t have to know another thing to realize the levels of delusion that permeate the Democrats.

It's not delusion, it's the "The telescope was invented by a black lesbian. Are you prepared to lose your job and say otherwise?" meme.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 02:08 PM (2ocoG)

241 “Democrats are furious the Bidens won’t go away”

“Why are they talking about this?”


Gee, think think think, whatever could it be??
They’re BROKE?

Jill had to reveal something controversial to get people to interview her and sell some books?

The Bidens literally have one motive ever: more money.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2026 02:08 PM (4KUe5)

242 Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), a 16-year veteran of Congress, announced Friday that she will not seek reelection...

Did we actually see her say this or was it just a press release? In other words, do we have proof that she's still alive?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 02:08 PM (vTZFs)

243 239 Which makes Biden another Democrat choice.

But Biden was never the DNC's choice. It was a choice that Dem voters made, as Joe was a "moderate". They could not resist drafting Joe into office.

They can't run a campaign, but vote for them to run a country!

Posted by: Axeman, Michigander at May 29, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e)

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Not so much that he was a moderate but that he was Obama's VP.

He was the blackest candidate, and Deval Patrick ran at one point in 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:08 PM (7RBt4)

244 He's always been against the SAVE act because leadership needed him to be.

I've definitely seen him on Fox saying he's for it and it's a no-brainer given public polling on it.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 02:09 PM (2ocoG)

245 Just think for a second what it takes to call Jill beautiful and Melania ugly.

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Willful blindness.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 29, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)

246 Nah, Kamala's team put out the resignation letter and then then took up the nomination and all the cash when Biden was down on not recovering fast enough, and Jill and Hunter's only response would have been to bring Joe into public where he would have drooled and pissed himself.
There was supposedly a cabal in the executive to find a replacement and they were busy fighting when Kamala acted.
She is not dumb, and she has mean backers, she just is not competent and is a sloppy alcoholic, so she couldn't keep it together once she got the Nom

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 02:07 PM (rbvCR)
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Yeah, there's some serious scuttlebutt that the Biden people actually want you to know that Joe had no part in drafting his campaign resignation.

Posted by: Axeman, Michigander at May 29, 2026 02:09 PM (Fi81e)

247 The Bidens literally have one motive ever: more money.

They're pretty in to sex too.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 02:10 PM (2ocoG)

248 244 He's always been against the SAVE act because leadership needed him to be.

I've definitely seen him on Fox saying he's for it and it's a no-brainer given public polling on it.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 02:09 PM (2ocoG)

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And yet he won't cosponsor it because talk is cheap.

He says he'll vote for something he knows won't reach the floor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:10 PM (7RBt4)

249 I don't understand how the Biden's could be out of so much money so fast.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 02:10 PM (rZCVI)

250 Did we actually see her say this or was it just a press release? In other words, do we have proof that she's still alive?
Posted by: Oddbob

Was just thinking the same thing. Her minions realized too many questions are floating around.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 29, 2026 02:10 PM (ftFVW)

251 242 Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), a 16-year veteran of Congress, announced Friday that she will not seek reelection...

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Running away to join the rodeo?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (ndZc7)

252 Here's what I still don't get: Why did Jill and Hunter insist he go forward with the debate, knowing it could well end him and their grift?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)

253 Oh H$LL, they called average Michelle Obama gorge for eight long years.

Look at those toned arms(swoon)!
Look at her stylish new haircut (wig)!!
Look at her cutting edge fashion choices!!!

They will sell anything if it’s the right politics.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (4KUe5)

254 Obama didn't like Joe (still doesn't)...

I think if we're being honest about it, nobody actually liked Joe, including Jill.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (vTZFs)

255 238

He's a far left loon who thinks men can become women but just doesn't like calling Republican Nazis and supports Israel existing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:07 PM (7RBt4)

I believe that some people can change in a fundamental way ( part of that Christian thing I have going on ), but aside from the 2 matters you mention Fetterman is a hardcore Leftist.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (Gqar8)

256 252 Here's what I still don't get: Why did Jill and Hunter insist he go forward with the debate, knowing it could well end him and their grift?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)

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I remember it being reported that it was Joe himself insisting on it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:12 PM (7RBt4)

257 >>> Here's what I still don't get: Why did Jill and Hunter insist he go forward with the debate, knowing it could well end him and their grift?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)


I think they honestly wanted an out, but are stupid and flubbed it.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 02:12 PM (3uBP9)

258 I don't understand how the Biden's could be out of so much money so fast.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Hookers and blow ain't cheap.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 29, 2026 02:12 PM (ftFVW)

259 Here's what I still don't get: Why did Jill and Hunter insist he go forward with the debate, knowing it could well end him and their grift?

Because not going forward would definitely end it. If your chances are slim and none, you're going to take slim.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 02:12 PM (vTZFs)

260 How can the Bidens be broke, with all the graft and skim they supposedly took in over the years?

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 02:12 PM (ZxPkt)

261 Townhall shares a scoop from the Times (NY Times? dunno) - Trump is using revenue from national park visitor fees to fund his vanity projects in DC (reflecting pool, Columbus fountain), which, of course, are managed by the National Park service. Doesn't he know that money should be used to pay for Somalian fraud instead? IMPEACH!
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It's just bizarre how pissed the left is over Trump making DC beautiful again.
Like, holy shit--the before and after pics:
The media was working full-time to hide how degraded, dull and trashed DC was becoming.

Like the Columbus Circle fountain.
Hadn't had water for 7 years.
Filled with dust, dirt, weeds; spray painted from the riots.
Homeless tents around on the dead grass.
Gross.

Now? Clean, gleaming, grass growing, water flowing.

Or how pissed they are that the 4 bronze lions near the Lincoln Memorial, that Trump is spending $5 million to make them gold-plated.
To restore them from their current faded, corroded dull state.

Oh how it all is pissing them off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 02:14 PM (73/SM)

262 260 How can the Bidens be broke, with all the graft and skim they supposedly took in over the years?

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 02:12 PM (ZxPkt)

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Hunter was the bag man.

And Hunter has very expensive habits.

Beau was supposed to be the bagman because he wasn't a fucking retarded cokehead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:14 PM (7RBt4)

263
B. Did the DNC Top Dogs know Joe's actual mental abilities?

Posted by: Gref

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Crazy the way we'll never know, absent some deathbed revelations. It's even crazy that this is a question. The only possible answers are Yes, and yet they let him run, or No, they were that blind and insane.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 02:14 PM (n7rxJ)

264 Now, imagine Republicans actually keep a bare majority in the House on top of that...

It will tickle me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:50 PM (7RBt4)
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Republicans could have a SOLID majority in Congress for the indefinite future if they bothered to do their jobs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 02:14 PM (gnNyN)

265 Here's what I still don't get: Why did Jill and Hunter insist he go forward with the debate, knowing it could well end him and their grift?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)

Because, as we learned from this thread's Reddit Transmissions, all he had to do was not completely shit the bed and the Party would have carried him across the finish line.

"Don't shit the bed," however, proved to be a bridge too far.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:15 PM (Kdi1r)

266 Jill is around Joe all the time, so watching the slow decline isn't as noticeable as the Press who is only around Joe once in awhile were the decline would be more obvious. Plus it is their job to report on those changes, not to ignore them.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 29, 2026 02:15 PM (XB1Qt)

267 I'll take one out of 50 versus Murkowski zero for 50 when it's important.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 02:15 PM (n5tGW)

268 I remember it being reported that it was Joe himself insisting on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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So why didnt they stop him? All he had to do was say "I will not stand on a stage with that man." They press wouldnt have blinked an eye.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2026 02:15 PM (XvL8K)

269 >>> Obama didn't like Joe (still doesn't)...

I think if we're being honest about it, nobody actually liked Joe, including Jill.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (vTZFs)


And I don't think Obama is a fan of anyone that isn't providing a particular service and even then you are always just a paddleboard slip from being "you have no function, you are obsolete"

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 02:15 PM (3uBP9)

270 Here's what I still don't get: Why did Jill and Hunter insist he go forward with the debate, knowing it could well end him and their grift?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)

Forked stick. If they terminate the debate for some reason, everyone will know why- and then the drift will be over as well. So they rolled the dice on him doing ok enough.

I 'seem' to remember something about NPCs floating the idea that Biden should just refuse to debate Trump (because trump.) I do not think it polled well which is why they did not do it.

If they had had an emergency they could acknowledge, they probably would have used that, but they didnt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 02:15 PM (zZu0s)

271 264 Republicans could have a SOLID majority in Congress for the indefinite future if they bothered to do their jobs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 02:14 PM (gnNyN)

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Not with the maps passed since 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 02:15 PM (7RBt4)

272 I don't understand how the Biden's could be out of so much money so fast.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The Big Guy should've demanded 15%.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 29, 2026 02:15 PM (ndZc7)

273 148 Look at joe on that stage while she's talking, just vacant, and of course he was still prez for another 6 months, not that he was actually ever making decisions or was even elected mind you.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 01:47 PM (n5tGW)


By mid-2024, and for several years before, Joe only appeared lucid and stronk when he was in a drugged-up, tightly scripted, performance mode. Every word he should say was on a teleprompter. For formal (scripted) events he was instructed to walk along a short, carefully cleared path. The flaw in the plan was Joe was so far gone he could no longer remember much of the script. He'd wander off the instructed path or area. He'd forget the path to get off-stage. He'd go off teleprompter and lapse into crazy story-telling, lame joke, cliche, and yelling modes. When he free-lanced, as he had to in the debate, and many times in his few press conferences, he forked-up big or small, every single time.

Posted by: Gref at May 29, 2026 02:16 PM (5rh/l)

274 How can the Bidens be broke, with all the graft and skim they supposedly took in over the years?
Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 02:12 PM

No clue.

Say, could you do me a solid, and cover a child-support payment for me?

Posted by: Hunter B. at May 29, 2026 02:16 PM (0sNs1)

275 Fen, the book on Hunter Biden details his spending habits: he spends until it’s gone. He just buys drugs, women, luxury accommodation, whatever. While he was making a ton of money on that Ukraine gas company board, etc., he was not paying taxes, had two mortgages on his home, and nothing in savings. He just spends.

Think about Joe’s solution to every police: write a check.

They have no concept of money other than it’s a tool to get through the next issue/crisis.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2026 02:16 PM (4KUe5)

276 Oh how it all is pissing them off.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 02:14 PM (73/SM)

It shows that American cities being shitholes is a policy choice.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 02:16 PM (Y6K7e)

277 >>> Jill is around Joe all the time, so watching the slow decline isn't as noticeable as the Press who is only around Joe once in awhile were the decline would be more obvious. Plus it is their job to report on those changes, not to ignore them.
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 29, 2026 02:15 PM (XB1Qt)


but but but.... She's a doctor!

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 02:16 PM (3uBP9)

278 Oddbob said it more concisely quicker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 29, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)

279 I don't know about Joe, but I know I was operating at the top of my game for the entire Biden presidency.

Posted by: Otto Penn at May 29, 2026 02:17 PM (+5YP2)

280 It really is pissing the left off, how Trump is restoring beauty to DC.

They worked for decades, through intention and neglect, to make DC a dull, faded, communist-looking trash city.

You were supposed to see the depression, dirt and decay, their chosen decline and ... accept it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 02:17 PM (73/SM)

281 Or how pissed they are that the 4 bronze lions near the Lincoln Memorial, that Trump is spending $5 million to make them gold-plated.
To restore them from their current faded, corroded dull state.

Oh how it all is pissing them off.

You're not supposed to spend money on infrastructure, that's for suckers. Be more like Gavin.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 02:18 PM (2ocoG)

282
Here's what I still don't get: Why did Jill and Hunter insist he go forward with the debate, knowing it could well end him and their grift?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

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Everything had worked up to that point. Just one more dose and we can get this over the finish line...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 02:18 PM (n7rxJ)

283
I was wondering why Dr. Jill doesn't just shut up, and then I remembered that the family is always short of money because they squander more than they steal.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 29, 2026 02:18 PM (VWtfl)

284 How can the Bidens be broke, with all the graft and skim they supposedly took in over the years?

Money was supposed to continue to flow, but USAID was shut down and Ukraine has bigger problems at the moment.

Posted by: Biden's Accoutant at May 29, 2026 02:18 PM (JCZqz)

285 Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2026 02:16 PM (4KUe5)

Thanks. I was forgetting about Hunter's habits.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 02:18 PM (ix8EF)

286 The DNC would have been a moribund party had they not drafted the "popular" Biden in 2020. Biden was leading the polls--by a lot--before he even announced.

He was the Fred Thompson of 2020.

The Dem brand voters who are not yet convinced that there party is for wide-left whackos, thought that Biden was a "centrist" bulwark against the selection of Left-wing whackos they were given--besides say Howard Shultz.

So, they were stuck drafting Biden into the race. And Biden made a sharp turn left. Repudiating a number of "centrist" positions he had long made in order to look to be the leader of the herd of Dem candidates, who all raised their hands at funding healthcare for illegals.

Then after shutting everybody down except Biden in the 2024 elections--even getting the DNC to state that if RFKJr. starts campaigning in a state before Joe Biden, suddenly the DNC as a whole has no interest in a primary in that state, that RFKJ would have to pay THE WHOLE COST of a primary!!

You can't just keep fucking the American people and then say, "You know, fucking the American people didn't turn out so well, last time."

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:18 PM (Fi81e)

287 Someone needs to do an AI of Biden as King Theoden on his throne under the spell of Saruman. That would be entertaining.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 02:19 PM (Gqar8)

288 Trump insisted the debate be later in the evening so the sundowner drugs wouldn't work so well.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 29, 2026 02:19 PM (IifOV)

289 It shows that American cities being shitholes is a policy choice.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 02:16 PM (Y6K7e)
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Really, a competency gap.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:19 PM (Fi81e)

290
Look at joe on that stage while she's talking, just vacant, and of course he was still prez for another 6 months,

Posted by: Guy Mohawk

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A fact the MSM still hasn't acknowledged. Not fit to run, but somehow fit to preside? No 25th Amendment?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 02:20 PM (n7rxJ)

291 Trump should offer Bukele citizenship and put him in charge of DC.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 29, 2026 02:20 PM (rJ48h)

292 Obama doesn't like Joey. Obama doesn't like the Clintons. Obama doesn't like Trump. Obama doesn't like anyone. He tolerates people giving him tongue baths because they are useful idiots. Obama only like himself

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 02:21 PM (SW0z7)

293 Someone needs to do an AI of Biden as King Theoden on his throne under the spell of Saruman. That would be entertaining.

And then as he recovers, he turns into Trump.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 02:21 PM (vTZFs)

294 It shows that American cities being shitholes is a policy choice.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 02:16 PM (Y6K7e)
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Really, a competency gap.
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:19 PM

It's not competency, it's that Dems are choosing to pocket the money intended to go to maintenance instead of actually doing maintenance. They're sub-Saharan Africans with smaller dicks.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 02:21 PM (2ocoG)

295 Everything had worked up to that point. Just one more dose and we can get this over the finish line...
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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They went one dose over the line.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2026 02:21 PM (XvL8K)

296 Then after shutting everybody down except Biden in the 2024 elections--even getting the DNC to state that if RFKJr. starts campaigning in a state before Joe Biden, suddenly the DNC as a whole has no interest in a primary in that state, that RFKJ would have to pay THE WHOLE COST of a primary!!

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:18 PM (Fi81e)

I either missed that at the time or had managed to forget it.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 02:22 PM (lFFaq)

297 And the "Babylon Bee's" take on Joe & Jill:

https://tinyurl.com/yckdy95d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 02:22 PM (ix8EF)

298 One of the things that irks me is whenever there is a lefty govt payoff it sails right along, but this govt weaponization fund for people actually violated gets delayed or stopped even with the help of the GOP. But they never have this moment of conscious when leftists are getting theirs.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2026 02:22 PM (n5tGW)

299 nood


nazi

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 02:22 PM (3uBP9)

300 292 Obama doesn't like Joey. Obama doesn't like the Clintons. Obama doesn't like Trump. Obama doesn't like anyone. He tolerates people giving him tongue baths because they are useful idiots. Obama only like himself
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 02:21 PM (SW0z7)

So Chameleons are malignant narcissists. Who knew?

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 02:23 PM (Gqar8)

301 Yes, it's a policy choice.

Because Democrats do not want you to be proud of ANYTHING America.

They wanted--demanded--our crown city to be a dirty, trashy, homeless camp of drugs, crime and decay.

They want Americans to be embarrassed of their country.

And what better way than to make our Capital look like a shitty, nasty third-world slum?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 02:23 PM (73/SM)

302 They went one dose over the line.

Sweet Jesus.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 02:23 PM (vTZFs)

303 A former senior Biden campaign advisor tells me Jill Biden's comments are "revisionist history."

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“The future is known; it’s the past that keeps changing, comrades!”

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 02:23 PM (BGLxh)

304 Here's what I still don't get: Why did Jill and Hunter insist he go forward with the debate, knowing it could well end him and their grift?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)
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I don't think they thought it would, though.

We always suspected that they worked Joe up for his more public statements, and he was probably pumped full of anti-sundown drugs that night.

Do you really think foresight is a forte of Democrat politicians and handlers?

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 02:23 PM (Fi81e)

305 There’s Hunter’s spending, but also that the entire family business was selling access/favors from Joe. Think: Joe Incorporated.

Joe’s brother and wife, his sister, Hunter, Jill - they all depended on Joe. The company closed in 2025, what skills do they have after a career working for the family?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2026 02:23 PM (4KUe5)

306 Nood Nazi.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 02:23 PM (Kdi1r)

307 Obama only like himself
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 02:21 PM (SW0z7)

Agreed. He comes across as a classic narcissist. My theory is that narcissism is caused by a mixture of pride and childhood trauma, and he certainly has plenty of both.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 29, 2026 02:24 PM (lFFaq)

308 That boy's gonna get saved one way or another!

Not satire: Watch this crazy preacher order a teen boy to EAT a page ripped out of the Bible

https://tinyurl.com/49a25b75

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 29, 2026 02:24 PM (ndZc7)

309 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:24 PM (jCuxY)

310 The View remains, if you can believe it, dumber than mud that's been fucked by retards.


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Bwwwwwaaaahahahahahaha!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 29, 2026 02:25 PM (jCuxY)

311 Who will finance her run? She can’t even raise $10 for a Joe Biden presidential bookmobile. She’s done, her whole family is done.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 01:53 PM (QDJ2U)
________________________

You don't really need a lot of money to run for office in Delaware. Hell, they elected a mentally ill "transgender" to congress and she only needed to raise about $3.5 Million total for that honor.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 02:25 PM (dIske)

312 Obama only like himself
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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I'm surprised that he hasn't built a monument to himself. Oh,wait...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (XeU6L)

313 So a bunch of "artists and bands" have dropped out of America's State Fair to be held on the Mall, all because they have been chided by some lefty magazine. I read Martina McBride's statement. It is vague bullshit. She had no problems performing in Obama's White House, but seems to think this will be political.
Fool.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (2WIwB)

314 Because "journalists" have the same interest that the Democrat Party does -- they want to smother this fire ...

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"... with a pillow, until it stops moving."

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 02:26 PM (BGLxh)

315 The corrupt communist media that covered for Biden's dementia for five years now demands we examine Trump's non-dementia:

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I'm old enough to remember Ace somewhat buying into the Trump Dementia Narrative about six years ago -- for which I called him out at the time.

All is forgiven, and the #Winning is tired not ...

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 02:31 PM (BGLxh)

316
cowboy hat lady? I thought she was M.I.A.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

She was, and now we know why.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 29, 2026 02:31 PM (IWEBk)

317 > Here's what I still don't get: Why did Jill and Hunter insist he go forward with the debate
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because they were sure the DNC-friendly press would provide cover

what they didn't count on was just how seriously fucked up Joe really was

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 02:34 PM (ZxPkt)

318 Who wants to live forever?
Posted by: Crow from Kansas at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (HcoTw)
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Apes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:42 PM (7RBt4)
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THAT'S A STARSHIP TROOPERS REFERENCE!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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As much of a Heinlein fan as I am, that phrase predates the book by centuries. It was probably uttered by some Phoenician NCO, who.heard it from a Sumerian.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 29, 2026 02:52 PM (PC+XL)

Seattle's Communist Woke Wallflower Mayor Says She Refuses to Investigate Medicaid Fraud In Her City Because That Would Hurt Our Precioius Nomadic Pirates

The Post-Millennial:

Seattle socialist mayor will NOT investigate fraud at Somali-run daycare centers, calls it attack on immigrants

"This whole issue is not really about fraud," said Wilson. "It's about dividing and conquering. It's about making an immigrant community a target."

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said the city has no intention of investigating fraud claims in taxpayer-funded social programs, claiming the concerns are an effort to target immigrant communities rather than address legitimate financial irregularities.

In an interview with KOMO News, Wilson was asked if she had authorized the Seattle Police Department or the city's Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs to investigate fraud charges involving daycare providers, particularly those in Somali and other immigrant communities. The mayor responded: "No."

"This whole issue is not really about fraud," said Wilson. "It's about dividing and conquering. It's about making an immigrant community a target. There's no reason to assume based on the identity of a daycare operator that their small business is doing anything wrong."

She added that "it's problematic to have random people showing up to daycares" and emphasized that "the fear in the Somali community is real" and "the fear in immigrant communities are real," saying her administration is "taking that very seriously."

Huh, how about that. She's saying it's the Somalis who would be found responsible for defrauding the Americans living next to them and stealing from them.

And then she applies the usual Democrat Rule that Minorities Are Immune from the Law and Allowed to Steal and Kill without Consequence.

#BecauseRacism.

Plus, an exclusive from Alpha News: Somalis are fake employees at fake businesses claiming fake injuries to, get this, pillage and loot from actual American taxpayers.


EXCLUSIVE: Former Minnesota employee reveals suspected fraud scheme of 'fake injuries' at Somali businesses

With the benefit of hindsight, Janeen Balsimo thought, "wow, so the fraud went as far as the employee was a fake employee, probably with fake injuries, because there is no people at these places."

ByDr. JC Chaix and Liz Collin

It's perhaps yet another kind of Somali fraud that we haven't heard much about, and one that may involve fake businesses, fake injuries, and fake workers' comp claims.

Janeen Balsimo retired in the fall after working as a Minnesota state employee for nearly 30 years. She joined Liz Collin on her podcast.

Balsimo spent her last years at the Department of Human Services (DHS) in the Tort Recovery Unit as a tort specialist.

She said that she wanted to blow the whistle on workers' comp cases after what she noticed the last couple of years at her job--as hindsight and the exposure of fraud throughout Minnesota provided even more perspective.

Balsimo explained how she "recovered taxpayer dollars where another party should have been paying for the bills. For instance, like auto accidents or work comp. So we would get cases from attorneys representing the client."

"And then when the case would settle, we would get paid, the attorney would get paid his fees. DHS would get paid our portion. And then the client would be awarded whatever type of injury that they had back, usually got more awards than neck or arm. So they would get anywhere from $20,000 to $150,000 for their award for their injuries," Balsimo explained.

However, she noticed a strange trend emerging in her normally routine work. "About a year ago, I can remember my caseloads of Somalian cases were going way up. They were going up so much I even confided in another coworker. She had noticed it as well," Balsimo said.

She said "that's when I noticed my Somali cases, they all worked at a daycare center, an adult care center, a hospice or an autism center. And I found that really strange and they ended in the LLC because I had to keep typing it over and over and it was just really strange to me."

"Then I retired a few weeks before the Nick Shirley exposure ... and one day I was watching a video and I noticed the names of the businesses he was investigating. And they looked really familiar. Like I almost remember the name of the businesses just by typing them all the time and just dealing with them. And I could not believe it ... it all came together, Balsimo said.

"I went, oh my gosh, this was like a wow moment. These cases were probably fraudulent," she added.


It's Friday! We made it!

PS, another Double Crow Day. And they're coming back now.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:11 PM




Comments

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1 She is like the definition of figurehead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)

2 They have pirate DNA. Can't stop them from stealing.

Posted by: huerfano at May 29, 2026 12:12 PM (VJX5o)

3 Boss, that one linked story inset is a link.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:12 PM (bss/y)

4 Or rather the inset story is ALL link.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:13 PM (bss/y)

5 I f**king hate that word "community."

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:13 PM (77rzZ)

6 ... and humanity was saved from the red font menace at the last moment by a rag-tag company of redundant closing tags. This is their story.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 12:14 PM (3uBP9)

7 Fraud isn't a bad thing, as long as the money goes to the right people.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 29, 2026 12:14 PM (MNCvZ)

8 No one is above the law, except...

Posted by: toddg at May 29, 2026 12:15 PM (ceFtv)

9 Kommissar Katie Wilson said the city will not be looking into any “day cares fraud”….

….meanwhile she’s going back for a $1.3 BILLION tax levy to fund more day cares….

It seems she can't start a sentence without "so..." or end one without "right?". What an ignoranamus.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

10 You got a real peach there, Seattle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:15 PM (guGkK)

11
What she's saying is destruction of civilization is her goal. Not even hiding it.

Posted by: Auspex at May 29, 2026 12:15 PM (Y8DZL)

12 I look at Katie Wilson and I think of Gary Larson. Weird.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 12:15 PM (Gqar8)

13 PS, another Double Crow Day. And they're coming back now.

How many do you need for a pie?

Posted by: Kratwurst at May 29, 2026 12:15 PM (Kwjzk)

14 Do Katie Wilson's mom and dad still bring her lunch?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:16 PM (guGkK)

15 There shouldn't be a single Somalian in this country.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 12:16 PM (Y6K7e)

16 I look at Katie Wilson and I think of Gary Larson. Weird.

Huh, I look at her and I think of Zippy the Pinhead.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

17
It will certainly be a day for celebration when these lefty criminal politicians get strung up to street lamps while their immigrant heathen army gets massacred in the streets.

Not that I'm going to start that little celebration myself, but I also won't lift a finger to stop it when it happens.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 29, 2026 12:16 PM (1xk0I)

18 Babylon Bee has a very good headline on fraud:

https://tinyurl.com/bddmhhsy

I wonder which state has the lowest level of fraud?


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 12:17 PM (7RYym)

19 I read things like this, and it dawns on me (for like the 100th time), that everything we were told about illegals is wrong. Whatever number they told us, you can add a "zero" to the end of it.

Literally entire city and even state economies are based on illegals and the fetid remoras of graft and theft and political payola and patronage that infests them. Without illegals, probably 1/4 of the blue cities in the country would collapse. Literally. The cities would be ghost towns and the money flow would stop. That's why Democraps fight so hard to protect and enable illegals. It's there entire lifeblood.

I keep raising my estimate of how many illegals there are in the country. I'm not at about 75 million.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)

20 I will join Ace in celebrating double crow day.


With some Old Crow

Make mine a double

Posted by: Celebratory Miklos at May 29, 2026 12:17 PM (z+O9Y)

21 There shouldn't be a single Somalian in this country.

I have asked this before: What is there of value that Somalians bring to this country?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:17 PM (guGkK)

22 Crow 2: The Corvidining

Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:17 PM (mkw2N)

23 19 I read things like this, and it dawns on me (for like the 100th time), that everything we were told about illegals is wrong. Whatever number they told us, you can add a "zero" to the end of it.

Literally entire city and even state economies are based on illegals and the fetid remoras of graft and theft and political payola and patronage that infests them. Without illegals, probably 1/4 of the blue cities in the country would collapse. Literally. The cities would be ghost towns and the money flow would stop. That's why Democraps fight so hard to protect and enable illegals. It's there entire lifeblood.

I keep raising my estimate of how many illegals there are in the country. I'm not at about 75 million.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)

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Bovino, former head of ICE, says it's 100 million.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 12:18 PM (7RBt4)

24 I despise the fact that we keep importing garbage people and expect diversity to magically make our nation perfect.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 12:18 PM (+4yJ5)

25 24 I despise the fact that we keep importing garbage people and expect diversity to magically make our nation perfect.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 12:18 PM (+4yJ5)

======

Well, we have stopped.

At least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 12:18 PM (7RBt4)

26 Smack her in the forehead with a 2 by 12.

Posted by: Roy at May 29, 2026 12:18 PM (qwype)

27 Wilson’s bio is like a recipe book for Wokeness. From her birth every ingredient for Stalinist was included.

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 12:18 PM (Gqar8)

28 I always thought Heckle and Jeckle were crows, but according to Wiki, they're yellow-billed magpies.

So still corvids, but not crows.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

29 The point of Democratic governance is to loot the taxpayers.

Why would they investigate their clients?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 12:19 PM (sKqQm)

30
PS, another Double Crow Day. And they're coming back now.
-----
How many do you need for a pie?
Posted by: Kratwurst

Four and twenty, baked in a pie....

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 29, 2026 12:19 PM (1xk0I)

31 Does the mayor actually have to order the police or investigators to investigate lawbreaking?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 29, 2026 12:19 PM (Vh9CX)

32 Willowed from #196 in previous thread.

How many bad/terrible Republican Senators are in each Senate since the 112th Congress:

112th: ~26 Senators
113th: ~25 Senators
114th: ~30 Senators
115th: ~30 Senators (Trump's first term)
116th: ~25 Senators
117th: ~24 Senators
118th: ~20 Senators
119th: ~19 Senators
120th (if the map has zero changes): ~15 Senators



It's better than that, because the squishes were a majority of the GOP caucus in Trump 1, and now they're a minority. Minorities who want to stick around have a habit of going along with the majority.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

33 OT: Top of Insty

https://instapundit.com/800035/

We do not do enough mocking and hatred of Jane Fonda.

She's an evil bitch and she wasn't even hot in Barbarella.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

34 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:16 PM (guGkK)

I find it so strange that both she and Mandami can get elected to become Mayors of their cities without any significant work experience.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 12:20 PM (7RYym)

35 I f**king hate that word "community."
Posted by: Bulg

You have to pronounce it "Commooonity"

Posted by: Miklos tipped the bartender extra because it is a triple Old Crow at May 29, 2026 12:20 PM (z+O9Y)

36 Bovino, former head of ICE, says it's 100 million.

And keep in mind after Trump and co deported 2m of them there is almost no effect on the number of people employed in the US

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

37 Well she's both stupid and a communist hack fraud. So none of this surprises me.

She welcomes chasing companies out of Seattle.

Burn Seattle, burn.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 12:20 PM (xcxpd)

38 I will bet that 30%+ of every blue city budget is funded directly by these fraudulent reimbursements.

For every $1 that goes into the hand of a Somali, $2 are going into the local government coffers.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 12:20 PM (73/SM)

39 Katie Wilson when asked about the possibility of millionaires fleeing due to WA policies.

"Bye!"
*waves*
*giggles*

http://tiny.cc/01a4101

Seattle elected a Reddit mod.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:21 PM (mkw2N)

40 Minorities who want to stick around have a habit of going along with the majority.
Posted by: Archimedes

Oh no, infidel

Posted by: Mullah Miklos, freelance Mahdi at May 29, 2026 12:21 PM (z+O9Y)

41 So if we have 100 million illegals floating around, just how many people ARE there in this place?

Posted by: tubal at May 29, 2026 12:21 PM (Gqar8)

42 Ace Two Crow son of Joe Medicine Crow.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 12:21 PM (Cqx++)

43 39 Katie Wilson when asked about the possibility of millionaires fleeing due to WA policies.

"Bye!"
*waves*
*giggles*

http://tiny.cc/01a4101

Seattle elected a Reddit mod.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:21 PM (mkw2N)

#Truth

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 12:21 PM (xcxpd)

44 James Talarico
@jamestalarico
Ken Paxton is throwing everything he has at us.
He’s called me a radical leftist. He’s called me a fake Christian. He’s even called me a vegan!
I’m an 8th generation Texan — I've been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment.

-
He IS the Baconeater!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 29, 2026 12:22 PM (ndZc7)

45 Henry Fonda was a leftie bastard, too.

Peter was the only member of that family who was tolerable.

Oh, and Bridget in her prime.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

46 So, roughly a quarter of our population is illegal.

Fuck.

It 'seems' like it has changed here (from employees coming in the door, mainly) but that could just be a psychological reinforcement.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:22 PM (bss/y)

47 Her Honor is certainly unfortunate-looking.

aw hell
she ugly
she fell out the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 12:22 PM (ZxPkt)

48 Remember when Patty Murray said Osama Bin Laden was popular because he paid for day care?

Maybe she meant this kind of wink wink daycare

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

49 33 OT: Top of Insty

https://instapundit.com/800035/

We do not do enough mocking and hatred of Jane Fonda.

She's an evil bitch and she wasn't even hot in Barbarella.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

hey now...she's evil but let's not doubt our eyes

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 12:22 PM (xcxpd)

50 Seattle socialist mayor will NOT investigate fraud at Somali-run daycare centers, calls it attack on immigrants

------------

"The First Amendment Guarantees The Right To Loot And Kill Whitey, But Mostly Kill Whitey! REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

/Justice Affirmative Action Jackson

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 12:22 PM (BGLxh)

51 Ken Paxton is throwing everything he has at us.
He’s called me a radical leftist. He’s called me a fake Christian. He’s even called me a vegan!
I’m an 8th generation Texan — I've been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment.


He says this after he literally said the campaign was meatless. Is he not part of the campaign?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

52 I don't recall ever meeting a Somali in real life.

I suspect they are simply a figment of imagination made manifest by a malevolent cosmic entity....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (gnNyN)

53 For every $1 that goes into the hand of a Somali, $2 are going into the local government coffers.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

The "frictional" cost of employing the army of blue haired administrators and political graft

Posted by: Miklos does Econ 101 at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (z+O9Y)

54 Didn't Cali and Washington recently make it illegal to investigate and report fraud?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (XV/Pl)

55
For every $1 that goes into the hand of a Somali, $2 are going into the local government coffers.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Whatever happened to "sooner or later you run out of other people's money"?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (Cqx++)

56 "This whole issue is not really about fraud," said Wilson. "It's about dividing and conquering. It's about making an immigrant community a target."

-----------

"THE OPPRESSED" HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF "THE OPPRESSORS!"

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (BGLxh)

57 I keep raising my estimate of how many illegals there are in the country. I'm not at about 75 million.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)

We know with certainty - from Descano's testimony to Congress - that Fairfax is 20% 'deportable.'

Extrapolate that out and work from there.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (Kdi1r)

58
Within 48 hours of the fraud being exposed in Minnesota, a local Seattle reporter found five Somali run day cares with...you guessed it...no kids.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (2WIwB)

59 hey now...she's evil but let's not doubt our eyes
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 12:22 PM (xcxpd)

Like rubbing a hotdog on the side of a train tunnel, even then dude.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (bss/y)

60 Oh, and Bridget in her prime.

It's astonishing what she looks like today.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

61 You can go to the Washington state website and lookup daycare providers and see the languages the providers speak. Of those listing a language, about 20% says Somali, which is more than any other language other than English, even though Somalis make up less than 1% of the areas population, way less than Hispanic and multiple Asian communities, Chinese, Korean, south east Asians etc.

For someone who administers the daycare provider for the state, to see that and to not have it be a massive red flag is either incompetence or its corrupt. There is no option C

Posted by: AndrewsDad at May 29, 2026 12:24 PM (WX3pP)

62 He IS the Baconeater!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

Let me think about this

Posted by: Kevin Bacon at May 29, 2026 12:24 PM (z+O9Y)

63 I see reddit is onboard with Seattle's tax the rich crap...

Wait until a bunch of MSFT/AMZ wives realize this means THEM

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm)

64 *Golly!*

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (wVcYX)

65
Didn't Cali and Washington recently make it illegal to investigate and report fraud?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

The "anti Nick Shirley" law.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (Cqx++)

66 .
Somali Pirate Learing Center fraud is an interstate activity which should be covered by RICO, (Return Insidiots to Country of Origin.)

Posted by: Marooned at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (kt8QE)

67 52 I don't recall ever meeting a Somali in real life.

I suspect they are simply a figment of imagination made manifest by a malevolent cosmic entity....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (gnNyN)

We have a few of them at work. Not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed- at least ours.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (bss/y)

68 It's a wonder she remembers to breathe.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (TZz9Q)

69 > Bovino, former head of ICE, says it's 100 million.

Has anyone else noticed, besides the obvious reduced ratio of white people to everyone else, and the en-fattening, that people just don't seem as attractive as they were a few decades ago?

I see cuties at my gym, but anytime I'm out in public, it's just a sea of unremarkable to downright ugly.

One notable exception is when I went to NASA's launch site in FL. Lots of good looking people there.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (mkw2N)

70 >>> Refuses to Investigate Medicaid Fraud


Draft the charges for accessory before, during, and after the fact for fraud.
Send them the draft and advise that they will be revised as needed after the investigation and arrests begun as it is obvious she is a part of it. Saying out loud that you are cooperating in a conspiracy to defraud the government does not absolve you of engaging in it...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (/lPRQ)

71 "I f**king hate that word "community."
Posted by: Bulg "

Obama stared that to make all the Dems precious victim groups seeking money and benefits and power sound so nice neighborly, people you'd trust like to know. Just like all the people in Mayberry.

Posted by: Ripley at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (GUOwU)

72 Whatever happened to "sooner or later you run out of other people's money"?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (Cqx++)
----
I guess that doesn't apply when the government printing presses are on overdrive....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (gnNyN)

73 Whatever happened to "sooner or later you run out of other people's money"?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

37 trillion in Federal debt

Posted by: Miklos does Econ 102 at May 29, 2026 12:26 PM (z+O9Y)

74 Somali Pirate Learing Center fraud is an interstate activity which should be covered by RICO, (Return Insidiots to Country of Origin.)
Posted by: Marooned at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (kt8QE)

Especially with money being funneled out of country through the airport.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:26 PM (bss/y)

75 EXCLUSIVE: Former Minnesota employee reveals suspected fraud scheme of 'fake injuries' at Somali businesses

-----------

Everybody knows that Every Somali suffers from some form of Autism and must therefore become A Ward of The State.

OUT: The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations.
IN: The Soft Bigotry of Low IQs.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 12:26 PM (BGLxh)

76 I keep raising my estimate of how many illegals there are in the country. I'm not at about 75 million.
======
Bovino, former head of ICE, says it's 100 million.
--
Bovino is right:

If the U.S. had maintained a pure replacement fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman from 1970 onward, with no net immigration, the population today would be approximately:
≈ 218 – 222 million

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 12:26 PM (73/SM)

77 I read things like this, and it dawns on me (for like the 100th time), that everything we were told about illegals is wrong. Whatever number they told us, you can add a "zero" to the end of it.

Literally entire city and even state economies are based on illegals and the fetid remoras of graft and theft and political payola and patronage that infests them. Without illegals, probably 1/4 of the blue cities in the country would collapse. Literally. The cities would be ghost towns and the money flow would stop. That's why Democraps fight so hard to protect and enable illegals. It's there entire lifeblood.

I keep raising my estimate of how many illegals there are in the country. I'm not at about 75 million.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)

======

Bovino, former head of ICE, says it's 100 million.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 12:18 PM (7RBt4)
______

I can believe that. Especially if you include technically "legal" immigrants that lied on their visa applications, like that worm Ilhan Omar, in the total number.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

78 "This whole issue is not really about fraud," said Wilson. "It's about dividing and conquering. It's about making an immigrant community a target. There's no reason to assume based on the identity of a daycare operator that their small business is doing anything wrong."
>>>
Narrator: It's really about fraud. Only about fraud. All the doo-dah day!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 12:26 PM (wVcYX)

79 Peter Fonda is in a movie I am very fond of Race With the DevilWarren Oates the other lead, Loretta Switt as one of the wives.

Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2026 12:26 PM (YwEeS)

80 Immigrant community Katie ? Doing the fraud Americans won't do...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 12:27 PM (yLn/F)

81 What does insty use for comments? It is completely infiltrated by shitlibs. And hierarchical sorted comments are shit because it favors shitlibs blowing things up. Why would anyone tolerate that?


oh,... disqus OFC

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 12:28 PM (3uBP9)

82 Didn't Cali and Washington recently make it illegal to investigate and report fraud?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (XV/Pl)

***

In Olympia, they tried. The result was a proposed bill that would have shielded the personal information of child care providers to prevent harassment. The goal was to aggressively police anyone trying to find out if the typical immigrant run day care was corrupt.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 12:28 PM (2WIwB)

83 80 Immigrant community Katie ? Doing the fraud Americans won't do...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 12:27 PM (yLn/F)

Remember, she is also getting her beak wet in all this fraud. That is the key for all of these fucktards. It is why California went so apeshit about investigating the fraud. I would expect that while the federal budget is half graft, Cali's is probably 75-80%.

It's fraud all the way down.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:28 PM (bss/y)

84 Afternoon Ace.
When you elect a theater kid Marxist with no practical experience beyond living off her academic parents, you can't expect intelligent governance. And Seattle therefore will not get intelligent governance anytime soon

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 12:29 PM (SW0z7)

85 I don't recall ever meeting a Somali in real life.

I suspect they are simply a figment of imagination made manifest by a malevolent cosmic entity....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (gnNyN)
____

I've met a few, including one I've mentioned before: a real hottie who was on billboards in Times Square. Most Somalis are mutant CHUDs who look like a leper vomited on himself. But not this girl.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

86 100 million extra people.
With no ties to America or interest in becoming Americans.
80%+ on some form of public benefits.
Perfectly comfortable living in crime and squalor.

Now you can see:
- Why we have $38 trillion in debt
- Nothing is better
- and there's no money for anything you voted for

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 12:29 PM (73/SM)

87 Smack her in the forehead with a 2 by 12.
Posted by: Roy at May 29, 2026 12:18 PM (qwype)

That would constitute cruel and unusual punishment - to the 2x12.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 12:29 PM (qx7Zg)

88 PS, another Double Crow Day. And they're coming back now.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:11 PM
---
Is it the crow couple from yesterday? I wonder which came first.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 29, 2026 12:30 PM (cWLG3)

89 Obama stared that to make all the Dems precious victim groups seeking money and benefits and power sound so nice neighborly, people you'd trust like to know. Just like all the people in Mayberry.

But Floyd didn't run a government-subsidized barber shop with no barber chairs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:30 PM (+5YP2)

90 81 What does insty use for comments? It is completely infiltrated by shitlibs. And hierarchical sorted comments are shit because it favors shitlibs blowing things up. Why would anyone tolerate that?


oh,... disqus OFC
Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 12:28 PM (3uBP9)

I don't see it as too bad as far as mix. There are a lot of fringe comments both ways that would get a banning from Senor CBD with his Ban Maracas. (Just had a mental image of a Jewish guy with a sombrero and a glued on pencil mustache.)

But the comment system is not pleasing to my eye.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

91 44 James Talarico
@jamestalarico
-
He IS the Baconeater!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 29, 2026

Again, Talerico is such a man's man, he uses a knife and fork to eat bananas.

Seattle will just get me too worked up.

Gutfeld had Spencer Pratt on yesterday. Ordinary guy, unpolished which is a big plus. He calls himself the "Look around" candidate asking people if they are disgusted by what they see. Doesn't give a damn about celebrity endorsements.

Wanted to avoid national things but realise the national attention will help get out the vote for him to counter Dem ballot harvesting.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 12:31 PM (Sco7b)

92 Is it the crow couple from yesterday? I wonder which came first.

Probably the egg. Or the crow. One of those.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

93 Ace, just make sure the Crows don't drag any Arapahos or Blackfeet along. Cause then they'll demand whisky and star rain-dancing on your porch and shit.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

94 52 I don't recall ever meeting a Somali in real life.

I suspect they are simply a figment of imagination made manifest by a malevolent cosmic entity....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (gnNyN)

Never met one, either, but saw a bodycam video yesterday of a Somali-looking dude managing to yeet his SUV off of an overpass in Washington (state).

Posted by: XTC at May 29, 2026 12:31 PM (iXqHn)

95 It'll be interesting to see a sweeping effect of clearing up fraud and immigration from red states through purple states into blue states over the next few years.

And the country as a whole just getting redder.

3 million people left last year. How many had driver's licenses, legal driver's licenses. How many were also registered to vote because of Motor Voter? How many just...voted? With or without realizing that they shouldn't?

How has that buoyed the Democrat Party itself?

I'm not saying it's everything, but I am asserting that it's part of it. Will another year and another 3 million leaving mean that...30,000 illegally registered but legally voting individuals leave? 60,000? 300,000? A million?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 12:31 PM (7RBt4)

96 This type fraud is so much easier than their pirates on the opens seas. No climbing on a ship with razor wire and probably weapons to stop them, just a little paperwork and $millions arrive in the mail.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 29, 2026 12:31 PM (vbXSk)

97 I've met a few, including one I've mentioned before: a real hottie who was on billboards in Times Square. Most Somalis are mutant CHUDs who look like a leper vomited on himself. But not this girl.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

Outliers. It's like that unearthly beautiful gal who was on the cover of National Geographic (gorgeous eyes.) She was from something like Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan or something.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

98 One notable exception is when I went to NASA's launch site in FL. Lots of good looking people there.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (mkw2N)

Miami is the city of breasts.
Shockingly large numbers of hot girls there, compared to elsewhere in the country. And they are showing the girls off constantly. And I mean like....normal hot girls not pros. Like real estate agents are showing cleavage proudly.

This is what they took from us.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (xcxpd)

99
Remember, she is also getting her beak wet in all this fraud.

And what a beak it is!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (Cqx++)

100 Kommissar Katie Wilson said the city will not be looking into any “day cares fraud”….

….meanwhile she’s going back for a $1.3 BILLION tax levy to fund more day cares….

What she's saying is she's getting some of that money, so she's cranking up the amount now.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (2ocoG)

101 Seattle communities are going to need more barricades.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (XB1Qt)

102 But Floyd didn't run a government-subsidized barber shop with no barber chairs.
Posted by: Cicero

But he DOES have a government-subsidized gift shop in Minneapolis.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ)

103 97 I've met a few, including one I've mentioned before: a real hottie who was on billboards in Times Square. Most Somalis are mutant CHUDs who look like a leper vomited on himself. But not this girl.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

Outliers. It's like that unearthly beautiful gal who was on the cover of National Geographic (gorgeous eyes.) She was from something like Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan or something.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

Afghanistan, during the Russian invasion years.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (cWLG3)

104 Ace, just make sure the Crows don't drag any Arapahos or Blackfeet along. Cause then they'll demand whisky and star rain-dancing on your porch and shit.

If you wanna see my rain dance, you have to put dollar bills in my wampum bag.

Posted by: Gray Beaver at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

105 Apparently I've got you beat, Ace: My husband saw a DEER in our yard this morning. We live in the middle of a town of over 6,000 people! I suspect our neighbors two blocks away are to blame, since they're the "grow your own food" type and they grow corn. JT The Wonder Dog is ecstatic, since he's never had this type of friend before.

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes she could have seen JT's reaction at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (Wt5PA)

106 Democrat Party should simply rebrand as the Looter Party.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (ZpG08)

107 ot: "Funk Comptroller

I met him at Pitt.

We need the Funk
gotta have some Funk

I barely graduated.

Posted by: DaveA at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (FhXTo)

108 Most Somalis are mutant CHUDs who look like a leper vomited on himself. But not this girl.

You found the one that isn't inbred. Congratulations!

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 12:34 PM (2ocoG)

109 X isn't real life, and the whole ratio game is stupid, but I do find this interesting:

https://x.com/HouseDemocrats/status/
2060058873268953397

"@HouseDemocrats
Last year, Republicans gave ICE $140 billion.

Now, Republicans want to give ICE $70 billion more.

Your taxpayer dollars are funding an out-of-control mass deportation machine."

About 1,000 likes and more than 4,000 comments mostly that seem to rag on the post and want more deportations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 12:34 PM (7RBt4)

110 > Most Somalis are mutant CHUDs who look like a leper vomited on himself. But not this girl.

The Mars Attacks shaped-head is not attractive.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:34 PM (mkw2N)

111 I don't recall ever meeting a Somali in real life.

I suspect they are simply a figment of imagination made manifest by a malevolent cosmic entity....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 12:23 PM (gnNyN)

***

My last assignment in the Army was in Somalia.
I can testify that it is indeed a complete and total shithole.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 12:34 PM (2WIwB)

112 I saw a headline about a "Democrat" candidate for Wisconsin governor who wants to imagine a state without prisons.

I wonder if she realizes the consequences. You won't get prison, so why not just kill someone who pisses you off. The only justice is vigilante. Stupid fricking idiots.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 12:34 PM (qx7Zg)

113 One notable exception is when I went to NASA's launch site in FL. Lots of good looking people there.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:25 PM (mkw2N)
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I was at the country club pool yesterday afternoon and I noticed the opposite. There were a LOT of good-looking moms out there lol.

Fortunately for me my wife is one of them and she's not a lunatic, usually.

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 12:34 PM (oqH4h)

114 Miami is the city of breasts.
Shockingly large numbers of hot girls there, compared to elsewhere in the country. And they are showing the girls off constantly. And I mean like....normal hot girls not pros. Like real estate agents are showing cleavage proudly.

This is what they took from us.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (xcxpd)

*lights a candle*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:35 PM (bss/y)

115 she probably got to wet her beak

Posted by: Otto Penn at May 29, 2026 12:35 PM (sJHOI)

116 Posted by: XTC at May 29, 2026 12:31 PM (iXqHn)

What does "yeet" mean?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 12:35 PM (lQ+/f)

117 Who knew a century ago that half our country will become the United Socialist States of America, where they suck the money from the Capitalist side and reallocate it to themselves and their pets in their Socialist paradise. Lenin would have been proud of this achievement!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 12:35 PM (GD0B3)

118 US total population: 342 million.
- 100 million illegals, draining the treasury at every level.
- Another 23 million directly employed by federal, state and local governments (not including military).

123 million out of 342 million produce nothing.

36% are takers.

Now you know why you are struggling; why everything is breaking.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 12:36 PM (73/SM)

119
Katie Wilson kinda sorta rolled her eyes and sort of, like, admitted that maybe okay, she didn't mean what she said about Starbucks literally moving, and maybe that wasn't quite right for her to say or mean.

Same admission coming up on fraud investigations? Or is race a bridge too far?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 12:36 PM (n7rxJ)

120 "This whole issue is not really about fraud, it's about dividing and conquering." Seattle Mayor Olive Oily

Correct. But not as she explicitly stated, that it is about targeting immigrants. Rather, fraud is this communist's tool at hand to corrupt good governance so it can be molded into a weapon to incite economic and social chaos and undermine the established citizenry.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 29, 2026 12:36 PM (glnUu)

121 "@HouseDemocrats
Last year, Republicans gave ICE $140 billion.

Now, Republicans want to give ICE $70 billion more.

Your taxpayer dollars are funding an out-of-control mass deportation machine."

About 1,000 likes and more than 4,000 comments mostly that seem to rag on the post and want more deportations.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 12:34 PM (7RBt4)
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In other words, taxpayers prefer that their money go towards the federal government to remove illegal immigrants, rather than have the immigrants steal that money directly from taxpayers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 29, 2026 12:36 PM (gnNyN)

122 When Commie Katie starts growing bangs you'll know where she's tucked away all the fraud $. Teapot... or is it Nepot Dome 2.O

Posted by: Rex B at May 29, 2026 12:36 PM (rgnea)

123 The Mars Attacks shaped-head is not attractive.


To be fair, they are naturally well-suited to a career in anal probing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:37 PM (+5YP2)

124 So she's admitting it's being done and by whom.

OK.

No fed money.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 29, 2026 12:37 PM (FxH7T)

125 Afghanistan, during the Russian invasion years.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (cWLG3)

Thanks. Don't tell me what happened to her.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

126 I see the old fossil Bruce Springsteen is gonna give a "I hate Trump and America" concert right before the midterms... Nothing says Happy 250th Birthday America like a bunch of washed up old geriatric hasbeens trying to look relevant...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 12:38 PM (yLn/F)

127 > Miami is the city of breasts.
Shockingly large numbers of hot girls there, compared to elsewhere in the country.

I was at a restaurant 45 minutes from Merritt Island eating dinner. There was a stunning 20 something woman behind the bar in a crop top. She had to lean forward and reach up to grab a glass and her very sexy lacy purple bra came into full view. She quickly realized what happened and covered up, but it's forever imprinted on my hippocampus.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:38 PM (mkw2N)

128 U.S. Attorney Nebraska @USAO_NE
🚨US Attorney Lesley A. Woods: Illegal alien from India sentenced to 10 years for sex trafficking minors in Omaha. HSTF rescued two child victims.
May 28, 2026 · 7:29 PM UTC

Posted by: I am gKWVE's highly-enriched culture at May 29, 2026 12:39 PM (gKWVE)

129 "Bovino, former head of ICE, says it's 100 million."


I can believe that if you include anchor babies, who really shouldn't be citizens anyways. In a mere 50 years the country went from close to 90% white/European descent to not much more that 50%. Majority of babies are now non-white. This was not an accident and would never happen organically. But talk about the Great Replacement and you are a conspiracy nut.

Posted by: Ripley at May 29, 2026 12:39 PM (GUOwU)

130 Same admission coming up on fraud investigations? Or is race a bridge too far?

For lefties, the less close to you something or someone is, the *more* you care about it. They care least about their immediate family, friends, and neighbors and most about things in/from exotic locales. There's actual science about this, not the stuff Fauci does.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 12:39 PM (2ocoG)

131 Most Somalis are mutant CHUDs who look like a leper vomited on himself. But not this girl.

You found the one that isn't inbred. Congratulations!
Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 12:34 PM (2ocoG)

***

It was amusing back when Bush/Clinton committed us to troops in Somalia. They were looking around for anyone who could speak the language. I think the US Government had maybe 10 people who could translate. The funny thing was the main warlord at the time, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, had a son who was sent to America and the kid joined the Marines. Poor guy was keeping his head down trying to avoid being "discovered" and used as an interpreter. Just about everyone he'd interrogate would have been from other tribes and they would try to kill his ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 12:39 PM (2WIwB)

132 > What does "yeet" mean?

Kid slang for "to throw."

Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)

133 Pratt is making people pay attention to what LA, and CA in general, has become.
But the Democrats who run the state and get their campaign cash from the CTA (300k members with $1k/yr in dues) and the SEIU have got the state elections rigged.
Ten's of millions in mail-in ballots go out to anyone (living or dead) who as lived at a given address over the last 8-10 years.
Hundreds of unsupervised ballot drop boxes are spread across the state and the Democrats have an army of ballot harvesters collecting those mailed out ballots from apartment buildings, senior centers, filling them out and dropping them into the mail or drop boxes.
Even if Steve Hilton can overcome these banana republic style tactics and win in November, the Democrats control both the Assembly and Senate in Sacto with super majorities. Enough to over-ride any Hilton vetoes and block any of his initiatives.
And the Democrat Sec'y of State gets to write the description of any state wide referendum on the ballot so as to obscure it's intent.
CA is going to remain under Democrat control, and so will get much worse before even beginning to change.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 29, 2026 12:40 PM (MNCvZ)

134 Is it the crow couple from yesterday? I wonder which came first.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 29, 2026 12:30 PM (cWLG3)

Corvid couples are concurrent comers. We learned this yesterday. Pay attention!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 12:40 PM (Kdi1r)

135 Wanted to avoid national things but realise the national attention will help get out the vote for him to counter Dem ballot harvesting.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't

For a reality performer, he seemed a bit apprehensive at first.
"Look around candidate " is a great lead in.

Yiu can't unsee what you just saw. And there is no comeback for Bass on it.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 29, 2026 12:40 PM (FxH7T)

136 Carried over:

125 I shall remain a voice crying in the wilderness.
Get rid of "Grants". I don't care if it's to the YMCA for midnight basketball, or the Historical.Society for the community museum, or Starbucks to bring a headquarters.. no.
As long as the concept of the government giving a away tax dollars to private companies for anything but direct services to the government is normal, you're playing Whack-a-Mole about anything that chaps your hide.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 29, 2026 11:48 AM (PC+XL)

I would go a step further: no giving tax dollars to *any* org for anything but services. For-profit, non-profit, NGO, I don't care.

There will still be fraud in the services, but to be serious about reducing fraud, we have to be serious about eliminating incentives for fraud. And that means getting serious about eliminating fraud opportunities, which means eliminating grants as a category of disbursement.

Anything less is just killing the cockroaches you see, and pretending the source away. It's not something people want to hear, but the logic is grimly inescapable.

Posted by: SciVo at May 29, 2026 12:40 PM (Sy6m/)

137 It's not about fraud it's about dividing and conquering.
That's authentic Marxist gibberish

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 12:40 PM (SW0z7)

138 126 I see the old fossil Bruce Springsteen is gonna give a "I hate Trump and America" concert right before the midterms... Nothing says Happy 250th Birthday America like a bunch of washed up old geriatric hasbeens trying to look relevant...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 12:38 PM (yLn/F)
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Bruce Springsteen sucks and he should take his dumb, derivative, boring faux-Americana dreck and fuck off to somewhere where there are no microphones.

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 12:41 PM (oqH4h)

139 Oh, that's not a step further, it's the same. Sorry, not fully awake.

Posted by: SciVo at May 29, 2026 12:41 PM (Sy6m/)

140 What does "yeet" mean?

To throw forcefully and somewhat carelessly. Like a trebuchet.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 12:41 PM (2ocoG)

141 126 I see the old fossil Bruce Springsteen is gonna give a "I hate Trump and America" concert right before the midterms... Nothing says Happy 250th Birthday America like a bunch of washed up old geriatric hasbeens trying to look relevant...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 12:38 PM (yLn/F)

Of course, it was Tom "Rage on Behalf of the Machine" Morello's idea...

Posted by: XTC at May 29, 2026 12:41 PM (iXqHn)

142 Think MNCvZ glows

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 12:41 PM (ZpG08)

143 It was amusing back when Bush/Clinton committed us to troops in Somalia. They were looking around for anyone who could speak the language. I think the US Government had maybe 10 people who could translate. The funny thing was the main warlord at the time, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, had a son who was sent to America and the kid joined the Marines. Poor guy was keeping his head down trying to avoid being "discovered" and used as an interpreter. Just about everyone he'd interrogate would have been from other tribes and they would try to kill his ass.
Posted by: Diogenes

I was at DLI at the time, and, yes, they were starting up emergency Somali classes.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (77rzZ)

144 Really need a Captain Phillips ending to this story.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (fvZ66)

145 Like real estate agents are showing cleavage proudly.

This is what they took from us.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards,

Dear Penthouse, you won't believe this

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (FxH7T)

146 I've met a few, including one I've mentioned before: a real hottie who was on billboards in Times Square. Most Somalis are mutant CHUDs who look like a leper vomited on himself. But not this girl.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

Outliers. It's like that unearthly beautiful gal who was on the cover of National Geographic (gorgeous eyes.) She was from something like Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan or something.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

Afghanistan, during the Russian invasion years.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (cWLG3)
__________

IIRC, they did a follow-up on the girl decades later. Let's just say she did not age well. As an adult, she looked like a dude.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

147 Ace, you know that you're establishing your reputation in the Greater Crow community. Make sure it's a good one.

Crows talk.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (w6EFb)

148 It's like that unearthly beautiful gal who was on the cover of National Geographic (gorgeous eyes.) She was from something like Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan or something.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

Afghanistan.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (Kdi1r)

149 Out: Moronettes
In: Commenters with a Uterus

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (+5YP2)

150
I've met a few, including one I've mentioned before: a real hottie who was on billboards in Times Square. Most Somalis are mutant CHUDs who look like a leper vomited on himself. But not this girl.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Iman is Somali. Also Waris Dirie, whom you maybe never heard of, but she was a very hot Somali supermodel.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (n7rxJ)

151 138 126 I see the old fossil Bruce Springsteen is gonna give a "I hate Trump and America" concert right before the midterms... Nothing says Happy 250th Birthday America like a bunch of washed up old geriatric hasbeens trying to look relevant...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 12:38 PM (yLn/F)
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Bruce Springsteen sucks and he should take his dumb, derivative, boring faux-Americana dreck and fuck off to somewhere where there are no microphones.
Posted by: ballistic
................
It's a pose. Nothing to it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at May 29, 2026 12:43 PM (bfy6w)

152 15 There shouldn't be a single Somalian in this country.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Everyone involved in the decision to bring Somalia to the US needs to be stripped of citizenship and deported to Somalia. This is the moderate position.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 12:43 PM (Dv3i1)

153 150 Iman is Somali. Also Waris Dirie, whom you maybe never heard of, but she was a very hot Somali supermodel.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (n7rxJ)

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Oh, that chick from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Everything is Star Trek.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 12:43 PM (7RBt4)

154 The Springsteen, Morello, Foo Fighters protest show will probably draw an average age of 60.
No chance of yutes rampaging there unfortunately.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 12:44 PM (SW0z7)

155
that unearthly beautiful gal who was on the cover of National Geographic (gorgeous eyes.) She was from something like Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan or something.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

Afghanistan, during the Russian invasion years.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

==============

She was Kurdish.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 12:44 PM (n7rxJ)

156 "I see the old fossil Bruce Springsteen is gonna give a "I hate Trump and America" concert right before the midterms... "


I'm gonna guess he has never invite a tranny groupie to party after the concert despite spewing the party line on gender.

Posted by: Ripley at May 29, 2026 12:44 PM (GUOwU)

157 They did the meme!!! They actually did the meme.

James Talarico Said God Is Nonbinary. What Does the Bible Say?

Republicans have pounced on an old statement as they seek to make gender politics the focus of the Senate campaign.


https://tinyurl.com/7hmkmemh

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

158 Wait. Persis Kambatta was Somalian?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:44 PM (+5YP2)

159 Oh, that chick from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Everything is Star Trek.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 12:43 PM (7RBt4)

Wasn't she married to Davie Bowie?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

160 Of the many reasons the importation of the invaders occurred, the process of funneling tax fraud money to their pockets and political machines has caused their traditional fundraiser processes to deteriorate. They NEED to keep the dirty money flowing or else the DNC can't get reelected.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 29, 2026 12:45 PM (yInIL)

161 Wasn't she married to Davie Bowie?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Iman was married to Bowie.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)

162 If Springsteen falls down during the concert, will he have his Medic Alert bracelet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 12:46 PM (ZpG08)

163 President Trump will not send The Navy and Marines to save Katie Wilson from the pirates.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 12:46 PM (LHPAg)

164 For lefties, the less close to you something or someone is, the *more* you care about it. They care least about their immediate family, friends, and neighbors and most about things in/from exotic locales. There's actual science about this, not the stuff Fauci does.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 12:39 PM (2ocoG)



"Ideological differences in the expanse of the moral circle," authored by Adam Waytz, Ravi Iyer, Liane Young, Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham, which was published on September 26th, 2019.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 12:46 PM (Kdi1r)

165 They did the meme!!! They actually did the meme.

James Talarico Said God Is Nonbinary. What Does the Bible Say?

Republicans have pounced on an old statement as they seek to make gender politics the focus of the Senate campaign.


https://tinyurl.com/7hmkmemh
Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)
______

No straight man was ever as obsessed with trannies, and nonbinaries, and homos as this guy is. He's gayer than the Village People. I'm actually wondering whether he himself isn't a tranny.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)

166 Is that a burl growing on Katie Wilson's forehead? Seattle’s Zohran Mamdani.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at May 29, 2026 12:47 PM (6SeoE)

167 Everyone involved in the decision to bring Somalia to the US needs to be stripped of citizenship and deported to Somalia. This is the moderate position.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 12:43 PM (Dv3i1)


My plans would leave max 150 million left in the country. And like Twitter/X, it would run so much better after getting rid of the trash.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 29, 2026 12:47 PM (yInIL)

168 Persis Kham atta was St:TMP

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 12:47 PM (ZpG08)

169 She had to lean forward and reach up to grab a glass and her very sexy lacy purple bra came into full view. She quickly realized what happened and covered up, but it's forever imprinted on my hippocampus.
Posted by: bonhomme

You poor dear! I hope you can recover.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 12:48 PM (Dv3i1)

170 I think the NG cover girl got in trouble with her family for not being properly covered up and having her picture taken by an infidel.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

171 No straight man was ever as obsessed with trannies, and nonbinaries, and homos as this guy is. He's gayer than the Village People. I'm actually wondering whether he himself isn't a tranny.

Is James Talarico married?

No, James Talarico is not married. However, the Texas lawmaker and U.S. Senate candidate is in a long-term relationship and has a girlfriend whom he has been dating for four years. He keeps her identity private to protect her from the public scrutiny of his political campaigns.

I guess she's from Canada. You wouldn't know her.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

172
There shouldn't be a single Somalian in this country.

I have asked this before: What is there of value that Somalians bring to this country?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:17 PM (guGkK)



The traditional way to confound a commie cocksucker on this issue is to ask the question, with the condition that said benefits should be value not including food. Not that I'm craving a nice bowl of boiled sorghum...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 12:48 PM (y9nCu)

173
For lefties, the less close to you something or someone is, the *more* you care about it. They care least about their immediate family, friends, and neighbors and most about things in/from exotic locales. There's actual science about this, not the stuff Fauci does.
Posted by: Ian S.

================

Indeed. That's why Katie Wilson flipped on evil billionaires and Starbucks; budgeting landed on her actual desk.

Just wondering if a little fraud reduction might look good to her if someone shows her some more numbers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 12:48 PM (n7rxJ)

174 Ace, you know that you're establishing your reputation in the Greater Crow community. Make sure it's a good one.

Crows talk.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Not a mynah consideration

Posted by: Ornithological Miklos at May 29, 2026 12:49 PM (z+O9Y)

175 I was at DLI at the time, and, yes, they were starting up emergency Somali classes.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:42 PM (77rzZ)

I feel sorry for anyone who got roped into that. I'm sure there's a language less worth learning. But I'm hard pressed to name it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 12:49 PM (Y6K7e)

176 Wait. Persis Kambatta was Somalian?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:44 PM (+5YP2)

Indian. Computers, not casinos.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 12:49 PM (Kdi1r)

177 149 Out: Moronettes
In: Commenters with a Uterus

kept in a jar by the door?

Posted by: eleanor rigby at May 29, 2026 12:49 PM (v3pYe)

178 154 The Springsteen, Morello, Foo Fighters protest show will probably draw an average age of 60.
No chance of yutes rampaging there unfortunately.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 12:44 PM (SW0z7)

I mentioned it before but at the last No Kings thing, AS SPRINGSTEEN WAS PLAYING ONSTAGE, MS Now muted him, put him in a small box and had Debbie WS talking on the other side of the screen.

Springsteen...lol...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 29, 2026 12:49 PM (Sco7b)

179 No straight man was ever as obsessed with trannies, and nonbinaries, and homos as this guy is. He's gayer than the Village People. I'm actually wondering whether he himself isn't a tranny.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)
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Buh buh buh he has a girlfriend!


(that nobody has ever seen and if "she" exists she definitely has a dick)

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 12:49 PM (oqH4h)

180 Talerico dates Julia

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 12:50 PM (ZpG08)

181 My favorite part of the "take it up with the Apostle Paul" is that it only works on people who don't read the Bible and don't believe it's actually holy scripture.

And those same people can't understand why everyone else sees Talarico as a deceptive blasphemer, a false teacher.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (73/SM)

182 No straight man was ever as obsessed with trannies, and nonbinaries, and homos as this guy is. He's gayer than the Village People. I'm actually wondering whether he himself isn't a tranny.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)
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Buh buh buh he has a girlfriend!


(that nobody has ever seen and if "she" exists she definitely has a dick)
Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 12:49 PM (oqH4h)
_______

"She goes to a different school. You don't know her."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/)

183 Talerico dates Julia

Impossible. She's in a long term relationship with Uncle Sam.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

184 I keep raising my estimate of how many illegals there are in the country. I'm not at about 75 million.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I don't see why. It's not like they need real[/]i illegal aliens to pull off these scams.

They can just make them up, the same way that third world census takers make up the populations of the countries they allegedly survey.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (vJrRc)

185 Disappointing about the Foo Fighters. IMO they are one of the only decent modern rock bands. Sucks that Dave Grohl turned out to be a smelly old commie.

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (oqH4h)

186
*whistles innocently*

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (vJrRc)

187 I see the old fossil Bruce Springsteen is gonna give a "I hate Trump and America" concert right before the midterms... Nothing says Happy 250th Birthday America like a bunch of washed up old geriatric hasbeens trying to look relevant...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 12:38 PM (yLn/F)

Of course, it was Tom "Rage on Behalf of the Machine" Morello's idea...
Posted by: XTC at May 29, 2026 12:41 PM (iXqHn)

Have they registered this event with the FEC as a donation to the Democrat Party?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 12:52 PM (qx7Zg)

188 I don't for a minute believe that Talarico has a sexual interest in any adult.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 12:52 PM (Y6K7e)

189 180 Talerico dates Julia
Posted by: Anna Puma

Julia has no face. Therefore, no nose piercings, which is a plus.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 12:52 PM (Dv3i1)

190 185 Disappointing about the Foo Fighters. IMO they are one of the only decent modern rock bands. Sucks that Dave Grohl turned out to be a smelly old commie.



oh Grohl was always a tool

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 29, 2026 12:52 PM (j+aD2)

191
"I went, oh my gosh, this was like a wow moment. These cases were probably fraudulent," she added.

==============

I haven't read this article in depth, but I strongly suspect I want to hit this woman. Was she specifically tasked with careful stewardship of taxpayer dollars, and calling out discrepancies, an unusual number of "outliers," suspicious trends, that sort of thing? And instead just kept approving things?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 12:53 PM (n7rxJ)

192 Disappointing about the Foo Fighters. IMO they are one of the only decent modern rock bands. Sucks that Dave Grohl turned out to be a smelly old commie.
Posted by: ballistic

We don't need 10 kinds of deodorant!

Or ANY

Posted by: Bolshie Bernie at May 29, 2026 12:53 PM (z+O9Y)

193 140 What does "yeet" mean?

To throw forcefully and somewhat carelessly. Like a trebuchet.

ah. trebuchet = yeetinatrix. got it.

Posted by: anachronda at May 29, 2026 12:53 PM (v3pYe)

194 She's in a long term relationship with Uncle Sam.
Posted by: Archimedes

Well, Sam is one of her longest-term johns...

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:53 PM (77rzZ)

195 Talerico dates Julia

Impossible. She's in a long term relationship with Uncle Sam.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

Talerico dates ELIZA!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 12:53 PM (qx7Zg)

196 Rumor is that Talarico has composite girlfriends.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 12:54 PM (+5YP2)

197 An ICE agent was arrested I see for shooting an illegal in the leg in MN.... I guess the illegal had a green card and the agent "allegedly" lied about the incident.. Bad thing is he will have a trial in MN. The agent that is not the so called "citizen"

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 12:54 PM (yLn/F)

198
Wait. Persis Kambatta was Somalian?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

==============

Different Star Trek. Part VI was Iman.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 12:54 PM (n7rxJ)

199 Rumor is that Talarico has composite girlfriends.

You mean he's following in the footsteps of Buffalo Bill?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)

200 Disappointing about the Foo Fighters. IMO they are one of the only decent modern rock bands. Sucks that Dave Grohl turned out to be a smelly old commie.
Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (oqH4h)
____

They're all smelly old commies, with only very few exceptions. I think Grohl's "good guy" persona was always BS propaganda. He's cheated on and been a real prick to his wife, several times.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:55 PM (iFTx/)

201 Talerico doesn't have a "girlfriend".
The guy is gayer than the cum-crusted mustache on a Castro District street hustler in San Francisco.
The only "meat' he eats is human. IYKWIMAIKYD

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 29, 2026 12:55 PM (MNCvZ)

202 Springsteen comes on in my car a lot. Every time I put the keys in the ignition and crank for about a second. (Ksh Ksh Ksh Ksh shshshsh) One more damned thing I'm going to need to get fixed. A honda crv, either the solenoid that pushes the starter in is going bad, or the teeth are already getting stripped. A little A and B I imagine.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 12:55 PM (3uBP9)

203 You mean he's following in the footsteps of Buffalo Bill?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)

He doesn't have the upper body strength to abduct women.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 12:56 PM (Y6K7e)

204 Talerico dates Julia

Impossible. She's in a long term relationship with Uncle Sam.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

Talerico dates ELIZA!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 12:53 PM (qx7Zg)
_________

I fucked her

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:56 PM (iFTx/)

205 Seems to me that, as the primary government agent for the city, if you fail to investigate crimes (that are within your purview), you should be arrested and locked up for aiding and abetting said crimes.

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 12:56 PM (OJx5l)

206 What does insty use for comments? It is completely infiltrated by shitlibs. And hierarchical sorted comments are shit because it favors shitlibs blowing things up. Why would anyone tolerate that?


oh,... disqus OFC
Posted by: banana Dream

Most people flag the shitlib comments and block them.

Which mostly just forces them to create a new account, but at least you don't have to see them until then.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 29, 2026 12:56 PM (vJrRc)

207 Part VI was Iman.

Iman was one of the first times I noticed when certain folks would try really, really hard to make me believe something that just isn't so. As a virtue signal.

She wasn't pretty in any way.

Posted by: Hello at May 29, 2026 12:56 PM (/3whg)

208 Seems to me that, as the primary government agent for the city, if you fail to investigate crimes (that are within your purview), you should be arrested and locked up for aiding and abetting said crimes.
Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 12:56 PM (OJx5l)
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That makes too much sense.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026 12:57 PM (TZz9Q)

209 Rumor is that Talarico has composite girlfriends.
--
Just like me!
/s/ Barack "I dream the dream of many dicks inside me" Obama

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 12:57 PM (73/SM)

210 He doesn't have the upper body strength to abduct women.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 29, 2026 12:56 PM (Y6K7e)

He's already told us. Publicly.

"I love trans kids."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 12:57 PM (Kdi1r)

211
Of course, it was Tom "Rage on Behalf of the Machine" Morello's idea...
Posted by: XTC at May 29, 2026 12:41 PM (iXqHn)



Hey, despite the fact that he's a worthless commie cocksucker, he's a damned good guitarist and a hell of an actor. Like his debut in Iron Man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9cI5I0ANk

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2026 12:57 PM (y9nCu)

212 > My favorite part of the "take it up with the Apostle Paul" is that it only works on people who don't read the Bible and don't believe it's actually holy scripture.

I believe the scripture the tranny crowd uses is Galatians 3:28.

"There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

Paul is calling for unity! It's such a stupid mis-interpretation.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 29, 2026 12:58 PM (mkw2N)

213 "And then she applies the usual Democrat Rule that Minorities Are Immune from the Law and Allowed to Steal and Kill without Consequence."

Hey I don't know about you guys, but this shit about giving "minorities" a pass and attacking whites because we are the "majority" is getting old when we are 8% of the global population, and make up less than half the US population under .. 36?... or so.

We are hurtling straight towards some nasty mix of Rwanda, South Africa, and 1936 Spain. Fuck these commies. Prepare accordingly.

Posted by: heya at May 29, 2026 12:58 PM (M4Oji)

214 Disappointing about the Foo Fighters. IMO they are one of the only decent modern rock bands. Sucks that Dave Grohl turned out to be a smelly old commie.
Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 12:51 PM (oqH4h)
____

Seconded. I really like the Foo Fighters, and it's disappointing to see them anywhere near this politicized turd of an event.

Posted by: Polka will never die at May 29, 2026 12:58 PM (9Rl/+)

215 97 I've met a few, including one I've mentioned before: a real hottie who was on billboards in Times Square. Most Somalis are mutant CHUDs who look like a leper vomited on himself. But not this girl.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

Outliers. It's like that unearthly beautiful gal who was on the cover of National Geographic (gorgeous eyes.) She was from something like Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan or something.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

Iman is from Somalia.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 29, 2026 12:58 PM (0CU3H)

216 She wasn't pretty in any way.
Posted by: Hello

Iman? She's not my type, but she's not ugly. Head and shoulders above the average Somali in looks.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

217 @165

>>He's gayer than the Village People. I'm actually wondering whether he himself isn't a tranny.

The AOS style guide's guideline for gayness quantification is, he's gayer than nine guys blowing ten guys.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 12:59 PM (XV/Pl)

218 She wasn't pretty in any way.
Posted by: Hello at May 29, 2026 12:56 PM (/3whg)

Supermodel. Pretty eyes. But. Yeah. Flat chest. Boyish hips.

'Ass like a 12 year old Boy!'
-Bill Paxton in True Lies

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:59 PM (bss/y)

219 140 What does "yeet" mean?

To throw forcefully and somewhat carelessly. Like a trebuchet.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 12:41 PM (2ocoG)

To defenestrate means to yeet out a window.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 29, 2026 01:00 PM (cWLG3)

220 The Democrat Party has decided to go full Sergeant Schulz (Hogan's Heroes) about wholesale social service payment fraud by their fake victim-hood clans.

Will that work as a mid-term campaign strategy? I don't think so. We'll hear lie after lie from them about humongous fraud in Red States! Lying promises of endless House hearings about social services fraud! Lies about aggressively finding and punishing fraudsters wherever investigations lead! Swearsies!

Posted by: Gref at May 29, 2026 01:00 PM (5rh/l)

221 >>> Most people flag the shitlib comments and block them.

Which mostly just forces them to create a new account, but at least you don't have to see them until then.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 29, 2026 12:56 PM (vJrRc)


Wouldn't you have to sign up with disqus to do that? So they create a system designed to annoy and antagonize the user until they cough up their personal info. I would be surprised if disqus didn't pay the shitlibs for their service.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:00 PM (3uBP9)

222 They have pirate DNA. Can't stop them from stealing.
Posted by: huerfano
.......

Apparently they came to the perfect place.

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 01:00 PM (UjdFS)

223 Mayor Katie is ruffling the progressive feathers here in Seattle.

No one likes her. There’s a lot of eye rolling. The city council is turning on her. Former Gov Christine Gregoire is turning on her.

I hope she gets recalled.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 01:00 PM (SYlCh)

224 'Ass like a 12 year old Boy!'
-Bill Paxton in True Lies

*fistbump*

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at May 29, 2026 01:00 PM (Dv3i1)

225 220 The Democrat Party has decided to go full Sergeant Schulz (Hogan's Heroes) about wholesale social service payment fraud by their fake victim-hood clans.

Will that work as a mid-term campaign strategy? I don't think so. We'll hear lie after lie from them about humongous fraud in Red States! Lying promises of endless House hearings about social services fraud! Lies about aggressively finding and punishing fraudsters wherever investigations lead! Swearsies!

Posted by: Gref at May 29, 2026 01:00 PM (5rh/l)

======

I wonder who the party thinks its electorate is.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:01 PM (7RBt4)

226 >>He's gayer than the Village People. I'm actually wondering whether he himself isn't a tranny.

The AOS style guide's guideline for gayness quantification is, he's gayer than nine guys blowing ten guys.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 12:59 PM (XV/Pl)

1) Five pounds of gay in a two pound bag.

2) London Boy's gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 01:01 PM (bss/y)

227 yeet = spatial translation

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:01 PM (3uBP9)

228 Hidey ho and ding-dang-doo, there sure are lots of these Somalis gettin injured at work, doncha know?

Posted by: Clueless Minnesota retiree who probably knew what was happening the whole time at May 29, 2026 01:02 PM (9Rl/+)

229 @185

>>Disappointing about the Foo Fighters. IMO they are one of the only decent modern rock bands. Sucks that Dave Grohl turned out to be a smelly old commie.

The Foo Fighters were formed in '95, so not really modern.

Dave Grohl's mother was a teacher and he talks about being estranged from his Republican father, who actually worked on the hill as a speechwriter.

He's always been a lefty.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 01:02 PM (XV/Pl)

230 It seems she can't start a sentence without "so..." or end one without "right?". What an ignoranamus.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

That drives me nuts.

Posted by: Reforger at May 29, 2026 01:02 PM (Rxz7v)

231
She wasn't pretty in any way.
Posted by: Hello

========

I don't know what she looked like in Star Trek. This is pretty if you ask me:

https://tinyurl.com/y22zys9s

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 01:03 PM (n7rxJ)

232 Hey, despite the fact that he's a worthless commie cocksucker, he's a damned good guitarist and a hell of an actor. Like his debut in Iron Man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9cI5I0ANk

I have to assume the guitar comment is as sarcastic as the actor comment. He's mediocre at best. Without drop D tuning and excessive use of a single pedal effect he'd be lost. He's a grubbier more commie version of The Edge from U2.

Posted by: He should be cleaning puke in dive bars at May 29, 2026 01:03 PM (TbWk/)

233 Smack her in the forehead with a 2 by 12.
Posted by: Roy
.......

Better make it a 2 by 14.

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2026 01:03 PM (UjdFS)

234 Talarico is Shift the ape from "The Last Battle."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026 01:04 PM (TZz9Q)

235 Well? We're waiting.

Posted by: Zombie Mencken at May 29, 2026 01:04 PM (dK+Kv)

236
Back to the topic, anyway...

>>Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said the city has no intention of investigating fraud claims in taxpayer-funded social programs

--------------------

When federal investigators uncover billions in fraud, she'll rush in to take credit. "We successfully partnered with federal agencies to recover funds intended for the needy..."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 01:04 PM (n7rxJ)

237 It seems she can't start a sentence without "so..." or end one without "right?". What an ignoranamus.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

I worked with a guy who started with "so" every time he started talking.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)

238 13 PS, another Double Crow Day. And they're coming back now.

How many do you need for a pie?
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 29, 2026 12:15 PM (Kwjzk)

You're thinking of '4 and twenty blackbirds.' I think you can sub in Grackles. They suck.

Posted by: Nelly at May 29, 2026 01:05 PM (6+ehB)

239 Modern Democrat Voters (via The Far Side)?

https://tinyurl.com/3drr2k2x+

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 29, 2026 01:05 PM (qx7Zg)

240 The AOS style guide's guideline for gayness quantification is, he's gayer than nine guys blowing ten guys.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 12:59 PM (XV/Pl)

1) Five pounds of gay in a two pound bag.

2) London Boy's gay.

Also acceptable: Anything with a reference to Liberace.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 01:05 PM (+5YP2)

241 Don't get me started on Morello, he's more overrated than Pablo Picasso.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 01:05 PM (XV/Pl)

242 Attractive-looking women are rare as hen's teeth in my admittedly limited public outings. Face, hair, and body size & shape struggle to rise to mid-level.

Not that my Buddha frame and FUBO appearance do anything but tank the mean from the ladies POV.

A pleasant smile is so beautifying yet is exceedingly rare.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 01:05 PM (wVcYX)

243 He's a grubbier more commie version of The Edge from U2.
______

Edge was innovative, especially on delay effects. Probably a commie though, the Irish by nature are left wing nutjobs (I don't know why).

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 01:06 PM (Dv3i1)

244 E.g., Gayer than Liberace's opening pitch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 01:06 PM (+5YP2)

245 The Foo Fighters were formed in '95, so not really modern.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 01:02 PM (XV/Pl)
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Stop making me feel old, jackwagon!

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 01:06 PM (oqH4h)

246 She added that "it's problematic to have random people showing up to daycares" and emphasized that "the fear in the Somali community is real" and "the fear in immigrant communities are real," saying her administration is "taking that very seriously."

___________________________

I don't think that comment reflects the position that I think she does.

She sees this as a negative. I see it as progress.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 01:06 PM (dIske)

247 Gayer than Liberace's hairdresser

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 01:07 PM (oqH4h)

248 247 Gayer than Liberace's hairdresser
Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 01:07 PM (oqH4h)

Gayer than his decorator

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 01:07 PM (FtULh)

249 Kiss your Medicare funding goodbye , you stupid bitch.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2026 01:07 PM (5P5DO)

250 You're thinking of '4 and twenty blackbirds.' I think you can sub in Grackles. They suck.
Posted by: Nelly at May 29, 2026 01:05 PM (6+ehB)

You can also fry up pieces of their fat to make nice crispy Gracklins

Posted by: Grackle grackle at May 29, 2026 01:07 PM (TbWk/)

251 Even zombie Liberace thinks Talarico should dial it back a bit.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:08 PM (77rzZ)

252 I worked with a guy who started with "so" every time he started talking.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)

It implies you are some sort of mind reader. Like I should know and be on the same page of some shit you have already worked out in your head.

Posted by: Reforger at May 29, 2026 01:08 PM (Rxz7v)

253 I worked with a guy who started with "so" every time he started talking.
____

Alors...

Posted by: L'Homme qui dit toujours « alors » pour commencer une phrase at May 29, 2026 01:09 PM (Dv3i1)

254 Black Keys are a better crunchy rock band in my opinion. Not very modern, more like the 00s but newer than foo. I don't know a lot of popular music and either stick with old bands I like or new ones probably few know.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:09 PM (3uBP9)

255 Talarico is Shift the ape from "The Last Battle."
Posted by: Captain Obvious

But without the charm and sewing skills.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 29, 2026 01:09 PM (vJrRc)

256 You know what? All those fake Somali daycares and autism centers sure had a lot of workman’s comp claims.

Is their any govt program that they didn’t defraud?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 29, 2026 01:09 PM (jnffq)

257 I wonder how much ambulance-chasing lawyers have earned from teaching Somalis and other scammer clans how to massively defraud the social services payment offices? It has to be a high-growth legal industry. I also wonder how many of those lawyers are full-on Democrat Socialists?

Posted by: Gref at May 29, 2026 01:09 PM (5rh/l)

258 Then every penny is not withheld but cancelled. Nothing for the fiscal year to Seattle. Claw back any funds already sent or in the payment process. Seattle can apply for medicaid funds for the next fiscal year if they comply this year. Nothing for this year.

The only way to stop the thievery is to not give them any thing to steal.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 29, 2026 01:10 PM (xvV+O)

259 I have a cow worker who starts every sentence with “well,”

She also doesn’t conjugate her verbs properly. Makes me nuts.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 01:10 PM (xZri3)

260 256 You know what? All those fake Somali daycares and autism centers sure had a lot of workman’s comp claims.

Is their any govt program that they didn’t defraud?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 29, 2026 01:09 PM (jnffq)

Only the ones they didn't participate in.

Posted by: Fraud, arson, piracy, and fraud at May 29, 2026 01:10 PM (TbWk/)

261 237 I worked with a guy who started with "so" every time he started talking.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)

So... *record scratch* I bet you're wondering how I got myself into this situation...

Posted by: XTC at May 29, 2026 01:11 PM (FpHTM)

262 The Foo Fighters were formed in '95, so not really modern.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 01:02 PM (XV/Pl)
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Stop making me feel old, jackwagon!
Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 01:06 PM (oqH4h)

***

*quietly slides Dave Clark 5 records under the desk*

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 01:11 PM (2WIwB)

263 She also doesn’t conjugate her verbs properly. Makes me nuts.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Bad grammar drives me up a freakin' wall.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:11 PM (77rzZ)

264
The fraud is being protected for the same reason that Los Angeles was allowed to burn and the tbe homeowners have not been allowed to rebuild. Destruction and looting are the entire intentions

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 29, 2026 01:11 PM (KDsZt)

265 Iman in her prime wasn't at least pretty? Tell me you're gay without telling me you are gay ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

266 Next we’ll find out the Somali’s are stealing from the Civil War orphans fund or some shit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 29, 2026 01:12 PM (jnffq)

267 I worked with a guy who started with "so" every time he started talking.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)

It implies you are some sort of mind reader. Like I should know and be on the same page of some shit you have already worked out in your head.
Posted by: Reforger at May 29, 2026 01:08 PM (Rxz7v)

Ditto for the overuse of "obviously". Grinds my gears, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 01:12 PM (wVcYX)

268 259 I have a cow worker who starts every sentence with “well,”

She also doesn’t conjugate her verbs properly. Makes me nuts.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 01:10 PM (xZri3)

Tell her that you didn't realize she was capable of deep thoughts.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 29, 2026 01:12 PM (N39Ws)

269 Wouldn't you have to sign up with disqus to do that? So they create a system designed to annoy and antagonize the user until they cough up their personal info. I would be surprised if disqus didn't pay the shitlibs for their service.
Posted by: banana Dream

You don't have to sign up with Disqus (though iirc that's just an email, a username and a password), you can sign in with information you've already given to Google or Facebook instead

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 29, 2026 01:13 PM (vJrRc)

270 259 I have a cow worker who starts every sentence with “well,”

She also doesn’t conjugate her verbs properly. Makes me nuts.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 01:10 PM (xZri3)


Hey, don't forget me!

Posted by: You know, at May 29, 2026 01:13 PM (5rh/l)

271 266 Next we’ll find out the Somali’s are stealing from the Civil War orphans fund or some shit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 29, 2026 01:12 PM (jnffq)

====

No, what we'll find out is that the Civil War orphans' fund administrators are willingly giving away all the funds to Somalis because it's been taken over by AWFLs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 01:13 PM (7RBt4)

272 So, uh, well, it's like this, see...

Posted by: Off to a great start at May 29, 2026 01:13 PM (TbWk/)

273 265 Iman in her prime wasn't at least pretty? Tell me you're gay without telling me you are gay ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)
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She was "striking" in the sense that her looks stand out like a lot of other models. I wouldn't have kicked her out of bed for eating crackers but I also wouldn't describe her as "pretty" in any conventional sense.

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 01:14 PM (oqH4h)

274 How many Somalis can fit in a VLCC tanker for a trip home?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 29, 2026 01:14 PM (xvV+O)

275 Mudcrutch was nice but Petty dying kind ended that.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:14 PM (3uBP9)

276 264
The fraud is being protected for the same reason that Los Angeles was allowed to burn and the tbe homeowners have not been allowed to rebuild. Destruction and looting are the entire intentions
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

The purpose of a system is what it does. Things would be so much better if we had proper names for these systems. Maybe the Fraudulent Payments to Illegal Aliens Program or something.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 01:14 PM (Dv3i1)

277 So, uh, well, it's like this, see...

Posted by: Off to a great start at May 29, 2026 01:13 PM (TbWk/)

What had happened was...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 29, 2026 01:15 PM (Kdi1r)

278 Iman looked like the kind of chick that would marry David Bowie, so that tracks.

Posted by: ballistic at May 29, 2026 01:15 PM (oqH4h)

279 I don't know what she looked like in Star Trek. This is pretty if you ask me:

And here we go. I never try to tell women what men are good looking. Because I'm not a queer. It would be like me trying to give advice on buying an import sedan. I wouldn't know. Its not a truck.

As a consumer of female beauty - however - I tire of other women telling me what I should or should not like.

Posted by: Hello at May 29, 2026 01:15 PM (/3whg)

280
Per SBUX moving to TN:

$30m means precisely jack shit to a company the size of SBUX.

But it means something to a handful of State politicians..

Watch for SBUX/SBUXexecutives' political donations to the TN GOP in the coming couple of years... I bet the total comes out to within +/- 10% of $30m.

Because I have a crystal ball.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2026 01:15 PM (sQnY9)

281 Seattle's Communist Woke Wallflower Mayor Says She Refuses to Investigate Medicaid Fraud In Her City Because That Would Hurt Our Precioius Nomadic Pirates
—Disinformation Expert Ace
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Answer is simple: no more funds.

You're an executive. And executive function is policing. If you receive federal government dollars, you [should be] required to police the disbursements of them.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:16 PM (Fi81e)

282 Warren Beatty and David Bowie dated model Imam. There is a lid for every pot.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2026 01:16 PM (wVcYX)

283 nood


Jill

Posted by: banana Dream at May 29, 2026 01:16 PM (3uBP9)

284 Because I have a crystal ball.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2026 01:15 PM (sQnY9)
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He said, and held it up to the light....

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2026 01:16 PM (Fi81e)

285 I worked with a guy who started with "so" every time he started talking.
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It implies you are some sort of mind reader. Like I should know and be on the same page of some shit you have already worked out in your head.

No, I think it's more a short of shorthand for "I've been thinking about..." or to introduce a new topic. I find it a useful device sometimes.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 29, 2026 01:16 PM (vTZFs)

286 I'm actually wondering whether he himself isn't a tranny.

He totally is. I think that's why Stephen Miller has started calling him the first transgender Senate candidate. It's probably a known thing in DC or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2026 01:16 PM (2ocoG)

287 Warren Beatty dated everything....

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)

288 165 No straight man was ever as obsessed with trannies, and nonbinaries, and homos as this guy is. He's gayer than the Village People. I'm actually wondering whether he himself isn't a tranny.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 29, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)

Would love to see Ted Cruz debate that guy.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 29, 2026 01:17 PM (y171U)

289 Miami is the city of breasts.
Shockingly large numbers of hot girls there, compared to elsewhere in the country. And they are showing the girls off constantly. And I mean like....normal hot girls not pros. Like real estate agents are showing cleavage proudly.

This is what they took from us.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (xcxpd)

No one goes outside anymore because it is dangerous and UV is bad. Except in Florida

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 01:17 PM (rbvCR)

290 As a consumer of female beauty - however - I tire of other women telling me what I should or should not like.
Posted by: Hello

Women -- or at least my wife -- are usually pretty good identifiers female beauty. I guess it's an instinct borne of millions of years of scoping out the competition.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:17 PM (77rzZ)

291
omg YES. That kewpie doll Cecilia Vega is ousted from 60 Minutes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 01:18 PM (n7rxJ)

292 Apparently I've got you beat, Ace: My husband saw a DEER in our yard this morning. We live in the middle of a town of over 6,000 people! I suspect our neighbors two blocks away are to blame, since they're the "grow your own food" type and they grow corn. JT The Wonder Dog is ecstatic, since he's never had this type of friend before.
Posted by: pookysgirl wishes she could have seen JT's reaction at May 29, 2026 12:33 PM (Wt5PA)

I had a doe in my yard several years ago, but in my case I suspect it was the blackberry thicket behind my neighbor's house that turned into tangle on my yard.
She ate my tomato plants, mostly. This time of year she just wants a safe place to have her fawn, and will move on. I cleared the thicket out and I haven't had deer since then, at least that I have noticed.

Deer are what happens when we no longer are allowed to let our dogs run free.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 01:21 PM (rbvCR)

293 With some Old Crow

Make mine a double
Posted by: Celebratory Miklos
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I wonder if there is a recipe for Magpie pie?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2026 01:25 PM (XeU6L)

294 Same admission coming up on fraud investigations? Or is race a bridge too far?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 29, 2026 12:36 PM (n7rxJ)

Eventually the Seattle Power Elite are going to crucify her to block any investigation into government corruption and fraud, is my guess. Until then she is going to stay the course, and be a good little ideologue on the morality of socialism.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 01:26 PM (rbvCR)

295 259 I have a cow worker who starts every sentence with “well,”

She also doesn’t conjugate her verbs properly. Makes me nuts.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 01:10 PM (xZri3)

I'm impressed your 'cow' worker can speak at all. Most of my experience with cows is a lot of mooing (ok, lowing) and prodding me for food.

Posted by: Nelly at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (6+ehB)

296 259 I have a cow worker who starts every sentence with “well,”


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You got a problem with that??

Posted by: The Gipper at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (yInIL)

297 Outliers. It's like that unearthly beautiful gal who was on the cover of National Geographic (gorgeous eyes.) She was from something like Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan or something.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)
Afghanistan, The photographer went back after 10-15 years and she looked to be 75 years old. It's the islam ageing them to death.

Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2026 01:28 PM (LHPAg)

298 I find it so strange that both she and Mandami can get elected to become Mayors of their cities without any significant work experience.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Enough of "the electorate" identifies.
Look at the percentage of the populace on the government teat.
Don't forget government "workers" and NGO drones as well as the usual welfare layabouts.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 29, 2026 01:30 PM (PC+XL)

299 Bad grammar drives me up a freakin' wall.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 01:11 PM (77rzZ)

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My dad had a shirt that said, "I'm silently correcting your grammar."

The real joke was that he was never silent about it.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 29, 2026 01:30 PM (yInIL)

300 omg YES. That kewpie doll Cecilia Vega is ousted from 60 Minutes.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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“But I very much fear what comes next ..."

The Death Squads should be at her door any minute.

Punchline: Raise the drawbridge.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 29, 2026 01:40 PM (PC+XL)

301 Why won't you people let Kamala have Brat Summer 2!!!

Why?!?!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 01:44 PM (iJfKG)

because the only thing that will make an impression on her anymore are schnitzengruben

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

302 You don't have to sign up with Disqus (though iirc that's just an email, a username and a password), you can sign in with information you've already given to Google or Facebook instead
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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I had a Disqus account years ago under this nic. When I changed my email address t protonmail, they first shadow banned me, and when I complained, cancelled my account. IIRC, 6000+ comments, 1300 likes, no complaints. The original ban was evidently because they were getting too many spam complaints about protonmail, but my complaint caused someone to actually look at my posts. They were definitely on the political right side of any argument. Disqus is in San Francisco, the city proper.
Now, I just use the gmail.account that I never look at, and only use when I brush into some portion of the Google empire which requires it.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 29, 2026 01:57 PM (PC+XL)

303 Eventually all the digging will get down to exactly which organizations/persons taught these "immigrants" how to navigate the system and defraud it. More than the fraudsters, those are who I want charged-convicted, and jailed.

Posted by: geoffb at May 29, 2026 02:54 PM (OtD+j)

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